Columbus City (part 33 of 57)

The old families of Ohio whose history in the state reaches back to pioneer days have in their different generations made the material for records most valuable and interesting, and the unfolding of the family history of the Rev. W. B. Davis,, oi Marion township, Franklin county, is an illustration of this fact. Mr. Davis w^as' born near the "Rock mill," on the Bookwalter farm, in Fairfield county, Ohio, August 5, 1823, a son of John Buckey and Elsie (Biggerstadd) Davis. The family is of Welsh lineage and was founded in America by the grandfather of our subject, a native of Wales, who became a farmer of Maryland. John B. Davis was born in Frederick, Maryland, and was tliere reared, educated and married. In 1808 he came to Ohio and located on the Bookwalter farm in Fairfield county, and thence removed to Pleasant township, Marion county, Ohio, about 1835. He was' a pioneer there and locating in the forest he built a log cabin and cleared a farm. For many years he was a devoted member of the Methodist church, and in pclitics was first a Whig and later a Republican. He became a man' of considerable local prominence and died when about sixty-two years of age. His wife, who was also a native of Maryland, died at the age of thirty-seven years. Unto them were born ten sons, nine of whom grew to manhood, Avhile five are yet living. After the death of the mother the father married a ]\Iiss Williams, and they had two daughters.

The Rev. W. B. DaA is was hi^ father's fifth son and was twelve years of age when the family settled in the midst of the green woods of Marion county. He aided in clearing the land and placing it under cultivation, and his early education was obtained in a log school house with puncheon seats resting on pins, and writing desks of hewn slabs supported by pins driven into the wall. He was about eighteen years of age when his mother filed, and he soon after- ward entered the employ of Gamaliel Gooding, for whom he used the horse in plowing- corn and did other farm w^ork, receiving- twenty-five cents per day or a dollar and a half per week, boarding with his employer, who was a bachelor and did his own cooking. Later he entered the service of William Gooding, a cousin of his former employer, receiving eight dollars per month and remaining with him for five years.

On the 1st of August, 1844, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Morris, a native of Pleasant township, Marion county, Ohio, and unto them were born six children: Lafayette M., Humphrey O., John H., Sarah J., William H. and Perry. Of these Sarah J. and John are the only ones now living, the former being the wife of John Ehrenhart, a well known merchant of Springfield, Ohio, while the latter is engaged in the n-iillirg business as a member of the firm of Davis & Clark, of Columbus. The mother died in January, 1887, and ]\Ir. Davis married Ann E. Souder, the widow of Jacob Souder. They lived happily together until her death, which occurred in San Diego, California, January 30, 1895, her remains being then brought back to Columbus and interred in Green cemetery. On the 17th of June. 1895, ]\lr. Davis married Elizabeth Everett.

After his first marriage Mr. Davis rented a farm in Pleasant tovrnshii^^ Marion county, on which he had been previously employed by Mr. Gooding, and was so successful in its management that he was within a brief period able to buy and improve forty acres of land. This he later sold and then purchased one hundred and twenty acres in the same township, which he disposed of advantageously, investing his money in a mill in Prospect tovrnship, Marion county. After profitably operating this for a year he scld out and resumed farming.

Li 1 86 1 Rev. Davis entered the ministry of the United Brethren church and was given charge of the Allen Creek mission with thirteen appointments' to fill every thirteen weeks. During his first year's service he added one hundred and sixty to the membership of the church and during his second year there sixty other members were added to the congregation. He was then sent by the conference to Johnsville circuit, in Morrow county, Ohio, where he was located for two years, during which time about ninety were added to the church through his efforts. He was next given charge of the Shiloh circuit, in Harrison and Richland counties, Ohio, and in one year brought in one hundred new members. From there he was sent to the Huron mission, which was without a church or a church member of his denomination, and after four weeks labor in a little village he organized a society of fortv members in Huron county. Later he organized another society near by and raised money to build a church edifice, his meetings thus far having been held in a school house. After laboring there successfully for six months he was appointed chaplain of tlie One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and in that capacity served for one year during the Civil war, being mustered out June 26. 1866. Returning to Ohio he was sent as a missionary to Columbus and organized a church on Tcwn street and later built the Olive Branch church in that city and the church now occupied 1\v the United Brethren in West Columbus, raising twenty-two hundred dollars toward the erection of the last church mentioned by personal application in New York city. Up to this time he has been instrumental in erecting- three churches in Columbus. In connection with his second wife and j\Ir. Sessions Rev. Davis built the South Congregational church, and our subject served as a member of the board of trustees and was' its president for some time. Fifteen years of his life he devoted to the active work of the ministry and his efforts were crowned with abundant success. He is a man of irreproachable character and of stainless reputation, honored and respected wherever known and most highly esteemed where best known. ;

Dr. McAIillen was born August 5, 1856. on a farm near Johnstown. Licking county, Ohio. His father, Lylle B. ]\Ic]\Iillen, is now a resident of W'esterville, Ohio, while his grandfather was Diver McMillen, of Scotch- Irish extraction, who died in Coshocton county, Ohio, at the age of eighty-two years. The mother of the Doctor bore the maiden name of Marinda Cramer and was a daughter of Captain J. B. Cramer, who won his title by service in t];e war of 181 2, and died near Johnstown, Ohio, at the advanced age of ninety-two and a half-years. The Doctor's parents are both living.

He attended the district schools and there acquired his preliniinary education, which was supplemented by study in the Johnstown high school and at the schools of Westerville. Later he spent one year in teaching, and then entered the office of Drs'! Stimson & Williams, at Alexandria, Ohio. He became a student of medicine under Dr. David Williams, now of Columbus, and later attended the Eclectic Medical Institute, at Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating with the class of 1881. He began practice at Gahanna. Franklin county, and after seven years spent in Gahanna and in Westerville he secured the position of assistant physician in the Columbus State Hospital fcir the Insane. He spent two and a half years, making a specialty of the study of mental diseases among the unfortunate patients there. Thiis work was greatly to his' liking, mental diseases having ever been a source of interest to him. On leaving the hospital he resumed the general practice of medicine at No. 1075 O^k street, Columbus. In 1892 he received an injury to his spinal cord which has greatly handicapped him in his labors. He was taken to Shepard's Sanitarium for treatment, and in 1894 became associated with Dr. A\'illiam Shepard in the sanitarium work. The department fi r mental diseases' in the sanitarium was opened that year with Dr. McAIillen in charge, and he is still connected with that institution. He is also well known as an educator, holding the position of professor of mental, and nervous diseases in his ahiia mater - the Eclectic JNIedical Institute, of Cincinnati. Ohio. He is a member of the National, the Ohio State and the Ohio Central Eclectic Medical Asso-

On the 8th of Alarch, 1882, Dr. McMihen was united in marriage with MiGS Eva Agler. the only daughter of Clinton W. Agler, who now resides in Columbus. Socially the Doctor is connected with Mifflin Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Gahanna, Ohio. ' He has always been an ardent w'orker in the Republican party, rendering it valuable service in his county.

Frank G. Wixterrixger

The present well-known and popular postmaster of Hilliard is an important factor in business circles and his popularity is well deserved, as in him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending integrity, unabated energy and industry that never flags. He is a leading merchant of that place, and as a public-spirited citizen is thoroughly interested in whatever tends to promote the welfare of the community.

A native of Franklin county, j\Ir. W'interringer was born in Norwich township November 19. 1869, and there grew to manhood, being educated in its common schools. At the age of eighteen he became a telegraph operator for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and after serving as extra man for two years accepted the position of operator at Hilliard. When the company moved their office to Hayden he went with them, but at the end of six snonths resigned his position and returned to Hilliard, where he embarked in general merchandising in partnership wdth his father, J. E. Winterringer. He has since been actively identified with the business interests of this place.

In 1888 Mr. Winterringer was united in marriage with Miss Kate E. Leady, a daughter of John D. and Sarah (Hare) Leady. Two children were born of this union, Maud A. and one unnamed, but both are deceased. The Republican party has always found in Mr. Winterringer a stanch supporter of its principles, and he has been honored with several local offices. Besides* that of postmaster he has served as township clerk four years, and treasurer of Hilliard since 1894. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights' of Pythias and Masonic lodges of Hilliard.

John Y. Bassell

The family history of the subject of this review in both ancestral lines extends far back to a remote period in the settlement of Virginia. The immediate family of our subject were natives of Harrison county, which was continuously their home throughout life. John Y. Bassell was born in Harrison county, Virginia, June 23, 1847, and is the son of Stephen and Catherine (Young) Bassell. He attended school at a classical academy located at ]\Iorgantown, Virginia, now West Virginia, where all the higher branches of learning were taught, and special instruction was imparted to students who contemplated a regular classical and complete course of college graduation.

Mr. Bassell was in attentlance at this academy at the inception of the war of the RebelHon, and, though but thirteen years of age, felt constrained to respond to the cah of his state, enHsting in the Confederate army. He volunteered as a private in the Nineteenth Virginia Cavalry, and a short time subsequently became a member of the staff of General William L. Jackson, a relative. He participated in many engagements' and for bravery and meritorious conduct was promoted to the office of lieutenant. At Droop Mountain he was shot through the lung. At Jackson river he was shot through the hand, and at the battle of Winchester he was so severely wounded by a minie ball piercing his side that he became unfitted for further service in the field and was appointed midshipman in the Confederate navy and placed on board the naval vessel, Patrick Henry, then lying in the James river below Richmond. There he remained until he was stricken with typhoid fever, when he was consigned to the naval hospital in Richmond, where he was confined for several weeks. Recovering sufficiently to enable hini to leave his bed, he was given hospital leave in time to escape the capitulation of the city.

After the conclusion of the war Mr. Bassell attended the University of Virginia, at Charlottesville, where, in addition to the regular curriculum, he took a thorough course in the department of law. In 1869 he was married to Miss Rebecca Benedict, a daughter of William B. Benedict, who Avas for many years in charge of the United States observatory at Washington. Unto this union were born three children: John Y., who graduated at the Lehigh University as a mining engineer and metallurgist, served in the Spanish-American war and died at Columbus' in 1899; Henrietta B. ; and William Benedict, who is practicing medicine in Columbus.

For several years after his marriage Mr. Bassell was engaged in business at Leesburg, Virginia. Removing thence to Missouri, he established himself in business at St. Louis, where he lived until he came to Columbus, in 1895. Upon his arrival in this city he was elected to the position of president and general manager of the Chittenden Hotel Company. For several years he was in charge of this hotel, and upon his retirement from the management of its business he was elected to the office of secretary of the Columbus Board of Trade. An event rarely impels a man into his proper sphere of action. The exception to that rule seems to have exemplified itself in its relation to Mr. Bassell's connection with the Board of Trade. The location of a number of extensive manufactories at Columbus is in a great measure due to his active efforts. The selection of the capital city of Ohio as a point in many instances for gatherings of political associations and fraternal organizations is likewise due in a great part to the same controlling influence and industrious efforts of the worthy, zealous and efficient secretary. The transformation of an immense skating rink in Columbus into one of the most complete and conveniently arranged auditoriums of the state or country is an additional proof of executive abihty, combined with a cultivation of taste and adornment which would reflect high credit upon an accomplished artist. By the usual and customary standard with which the proficiency of an executive officer is rated and established, including as well the additional efficiency of the "pudding test," inference, it would seem, would lead very strongly to the conclusion that Mr. Bassell has during the brief interval of his connection with the Columbus Board of Trade, by his systematic and methodical process of doing business, rendered it exceedingly difficult for those who may succeed him in the offi.ce to improve upon his methods or make material addition to the sum total of valuable service performed by himself during the time of his connection with it. At a general meeting of the Board of Trade in January for the election of officers for the current year he was re-elected to the office of secretary by a unanimous vote. As a collaborator in public utilities pertaining to the material and substantial interests of the city the services of Mr. Bassell, without invidious comparison of results achieved by any other individual, may wdth propriety be estimated in both extent and importance equal to those of any other citizen of Columbus.

A feature more pronounced and distinct, perhaps, than any other in the intellectual composition of Mr. Bassell is an intuitive faculty of conception and expression of thought extemporaneously delivered. Particularly m repartee or ready response he is peculiarly gifted, and on numerous occasions it has been the delight of his friends in social and convivial gatherings to enjoy the versatile and interesting effusion of intellectual thought and elegance of expression rarely blended in a single individual. Culture and refinement to a marked degree in this line of singular intellectuality is rare and isolated, and if with pride and satisfaction New York can boast a Chauncey ]\I. Depew so wnth similar pride does Columbus boast an equally brilliant orator in the person of its gifted and cultured fellow citizen, John Y. Bassell.

William J. Chambers

This well-known and successful dairyman has spent his entire life in Franklin towmship, where his birth occurred February 20, 1862. He is the youngest child of William and Elizabeth (Haughn) Chambers, a sketch of whom is given in connection with that of J. E. Chambers on another page of this volume. On the home farm our subject w^as reared to agricultural pursuits, and his literary education was obtained in the district schools of the neighborhood.

On the 22d of December, 1885, ]\Ir. Chambers led to the marriage altar Miss Emma Newlove, a native of Clark county. Ohio, who came to Franklin county at the age of fourteen years with her parents. J. \\\ and Sarah (Lindel) Newlove. Four children bless this union, namely : Ethel, ^^'allace, Joseph and Lindley.

Mr. and Mrs. Chambers began their domestic life upon the farm which is still their home. Their present comfortal)le residence, erected in 1893, is surrounded by good and substantial outbuildings, and everything about the place denotes the thrift and enterprise of the owner. He owns and operates one hundred and eighteen acres of valuable and productive land, and is sue- cessfully engaged in general farming, but makes a specialty of the dairy business, having one of the oldest dairy establishments in Franklin township. As a Republican Mr. Chambers takes an active interest in political affairs, and has been a member of the township committee of his party. He belongs to the Buckeye Club, and is one of the most popular and influential men of his community.

Herbert A. Linthwaite

Among the beautiful structures which beautify and adorn the city of Columbus are many which have been designed by Herbert A. Linthwaite, the subject of this sketch.

^Nlr. Linthwaite is a native of the city of Vincennes, Indiana, coming from there while very young and locating in Columbus. He is a descendant of Rev. Albert Linthwaite, a minister of the church of England. Herbert A. Linthwaite received his education in the schools of Columbus and studied architecture under William Tinsley, the celebrated English architect. Mr. Linthwaite spent some time abroad, studying his profession in Rome, Berlin and France. His work speaks for itself, many buildings of importance, both in the state and as far east as Buffalo and as far west as Los Angeles, testifying to his skill and artistic taste. He is prominently identified with many of the commercial interests of Columbus.

John C. Frazier

John C. Frazier, who is serving as engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and resides at No. 406 Hamilton avenue, Columbus, is numbered among the native sons of West Virginia, his birth having occurred in Wellsburg, that state, en the 30th of June, 1869. His paternal grandfather was a native of West Virginia and died in Wellsburg in 1877. John W. Frazier, the father of our subject, was there born on the i6th of March, 1846, and served in a West Virginia regiment during the Civil war. His wife, Mrs. Louisa Frazier, also a native of Wellsburg, was born April 30, 1847. O^^ subject is the eldest of their family and the others are as follows: George H., born July 8, 1871, is a foreman in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops at Dennison, Ohio. He wedded Miss Mary Shupp at Gnadenhutten, Ohio, and their children are Irene, who was born in 1893; Beulah, born in 1895; and Bessie, born in 1897. Bessie became the wife of George Miller, a resident of East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and died October 15, 1900, leaving one child, Herbert L., whose birth occurred in 1896. Walter was born November 4, 1875, and is now a resident of East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. R. L., born February 15, 1878, is now a student in the Ohio State University. Ophelia G. and Hattie V. are still with their parents. Thomas, born in 1870, is at home. Olive is also at home. Annie, who w'as born in 1867, died in 1869.

Company in 1884 as a track repairer and held that position for two years. He then began firing on a freight engine on the same road, and after three years' service he was, in June, 1890, promoted to the position of engineer. For sixteen years he has been in continuous service with the exception of a period of sixty days following a serious accident in Bowerstown, Ohio, in 2\Iarch, 1890. He is a member of Division No. 255 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and is well known as a reliable trainman, faithful to his duty in every instance.

Mr. Frazier was married, February 18, 1890, to }^liss Clara F. Martin. Her father served in an Ohio regiment during the Civil war and died in 1897, at the age of sixty-six years. His widow, Mrs. Lizzie Martin, is still living at the old home. Both were natives of Ohio. Their children are: James, Fred and John, all of whom are residents of Newcomerstown, Ohio, and are in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Hattie, the wife of William Hamilton. Sadie, the wife of Clinton Mees. IVLaggie, the wife of James Sickinger ; and Nina, the wife of Harry Shew. During the past year Mr. and Mrs. Frazier have resided in Columbus, having a comfortable home at No. 406 Hamilton avenue. Three children have graced their marriage: Franklin L., who was born August 6, 1891 ; Howard S., born August 7. 1893; and John T., born October 4, 1896, but they lost their second son through an accident which occurred July 2t,, 1900. He was playing on the street and in jumping on a wagon fell between the wheels so that the rear wheels passed over his skull, causing a fracture at the base of the brain. This occurred about haft past eight in the morning. At one o'clock he was' conscious and spoke to both his father and mother, but at five minutes before six in the evening of the same day he passed away, causing a great sorrow in the household. The remains were taken to the old home in Tuscarawas countv, Ohio, where the interment was made. He was a bright and promising' lad who had attended school for two years and was manifesting special aptitude in his studies. Mr. and Mrs. Frazier hold membership in the Christian church in Columbus, and he belongs to the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Pythias order, while in his political affiliations he is a stalwart Republican.

Samuel Riley

Throughout his active business life the subject of this review has been prominently identified with the agricultural interests' of Hamilton township, Franklin county, and has also borne an important part in public affairs. He was born in that township on the 20th of October. 1858, and is a worthy representative of one of the old and honored families of the county, being a grandson of Samuel Riley, and a son of William Riley, who was born in Virginia in 181 5, and died at the age of sixty-seven years. On coming to Franklin county Samuel Riley took up a tract of government land in Hamilton township, which at that time was' heavily timbered, and which he cleared and improved with the assistance of his son. By occupation he was a farmer.

William Riley, father of our subject, was a native of Virginia, and on reaching manhood was married, in 1852, to Miss Bell Wright, of Hamilton township, a daughter of Thomas Wright, a native of Pennsylvania and one of the pioneer settlers of Franklin county. By this union were born two children : Jane S. and Samuel. The former is now the wife of James JMeeker and lives on a part of the old Riley homestead in Hamilton township.

Samuel Riley, the only son and the subject of this sketch, was reared to agricultural pursuits upon the home farm and obtained his literary education in the district schools of the neighborhood. On attaining his majority he began life upon his own responsibilities, and that his farming operations have been uniformly successful is evidenced by the fact that his well appointed farm of one hundred and seventy acres is kept in a high state of cultivation and is supplied with all the conveniences and accessories of a model farm of the twentieth century.

In 1 88 1 ]Mr. Riley was united in marriage with Miss Emma Holmes, who was also born in Hamilton township, December 25, 1859, and is the second in order of birth in a family of nine children. Her father is Isaac Holmes, who is still living in Hamilton township. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Riley are the parents of four children, namely: Cynthia Belle, Samuel G., Walter C. and Harold C.

Our subject is not only one of the most progressive and energetic farmers of his township, but is also one of its leading citizens, taking an active interest in whatever pertains to the public good. At national elections he is a supporter of Democratic principles, but in local political affairs he votes for the men whom he believes best qualified to fill the offices, regardless of party lines. He has been called upon to serve his fellow^ citizens as trustee of the township two terms ; was also assessor two terms, and has been school director for the long period of fifteen years, which fact clearly demonstrates the active interest he takes in educational affairs.

Among the self-made men of Franklin county. Ohio, Thomas \\\ Austin, a prominent farmer of Washington township, is conspicuous. Beginning at the bottom of the ladder, he has worked his way to a good position in the community by methods most commendable, developing a character which has made him known for industry, integrity, patriotism and all the other good qualities which make for first-class citizenship.

Mr. Austin's first American ancestors came from Scotland. Chapman Austin, his grandfather, who was an American soldier in the Revolutionary war, lived, married and died in Virginia, where he was a planter and slave owner. John Austin, son of Chapman Austin and father of Thomas W. Austin, was born in Richmond county, Virginia, passed his early life in agricultural pursuits and was for some years a seafaring man. He married Sarah Fulton, a native of the Old Dominion and a daughter of Thomas Fulton, and after his marriage lived manv years in his native state. In iS^i he came from Virginia to Norwich township, Frankhn county, Ohid, making tlie journey by wagon, and left his okl home April \2 and arrived at his new home ]\Iay 12. He farmed on rented land in Xorwich township until 1859, when he removed to Livingston county. Illinois, where he ended his days. His first wife died in Virginia, and he married there Lucy Thrift, wdiom he brought to Ohio and who is now living in Illinois. By his first marriage he had children as follows: David, who died in infancy; Thomas W., wdio is the subject of this sketch; Margaret, who married Moses Hart; Sarah, wdio married John Billingsley and lives in Missouri; John, who died in childhood; Robert, who served during the Civil war in an Illinois regiment and died of fever in the south ; and Frances, who married Aaron Becker and died in Illinois.

Thomas W. Austin was born in Richmond county. Virginia, October 28, 183 1, and was brought up to farming, with almost no opportunity for acquiring an education. At the age of sixteen he became a sailor at eight dollars a month on Chesapeake bay and was so employed for two years, working hard and enduring many perils and privations. Some time afterward he came to Ohio, wdiere for a time he worked by the month as a farm hand. After his marriage he settled in Norwich township, where, in 1880, he bought his present farm of forty acres, which he has since cultivated with great success and which he has improved until it is one of the most productive and profitable in the vicinity. He has drained the land by an admirable system of tiling, planted an orchard and erected buildings in every way adequate and up-to-date. Politically he is an unswerving Republican, but though he is influential in party councils he is not an office seeker, and has resolutely refused to accept such political honors as have been tendered him. His public spirit has impelled him to identify himself helpfully with every movement wdiich, in his good judgment, has promised to benefit any considerable class of his fellow citizens.

Mr. Austin was married, in Norwich township, to ^liss Lucv Lattimer, a native of that tow'nship and a daughter of Daniel and Catharine (Hyde) Lattimer. Mr. and Mrs. Austin have had two sons, one of whom. \\'illiam, died at the age of twenty-two years, and the other of wdiom. George L., died at the age of fifteen years. They felt the loss of these sons greatly.

James Laaibert

Among the native sons of Ohio now residing in the capital citv is James Lambert, who was born at Coal Grove, this state, in November, 1868. His father, Samuel Lambert, who is now sixty-three years of age and resides in Coal Grove, has been in the employ of the Norfolk & Western Railroad since 1880, and is now car inspector for the company. His wife, Eliza J. Lambert, is also living. At the time of the Civil war the father responded to the call of the president for troops and loyally aided in supporting the Union until the hour of danger was passed.

cation, and ^^hcn seventeen years of age he began work on the Norfolk & Western Raih'oacl wiping engines at the roundhouse. He was employed in that way for four vears, after which he accepted a position as fireman on the road in 1889, his first engineer being E. Theobalt. He was afterward with Charles Doley, and for seven years was fireman with engineer John IMcClure. Jn January, 1900, he was promoted to engineer and is now acceptably serving in that capacity. When a wiper he had his foot nearly severed from his leg, and when on the engine as fireman with Mr. McClure he was at one time nearly crushed between the engine and the side of the roundhouse. In 1892 he joined Franklin Lodge, No. 9, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and he is now a member of Manilla Lodge, No. 537, of Columbus. He also holds' membership with the Order of Red Men.

Mr. Lambert has resided in the capital city since 1889. He was here married, on the 27th of February, 1898, to Miss Bessie Kent, a daughter of Harry C. Kent, of San Francisco. Her father was a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Lifantry and served with his regiment throughout the Civil war. Her sister Grace is now the wife of Fred Phinney and makes her home in Columbus. In his political views Mr. Lambert is a stanch Republican, giving an unswerving support to the principles of the party since attaining his majority. As an engineer he is reliable, efficient and popular, and enjoys the respect of all with whom he is associated.

Frank P. Jackson

Fortunate is the man who has' back of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished, and happy is he whose lines of life are cast in harmony therewith. In person, character and talents Mr. Jackson is a worthy scion of his race. For several generations his ancestors have devoted their energies to the advancement of intellectual acquirements among their fellow men. They have been noted for their mental attainments and for their military prowess, and the family name is an honored one. Of Scotch-Irish descent, the original American progenitors early came to the United States and their descendants are now widely scattered, over the greater portion of the nation. The grandfather of our subject, Thomas Jackson, was a native of Pennsylvania, and when he had arrived at the years of maturity he wedded Miss Katherine Caldwell, who also was born in the Keystone state, where she was reared, educated, married and died. Thomas Jackson, Jr., the father .of our subject, was for many years a merchant in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, and in the latter part of his business career carried on merchant tailorino- in New Castle, Pennsylvania, where his last days were spent, his death occurring in 1886. He wedded Miss Elizabeth Jane Fulkerson, of New Castle, a daughter of Roger Fulkerson. In her maidenhood her mother was a Miss Tidball, of Revolutionary stock. Mrs. Jackson died in 1871. being survived by her husband for fifteen years. He was a very pronounced Democrat in his political affiliations, a'trait which has ever been manifest in the family.

Frank P. Jackson spent his boyhood days in the Keystone state and Avas educated in the schools of New Castle, where he prepared for entrance into the State Normal at Edinburg. iMatriculating in the latter institution, he there continued his studies for two years and then fitted himself for teaching, a profession which he followed for five years, devoting his time outside of the schoolroom to reading law, being also privately instructed in the principles of jurisprudence during that period.

The year 1886 witnessed the arrival of '\lx. Jackson in Ohio, and after residing for a time in Pomeroy he came to Columbus, in August, 1887. In the winter following he was employed as a teacher in the busmess college at P'ostoria, Ohio. In April, 1888, he returned to Columbus, where he continued the reading of law as a student in the office of R. H. Piatt, Esq., being admitted to the bar in October, 1892. He has since followed his profession, giving his entire time to his duties as a representative of the legal fraternity. He was instrumental in the organization and became one of the founders' of the Columbus Law Club, in which he interested many of the citizens of Columbus, especially the trustees of the Ohio State University. Seeing the importance of such a course of study, they finally established a law department in connection with that institution in 1892, and Mr. Jackson was a member of its first graduating class, in the year 1893. He is now located in business at No. I3>3 East State street, and his clientage is constantly increasing, both in volume and importance. In 1897 Mr. Jackson was elected the secretary and attorney of the Columbus' Humane Society, which office he held until December, 1899, and he is now one of the board of directors.

On the 1 2th of January, 1887, the subject of this review married Miss Ella Donnally, of Pomeroy, Ohio, a daughter of A. B. Donnally, who served as the clerk of Meigs county, Ohio, for a period of eighteen years, and was very widely and favorably known there. Later he filled the office of mayor of Pomeroy. Mr. Jackson is also well known in political affairs, having been chairman of the Democratic county judicial committee. He has ever been earnest and unchangeable in support of the Democratic principles, feeling that the platform of the party contains the best elements of good government. He is therefore laboring earnestly fcr the success of the party and the election of his friends. One of his most noticeable characteristics is his fidelity to the course which he believes to be right, whether in the political field or any other line of life.

Elmer G. ]\lclntyre. a passenger conductor on the Pittsluu-g, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, residing on Price avenue, in Columbus, is' numbered among the native sons of Pennsylvania who have found homes in Ohio's capital city. He was born in Greensburg, W'estmt^reland county, April 22, 1863. His father, William jMcIntyre, died in New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, on the I St of April, 1867, at the early age of twenty-nine years, but his widow still survives him and is now a resident of Beaver county, Pennsylvania. The sister of our subject, Miss ]\Iargaret Mclntyre, makes her home in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Mclntyre may largely be called a self-made man, for he started out to earn his own living when only thirteen years of age, at which time he secured employment in the shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at Allegheny. There he remained until 1879, when he was made a brakeman on the PittsJjurg division of the Pennsylvania road, running from Pittsburg to Columbus. In that capacity he served until the' 8th of August. 1884, when his fidelity won recognition in promotion to the rank of conductor, and thus he has since represented the company. His work has elicited favorable comment not only from his superiors in the ser^'ice, but also from the public, whose comfort he has promoted through his courteous and obliging manner. He belongs to the R. B. Hawkins Division, No. 114, of the order at Pittsburg. He is also a member of Magnolia Lodge, No. 20, F. & A. M.

On the 14th of May, 1885, in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Mclntyre and Miss Euranda Dickinson. Her father, Abraham Dickinson, is now living in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, but her mother died in that place in 1898. Their children were Mrs. Mclntyre; William, who is married and resides in Pittsburg and has two daughters ; Mrs. Lottie Williams; Abraham, of Pittsburg, who is married and has one child. Voight D., now ten years of age. ]Mrs. Mclntyre is a representative of one of the old Pennsylvania families, and by her marriage she has become the mother of four children : Lou B., born March 29, 1886; Edward B., born July 17, 1887; Elmer E., born April zy, 1889; and Frank D., born December 28, 1890. Through the past decade the family have been residents of Columljus.

The Hess Family

George Bolser Hess was born in the town of \Wn-temberg. Germany, in the year 1741, and at the age of eighteen years emigrated to America. He served during the seven years' of the Revolutionary war, participating in the battles of Brandywine, Schuylkill, Cowpens and other engagements, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island by the Hessians and confined in the old "sugar house," in New York city, being one of fifty out of seven hundred confined there who survi\-ed its horror.s. He was with Washington at the crossing of the Delaware river and heard him say "God will build us a bridge before morning," and before the break of day the troops had been transported to the other side.

At the close of the war Bolser Hess settled in lied ford. Penns}-lvania. with his wife, Mary Eve Hensel, to whom he was married in 1782. In the year 1798 he removed with his wife, two sons and six daughters to Hopetown. near Chillicothe, Ohio, where he remained for two years. Their son. John M., was born at Chillicothe in 1800, and on the ^fl of October of that year we find the family living on a farm of four hundred acres purchased by the father from General Jonathan Dayton, of New Jersey, and situated on the west bank of the Olentang-y river, immediately northwest of the Ohio State University, in Clinton township. Franklin county. The members of the household were himself and wife, three sons, Daniel, Bolser and John M.. and sixdaughters. To reach this pioneer home Bolser Hess, Sr.. with his eldest son, Daniel, had to cut a wagon road from Franklinton up the Whetstone river through the unbroken forest, his wagon being the first that ever passed north from Franklinton. Bolser Hess died December 27, 1806, and his wife, who survived him nearly fifty years, died on the 26th of January, 1855. Their remains lie in Union cemetery, just north of the old homestead. By will the father bequeathed to his sons, Daniel Bolser and Moses, his real estate. Bolser disposed of his share, and in 1839 removed to Goshen, Indiana, where there is a numerous connection.

Of the six daughters of Bolser Hess, the founder of the family in Ohio, we have the following record : INIary Ann became the wife of Emanuel Cryder and spent her long life near Chillicothe, Ohio. Elizabeth married John Keys, of Chillicothe, and they took up their abode near Springfield. Illinois. Susan married Israel Carpenter and spent most of her life in Delaware county, Ohio. Catherine first married John Oiler, and after his death became the wife of Judge William McElvaine, of Columbus, who died in a short time, and she then married George Oiler and lived for more than thirty-five years on the Scioto river, near Bellpoint. Ohio. Mary Saloame married Samuel Carpenter, a Baptist minister of Lancaster, Ohio, where she died in 1872. at the age of seventy-eight years.

Daniel Hess, the eldest son of Bolser Hess, Sr., had seven children, - Lucy, Amanda, Daniel, Philomen, Mary Eve, William Wilson and Horatio. The four surviving members of this family are : Elder Daniel Hess, a primitive Baptist minister of Columbus ; Philomen, also a resident of the capital city; and Mrs". Lucy Shauck and Mrs. j\Iary Eve Cover, both of whrm are now widows and reside at Riverside, California.

Moses Hess, another son of Bolser Hess, Sr., died in 1856, leaving five children, namely: Thomas Moore, James H., Charles W'esley. John ]\Ioses' and Louisa M. Thomas Moore Hess, who was a son of his father's first marriage, wedded J\Iary Ann Rutherford, and they had one son. Henry R. This wife died, and he afterward married Ann Kinnear, by whom he had two children, Ella P. and Xora A. His death occurred May 28. 1889.

James H. Hess, the second son of ]Moses Hess, married Eliza Jane Kenny, and unto them was born one daughter, Mary Eve, who with her mother occupies a modern home on the site of the first log cabin erected by Bolser Hess in 1800. His death occurred February 13. 1889.

Charles Wesley Hess, the second child of his father's third marriage, spent his youth in the usual manner of boys of the period, working in the fields through the summer months and pursuing his education in the public schools in the winter seasons. He married Miss Ann M. Lane, and unto them were born four children, - William G.. Charles R., Florence L. and Ida.

Charles Wesley Hess died November 9, 1889. making the third Ijrother to die within a period of nine months. His' widow is a resident of Columbus.

John M. Hess, Jr., the youngest son of his father's third marriage, was born on the old homestead March 7, 1844. and was reared to agricultural pursuits. In the district schools he obtained the rudiments of his' education, which was supplemented by a course of study in the Otterbein University, but he was forced to put aside his text-books on account of ill health. Subsequently he was married to Hannah K. Fairfield, of Franklin county, a daughter of William Fairfield, the wedding being celebrated on the 15th of March, 1871. Four children came to grace their union, namely: Walter, now deceased; Benjamin C. ; Elizabeth H. ; and Flora Louise, at home. The family reside upon a portion of the original Hess farm.

Louise Maria Hess, daughter of John M. Hess. Sr., married William P. Brown, of Franklin county, Ohio, and now lives in New York city. They have four children, - Edward C, Ballard W., Mary and Jessie.

The members of the Hess family are stalwart people. Bolser Hess, the progenitor, was six feet, four inches in height and weighed two hundred and fifty pounds. They are known for their sound judgment and safe counsel, honesty and determination of purpose. Agriculturally inclined, they are models as farmers, and in whatever position they have been called upon to occupy they have reflected credit upon it and upon the family name.

Niles M. Petersen

Niles M. Petersen, who is the subject of the present sketch, is one of the reliable and energetic business men of Columbus, Ohio, occupying the prominent position of superintendent and manager of the National Steel Works, located in this city.

Mr. Petersen was born in the city of Hasterslein, Denmark, in 1851, where he received a very liberal education, and enjoyed several years of travel in his native country. He visited many cities and made a special study of the factories in operation in them, endeavoring to gain a correct knowledge of their management as well as of their products. In 1871 Mr. Petersen emigrated to the United States, proceeding immediately to St. Louis, Missouri, where he engaged in work at a steel plant, remaining with the company for a space of eighteen years and being promoted from one position to another and thus becoming thoroughly instructed in every branch. He then entered the employ of King, Gillart "& W^arren, a company known at points throughout the world, then located at Middleport, Ohio, and was promoted to be the superintendent of the works. Upon the removal of the plant to Columbus, in 1895, Mr. Peterson was retained in the service and received the appointment as superintendent manager, which position he has acceptably filled ever since.

The plant of the King, Gillart & Warren Company manufactures steel and brass sheets, with many other articles, employing twelve hundred men. and requiring two engines of five thousand horse-power, with eight small engines to supply power. The plant covers about twenty-five acres, many of the buildings so constructed as to be almost indestructible, while the machinery is of the most modern patterns known to the business.

In 1875 Mr. Petersen married Miss Beata Nelson, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and four children have been born to this estimable couple, - two boys and two girls. They live, with all the comforts of modern life, in a substantial home at 1187 South High street, upon the ground known as the old Ambos' estate.

Mr. Petersen possesses the happy faculty of being able to create and retain harmony in his relations with his men, while obtaining the best results from their labor. The position which he holds requires a peculiar fitness which he seems to have, and this, combined with his practical and thorough comprehension of the business, makes him invaluable.

James H. Farber

For twenty-nine years James FI. Farber has resided upon the farm which is now his home and has made it a valuable property, adding to it all modern accessories and conveniences, keeping its buildings in excellent repair, its fences in good condition and its fields under a high state of cultivation. A glance at the place will indicate to the passerby that the owner is a progressive agriculturist.

Mr. Farber is among the residents of Franklin county that New Jersey has furnished to the Buckeye state, for he was born in Sussex county March 26, 1846. His grandparents, Paul and Elizabeth (Rood) Farber, were both natives of Sussex county. New Jersey, the former born December 31, 1760, the latter on the nth of August, of the same year. There they spent their entire lives, the grandfather following the occupation of farming as a means' of livelihood. His wife died May 24, 1842, and, having survived her six years, he passed away on the 29th of May, 1848.

Caleb Farber, the father of our subject, was born in Sussex county August 18, 1797, and was there reared to manhood. When about twentythree years of age he was joined in wedlock to Miss Eliza Faroe, who was born in Essex county, New Jersey, April 7, 1805. He began the tilling of the soil upon a farm adjoining the old homestead where he was reared, and there resided until 1853, during which time he acquired an extensive tract of farming land. In 1853 he emigrated with his family to Franklin county, Ohio, locating on a farm one mile east of the present home of his son James. Several years prior to this time the father had come into possession of two hundred acres of land here, and at his Ohio home he spent his remaining days. He was a man of great energy, strong force of character and excellent business judgment, and became the owner of six hundred acres of valuable land, which he subsequently divided among his children. His political sympathy was witli the Democracy and he kept well informed on the issues of the day, but never sought or desired office. He was a man of considerable influence in the com- munity, his opinions carrying weight among his fellow men, for all knew and respected him for his genuine worth and his loyalty to his honcbt convictions. He passed away August 4, 1881, and his wife died on the 2Sth of October, 1864. This worthy couple were the parents of eleven children, but all have passed away with the exception of Ann, wadow of Dennis B. Strait ; Paul, a farmer of Jefferson township ; and James.

The subject of this review was a lad of seven summers wdien he accompanied his parents on their removal to Franklin county. His youth was quietly passed on his father's farm, and from an early age he assisted in the work of the fields, plowing and harvesting through the hot summer days and gaining the practical experience which n(jw enables him to successfully carry on agricultural pursuits on his own account. After his marriage he located upon a farm of one hundred acres, given him by his father, and at the same time aided in the management of his father's extensive agricultural interests, assisting in the control of the home place until the father's death. In the spring of 1872 he removed to his present farm, and throughout the intervening years he has given his time and energies to its further cultivation, development and improvement. He now owns four hundred acres, and in addition to the tilling of the soil he is successfully engaged in stock-raising.

On the 28th of October, 1868, Mr. Farber was united in marriage to Miss Elvira Albery, a native of Licking county, Ohio, and a daughter of John Albery, who was a prominent agriculturist of that county, but is now deceased. Six children have graced this marriage: Retta B., now the wife of Nelson E. Wilkins, of Westerville, Ohio; Sadie E., wife of Perry Doran, of Plain township; Chauncey, a resident farmer of Plain township; James H., who is engaged in clerking in New Albany, Ohio; Nicholas C, who is teaching in the district schools and resides with his parents; Leo F., who is yet a student in the public schools. Mr. Farber 's fellow^ townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, have several times called him to public office, and his fidelity to duty and the confidence reposed in him is indicated by the fact that for nine years he has served as township trustee, being elected to the office on the Democratic ticket. He is a stanch advocate of the principles of Democracy, and as a citizen keeps in touch with the advancement of progress and enterprise which results to the benefit of the county and state.

John Covert Green

One of the most valuable legacies which a fatlier, flying, can leave to his children is a good name, and that was not the least important part of the inheritance of the children of the late John Covert Green, of Truro township, Franklin county, Ohio. That well remembered and much regretted citizen wa.'? born in Truro township November 30, 1834, and dierl there at the age of fifty-four years and eleven months. His father was Gilbert Green, son of Susan and Gilbert (Green) Green, who moved to New Jersey when their son, who was born in Sussex county. New York, November 27, 1804, "^vas only a few years old, where they remained until the end of their lives. There Gilbert Green, the son, passed his early life and was married, October 3, 1836, to Miss Melinda Harrison, who bore him three children, named Aaron Harrison, William Henry and Mary Olivia Green. In 1831 Gilbert Green emigrated to Truro township, Franklin county, Ohio, with his family and bought there one hundred and thirteen acres of land, to which he afterward added two hundred acres by another purchase. His wife died about a year after he came to Ohio, and he was married, July 9, 1833, to Susan Taylor, a daughter of Robert Taylor, who settled in Truro township about 1809. ]\iiss Taylor who was 'born at Chillicothe. Ohio, September 21, 1808. bore her husband children as follows: Robert, Alary, Gilbert M., Sarah, John Covert Belinda and Elizabeth J. Gilbert M., who lives at Columbus, Ohio, married Elizabeth Marshall ; Elizabeth T- married A. D. Schoonover, of Newark, New Jersey; and Belinda married Valverda A. P. Ware, of Truro township. Sarah died in infancy. John Covert is the immediate subject of this sketch.

John Covert Green began life wdthout means and had made some progress in a material wav when the Civil war began. He enlisted August 12, 1862, as a corporal in Ccmpany B, One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantrv. and was a good soldier until he was honorably discharged, April 14, 1863, on account of sickness contracted in service. After h'.s marriage he operated a rented farm in Truro township fourteen years until he bought the place on which his widow now resides, which he cleared and improved and put under prosperous cultivation, equipping it well with buildings' machinery and all appliances necessary to successful farming.

'Mr. Green was married, November 28, 1867, to Miss Sarah J. Parkinson, a daughter of Daniel Parkinson, of Truro township, near Reynoldsburg. Air. Parkinson was born in Pennsylvania and was brought when quite young by his parents to Franklin county, Ohio, where he received his education and assisted his father to clear and improve a farm, remaining under the parental re of until he was thirty years of age. when he married Sarah Ann Syler. also a native of Pennsylvania, who bore him ten sons and four daughters, a family of fourteen children, of whom six are dead : George Henry, William Long, Sarah J., Benjamin Franklin. Cvrus Edward, Louis, Marguerite Henrietta James Albert. Harriet Alice. Eunice Augusta, Cassius, Alpheus, Ambrose and Daniel Homer. George Henrv, who was a member cf Company I, Forty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was killed at the battle of Shiloh in April, 1862. James Albert is a merchant at Topeka. Kansas. William Long is a miner of much experience, but is now devoting his attention to a large tract of land which he owns in Dakota. Benjamin Franklin is a farmer of Truro township. Cvrus Edward is farming in Dakota. Louis lives on his' father .s old homestead in Truro township. Cassius is a farmer in Licking county, Ohio. Ambrose is practicing medicine at Reynoldsburg. Ohio. Daniel Homer is a teacher of music at Columlius. Ohio.

John Covert and Sarah J'. (Parkinson) Green had eleven children, named as follows: Mary Olivia, Berdie Alice. Susan Ann. Gilbert Taylor. Lucy Ccr- nelia, Mabel Cora Lee, Vera Pearl, Elsie \'ernie, Nellie Glendora, John Carroll and Jessie. Susan Ann married Rolla Shaw, a farmer in Mifflin township, Franklin county, and they have a son named Russell Green Shaw. Lucy Cornelia married Hinton M. Swope, a farmer of Truro township, Franklin county. Mary Olivia is teaching school in Marion township. Vera Pearl in Plain township and Elsie Vernie in Jefferson township, Franklin county, and Berdie Alice is also a teacher. Gilbert Taylor has charge of his mother's home farm and the others not mentioned as being absent are members of their mother's household. Jessie, the youngest, is in school.

Mr. Green was a man of prominence in his township and for a number of years previous to his death was a devoted and helpful member of the Presbyterian church, with which members of his family are identified. While not a politician in the ordinary acceptation of the term, he took deep and abiding interest in everything pertaining to the advancement of Truro township and Franklin county and had pronounced opinions upon all questions of national poHcy. Especially interested in public education, he was for fifteen years a member of the township school board, and he held the office of road supervisor four years.

David Devexport

In the days when Franklin county was largely an undeveloped wilderness, when its forests were uncut, its fields uncultivated and when the work of progress and civilization was yet a task of the future, the Devenports came to this portion of Ohio and entered upon the duties of reclaiming the country for purposes of civilization. Since that time representatives of the name have been classed among the leading and influential citizens of the community, and prominent among the honored representatives of the family at the present time is David Devenport, who was born February 26, 1830, upon the farm where he now resides', his parents being Lewis and Susan (Wagner) Devenport. The family is of Holland Dutch lineage, the great-grandfather, Jacob Devenport, having emigrated from Holland to America in early life.' He became a prominent figure in the Revolution, holding a high commission as one of the officers of the American army. After the close of the war he was given a grant of land, including a quarter of a township in Sussex county, New Jersey, and there he settled and reared his family. He, however, retained but a small portion of his land grant, for his' business interests lay in the line of industrial concerns. On the land which he retained he erected extensive flouring and sawmills and iron works, which later reverted to his sons. The grandfather of our subject continued to operate these mills in connection with his brothers until the 3''.ear 181 2, when they disposed of the property, and his grandfather, John Devenport, and his brother, Samuel, came to Ohio. The former settled upon a farm of three or four hundred acres of land in Jefferson township, adjoining on the least the farm upon which our subject now resides. There he cleared a portion of his land, but afterward sold the place and removed to Indiana, where he died at an advanced age. While residing in New Jersey he was known as "John Devenport at the mill," for there was another John Devenport in the neighborhood, and thus the distinction w-as made.

Lewis Devenport, the father of our subject, was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, about 1793, and was there reared, receiving such educational privileges as were afforded by the public schools of the neighborhood. He was about twenty years of age when his parents came to Ohio. He had learned the milling business in the east and after coming to this state he continued to work at his trade for a number of years, operating the mill at Headley's Corners and also at Headley, while in Jersey, Licking county. Later he was employed for a time in a foundry in Zanesville, Ohio, and afterward in the '20s he w^as married, and with his wife located upon a farm of ninety acres, on which our subject still lives. Of this, forty acres had been purchased of his father, John Devenport, and fifty acres of Isaac Strait. On this farm Lewis Devenport spent his remaining days, passing away in 1884, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. Coming to Ohio in 181 2 he experienced all the hardships and privations that fall to the lot of the early pioneers connected either w^ith industrial or agricultural pursuits. When he took up his abode upon this farm it was a wild and unimproved land, the forests stood in their primeval strength, and from his place he cut the logs with which to erect a cabin to shelter his young bride. He labored earnestly and untiringly for many years to establish a good home, and at length his efforts were crowned with a competence. In early life he was a Whig and later became a Republican, but while an earnest supporter of his party he was never an aspirant for the honors and emoluments of office, holding nothing but minor township positions. His wife was born in Sussex county. New Jersey, and was a daughter of Martin Wagner, a member of an old representative family of that state. He came to Ohio shortly after the advent of the De\-enport family in Franklin county, and here the parents of our subject were married. They had eight children, of whom four are now^ living, namely: Elizabeth, wife of AndyGeiger, of Jay county, Indiana; David, of this review; Eliza Jane, the widow of James Scott, of Earl Park, Indiana; and Julia Ann, tire wife of Andrew Slane, of Mercer county, Ohio.

David Devenport was reared to farm life on the old family homestead. The educational privileges which he enjoyed were only such as' the pioneer schools afforded, but his training in the labor of the fields was not meager. He early began to handle the plow and the harrow^ and assisted in the farm M'ork until the crops were harvested in the autumn. After attaining his majority he was employed as a farm hand in the neighborhood until the time of his marriage, which was celebrated in i860. He then began farming on his own account on rented land and was thus engaged for eleven years, when, with the capital which he had acquired during that period, be purchased a small tract of land of twenty-five and seven-eighths acres in IMififlin township. Franklin county. He resided there for only a year, when illness at the old home caused him to return to his father's farm and take charge of the place, caring for his parents. He, however, retained possessicjn cf his own farm. About three years after his return to the old homestead he purchased one hundred acres of land on the northeast section of the township, and after his father's death he purchased the interests of the other heirs in the old homestead, so that his landed possessions now comprise one hundred and ninetyeight acres. He is a wide-awake and progressive farmer, neglecting no opportunity to improve his land and make it productive, and thus he has acquired a comfortable competence.

J\Irs. Devenport bore the maiden name of i\Iiss Mary J. Atwood. Their marriage has been blessed with six children, of whom five are }-et living, namely: Lewis D., a resident farm'er of Licking county; Susan, the wife of Oscar Seidler, of Jefferson township; Andrew N., also a farmer of Jefferson township; Ludeska, the wdfe of George Cole, of Licking county; and Ida, wife of Frank Geiger, an agriculturist of Jefferson township. In his political views jNIr. Devenport is a Republican and for about twelve years he has served as school director, the cause of education finding in him a warm friend. He has never been an office seeker, however, his attention being given to his farming interests, which have yielded to him a good financial return. Through more than six decades he has witnessed the growth and transformation of the county, has seen its wdld land reclaimed for farming purposes, wdiile towns and villages have sprung up, and all the improvements known to the older east have been introduced. He has co-operated in many measures and movements for the general good and is known as a worthy citizen as well as an honored pioneer.

Captain A. S. Hempstead

Captain Alexander S. Hempstead, who has long l^een connected with the industrial interests cf Ohio as a lumber manufacturer, was born in Blendon township, Franklin county. August 27, 1837, and is a son of Charles P. and Rachel C. (Craig) Hempstead. The father was a native of Connecticut, born in 1791, and in 1813 emigrated westw^ard to Franklin county, casting in his lot among the early pioneer settlers' of Blendon township. Here in pioneer days he engaged in the manufacture of shoes, having learned the trade of a shoemaker and tanner in the state of his nativity. He served his country in the war of 181 2 as a member of the Tenth United States Infantry, holding the rank of sergeant. Some years later, in 181 7, in counection wath Captain Timothy Lee, afterward the founder of Central College, he engaged in the distilling busines's, following that pursuit for two vears. after which he located upon a farm, having traded his distillery for a tract of land. Upon that place he made his home until 1867, when he retired from business life and took up his abode in the home of his son, Alexander. They were the parents of nine children, of whom five are yet living, namely: IMary C, the widow of Abel C. Moon, of Oberlin; Edwin R.. who is living a retired life in Sunbury, Ohio; Samuel B., a minister of the Baptist church at Sinking Springs,

Captain Hempstead acquired his prehminary education in the common schools, supplementing it by study in Central .Vcademy, and when seventeen years of age engaged in teaching for three months. He spent the days of his boyhood and youth under the parental re of, remaining at home until his twentieth year^ when he went to Texas. In i860, however, he returned to the north and in 1862 responded to hib country's call for aid, enlisting in Company A, Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. On the 29th of March, 1864, he was appointed a captain of Company F, Twenty-seventh United States Colored Infantry, and during much of the time until the close of the vv-ar was in command of the regiment. Prior to the battle of the Crater he was the sixth ranking captain, but the heavy loss sustained in that engagement made him the first ranking captain and from that time forward until the close of the war he was in charge much of the time. On the 6th of June, 1865, he was detailed as superintendent of the Freedmen's Bureau of eight counties' surrounding Wilmington, North Carolina, and served in that capacity until the 20th of September. On the 24th of January, 1863, he w^as before the examining board, composed of Colonel Van Rensalear. Lieutenant-Colonel Eastman and Major Flint, of the staff department, and after his examination was recommended for an appointment as major, but, lacking necessary political influence, he failed to secure an appointment. Captain Hempstead was ever a loyal and devoted soldier, and neither fear or favor could deter him from the faithful performance of his duty. He participated in the battles of the Wilderness, North and South Anna, Wilcox Landing, the Siege of Petersburg, beginning on the 17th of June, 1864; the battle of Crater :\Iountain, where he was w^ounded ; the first battle of Hatcher's Run ; the battle of Fort Fisher, on the 15th oi January, 1865; Sugar Loaf, on the nth of February; Fort Anderson; the battle of Northeast Bridge, on the 22d of February; and the battle of Cox's Landing, on the 15th of March.

When the war was over and the country no longer needed his services Captain Hempstead received an honorable discharge and after returning to his home was engaged in farming for a year. He was married October 23, 1866, to Miss Mary P. Lewis, a native of New Jersey and a daughter of William T. and Sarah E. (Fowler) Lewis, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of New^ York city. In 1840 her parents came to Ohio, settling in Delaware county, wdiere the father became well known as a successful farmer and fancier of fine stock. He was also fond of hunting and often folldwed the hounds. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hempstead have been born four children : Marion, wdio is manager of the white-goods department in the store of Z. L. White, of Columbus ; William Emmett, manager of the Public Opinion printing office of Westerville; Grace, who is employed in the millinery departmen.t with Lilly Vance, in Columbus; and Don Carlos, who is living in California.

In the year following his marriage Captain Hempstead removed to Iowa, but after a vear returned to Ohio, taking up his abode in Delaware county in

1868. There he engaged in the operation of a saw-mill, manufacturing and selling lumber under contract. He has since followed that business and has met with a high degree of success in the undertaking. In 1883 he took up his' abode in Westerville, where he has since resided and carries on his business operations in Delaware county. He takes a very active interest in politics as' a supporter of the Republican party, is influential in its councils and has done much to promote its welfare and growth, yet has never been a politician in the sense of ofiice seeking. However, in November, 1895, he was elected justice of the peace, in which position he has served continuously since, his opinions being fair and impartial and thus winning for him the commendation of all concerned. He is a member of the James Price Post, No. 55, G. A. R., which he aided in organizing, and also assisted in instituting the McCoy Post of Columbus' and four or five posts in Iowa; while in the Hawkeye state he served as post commander. Mr. Hempstead''s actions during his life have been such as to distinctively entitle him to a place in this publication, and although his career has not been filled with thrilling incidents, probably no biography published in this book can serve as a better illustration to young men as to the power of honesty and integrity in insuring success.

Samuel G. Saiith

There has been no development in the way of popular culture during the half -century just passed greater than that which has been achieved in music. Musical schools and conservatories have been established in our great educational centers of the great west which are as ably conducted and as efficient as the older institutions of the kind in the long-favored east. One of the best of the more recent of these is the Capital School of Oratory and Music, which was opened at Columbus, Ohio, by Professor Samuel G. Smith and Professor Frank S. Fox, A. M., in 1896, in a modest way, and the growth of which has been so remarkable that at the commencement in 1900 more than twelve hundred pupils were present.

Professor Samuel G. Smith, musical teacher and author, who has been instrumental in buildino- up the flourishing institution referred to, is a native of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, and was born in 1851, and received his primary education in the public schools of his native county, and afterward studied at academies at Elderton and at Elder's Ridge. He pursued his musical studies at the Boston Conservatory, and studied under Dr. Frederick Root, of Chicago, and at the Cincinnati College of Music, and took several special diplomas. He began teaching in Pennsylvania, and met with success at different places in that state, and was connected with the Church Choral Union of New York city in 1885 and 1886, and was in charge of musical instruction at the Normal University at Ada, Ohio, for six years. The influence and reputation of the Capital City School of Oratory and Music are extending, and the institution has evidently entered upon a career of permanent crrowth and usefulness.

S. G. Smith Centennial Biographical History. 98S

Professor Smith has achieved reputation as an author and composer in no smaller degree than as a teacher. He has published through the John Church Company "Class and School," for schools, institutes and classes, use of which is authorized in the public schools of Pennsylvania and which is used extensively in other states. Another of his popular works is "The School Room Songster," a juvenile class-book for public schools. His "Apollo Song Book," a collection of music for public schools and singing classes, has sold very largely. "The Old Stone House," words by Mrs. S. G. Smith, music by Professor Smith, has been received by lovers of home songs with much favor, and Professor Smith's song, "My Mountain Home," is a popular offering.

Proiessor Smith's father, Isaac Smith, a Pennsylvanian, saw three years' service in the Civil war as a member of a Pennsylvania regiment; his grandfather, Henry Smith, fought for his country in the war of 1812-14; and his great-grandfather Smith braved death in defense of American liberty in the war of the Revolution. Professor Smith's grandmother, Elizabeth Schutt, was born into a pioneer family in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, and was a woman of many virtues and great strength of character, and Isaac^ Smith, Professor Smith's father, owed much to her good teaching and influence. His wife was Miss Susannah George, a native of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, who&e father, Jacob George, was a Federal soldier in thejvar of the Rebellion. Professor Smith married Miss Cecilia Larghner, of Venango county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Michael O. Larghner, of Mariahsville, and a lady of much musical and literary culture, who has written the words to several popular songs, and is in many ways an able assistant to her husband. They have six children, named as follows in the order of their birth : Talmage, Margaret, James, Mitchell, Byron and Geraldine.

The Columbus Capital School of Oratory and Music is located in the Young Men's Christian Association building, and its quarters are amply large, elegantly appointed and adequately lighted and ventilated The tuition fees are within the reach of all pupils of push and enterprise, the instruction is scientific and thorough. Graduates are made the recipients of diplomas, and many of them have won enviable reputations as entertainers and teachers.

In no profession is there a career more open to talent than in that of the law, and in no field of endeavor is there demanded a more careful preparation, a more thorough appreciation of the absolute ethics of life, or of the underlying principles which form the basis of all human rights and privileges. Unflagging application and intuitive wisdom and a determination to fully utilize the means at hand, are the concomitants which insure personal success and prestige in this great profession, which stands as the stern conservator of justice; and is one into which none sliould enter without a recognition of the obstacles to be overcome and the l^attles to be won, for success does not perch on the falchion of every person who enters the competitive fray, but comes only as the diametrical result of capability and unmistakable ability. Possessing all the requisite qualities of the able lawyer, Mr. Lentz stands foremost among the leading practitioners of Columbus.

He was born January 26, 1856, in Belmont county, Ohio, and on the paternal side he is of German lineage, but his mother w-as a native of America. Prior to the age of fifteen years he received only the meager advantages afforded by the district schools. He then entered the high school at St. Clairsville, walking to and from the institution daily, a distance of five miles. There under the training and inspiration of James J. Burns, afterward state school commissioner, he developed that mastery of mechanics which later won for him distinction among classmates in the universities. At the age of seventeen he became a teacher and ultimately was appointed superintendent of the Mainville graded schools, occupying that position at the time he attained his majority. His salary earned thereby paid his tuition in college. He was graduated in the National Normal University, of Lebanon, Ohio, in 1877, and entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in the fall of the following year. With the exception of one year spent at Wooster University, he there remained until he was graduated, wdth the degree of bachelor of arts, in 1882. He was attracted to Wooster by Walter Q. Scott, who became his personal friend, and while there Mr. Lentz won the second prize in the oratorical contest. In addition to pursuing the literary course at Ann Arbor he attended the law lectures of Thomas M. Cooley and his associate professors. In the summer of 1882 Mr. Lentz traveled in the south and in the fall of that year matriculated in the law school of Columbia College, in New York city, where by completing two years' work in one he was graduated in 1883. While there he enjoyed the personal friendship of Professor Dwight, who offered his influence to secure Mr. Lentz a position in the metropolis, but the latter's admiration for his native state brought him to its capital, he having been favorably impressed with the city in passing through it when going to and from college.

While at Ann Arbor Mr. Lentz formed the acquaintance of Miss Bertha Moeller, also a student who afterward became a teacher of hclles lettres and natural science in St. Catherine's Hall, of Brooklyn, New York, the well known Episcopalian school for young ladies. In 1884 Mr. Lentz and Miss Moeller were married. In October of the previous year he had' been admitted to the bar, and in December, 1883, entered into partnership with the Alberys, which connection was maintained until 1885. In April, 1887, Judge Charles K. Nash proposed a partnership, which would have honored a much older man than Mr. Lentz, and thus the friendship of another distinguished man has been and is his good fortune.

In politics Mr. Lentz is a Democrat. He became one of the organizers of the Thurman Club, was its president during the year 1888 and is now its' chief officer. He is aggressive in his stand for high public principles and has made an impression for good in both state and local affairs, but has steadily refused political honors, preferring to devote himself entirely to his profession. He is the originator of the idea of the "Old Roman" banquet in Columbus on the occasion of Judge Thurman's seventy-seventh birthday. He is one of the board of examiners of teachers for the city schools, a position bestowed unsolicited upon him by the board of education, and in that capacity he served for five years. In 1883 he was brought prominently before the state convention for the position of governor without his consent and received a large complimentary vote. In 1896 he was nominated for congress by the Democrats and elected to represent the twelfth cr capital district by a majority of forty-nine votes, although the national Republican ticket carried the district by two hundred and eighty-four votes. Mr. Lentz thus defeated D. K. Watson, who was the candidate of the opposing party. In 1898 h-e was renominated and again elected to congress; defeating the Hon. E. N. Huggins by seven hundred and twenty-two votes. In 1900 he was again nominated and made the race for congress, but was defeated by the Hon. Emmett Tompkins, a Republican, by eighteen votes, although President McKinley carried the district by seven hundred and thirty-five votes. It will therefore be seen that :\Ir. Lentz ran ahead of the national ticket seven hundred and seventeen votes, thus' showing his personal popularity. He is a good speaker and has in many campaigns delivered addresses in behalf of the party principles and candidates throughout Ohio, New York and other states. He is' logical, clear and forceful and his utterances never fail to impress his hearers and in many cases carry conviction.

Mr. Lentz is recognized as an active factor in the public life of Columbus. He is a member of the board of trade and the Columbus Club and is also identified with the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Fraternal Mystic Circle, the National Union and the Beta Theta Pi, a college fraternity. Schooled under such men as Theodore W. D wight, Thomas M. Cooley, Walter O. Scott and James G. Burns, and associated in his profession with such men as Judges Nash and Albery and aided by his own indomitable energy, untiring industry, it is not strange that he has risen in a few short years to the front rank of his' profession.

Orloff W. Schueller

OrlofT W. Schueller, a pharmacist of Columbus, who represents one of the old and prominent German families of the state, was born in the capital city June i, 1861, and is a son of the late Dr. Schueller and Helen (Wirth) Schueller. The father was a native of Baden, Germany, but when a young man crossed the ocean to the new world. On landing on the Atlantic coast lie at once resumed his westward journey, taking up his abode in Columbus, where he became one of the principal, business men of the city. For many years he was prominently connected with the drug trade and was highly esteemed far and wide among his German friends. He died December 3, 1899, and the city therefore lost one of its most prominent business factors.

Orloff W. Schueller was educated in the public schools of his native city, and on the completion of his literary course he entered his father's store, where he acted in the capacity of clerk until his eighteenth year, when he was employed by W. J. Ranney, a druggist, with whom he remained for twehe years. He w^as afterward connected in the capacity of salesman wath various drug firms in Columbus until. 1895, when he entered into partnership with his brother, Waldo K., and established the Schueller Pharmacy at No. 1932 South High street. They now have a well appointed store, supplied with a fine line of drugs, and its neat and tasteful appearance, combined w'ith the honorable business methods therein foU^ved, has secured to the firm a liberal and constantly growing patronage, whereby their income is annually augmented.

In June, 1895, was celebrated the marriage of OrlofT W. Schueller and. Miss Sarah Stumbaugh, of Marion township, Franklin county, a daughter of John Stumbaugh, who belongs to an old and prominent family of this portion of the state. Our subject and his wife reside upon a little farm of thirty-five acres on the Groveport road, which is well improved with an attractive residence and substantial outbuildings. Their home is celebrated for its gracious hospitality, which is enjoyed by a large circle of friends. Mr. Schueller is a valued member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His long connection with the drug trade well qualifies him for the business to which he now gives his energies, for he has a most comprehensive knowledge of drugs and their medicinal qualities. His success in business has been won through determined purpose, his resolute will and fidelity to duty enabling him to steadily work his way upward until he now occupies an enviable position among the reliable and substantial citizens in the capital city.

Lewis Schlegel

Lewis Schlegel, one of the l)est known engineers on the Cleveland. Akron & Columbus Railroad, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, on the j/th of March, 1861. His father. Christian Schlegel, was born January 6, 181 5. and during the greater part of his business career followed farming, but ten years before his demise became proprietor of a hotel in Eaton, Ohio, conducting it up to the time of his death, wdiich occurred in Wayne county, on the 8th of December, 1900. He was a man of prominence in his' county, having marked influence in public affairs. He married Christina Schwitzer, also a native of Coshocton county, Ohio, and a daughter of Neal Schwitzer, a farmer, who was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and came to this country in the year 1845. locating on a tract of land in Coshocton county. The parents of our subject were married in New Bedford, Ohio, in the year 1855, and unto them have been born the following named : Eliza, who died' in 1861, at the age o^f five years; Noah, a retired merchant living in Canton, Ohio; Mary; Lewis; Jacob; Will-

Mr. Schlegel of this review acquired his early education by attendmg the district schools in Coshocton coiunty during the winter season and durmg the summer months he assisted his father in the work of field and meadow. In 1880 he became a stationary engineer and that served as an introduction to railroad work. He began as a fireman on the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad, running between Columbus and Hudson, Ohio, for nearly three years. He was 'then promoted to engineer and in 1892 was placed in charge of a passenger train, since which time he has been in continuous service, remaining with the same railroad company since accepting the position of fireman. He has a clean record, one which is very commendable.

On the 6th of November, 1884, at Wolf creek, in Holmes county, Ohio, Mr Schlegel was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Baugh, a daughter ot Emanuel Baugh, who died in 1884, at the age of eighty years. Her mother is still living and is now in her seventy-fifth year. She is a native of the fatherland. The brothers and sisters of Mrs. Schlegel are : Eliza, wite of Peter Baugh, a resident of Kilbuck, Ohio; Dora, wife of Charles Smith; Belle; and Fred Mr. and Mrs. Schlegel began their domestic life m Orville, Ohio, establishing their home at that place in December, 1884. In July ot the follow^ ing year however, they removed to Brink Haven, in Knox county, Ohio, and in April' 1887, removed to Mount Vernon, Ohio, where they erected the residence w'hich they still own. On the 30th of May, 1889, they took up their abode in Millersburg, Ohio, and in January, 1891, went to Hudson, Ohio, but in September, 1896, returned to Mount Vernon, where they continued until Tune IS 1900 when it seemed advisable to become residents of Columbus, where they are now residing, their home being at No. 479 Lexington avenue. Their children are: Frank, who was born August 29, 1885, and died June i, 1886 - Junietta, who was born April 24, 1889; and Leo Brant, born April 24, 1894' The family are members of the German Reformed Lutheran church and Mr Schlegel has been a member of Little T^Iiami Division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers since 1888. Since 1895 he has held membership relations with the Masonic lodge at Hudson, Ohio, and in his political afHliations he is a Democrat.

Isaac Zellers

Among the citizens of Franklin county, Ohio, once active and prominent but who have now passed from the stage of life, there was none who was more hio-hly regarded when living or who is more sincerely regretted than Isaac Zellers w^ho was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1826, and died in Franklin township, November i, 1897. In 1840, when Mr. Zellers was fourteen years old, his parents, Valentine and Maria Zellers, brought him to Franklin county, where he completed his studies begun m Pennsylvania and perfected his knowledge of practical farming. In 1857, when about thirty-one years old, he married Miss Catherine Selbert, a native of FrankHn county, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Catherine (Shaffer) Selbert. Mrs. Zeller's parents were born and married in Germany and had five children, all of whom lived to manhood and womanhood.

After his marriage, Mr. Zellers located on the farm which is now the home of his family. It was at that time new and mostly unimproved and he devoted his life to making it an attractive homestead and productive farm. By industry, integrity and perseverance he made a creditable success of life, and was honored as a progressive citizen and a Christian man. Mr. and Mrs. Zellers had nine children, all of whom were born at the family homestead and all of whom are living. Gustavus, John, Ada and Josephine are members of their mother's household. Cora married Albert Clickenger, of Franklin county, Ohio. Emma is the wife of Scott Hively, of Huntington, Indiana. Mary, the second daughter, is the wife of Jacob Tinnapple, of Norwich township. Elnora is in the government service in South Dakota. Frank, the youngest daughter, is also a member of her mother's household.

Dr. Landon, the subject of the following brief sketch, was one of the most widely known physicians in the early medical faculty of central Ohio. His ancestry is Revolutionary on both sides of the family, his mother being Tryphena Hewitt, of the branch of the English Hewitts, Hewits, or Hueitts, resident at Worcester, Massachusetts; his father, Edward Landon, whose English lineage traces from the Langdons and Langtons of Magna Charta history.

The Doctor was born in Athens, Ohio, and received his collegiate education at the Ohio University in* that place. For some time he was connected with the Athens Messenger, published by the late Senator Van Voorhis, being associated in this newspaper work with the late Governor John Brough. Later he entered the study of medicine, and was graduated at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, with the class of 1849.

One of Dr. Landon's brothers, the Rev. Oliver Perry Hazard Landon, was a minister in the Methodist church; the other, Dr. George H. Landon, was a doctor both of divinity and of law. In partnership with the latter, Dr. Chauncey P. Landon began the practice of his profession in Wester vi lie, Ohio, and for nearly half a century was prominent among the physicians of the state. He was one of the founders and charter meml>ers of the Central Ohio Medical Society, and one of the early members of the Ohio State Medical Society, enjoying the distinction of being twice called to the presidency, - an honor accorded to no other physician in the history of this organization. An added compliment was expressed in his selection to preside at the joint meeting of the American Medical Association and the Ohio State Medical Society at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1883. He was' repeatedly selected delegate to the American Medical Association, and was an honorarv member of the Columbus Academy of Medicine for some years previous to his death. Dr. Landon contributed several valuable theses to medical literature and was one of the earliest and most zealous promoters of the state board of health and the state board of medical registration in Ohio.

In politics Dr. Landon was first a Whig, later an "old-line" Republican. An ardent patriot, a magnetic and eloquent public speaker, he was recognized as a valued and devoted supporter of his party and its principles. Both as recruiting ofiicer and in active service he rendered able assistance to the Union cause in the war of the Rebellion. Associated with Dr. Emerson E. Wiiite, of Columbus, he stood as the Republican candidate for representative to the state legislature at a time when a Democratic nomination was tantamount to an election. For nearly a score of years Dr. Landon was a member of the state board of agriculture and of the Frankhn county board of agriculture. He was surgeon of the One Hundred and Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and the Grand Army of the Republic is the only organization other than those of the medical profession in which he held membership. Although a generous contributor to church interests and philanthropic enterprises, he never became a member of chuTch.

Dr. Landon was a man of marked individuality, of liberal and independent thought, fearless in the face of opposition, tireless in devotion to the public good. .

His death occurred at the family residence in Westerville, Ohio, December 29, 1899. He left a widow, formerly Miss Clara Slaughter, and four children : Hal D. Landon, Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune; the late Karl E. Landon, state correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer; Miss Rowena H. Landon, teacher of languages m Central high school ; and Airs. Converse, widow of the late ex-Congressman George L. Converse.

Karl Edward Landon

Karl Edward Landon, late the state political correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, was recognized at the time of his death as one of the most prominent members of the newspaper profession in Ohio. He was the second son of Dr. Chauncey P. Landon, was born at Columbus, Ohio, January 8, 1867, and died August 16, 1900.

Endowed with rare natural ability and indomitable purpose, Mr. Landon added to his native gifts of mind and character the broad culture which grows from thorough education, wide reading and association with distinguished men. He was a man of handsome presence, magnetic personality and fine social qualities, yet of unvarying dignity of bearing; and. while numbering his friends by the legion, he gave his confidence to the few.

Mr. Landon's face was a familiar one at both state and national conventions, his last work out of Ohio being at the Republican national convention in Philadelphia, in June, 1900, which he attended as one of the quartette of politi- cal writers' familiarly known to the newspaper fraternity as the "Enquirer's Big Four," the other three being Hon. Willis McBride and "Colonel" Sam Johnson, of Washington, D. C, and Mr. J. B. McCarty, of New York. No other newspaper men in the state enjoyed more largely than he the friendship and confidence of representative men in state and national, affairs.

The press of Ohio at the time of Mr, Landon's death paid eloquent tribute to his nobility of character and unimpeachable honor as a man and to his liigh professional ambition and brilliant career in the profession of his choice. The following excerpt is taken from "Representative Men of Ohio," a work published under the administration of Governor Asa S. Bushnell :

"Karl. E. Landon, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, at the age of fifteen began newspaper work as an office boy. He was educated at the Westerville (Ohio) public schools and at Otterbein University. His first experience was with the old Columbus Times, where he reported the police courts. He was next city editor of the Piqua Daily Call. After a year in that position he returned lo Columbus and became a general reporter and political writer for the Daily Press. His next change was to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, where he was a police and political reporter. Returning to the capital some time later, he resumed his old connection with the Daily Press. He was subsequently city editor of the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Press, and after an interesting experience in Indiana newspaper work returned again to Columbus, where he re-engaged on the Daily Press, - then owned and published under the same management as its Indiana namesake. He 'remained with that paper and incidentally acted as a legislative correspondent for the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette and the Cleveland Leader until 1891, when he became the Columbus correspondent of the Enquirer."

Mr. Landon remained with the Cincinnati Enquirer more than ten years, during the last five years of his life acting as state political coTrespondent, with headquarters at Columbus. He was the Enquirer's special correspondent at Canton during the first presidential campaign of President McKinley. He traveled with Hon. John R. McLean as personal and confidential representative during a gubernatorial campaign, and had established headquarters in Canton to remain during the McKinley-Roosevelt campaign when sudden death from heart failure closed his work on earth.

A commemorative resolution passed by newspaper associates offers this eulogy: "At the comparatively early age of thirty-three, Karl, E. Landon had no superior and few, if any, equals as a political correspondent in Ohio."

Robert Thompson

Among the prominent men of the city of Columbus, must be mentioned Robert Thompson, who was born in Perry towaiship, Franklin county, Ohio, June 3, 1 86 1, and is the son of James G. and Maria (Freed) Thompson. The father of our subject was born in 1823, on the farm where he still lives, enjoying the fruits of his labor. The grandfather, on the paternal side.

Avas named Joseph Thompson and was a native of Maryland. He married Elizabeth Smith and settled in Franklin connty in 1810, locating in the woods where he built a home in company with other pioneers, liis ancestors from Scotland and the name is one honored among all American settlers.