Columbus City (part 6 of 57)

His son, Thomas Jefferson Anderson, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born at the old homestead in Virginia, April 2, 1801, and with his parents came to Fairfield county, Ohio, April 7, 1806. Here on his father's farm he spent his youth. At the age of eighteen he returned to Virginia to attend school. On the 7th of August. 1825, he was married to Miss" Nancy Dunlevy, born January 12, 1805, a woman of taste, refinement and brilliant conversational powers, of a notable family of Jefferson county, Ohio, and the same year removed to Marion, Ohio. For three successive terms of seven years each he was an associate judge of the court of common pleas of Marion county, and during his long residence in Marion held many other posts of

James H. Ahdersoh

James House Anderson, son of Judge Thomas Jefferson and Nancy (Dunlevy) Anderson, was born in Marion, March 16, 1833. He was educated in the district and select schools of the town, also in the Marion Academy and at the Ohio Wesleyan University. He studied law under Ozias Bo wen, later a supreme judge of Ohio, and Bradford R. Durfee, graduated in the law department of Cincinnati College in the spring of 1854, and immediately began the practice of his profession in his native place. In April, 1855, he was elected mayor of Marion, and, in the October following, prosecuting attorney of the county. In the trial of causes he was indefatigable, at times eloquent, and usually successful. Like many other young lawyers, he made stump speeches for his party during political campaigns, and occasionally accepted invitations to address lyceums and other associations. On November 2y, 1856, he was united in marriage to Miss Princess A. Miller, the youngest daughter of the late David jMiller, a pioneer of prominence in Marion and Wyandot counties, whose nephew, Rear Admiral Joseph N, Miller, born in Springfield, Ohio, represented the United States navy by appointment of the president at the Queen's jubilee in London, in 1897. ^ She Avas a granddaughter of Abner Bent, of Marion county, and a great-granddaughter of Colonel Silas Bent of the Revolution, a member of the Ohio Company, who, with General Rufus Putnam and other Revolutionary officers, 'Settled in Ohio in 1788. In 1859 Mr. Anderson was a candidate for the state senate in the district composed of Marion, Logan, Union and Hardin counties, and came within one vote of receiving the nomination. A nomination was "equivalent to an election."

In March, 1861, he was appointed by President Lincoln United States consul at Hamburg, one of the most important commercial cities in Europe^ and with his family at once embarked for the scene of his duties. Ordinarily this consulate is a busy one, but the great Civil war in America trebled the responsibilities and difficulties of the position. Hamburg early became a rendezvous for privateers and blockade-runners, where they received their outfit and supphes, and the necessary espionage of these vessels, their lawless owners and officers demanded sleepless vigilance. That Consul Anderson performed his arduous duties most efficiently is evidenced by the number of letters of commendation received by him from the secretary of state and other distinguished public functionaries. Under date of December 10, 1861, Secretary Seward writes: "Your vigilance in regard to the movements of the insurgents for the purchasing and shipping of arms and other equipments at Hamburg is highly appreciated." Again, under date of August 21. 1862, Secretary Seward writes: "The department this morning has been informed by the secretary of the navy that the steamer Columbia, concerning which you gave early and important information to this department, which was promptly communicated to the navy department, has been captured." This

Mr. Anderson was instrumental, it Wc.s said, in sinking a lighter, at Hamburg, that was conveying batteries, carriages, etc., to the steamer Bahama in the service of the Confederate government, and of thwarting the Confederate agents in other respects. Thereupon Secretary Seward wrote Mr. Anderson : "I have transmitted to you, under another envelope, the National Intelligencer, in which is printed a letter of Mr. Huse, one of the Rebel agents in Europe, in which he confesses that his plans have been thwarted by the activity of yourself, and the minister of the United States in London. The department takes pleasure in acknowledging the service thus rendered to your country." (See dispatch of Caleb Huse, Captain of Artillery, C. S. A., to the war department, C. S. A., captured by our navy).

Hon. Carl Schurz, United States minister at Madrid, writing to Mr. Anderson from Washington, March i, 1862, detailing an interview with the secretary of state, says : 'T must not forget to mention that Seward spoke very highly of you and your services."

General H. S. Sanford, United States minister at Brussels, who had just returned from a visit to Washington, writing from Brussels, August 24, 1862, says: "1 was glad to learn at the department of state that your activity in following up Rebel enterprises in your port was appreciated. You have probably already received a dispatch commendatory of your zeal, which was to have been addressed to you about the time of my departure, the end of last month. I hope you are well, and that the work of detecting Rebel enterprises goes bravely on. I w^as just fourteen days in the United States, having been detained longer than I contemplated in South America." In 1863 the secretary of state writes : "The department is gratified to perceive the evidences of your vigilance and devoted loyalty."

Consul Anderson''& diplomatic duties were even more perplexing than his consular. Naturalized American citizens were often arrested in Hamburg for non-performance of military duty in the fatherland - usually for service alleged to be due Prussia or one of the smaller German states. The persons thus apprehended invariably appealed to the consul for protection, ancl he, as invariably, by tact, good judgment and persistence secured their release. In 1863 Hon. G. J. Abbot, of the state department, writes: "Your assiduous labors in the consulate are known and appreciated here." While in Hamburg Mr. Anderson was notified by letter from the New^ York ofifice that he had been elected a member of the American Geographical and Statistical Society. Subsequently he was elected a corresponding member of the American Institute and received the following notification : last evening, you were unanimously elected a corresponding member thereof. The American Institute was chartered in 1829, for the purpose of encouraging and promoting domestic industry in this state and the United States, in agriculture, commerce, manufactures and the arts.

On the 30th of May, 1863, :Mr. Chamljers writes: 'The American Institute has appointed you a delegate to represent the association at the Great International Agricultural exhibition at Hamburg, and the credentials of your appointment will be handed you by Mr. Wennberg, a member of the Institute." On the 29th of December, 1862, Secretary Seward notified Mr. Anderson that his dispatch relating to the exhibition had been published in the National Intelligencer, for general information. It was a carefully prepared paper and was soon followed by another, which the state department authorized the same journal to publish. On the 20th of March, 1863, the secretary of the Hamburg International Exhibition wrote : "It is my pleasant duty to thank you most sincerely for the able manner in which you have called t:he attention of your government and countrymen to wdiat it is hoped will be an occasion of bringing from your country the wonderful products of your agricultural and mechanical skill." The immediate results of Mr. Anderson's widely published dispatches on the subject of the Great International Exhibition "at Hamburg m 1863, were a message from the president, and appropriation by congress, the appointment of a commissioner by President Lincoln, - Governor Joseph A. Wright, of Indiana, - similar action by many of the states as well as many of our agricultural societies, and a successful exhibition bj our citizens of agricultural products, implements, live stock, etc. It is needless to quote at greater length from dispatches and letters in recognition and approval of Mr. Anderson's services.

That his efforts to stimulate immigration, to give to the people of Europe just views of our resources, finances, etc., to secure generous contributions in 1864 for our sick and wounded soldiers, and in 1865 for our helpless f reedmen, as well as his labors in many other important directions not heretofore referred to, were eminently successful, testimonials from the secretary of state, and others of the highest character - women as well as men - clearly establish. Few American representatives abroad have ever served their country with more diligence or fidelity; and it is probably true that two-thirds of his time was employed in the discharge of extraordinary duties that do not occur in a period of profound peace.

J\lr. Anderson finally became weary of official life, and, longing for his native land, sent in his resignation. This is the answer that came to'him: firing your resignation of }-our oflice of consul at Hamburg and giving your views on the policy of the administration, has been received. Your resignation is accepted, with regret. The department has every reason to be satisfied with your manner of performing the delicate and responsible duties of your consulate. The records of the department show you to have been a faithful officer of the government. Your letter has been read by the president, who expresses much satisfaction at the sound and liberal views therein given. I am, sir, your obedient servant,

Devoted as Mr. Anderson bad been to President Lincoln throughout the war period, and despite his strong attachment to the Republican party, he could not conscientiously withhold his approval of the southern policy of President Johnson; and in 1866 he was sent as a delegate from the eighth congressional district of Ohio to the National Union convention at Philadelphia. In 1866 President Johnson tendered him an appointment as chief justice of IMontana territory, which he declined, not w'ishing to leave home again, but accepted the office of collector of internal revenue of the eighth congressional district of Ohio. While Mr. Anderson was discharging his duties as collector, Hon. John Sherman wrote the following letter to the president :

Senate Chamber, February 18, 1867. Sir: - I most earnestly recommend James H. Anderson of Ohio, late consul at Hamburg, for appointment to a mission or leading consulate. He is a gentleman of high character and abilities, who as consul at Hamburg, rendered very valuable services to the country. Pie is well qualified for any trust. I will not hesitate to urge his confirmation to any executive appointment within your gift.

Mr. Anderson never called on the president after this letter was written, although invited to do so. He received a lengthy and very friendly letter from Senator Sherman, dated New York, April 6, 1867, which concludes as follows: 'T am here arranging for my trip to Paris, and sail on the 13th. I certainly will miss no opportunity to do you a kindness, not only on your own account, but also on your father's, for whom I have always felt the highest regard." As the president, the secretary of state and both of the Ohio senators were friends of Mr. Anderson, an appointment to a high position might easily have been obtained ; but he had now resolved that he would not accept an office of any kind, and, having large landed interests in Wyandot county, he soon moved to Upper Sandusky, opened a law office, engaged in banking, also in farming, and stock and wool growing on a much larger scale than ever before.

and continued in active and profitable business until 1874, when he removed to Columbus, his present place of residence. While living- in Upper Sandusky he was elected for three years a member of the board of education. In 1878 he was appointed by the governor a trustee of the Ohio State University, and for nearly seven years was the chairman of the executive committee of the board of trustees. At his suggestion the board conferred upon Allen G. Thurman, then president pro tempore of the United States 'senate, and upon Morrison R. Waite, chief justice of the United States, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws ; and the resolutions appropriate to the occasion were drafted by Mr. Anderson. These distinguished Ohioans were the first to receive the degree from this eminent 'seat of learning.

The year that General Thomas Ewing was the Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio, 1879, at his earnest request, Mr. Anderson became a member of the state executive committee, and its secretary. Mr. Anderson is now spending his time somewhat quietly, in the society of his books, in writing, in social and literary pastimes, and in the management of his estate. He takes an active interest still in the proceedings of the patriotic and other organizations of which he is a member. At the national congress of the Sons of the American Revolution, held in May, 1899, in Detroit, he was elected the vice-president general of the national society. He was a delegate from the Ohio society to the national congress, Sons American Revolution, at Morristown, New Jersey, in May, 1898; at Detroit, in May, 1899J and at New York city, in May, 1900. He has long been a life member of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, and in May, 1899, ^^'^^ elected a trustee of the society for three years. It is the only state ofiice which he now (1900) holds. He is also a member of the executive conjmittee, which is the government body of the society. Mr. Anderson is still a member of the ancient and honorable order of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, and expects to remain one.

The children of James H. and Princess A. Anderson are: Mary Princess ; Lieutenant James Thomas Anderson, United States Army ; Charles Finley, merchant. Paducah, Kentucky; Amelie Ellen, deceased; and Alice Florence, deceased. Mary Princess was married to Professor Edward Ortnn, Jr., of the Ohio State University, a son of the distinguished^ scientist. Dr. Edward Orton, LL. D. James Thomas was married to Miss Helen Bagley, the accomplished daughter of the late governor, John J. Bagley, of Detroit, Michigan. Charles Finley was married to Miss Minerva Ann Flowers, of Paducah, Kentucky, a descendant of one of the oldest slave-holding families in the south. Amelie Ellen died at the home of her parents at the age of seven. Alice Florence, always an invalid, died January 24, 1895, ^^ Santa Fe, New Mexico, of pneumonia. Lieutenant James T. and Helen Bagley Anderson are blessed with one child, Helen Anderson. Charles F, and Minerva A. Anderson also have one child, ]Marv Princess Anderson.

It may be proper to add that the old Scotchman, W'ihiam Anderson, named at the beginning of this sketch, was the father of two sons and two daughters; that his son Wilham was kihed by the Indians in Virginia, and that his other son, Captain Thomas Anderson, lost three brave sons - William, Joseph and Abner - in the last war with Great Britain. Captain James Anderson, heretofore referred to, had seventeen grandsons in the Union army during the great Rebellion, several of whom gave their lives for their country.

The maternal ancestors of James H. Anderson, of Columbus, Ohio, are as follows : Mrs. Mary Barton Dunlevy, a widow, came to America from county Tyrone, Ireland, about 1771, and settled with her children near Brownsville, Fayette county, Pennsylvania. She was the widow of Andrew Dunlevy, son of James, son of John, son of Francis, son of Anthony, who was living and very old, in Sligo, Ireland, in 1652. She was the mother of nine children, - eight sons and one daug'hter, - seven of whom accompanied her to this country, namely: John, ^Vnthony, Andrew, Morris, Daniel, James and Nancy. Mrs. Mary Barton Dunlevy was born in 1730, was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, and died August 18, 1827, at the home of her son Daniel, in Cross Creek township, Jefferson county, Ohio. Andrew, her husband, died in county Tyrone, some time before she left Ireland.

James Dunlevy was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, in 1770; came to America with his mother, as before stated ; lived for years in Fayette county, Pennsylvania; was educated at Dr. John McMillan's classical school, and its successor, Canonsburg Academy, which afterward became the famous Washington and Jefferson College; was united in marriage in 1796, to Miss Hannah Rabb, born July i, 1780, a daughter of Captain Andrew Rabb, of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. Captain Rabb was a man of great wealth and influence, and a Revolutionary soldier who recruited a company of mounted rangers at his own expense, which rendered gallant service during several years of the war for independence. David McKinley, a great-grandfather of the president of the United States, in his application for a pension, says that a part of b.is Revolutionary service w^as in Captain Andrew Rabb's company. Captain Rabb, whose will dispo-sing of his great estate is on record in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, was married to his first wife, Mary Scott, the mother of Hannah Rabb Dunlevy, September i, 1768; to bis second wife, Catherine Pentecost, February 27, 1800; and died at Hot Springs, Bath county, Virginia, where he was undergoing treatment for poison administered by a slave, September 5, 1804.

James and Hannah Rabb Dunlevy removed from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1797, to Jefferson county, Ohio. Here James Dunlevy bought a farm about three miles from Steubenville, soon became prosperous and quite prominent, was elected the sheriff of the county for tw^o years from October 9. 1804, and after more than two years' service retired from office in December, 1806, and died, it is believed, on the day preceding "Cold Friday," that is, on February 5, 1807, leaving a handsome property to his four infant children. His will, and the wills of his brothers, Daniel and Morris,- and of Captain Rabb, will be found in The History of the Dunlevy Family, written by Miss G. D. Kelley, of Columbus, Ohio.

James Dunlevy's only son, John, died very young, soon after his father's death. His daughter, Mary, married Edwin S. Tarr, a lawyer who first settled in Galveston, and later in Clay county, Illinois. Here Mary died childless, August 29, 1858. Her sister, Julia Dunlevy, born December 25, 1800, married John Plotner, in Jefferson county, Ohio, removed to Ingraham Prairie, near the home of her sister Mary, and passed away April 28, 1863, leaving several children.

The third daughter and youngest child of James and Hannah Rabb Dunlevy, was Nancy Dunlevy, born on her father's farm near Steubenville, January 12, 1805. Her mother, and the executors named in her father's will - - Daniel Dunlevy, Thomas Elliot and John Milligan - provided her with an education in the schools of Steubenville that v/as much better than the average young lady then obtained. Her widowed mother, Hannah Rabb Dunlevy, the latter part of the year 1808 became the wife of Thomas Johnson, of Jefferson county, Ohio, by whom she had five children.

Hannah Rabb (Dunlevy) Johnson, died in 18 17, when her daughter, Nancy Dunlevy, was only twelve years old. Thenceforth the three Dunlevy girls resided on their father's farm, which was their farm, till Julia was married. A part of their time was spent on the large farm of their uncle. Daniel Dunlevy, one of the executors of their father's estate. About 1824 Nancy Dunlevy was invited to visit Mrs. Judge Sherman, the mother of Hon. John Sherman, at Lancaster, Ohio, near which place, namely, on the Pickaway Plains, she owned a large tract of rich land, inherited from her father. While in this locality Nancy Dunlevy became acquainted with Thomas Jefferson Anderson, whose father owned a farm near by. They were soon much interested in each other and were finally joined in wedlock August 7, 1825. by Rev. James Gilruth, and settled in Marion, Ohio, the same year. Mrs. Nancy Dunlevy Anderson, one of the most gifted and highly respected women that ever lived in Marion county, died May 17, 1870.

The only living child of Judge Thomas Jefferson and Nancy Dunlevy Anderson is James House Anderson, attorney at law% of Columbus, Ohio. He was united in marriage to Miss Princess A. Miller, November 27, 1856. Their children now living are : Mrs. Mary Princess Orton, the wife of Professor Edward Orton, Jr., of the Ohio State University; Lieutenant James Thomas Anderson, of the United States Army ; and Charles Finley Anderson.

For a more complete account of the Dunlevys in ancient and modern times, as kings and princes, of Ulster (Ulidia), and as citizens of the United States, the reader is referred to Miss Kelley's History of the Dunlevy family.

Joseph Perkins Byers

One of the well known and respected officials of the state of Ohio is Joseph Perkins Byers, the subject of the present sketch. He was born in Columbus, September 23, 1868, and is the son of Albert Gallatin and Mary (Rathbun) Byers, to whom a family of nine children were born, - Anna, Orin G., William R., Albert G., Bertha, Joseph P. and Dennison Drew being the survivors.

J\lr. Byers spent the first thirteen years of his life in the city, then removed to a farm in Clinton township. He attended school in Columbus, becoming a student in the high school, which he later left to enter the preparatory department of the university. At this great institution of learning he pursued his studies for two years and then accepted a position in his father's office, where he remained for several years, by close application to business acquiring methods of work and the experience which has made him so acceptable as a public officer.

The marriage of Mr. Byers took place in 1888 to Miss Ada V. Millar, a daughter of James A, Millar, an old and highly respected citizen of Columbus, and one son has been born to them, who has been named Andrew Millar.

Mr. Byers has been very prominent in charitable work in Columbus and in the state. He was instrumental in organizing The Associated Charities of Columbus, and has been the secretary of that organization ever since. He is also a member of the National Conference of Charities and has been for some time the financial secretary of the National Prison Association. He is a man noted for his integrity of character and possesses the esteem of all VN-ith whom he comes in contact, for his earnestness of purpose is never doubted.

Adin H. Shade

The owner and proprietor of a fine farm in Franklin township of one hundred and five acres of land, located on the Harrisburg pike road, within five miles of the state-house in Columbus, Ohio, is Adin H. Shade. He was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, November 2, 1833, a son of Jacob Shade, a native of the same state. The latter had made a visit to Franklin county, Ohio, and looked at the land in 1835, but returned to Bucks county, where he lived for some time, returning to the home of our subject in Franklin township, where he died at the age of seventy-five years. The maiden name of his wife was Sarah James, a native of Pennsylvania, who died in that state in 1845.

]\Ir. Shade is the only son of the family now li\'ing. He was brought to Franklin county when but two years old, returning with his parents to Bucks county, where he lived until he was twelve years of age. At that time he came back to Franklin countv, Ohio, with his uncle and aunt, Adin G.

and Permelia Hibbs, and remained with them until he was twenty-six years old. He had engaged in varioiisi lines of work through Jackson, Hamilton and Franklin townships, but after marriage Mr. Shade located in Jackson township on a rented farm, where he remained for about twenty-seven years, the land belonging to Mr. Hibbs. Mr. Shade then bought a farm on Big Run creek, in Franklin township, where he remained for seven years, and then removed to his present location, where he has resided since 1883. Mr. Shade has made a success of farming and has his land under a fine state of cultivation. He also raises cows for their milk, selling the product from eighteen head at the present time.

The marriage of Mr. Shade was celebrated in 1859, when Miss Margaret A. White became his wife. She was a daughter of Jacob and Eliza (Alkire) White, the former a native of Hardy county, the latter of Lewis county, both in Virginia. They were old residents of the county, Mrs. Shade's grandparents having been pioneers of Franklin, owning at one time one thousand acres of land in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Shade have had seven children, namely: Emmer H., Jacob W., Eliza, Nellie, Jesse, Charles and John.' Emmer H. was born in Franklin township January 2, 1861, and is now in poor health, living at home, after a sojourn in Columbus ; Jacob W. married Minnie Malott and has children named Adin Ray, Nellie, Merrill, Martha, Jacob, Mary and Emmer; EHza is at her parental home, unmarried; Nellie married Lewis Wilcox and has four children, - Charles, Frank, Grace and an infant daughter unnamed; Jesse married Carrie Umbenhour; Charles married Jennie Johnson and had one child, Henry J., who died at the age of twenty-six months, and they now live in Columbus; and John died when fifteen months old.

In political opinions Mr. Shade favors the principles of the Democratic party. He is well known and respected through the township and has been called to serve several times as a township trustee.

Neville Williams

A prominent man and efficient official of the city of Columbus, Ohio, Neville Williams was born in Chillicothe, this state, on the 25th of December, 1 86 1, a son of Dr. W. C. and Elizabeth (Dun) Williams. The father was born in Hardy county. West Virginia, in 1823, and the mother was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Philadelphia in 1826. She was the daughter of George W. Dun, one of the first settlers of Chillicothe, Ohio, and of his Avife, Louise (Duan) Dun. Tracing the family still further on the paternal side we find the father of Dr. Williams to have been a member of a well known family of Virginia, and was by name George Washington Williams, who married Ann Chambers, thus uniting two old families. Thev settled in Staunton, Virginia, in 1820. The father of Neville Williams pas'^ed away at Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1873, holding at the time of his death the important

Neville Williams passed his boyhood in Chillicothe until he was twelve years old, attending school. In his sixteenth year he went to Vinton county, Ohio, and remained there eighteen months, at Richland Furnace, engaged in the manufacture of iron. Going further west, he traveled through Indiana and Illinois, employed in railroad construction. xA.fterward he was employed on the Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad' in Mississippi, in the construction department, which employment he followed for three and one-half years. Returning to Ohio, he soon afterward married Miss Eliza Gordon, of Sabina, Clinton county, Ohio, who wa's; a daughter of William H. Gordon, of that place. After his marriage Mr. Williams settled on a farm, where he continued until 1884. when he moved to Georgesville, Franklin county, again engaging in farming, thus continuing until 1888. He was also engaged in the manufacture of lumber at that place, operating a sawmill.

At that time be was prevailed upon to accept the position of deputy recorder, under Recorder Thompson, of the city of Columbus, and soon afterward was the Democratic candidate for the position of recorder, his candidacy, however, not being successful, as public opinion was much divided in the city and county at that time, it being during the agitation caused by General Coxey, although Mr. Williams ran far ahead of his ticket. For a space of three years he served as the secretary of the board of health in Columbus, during the administration of Mayor Cotton H. Allen. In 1897 his Democratic friends again nominated him for the office of recorder, resulting in his election, and he assumed the duties of the office in September, 1898. He was renominated for the same position in 1900.

An interesting family of three children have been added to our subject's home, - Elizabeth H., William Thurman and Jean. Mr. Williams is a member of several fraternal organizations, - the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Red Men and the Modern Woodmen, taking an active interest in all. He is popular and efficient and serves his county faithfully in the position in which he is placed.

William Morrison

In the history of William Morrison we find one who owes his success not to a fortunate combination of circumstances but to his own untiring industry, and his record illustrates the possibilities that lie before those who wish to secure advancement and who are willing to do so at the price of earnest, honest and long continued labor. His career has ever been such as to win the confidence and regard of his fellow men, and as one of the representative residents of Franklin county he certainly deserves mention in this volume. He has followed farming and stock-raising for many years, making

Mr. Morrison is a native of the Emerald Isle, his birth having occurred in county Down on the loth of September, 1846, and his parents being John and Jane (McCalley) Morrison. His father was born in county Down, May I, 1 80 1, was reared upon a farm and was twice married, his first union being with Miss Mary Murdock, by whom he had two children : Andrew, a well known farmer of Jefferson township; and Mary, deceased. The children of the second marriage were five in number and three are yet living, namely : Isabelle, the wife of Melvin Beem, of Summit Station, Licking county ; William; and Anna, the wife of Isaac N. Dixon, of Licking county. After his marriage the father took charge of the old homestead in Ireland and subsequently became its owner. In 1849 l^e emigrated to America and the following year his family joined him in the new world. He was induced to seek a home in the United States through the solicitation of his uncle, William Morrison, who was! then living in Knox county, Ohio. He had crossed the Atlantic in the beginning of the nineteenth century and had served his country in the war of 181 2. He afterv^-ard came to Ohio and was one of the pioneers of Knox county. He gave his nephew, John Morrison, to understand that he would inherit his property, for he and his wife had no children, but after a few years spent in Knox county John Morrison became dissatisfied with the relations! existing between him and his uncle and removed to Franklin county. Here .he entered the employ of John Barr, of Mifflin township, and after three years he leased the Spurgeon farm in the same township, continuing its cultivation for nine years.

He then came to Jefferson township and purchased the three-hundredacre tract of land upon which his son William now resides. This was in 1861. Upon the place he erected a log cabin and with characteristic energy began the task of clearing and improving his farm. It was his place of residence until he was called to his final home, at the advanced age of ninety-four years, his death occurring on the 12th of June, 1895. Although he usually supported the Democratic party, he was not bitterly aggressive nor strictly partisan, but was very liberal in his views, often voting for Republican nominees when he believed that they were better qualified for the office than the Democratic candidates. Throughout his entire life he was a faithful member of the Presbyterian church. His business affairs were very carefully managed and he won a high degree of success. He gave much attention to the raising of cattle, and his unflagging energy, capable management and straightforward dealing secured him a handsome financial return, so that he became one of the well-to-do residents of the county.

Upon his father's farm William Morrison spent the davs of his boyhood and youth, working in the fields from the time of early spring planting until crops were harvested in the autumn. He also attended the common schools, but his educational privileges were somewhat limited, his services being needed at home. However, he studied much at night, and possessing an observing eye and a retentive memory he acquired a good practical education. In early life he became an excellent judge of stock and showed keen discrimination in purchasing cattle, and at the age of nineteen he began selling cattle on his own account, and in this he prospered, from year to year his profits increasing, and upon his father's death he purchased of the other heirs their interests in the old home farm. He is recognized as one of the most progressive agriculturists of the community, and in addition to the home place he owns one hundred and twenty-five acres of land in Licking county and eighty-eight and a half acres south of the homestead. He raises cattle on an extensive scale, and as he keeps only good grades his stock finds a ready sale on the markets and commands good prices. Excellent improvements are seen upon his farm, including a commodious and pleasant brick residence, good barns and all the accessories and conveniences which are required to make up a model farm of the twentieth century.

In July, 1882, Mr. Morrison was united in marriage to Miss Eliza F. Scott, a native of St. Lawrence county. New York, and a daughter of Samuel and Mary (McMurry) Scott. In 1863 her parents came to Ohio, locating in Mifflin township, Franklin county, and later they removed to Licking county, where Mr. Scott died. Subsequently the mother went with her family to Iowa, where she had a brother living, and there she made her home until her death. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Morrison have been born five children, of whom four are yet living, namelv : Isabelle, lohn A., William B. and Samuel M.

In his political views Mr. Morrison is a Democrat who believesi firmly in the principles of his party. For two terms he served as county treasurer and then refused to accept the nomination again. His long continuance in office by the vote of the people indicates his fidelity to duty, his personal popularity and the confidence and trust reposed in him. He has ever been in favor of building good roads and has done much for the improvement and progress of the community and withholds his support from no measure or movement which he believes will prove of practical benefit. He is a man of sterling worth, and over the record of his life there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil. He has lived the greater part of his time in this county and his fidelity to manly principles, his honesty in business afifairs and his faithfulness to friendship have gained him uniform regard.

George A. Waterman is now living a retired life at his pleasant hnme in Columbus. Years of active connection with business affairs, in which he managed his interests most capably, brought to him well merited success, and having acquired a handsome competence he is now residing in the enjoyment of the fruits of his former labors. George Alfred ^^'aterman is a native of England, his birth having occurred in Sutton Dorchester on the 14th of September, 1826. He was a Httle lad of six summers when brought to this country by his parents, Joseph and Fanny Waterman. His father wasi born in England in 1798, and his mother, also a native of that country, was born in 1807. Coming to the new world, they took up their abode in Columbus, where both spent their remaining days, the father departing this life in 1858, while the mother, having long survived him, was called to her final rest in 1890. In the family were the following named: George A., of this review; Frederick, who died in Columbus about three years ago; Louisa and Henrietta, who are now deceased ; Mrs. Emma Wheeler, Mrs. Lucy Goad and Mrs. Ellen Walker, all of whom are residing in Columbus. The family is one of prominence among the pioneer families of Franklin county and its representatives are members of the Trinity Episcopal church.

In early life George A. Waterman learned the miller's trade, and when only eighteen years of age operated a mill on Scioto river, for others, at the head of what is now Darby street, in Columbus. He continued in this work for many years and found it a profitable source of income. The old family homestead is still standing on Shepherd street, near South Grubb street, and was continuously in the possession of the Watermans from the time of their early location in Columbus until the fall of 1900.

In 1847 Mr. Waterman was united in marriage to Miss Jane Condell, a native of Liverpool, England. Their children are Allen, who died when only eighteen months old; Alice, who resides with her parents; Joseph, who was born in 1862 and is now a member of the fire department of this city; George L., who was born in 1864 and hasi been in the railway service for ten years; and Frederick R., who was born in 1868 and is a machinist. All of the family are yet at the old home. No. 29 South Davis avenue. There Mr, Waterman is enjoying a well merited rest. Through a long period he was an active representative of industrial interests, and his unflagging perseverance, his resolute will and keen discrimination in business affairs brought to him a very desirable financial return.

Frank C. Ferris

Frank C. Ferris is engaged in manufacturing mortar for brick-work and plastering at 632 Galloway avenue, Columbus. Ohio. He was born in Marysville, Union county, Ohio, on the nth of November, 1854, and is a son of Edward and Fanny Ward Ferris, both of whom were natives of Connecticut, in which place they spent their childhood days. They were married in 1831, and in 1833 began their long journey westward, moving in wagons to Ohio and locating near Lancaster, Fairfield county, Ohio. Here they remained for a while and then moved to Pleasant Valley, Madison county, this state, in the year 1840, where the father engaged in the shoemaking business until 1853, when they moved to Marysville, Union county,

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Frank C. Ferris spent his youth in Union county and acquired his education in the common schools there. At the age of sixteen years he went to Piqua, Ohio, where he learned the brick-mason and plastering trades, and at the age of twenty began contracting on hisi own account, continuing in this business until 1884, when he came to Columbus and entered into partnership under the firm name of Pedrick & Ferris, brick contractors, making a specialty of fine pressed-brick work. In the' year 1890 they started steam mortar works in connection with the contracting business, which they continued until 1897, when they discontinued the contracting business and devoted their entire time and attention to the manufacturing of mortars, the demand for machine-made mortars having increased to such an extent that this change was made necessary. The partnership was maintained until January 5, 1899, at which time Mr. Pedrick retired and Mr. Ferris became the sole proprietor, and since that time has carried on the business on a more extensive scale, having equipped the plant with machinery more modern and improved, of his own design and patent, and thus greatly increased his capacity. In connection with the manufacture of mortar he is also handling building material and coal of all kinds. The plant is located on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad at No. 626-632 Galloway avenue. Thus from a small beginning, which was almost an experiment, Mr. Ferris has developed a large and profitable business.

On May 23, 1878, Mr. Ferris was united in marriage to Miss Emma B. Bigelow, of Marysville, Ohio. One year later a son, Warren B., was born, who is now engaged in business for himself, representing the Hydraulic Pressed Brick Companies, and has his office located at the Columbus Builders and Traders' Exchange.

Mr. Ferris is a member of the Builders' Exchange, also of the Board of Trade, and is one of the most progressive and enterprising men of his city. He is an example of the boys who secure their own start in life, - determined self-reliant boys, - willing to work for advantages which others secure through inheritance, destined by .sheer force of character to succeed in the face of all oppositions and push to the front in one important branch of enterprise or another. Plis business ability has been constantly manifested and secured his advancement to a leading place among the reliable and energetic men of his city. Viewed in a personal light, he is a strong man, of excellent judgment, fair in his views and highly honorable in his relations with his fellow men.

John Zuber

Among the prominent business men of Columbus, Ohio, is the subject of the present sketch, John Zuber, secretary of the Columbus Brewing Company, and the senior member of the firm of Zuber and Gerhokh He is a native of Switzerland, born in the city of Solothurn May 15, 1856, a son of John B. and Ehzabeth (Spati) Zuber, who lived and died in Switzerland.

Our subject received an excellent education in his native country, going from his village to Lyons, France, where he pursued his studies for the space of two years, laying the foundation upon which he later built, becoming a thoroughly educated man. Reaching the United States in 1874, he came to Ohio, locating at Antwerp, in Paulding county, and soon afterward entered Otterbein University, at Westerville, 01;io, where he engaged in study for two years.

After leaving college Mr. Zuber engaged in teaching school and followed this profession for several years, when he accepted a position as deputy clerk in the treasurer's office, under W. Corzilius, in Columbus, where he remained for two years, and for the following four years efficiently performed the duties of the same position under George Beck, and retaining it four years longer under A. D. Heffner. The next treasurer was Henry Pausch, and Mr. Zuber served as deputy under him for four years, and later two years under Samuel Kinnear, at which time came a change in the administration, and both Mr. Kinnear and Mr. Zuber relinquished office.

After sixteen years of public service jNIr. Zuber engaged in the boot and shoe business in partnership with C. F. Gerhold, under the firm name of Zuber & Gerhold, which has existed since 1895. In 1896 Mr. Zuber was appointed secretary and treasurer of the Columbus water works, wdiich position he held for three years. In 1899 he was made secretary of the Columbus Brewing Company, which important position he still holds.

The marriage of Mr. Zuber took place in 1881, when he espoused Miss Delia George, of Antwerp, Ohio, a daughter of Henry George, a prominent resident of that place, and Mr. and Mrs. Zuber have an interesting family of seven children. Their home is one of the beautiful residences on Thurman street, in Columbus, where Mr. Zuber and his estimable wife delight to dispense hospitality.

Politically our subject is a Democrat, having always voted with that party, and has taken an active interest in its deliberations. Socially he is a member of the Olentangy Club, of the Columbus Maennerchor, and also of the Swiss Society. He has been a prominent figure in public life in Columbus and counts many political as well as personal friends among the most substantial citizens.

Lewis Painter

Lewis Painter is a prominent farmer of Jefferson township, and his well tilled fields and highly improved farm indicates his careful supervision and his progressive methods of agriculture. He was born February 4, 1838, upon the farm which is yet hisi home, his parents being John and Al (Beals) Painter. His father, also a native of Franklin county, was born

December, 1809, and was a son of Isaac Painter, who emigrated from Virginia among the first settlers of Frankhn county and resided here until about 1840, when he removed to Illinois, there spending his remaining days. When he had attained to man'si estate the father of our subject was married and immediately afterward purchased one hundred acres of land, that now constitutes the homestead of his son Lewis. It was then a tract of wild, unbroken forest land, but soon the sound of the woodman's ax was heard, the trees fell before its sturdy stroke, a log cabin was built, and as the years passed the land was all cleared and was placed under the plow, yielding good harvests. In later years Mr. Painter added an additional seventy-two acres, so that the place now comprises one hundred and seventy-two acres, and the care and labor he bestowed upon it have brought to him a good financial return.

In politics he was an ardent Democrat, believing firmly in the principles and policy of the party, and for many years he served as a justice of the peace, being continued in that office until .he refused to accept it longer. He was well known throughout the county, being rich in the possession of those qualities of upright manhood which ever awaken regard. He held membership in the Disciple church and died in the faith of that denomination in March, 1864, in hisi fifty-fifth year. His wife was a representative of an old New England family, and was born in Vermont in August, 181 3, her parents being George and Mabel Beals, who came across the country by wagon to Ohio when their daughter Almira was only a year old. Her father was drowned in Big Walnut creek in 1835, while fishing. Mrs. Painter reached her seventy-eighth year and passed away in November, 1891. By her marriage she became the mother of five children, of whom three are yet living, namely: George, a farmer of Iowa Point, Kansas ; and Lewis and Levi, twins, the latter a farmer in Colfax county, Nebraska.

Lewis Painter spent his youth on the home farm and pursued his education in the pioneer schools of the day, but the privileges were of a very inferior grade, and experience, reading and observation have brought to him the greater part of his knowledge, making him a practical business man. On reaching his twenty-first year 'he took charge of the home farm, which he began operating on the shares. On the last day of the year 1862 he married Miss Arminta Smith, a native of Jefferson township and a daughter of Jacob and Susan (Havens) Smith, who came to Ohio from New Jersey in an early day. About a year later Mr. Painter's father died, and he purchased the interests of all the other heirs save one in the old homestead, buying one hundred and thirty-eight and a half acres. Subsequently he purchased fifty acres of his father-in-law's farm, but later had an opportunity to sell that tract to advantage and accordingly disposed of it. He is a wide-awake, enterprising and prominent agriculturist, whose farm is under a high state of cultivation, the well tilled fields bringing to him a golden tribute in return for his labor. Four children have come to bless the home, but only two are now living: Charles, who married Maggie E. Elhott and resides at Canal Winchester, Ohio; and Chauncey, who married Etta Cullers and works for his father upon the home farm.

In his political opinions Mr. Painter is a Democrat and is recognized as one of the party leaders of his township. Recognizing his worth and ability, his fellow townsmen have several times called him to public office. In 1874 he was elected upon the ticket to the office of township trustee and served in that capacity for four consecutive terms. In the spring of 1878 he was chosen township treasurer and by re-election was continued in the office for three more terms; of two years each, but his service has not been continuous. In 1886-7 he was the township assessor, and in 1889 and 1899 he served as the land appraiser. He has ever discharged his duties with promptness and fidelity, and over the record of his business career there falls no shadow of wrong nor suspicion of evil. He has ever been active in the promotion of all the best interests of the community, belonging to that class of representative American citizens who, while promoting individual success, have at the same time contributed to the general welfare and prosperity.

Although one of the younger members of the medical fraternity in Columbus, Dr. Schueller has attained success wdiicli many an older practitioner might well envy, and his life record is a modification of the old adage that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country, for in the city which hasi long been his home he has attained success and prominence and enjoys honor alsoin his own community. He was born in Columbus June 15, 1871, and is a son of Dr. John B. Schueller, a native of Germany, who came to this country" in hisi sixteenth year. That was in 1854, and through forty-five years he was a resident of America, passing away on the 9th of March, 1899. He married Miss Betsey Degen, who also was born in Germany, and came to America in her childhood.

The immediate subject of this review was reared in the capital city and acquired his preliminary education in the public schools, after which he entered the Ohio State University, where he remained for six years. He was graduated in 1892, with the degree of bachelor of arts. His choice of life work having fallen upon the practice of medicine, he pursued a preparatory course of reading in the office of Dr. T. C. Hoover, of Columbus, and was graduated in the Starling Medical College in 1895. Subsequently he became an interne in St. Francis Hospital, where he remained for a year, and in the fall of 1896 he went to New York city, where he pursued a course in the Post-Qraduate Hospital, becoming skilled in surgery. In the fall of 1897 he went to Germany, where he pursued a special course of study in Berlin, Dresden and Vienna.

practice and vvats associated with him until the latter's death in 1899. He was also called upon to serve as the health officer, serving out the unexpired term of J. B. Schueller. He is a memher of the Columhus Academy of Medicine, the American Medical Association and of the Chi Phi fraternity of the Ohio State University. His preparation for practice has heen exceedingly comprehensive and exact, and few men enter upon medical practice better equipped for the profession. His knowledge is not only profound, but he is especially expert in applying it to the needs of suffering humanity, and rapidly is he gaining a place in the foremost ranks of the medical fraternity.

Opha Moore

Among the men who have been prominently identified with public affairs in Columbus during the past ten years is the subject of this review, who is now secretary of the state building commission, secretary of the state heating and ventilating commission, and a member of the state furniture commission. He is one of the busiest, most energetic and most enterprising men of the city, and whether in public or private life is always a courteous, genial gentleman, whose popularity is well deserved.

A native of West Virginia, Mr. Moore was born near Parkersburg, in 1867, and in 1872 came to Ohio with his parents. Rev. A. L. and Mary Jane (Baker) Moore. The father, whose birth occurred in Tyler county, the same state, in 1841, entered the ministry of the United Brethren church wdien a young man, and has since labored untiringly in the Master's vineyard, serving as pastor of churches in both West Virginia and Ohio. He iisi now located at Pomeroy, this state. For four or five generations the Moore family have made their home in Virginia. The paternal grandfather of our subject was William Moore, a son of Philip, and grandson of Michael Moore, while his maternal grandfather was Benjamin Baker, of Marion county. West Virginia, who died about 1861.

For two years Opha Moore was a student at Otterbein University, in AVesterville, and on leaving that institution in the fall of 1885 came to Columbus. The following year he accepted the position of stenographer to the chief clerk in the office of the Columbus Buggy Company, and in the fall of 1887 entered the service of the Republican state committee, with which he w^as connected during 1888 and 1889. In the latter year he was appointed first stenographer in Governor Foraker's office, where he remained until 1890, Avhen he became interested in the newspaper business, going to Chicago with the Light, and later representing that paper in New York city. On his return to Columbus in 1891 he entered the office of A. C. Armstrong, the official court reporter, remaining there until January, 1892, when he was appointed stenographer in Governor McKinley's office. The following August he was granted a leave of absence, and during the entire Harrison campaign served as secretary to Hon. William M. Hahn, chairman of the speakers' bureau of the national committee in New York city, filling that position until the election in November, after which he resumed his duties in the office of Governor McKinley. being promoted to commission clerk in 1895. The following year he was re-appointed by Governor Bushnell, and served in that capacity until 1898, when he was appointed to his present position on the state building commission. In 1899, when Governor Bushnell's private secretary, Colonel J. L. Rodgers, was in Europe for three months and a half, ^I'r. Moore filled that position in a most creditable and satisfactory manner. In business affairs he is prompt, energetic and notably reliable, and has always been true and faithful to every trust reposed in him.

Mr. Moore married Miss Roberta L. Klotts, a daughter of S. R. Klotts, an extensive cigar manufacturer of Columbus, who was originally from West Virginia. Her mother, in her maidenhood, was Miss Virginia Zane, a granddaughter of Colonel Ebenezer Zane, who laid out the cities of Wheeling. West Virginia, and Zanesville and Lancaster, Ohio, and was a distinguished officer in the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have one child, Ralph M. They are members of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church and occupy an enviable position in social circles. Fraternally Mr. Moore is connected with Magnolia Lodge, F. & A. M. ;. Ohio Chapter, R' A. M. ; and Columbus Council, R. & S. M.

The office of clerk of the courts of a populous county like Franklin county, Ohio, is one of importance, demanding the services of a man of wide information and a mind trained to accuracy even in small detailisi. These and other essential requirements are met by John W. McCafferty, the present incumbent of the office in Franklin county, who was elected in 1899 and entered upon the duties of the office August 6, 1900.

Mr. McCafferty was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, in 1871, a son of Thomas M. McCafferty, a native of Ross county, Ohio, who was brought to Pickaway county in childhood by his parents and haisi been practically a life-long resident there. \\'illiam McCafferty, father of Thomas and grandfather of John W. McCafferty, was born in Ross county, where his father, a native of Kentucky, was an early settler. Thomas McCafferty, who died February 5, 1901, was a veteran of the Civil war, in which he saw four years' service ais a memb-er of the Twentieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Three brothers also saw service in the war and one of them died from illness brought on by exposure, and another was killed in battle. Thomas ]\Ic- Cafferty married Mary J. Wimmer, daughter of John Winimer, formerly a resident of Pickaway county, Ohio, but now living in Illinois. Mr. Wimmer was captain of a company in an Ohio regiment during the war and was prominent as a Republican in Pickaway county and held several public offices. - The Wimmer family of Ohio and Illinois came to the west from Pennsvlvania.

After his graduation John W. McCafferty taught in the pubhc schools until 1890, and then took up his residence in Columbus, where he took courses in the National Business University and Columbus Commercial College. In 1893 he established McCafferty 's Commercial College, which was successful from its opening day, graduating an average of one hundred pupils yearly, and which he sold in 1897. I^ is still running and isi an educational and financial success. Since 1894 Mr. McCafferty has been active as a Republican in political work. In 1897 he was secretary for Ohio of the Indianapolis monetary convention, and in 1898 was a member of the congressional committee for the congressional district which includes Franklin county. Although he has not been long in office, he has come to be regarded as a model clerk of the courts, for he has brought to bear upon the duties of the position an informing experience and a degree of skill which practically assures accuracy in the work over which he has supervision, and he is of a genial, affable disposition whicli gives a seeker of information in his office the impression that it is a pleasure to him not only to grant any just and reasonable request but also to do for his visitor any favor within his power.

This well-known and popular physician of Hilliard's belongs to an old Ohio family of English origin. His paternal grandfather was born in Hummelstown, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and at an early day removed to one of the eastern counties of this state, where he engaged jn farming throughout the remainder of his life. He had four children, namely : Solomon ; Anderson ; James C, father of our subject; and Nancy, who married Warren Mc- Neil and died in Iowa.

James Chapman Deem, the Doctor's father, was born in eastern Ohio and there reared in the midst of the wilderness. He received a commonschool education and in early life learned the cooper's trade. He also became an expert horseman and trainer. As a companion and helpmeet on life's journey he cho's.e Miss Martha Ann French, a native of Woodstock, Vermont, and a daughter of Gideon and Phoebe (Carpenter) French, who were also born in the Green Mountain state, and with whom she came to Medina county, Ohio, locating on the Summit county line, where she grew to womanhood. After his marriage James C. Deem lived for some time in Seneca and Medina counties, and was one of the most successful hunters of wild game in the northern part of the state in early days. He conducted a cooper shop in Akron for a time, also worked in a flouring-mill and had charge of a cooper shop in Wilmington, Ohio, from 1849 to 1854. In the latter year he removed to Grove City, from there went to West Jefferson, Madison county, and later to Marion countv, Iowa, where he engaged in farming for ten years. In

1867 he returned to West Jefferson, Ohio, and made his home there and in that vicinity until his death, which occurred in April, 1889. His wife had died in Marion county, Iowa, in August, 1866. Both were active and consistent members of the IMethodist Episcopal church, and he was a Republican in politics.

In the family of this worthy couple were the following children : Annette married John Harvey, a merchant of West Jefferson, Ohio, and died there in 1871, leaving one child, Mrs. J. W. Welling, of Dayton. ]\Ielvin H., a resident of Rusk, Oklahoma, served through the entire Civil war as a member of the Eighth Iowa Regiment, and was twice wounded by bullets, first through the neck at Pittsburg Landing ,and again through the left arm. He married Elizabeth Spahr, and they have four children - Etta, Frank, Adelbert and Nellie. Alva H. died at the age of s-even years. Charles M., a physician of West Jeft'erson, married Harriet Wells, of Hebron, Ohio, who died leaving four sons - Herbert, Ray, Lee and George; and for his second wife he wedded Mrs. Mary Seymour, by whom he has one son, Merle. Clara is the wife of George Crawford, of Jacksonville, Florida, and their children are Anna, now Mrs. Henry ; Lena ; Howard ; ]\Iildred and Elsie. George W., of thi's, review, completes the family.

Dr. Deem was born in Caloma, Marion county, Iowa, August 24, i860, and for one year attended the common schools of that place. When seven years of age the family returned to West Jefferson, IMadison county. Ohio, where he pursued his studies in the public schools for three years.. He attended different schools in Madison and Seneca counties, completing his common-school education at West Jefferson at the age of eighteen. For several years he taught 'school and then entered Delaware University, and after finishing the junior year at that iiistitution he resumed teaching, having charge of different schools in Franklin county for six years. At the end of that period he took up the study of medicine under the guidance of Dr. D. H. Welling, then of West Jefferson, now of Worthington, Ohio, and later entered the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, where he was graduated in 1890. For three months he was engaged in practice with his, preceptor, Dr. Welling, and then opened an office in Kilbourne, Delaware county, Ohio, where he remained three years, during which time he served as physician to the county infirmary. In the spring of 1893 he came to Hilliards, and his skill and ability soon won for him the liberal patronage which he now enjoys. He has met with success in his, chosen profession, and is to-day one of the leading physicians of the place. He belongs to the Ohio State Eclectic ^Medical Society and the Central Medical Society, and is quite popular in professional circles.

On the 30th of May, 1890. Dr. Deem married Miss Jennie Howard, of Alton, this county, and they now have two children : Mary Annette, born September 9, 1892; and Arthur A\'elling, born May 12, 1895. Politically the Doctor is a stanch Democrat, and is now serving his third term as president of the school board For three years he has been master of Avery Lodge, F. & A. M.. of HilHards, and is also past chancellor of Hilliards Lodge No. 638, K. of P. He is an active member and trustee of the ]\Iethodist Episcopal church, and is highly respected and esteemed by all who know him.

Among the young professional men of Columbus. Ohio, Augustus T. Seymour, the subject of this sketch, takes a prominent position. He was born August 22, 1873, a native of Ohio and a son of Theodore and Elizabeth Banibal Seymour, the former of whom was a native of O'hio, born in 1844, the latter in Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 1850, both of them still surviving. The grandfather of Mr. Seymour was John W. Seymour, a merchant farmer and for many years a heavy dealer in wool. He married a Miss Clark, whose home was in New York.

Augustus T. Seymour spent his youth and early school dafs in Mount Vernon, attending the public schools, later going through the high-school course, and then prepared for entrance into Oberlin College, where he prosecuted his studies for two years. He then entered the law department of the Ohio State University, at which he graduated in 1895, having finished the course with great credit. In 1894 he was admitted to the bar and then became associated, in the practice of his profession, with John J. Chester, of Coumbus.

j\Ir. Seymour has shown ability and has gained the confidence of his fellow citizens, his appointment, in 1900, to the position of assistant prosecuting attorney, under Edward L. Taylor, Jr., giving universal satisfaction. Mr. Seymour is one of the young men who will probably become a brilliant member of the Ohio bar.

Samuel W. Ellis

Samuel \V. Ellis, who is living a retired life, was for forty years connected with the railway service, but is now enjoying a well earned rest at his pleasant home at No. 1141 Hunter avenue in Columbus. He was born in Keene, New Hampshire, January 8, 18 18, and was married, in Vermont, in 1841, to Miss Mary L. Pluffer. The parents of S. W. Ellis resided in New Hampshire throughout their lives and died many years ago, although the mother reached the advanced age of one hundred years. Both were of English descent. S. W. Ellis, in 1849, came to the west, locating first at Crestline. Ohio, where he resided for a year, after which he spent one year at Galion. this state, whence he came to Columbus, -where he has resided continuously since. In 1870, before the streets were graded and before there were any buildings in that portion of the city, he erected his present resi- dence. His wife died at their home in Columbus July 19, 1899. She was a lady highly esteemed and her demise was widely mourned by many friends. The children of this worthy couple are as follows: Henry W., now fiftysix years of age, is in the service of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company and resides on Hunter avenue, in Columbus; Arthur L., forty-two years of age, is also an employe of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company and is living on Hunter avenue ; Frank A. is employed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and makes his home in the capital city; Mrs. Jennie Tracy, the only daughter of the family, resides in Colorado.

S. W. Ellis spent the days of his childhood and youth in New England and is indebted to the public-school system for the educational privileges he enjoyed. He began his railway service in November, 1856, as a car inspector on the Piqua road, but after two years' connection with that company he resigned, and in 1858 accepted a more lucrative position with the Little Miami road, now a part of the Panhandle line. He was in continuous service with that company until four years ago, when he was compelled to resign because of his advanced age. He is a genial and popular citizen and is an active man notwithstanding his advanced years.

George W. Hays

The subject of this sketch is a worthy representative of one of the early settlers of Ohio, his ancestors coming from England to Maryland some time in 1700. Elisha Hays, who was the father of our subject, was Iwrn in Maryland, in early manhood starting out to make his own fortune in the wilderness then located across the Ohio river. At that time the forests in the now populous counties of Washington, Jefferson and Franklin were full of Indians who still considered white men as natural enemies. Elisha Hays landed at Marietta, being one of the first party that crossed there to locate. His first stopping place was in Jefferson county, near Steubenville. but later he located upon land one and a quarter miles from Dublin, Franklin county. upon the tract now belonging to the Coffman and Thompson heirs.

Upon his first place, "which was located in Jefferson county, Elisha Hays found no house and was obliged to live in a sugar camp until he was able to build a log cabin. This was no easy matter, as he was surrounded by Indians, and every time he cut a log he was obliged to keep his gun where he could use it at a moment's notice. In 18 12 he was the colonel of a Jefferson county regiment.

Mr. Hays, the father, at one time owned six hundred acres of and in Washington township, three hundred of which he bought of Peter and Samuel Sells. His first wife was Sarah Fanasdahl, a lady of German descent, and she assisted him in improving the farm in Washington township, and endured the hardships of pioneer life. Her death occurred at this place. The second marriage of Mr. Elisha Hays was to Mrs. Chloe (Thomasi) Poole, after which he moved to Dublin, where he bought a mill and remained until his death in 1847, at the age of seventy-three, after a life of toil and adventure. The mother of our subject survived on the farm until 1875, when she passed away, at the age of eighty.

The children of the parents of our subject were: ]Mrs. Eliza Hmckley, who removed with her husband to Cottonwood, Chase county, Kansas, where they were the first settlers, after his death returning to Dublin, where she now resides with her son Ray ; Marinda, who is now Mrs. Fletcher Coffman, of this township; Martha, who was Mrs. John Thompson, of this township; Lewis, who died at the age of fourteen; and our subject, George W.

]\Ir. Hays, of this sketch, was born upon what is now known as the James Brown farm, in this township, on October 30, 1834. He recalls his first institution of learning as a cabin formed of logs, presided over by Mr. Jesse Mattoon, to whom he is indebted for his primary instruction, finishing his 'School days at the age of sixteen. He was ten years old when his father died and at his majority was obliged to face the world for himself. On April 22, 1856, he married Miss Caroline Pinney, the daughter of Colonel Miles Pinney and granddaughter of Captain Levi Pinney, who cut the first tree felled in Sharon township, in 1802. He was a captain in the war of 18 1 2, under the famous Isaac Hull, and was taken prisoner at Detroit, but was exchanged in Canada and returned to his home.

Our 'Subject remained for a time in Dublin and then moved to Sharon, on the plank road, two miles south of Worthington, there rented land for two years and then returned to Washington township and settled on the Coffman estate, in which his mother had an interest. Our subject rented this land for six years, but in 1868 removed with his family to Chase county, Kansas, and there purchased one hundred and twenty acres of new land. Upon this place he first built what is called a box house, this costing less than any other. Here he engaged successfully in farming and stock-raising and remained for thirty-two years, adding to hi's; first purchase, and now owns a half-section there, being very valuable, as it is near the largest stock-yards in the state.

Mr. Hays has been very successful with his horses. He holds: the sweepstakes for the best stallion, best brood mare and best gelding. One of his horses:, which was raised on his stock farm, had a trial record of 2:14, and is known in sporting circles as Queen's Brother.

In June, 1900, our subject returned to Washington township and located on his wife's farm of one hundred and forty acres. Mrs. Hays died in 1893, and in 1900 Mr. Hays married Miss Adelaide Graham, a daughter of ^^'illiam Graham, one of the largest land-owners in the county. The children of our subject are all married and settled in comfortable homes of their own. They are: Richard, who resides in Chase county. Kansas; Carrie, who is Mrs. John McCabe. of Chase county; Madge, who is Mrs. C. H.

In poHtics j\Ir. Hays is now a stanch Democrat, although at one time he voted with the Republicans and later was a Populist. He is a genial, pleasant man, one who has hosts of friends and has accumulated his large property by energy and close application to business.

Jasper Manning

Jasper ]Manning is a retired contractor and builder of Harrisburg. After many years' connection with the building interests of Franklin countv he has now put aside the more arduous cares of life to enjoy the fruits of his former toil. He represents one of the old families of the state. His paternal grandfather died in Perry county, Ohio, while his wife died at Hillsboro Hill, but was buried at Washington Court House, in this state, about 1893. Edgar Manning, tlie father of our subject, was born in the Empire state in 1813, and wdien a lad of about eight years accompanied his parents on their westward emigration, the family locating in Perry county, in the midst of an almost unbroken wilderness. Edgar Manning was therefore reared among the wild scenes of the frontier, but received good educational privileges for that day; and in Somerset, Perry county, Ohio, he was married to Miss Eliza Sturgeon, whose birth occurred in Hopewell township, that county, in 181 5. Her father, John Sturgeon, was a native of Pennsylvania and during the pioneer epoch of Ohio's history removed to Perry county with his wife and little family. After his marriage Mr. Manning resided in Somerset until 1854 and followed carpentering and contracting. He then removed to Darby township. Pickaway county, establishing his home just outside of the corporation limits of Harrisburg. He purchased a fruit orchard of twenty acres and devoted his attention to the cultivation of fruit and to carpentering, but fifteen years before his death he permanently abandoned his trade, giving his time to horticultural pursuits. He died in 1893 ^'^'^^ his wife passed away in 1897. They were consistent members of the Lutheran church, and in his political views the father was a life-long Democrat. They had six children: Jasper; Mary J., now the wife of Martin L. Harsh, of Grove City; Warren, deceased; Henry, of Harrisburg; Eliza, who died at the age of nine years; and Elnora, who is the deceased wife of C. L. Johnston.

Jasper Manning, whose name introduces this sketch, was born in Somerset, Perry county, on the i8th of September, 1840, and began his education in the public schools of that place. He afterward continued his studies in Harrisburg, whither the family removed when he was fourteen years of age. On attaining his majority he put aside his text-books to take up the duties of business life. At the age of sixteen he had begun work at the carpenter's trade with his father, following that pursuit throughout the summer seasons. To some extent he also followed farming. On the 3d of Ma3%

1864, he responded to his country's; call for aid, enlisting at Camp Chase, as sergeant of Company D, of the One Hundred and Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was at the front for one hundred and twenty days with his regiment, going first to Parkersburg, West Virginia, thence to New Creek and on to Fort Powhatan, wdiere he remained until the expiration of his term of service. During that time he participated in a number of skirmishes.

On the 2ist of January, 1869, Mr. Manning was united in marriage to Miss Susan Peterson, of Pleasant township, Franklin county, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Peterson. Their marriage has been blessed with two children : Charles Edgar, of Harrisburg, who wedded Clara Fetherolf, by whom he has one son, Harry Lee; and William Morgan, wdio was a popular commercial traveler, but i'Si now deceased.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Manning began their domestic life in Harrisburg, where he followed carpentering and contracting, being connected with that business for twenty-six years. Owing to an accident wnich destroyed the sight of one of his eyes, he retired to private life about 1883. He has twenty-two acres of land, wdiich he operates, and he also owns towm property in Harrisburg, having in former years made judicious investment of the capital he acquired through his own efforts. On the 5th of July, 1900, he w^as called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away amid the deep regret of many friends. Mr. Manning is a member of Edward Crouse Post, G. A. R., of Harrisburg, and was elected as commander for the year 1900. He gave his political support to the Democracy until 1891, since which time he has been a stalwart Republican. He served as a member of the town council for eighteen years and has now served for twelve consecutive years as town treasurer. No higher testimonial for his ability and fidelity could be given than the fact of his long continuation in the office conferred upon him by the vote of the people. For sixteen years he has served as a member of the school board and the cause of education has found in him a warm friend. For thirty-four years he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity and in his life exemplifies its beneficent principles.

Erwin Maize

Among the mO'Jt prosperous farmers and influential citizens of Clinton township, Franklin county, Ohio, was Erwin Maize, who was called from this life on the 13th of January, 1900. He was born June i. 1836, in county Tyrone, Ireland, of wdiich place his parents, William and Isabelle (Erwin) Maize, were also natives. In 1846 they brought their family to America and came at once to this county, taking up their residence in a log house in Clinton township. The father was a gentleman of culture and refinement, W'hose social position in the old country was good, but he came to the United States with the hope of giving his children better advantages than his native land afforded. He purchased forty acres of wild land in Clinton township, but after residing there for a short time moved to a place on the Worthington road, where he died in 1854, at the age of seventy-five years. His wife plso died on the old homestead in 1866, at the age of seventy-six years. Both v\^ere Episcopalians in religious belief and were highly respected and esteemed by all who knew them. Their family numbered seven children, all born in Ireland, namely : John, deceased ; Thomas, a resident of Louisville, Kentucicy ; Jane, the deceased wife of Alexander Forbes ; William, also of Louis;- ville, Kentucky; Fannie, the wife of Andrew Skidmore; and Samuel and Frwin, both deceased.

In this county Erwin Maize grew to manhood, and was married, March 25, 1875, to Miss Melissa Pegg. They began their domestic life upon the f.'irm where his widow now resides and where he continued to make his home until death. All of the improvements found thereon were made by him, and it is to-day one of the best and most desirable places of its size in Clinton township. In his farming operations he met with excellent success, the two hundred and thirty acres of valuable land left by him at his death attesting his prosperity. As a public-spirited and progressive citizen he supported all enterprises for the public good and contributed liberally of his means to all worthy objects'. He was one of the most prominent and influential members of the Episcopal church of Worthington, with which he was connected for many years and to which he was entirely devoted, serving as a trustee of the parish from the time he became a communicant, in 1886, until his death. A tablet of Italian marble erected to his memory in the church by his widow bears, the following inscription :

Clarence E. Richards

Clarence E. Richards, the subject of this sketcli, is a member of the well known firm of Richards, McCarty & Bulford, architects, located in the Ruggery building, in Columbus. Ohio. He was born in Jackson, Michigan, February 22, 1865, and is the son of Ephraim G. and Louise (Shipman) Richards. The father of our subject was born in New^ York and moved to Michigan, where he settled and remained in the business of building and con- tracting in that city until 1870, then moved to Eldorado, Kansas, and followed the same line in that city until he retired from active work and moved to Columbus, where he still resides. Mr. Richards' mother died in Columbus February 17, 1901.

Our subject received a part of his education at Eldorado, Kansas, where the family lived from 1870 to 1888. When about seventeen years old he entered the normal school, preparing himself for teaching, which profession he followed for four years. In 1888 he came to Ohio and entered the employ of Edwin Anderson, an architect in Cincinnati, with whom he remained one year, going from there to Newark, Ohio, and following the profession of an architect there three years. In 1892 our subject came to Columbus and this proved a great advantage to him, as he was engaged as superintendent for the architect, J. W. Yost.

In 1897 Mr. Richards formed a partnership with J. E. McCarty and George Bulford, all three of the firm being skilled and practical architects and being one of the strongest associations of its profession in Columbus. It has made plans and specifications for many of the principal business blocks, dwellings and public buildings in Ohio and in other states, notable among them being the reform school buildings of Ohio and Kentucky.

Our subject has been married since July, 1900. his wife being Carrie, nee Humphreys, of Columbus, in which place she was born, reared and educated. She is the daughter of A. S. Humphreys, an old settler and much respected citizen.

Henry Lorenz Siebert

The Siebert family has long been prominently connected with the material development and substantial upbuilding of Franklin county and the city of Columbus. The founder of the family in America was Henry Lorenz Siebert, who was born in Trieste, Hesse-Cassel, Germany, in 1791, where his parents - natives of the same country - spent their entire lives. At an early age the son entered the German army and served during the closing years of the Napoleonic wars, seeing altogether seven years of militarv service. Released from the army, he settled in Buckenheim, a suburb of Frankfort-onthe-Main, where he opened a bakery. He married Susan C. Dollinger in 1820, and the following children were born to them in Germany: AX'illiam, born February 14, 1821; Christian, November g, 1822; a daughter that died in infancy; Sophia, born July 20, 1825; Henry L., July 17, 1827; Louis, born June 29, 1830; and Carl, who was born and died in the year 1832. Three children were born after the arrival of the family in this country, namely: John, Susan and Charles M.

on business there from 1820 until September, 1832. About the middle of October of the same year, with his wife and children, he sailed from Bremen for the United States, arriving at Baltimore, Maryland, after a voyage of sixty-five days in a small sailing vessel. Mr. Siebert's reasons for leaving the fatherland are to be found in the facts that he was a liberal in his political views, was opposed to government by autocratic repression, and wished to remove his sons beyond German military requirements. He remained in Baltimore only long enough to make arrangements for moving westward. With two "prairie schooners" he started overland for Ohio. The family first stopped to rest at Wheeling, West Virginia, then crossed the Ohio river on a flatboat, and journeyed to Zanesville in this state, whence after a two-months sojourn they located in Somerset, Ohio. Here he purchased a house, but soon traded the property for a farm of fifty-five acres, three miles and a half from Somerset, now known as the Libbey farm. He remained there but one season and then, through the influence of friends, removed to Columbus., where he arrived July 8, 1834, and went into business at the northeast corner of Rich and High streets. His building and its contents were destroyed by fire in April, 1835, and he next opened a store on the corner of Main andi Fourth streets, Fourth street being at that time the eastern boundary of the town. Mr. Siebert remained here until 1837, when he bought a house at No. 660 South High street. Two years, later he removed to the Reinhardt farm, six miles west of Columbus, but after two years returned to the capital, settled once, more in his South High street home and lived there until his death in October, 1842. His widow remained at the old home until her death, at the age of nearly seventy, in November, 1869.

Their oldest son, William, in partnership with M. C. Lilley, established the firm of Siebert & Lilley, bookbinders and publishers, in 1842. but later went to Paris, Illinois, and bought a farm; still later he became the cashier of the First National Bank in Paris, and was identified with that prosperous institution for many years, until his retirement, about 1890. ]\Ir. Siebert was a collector and reader of books, taking an especial delight in the study of German history. Before his death, which occurred in 1898, he presented the most of his books to the library of the Ohio State University, and these form the nucleus of a collection named in his honor, the Siebert Library of German History. A son, William, survives him, who participated in the battle of Santiago.

Sophia became the wife of Cyrus Obetz, and they are now residents of Paris, Illinois. They have one son. Professor Henry L. Obetz, formerly dean of the homeopathic department of the University of Michigan, and now one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Detroit, Michigan.

Christian, the second 'Son of Henry L. Siebert, was born November 9, 1822, and for many years carried on business as a gunsmith in Columbus. He married Amelia Brown March 15, 1859. He purchased property on the southwest corner of High and Frankfort streets on the south side of Colunii66 CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.

bus, and Iniilt a residence, in which his widow still lives. Christian and Amelia Siebert have had six children, three of whom - Flora, Nettie Alma and an unnamed son - died in infancy. Mrs. Anna B. Miller, a widow, lives \vith her mother; Frank also lives at home; Mrs. Kate Bobb, the wife of Mortimer Bobb, died February 8, 1900. There are two grandchildren, Marie Siebert Miller, now a pupil in the South Side high school, and Katherine Siebert Bobb, an infant. By a former marriage, to Sarah Maccam, Christian Siebert had four children. Mary, the eldest, resides at home; the other three died in infancy. The parents were members of the Universalist church, to which Mrs. Amelia Siebert still belongs. In politics Mr. Siebert was a Republican, and he was a charter member of the Odd Fellows' lodge of this city. He was known throughout the state in a business way, and had large property interests in Columbus. He was a man of large proportions physically, was generous in private charity, and altogether large-hearted and kindly. He died September 18, 1886, after a lingering illness.

Henry Lorenz Siebert, the third son of Henry L., Sr., is now in his seventy-fourth year, and is still robust and active. He accjuired his early education in the public schools of Franklin county, and in his sixteenth year became a clerk in the store of Greenwood & King. In September, 1843, 1^^ went to Cincinnati and entered the employ of John Griffith, a gunsmith, but returned after six months and became an employe of Peter Ambos.. In September, 1844, he went back to Mr. Griffith's establishment, and in February, 1845, obtained a situation with William L. Hudson, of Cincinnati. j\Ir. Siebert married Anna L. Morris, of Covington, Kentucky, January i, 1852, and soon after entered into partnership with his former employer, Mr. Griffith. Three years later, through the friendship and assistance of Hon. Timothy C. Day, later a member of congress from Cincinnati, he began business for himself, but failing in the panic of 1857 he entered the hardware store of R. N. Booth & Company, of Cincinnati, where he was employed until 1 86 1. Next he w-ent to Paris, Illinois, where he raised a company and did guard duty to protect the town from the raids of southern sympathizers. In 1865 he returned to Columbus and has lived here ever since. For the past twenty-eight years he has held his present position with the M. C. Lilley Company.

He is a stanch Republican. In 1869 he was elected infirmary director, the first position ever held by a Republican in Franklin county. He and his family are members of St. Paul's Episcopal church, and for the past fifteen years Mr. Siebert has served^ as one of the vestrymen of that church. In 1864 he became a member of the Masonic lodge in Paris., Illinois. The children of Henry L. and Anna Morris Siebert are as follows: Ada K., who was married, in 1876, to F. W. Schueller, a prominent druggist of Columbus; Myra Belle, the wife of William Scarlett, the treasurer of the M. C. Lilley Company; Ellen M.. the wife of Henry H. Thorpe, a popular hotel proprietor of the city; Thomas H., superintendent of the shoe department of the Lazarus store, of Columbus; Alice Winifred, married, October 27, 1897, to John A. Schoedinger, an undertaker; and Frederick J., now a miningengineer in Utah.

Mrs. Susan D. Lindenberg, a daughter of Henry L. Siebert, Sr., was born in Columbus August 31, 1837, and obtained her education in the public schools of the city. She was married to Henry Lindenberg October 23, 1862. Mr. Lindenberg was born in Germany July 29, 1836, came to this country in 1850, and became a partner in the ^I. C. Lilley Company and the editor of the Odd Fellows' Companion. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Lindenberg are: Louis L., born August i, 1863, educated in the public schools and Ohio State University in Columbus^, and for a number of years connected with the M. C. Lilley Company; Theodore L., born October 3, 1873, educated in Columbus, and in Germany, where he spent two years in travel and study with his parents, having since made a trip around the world, at present in the employ of the M. C. Lilley Company; and Charlotte, educated in Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, who lives at home. The father of this family died in Germany in 1890. He was a cultivated and widely read man and a charming conversationalist. He was a member of the German Independent Protestant church, and a leading member of the Masonic, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias fraternities. Mrs. Lindenberg still resides at her beautiful home. No. 1071 Bryden road.

Charles M. Siebert, the youngest son of Henry L. Siebert, Sr., was. born m Columbus in 1839. At the age of twelve he began working at the gunsmith's trade with his brother Christian. In 1855 he went to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he spent two years at his trade ; thence he went to Cincinnati,' v;here he entered the employ of his brother Henry. In 1857 he made a trip down the Ohio river on a trading boat as far as Hickman, Kentuckv. but was compelled to abandon the trip at this point on account of high water. He returned to Cincinnati, thence to Columbus, where he again worked with his brother Christian, then went to Loudonville, Ohio, where he spent a year in the employ of T. A. Rinehart. In 1861 he went back to Indianapolis, and the next year to St. Louis, where he worked for the government in the United States arsenal. In May, 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, with which command he was sent to West Virginia, thence to Petersburg, Virginia. His regiment was attached to the Tenth Army Corps, and from that time on participated in all the more important engagements that occurred in that section of the country. He took part in the hotly contested battle of W^eldon Railroad, south of Petersburg, after which his regiment was stationed in a fort on the James river, near City Point, Virginia. At the expiration of his service he returned to Columbus, and in 1866 went to Circleville. Ohio, where he began business for himself as a gunsmith, and there remained for twenty-four years. He then sold his property and moved with his family to Columbus, and has since been in the employ of the M. C. Lilley Company. Mr. Siebert married Harriet Valentine April i6, 1866. To them the following children were born: Christian J., born January 16, 1868, married Cora E._ Pausch; Charles M., born November 28, 1869; Alice B., born January 2'/, 1871, married, October 23, 1895, to Professor Nathan G. Burner; Louis A., born March 16, 1874, married Alberta Dempsey November 3, 1898; Thomas H., born August 30, 1872, died February 28, 1879; and Hattie M., born October 29, 1875, died October 9, 1876.

Charles M. Siebert, Sr., is a Republican, having supported that party since casting his first presidential vote for Lincoln in 1864. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Episcopal church.

John Flarence Andrix

The real-estate operator of Columbus, Ohio, whose name supplies the title to this sketch has a family history which is of peculiar interest because of the fact that it reaches back into the pioneer days of the middle west. Mr. Andrix was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, in 1856, a son of Jacob Andrix, a native of Hancock county, Ohio, who died in 1870, at the age of fifty- four years. His father, Frederick Andrix, was among the earliest settlers of Pickaway county. Jacob Andrix was a prominent farmer and stock-raiser and his operations along these lines before the war were somewhat extensive. The family moved from Franklin county and located on a farm of one hundred and seventy acres near Groveport, about 1858, and during the war Jacob Andrix enlisted in the hundred-day service. He married Sarah Sawyer, a daughter of the late Abraham Sawyer, who went to Pickaway county from Pennsylvania, wdiich was also the early home of the Andrix family. Mrs. Andrix is still living. Mr. Andrix's great-grandfather Sawyer was burned to death by the Lidians near the border of Pickaway and Fairfield counties. Augustus Andrix, brother of our subject, is a farmer in South Dakota, and his brother James is a farmer in Franklin county, Ohio. Hisi sister Lizzie is the wife of Henry McMahon, of Columbus, and another sister is the wife of J. O. Adams and lives in Delaware county, Ohio.

Mr. Andrix received his early education in the public schools of Groveport, Ohio, and has been a student, self-taught, from the day he left school until the present time. He followed farming until 1880, when he engaged in the building trade at Columbus. His operations have been extensive and he has erected many prominent buildings on the west side and in other parts of the city. He also owns a block of buildings at Sandusky and Broad streets. He was a member of the West Side Building & Loan Association in 1896 and was a member of the board of education of Columbus in 1893-4. He was appointed by the mayor a member of the decennial equalization board for 1900, which is revising the assessment list for the whole city to provide a basis for taxation for the next ten years. This appointment may be regarded as a high tribute to Mr. Andrix's integrity and to his broad and accurate knowledge of real estate values in this city. The board' itself honored him by; election to its vice-presidency. His operations in real estate are extensive and their results prove that they are carried forward under the best business judgment.