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vated and polished by years of wide reading, deep thinking and honest, hard work. He was a prose poet who put his words together witli rare grace and charm. Character was the basis upon which he built up his usefulness, but this fine technical skill of his was what enabled him to reach and hold so many with his writings. He had the power to make the goodness he taught attractive. His gentle humor, his ability to choose the right word, his knowledge of when to stop, his own evident earnestness, all combined to delight and impress his readers. They made him a great editorial writer, but such no man can be, no matter what his facility in the use of language, if he has not perfect and complete sincerity in his heart of hearts. Entire purity of motive was at the bottom of Colonel Wilson's success in his profession. He never wrote a line which he did not believe.

Colonel Wilson . . . was a great optimist. He had faith that the world was growing better and never lost it as day by day he tried to do his part to keep things going right. He was a great individualist, too. He had no panacea for the uplifting of humanity in the mass save in the patient upbuilding of individual character. He knew that the only real hope of bettering general conditions in the state lies in raising the moral standards of manhood and womanhood in private life and to that end he labored unceasingly. . . .

A peculiar coincidence in connection with the death of Mr. Wilson, was the death, at almost the same hour, of E. O. Randall, reporter of the Supreme Court. The following excerpt is from a resolution passed by the Members' Forum of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce :

Therefore, Be it resolved, by the Forum of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, that in the death of these two men, the community, the state and the nation have lost two great and good citizens, whose beautiful and sublime personalities have stamped themselves on our political, literary and social life to an extent that we cannot at this time understand or appreciate fully.

Resolutions were also adopted b}^ the Ohio Newsboys' Association, of which Colonel Wilson had always been a supporter and to which he had been a great benefit and assistance in many ways. Among the published expressions at the time of Colonel Wilson's death the following show the appreciation in which he was held by all classes of men throughout the community and state :

He saw the spiritual everywhere and wanted this recognized in every department of life. He lives on; death is but an incident in this larger life, to which he looked forward and of which he often spoke. - (Rev. Dr. S. S. Palmer, pastor Broad Street Presbyterian church). His identification with the editorial page of the Ohio State Journal was so complete that he may be said to have been its very soul. He was an editor of the old school, yet with a spirit so exuberant, a nature so progressive, an intellect so keen, that he fitted in to a nicety with the wonderful present. - (Hugh L. Nichols, Chief Justice Ohio Supreme Court.) His genial disposition, his intellectual attainments, his long experience as an editor, his cogent thinking, and his copious and well-chosen vocabulary all contributed to make him a man of marked and unusual influence, not only in this city, but throughout the state. - (James E. Campbell, former Governor.) He was a gentle soul, but as firm as adamant, and in his advocacy of right living he was a great teacher. - (F. B. Pearson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction.) It is because of his sincerity and lofty ideals that Colonel Wilson won the confidence and friendship of a host of people. He lived the life a good man seeks to live. - (Mayor George J. Karb.) Education was his favorite subject. He never tired writing or speaking on it, always emphasizing the importance of the spiritual in education. To him the school was to be a nursery of those graces of character which make men and women lovable and admirable. Colonel Wilson was himself the choicest fruit of that education. - (Rabbi Joseph S. Kornfeld.) The Colonel had extracted from a long life the pure sweet wisdom of tolerant, kindly humanness. First of all he was a man; but, secondly, he was a preacher under the alias of an editor, talking sensibly and winsomely of simple goodness. - (Rev. Dr. W. E. Burnett, Broad St. M. E. Church)'

WILLIAM (). TAYLOR. It is interesting to study the life record of a man like William O. Taylor, president and general manager of the Casparis Stone Company of Columbus, who has had a varied career, his earlier years being spent in railroad service in different parts of the country. lie started life at the bottom of the ladder which he has mounted with but little aid from any sourer, although he met with the usual obstacles that confront the majority of people who try lo achieve things worth while in the world of industry.

Mr. Taylor is a native of Monroe county, Ohio, born near Woodsfield, July 29, 1860, the son of the late Greenbery McGrudcr and Malinda (Pileher) Taylor, both natives of Virginia. His father was a miller by occupation and died in 187<i, and his mother passed awav nearly a decade previous, in 1867.

Following tin death of his father William O. Taylor found employment in a flour mill at Cairo, Illinois. Two years later he was on construction work for the Ohio & West Virginia, now the Hocking Valley Railroad, and was made foreman of a construction gang for that company before he was twenty years old. In 1880 he became a foreman in construction work for the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company and in 1881 was promoted superintendent of construction and the following year was superintendent of bridges for the same railroad.

From 1883 to 1884 Mr. Taylor was in the South in charge of construction wTork for the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Company. Returning north in 1881 he became construction foreman for the Smitli Bridge Company of Toledo ; later was engaged in bridge building for the Kentucky Central Railroad Company, after which he constructed several bridges for the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company. He next spent a year in South Carolina engaged in construction work and in 1SS8 located permanently in Columbus, becoming a member of the firm of Phelps & Taylor, owners and operators of stone quarries. The firm later became Taylor, Beall & Co., and in 1889 was reorganized and incorporated as The Columbus Stone Company. Mr. Taylor afterwards became vice-president and general manager of the Casparis Stone Company of which he is now president and general manager and its large and growing success has been due for the most part to his able management, his foresight and energy.

William O. Taylor is a member of the Columbus Country Club, the Columbus Athletic Club, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, and belongs to the Knights Templar and the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

He was married in 1885 to Mary L. Foster, of Norwalk, Ohio, daughter of Frank B. and Flora (Beebe) Foster and they are the parents of one daughter, Mabel E., who married Rex Hays Rhoads, at this writing (1919) Lieutenant Colonel in the Medical Corps in France. To Colonel Rhoads and wife two children have been born, namely, William Taylor Rhoads and John B. Rhoads.

RANDOLPH WILSON WALTON, well known member of the Columbus bar and member of the Ohio State Civil Service Commission, was born in Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio, October 15, 1870, son of Dr. William and Mary Virginia (Fitz Randolph) Walton. Doctor Walton was born in Clarington, Monroe county, this state in 1832, and, after a long and successful career as a general physician and surgeon, his death occurred in 1890. He was a son of William C. Walton, a native of Pennsylvania, who settled in Monroe county in an early day. He was active in public affairs and became a member of both the House of Representatives and the State Senate, and had been nominated for Congress in his district, but died before the election was held, his successor on the ticket being elected. He was noted for his eloquence and high standing as a public man.

Dr. William Walton was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, (the medical department) of Columbia University, New York, and located in eastern Ohio for the practice of his profession, in which lie was very successful. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 as assistant surgeon and was promoted surgeon, witli the rank of major, of the Twenty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served most faithfully until the close of the war, in fact, until after peace had been declared. He was not mustered out of service until the late summer of 1866. The last year of his service was as chief medical officer at Columbia, South Carolina. After the war he engaged in general practice, first at Woodsfield and later at Clarington, Ohio. His wife, Mary Fitz Randolph, was a native of the town of Woodsfield, daughter of J. F. Randolph, who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, and settled at Woodsfield, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits many years, also kept a hotel. Mrs. Mary Walton died in Boston, Massachusetts in 1910.

Randolph W. Walton, of this review, attended the common schools of Clarington, Ohio. He came to Columbus in July, 1893, and took a position with a drug house, selling supplies to physicians. He studied stenography at night school and obtained employment as a stenographer with different industrial concerns. Governor Nash appointed him as stenographer and correspondence clerk in his office and during the latter part of the Governor's term he was executive clerk in the Governor's office, which position lie retained until the close of Governor Nash's term as governor. Under Governor Herrick, Mr. Walton was correspondence clerk, and was executive clerk by appointment from Governor Harris. As executive clerk he was also ex-officio secretary to the Ohio State Board of Pardons. While in the office of Governor Nash he read law at night and was admitted to the bar in December, 1901, and to the federal bar June 1, 1915, and for a time he engaged in the practice of law following the administration of Governor Herrick. In 1909 he returned to the practice of law, which he continued with success until January 1917, when he became a member of the Ohio State Civil Service Commission under appointment from Governor Cox. He has discharged the duties of all these responsible positions in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the satisfaction of all concerned, being alert, painstaking, obliging and courteous.

Mr. Walton has been very active in Republican politics and his services have been, and are, in great demand, as a public speaker during campaigns especially, his earnestness, logical and forceful eloquence on the stump causing him to become widely and favorably known and popular. He has delivered speeches in every county in the state and in very many of the towns and villages. During the campaign of 1908 lie stumped Ohio, Indiana and Illinois for the Republican ticket. In 1912 he was a Roosevelt advocate, and after Taft's nomination in that year, Mr. Walton became one of the original "Bull Moosers" of Ohio and stumped the state as the candidate of the "Bull Moose" party for congressman-at-large. Mr. Walton is a past Exalted Ruler and life member of the Columbus Lodge of Elks, also belongs to the Masonic Order and the Sons of Veterans.

When a young man Mr. Walton spent about a year and a half in a newspaper office in Clarington and it was in that work that he gained his early practical experience and education - a training which has been of inestimable value to him in later life, and he is still a frequent contributor to the press. He is fond of athletic and outdoor sports. He was one of the best swimmers in his younger days on the Ohio river, and was one of the first pitchers of the "curved" ball in baseball in his section of the state.

Mr. Walton married Sidney M. Myers, daughter of William and Sidney C. Myers, of Steubenville, Ohio. He has a very pleasant residence on Hawthorne street, and he and his wife are popular with the best circles of Columbus.

THOMAS SWIFT. The history of Columbus reveals the handiwork of many a noble soul who wrought heroically and unselfishly. Her great industrial establishments and splendid homes, her high-grade institutions, her happy, prospering people speak volumes of the steadfastness of purpose, strength of arm, courage of heart, activity of brain - of sacrifice of the toilers of the generation that has just passed. One of this number was the late Thomas Swift, a splendid example of a successful self-made man, a progressive, public-spirited, useful and highly esteemed citizen. He belonged to that class of men who, while laboring for their own advancement, as is natural and right, do not lose sight of their duties to their fellow men and the State, being unselfish, patriotic and altruistic in their ideals. The names of such men should not be permitted to perish from the annals of their locality, partly because of the just reward due them for work well performed and partly because such lives are evidently a source of inspiration to the youths of the community who follow in their footsteps, taking up the work they left off, both in a business and a civic way.

Mr. Swift was born in Vanceburg, Kentucky, February 1, 1852, son of Patrick and Dorinda (Kelly) Swift, the second son of five children, all of whom are deceased. Katherine Crosby, a half-sister survives, making her home at this writing in Chicago. His father died when he was quite young and be came to Columbus with his mother shortly after the death of his father. He was at that time about seven years of age. The mother located witli her children in a little frame dwelling opposite the Chittenden Hotel on High street.

Thomas Swift grew to manhood in Columbus and received a very meager education in St. Patrick's parochial schools. It was necessary for him to go to work when about ten or eleven years old to help support his mother and the rest of the children, consequently his schooling was interrupted, However, being ambitious he continued a wide reader all his life, which, coupled wilh habits of close observation, rendered him a well informed man along general lines. His first position was that of "bell hop" in the old National Hotel, now known as the Davidson House. His next venture was in the grocery store of Thomas Bergin, with whom he remained until he had passed his twenty-first birthday. He had not only given his employer eminent satisfaction, being alert, courteous, prompt and honest, but he had gradually mastered the various ins and outs of the business, so that he was enabled to launch out successfully for himself. The last sixteen years of his life he devoted to the care of the property he had accumulated and to the buying and selling of business property, principally. However, he was practically retired during the last few years of his life with the exception of looking after his own holdings in the downtown section of the city. Having practically grown up with the city he was one of the best authorities on the value of real estate in Columbus, and being a recognized authority his judgment and advice were often sought in such matters. He was very methodical in all his tasks, going about all his work systematically, thus attaining a high degree of efficiency.

Personally, our subject was very democratic, plain and unassuming, which, added to his other sterling qualities of head and heart won him a wide circle of friends and admirers. Those who knew him well said that he was a man who would rather have been underrated than overrated, never desiring to sail under false colors, placing honor and integrity above all material success. He was justly proud of the fact that he had been able by his own efforts to make his way from an humble and unpromising beginning to a position of independence and influence. He was a great home man, devoting his whole life to his home and family. He was a devout member of St. Joseph's Cathedral, in the work of which he was very active and a liberal supporter of the church, in which he was for many years regarded as a pillar. The Bishop, also the present pastor of St. Joseph's Cathedral, were schoolmates of the subject and they remained close personal friends. Mr. Swift was charitably inclined, in fact liberal to a fault, but he always gave out of a fullness of heart and never for display. He belonged to the Knights of Columbus, the Columbus Chamber of Commerce and the North Side Chamber of Commerce. He always helped promote any movement that he deemed would be of benefit to his home city, whose interests he had very much at heart. Politically, he was a Democrat, however, not a partisan, preferring to vote for the best man, regardless of what ticket he represented.

On May 11, 1881, Mr. Swift was united in marriage with Margaret Elizabeth Carter, daughter of Joseph and Mary Jane (Wooley) Carter. The wife and mother, a woman of fine Christian character, passed away on April 2-1, 1917. These children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Swift: Mary Elizabeth, Margaret Gertrude, Rose Agnes. The last named married Howard E. Critchfield, of Hartford, Connecticut, and they have one child, Mary Elizabeth Critchfield. Mr. Critchfield is assistant to Vice-President Page of the Travelers' Insurance Company. He is a graduate of the Ohio State University, class of 1908, and it was there that he met his future wife, who graduated from that institution in 1909. Geraldine Lauretta, the fourth child of our subject, died in 1891 at the age of four years.

Mr. Swift was a staunch and uncompromising Catholic, ready at all times to defend his religion. There was no unseemly display about him. In disposition he was kind and genial, having a good word for everybody, extending a helping hand to the unfortunate and scattering sunshine wherever he went. His life was a fine illustration of what may be accomplished by the man who puts his hand to the plow and does not turn back.

The death of Thomas Swift occurred on New Year's eve, December 31, 1918, which, being accidental and untimely, was a shock to the people of Columbus as well as to his family. While on his way to a telegraph office to send Newr Year's greetings to his daughter, Mrs. Howard E. Critchfield, who, with her husband and young daughter, were then in Oakland, California, he was struck by an automobile and died shortly after as a result of his injuries.

WILLIAM MADISON SLACK. The career of William Madison Slack, a former traveling man and ex-jailor and now sheriff of Franklin county, illustrates most happily for the purpose of this work the fact that if a young man possesses the proper attributes of mind and heart, he can, unaided, attain to a position of unmistakable precedence, and gain for himself an honored station among the men who are factors in shaping the destinies of the community in which he lives. His life proves that the only true success in this world is that which is accomplished by personal effort and consecutive industry, by honesty and a straightforward, unassuming attitude toward those with whom he comes in contact.

Mr. Slack is a native of Franklin county, Ohio, and here lie has been contented to spend his life, believing that better opportunities for him existed right here at his door than in other cities and states. His birth occurred in Columbus, January 10, 1875. He is a son of Captain Elias Madison and Jane (McDermit) Slack. The father was also a native of this county, born here on May 28, 18-15, son of Elias Slack, who was a native of Sussex county. New Jersey. When Elias Slack sr., was eight years old he ran away from home and finally, while still quite a youngster, came to Franklin county, Ohio, Here he learned the blacksmith's trade, also the trade of soapstone cutter, and worked at each for many years. He died at

Captain Elias Slack was reared in Franklin and Fairfield counties, going- to the latter county with his mother after she he married again, following his father's death. Before he was thirteen years old he had almost completed the stone mason's trade. He ran away from home at the outbreak of the Civil War with the intention of enlisting in the Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but being only sixteen years of age at the time, he was rejected by the recruiting officers. A few months later he came to Columbus and learned the printer's trade, which he continued to follow here for a period of twenty-seven years. In 1887 he was appointed chief clerk in the office of the state inspector of work shops and factories, which he held for a period of fifteen years. He was then in the employ of the city board of review for eleven years. His long retention in both these positions would indicate that he was a man who did his work well and conscientiously and thus satisfactorily. He was active in National Guard affairs, and became captain of Compaany F, Fourteenth Regiment, Ohio National Guards, and continued in that capacity from 1876 until 1885. During that period he saw active service in the great riots in Cincinnati and other cities in this State, and was several times wounded.

William M. Slack received his education in the graded and high schools of Columbus, and as a lad sold newspapers and blacked boots. This willingness to begin at the bottom of things and the grit and courage he displayed in battling with adversities of early life indicated that, if given a chance, he would accomplish much in subsequent years, and the training proved beneficial to him in many ways. In 1892 he became manager of the circulation department of the old Columbus Post. He read law two years, but finally decided to give up his ambition for the legal profession.

In 1893 Mr. Slack began traveling for the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company, with which he continued for eight years, doing much to increase the business and prestige of this concern in his territory, and he was regarded by his firm as one of its most efficient and faithful employes. He next accepted a position as claim clerk with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, remaining with that road for nine years, performing his work in his usual able, painstaking and honest manner.

Mr. Slack has long taken an active interest in public affairs, and in 1912 he was appointed jailor at the Franklin county jail by Sheriff Charles Resell. In 1916 he was the nominee of the Democratic party for sheriff and was elected by a good majority, and he is discharging the duties of the office in a manner that reflects much credit upon himself and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents and all concerned.

Sheriff Slack belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Eagles, the Loyal Order of Moose, Bears, Oaks, the Woodmen of the World, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Court of Honor, the Knights of Pythias, the Owls, the Knights of Khorassan, the Chamber of Commerce, the South Side Improvement Association, the Germania Singing Society, the Concordia Singing Society, the East Side Athletic Club, the Fulton Athletic Club, IIk Order of Golman and the Olentangy Fishing Club.

In I Silt Sheriff Slack married Lepha P. Evans, who was born in Logan county, Ohio, of which her family were pioneers, being among the earliest settlers of that section of the Slate. To the union of our subject and wife one daughter has been born - Marv Esther Slack.

Mr. Slack is one of tile most popular as well as competent sheriffs Franklin county has ever had and his work proves the wisdom of his friends in entrusting him with the office.

JONATHAN I A I.I .IS LINTON. The career of the well-remembered gentleman whose name forms the caption of this memoir was a strenuous and varied one, the distinction which he attained in different spheres of activity entitling him to honorable mention among the representative citizens of his day in the communities with which his life was identified. Although his life record has been brought to a close by the inevitable fate that awaits all mankind, his influence still pervades tin- lives of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances who revere his memory. As farmer, newspaper publisher, realty dealer and private citizen, he was always true to himself and his fellow citizens, and the tongue of calumny never touched him. As a soldier lie proved his loyalty to the government he loved so well, and his record during his active years in civil life left its imprint for good upon those who came in contact with him. He reached the advanced age of eighty-eight years, heaven having lengthened out his life beyond the Psalmist's allotted three score and ten until he was permitted to witness the vicissitudes of the most remarkable epoch in the world's business and inventive history, in all of which he was an interested spectator, and, indeed, played no inconspicuous part in pushing forward the wheels of civilization. The death of such a man, even in the rounded fullness of a very long life, is a great public loss, but he left to his family the rich memory of an unstained name, and to the community the record and example of an honorable and well spent life.

Jonathan F. Linton was born on his father's farm, in the locality known as Green Plains, six miles southeast of Springfield, Clark county, Ohio, December 16, 1831, and was the eldest of three children born to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Linton, the subject having two brothers, Nathan and Samuel. When Jonathan F. was about two years old, the family moved to Miami county, Indiana, where the father died in 1836. He had been born in 1809 near Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio. After his death, his widow and her three sons returned to Ohio. The subject attended the district schools and an academy in Warren county, completing his studies in Woodard College, at Cincinnati. He afterwards served an apprenticeship at the printer's trade in the offices of the Springfield Republic and the Wilmington Republic. In 1849, when eighteen years old, lie was employed at his trade in Lafayette, Indiana, and New Orleans, Louisiana. In the following year he returned to Indiana and spent some time in improving the farm which his father had left there. He also did some work in surveying, and in March, 1851, he traveled on horseback from his home in Warren county to Peru, Illinois, where he accepted a position on the engineering corps which was being organized to make the preliminary surveys and estimates for one division of the Chicago & Rock Island railroad. The following winter he taught school and in the spring of 1852 he devoted himself to the improvement of ons hundred and sixty acres of land which he had bought near Mendota, Illinois.

On January 1, 1853, when but .just a little past his majority, Mr. Linton became identified with the publishing business and at the same time became a factor in public affairs, by becoming the owner and editor of the Peru Weekly Democrat, which he published as a Whig organ. A daily edition of the paper was soon issued, it being one of the first daily newspapers published in Illinois north of Springfield and outside of Chicago. He became an influential factor in moulding the political history of that period, advocating the coalition of the Whig and Freesoil parties, and he was one of the three secretaries of the state convention which was held at Ottawa, Illinois, in August, 1851, that brought about this alliance and gave rise to the Republican party.

One of the interesting phases of Mr. Linton's experiences during this period was his acquaintance with Abraham Lincoln. He was a delegate to the first congressional nominating convention in his district, which met at Bloomington in September, 1851. It was during the evening following the close of this convention that he first met Mr. Lincoln, when tinlatter addressed a large audience on the question of slavery in the territories, a paramount issue at that time. In 1858 Mr. Linton attended the Lincoln and Douglas debates at Ottawa and Freeport and attended a dinner given by the mayor of Ottawa in honor of Mr. Lincoln. Subsequently the two met on several occasions, the last being in May, 186 1.

In March, 1855, Mr. Linton sold his newspaper and printing plant and invested the proceeds in one thousand and forty acres of land in Lee county, Illinois. Unfortunately, a financial panic which came upon the country immediately afterwards so lowered the price oi wheat as to cause him a serious loss in his farming operations and. in 1857, lie returned to Peru and purchased a newspaper plant, which he conducted until the spring of 1859, when lie returned to the farm.

In July, 1861, when the tocsin of war was sounded through the land. Mr. Linton offered his services in defense of his country and was commissioned first lieutenant oi Company D of the Thirty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, known as the "Yates Phalanx." Not long afterwards he was made quartermaster of the regiment and subsequetnly served in that capacity on the staffs of Generals Howells, Osborn and Vogdes. He saw service with General Lander on the upper Potomac, with Generals Shields and Hanks in the Shenandoah valley, and with General Terry and others along the sea islands from Hiltonhead to Charleston, South Carolina. In May. 1861. he returned to his farm in Illinois, where he remained for three years.

In 1867 Mr. Linton became identified with flouring mills at Gardner, Illinois, and Toledo, Ohio, but in 1872 he disposed of these interests and, coming to Columbus, bought the plant of the Ohio Statesman, to the editing, and publication of which he devoted the two following years, at the end of which time he sold the plant to J. H. Putnam. However, a year later again found him the owner of the Statesman, which he published during the succeeding two years, when he sold it to a syndicate. This paper was then called the Press, and finally its name was changed again to the Press-Post. In the following year, 1878, Mr. Linton established the Legal Record, which he published for two years and then sold.

In 1873 Mr. Linton had purchased the Henderson farm of ninety acres, located on High street, about one hundred rods south of the city limits, and he made his home there until 1898, when he moved into Columbus. He became heavily interested in real estate, especially suburban property, and was for many years a prominent and effective factor in the development of the outlying residential districts of Columbus. In 1888 he platted and sold the town of Milo, besides many subdivisions of the city, thus disposing of thousands of lots, and he remained an active factor in the business life of Columbus up to an advanced age.

Mr. Linton was married on September 22, 1855, at Peru, Illinois, to Eliza Jane Sapp, daughter of Noah Sapp, a pioneer citizen there, who had removed from Mt. Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, to Illinois in 1830, and erected one of the first mills in Lasalle county. Mr. and Mrs. Linton became the parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters, namely: Mary, who died at the age of two years; Paul Linton, who died in 1910; Elizabeth Fallis, wife of Jonathan Ellston, of Covina, Calif. ; Robert, of St. Paul, Minn., married Mary PittingiU; Alfred, of Columbus, who married Zula Duncan; Edward, unmarried, of Columbus; Rachel, who became the wife of Joseph A. Godown, of Columbus, and Harriet, who became the wife of William Ernest Mettle, of Columbus, and six grand children: William E. and Edward Milton Pittingill, of St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. Elva Odebreeht, of Columbus; Joseph Linton, Stanley Roberts and Jane Eleanor Godown, of Columbus; Jonathan Miller Mettle, of Columbus.

As a newspaper publisher and writer, Mr. Linton was influential in fashioning public thought and molding opinion and in promoting the political, civic and business progress of the localities in which he lived. His actions were ever the result of careful and conscientious thought, and when once convinced that he was right, no suggestion of policy or personal profit could swerve him from the course he had decided upon. His career was complete and rounded in its beautiful simplicity; he did his full duty in all the relations of life, and he died beloved by those near to him and respected and esteemed by his fellow citizens.

HERBERT EUGENE BRADLEY. Deceased, was for many years one of the prominent members of the Columbus Bar, and at the same time one of the leading and successful business men of the city. He was a man who lived to a good purpose and the record of his career deserves a place in any history of the community.

Mr. Bradley was a native of Ohio, born at Lithopolis August 21, 186i, the son of Henry and Hannah Bradley, well known and highly respected people of Fairfield county, this State. Herbert E. Bradley was educated in the public schools of his native town, and being left on practically his own resources from the time he was ten years old by the death of his father, he early developed the sterling traits of character and worth which were to make of him the brilliant lawyer and successful business man of mature life.

Coming to Columbus he entered the law offices of English & Baldwin, and there prepared himself for the legal profession. He was admitted to the Bar in 1886 and entering the practice in this city, it was but a comparatively few years until he had taken high rank among the members of the Franklin County Bar. And, as time progressed, his natural legal talent and attainments in the law, brought him a large and lucrative clientele and he became recognized as one of the leading members of the local Bar - a position he held throughout

Mr. Bradley s ability as a lawyer and his absolute integrity as a man was well known and his services were frequently called for in the handling of estates and during the last two decades of liis active life lie was connected with several of the largest properties in Columbus, among them the 15. I'. Brown, the C. D. Hinman and the Franklin estates, and such was the nature of his Large and varied practice that he became identified with business in a large way and he was elected vice-president of the Columbus Savings Bank, a director in the

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He was a member of the Franklin County Bar Association, and belonged to the Odd Fellows and Elk Orders and was a member of the Columbus, Arlington Country, the Wyandotte and Marshalsea of Columbus, the Crab Lake Club and Cuyamacha Club of San Diego, California.

On November 14, 1895, Mr. Bradley was united in marriage with Josephine Naughton, of Columbus, and to them was born one son, Herbert Eugene Bradley, born in Columbus November 3, 1896. He attended the Columbus public schools, Harvard Military School at Los Angeles, Cal., was graduated from the Wapakoneta, Ohio, High School in 1914, and entered Ohio State University. The death of his father caused him to leave the University, after two years and a half, before graduating. Since leaving college he has resided at the parental home, busying himself in assisting his widowed mother in the management of the large estate left by his father.

EDWARD LIVINGSTON PEASE. Not everyone has the natural qualifications to succeed as a lawyer. Many enter the ranks only to fall out and take up some other line of endeavor, for to succeed in the law one must not only possess peculiar innate ability but must also be willing to closely and indefatigably apply himself throughout his career, for while the basic principles of jurisprudence are always the same, like the laws of mathematics, yet new decisions are being handed down constantly by superior judges and new laws are annually being added to the statutes.

One of the well known attorneys of Columbus is Edward Livingston Pease, junior member of the firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease. He was born at Hartford, Connecticut, January 30, 1871, but from his tenth year was reared in Columbus, Ohio. His father, the late Levi C. Pease, was a native of Connecticut. He was a widely known traveling salesman, and he removed his family to Columbus in 1881. He was the son of Dennis Pease, a native of Connecticut. Levi C. Pease was one of the organizers of the LJnited Commercial Travelers Association, and at the time of his death, and for many years previous, was auditor of the association and one of its best known members. His death occurred in Columbus in April, 191-1. His wife, who was a native of Franklin county, Ohio, and known in her maidenhood as Lucy Marion, a daughter of Elijah Marion, also died in 1914, passing away in January.

Edward L. Pease spent his boyhood in Hartford, Connecticut, where lie attended the public schools, later lived in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he also went to school, finishing his education after the family removed to Columbus. He was graduated from the literary department of Ohio State University in 1895, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and from the law department of that institution in 1899 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In that year he was admitted to the Ohio Bar, and thereupon began the practice of law in Columbus with Judge John E. Sater and Lowry F. Sater. Following Judge Sater's election to the federal bench, the firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease was formed, which firm is recognized as one of the strongest in Columbus.

Mr. Pease is regarded as one of the most promising of the younger members of the local Bar and is making steady strides in his chosen field of endeavor. He is a member of the Franklin County Bar Association, the Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Phi college fraternities. He also belongs to many of the Masonic bodies, the Junior Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Columbus Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Columbus Athletic and Scioto Clubs.

JOSEPH CHARLES NAILOR. In treating of men and characters, the biographer contemplates them as lie finds them, and not according to conceptions of his own. He is not supposed to entertain any favoritism, to have any likes or dislikes or caprices of any kind to gratify, or not to have any special standards of excellence, "according to an exact scale" of Gunter or Aristotle. He finds the life record of a man like Joseph Charles Nailor, lawyer of Columbus, interesting because it shows what mav be accomplished if one is willing to work hard and honestly in any line of legitimate endeavor.

Mr. Nailor was born in the city where lit- still resides on June 6, 1878. He is a son ot Joseph and Mary (Finnerean) Nailor, deceased. Left an orphan when he was a year old, the subject of this review was plaeed in the Hare Orphans' Home, which at that time \\a-. on Woodland avenue, Columbus, and when he was about two years old he was transferred to the Franklin County Children's Home, when that institution was first opened and he was probably the first boy placed therein. When he was thirteen years old he was placed with a Columbus family with which he remained until he was seventeen. During these four years he attended Douglas city school. From his seventeenth to his twenty-first year he was in tin- employ of the Columbus Pharmacal Company.

Mr. Nailor entered East High School in the fall of 1898 and graduated therefrom in 1903. Some years later he served two years as president of the Alumni Association of said school. Upon leaving high school he was employed by the Ohio State Journal and the old Press-Post until he entered the law school of the Ohio State University in 1906, from which he was graduated with the class of 1909 and was admitted to the Bar and began the practice of law in Columbus in 1909 where he has continued to the present time.

Mr. Nailor for a number of years has been active in civic affairs of Columbus and has been a prominent member of the city council for the past seven years. His present term will expire January 1, 1920. In 1911 he was elected councilman-at-large as a Republican and re-elected in 1913. In 1915, under the new city charter, he was one of seven councilmen elected, his term being for four years, and he is now a member of the committees on finance, judiciary and public utilities. In 1917 he introduced and championed the resolution to give the women of the city the right to vote, and the ladies of Columbus owe to him in a large measure, the fact that they are now legal voters.

Mr. Nailor is a member of Aladdin Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of the Valley of Columbus, 32 degree, of Achbar Grotto No. 31, Mystic Order Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, of Magnolia Lodge No. 20. Free and Accepted Masons and of R. T. King Chapter No. 310 of the Order of Eastern Star.

He is a member of Columbus Lodge No. 37, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Bakoo Temple No. 28 Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan, and of Champion Lodge No. 581 Order of Knights of Pythias, of which he is a Past Chancellor, and of Calanthe Temple of the Pythian Sisters.

He is a member of Columbus Lodge No. 11, Loyal Order of Moose, and has served as Dictator of his local Lodge and as representative to the Supreme Lodge of the Order. He is also a member of Capital City Camp No. 161, Woodmen of the World.

He is a member of the Buckeye Republican Club, an associate member of the Republican Glee Club, a member of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and the Central Methodist Episcopal Church, and for some years has been secretary of the board of trustees of the last named body.

FERDINAND BAUMANN. The name of Ferdinand Baumann was well known to the people of Columbus during his latter years as a leader in industrial affairs. He was a resi- ('('"1 of I lie Capital City for thirty-eight years, during which period he was an interested and active spectator to the city's development along general lines, always having the interests of his adopted country at heart and abiding faith in the future of his home community. I hrougli close attention to business and unswerving industry, he met with a large degree ol material success, larger, in fact, than falls to the lot of most of our foreign-born citizens, -'""l 10 finer example of a successful self-made man could have been found in Ohio than he. for without flu- aid of influential friends he forged to the front, from an humble beginning, by sheer force ol energy, intelligence and honorable methods. Mr. Baumann was a representative ot an old German family on both sides of the house, his ancestors going far back into the annals of Germany. There were in him many innate qualities that make for success in (lie battle ot lite, no matter where fought out. He was fortunate in coming to a country of unlimited opportunities where all have an equal chance, yet no doubt, our subject would have succeeded in becoming well established in anv country where lie might have settled.

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a son of Ferdinand and Sophia (Troges) Baumann, who were parents of five children. He grew to manhood in his native land and there received his early education. Remaining an avid reader along miscellaneous lines and being a close observer he became a well informed man. He began his industrial career in Germany, dealing in lumber, that being his initial business.

In May, 1880, Mr. Baumann came to America with his mother and one brother, coming direct to Columbus, where they located. He at once began work at the carpenter's trade and in 1882 went into business for himself as building contractor and lumber dealer, starting without a cent, but with an excellent capital of health, courage and good judgment, which soon brought definite results. By diligent application and perseverance his business grew with advancing years to very large proportions. He never believed in leaning upon anyone for support or help in any way and was always in business alone, successfully directing every enterprise to which he turned his attention. He remained at the head of the Ferdinand Baumann Milling and Lumber Company of Columbus until 1915, which he had built up to vast proportions, when he retired from active business. However, he held interests in the followingenterprises, in which he was active up to the time of his death, being a director in each; The Mutual Building & Loan Association, the Produce Exchange Bank and the Central National Bank, also was vice-president of the last named institution. He built the Josephine College, St. Ann's Infant Asylum and the St. Vincent Orphan Asylum. He was very liberal, always giving freely of his money and time to worthy charitable and public movements, but never gave to attract the attention and plaudits of his fellow men - always out of a sense of duty and gratitude. He was a liberal supporter of the church, having been an active member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. He was never active in polities, his preference being for the men best fitted for the offices sought, regardless of political alignment. Being a great home man, delighting best to spend his time around his own fireside, he cared nothing for club life. However, he was a member of the Knights of St. John, the St. Paul Society, and the Badisclier Society. One of his chief pleasures and means of recreation was fishing, and he belonged to the Buckeye Fishing Club and always looked forward with a great deal of anticipation to its outings.

Mr. Baumann was twice married, first to Mrs. Elizabeth Baumann, the widow of his brother; this marriage was in 1885. She died May 19, 1913. This union was without issue. His second marriage was celebrated on November 2, 1911, when he was united with Mary Josephine Noltemeyer, of Columbus. She is a daughter of Henry and Anna (Freckmann) Noltemeyer, both of whom are still living. Mr. Noltemeyer, who was one of the pioneer and best known florists in Columbus, is now living retired. Mrs. Baumann received good educational advantages and is a woman of rare executive and general ability. She successfully looked after her husband's extensive business interests several years prior to his death and is still managing the estate in an admirable manner. She has always been popular with a large circle of friends in Columbus. She is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, in the work of which she is very active, also liberal in her support of the same. She is a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Knights of St. John. She has no children.

Ferdinand Baumann was summoned from earthly scenes on November 5, 1918. His parents and their four other children are all now deceased. He will long be renumbered in Columbus where lie was well known and held in highest esteem owing to his many admirable qualities.

WILLIAM HARVEY JONES. "Whatever is, is best." wrote the poet Pope. Evidently he did not believe in destiny or good fortune; rather, that any man who blames destiny blames himself. Good fortune simply means good opportunities which come to every man if he has the sagacity to see and accept what is offered. Providence rules, but not to the advantage of the lazy and inefficient. William Harvey Jones, lawyer of Columbus, is a man who has always believed in winning his own laurels in this world and not in sitting idly by, waiting, Macawber like, for something to turn up.

Mr. Jones was born at Granville, Ohio, June .'!, 1872. He is a sou of Hiram David and Elizabeth (Jones) Jones. He is of Welsh stock on both sides of the house. His paternal grandfather was a native of Cardiganshire, Wales. He was a stone cutter by trade. Coming to America, he landed in Philadelphia in the year 1800, thence went to Oneida county. New York, and established the familv home at Remsen. The grandmother of our subject was of the same family as Lloyd-George, the present English premier. David R. Jones was the father of T. D. Jones, the noted sculptor, whose sculptor work now stands in the corridor of the State House at Columbus. He was also the father of the mother of Henry J. Booth, the well known Columbus attorney. The maternal grandfather, a hatter by trade, came to America and settled in Oneida county, New York, in 1832.

The parents of William H. Jones were both natives of Oneida county, New York, but they came to Granville, Ohio, in 1837, where they were married. The father died in 1873, the mother surviving until 1896.

The subject of this sketch attended the public schools in his youth and later took a course in Denison University, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, with the class of 1895. He spent the following year in Ohio State University. He was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1898 and soon thereafter began the practice of law, as an associate of the firm of Booth, Keating & Peters, but in 1911 became a member of the law firm of Webber, McCoy, Jones & Schoedinger. Upon the death of Mr. Schoedinger the firm name was changed on January 1, 1912, to that of Webber, McCoy & Jones, and has thus remained to the present time.

On June 4, 1902, Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Mayme Marsh, and to their union one son has been born, Kenneth M. Jones, who is at this writing a student at the Columbus Academy for Boys.

Mr. Jones is a member of the Franklin County Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Columbus Athletic Club, the Masonic Order, and the B. P. O. E. He is known as a close student of the law and a painstaking, cautious attorney, and from the first, has met with excellent success in the local courts.

WALTER ENGLISH. In the death of the late Walter English, Columbus lost one of its representative citizens. His career was a busy and useful one, and although he devoted his attention primarily to his special business interests, he never allowed the pursuits of business to warp his kindly nature, but preserved his faculties and the warmth of his heart for the broadening and helpful influences of human life, being to the end a kindly, genial friend and gentleman whom it was an honor to know and a pleasure to meet. Through the years of his residence in this locality he was ever true to every trust reposed in him, whether of a public or private nature, and his reputation in a business way was unassailable He commanded the respect of all by his upright life and enjoyed to a notable degree the absolute confidence and esteem of all who knew him.

Walter English was a native and lifelong resident of Columbus, his birth having occurred August 3, 1870, and his death January 3, 1920. His parents, Lorenzo and Mary (Keane) English, both of whom are deceased, represented old pioneer families of Columbus, the former having at one time served as mayor of this city. Walter English received his educational training in the public schools of Columbus, graduating from the Central High School with the class of 1889. Immediately thereafter he entered the employ of the Ohio National Bank as messenger boy, and thus became identified with a business which commanded his faithful service for thirty years, during which period he became a well-known and influential member of the banking coterie of this city, holding, at the time of his death, the responsible position of cashier of the Citizens Trust and Savings Bank. He had been connected with this bank for seventeen years, eleven years as cashier. He was devoted to the banking business, for he believed in it and loved it, and threw himself into his work with a wholehearted and conscientious devotion that impressed all who were acquainted with him and his work. He was held in high repute among business men, his advice and counsel being frequently sought in matters of great moment. He had a host of friends, for he possessed to i remarkable degree those qualities of character which bound men to him. And yet, he was not what is generally known as a public man, for he was naturally of a retiring disposition. never putting himself into the limelight, but satisfied to simply do his work and do it well. A great lover of home life, there he found his keenest enjoyment, and his hospitality always included a large circle of warm and admiring friends.

Politically, Mr. English was nominally a Republican, though he reserved the right to vote independently according to the dictatates of his judgment. Fraternally, he was a member of tin Free and Accepted Masons and the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, as well as tin- Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Socially, he was a member of the Columbus, Athletic and Country Clubs. In the welfare, prosperity and progress of Columbus Mr. English was deeply interested, and as an active member of the Chamber of Commerce he was an efficient factor in many of the movements for the advancement of the city's welfare. His religious affiliation was with the first Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a member of the board of trustees.

October 5, 1898, Mr. English was married to Ada L. Phaler, daughter of Charles and Hester (Clouser) Phaler, one of the prominent old families of Columbus. Mr. Phaler is still a resident of Columbus, his wife being deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. English were born the following children: Walter, jr., now a senior student in the East High School, Columbus ; Hester, aged thirteen years, and Ada Louise, aged five.

In his relations with his fellow men Mr. English was conscientious, gentlemanly, considerate and courteous, and the qualities of keen discrimination, sound judgment and executive ability entered very largely into his make-up, being contributing elements to the success which crowned bis life work.

GEORGE KIRK FOSTER. The late George Kirk Foster was a citizen of Columbus for over half a century and for half of that period was identified with the business and civic life of the community, and, while by nature and disposition, a quiet and unostentatious man, never seeking public office or undue prominence, he was possessed of the qualities that go to make up the good citizen, congenial friend, devoted husband, and fond father.

Mr. Foster was a native of Ohio, born at Lancaster, Fairfield county, February 1-t, 1853. His father, Samuel G. Foster, was a civil engineer by profession and became one of the large contractors of Central Ohio, having participated in the building of railroads, canals, bridges and other public works. He died in 1861. The mother of our subject was Mary (Kirk) Foster, who lived to a ripe old age, dying in 1911.

George Kirk Poster was an infant when his parents removed to Columbus and it was in this city that he acquired his education. Like many another boy, lie preferred work to school, and so, after attending the public schools and taking a commercial college course, he began his active business career. But what he learned from school text books was but the foundation of the large fund of practical knowlege he acquired in the great school of experience. The active business career of George K. Foster was along the line of handling real estate, buying, selling, and renting, in all of which he was successful, and in more ways than one his devoted wife contributed to his success by her aid, wise counsel and advice.

Mr. Foster was possessed of many rare traits of character. He was fond of out door life and games and had a keen love for animals, especially fine horses, of which he was a splendid judge. His recreation to a great extent, was found in driving his horses and in giving them his personal care and attention. He was an independent Republican, but never held or sought public office. Yet he was a good citizen and took an interest in public affairs and always stood ready and willing to discharge to the best of his ability the full duties of citizenship, he being especially interested in the cause of education and in church affairs, being a consistent member of the Third Avenue M. E. Church, of which his wife was and is a member. His kind and genial nature won for him a wide circle of friends and his death, which occurred May 23, 1916, was sincerely mourned by all those who were fortunate to have held his friendship.

Mr. Foster was united in marriage February 1, 1878, with Emma Greul, who was born at Lancaster, Ohio, but was reared at Zanesville, Ohio, in which latter city they were married. Mrs. Foster's parents, J. F. and Eva Barbara (Wetzel) Greul, came to America when young and were married at Lancaster. Her father was a tanner by trade and built and operated a tannery at Zanesville, where he and his wife died.

Mr. and Mrs. Foster became the parents of one son, whose untimely death cut short a most promising career and left a void in the family home which was never again filled.

George Greul Foster, son of George K. and Emma (Greul) Foster, was born in Columbus July 1, 1879, and died October 12, 1900. He attended the city schools and after finishing the high school course, entered Ohio State University. His ambition and. indeed, his qualifications, were for the legal profession, but when he left the city schools he was under the required age for entrance into law school, so he took a two years' course in pharmacy in the Ohio State University and then enrolled as a student at the Law College, (). S. U.. as a member of the class of 1902, but death overlook him before graduating. He was an apt.

industrious and ambitious student and those in a position to know, predict that had lie been spared for his career he would have become a brilliant lawyer and a very useful citizen, as he gave every evidence of possessing rare attainments and talent, together with a most charming personality. He was conspicuous in college for his zeal, not alone in his studies, but in the college life, of which he was a vital and popular force. He held the rank of first lieutenant in the cadets, the college military organization, was a prominent member of the Dramatic Club and his services were always in demand in committee work, in all of which activities he took a keen interest. His untimely death was sincerely mourned by the student body, especially by his class mates and intimates and his funeral was attended by large numbers of the students and young friends outside the college. Beautiful floral offerings were sent by the cadets and Sigma Nu fraternity, the arrangements for the funeral having been in charge of the military organization.

At a meeting of the students of the second-year law class, of Ohio State University, called for the purpose of taking appropriate action on the death of their fellow student, George G. Foster, the following memorial was adopted:

"George G. Foster, our beloved class-mate, having been removed by death, we desire to express our deep sorrow and regret, our esteem for his staunch character and ability, our appreciation for his lovable disposition and our sympathy for his stricken family and relatives in their sudden and terrible affliction.

"We feel that we have lost one of our most valued, progressive and promising fellowstudents, and we who have enjoyed his personal friendship and confidence are in his death truly bereaved; therefore be it

"Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of this meeting be sent by the committee to the family of the deceased and that another copy thereof be published in the city newspapers."

"The University is called "upon to mourn the death of one of her brightest and most popular members. Just in the bright morning of a promising day he left us 'while yet in love with life and raptured with the world he passed into silence and pathetic dust.' He had not yet seen life's darker, fiercer side; but grown weary from the first flush which bright, complete, deserving victories bring, he took for a pillow the cool, white breast of hope and fell into that speechless reverie from which the mournful cries of all the aching hearts he left can never awake him.

"Yet, after all it may be best just in the happiest, sunniest hour of the voyage, while eager winds are kissing every sail, to dash against the unseen rocks and in an instant hear the billows roar over a sunken ship. For whether in midsea or among the breakers of tinfarther shore, a wreck must mark at last the end of each and all, and every life, no matter if its every hour is rich with love and every moment jeweled with a joy, will at its close, become a tragedy as sad and deep and dark as can be woven of the warp and woof of mystery and death.

"A Sigma Nu fraternity brother says of him: 'His death causes an irreparable loss to our fraternity. We could always rely upon George being ever watchful for the interest and advancement of Ids fraternity brothers. lb- was a young man of unquestioned integrity and honesty, big hearted and liberal with his friends, and filled with a determination to make a success of whatever he undertook.

"Death is always sad, but only when it conies among us and takes away one with whom we have been associated in class-room and on campus, whom we have learned to know and love as a friend, do we fully appreciate its awfulncss. A gloom is cast over us now and we can only extend our deepest sympathy to the parents of our departed class-mate, to those whose hearts were hound to his with fraternal ties and lo those who knew him best."

"Whereas, Beta Nn Chapter, of Sigma Nu Fraternity, has lost one of its sons and conscientious supporters, and his parents a most devoted and loving son, therefore lie it

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"Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of the deceased; that a copy be spread upon the Chapter records and that they be published in the Delta of the Sigma Nu Fraternity."

"Whereas, We, the members of the law class of 1902 of Ohio State University, have learned with deep regret of the death of George G. Foster, a member of this class, which occurred at his late home in this city October 13, 1900, and

"Whereas, Our departed class-mate and fellow student was a young man who was always loyal to the interests of the O. S. U. He was a faithful student, a kind friend, and one who enjoyed the respect of all who knew him. In his classes and in and around the University he will be greatly missed, but his memory we will always hold in loving remembrance. Therefore, be it

"Resolved, That in his death O. S. U. has lost one of its most promising students and the class of 1902 one of its most loyal members, and further, be it

"Resolved, That we tender to the relatives of our departed friend and fellow student our heartfelt sympathy in their sad bereavement, and further be it

"Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the parents of the deceased, and also to the newspapers and The Lantern, our college paper, for publication.

The Columbus Rifles recorded their deep sense of loss in the death of Sergeant G. Foster, while vet in the first flush of manhood, as follows:

"Sergeant Foster was a young man of bright mind and promise, of sterling character, a genial and sympathetic companion, prompt and conscientious in the discharge of a duty, with always a deep and abiding interest in the welfare of the military company, of which he was a loved and honored member, and ever most willing to lend aid, whether of time or strength, to the furtherance of any project for the betterment of this organization.

"Resolved, That in the death of Sergeant George G. Foster, the Columbus Rifles mourn the loss of a most valuable, efficient and honored member and loved comrade.

"Resolved, That to the parents of the deceased we extend our deepest sympathy. "Resolved, That these resolutions be spead upon the minutes of the Company and a copy of the same be sent to the family of the deceased.

Frank E. Kalb Joseph H. Dyer

EDMUND FREDERICK ARRAS. Industry, uprightness and intelligence are characteristics which will advance the interests of any man, and will tend to the prosperity to which all aspire. Such are some of the traits of Edmund Frederick Arras, a well known business man and loyal citizen of Columbus.

Mr. Arras is a native of the Buckeye State and is descended from two sterling old families of the central part of the State. His paternal grandfather, Johann Nicholas Arras, was a pioneer of the city of Dayton, but later in life removed to Columbus, while the maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, Frederick Jaeger, was one of the verv early settlers of Columbus and the owner of considerable real estate in the southern section of the city.

John D. Arras, father of the gentleman whose name heads this review, was born in Columbus and became one of her well known business men. He founded and owned the Columbus Awning & Tent Company, which be conducted successfully for over twenty years. He was a Scottish Rite Mason, attaining the thirty-second degree in that Order. Hi- was active in civic affairs. His death occurred December 21, 1907, highly respected by all who knew him. He married Clara H. Schneider, a native of Columbus, and the granddaughter of Frederick Jaeger, the Columbus pioneer.

Edmund F. Arras was born at Dayton, Ohio, July 7, 187.5. There be spent his early boybood and attended the public schools, also studied in the Central High School of Columbus. He then entered the law department of Ohio State University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1895. At the time of his graduation lie was under age and therefore ineligible for admittance to the bar, SO lie took post graduate work in the University in 1890, and on July 7th of that year, his twenty-first birthday, he was duly admitted to the Ohio Bar and while yet a very young man won his spurs in the local courts in a most creditable fashion.

While in college, in the year 1891, Mr. Arras established a rental agency in Columbus and he has continued this business successfully to the present time, developing and expanding it until it is now a large and well known concern, under the title of the Arras Rental Agency with offices on the second floor of the Huntington National Bank Building. He is managing agent for a number of large estates and corporations.

Mr. Arras is a member of the Broad Street Presbyterian Church, is the superintendent of the Sunday School of that church and has long been active in church and Sunday School affairs of the city, count}' and State. He is president of the Federated Adult Bible classes of the State.

He is a member of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, the Columbus Advertising Club, the Kiwanis Club of Columbus, the Franklin County Bar Association, the Ohio State University Alumni Association, the Columbus Automobile Club, and a member of the Business Men's Gymnasium Club.

He is a member of Humboldt Lodge of F. & A. M., Scioto Consistory 32 degree, of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Royal Arch Mason in Ohio Chapter, Royal and Select Masters of Columbus Council and a member of Aladdin Temple Ancient and Accepted Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

On July 12, 1897, Mr. Arras was united in marriage with Elizabeth Phila McDerment, a daughter of James M. McDerment, one of the leading business men of Columbus in the early days of the city's industrial development, and for a number of years treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Ohio of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

THOMAS SPARROW BROOKS. A history of the Brooks family shows that they are people who have ever been characterized by industry, thrift, foresight and honesty in dealing with their fellow men, and when, with these qualities are coupled the attributes of sound sense, tact and fortitude, which people of their blood universally possess, there are afforded such qualities as will enrich any land and place it at the top of the countries of the world in the scale of elevated humanity. The State of Ohio has been fortunate in having so many of this and other old families of like qualities settle within her border.

One of the best known members of the Brooks family of the present generation in Columbus is Thomas Sparrow Brooks, a well known business man, who represents the third generation of his family in this city, his ancestors having been among the founders of the Capital City.

Mr. Brooks was born in Columbus on September 23, 1863. He is a grandson of David Brooks, the Columbus pioneer, and son of the late David W. and Maria (Simpkins) Brooks. He grew to manhood in his native city and here received his education in the public schools. When eighteen years of age he entered the employ of the old banking house of Brooks, Butler & Company, of which his father was the ranking member and guiding genius.

In 1893 Thomas S. Brooks became identified with the Casparis Stone Company, and he has since been connected with this well known concern. He was secretary and treasurer of the company for some time and at this writing is discharging the duties of treasurer and vice-president.

Taking an interest in civic affairs, Mr. Brooks lias always tried to do his full duty as a public-spirited citizen, and he is now a trustee of the Columbus Public Library. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Ohio State Archa?ological and Historical Society, and of the Columbus Club.

In 1887 Mr. Brooks was united in marriage with Miss Alice Morton, daughter of the late John S. Morton, a prominent business man and for a number of years president of the Sunday Creek Coal Company. To Mr. and Mrs. Brooks two daughters have been born Marion Morton Brooks, who married Major Edwin R. Sharp, jr., and Katherine Allien Brooks, who married Attorney Thomas Hoyt Jones, son of Judge Thomas A. Jones, of the Ohio Supreme Court.

I). STALKY CREAMER. While splendid success lias come to D. Staley Creamer, member of the Ohio Board of Administration and former state treasurer, he has ever been actuated by the spirit of Lincoln in his sentiment: "There is something better than making a living - making a life." Beginning in a comparatively humble position in life he has made his way to a place of substance and honor entirely through his own efforts and yet he has not considered his private interests only, but rather has given greater consideration to the public welfare, for which he has ever been ready to make sacrifices.

Mr. Creamer, who has long been one of the well known citizens of Columbus, is of the third generation of his family which has been in Ohio for considerably over a century. The first Creamer to locate in this State was David Creamer, sr., a native of Maryland, who came to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1803, the year this State was admitted to the union. From the original owner he purchased a grant for a quarter section of land lying in Belmont county, which he cleared up and put under a good state of cultivation, and there he continued farming until his death in his ninety-third year, and was buried on his own farm, and the old Creamer homestead is still in the family, having been handed down from father to son. It is still in an excellent state of improvement and productiveness, having been carefully managed all these years.

David Creamer, sr., married Elizabeth Staley, who was a native of Ohio, and was also of a pioneer family of this State. Their son, David Jackson Creamer and father of David Staley Creamer, was born on the old home farm on August 26, 1829. He inherited the farm and lived on it all his life, being known as one of the leading agriculturists of his community, and there his death occurred on January 20, 1911. He married Amanda Masters, who was born in Belmont count)-, Ohio, the daughter of Zadock Masters, a pioneer of that county. Her death occurred when her son, the subject of this sketch, was about eight years old.

D. Staley Creamer, son of David J. and Amanda (Masters) Creamer, was born on the old home farm in Belmont county, Ohio, September 3, 1858. There he grew to manhood and assisted with the general farm work when a boy during the crop seasons, and in the winter time he attended the common schools. He began his public career before he was a voter. His first "political" work was done during a campaign in the winter of 1879, when he drove a sleigh in his township, hauling voters to the polls in the interest of his friend and "political saint," Ross J. Alexander, who was making the race, on the Democratic ticket, for congressman.

Mr. Creamer's first office was that of school director, then he was township clerk. By that time he was becoming well known and was given a place on the township's Democratic committee. Then for three years, from 1873 to 1875, inclusive, he was manager of the Belmont Agricultural Association, which work added to his popularity and made him the logical candidate of his party, which at that time was a minority party by over one thousand votes, for a worth-while office, and in 1892 he was nominated to lead, what was by his friends regarded as a forlorn hope, the race for county recorder. His popularity, wide acquaintance and his untiring work resulted in his election. After he had held the office one term, his record was so clean and commendable that he was re-nominated and again elected in 1894. Upon leaving the recorder's office he engaged in the real estate business in St. Clairsville. the county seat of Belmont county, and in 1901 lie bought a half interest in the Ft. Clairsville Gazette, which he later sold.

On June 1, 1900, Mr. Creamer took office, under appointment by Governor Patterson, as state fire marshal, and in that year he removed to Columbus. He held that office for one term of two years. In April, 1908, he received the nomination of the Democratic state convention for state treasurer, and was elected at the ensuing election. That bis record was entirely satisfactory to his constituents and all concerned is seen from the fact that he was re-elected in 1900. While state treasurer he wrote every line of the law, which was subsequently enacted, which provides for the letting out of the state's moneys to the highest bidder, which law has saved $4,797,606.75 to the State in interest. And the Democratic national convention at Baltimore. Maryland, in 1912 adopted as a plank of its platform the principles of the Ohio law to be applied to the federal government's moneys.

Mr. Creamer's term as state treasurer expired on January 13, 1913, and in March, 1915, Governor Willis appointed him a member of the Ohio Board of Administration, which board has charge of the administration of the affairs of all State institutions, twenty-two in number, and which board is the most important in the State government, it being strictly non-partisan, and entirely removed from the influence of politics. His record in this respon- silih position has been equally as creditable as it was as state treasurer. He has discharged his duties as a public servant at all times in an able, faithful and conscientious manner, and has shown himself to be exceptionally well qualified in every respect for the trusts reposed in him.

Mr. Creamer was married to Gertrude R. Fowler, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio, the daughter of Charles and Rebecca Fowler. Mrs. Creamer is a woman of rare accomplishments and is active and influential in civic and benevolent work. She has served on the board of the Crittenden Home. She is a member of the various women's clubs of Columbus and other organizations, and is a Daughter of the American Revolution.

To Mr. and Mrs. Creamer the following children have been born: Lorena Verdell, who married James A. McClure, of Columbus; Effie Marie died when four years old; David Harold, who was graduated from North High School, with the class of 1917, is now a student in Ohio State University; Genevieve is the youngest.

FREDERICK J. HEER. Among the business men of Columbus who have appreciated present-day conditions and opportunities is Frederick J. Heer, president of the F. J. Heer Printing Company. He has profited by his ingenuity and persistency in the business world as a result of the favorable conditions existing in the locality of his birth where he has been contented to spend his life, rather than seeking uncertain fortune in other and remote fields. Whatever he has addressed himself to he has made a success, being a man of energy, correct principles and public spirit.

Mr. Heer was born in Columbus, October 14, 1858, son of the late Jacob and Caroline (Sweitzer) Heer, natives of Germany, from which country they emigrated to the United States in early life and took up their future abode in Columbus, where they became well established as a result of their thrift and perseverance. Jacob Heer was born in Bavaria in 1830 and came to America in 1848, the year that so many of his countrymen sought freedom in the new world. He landed at the port of New Orleans and there worked for several years, later went to St. Louis and lived there and in other cities of the Middle West a number of years, finally locating in Columbus in 1856. He was a machinist by trade and was employed by the Columbus Machine Works for many years. His death occurred in this city June 9, 1903, at the age of seventy-three years. His wife, Caroline Sweitzer, was born in Rheinish Bavaria, from which country she came to America with her parents when she was about fifteen years old, the Sweitzer family locating in Columbus in 1857. Her death occurred August 6, 1914, at the age of seventy-seven years.

Frederick J. Heer grew to manhood in his native city and here he attended school. His education in the schools was limited for he went to work in a printing office when only twelve years of age. He learned the printing business from the ground up, adding to his knowledge in the great school of experience. It was in 1871 that he began an apprenticeship with the old Columbus Gazette, where he served both in the composing and press rooms, thoroughly mastering the two trades. In 1878 he took a position with the Lutheran Rook Concern print shop as foreman, which position he held for a period of fourteen years. In 1892 he was elected assistant manager of the concern and in 1899 was made manager, continuing in the latter responsible position until 1907. In all these positions he discharged his duties ably, conscientiously and faithfully, as his long tenure would indicate.

Desiring to launch out in business for himself, Mr. Heer, in 1907 resigned as manager "I I lie Lutheran Book Concern and incorporated the F. J. Heer Printing Company, of which he has been president ever since, and which he has built up into one of the leading printing and publishing houses in central Ohio. His plant is well equipped, everything modern and complete, and high-grade work is turned out rapidly and promptly1. Only highly skilled workmen are employed and everything is managed under a superb system.

Mr. Heer became a director of the Central Building & Loan Company in 1890 and has been its president since 1908. Its pronounced success lias been due principally to his able management and wise foresight.

The subject of this sketch has also been very active in civic affairs and has given freely of his time and means to advance the welfare and general interests of his home city. He was a member of the board of trustees of the Ohio Medical College at the time that institution was taken over by the Ohio State University, and at that time he was the only member of the board who had served in that position from the organization of the college. He was a member of the board of education from 1886 to 1903, and since 1902 he has been a member of the board of trustees of the public school sinking fund commission. He has also been a member of the board of trustees of the public library since 1902, and for a period of thirty years he served as treasurer of the Lutheran church synod of Ohio and other states ; he was also treasurer of St. Paul's Lutheran Church for a period of twenty-five years.

Mr. Heer has also been prominent in Democratic politics, and has been treasurer of the State Democratic Executive Committee for twenty-five years. He was president of the city council in 1914 and 1915. He is a member of the Columbus Athletic Club and the Olentangy Club, also belongs to the Columbus Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Heer married Pauline K. Beck, a native of Columbus, daughter of the late William Beck, who was an extensive contractor and builder of this city. The union of our subject and wife has resulted in the birth of five children, named as follows : Esther, now Mrs. D. H. Ebinger; Walter F., manager of the great sportsman's magazine, "The Hunter-Trader- Trapper," which is published by his father; William C, who is assistant manager of the F. J. Heer Printing Company; Edith is at this writing (1918) a student in Ohio State University; and Ruth is attending the public schools.

Mr. Heer is deserving of a great deal of credit for what he has accomplished in the face of the obstacles that confront every ambitious boy who starts out in life unaided to carve out a fortune. He is regarded as one of the most influential public men of Columbus, and he has discharged his duties most faithfully as a public servant in all the positions with which he has been entrusted. He is known as a loyal, earnest, and high-minded gentleman, who has the interests of his home city much at heart, and he is popular with all classes.

PELATHIA WEBSTER HUNTINGTON. This vital, progressive age is one that demands of men a distinctive initiative power if they are to attain success and in addition to this power is required, self-reliance, determination and consecutive application in the pursuit of a definite purpose. All these attributes were exemplified in the career of Pelatiah Webster Huntington, who gained success and prestige in the business world and who was distinctively the architect of his own fortunes. Appreciative of the attractions and advantages of the city of Columbus he here found it possible to gain a position as one of its leading financiers and substantial men of affairs, and he always enjoyed unmistakable popular esteem in the section of Ohio which he elected to make his home and the scene of his well-directed endeavors.

Mr. Huntington was born in Norwich, Connecticut, July 2, 183(5, the son of Benjamin and Margarretta Dunlap (Perit) Huntington. He was a descendant of the ninth generation of Christopher Huntington, who, in the year 1659, with his brother Simon and their associates, purchased from Uncas, chief of the Mohegan Indians a tract of land nine miles square at and near the headquarters of the Thames river in Connecticut. From that transaction resulted the removal, in the spring of 1660, of some thirty families from Saybrook, Connecticut, and these located in the valley of the Yantic river, a tributary of the Thames. The settlement thus established was the beginning of the town of Norwich. The two brothers, Christopher and Simon, were the founders of the families which from an early period became widespread and influential in the state of Connecticut, and have since dispersed throughout the United States, many of them becoming leaders in their respective localities in various walks of life, prominent in business, professional and public life.

Christopher Huntington was the first town clerk of Norwich, and for a period of one hundred and sixty-five years that office passed uninterruptedly from father to son in the line there represented. Benjamin, the father of Pelatiah W., succeeded to it in 1825, and held the office until it was abolished.

In early life Benjamin Huntington was engaged in mercantile pursuits. Subsequently he became treasurer of the Norwich Savings Society, one of the oldest and strongest financial institutions of New England, continuing in that position for more than thirty years and until his death. He always made his home in Norwich, where lie died at a very advanced age, without disease, in his eighty-fifth year.

On the maternal side Pelatiah Webster Huntington was descended from the Rev. Pierre Perit, a Huguenot clergyman, who, about the year 1685 left France to escape religious persecution, taking up his residence in New York City, where for seventeen years, he was pastor of the French church. He was a warm personal friend and eo-laborer of Rev. William Vesey, first vicar of Trinity Church and he is buried in Trinity church graveyard at the head of Wall street, his death having occurred in 1704. The stone over his remains has an inscription in both Latin and French. Some of his descendants removed to Connecticut, and Margarretta Dunlap Perit, the wife of Benjamin Huntington, was a member of the Connecticut branch of the family. She was a great-granddaughter of the highly distinguished Pelatiah Webster, who was a merchant in Philadelphia before and during the Revolutionary War, and the author of valuable writings on political economy and questions of government. To him many of the distinctive features of the United States constitution have been directly traced.

Pelatiah Webster Huntington received his early education in a small private school which stood in the neighborhood of his father's house. Later he attended a boy's school in Norwich. At the age of fourteen years he went to sea as a boy before the mast on the ship "Chicora," of four hundred tons, which was owned in Boston and was engaged in the Russian trade. He was thus employed for three years, making several voyages. In August, 1853, he came to Columbus, and at once obtained employment as messenger in the Exchange Branch of the State Bank of Ohio. In that concern and in the banking establishments which have succeeded it, he continued until his death, February 24, 1918, or during a period of more than sixty-three years, a record which perhaps cannot be equaled by any man in Ohio. He occupied every position from messenger boy to president, discharging his duties in each and all with an equal ability, fidelity, promptness and honesty.

During the Civil War the State Bank of Ohio went out of business and the Exchange Branch Bank and all the other branches of the parent institution wound up their affairs. The business of the Exchange Bank of Columbus was thereupon taken over by the private banking firm of P. W. Huntington & Company, consisting of P. W. Huntington and David W. Deshler. Upon the death of the latter in 1867, Mr. Huntington purchased his interest in the banking firm, but continued the business under the same name, later associating with himself several of his sons, until 1905, in which year the firm of P. W. Huntington & Company was merged into the present Huntington National Bank.

As a banker Mr. Huntington maintained a personal reputation that was never questioned, and the banking interests for which he had been the responsible and guiding genius moved along smoothly and uninterruptedly, no matter how stormy the financial sea became, without any disturbance of their solvency or prosperity, each year finding the institution further advanced. For a time he was also president of the Hayden National Bank and was one of the organizers of the Columbus Clearing House.

Mr. Huntington was an influential factor in the railroad development of central Ohio. He was, from its organization, a director of the Hocking Valley railroad and of the Columbus & Toledo railroad, which was merged with it. He was, at one time, president of the Columbus, Shawnee & Hocking railroad and for many years a director and president of the Columbus & Xenia railroad. He was one of the organizers of the Columbus & Cincinnati Midland railroad, which was later sold to the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. For many years he was president of the franklin Insurance Co., of the Columbus Gas Co., and treasurer and president of the (ireen Lawn Cemetery Association, the latter institution being his particular pride and his devotion to the care of its finances and to the beautification of its grounds were in no small measure responsible for its later development. Mr. Huntington was one of the organizers of the Ohio Bankers Association and was among its earlier presidents, In inn' .it the same time on the executive council of the American Bankers' Association. In 1878 In- built tin- bank building at the southwest corner of High and Broad streets. Later, in partnership with Mr. William G. Deshler, he erected the Wesley block, on the site of the old Wesley Chapel, which had burned; also with Mr. Deshler, he built the Clinton block at Chestnut and High streets. He was a great admirer of oratorio music and a singer of some ability; a valuable collection of oratorios was presented to the Carnegie Library by him.

Mr. Huntington married, first, on June 3, 1858, Jane Nashee (Deshler) Beeson, eldest daughter of David W. Deshler, and to that marriage were born the following children: Benjamin, died when lour years old; Thomas Dunlap and Webster Perit. Mr. Huntington's second marriage was celebrated on October 3, 1872, to Frances Sollaee, a daughter of Calvin Theodore and Harriet L. Sollaee of Columbus, and to this union the following children were born: Theodore Sollace, Francis Ropes and Baldwin Gwynne Huntington, all being, at present, officers of the Huntington N ational Bank.

Pelatiah W. Huntington was married a third time, on May 2, 1882, his last wife being- Ida H. Nothnagel of Columbus, and to their union the following children were born: Edith, who married William A. Loving, now a resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Phillis died in infancy; Ralph also died in infancy; and Margaret, the youngest of Mr. Huntington's ten children, who married Captain Elliott S. Church, resides at West Newton, a suburb of Boston, Mass.

Mr. Huntington was public spirited and accomplished much toward the general welfare of the Capital City during the past half century, being one of its strongest standbys and representative citizens. He was progressive in his views, a man of high ideals and correct conduct, and in every way merited the good will and high esteem which the people of his home city freely accorded him.

FRANK BRADFORD. Among the successful self-made men in Columbus whose efforts and influence contributed to the material upbuilding of the community, the late Frank Bradford, the able and popular president of the Bradford Shoe Company, occupied a conspicuous place. Being ambitious from the first, he resolutely faced the future gradually surmounted the difficulties in his way, and in due course of time rose to a prominent position in the industrial circles of his community, besides winning the confidence and esteem of those with whom he came in contact, either in a business or social way, and he stood as one of the representative citizens of the locality. Strongly in contrast with the humble surroundings of his youth was the position which he eventually filled in business circles. He won for himself a place of prominence and honor as one of the world's honored army of workers, realizing early that there is a purpose in life and that there is no honor not founded on worth and no respect not founded on accomplishment. His life and labors were worthy because they contributed to a proper understanding of life and its problems. The strongest characters in our national history have come from the ranks of the self-made men to whom obstacles act -as an impetus for unfaltering effort and from this class came the lamented gentleman whose name initiates this memorial review.