Columbus City (part 25 of 57)

On the 23d of October, 1840, in Norwich township, Mr. McCann married Miss Jane Geddes, who was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, a daughter of James and Harriet (Smiley) Geddes. Her father was born in the same county, February 21, 1776, and spent his entire life there, dying in the house where he was born in 1826. For his first wife he married Mary Ann Smith, by whom he had six children, four reaching years of maturity. Of the two children born of his second marriage Mrs. McCann is the older. James S. came to Ohio with his parents, and when a young; man went to Dayton, where he learned the carpenter's trade with John Thomas. He then went to northern Indiana, married Sarah Martindale, and is still living in Stark county, that state. After the death of James Geddes his widow married John G. Laird, w^ho brought the family to Ohio in 1838, and in 1855 moved to Illinois, locating six miles from Monmouth, where he made his home for many years. There his wife died in 1871, and he afterward went to Iowa, making his home near Lenox until his death. His remains \vere taken back to Illinois and buried by the side of his wife at Kirkwood. Mrs. McCann's paternal grandparents were Paul and Margaret Geddes. The former was a native of Ireland, and on his emigration to America taught school for a time in Virginia, and later located permanently in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, where he died when well advanced in years. Matthew Laird went to Africa as a missionary in 1833. Harriet Myer was to accompany him, and although they had never met, their friends thought they had better marry, which they did. Mrs. McCann lost her father when only two years and a half old, after which she was taken by her grandfather and lived with him until four years of age. She then joined her mother, who was teaching school in Mifflinsburg, Pennsylvania, and later lived at intervals with her grandparents and mother, who had married again, attending school in Mifflinburg, Louisburg and other places, in Pennsylvania. In 1838, at the age of fourteen, she came with the family to Norwich township, Franklin county, Ohio, and continued her education under the direction of her step-father and others until sixteen years of age. She then taught one term of school in what was known as the Bowser district in Brown township. It was the first school in the district and was conducted in an old log cabin. As there were only five scholars there, Mrs. McCann brought her brother and two sisters with her, making eight in all.

To Mr. and Mrs. McCann were born the following children: James Harvey, who died in infancy ; Eunice, at home ; George Milton, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio; James William, who died at the age of forty-two years; David S. and Charles M., both at home; Thomas Syms, a resident of Norwich township; Laura Jane, wife of David Breese; Ada Sophia and Ida Maria, twins, the former of whom died at the age of twenty-eight years, the latter in infancy; Frank G., a resident of Indianapolis; and Clara B., at home.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. McCann went to housekeeping on a farm of forty acres, in a log cabin, eighteen by twenty feet, with a stick chimney and old-fashioned fireplace. To the improvement and cultivation of his farm Mr. McCann at once turned his attention, and, meeting with success in his labors, he later purchased thirty-seven acres in one tract and fifty acres in another. He was an energetic, enterprising business man, and became a very prosperous farmer. Politically he was first a Whig and later a Republican, and was called upon to fill several township offices. Prior to his marriage he united with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was ever afterward an active and consistent member, and died in that faith, February t8, 1897, honored and respected by all who knew him. His estimable wife still survives him. She is a lady of great intelligence and remarkable memory, and has a large circle of friends and acquaintances, who have for her the highest regard.

Mrs. Susannah Mull has a wide acquaintance in Columbus, being a representative of one of the old and prominent families of the city. She is a daughter of William and Margaret Fleaiing. Her father was born in

1807, mid was married in 183 1 to Margaret Feifzell, in Franklinton. H.r birth occurred in Virginia in 1809, her parents be.ng Edward and Susanna.i Feirzell, both of whom were natives of the Old Dominion and owned a large, Virginian plantation near Fairfax Court House. The surviving children of Mr. and Mrs. Fleming are : Mrs. Susannah Mull, Frank, Andrew J., and Maria, who are residents of Columbus. Those that have passed away are Mrs. Sarah Ann Barber, Samuel, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Mull, Edward, Fanny, Martha and Leonard. Mrs. Maria Fleming resided with her mother until the latter's death, which occurred in January, 1901, at her home at No. 36 North Fifth stfeet, Columbus, and though in her ninety-second year at the time of her demise, she retained her mental faculties unimpaired to the last. Susannah Fleming spent her girlhood days in her parents' home, and on the loth of July, 1863, she gave her hand in marriage to John H. Mull, the wedding being celebrated at her home in this city. Her husband was born in Columbus June 30, 1835. He has a brother and sister, Frederick and Mrs. Perkins, both of whom are residing in the capital city. The former lost his wife in 1881. She died leaving one child, Ida, who is now living with her aunt,^ Mrs. Susannah Mull. Frederick Mull has long been in the railway service, and through an extended period was an engineer on the Panhandle road, but after his brother's death he refused to serve longer in that capacity, and has since been in the yard service in Columbus.

John Mull entered the railroad service as an employe of the Columbus & Xenia Company, in 1853, when only eighteen years of age. He became a fireman, and before he was twenty-two years of age was made engineer. In 1859 he became an engineer on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton road, and two- years later entered the employ of the Panhandle Railroad on the Piqua & Indianapolis division. For twenty-seven years he was in continuous service with that road in one capacity, being the oldest engineer on the western division of the line. In all his railway service he never missed a day and no complaint was ever uttered or filed against him. He possessed the rare gift to awaken within fifteen minutes of the time necessary to report for duty, and for this he never required the assistance of an alarm clock, nor had he to depend upon any of his family to call him. There seemed to be an intuitive perception which enabled him to awaken at the right time. His last run was made in 1890. On the 30th of July of that year, while making the return trip from Bradford Junction, he left his engine on a side track at nine thirty in the morning and proceeded to the telegraph office for orders. Upon his return he was blinded by the steam which was being blown ofif from his engine, and was struck by an east-bound fast passenger train, being thrown a distance of ten feet and instantly killed. His remains were brought back to his home, No. 271 North Twentieth street, Columbus, and were interred in Greenlawn cemetery. The engineer on the locomotive which caused his death was an old friend, George Beckwith, who for years had served as fireman under Mr. Mull. The latter was one of the best known engineers in the railway service, always reliable, prompt and trustworthy, and he enjoyed the confidence of his superiors in an unusual degree.

After their marriage Mr. and Airs. Mull located first in Franklinton, and several years before the Civil war they went to Richmond, Indiana, v.'here they remained for a year. On the expiration of that period they returned to Columbus, establishing their home at No. 51 Chestnut street, where they remained until July, 1889, when Mr. Mull purchased the property at No. 271 North Twentieth street, where his widow is still living. They had two sons, who are now in the railway service: David, who for seventeen years has been an engineer on the Panhandle road, and is now married and resides on Alonroe avenue; and John, who is also an engineer for the same company. He is married, and makes his home at No. 428 Hamilton avenue. Another son, Arthur, who is in the service of the Adams Express Company, is married and has one child, Arthur, who was born June 6, 1895. The dates of birth of the three sons are: David, born February 15, 1865; John, born September 23, 1867; and Arthur, born August 25, 1869. The name of Mull has long figured prominently and honorably in connection with railway service, and in the capital city the family is widely known, the sterling characteristics of its members winning for them the confidence and friendship of all with whom they are associated.

Christian Offexbarger

Among the self-made men of Norwich township who as farmers have attained success through their own unaided efforts is Christian Offenbarger, who was born in the province of Baden, Germany, November 21, 1864. His paternal grandfather, John Offenbarger, spent his entire life there, attending school until fourteen years of age, and later following the stone mason's trade, wath the exception of the three years spent in the German army. He died in old age prior to the birth of our subject.

Lawrence Offenbarger, the father of Christian, was born in Baden, April 24, 181 1, and was a student in the schools of that province until he attained his fourteenth year. At the age of twenty-one he entered the German army, and during the three years of his service participated in the revolution of 1848. He wedded Aliss Mary Zandt, who was born in Baden June 6, 1814, a daughter of Charles Zandt. The father died in his native place in 1882, and in 1893 the mother came to the United States to make her home with her son Albert in Canton. Ohio, where her death occurred four years later. In their family were the following children : George and William, both residents of Canton; Albert, who came to America in 1880, and also lives in that city; Charles, a resident of Canton; Jacob, of Norwich township, this county; Christian, our subject; and Henry, of Columbus.

As soon as he had attained sufficient age Christian Offenbarger entered the schools of his native land, where he pursued his studies until fourteen, and then worked as a farm hand at thirtv dollars per year. In 1884 he and his brother George emigrated to America, saiHng from Bremen on the steamer Weilland, which landed them safely in New York after a voyage of nine and a half days, during which they encountered a severe storm which lasted two days. His brother Albert had sent the money to pay the passage of our subject, and he joined him at Canton, where he spent two weeks before coming to Alden, this county, where he worked for a stone mason one year. He was cheated out of his wages, and at the end of a year did not have as much as he had at starting. In the fall of 1885 he commenced work for Richard Jones, of Brown township, receiving only his board in compensation for his labors, but he was out of money and had to accept any occupation which he could find. The following winter was a very severe one. In the spring Mr. Oftenbarger found employment with John Renner, and remained with him twelve years. Managing to save some of his wages, he purchased thirteen acres of his present farm in Norwich township, and has since been able to add to it sixteen acres, which he has placed under a high state of -cultivation, and which he successfully operates.

In that township Mr. Offenbarger was married, in 1897, to Miss Bertha Switzer. They attend the German Lutheran church; he affiliates with the Democratic party, and has most capably filled the office of supervisor of his township. He is strictly a self-made man, and deserves great credit for the success that he has already achieved in life, while undoubtedly a prosperous future yet awaits him, for he possesses the necessary qualifications to success, being industrious, enterprising and economical.

Reuben Taylor

Reuben Taylor, a passenger engineer on the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad, residing at No. 226 North Twentiieth street, Columbus, was born in England, on the 29th of February, i860. His parents came to this country from England in 1863, locating in Hudson, Ohio, where the father died about the year 1880, when seventy years of age. His wife survived him, and passed away in Columbus on the 30th of January, 1899, at the age of seventy-seven years. Their children were : Reuben ; James, who is in

Andrew Rellick, a passenger conductor residing in Columbus; Mrs. Fannie y\ur, who resides in Lorain, Ohio, and whose husban'd is also a railroad conxrluctor; and Mrs. Mary Guritney, who resides in Akron, Ohio, where her husband carries on business as a mechanic.

Reuben Taylor spent the days of his childhood and youth in Hudson, Ohio, and in Franklin county, and his education was obtained in the public schools. In 1877, ^vhen seventeen years of age, he entered the railway service of the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus road in the capacity of brakeman, and after one year he secured a position as fireman, continuing in the service of that company until 1881, when he w'as made an engineer. For nineteen years he has filled that position, and has one of the best records of any engin-

CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. J^Seer on the road. With a full realization of the responsibility which devolves upon him he exercises extreme care and good judgment m the discharge of bis duties; and is most trustworthy and faithful. He is a member of Division No ^4, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. . , .r

On the -7th of ^lay, 1882, Mr. Taylor was united m marriage to Miss Mary Higgins, of Akron, Ohio. Her father, James Higgins was a native of England, and on the Emerald isle was married his wife, Mrs. Mary Higgins, being a native of that country, where her b^^th occurred in 1832. Cro.- mg he Atlantic to the new world, they located at Niagara Falls, m Canada whence they emigrated to the United States. The father died m 1886, at he a-e of sixty-five years, but the mother is still living and makes her home in Akron Ohio. Two of their children were born ere their emigration to America 'namely: Elizabeth, who became the wife of Richard Lewis, and resides in Akron, Ohio; and John, who died in Cleveland, Ohio, "^ Seijtember IQOO. The first one born in this country was Bridget, whose birth occurred at Niagara Falls, and who is now the wife of Phihp McLane. Jhe next of the family was Thomas, who died at Rootstown, Ohio, m 189/ bai all who was born in Freedom, Ohio, is now the wife ot Burtis Hddrebidd and Belle is a young lady living m Cleveland. The marriage ot Mi- and Mrs Taylor has been blessed with three children: W ilham born March 18, 1883; Charles, born June 3, 1885; and Nona Belle, born October 15, i894- The family are members of the Catholic church, being communicants ofbt. John's cathedral of Columbus. In his political afi^liations Mr. Taylor is a Republican. Starting out in life for himself at an early age, ^^jl^f^ever success he has achieved is due entirely to his own efforts, and for it he deseives great credit.

Eugene E. Dutoit

Eugene E. Dutoit was born at the family residence at the corner of Main and Front streets in Columbus June 21, 1850, and is of French lineage. His grandfather, Eugene Dutoit, Sr., m whose honor our subject was named was born in France m 1780, and on emigrating to America made his way across, the country to Ohio, locating upon a farm in what was then Jie suburb of Dayton. He was a man of affluent circumstances, making judicious investments in realty and had large property interests in Dayton and in other portions of the country. He engaged in dealing in real estate and m looking after his investments. He died at his home in Dayton, m 1864, at the age of eighty-four years, and his wife passed away two years later, when also eighty-four years of age. , - it

Philip Dutoit, their son and the father of our subject, was born m i^ ranee March 11 1818, and when a young boy accompanied his parents to the new world In early manhood he came to Columbus, about the year 1835, and here he worked at the trade of blacksmithing, following that business for many years. In 1848 he was engaged in the lousiness of wagon-making on

Cherry street, near High street, and made the first wagons that went overland to Cahfornia from this place. On the 6th of October, 1839, in Columbus, he married Miss Phoebe M. Pope, who was born in the capital city March 4, 1823. His death occurred at the family home at the corner of Main and Front streets on the 20th of October, 1855. and his widow afterward became the wife of Arthur Haney, their marriage being celebrated in Columbus April 6, 1857. By her first marriage she had the following children: Alfred, who was born February 18, 1841, and died on the 21st of the same month; Charles' L., born January 30, 1842. and is yet living in Columbus; Mary L., who was born July 7, 1844, and died December 19, 185 1; Auriel, who was born November 29, 1846; Eugene E., the subject of this review; Philip H., born October i, 1851, and died June 29, 1853; ^^"^^ ^^^ ^-j who was born February 10, 1854, and died June 10, 1855. By her second marriage Mrs. Haney had three children: William C, who was born February 15, 1858; Arthur G., who was born March 27, 1861 ; and Catherine A., who was born October 11, 1863, and died August 11, 1869. The mother passed away at her home in Columbus January 11, 1879.

Mr. Dutoit, of this review, acquired his education in the public schools' of his native city, and in the year 1867 he enlisted in Company B, of the Thirtieth United States Regulars, then stationed at Columbus, and his regiment did duty in guarding and protecting the Union Pacific Railroad, which was being constructed through Nebraska, \\'yoming and Utah, and had a number of skirmishes' with the Indians. In 1870 Mr. Dutoit left the service and returned to his' home in this city, aker three years absence. In 1872 he entered the employ of the Piqua Railroad Company as brakeman, serving in that capacity for four years, after which he spent seven years with the Norfolk, Western & Hocking Valley Railroad, first as brakeman and afterward as conductor. While serving in the former capacity, in 1880, he had then ends of the fingers on his left hand cut off, while coupling cars, but he soon resumed work and was later made conductor, serving in that position until his retirement from the service of the railroads. During the past five years he has been in the employ of the Columbus Street Railway Company as' motorman and is one of the most trustworthy men on the road.

On the 7th of August, 1870, Mr. Dutoit was united in marriage to Miss Lucinda Fleming, at the latter's home in Columbus. Her father, James Fleming, was born in 1835, and passed away in April, 1879. Their living children are : Mrs.. Dutoit ; Mrs. Sarah Romosier and Mrs. Julia Kohn. both of Columbus; and Isaac, who was born and yet lives' in this city. Those who have passed away are Franklin, David, Elizabeth and Mrs. Mary Dutoit. Unto our subject and his wife have been born eight children: William F., who was born May 12, 1871, and is a conductor on the Ohio Central Railroad; Edward L., who was born May 10, 1873, ^^^^^ died August 13, 1893; Albert E., who was born August 15, 1875, is now a conductor on the Hocking Valley Railroad; Franklin, who was born February 18, 1877, and is a brakeman in the service of the same railroad; Charles P., who was born

'""^ Our'sS^Tecfis a charter member of Beaver Tribe of the Red Men, Live Oak Lodo-e No i. For twelve years he has also held membership relates w^tlfkollingsworth Lodge, No. 100, of the Order of Railway Conductors The greater part of his life has been passed m his native city and he has here a wide acquaintance, being particularly well known m railroad circles. /

Nathan W. Dulin

From an early age Nathan W^illiam Dulin has been dependent entirely upon his own resources, and his life record illustrates what ^^y be accomplished through determined purpose and earnest effort. He was born Jul} 7 1839 on ?he old familv homestead in Washington township Frankhn county but at an early age was left an orphan. His grandfather Lewis DuhS^ was a native of Virginia, and about 1810 with his wife and children, he came to Ohio, making the journey on horseback. He located m Chillicothe, and about 1850 removed to Delaware county, where he niade his home with his daughter, Mrs. Lucinda Latham, until his death. His wife also died at the home of their daughter. - at- - - - rQon

Lawson Dulin, the father of our subject, was born m Virginia m 1800, and during his early boyhood accompanied his parents to the Buckeye state^ He was married near Chillicothe, his wife being a native of Ohio ihey located in Washington township, Franklin county, on a farm of one hundred and sixteen acres,^vhich has since been divided into four farms the pre - ent owners being Travey Latham, Hiram Judson, Mr. Shyer and Se^r Latham. The father of our subject died on his farm m ^845, and his wife passed away in 1852. Their children were: Lucy, who died at the age of fwenty ylaTs; Nancy, wife of WilUam Michaels of Muncie, Indiana Catherine, Veceas^d ; Ann, who became the wife of David ^f^.^^^ Washington township; Sarah, deceased ; Susan, :^'\ "^^^^ '^^'^^ .""I'^^^o her death having occurred in Union county, Ohio; Nathan \y. ; and Asa ^^ho was a member of the Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in Tennessee in 1862, during his service.

Nathan W. Dulin was only thirteen years of age when he was left an orphan. He went to live with Lewis Hard, of Sharon township, and though he was not sent to school, he was taught to spell by an invalid daughter of Mr Hard He had gone to school for a limited period bet^y^en his fourth and fifth years, but his educational privileges were very limited After leaving Mr. Hard he lived with different farmers for a year, and then went to live with Alonzo Hard, a son of Lewis Hard, with whom he remained

Regiment, but did not serve out his time. In 1862 he became a private of 'Company B, Eighty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was on duty a part of the time at Camp Chase, and took prisoners to Vicksburg from that point. On the expiration of his term of service he was discharged at the state house in Columbus, returning then to Washington township, where for a short time he again worked as a farmhand, but in 1864 he once more joined the Union army, becoming a member of Company F, Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, wnth which he remained until the cessation of hostilities.

Mr. Dulin was married in 1865 to Miss Harriet Latham, of Washington tow-nship, a daughter of Moses Latham, and later he purchased tw^enty-five acres of land, on which they lived for two years, after which they spent a short time on her father's farm. Subsequently Mr. Dulin sold his property, and after renting land for two years purchased a home in Washington township, and conducted a small store at Sandy's School-house for seventeen years.. He then remained at Hilliard for a few months, after which he purchased his present farm of forty acres. He has made many changes on the place, adding improvements, repairing buildings and placing the land under a high state of cultivation.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Duli^ have been born seven children : Alonzo, who died in childhood ; Franklin, deceased ; Estella, who has engaged in teaching school for four yearsj Susan, deceased; Lewis, of Columbus; Emma, a. school teacher; and Beatrice, at home. Mr. Dulin and his family attend the Methodist Episcopal church. He votes wath the Republican party, and is a public-spirited and progressive citizen, as well as an industrious and energetic business man.

Charles Albert

The men of prominence in Ohio who trace their lineage to France are much smaller in number than those of English and German ancestry, but Ohio has no citizens who are more able and progressive than those of French extraction. This' is true of Frenchmen and men of French descent in business life and in the professions. The grandfather of Charles Aubert was named Claudius Postian Aubert. He was a drummer boy in Napoleon's vast army that crossed the Niemen in 181 2 toward Moscow to commence war with- Russia because the Czar opened his ports to British goods, and was with- Napoleon's army in that decisive combat - the battle of Waterloo^ - on the i8th of June, 181 5, against the English and Prussians under Wellington and Blucher. He came with his family to Ohio in the pioneer days of this part of the country. Charles Aubert, the father of Charles Aubert, of Columbus, was then about eight years old. Claudius Postian Aubert located on land in Hamilton township, Franklin county, and remained there until his death. After his father's death Charles Aubert, Sr., made a successful start in life for himself and in due time acquired a large and valuable farm, now known as the Aubert farm, and considerable capital in money, and devoted much attention to real-restate and money loans. He married Miss EHizabeth Reiselt, a native of Germany, who became a prominent farmer in Hamilton township. His son, Claudius P. Aubert, a brother of the subject of this sketch, was graduated at the Ohio Normal University in 1887 and is the principal of the public schools at Port Townsend, Washington.

Charles Aubert, whose name forms the caption of this sketch, was born in Hamilton township, Franklin county, September 20, 1866. He received his primary education in the public schools and was' graduated at the Ohio Normal University in 1887. After that he taught in the public schools of Franklin county until 1895 and also occupied the chair of Latin in the Ohio ]\Iedical University at Columbus from 1892 to 1895. He read law meanwhile under the direction of Donaldson & Tussing, a prominent law firm of Columbus. He was admitted to the bar in 1895 ^'^'^'^ immediately entered upon the practice of hisi profession, in which he has been increasingly successful. Not only has he become popular as a lawyer but also as an active worker in the cause of the Democracy, and he has been several times tendered nomination for offices of responsibility, but has declined it in order to give his undivided attention to his professional work. His work as an educator is one of which any teacher might well be proud, and during the period of his work in the schools he was not only prominent in county institutes but became well known in state and national educational bodies, in whose state conventions he took a prominent part. He was married, in 1897, to Miss Marie Renner, a daughter of John Steven Renner, a prominent farmer and extensive land-owner of Franklin township.

William Hart

Among the prosperous and successful agriculturists of Norw'ich township, Franklin county, Ohio, is numbered William Hart, who was born here on the 9th of September, 1861, and having lost his parents when only three months old he was taken to the home of Moses Hart, by whom he was reared, remaining with him until reaching manhood. He obtained a good practical education in the public schools, which he attended until twenty-one years of age, and during his youth aided his foster father in clearing and cultivating the home farm, thus becoming thoroughly familiar with the occupation which he has chosen as' a life work.

On the i8th of November, 1885, in Norwich township, ]\Ir. Hart was united in marriage with Miss Jennie Weeks, a daughter of John and Margaret (Hart) Weeks, and a granddaughter of Moses Hart. By this union were born six children: Stella J., AA'iHiam F., Margaret B., Ruth ]\I.. Jacob G. and Grace Edna, all at home.

After his' marriage Mr. Hart located upon his present farm of two hundred and seventy-five acres, which he has converted into one of the best farms of the locality, being supplied with all the conveniences and accessories of a model farm of the twentieth century. Besides his valuable property he owns ten acres of the old Hart homestead, and is successfully engaged in .general farming. He is an honored member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows Lodges at Hilliard, and is a stanch supporter of the Republican party and its principles. In the spring of 1897 he was elected trustee of Norwich township, and is now serving his second term, having been re-elected in the spring of 1900. He is a wide-awake, energetic and progressive business man, and his succes's in life has been worthily achieved.

George Porschet

The subject of this sketch, one of the most industrious and enterprising agriculturists of Norwich township, now owns, and operates the old homestead formerly belonging to his paternal grandfather, Martin Porschet, a native of Germany. In that country the latter was married to Katy Haine, and there their only child, the father of our subject, was born. The grandfather served some time in the German army and received his discharge in 1800. In 1840 he came to the United States, accompanied by his little family, and landed in New York. After spending a short time in Union county, Ohio, with George Haine, a brother of his wife, he came to Franklin county and purchased thirty acres of woodland in Norwich township, which he at once commenced to clear and improve, erecting thereon a log cabin. For many years he was engaged in the arduous task of transforming the wild land into rich and fertile fields, and died upon that place in 1866. His wife ,'Airvived him until 1885, when she departed this life when past the age of seventy years.

Mr. Porschet, the father of our subject, was a mere boy when brought by his parents to the new world, and in Norwich township grew to manhood. In early life he learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed in connection with farming. In Norwich township he married Miss Lena Arnold, also a native of Germany. She came to the United States alone when a young lady. After his marriage Mr. Porschet located on the home farm, and in 1880 added forty acres' to the original purchase. He died August 24, 1900, and his wife passed away in 1885. They were active members of the German Lutheran church, and God-fearing, consistent Christians. In politics the father was a Democrat. Their children were : Powell, a resident of La Rue, Marion county, Ohio ; John, of this county ; Michael, of Union county; George, our subject; Dora, wife of Frederick Koener, of Prairie township, this county; Eva, wife of Henry Coleman, of Union county; Fred, who died in January, 1898; Henry, of Union county; Barbara, wife of George Roush, of Marysville, Ohio; and Charles, of Union county.

George Porschet, of this review, was born December 26, 1864, on his present farm, and was there reared to agricultural pursuits, while attending the district schools from the age of six to sixteen years throusfh the winter months only. On the 28th of August, 1886, in Norwich township, he was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Pusecker, who was born in Prairie township, this county, in 1870, a daughter of Charles and Margaret Pusecker. By this union were born six children, as follows: Louis C, born March 7, 1887; William F., September 18, 1888; Carrie Marguerite, June 12, 1890; Charles, May 30, 1897; Alma, August 23, 1894; and George E., June 19, 1899. All are living with exception of Charles, who died in infancy.

After his marriage Mr. Porschet located] in Franklin township, this county, but at the end of six months returned to Norwich township. For three years he worked in the stone quarries, and on retiring from that business rented a farm, wdiich he operated until 1894, when he located on the old homestead. Here he has since successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising. He is a communicant of the Lutheran church and a supporter of the Democratic party. For four years he has filled the office of school director, and takes a deep interest in any enterprise calculated to advance the moral, educational or material welfare of his township and county.

John Harper

John Harper is the conductor on the Pennsylvania fast trains Nos. 20 and 5, running between Columbus and Indianapolis. He maintains his residence at the former city, his home being at No. 198 Cleveland avenue. He was born in Springfield, Ohio, in 1854, and is a representative of one of the old families of Pennsylvania. His father, George Harper, was 'born at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1820, and when a young man came to Ohio, entering the railway service in this state soon after the construction of the first road here. He long served as passenger conductor, resigning the position only when .age incapacitated him for further service in that connection. He died in Cleveland in the year 1898. His wife died in the same city August 4, 1899, at the age of eighty-six years. They were the parents of the following named: George, who was baggagemaster for many years, died in 1874; Lorenzo, who is a passenger conductor on the Wisconsin Central Railroad, living at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and is now fifty-eight years of age; Henry, who follows farming near Chillicothe, Ohio; and a sister, who is living in Cleveland. She was married twenty-three years ago.

John H., of this' sketch, began his railway service April 4, 1864, as a water boy on a work train on the old Indiana Central, which is now the Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania line. He afterward became car inspector on his father's train, his father being one of the first conductors in this part of the country. His duties, were extremely varied. He had to pack the boxes, keep a lookout for hot boxes, keep the car windows clean, see that the wood box was filled in winter and sweep and dust. Having served his time as car inspector Mr. Harper became a switchman in the Columbus yards. x\fter two years' service there he was promoted to freight brakeman and was afterward passenger brakeman. In order "to learn the road" he was made a freight conductor and served in that capacity for seven years, after which he was made baggagemaster, being in that position for three' years. In 1884 he was promoted as passenger conductor and has since filled that position, covering a period of sixteen consecutive years. As a reward for his ability, discretion and carefulness he was given the most desirable run on the road, and is to-day recognized as one of the most reliable and efficient men in the service. It is a conservative statement to say that he has never had an accident, never neglected a duty, never forgot an order. He gives his attention wholly to the discharge of the tasks that devolve upon him and his unfailing courtesy and obliging manner have made him a favorite.

During his thirty-six years of railway service he has seen wonderful changes in the methods of transportation. He recollects that in the early days all trains' were run by a time card, certain stations being designated as meeting points. At these meeting points passenger trains waited fifteen minutes and freight trains thirty minutes, and thus a passenger train, if on time, could start out on its route and it was the business of the other trains to keep out of the way. If both trains were more than fifteen minutes late at meeting stations then both forfeited their rights and they had to feel their way along. When they came to a curve, and there were a good many curves in those days, each train would have to stop and send out a flagman to see if the track was clear on the other side of the curve. Mr. Harper has done such service many a time. It thus required many hours to mak^ a journey over the road and the conductor was a greater man than all of t'.ie stockholders, directors and officers combined. It would seem a very ridiculous idea for anv of the fast express trains of to-day to come to a complete stand still every time they approached a curve.

Mr. Harper was united in marriage, May 18, 1882, in Columbus, to Miss Anna McGowan, whose mother is now a resident of St. Joseph. Missouri, but her father has' been dead for a quarter of a century. Four children grace the union of Mr. Harper and his wife: Susie May, born in 1884; Margaret, born in 1885; John, born in 1887; and Martha, in 1895. Since his early boyhood days Mr. Harper has been a resident of Columbus and he has here a very wide acquaintance, while his many sterling traits of character have gained for him a large number of friends.

Justin R. Cochran

Justin R. Cochran, a conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad, running from Columbus to Pittsburg, was born September 3, 1858, at Summer dean, Augusta county, Virginia. His father, Calvin S. Cochran, was born in the Old Dominion, and when the Civil war was inaugurated he enlisted in the Confederate service, participating in the battles of the Army of Virginia in 1861-2 and 3. At the battle of Chancellorsville, on the 3d of May, 1863, he was wounded and died from the effects of his injuries on the 6th of June. His wife, Mrs. Susan Cochran, died at the old Virginia home October 4,

1865. There were but two sons in the family, James W., born at the old homestead m Virginia, November 15, 1861, came to Ohio in 1885 and married Miss' Susan Summers, of Wellston, Ohio, on the 14th of March, 1888. They are now residents of Columbus and Mr. Cochran is holding a responsible position as foreman with an extensive contractor and builder.

Justin R. Cochran has been connected with the railroad service for twenty-four years. He began railroading on the Chesapeake & Ohio in West Virginia in 1876, and for six months' acted as wiper in the roundhouse, for he was thought too young to be allowed to become a brakeman. However, he wasi soon given such a position on a freight train and for three years served in that capacity and was then made a freight conductor. He ran a train for four years and then voluntarily left the company, going with the Elizabeth, Lexington & Big Sandy division. Subsecjuently he came to Columbus in 1883, and has since been in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He was' a brakeman on the road until 1889, when he was made conductor and is now running on the Pittsburg division between Columbus and Pittsburg.

Mr. Cochran was married, February 7, 1887, in thisi city, to ]\Iiss Ellen S. White, a daughter of Thomas and Savilla White. Her father was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, and now resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana, while her mother was born in Stark county, Ohio, and was of German lineage. She died on the 30th of October, 1885. In their family, in addition to Mrs. Cochran, are the following named: William A., who was' born February 5, 1852, but is now in the government postal service, is married and resides in Crestline, Ohio; Oliver, born March 2, 1854, isi married and resides in Anderson, Indiana; George T., who was born November 24, 1865. is a polisher and resides in Cleveland, Ohio ; Laura D. is the wife of Joseph Dickson, of Crestline; and Mary E. completes the family and makes her home in Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Cochran have one child, Ray Eugene, who was born November 8, 1888, and is now in the eighth grade of the grammar schools of the city, displaying special aptitude in his school work.

Mr. Cochran has been a member of Magnolia Lodge, No. 20, F. & A. M., since the 19th of February, 1895. His life has been a busy, useful and honorable one, and he is one of the most reliable and popular conductors on the Pennsylvania line. His residence is at No. 485 Lexington avenue and he has many friends in his adopted city.

John Hart

This prominent citizen of Norwich township. Franklin county, Ohio, is of old Virginia stock, and some of his ancestors fought for American liberty in the Revolutionary war. Moses Hart, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Virginia and w^as reared a farmer. He married Elizabeth Hight and in 18 18 came to Ohio, bringing his wife and six children, and locating in Sullivant's bottoms, Franklin township, not far from the present site of the asylum which is so conspicuous a landmark in that part of the county. The journey was made with a wagon and four horses and one mule. In 1820 Mr. Hart bought six hundred acres of land in Norwich township, for a part of which he paid one dollar and a quarter an acre and for the remainder a dollar and a half an acre. When they moved from Sullivant's bottoms to Norwich it required five days to cut their way though the forest.

Mr. Hart and his boys built a small log cabin, in which the family was domiciled until a better residence was erected several years later, and gave themselves with might and main to clearing the land and developing a farm. Later Mr. Hart sold part of the land to Ephraim Fisher, and at his death four hundred acres were divided equally among his four boys. He died on his farm in Norwich township, September 8, 1841, aged seventy-seven years, and his wife died September 22, 1847, aged eighty-four years, five months and twentythree days. They had children named as follows : Joseph, who died in Iowa in 1851; Moses, father of John Hart, of Norwich township; Valentine, who died in childhood in the year 1826; Betsey, who married Henry Krider and died near Chillicothe, Ohio; Mary, who died unmarried; and John, who died in Norwich township in 1858.

Moses Hart, son of Mcses Hart, Sr., and father of John Hart, was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, in 1 791, and was married there to Sarah Margaret Nicely, who was born in Alleghany county, Virginia, in April, 1802, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Circle) Nicely, both of whom were born in the Old Dominion. He came to Franklin county with his father, from whom .he bought fifty acres of land, upon which he began the work of improvement, and there erected a log house. For some years he returned every spring to Virginia, sometimes on horseback, oftener on foot, and worked there during the summer, coming back to Ohio in the fall. He was a natural sportsman and in his early days here shot much game. He served in Captain Davidson's command in the war of 1812. There were plenty of maple trees on his land and he made much maple sugar. He raised hogs also and sold them at a cent and a half a pound, using the money to buy salt, kettles and other necessary supplies for his farm and family. The children of Moses and Sarah Margaret (Nicely) Hart were: Jacob, who died in Norwich township in 1897; Moses' V., of Hilliard; Martha, who married Edward Brown and lives in Columbus; John, who is the immediate subject of this sketch; Mary, who married Joseph Thackeray and after his death Jackson Flynn and is now living widowed at Hilliard; Margaret C, who married John Weeks, who died in Putnam county, Ohio; Joseph, who lives in Columbus, Ohio; Sarah R., who is Mrs. William Walton; and Amanda, who is Mrs. Ferdinand Grace.

John Hart was born on the old Hart homestead in Norwich township, Franklin county, Ohio, June 18, 1832, and was reared to farm life with limited educational advantages. His first teacher was Mr. Versell. He was only a child w^hen he took up farm work and he helped to clear part of his present farm, which now consists of one hundred and three acres. He owns another farm of eighteen acres, in his landed possessions, makmg a total of one hundred and twenty-one acres. He is a Master Mason and a member o the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and m politics he is a consistent Democrat in general elections, while in local elections he votes for the men w "m he belfeves will best fill the offices. He was married m Alleghany county, Virginia, December 22, 1891, to Miss Sarah Margaret Nicel).

Isaac P. Hedrick

Amono- those whose long connection with railroad service plainly indicates thir worth to the company and their fidelity and ability in the discharge of heir duties is numbered Isaac P. Hedrick, who is now a conductor on the Pennsylvania roads and makes his home in Columbus, his residence being at No "93 Summit street. He was born in South Charleston, Clark county Ohio Tuly S 1859, and his early education was acquired m the public schools. Hi fathe'r,^'lsaac H. Hedrick,\vas a native of the same county and was born in the year 1805. He lived to a ripe old age and passed away on he 19 h o JanvLy, 1892. He was twice married and was the father of twelve o^^s and three daughters. He and nine of his sons --e "I^J-^^^-^^^^^^ during the Civil war, a record that can scarcely be paralleled m any family history He lost his. first wife and afterward married her sister and the latter I; still living, having attained the age of f f'y :'''''' IZlTw' who of March 1900.' In their family were the foUowmg: Charles W., who enlisted in 1863, when only sixteen years of age held the rank 0 corporal and was killed at Stone river, in December, 1863. Joshua T., ^^ho wa a member of the One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Ohio Intantry, was wounded in the service and died in 1867 from the effects of ^is l^Jurle.^ when only nineteen vears of age. Eliza Alice became the wife of W ilham O, \varringtdn and is now living in South Charleston, Ohio; Isaac P. w^s the fourth chi d Adam M. died in 1880, at the age of twenty-five years. Jacob M. was married and resides in Illinois, at the age of forty-two years^ ^^^f ^^ ^.,, 'I'lf the age of four years. William Henry was wounded and died at Manass-as, his remains being interred in the Soldiers Home cemetery at Washington. Seven of the brothers enlisted in 1861 at President Lmcoln-s first call. John M Hedrick joined the army as a private and was promoted to the rank ot a captain. This is certainly an excepticnal and wonderful record of patriotism

I-aac P Hedrick learned telegraphy in his youth and was employed as an operator in early life. On the 27th of March, 1873, he began br.akmg on the Cincinnati division of the Panhandle road and after four years service h'^ was promoted to the position of baggage master. A second promotion made him yardmaster and after three years and eight months service m that capacity he was made freight conductor and later passenger conductor, which position he now holds. During the entire time he has been on the same division of the road. When breaking in 1877 he lost the thumb on his right hand and also his index finger of the same hand has' ever since been stiff from the injury. While serving as yardmaster he lost the end of the third finger on the right hand. During his service as passenger conductor he has been in no wrecks or collisions and has always' been found at his post of duty.

On the 23d of November, 1875, was celebrated the marriage of Isaac P. Hedrick and Miss Laura Smith, of Springfield, Ohio. They had resided m the same neighborhood in Clark county from early childhood until their marriage. Mrs. Hedrick's father died when she was. a year old and her mother passed away on Christmas' day, 1895, at the age of seventy-five years. There were seven daughters in the family, all of whom reached womanhood with the exception of one who died in infancy. During the past five years Mr. and Mrs. Hedrick have resided in Columbus. Their family numbers five children: Smith E., born in 1877, was married February 10, 1899. to Miss Goldie Brooks, of Springfield, Ohio, where they now reside, and he is a molder in the employ of Warder, Bushnell & Glessner. Foster, born in 1880, enlisted when seventeen years of age, in Columbus, as a member of Company H, of the Nineteenth United States Infantry, at the breaking out of the Spanish-American war, and went with his regiment to the front, participating in the battles of El Caney, San Juan and Santiago. After peace was declared he was made a corporal and is, now in the Philippines. Mabel, born in 1882, died when four years of age. Louis, born in 1884, is a bright and intelligent young man now in the second year of high school. General Sherman, born in 1889, is also a student in school. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In his political views Mr. Hedrick is a stalwart Republican. He became a member of the Masonic order when twenty-one years of age and has long been identified with Palestine Commandery, No. 2,2,, of Springfield, Ohio. He is a worthy Knight Templar and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the fraternity.

Joseph Connor

Industry, frugality and perseverance have brought success to many a man in Franklin county, Ohio, and elsewhere, but there is no man in Norwich township who has made his way in life more worthily than has the prominent young farmer whose name is mentioned above. Joseph Connor is a grandson of Richard Connor, who was born and married in Ireland and who came to the United States in 185 1, after the death of his wife, and found a home with his daughter at Troy, New York, where he died in 1854. His son, Joseph Connor, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in county Tipperary, Ireland, in 1816. He received a limited education and entered upon the battle of life in his native land, determined to succeed. He came to the United States' in 1847. young and without capital except the capacity for honest hard work, and was employed for two years by the United States government in blasting stone at West Point, New York. During that time

Fortunate is the man who has back of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished, and happy is he if his/ lines of life are cast in harmony therewith. Captain Hamill of this review is certainly a worthy scion of his race. When the yoke of oppression became intolerable to the colonists and the Declaration of Independence declared that residents of America would no longer acknowledge allegiance to the English crown, his great-grandfather joined the colonial army and with the rank of colonel fought to establish the republic. Hisi grandfather, Thomas B. Hamill, was a loyal defender of his native land during the war of 1 812. He was a native of the north but died in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1847, being engaged in the sugar refining business in that state. His wife passed aw^ay in Newport, Kentucky, in 1885. Thomas S. Hamill, the father of our subject, was born June 11, 1847, ^^d after arriving at years of maturity he was married. His wife, Mrs. Anna E. Hamill, was born January 19, 1849. -*^t the time of the Civil war he responded to his country's call for aid and enlisted in 1863 in the Fourth Ohio Cavalry, and afterward served with Company H, One Hundred and Eighty-third Ohio Infantry. He was only sixteen years of age at the time of his enlistment, but the Union numbered him among its loyal and devoted defenders. He is now engaged in the manufacture of paints on an extensive scale in Columbus, being associated in this business' with his son, whose name introduces this review. His children are : Mary C, wife of Thomas H. Busii, a well known horticulturist of Michigan; Emma, who is at home; Martha, who is now a student in the high school; and Thomas B., of this review.

Captain Hamill was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 13, 1873. He spent the greater part of his boyhood in Newport, Kentucky, where he remained until eighteen years of age. There he acquired his education and from 1882 until 1892 he was' employed as a salesman in the dry goods housfe of the John Schillet Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio. He afterward joined his father in business and they are now at the head of one of the leading industrial concerns of the city, engaged in the manufacture of paint on an extensive scale. Their business has constantly grown both in volume and importance, and the house enjoys an enviable reputation in trade circles for reliability and straightforward dealing, as well as for the excellent quality of the goods sent out.

With the blood of Revolutionary ancestors flowing in his veins, and with the illustrious' example of his grandfather and father before him, it is not strange that Captain Hamill early became interested in military affairs. In 1885 when only tw^elve years of age he became a member of a boys' company attached as auxiliary to Post No. i, G. A. R., of Newport. This company attended the state and national encampments of the Grand Army of the Republic at Portland, Maine, in 1885, at San Francisco, California, in 1886. at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1887, and at Columbus, Ohio, in 1888. On the 20th of October. 1893, Mr. Hamill enlisted as a private in the Fourteenth Regiment of the Ohio National Guards, and was commissioned a sergeant of the regi-

Henry Dominy

'" "Mr" Dominy was born in Darby townsl,ip. Madison Ohio, Novem^ ber 16 i8n His grandfatlier, Henry Dommy, removed from Long K land to Paltburg, New York, and spent his remaining days m the Emp.re state.

Jeremiah Doniiny, the fatlier of our suljject, was born on Long Island, and became a New York farmer. He married Abigail Norton, who was born in New York, and in 1812, the year of their marriage, they started for Ohio by wagon, arriving in Worthington, Franklin county, in the late fall. They resided with the family of Mr. Buell until Mr. Dominy could erect a home on the farm which he had purchased in Madison township. Mr. Norton, the maternal grandfather of our subject, also came to Ohio at the same time and purchased three hundred acres of land in what is now Darby township, Madison county, although the counties had not then been organized. Jeremiah Dominy settled on his fifty acres' of land in Darby township. He had no tools, not even an ax, and only five dollars in money. He built a cabin of round logs, 18x20 feet, in one end of which was a fire place, the smoke finding egress through a mud and stick chimney. The room was used for all purposes. Greased paper pasted over apertures in the wall served as a window. The land on which Columbus now s(tands could then have been purchased for two dollars and a half per acre. Mr. Dominy made shoes for his neighbors and followed coopering for a time, thus adding to his income. As his' financial resources increased, he extended the boundaries of his farm by additional purchase until he owned twelve hundred acres, being numbered among the most prosperous agriculturists of his community. He made all of the plows' used' in this section of the state, being able to do anything in a mechanical line, owing to his splendid ability in that direction. For a short time he served in the war of 18 12. He was long township tax collector, for twenty years served as justice of the peace and was one of the influential men of his community. In polities' he was an old line Whig and he was reared in the Presbyterian church. His death occurred on the old home farm. The mother of our subject died about 1827 and he afterward married Tamson Ganby. He became the father of twenty children. Those of the first marriage were: Dulanna, who died at the age of fourteen; James, who died in 1812; Henry; Betsy, wife of Eli Douglas; Almon and Alvin, twins; Ezra; Nancy, wife of Willis' Twiford; John, of Nebra^ska; Abigail, who died in childhood; and Silas. The children of the second marriage were Phoebe, wife of Dana Bigelow; Martha, wife of Harvey James; Melissa, wife of Lemuel Marshall ; Jasper, deceased ; and four who died in childhood.

Henry Dominy of this' review was reared on the frontier where there were many wild animals and wliere conditions existed that can scarcely be realized by the people of to-day. The land was in its primitive condition, forests uncut and fields undeveloped. In his boyhood he aided in clearing and improving the home farm. When fourteen years of age he would travel thirty milesi to mill in all kinds of weather. There were no schools for many years. Occasionally when the people of the neighborhood would raise money, a teacher would be employed and school would be held in some abandoned log shanty. The first school he attended was in a log corn crib, his teacher being Aaron Martin, a man of good education for those times.

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Mr. Dominy remained at home until his marriage, which occurred December 13, 1834, Miss Harriet Barlow becoming his wife. She was born in Greene county, Ohio, in 1818, a daughter of Edwin and Polly (Barnes) Barlow. Her father was born in Connecticut, and her mother in New York, in which state both lived at the time of their marriage. Afterward tliey emigrated to Ohio, locating in Greene county.

Mr. Dominy after his marriage took up his abode in Madison county, where he lived until 1864, when he sold his farm there and purchased two hundred and twenty acres in Norwich and Washington townships, Franklin county. Later he bought one hundred and twenty acres additional in Washington township. He has since actively engaged in farming, and although he has passed the eighty-seventh milestone on life's journey, he yet superintends the management of his- property. The following children came to bless rhe home: Abigail, deceased; Edmond, who died in Washington township in 1888; Polly, wife of Henry Wright; Jeremiah; Amanda, wife of Luther Mathias; Ezra; Horace, of California; Harriet E., who died in childhood; and William H., who was born in Canaan township, Madison county,. Ohio, September 26, 1859. He was a boy when his parents removed to Washington towaiship, Franklin county, was educated in the district schools, and reared on the farm. On the 12th of April, 1883, he wedded JMary. K. Neff, daughter of Augustus and Sarah Ann Neff. He then located on his father's farm, where he has since made his home. His wife died March 2, 1893, leaving three children, Sarah Ann, Lucy Austin and Harriet F.

Mr. Dominy of this review was also called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who had traveled life's journey by his side for sixty-two years, two months and fourteen days when called to her final rest in March, 1897. She was a devout Christian woman and for a half century Mr. Dominy has been an adive member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has read the Bible through over twelve times and quotes the scriptures readily. In early life he was a Whig and' in 1840 voted for William Henry Harrison. During that campaign he and forty others rode to Urbana on horse back to hear Harrison speak. He once voted for Henry Clay, and since the organization of the Republican party he has' been one of its stalwart supporters. He has an excellent memory and is a good conversationalist and can relate many interesting incidents of his life on the wild western frontier.

William A. Westervelt

The progressive and prosperous young physician of Columbus, Ohio, whose name heads this sketch is a representative of the Westervelt family in America which was founded by Lubbert von Westervelt, who came from Holland about 1662, and to wdiom our subject is able to trace his genealogy in an unbroken line. Lubbert was accompanied by a brother whose name cannot now be recalled. Further interesting material concerning this family will be found in biographical sketches of other Westervelts in t^is volume.

Dr. Westervelt is a son of the Rev. Howard Bailey Westervelt, of Mifflinville, Ohio, and was born at Columbus, in 1870. He received a good English education at Portsmouth, Scioto county, Ohio, and was graduated at the Ohio University at Athens in 1891. In 1894 he was graduated in medicine and surgery at the Medical College of Indiana, where he was a student and instructor of chemistry from 1891 to 1893. He devoted much of his time during 1894 to dispensary work at Indianapolis, and immediately after his graduation that year began the practice of his profession at Williamsport, Ohio, where he had a successful career until 1896, when he located at Columbus'. He was an assistant surgeon in the Ohio National Guard, with the rank of captain from 1896 to 1899, and in 1898 was appointed major and surgeon of the Tenth Ohio Regiment, with which he was actively connected until March 22, 1899, when the regiment was mustered out of the United States volunteer service, having been on duty most of that time with the Second Army Corps at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, and at Camp Mc- Kenzie, Georgia, a part of the time as acting brigade surgeon of the First Brigade. Since 1899 he has been in general practice at Columbus' and has met with satisfactory success.

In politics Dr. Westervelt is a Republican. He and his father and three of his brothers are members of the Greek letter society of their college. In religious connection he is a Methodist. He married Miss Myra M. Wells, a daughter of the late Mark T. Wells, of Columbus, and has one son.

Jeremiah Dominy

A representative of the farming interests of Franklin county, Jeremiah Dominy belongs to one of the oldest families of Ohio, his people having come to this state in 181 2. He was born in Canaan township, Madison county, Ohio, October 17, 1841, and is a son of Henry Dominy, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. He spent the first twenty-three years of his life in the county of his nativity and in the spring of 1864 accompanied his parents' on their removal to Washington township, Franklin county. He pursued his education in the common schools during the winter months, and in the summer season worked on the farm until after the inauguration of the Civil war, when he enlisted September 21, 1861, at Camp Chase as a private of Company K, First Ohio Cavalry, under command of Captain Forshee and Colonel Smith. He participated in the battles of Stone River. Perryville and Cortland, Alabama, and at the last named, on the 25th of July, 1862, all of the company, with the exception of sixteen, were captured, Mr. Dominy, however, being fortunate enough to escape. They were fighting almost daily from Manchester, Tennessee, to Shiloh and were on the skirmish line or scouting almost day and night. In June, 1862, Mr. Dominy participated in the siege of Corinth. Owing to disability he was discharged at Luverne, Tennessee, Febru-

On the i6th o/November, 1864, Mr. Dominy was' united m marriage m Canaan township to Miss Eleanor Sager, daughter of John Sager. 1 heir childm. are as follow.: Newton J., born July i, 1872, on the homestead fa n pursued his education in the district schools, was for two years a student r ; H 11 aid high school, and then entered the Ohio Medical College, where he studied two years. He graduated in pharmacy m 1896 and has' been clerki^^io- in a drug store for three years. In politics he is a Republican, ho ds ?o the bel ef of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was married December iV 1807 to Anna May Mitchell, and they had one child, Llewellyn, nou deceased Carl S. Dominy, the younger son, was born August 29, 1874, and after attending the district schools, spent two years m the high school at Hhard and Sne year in the high sichool at Dublin He too favors the Sethodist Episcopal church, and. is a Renublican in his PO^tical f ^^ ions. Tb.ixAighout his active business career Teremiah Dominy has followed farming At the time of his marriage he located on his present farm of eightyone acres in Washington township, Franklin county, and as the result ot his well-directed efforts, he is' now the possessor of a comfortable competence. He was formerly a member of John A. Spellman Post, G. A. R., of Hil hard but is not identified with it now. Of the Republican party he is a stalwart supporter, unchangeable m his advocacy of its principles and he is as true and loyal to his duties of citizenship to-day asi when he followed the old flag on southern battle-fields. ,

Eio-ht years have passed since Dr. Wliitaker became a representative of the medical fraternity of Columbus. The ranks of the profession are constantly recruited from the farms, and he is among the number who left rural surroundings to become identified with the practice of medicine. He was born upon a farm in Logan county, Ohio. Alarch 6, 1839, and represents one of the honored pioneer families of the Buckeye state The Whitakers are of English origin and when members of the family left that country tor the new world they took up their abode in New Jersey. Demond \\ hitaker, the grandfather of our subject, was the first of the name to come to Ohio, making a settlement in Clark countv, in the year 181 1. He brought with hirn his family, including Joseph Whitaker, the father of our subject, who was born in New Jersey, in 1791- At the age of twenty he became a resident of Clark county where he followed the occupation of farming until his removal to Loo-an county. There he carried on agricultural pursuits until his death, and h?s wife who bore the maiden name of Lydia Rudisell, also passed away in- the same countv. Her father, Henry Rudisell, was descended from a German family and was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, after wdiich he was granted a pension until his death in recognition of the aid which he rendered the culonies. He was under the immecHate command of Washington, and at the battle of Brandywine was captured and held prisoner by the British in New York city.

Dr. Whitaker of this review spent his youth in Logan county, where he attended the public schools and also pursued his studies in a select school. Later he entered Hillsdale College, at Hillsdale, Michigan, where he continued his education for two years, teaching during the intervals in Ohio. Attracted to the science of medicine, he began reading under the direction of Dr. S. N. James, of East Liberty, Ohio, and eventually entered Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati, in which institution he was graduated with the class of 1868. Beginning practice in Logan county, he there continued for two years, and in 1893 he came to Columbus, where he has since resided. Long^ connection with the profession and a broad and varied experience well qualified him for the work which he undertook in thisi city, and he was not long in demonstrating his skill and trustworthiness in the line of his chosen work.

At the time of the Civil war Dr. Wlijtaker manifested his loyalty to his' country by donning the blue asi one of the defenders of the Union. He served from 1862 until 1865 in the Fourteenth Ohio Battery and took part in a number of engagements, including the battle of Pittsburg Landing, the siege of Atlanta, ending in the surrender of the city, the battle of Jone^-boro and of Nashville and the celebrated campaign under General Sherman, including the famous march to the sea, which showed the Confederacy to be but an empty shell. In 1864 he was under General Thomas at the capture of Mobile, and on the i8th of August, 1865, he was honorably discharged, having for three years loyally followed the old flag, faithfully performing hisi duties whether upon the picket line or in the thickest of the fight.

When the war was over Dr. Whitaker returned to his family in the north. He had been married in i860, to Miss Amanda J. Speese, of Byhalia, Union county, Ohio, a daughter of George and Maria Speese. They now have six children: Harry, who follows farming; Katy B., wife of C. W. James, of Columbus; Rudisell V., who is with a railroad company; Nellis M., a successful teacher in the Portsmouth schools; Paul P. ; and Leon D., who is a student in a commercial college. The Doctor and his family are widely and favorably known. He is one of the most reliable physicians in practice in Columbus. He supplements) his' broad experience by constant reading and study, so that he is in touch with the most advanced thought and progress of the day.'

Alfred Taylor

Among the old and honored residents of Jackson township none is held in higher esteem than Alfred Taylor, one of its prominent and successful farmers. He was' born in Maryland, December 29, 182 1. the only child of Samuel and Pattie (Hickman) Taylor. He was very young when his father died and consequently knows nothing of him. His mother subsequently married again and by the second union had children, none of whom our subject has ever seen.

When a small child Mr. Taylor was bound out to his uncle, Elisha Howell, with whom he came to Franklin county, Ohio, three years later, remaining with him until reaching manhood. On attaining his majority he received fifty dollars, but continued to work for his uncle at eight dollars per month for two years. He then began farming on his own account upon rented land, but made his home with Mr. Howell two years longer.

Air. Taylor was then married, in 1847, ^^ the age of twenty-six years, to Miss Myrandah Lukins, who was born in Horsham township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1826, and was about seven years old when brought by her parents to this county, the family taking up their residence in Columbus. Her father, James Lukins, was supposed to be of Scotch descent, while her mother, Phoebe (Bradford) Lukins, was a native of Pennsvlvania and of German or low Dutch ancestry. In their family were twodaughters : Jeannette, now the widow of Jerry Park and a resident of Washington, low'a; and Mrs. Taylor, who was reared in Pleasant township from the time she was seven years of age. Of the seven children born to our subject and his wife, two, who were twins, died young. Those living are Jeannette, wife of John C. Haughn, of Putnam county, Ohio; Mary, wife of Charles H. Rivers, of Franklin township, this county; Samuel, who married Lydia Seeds, and resides' on one of his father's farms in Jackson township; and Josephine, wife of James H. Bell, living on another of Mr. Taylor's farms in the same township. Their son, James M., died after reaching young manhood ; James was the second son, and selected railroad work for his vocation, but a severe attack of typhoid fever ended his bright prospects ; this son was married to Nancy Johnson, leaving a little daughter beside the wife to mourn his early departure.

Mr. and Airs. Taylor began married life in a log house near Lockbourne, where they lived one year, and then spent three years on the Abner Williams farm near the same place. In 1849 he purchased the farm in Jackson township, upon which he still lives, and located thereon in 1852. It was a wild tract of one hundred acres covered with a heavy growth of timber, which he at once began to clear, making his home in a little log cabin which stood upon his land. Prior to this he had cleared seventy acres of land near Shadeville, and in the work of improvement he has ever borne his' part, thus materially advancing the interests of his adopted county. In his farming operations he has prospered, and is now the owner of four hundred and fortysix acres of valuable and productive land in Jackson township. He commenced life for himself with fifty dollars' in money, but being industrious, ambitious and honorable in all his dealings he has steadily prospered and is to-day one of the most substantial men of his community.

Politically Air. Taylor was originally a Whig, but since the organization of the Republican party he has' been one of its stanch supporters. For nine years he filled the office of school director in his district. For fortyeight years Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have resided upon their present farm. In 1897 they celebrated their golden wedding, at which time over six hundred of their friends were gathered at their home to offer their congratulations to this worthy couple. They stand high in the community where they have so long made their home, and no citizens in Franklin county are more honored or highly respected.

Purdy M. Reese

One of the intelligent and prominent farmers of Prairie township, Purdy M. Reese was born on the banks of the Scioto river in Franklin county, December 26, 1826. Few of the native sons of the county have so long resided here. His ancestors were Welsh. His paternal grandfather was accidentally killed at the time of the raising of a building, after which his widow and her children came to Ohio, locating on Darby creek near the county line of Franklin and Madison counties. IVIrs. Reese spent her remaining days here.

David Reese, the father of our subject, was born in Virginia and accompanied his mother to the Buckeye state when about twelve or fifteen years of age. He spent his boyhood days upon the home farm on Darby creek and received but limited educational privileges, for the schools of that day were primitive in character. His training at farm labor, however, was not meager, for early experience soon made him familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. As a companion and helpmeet on life's journey he chose Miss Magdalina King, who was born in Franklinton, Ohio, a daughter of Samuel King, who came from Pennsylvania to this state. He was probably a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but in an early period in the development of Ohio he came to this county and located in Franklinton. He married Miss Martha Mcllvaine, who had two maternal undes of the name of Purdy, who fought in the Revolutionary war. Samuel King resided near the Scioto river and died at his home by the Grogg Spring. His wife passed away at the home of one of her children. After his marriage David Reese, the father of our subject, resided just across the line in Madison county, but later he took up his abode in Brown township, Franklin county, on Darby creek. He lived in various places and at length died in Madison county, at the age of eighty-four years. The mother of our subject passed away in 1837. The father was three times married, his second -wife being Polly Carton, while his third wife was Lydia Chillis. The children of the first marriage were : Purdy M. ; Joseph, deceased ; Martha Ann, who has also passed away; Eliza Jane, deceased wife of Charles Arthurs; tind Samuel, who served in the Civil war and is now living in Madison county, Ohio. There was one child by the second marriage, John, who is now living in Amity, Madison county.

iife in a log school building on the Anthony farm on the Scioto river. His carlv teacher was Alexander Jones, a New England man, wlio was weU' qaalified for his work. The schoolhonse was built of 'round logs ana was supplied with slab benches and puncheon floors, while the older children used as a writing desk a board which was laid upon pins driven into the wall- a log taken out of the room gave a place for the insertion of window glass and the building was thus lighted. The rod formed an important item in the discipline and the rules were primitive in character.

After the death of his mother Mr. Reese of this review went to live with his uncle, Purdy Mcllvaine, at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and was sent by him to the subscription schools. For four or five years he remained with his uncle, who was acting as Indian agent at that point for the Wyandotte tribe He was a stanch Democrat and on account of his politics he was removed from his office by William Henry Harrison, who was then president of the United States, being succeeded by John W. Bare. W^hen the W yandottes sold their lands to the government Mr. Mcllvaine acted as their agent in settlino- with the government. Mr. Reese accompanied his uncle on many of his trtps among the red men. At times Mr. Mcllvaine would have as much as one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars m gold and silver in his house. After he had been deposed as agent he conducted a tavern at Marion Ohio for a year and was also at Delaware for a time. While residino- there Mr. Reese left his uncle's home and entered upon an independent bSsiness career. He came to Franklin county, where he entered the employ of another uncle, Robert King. He was employed m the quarries to some extent and while living on the river became afflicted with ague. He then went to live with his uncle, Samuel King, in Norwich township, remaining with him for a considerable period. As a companion and helpmeet on life's journey he chose Miss Nancy Kellar, their marriage being celebrated September 15 1855. The lady was born on the old Kellar homestead m Norwich towAship and during her girlhood she pursued her education in the subscription schools, her first teacher being Mary Cox. She was also under the instruction of Alexander Jones for a time, and she completed her education in the district schools, when seventeen years of age. She is a daughter of Jacob Kellar, who was born in Virginia, married Sarah Daugherty and coming to Ohio they settled in Franklinton. Her mother was a daughter of John Daugherty, who was a native of Ireland_ and was there reared. His wife died after coming to the United States, with his children, - he locating in Richland county, Ohio. For his second wife he chose Nancy Gatton, and subsequently removed to Franklinton, where John learned his trade of weaving. After his marriage Jacob Kellar located m Norwich township, on the farm now owned by John Robinson. Prior to this, however, thev lived for a time in a log house, situated on the present site of Marble Cliff At that place James Daugherty, the maternal uncle of Mrs. Reese ferried people across the river in pioneer days. On the old homestead farm Mr. Kellar died in i860.

Mr. and Airs. Reese began their domestic life on the ElHott farm in Norwich township, where they resided for one year. He afterward rented and operated other farms and for a time resided on the Kellar homestead. He lived in Brown township for nine years and then purchased fifty acres of land, which he cultivated and improved until 1873, when he sold that property and located on his present farm near Alton. The tract comprised sixty-two and a half acres, which is under a high state of cultivation. He carries on general farming and his progressive methods and untiring energy have brought to him creditable success.

The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Reese has been blessed with five children : Joseph, who is engaged in merchandising in Alton, Ohio; Robert, who died at the age of three years; Ada, the wife of William Norris, of Logansport, Indiana; Jennie, the wife of Turne Cordell, of Columbus, and Charles, who was accidentally killed on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. Both Mr. and Mrs. Reese hold membership in the Christian Union church and take an active part in its work. In politics he is a Democrat, having supported the party since casting his first presidential vote in 1848, with the exception of two occasions when he deposited his ballot for other candidates. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Galloway, and is recognized as one of the progressive and enterprising citizens, co-operating in every movement or measure for the public good and at the same time so conducting his private affairs as to win a handsome competence in return for his labor. He and his wife have many warm friends who esteem them highly for their sterling worth and many excellencies of character as well as for their cordial hospitality.

William Aiilton Graham

The well known civil engineer and contractor, of Columbus, Ohio, whose name appears above, is a son of John Graham, who w^as sheriff of Franklin county, Ohio, from 1837 to 1846. John Graham was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, and came to Franklin county in 1826 with his parents, who settled on a farm at Alton. Sheriff Graham's brothers, James, Thomas and Nathan, became farmers, but John studied civil engineering at the old academy at Columbus, which stood on the site of the present city hall, and became county surveyor of Franklin county. Later he served as deputy sheriff and during the nine years from 1837 to 1846, he ably filled the ofihce of sheriff. He was appointed postmaster of Columbus by President Lincoln, was a member of a commission appointed to investigate the Ashtabula disaster, one of the most terrible railway accidents in the history of America. He spent three years in New York city, where he was employed as a civil engineer in laying out portions' of Central park. Politically he was a Whig, later a Republican and he was highly esteemed as an engineer, as a public official and as a citizen. He died at Columbus in 1895, aged eighty-three years. His wife w-as Miss Jane Smith, a native of Pennsylvania.

Of the eight cliildren of John and Jane (Smjth) Graham William Milton Graham o1 Colnmbits, is the only survivor. He was educated m the c tv schools. stud,ed engineering w.th his father and was " '-^^^/j^^!;^ t°\fe in the city engineer's department of the city of Columbus. Snice leaxuig tne c"ty en-neer-1 office, he has devoted himself to contractmg to supply waterworks °e'«r and treet work in different cities and has met with no ewo th; success. He is a Mason and an Odd Fellow and he ,s h.ghly regarded Ta straightforward and reliable busi.tess man and a progressive and pubhc- Spirited citizen.

William Lisle is a representative of one of the pioneer families of Franklin conntvTnd first opened his eyes to the light of day in the httle log cabin hie " oicl on the homestead farm in Hamilton township November 28 1S08 hS o-randfather, John Lisle, was a native of Kentucky and removed to Cincinnati and afterward to Franklinton. On the journey he carried his two sm James and Robert, in saddlebags on his horse and his wife cair ed her 1 tt e infant daughter. No roads had been made from Cincinnati and th y foTloved he Lidian trails. On reaching what is now Franklin county John Ltle seci!^ed\ claim, entering from tl- ^.overnment three^h^^^^ land on Whetstone creek iif^Perry township. There he 1°^^^^^^"?,, 7, "'^;.;'; of the wilderness when he could have secured the land upon which the city o CoKm bus "as since been built, had he so desired. He also entered a rac of oneZmdred and sixtv acres for his son Robert and a similar ract for In ?on James. On the wild frontier he developed a good farm and earned on

Tames Lisle the father of our subject, was born m Kentuckv. and atter beinc; brought to' Ohio in the manner described above, he was reared upon the old home farm, experiencing all the hardships and trials as well as pleasures known to the ron ier ,s;ettlers. When the war of 1812 was inaugurated he ^nd the army and served as a defender of the American interests ^^ hen he lad attained to man's estate he located on a quarter-sectioi. of land n Hamilton township, which had been entered for him by his fathei. It ^as f wild tract upon ;hich not a furrow had been turned or an "^^Provemen made. He erected a little cabin builfof round ogs, the house being fifteen bv fifteen feet. It contained but one room, in the end of which was a large fireplace, which served the double purpose of heating and of furnishing f^re for cooking purposes. There was a puncheon floor, a clapboard root and a mud and stick chimney. James Lisle gave thirty acres of his land to ^li. Kilgore in pavment for the latter's labor in clearing ten acres of his farm. The Lisle fam'ilv was one of the first to locate in that locality, and wi h resolute purpose and undaunted will the father carried on the work of developing and improving his place. On one occasion he was thrown rom a horse and sustained a bad wound on the head, but the scalp was; laid back and a silver plate inserted, which he wore throughout the remainder of his life. He was survived for several years by his wife, who bore the maiden name of IMary Guilford. They had five children : John, who went to Oregon and died in that state in 1897; William, of this review; Robert, who died in Iowa; Abbie, who became the wife of Michael Moore and died in the Hawkeye state; and Alexander, who is living in Minneapolis.

Few of the residents! of Franklin county have been eye-witnesses' of the development of this portion of the state through as long a period as Mr. Lisle. He is now ninety-two years of age and he can relate many interesting incidents of life on the frontier, Ohio at that time being considered on the far borders of civilization. When a small boy his father would often have him take care of his horses along the ponds, and he would often see deer running across. the prairies. He attended the subscription schools from the age of twelve years, but his educational privileges were somewhat meager, as his father was in limited financial circumstances and needed his assistance upon the farm. He began plowing when his head was not as high as the plow handles. He continued to pursue his studies, however, through the winter seasons' until sixteen years of age, after which he had to work in order to aid in supporting the younger children of the family. He entered the employ of his uncle, Robert Lisle, then one of the wealthy men of the county, and for his services our subject received from ten to twenty cents per day. When he was twenty-three years of age he and 4qis brother John rented the Elliott land west of Alton and there cleared three hundred and sixty acres of land, which they planted, raising good crops'. Their lease was made out for five yearsi, but after four years they disposed of it to a Mr. Lathrop, who took possession of the place.

In the meantime Mr. Lisle married, on the 24th of November. 1844, Miss Sarah McWilliams, who was born on Bay run, in Jackson township. May 10, 1826, a daughter of John and Mary (Sampson) McWilliams' After surrendering his lease Mr. Lisle worked at anything which he could get to do. He rented the Graham farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he operated for two years and on the expiration of that period found himself the owner of the greater part of the old homestead, having purchased the interests of the other heirs. One of his brothers-in-law, however, would not sell his' share of the land, so that it was appraised and the court gave Mr. Lisle the privilege of taking possession of it at the appraiser's price. He borrowed the money, made the purchase and continued on the old homestead for two years, after which he sold the property to Robert and John Lisle. He then purchased the Henry Adams farm in the western part of Prairie township, and later he purchased of George Dugan one hundred and twenty-five acres of land. He afterward became the owner of one hundred acres, formerly the property of Mr. Sullivan, and of eighteen and a half acres of the Granner farm. At different times he has added other small tracts. John Graham was the surveyor and found many unclaimed tracts which Mr. Lisle purchased. He also bought twenty-eight acres of land of the Wallace survey and a fact from 'Squire Cole, ";1"':'\"°^V*;^["" ,'';i,^;°!! homestead. At the present time our subject own« three h""'';^^ and t^vent> five acres, having disposed of a portion of his property, ^^'^'l^^ll^'" bee.,, a shrewd, enterprising and industrious business ^'^ J^'^^^^'i^^'^ management and keen sagacity and energy have brought to h.m creditable

Unto onr subject and his wife have been born seven children. John, of Columte; ames a physician engaged in the practice in Licking county. Ohio; Lewis, a medical practitioner of Selina, Mercer 0'°:.^^^^ deceased wife of Jerome Ingalls; Zadoc, who has ako passed away Del.., (fnf Hsriv Hiibbard- George, who was born on the home farm April 6, i860 Ld is thf youngek of the' family. He pursued his literary education n the district Ichools'and in the high school of Columbus and aft^rwa d

Throuo-hout the years of an active and honorable business career William T MaCy was actively connected with building and m many of he principal cities of the ccntry .tand important public and pn^ebnddinJs which are monuments to his skill, ability, enterprise and business sagacit>. Now he is living retired, for the extensive building operations which he conducTecl returned to him a handsome income, and with a gratifying competence for the evening of life he put aside the more arduous business cares which fill tip the noontide of man's earthly career. He first came to Columbus m 1890 and has resided continuously in the city for many years.

county in 1834. . His eldest brother, Austin IMallory, is a well known lawyer of Dublin, Ireland, and has traced the ancestral history of the family back through nine hundred years. During his youth Mr. Mallory, of this review, came to the United States, and in the schools of this country continued his education, which was begun on the Emerald Isle. He afterward prepared for life's practical duties by serving an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade and thus mastering the business whereby he has since provided for the support of himself and family. He completed his term of service in 185 1 and was continuously identified with the building interests' until 1890. He has taken and executed the contracts for the construction of fine public and pri\-ate buildings in Cincinnati, Louisville, Kentucky, and Memphi'Si, Tennessee. For six years prior to the Civil war he was superintendent of construction on the University of Mississippi at Oxford, and other buildings of equal importance attest his thorough understanding of the builder's art. He employed a large force of workmen, whose efforts he capably directed, and in the line of his chosen calling he occupied an enviable position.

]\Ir. Mallory was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Francis, of Louisville, Kentucky, a representative of an old and prominent family of that state. The oldest son of William T. and Ellen Mallory is the Hon. Charlesi Mallory, who studied law under Judge Thurman, of Columbus, and completed his preparation for the bar in the University of Washington. Since 1892 he has engaged in practice in New York city and is prominent in political circles there as a representative of the Democracy. In 1896-7 he was a member of the general assembly of the state. Lieutenant Theo Mallory, the second son, was educated in Cincinnati and Columbus, completing the high school course in the latter city. He enlisted in the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry for 'service in the Spanish-American war in 1898 and served in Porto Rico, wdiere he was stricken with fever, his weight being thus reduced from one hundred and sixty to one hundred pounds. On the reorganization of the regiment as the Fourth Ohio National Guard he enlisted and was elected second lieutenant, in which rank he is' now connected with the military service of the state. William James Mallory, the third son of the family, pursued his education in the public schools and commercial college of Columbus, and is now well known in businesis circles here.

Mr. Mallory is public-s'pirited in an eminent degree; national progress and local advancement are causes both dear to the heart of this adopted and thoroughly loyal son of the Republic. His devotion to the country is above question and no native son of America is more true to her institutions or more faithful to his duties of citizenship. His political belief associates him with the Democracy and on that ticket he has twice been elected city clerk, while for two terms he has served on the city board of equalization, and in 1900 and ten years previously he was decennial appraiser, being particularly in this work owing to his knowledge of realty values. He and his family attend the Holy Family church on West Broad street. IMr. Mallory 'iias now attained the age of seventy years and enjoys perfect health, for

Nature deals kindly with those who abuse not her laws. Surrounded with ihe comforts of life, with a family who are a credit to hisi name, and in the midst of many friends, he is now living quietly and happily, - an honored and respected citizen of Columbus.