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Mr. Lindsay is a conservative Republican and on his party's ticket was elected, in 1888, to a position in the city council, representing the fourteenth ward. He served for two years, in a manner creditable to himself and satis- factory to his constituents, and was then elected for the second term. On the expiration of four years he retired from office as he had entered it, with the confidence and good will of all concerned. In 1898 he was again elected, and in 1900 was chosen to represent the sixteenth ward in the city council and is now filling that office. He is a man independent in thought and action, fearless in the support of his honest convictions and honorable in all life's relations.
FRANCIS M. LEONARD.
Francis M. Leonard, the postmaster at Station A in Columbus, was born upon a farm in Franklin county, in 1873, and is a son of Edward B. and Lena (Martin) Leonard, both of whom were born and reared in this county. The grandfather of our subject, Chauncey B. Leonard, was one of the early settlers of the capital city. He came to Ohio from the Empire state and cast in his lot with the pioneers, settling near Marble Cliff, not far from the banks of the Scioto river. There he operated a sawmill, engaging in the manufacture of native lumber. He was also for many years connected with the Columbus Paper Mill and was widely and favorably known. He married Miss Mary A. Beach, a daughter of Ralph Beach, and among their children was Edward B. Leonard, who has spent his entire life in Franklin county, where for the past twelve or fifteen years he has been connected with the mail service in the capacity of a carrier.
Francis M. Leonard, whose name forms the caption of this article, was educated in the schools of Columbus, completing his studies by a high-school course. On entering upon his business career he became employed by the Potter Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of hollow ware. In 1890 he
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entered the post office, in the capacity of a delivery boy, and was advanced step by step, continuing there through three administrations. In 1898 he was appointed postmaster at Station A, in Columbus, and has since occupied that position in a very commendable manner. He belongs to Humboldt Lodge, No. 476, F. & A. M., also to Ohio Chapter, R. A. M. He has taken the Scottish Rite degrees up to and including the Thirty-second, so that he is now identified with the consistory, and is a noble of Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
JOHN A. KELLER.
John A. Keller was born November 30, 1808, in Frederick county, Mary- land, his home being at the foot of Green mountain. In the year 1826, with his stepfather, his mother and his two sisters, Mary and Susan, he left his Maryland home and walked all the distance to Royalton, Ohio, near Lancaster. For a time he was employed by a Mr. Kolb, and subsequently he went to Lick- ing county, Ohio. On the 12th of June, 1835, he was united in marriage to Miss Prudence Talbot, in Granville, Licking county. The lady was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, May 10, 1814, and came to Ohio about the year 1834. She did not long survive her marriage, passing away in early womanhood. In the pursuit of a livelihood Mr. Keller worked on the Ohio state capitol build- ing. He came to Franklin county in the year 1840, taking up his abode in Franklinton. He was quite well known in public affairs in an early day, hold- ing the office of justice of the peace and township treasurer. He took a deep and commendable interest in everything pertaining to the general good and was an honorable, influential and popular citizen.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Keller were born the following named: William, the eldest, born August 3, 1835, was married November 7, 1865, in Columbus, to Mrs. Maggie Hunter, and they resided in the old Deardurff residence. He died January 23, 1881, and his wife died March 20, 1886, leaving one son, John F. Keller, who was born in 1867. Nancy Keller, the second of the fam- ily, was born February 28, 1839, and on the 7th of December, 1865, gave her hand in marriage to James A. Goss, who is one of the popular and well known music teachers of Columbus. They reside at No. 29 Clark Place, and have one child, Harry, an intelligent young man. John H. Keller, the third of the family, was born December 7, 1840, and died September 10, 1866. Martha Keller was born December II, 1843, near the state house in Columbus, and died August 15, 1844. James A., born at the same place March I, 1845, died No- vember 28, 1865. Mary, born June 27, 1848, was married May 2, 1872, to Charles H. Peake, and they have resided at their present residence since 1867.
Mr. Peake's father, John Peake, was born in England, in 1818, and came to this country when eighteen years of age, locating in Maryland. He after- ward removed to Little Falls, New York, and with Mr. Hamlin came to Ohio, locating first at Groveport, where he followed the butchering business. Sub- sequently he came to Columbus, Ohio, and here wedded Mrs. Mary Ann · Shoysgood. They had four children: John W., born February 9, 1846;
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Charles H., who was born September 11, 1850, and became the husband of Mary Keller ; Norman, who was born April 16, 1855, and died in 1894; and Emma, who was born October 20, 1857. She was married June 1, 1882, to Frank Kuhn and died April 24, 1892. Her children were Marion, Harold and Emma Kuhn. Mrs. Mary Ann Peake died February 22, 1882. Charles H. Peake had the following children: Charles M., born August 27, 1873, died when only seven months old; Albert, born March 25, 1875, is at home; Frank, born December 4, 1877, is now deceased; and John, born January 27, 1886, is still under the parental roof. Frank enlisted in Battery H, of the light artil- lery in the Spanish-American war. He was taken ill when in camp at Chicka- mauga and was permitted to return home, but died ten days after reaching Columbus. He was a bright and promising young man and his death was a great blow to his parents. Francis M. Keller, born July 21, 1851, died May 24, 1852. Lewis Keller, born February 14, 1854, is living in Columbus.
The last three members of the Keller family were born in Franklinton. The mother of this family, Mrs. Prudence Keller, died at the old home at the corner of Scott and Sandusky streets, Columbus, April 12, 1887. Mr. Keller passed away in 1900. He had come to Franklin county at an early i in its development and was active in promoting its growth and improvement.
JOHN HENRY HEITMANN.
Among those formerly prominent in public affairs in Columbus who have passed from the stage of life none is more deserving of honor than John Henry Heitmann, who was born near Hanover, Germany, in 1841, and died March 26, 1894. His parents, Gerhardt and Adaline Heitmann, gave him the advant- age of a good education and he was graduated at a college in Hanover. His mother's father was a Frenchman and from him Mr. Heitmann probably in- herited the ready wit and capacity for quick and telling repartee for which he was known. In 1865 Mr. Heitmann came to the United States and locating at Cincinnati became a teacher of German in the public schools of that city, a position which he filled until 1868, when he came to Columbus, where he was the superintendent of German schools for four years. Meantime he studied law under the direction of Colonel J. T. Holmes, and was admitted to the bar in 1870, after which date he practiced law until his death, latterly as a member of the firm of Randall & Heitmann, and achieved a high standing in local courts.
With the Hon. George L. Converse as his colleague, Mr. Heitmann served in the sixty-first general assembly of the state of Ohio in 1874-6. In the year last mentioned he was elected mayor of Columbus, and he was re-elected for a second term, and filled the office with great ability and credit. During his administration the city passed safely through its most exciting experience of forcible violation of law, in a great strike of railway employes. The strikers limited their operations to plans to prevent the running of trains, but another element, disorderly, disreputable and dangerous, precipitated riotous acts which were condemned by the railroad men. The rioters went to some of the local
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manufacturing establishments and ordered men to stop work who had not thought of being dissatisfied, and in making such visits to factories went through the streets in moblike form. At this juncture Mayor Heitmann, at the head of the police, made efforts to bring the rioters within the pale of the law. A few of the leaders were arrested and in a few days others had disappeared, and the railway men arranged to go back to work and the great strike and the riots in which the strikers had taken no part ended. Mr. Heitmann's · firmness as executive officer of the city had much to do with the preservation of the public safety. Had he underrated the gravity of the situation or faltered in the performance of his duty, the result might have been serious, as habitual law-breakers with anarchistic tendencies were among the leaders of the riots, and in this emergency Mr. Heitmann gave an object lesson of faithfulness to the law, of regard for public order and of consideration for the first great principles of civilization which was appreciated by his fellow citizens and won him a reputation as a model official.
Mr. Heitmann was very active and prominent in Democratic politics and was for many years a member of the local election board and of the Demo- cratic city and county committees, serving as the chairman of the Democratic county committee. He was a man of striking personal appearance, six feet and two inches in height and splendidly proportioned, and was of such a genial nature and of such upright character that he had no difficulty in making and retaining friends. He was a Mason, an Odd Fellow and a member of many German societies. In religious affiliation he was a Lutheran.
He married Miss Ottilie Petterly, of Columbus, who was born and edu- cated in Bohemia, Austria, and left one son, Albert H., now a student at the high school, who intends to became a lawyer. Soon after the Civil war, Mr. Heitmann made a visit to his birth place in Europe. When he died he was regretted by hundreds who had come to depend upon him as a personal friend, and by thousands who knew him as a citizen and official of unassail- able reputation, whose life had been a useful one devoted largely to the interests of his fellow men.
JOHN E. CHAMBERS.
A well known resident of Franklin township who has been actively en- gaged in business and prominent in public affairs, is John E. Chambers, who was born in Franklin township, Franklin county, Ohio, August 1, 1842, and was a son of William and Elizabeth ( Haughn) Chambers, the former a native of Zanesville, Ohio, the latter born of a pioneeer family in Franklin county. William Chambers was brought to the county when a babe of one year, he and Mrs. Martha Briggs being the only children by that marriage. The grand- parents of our subject settled upon a farm of one hundred acres on the Jackson Pike road, for which partial payment was made, but the grandfather died and the land reverted to its original owner. William Chambers engaged in farming and became a prominent man, and he has left a personal record behind him that tells much to the credit of his liberality and kindness of
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heart. His death occurred when he was about seventy years of age, Mrs. Chambers still surviving and residing upon the old homestead of her father.
Nine children were born to William and Elizabeth Chambers, as fol- lows: Ellen, the wife of J. J. Eakin; Martha, the wife of Albert Watts ; Mary, the wife of George Gantz; Elizabeth, the wife of David Eakin, residing on the old Eakin homestead in Venango county, Pennsylvania; Henrietta, the wife of Lewis Hart; Charlotte, the wife of George Cathers, of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, and William J., who resides in Franklin county, en- gaged in the dairy business, and is a well known politician.
Mr. Chambers of our sketch was reared on the old homestead and en- joyed the school privileges of Briggsdale, going in 1865-6 to the Delaware school. In 1867, after his return home, he was married on the 24th of Octo- ber, to Miss Louisa Hart, a daughter of Theodore and Catherine ( Walton) Hart, and has reared three children : Warren, who married Frances Conard ; and Jennie and Melvin. After marriage Mr. Chambers located upon the old home farm, where he engaged in general business, also in the raising of fruit, paying especial attention to strawberries. He has been very successful in the dairy business also, the product of his farm bringing much custom, which he has had no difficulty in retaining, in one case having supplied milk and cream for nineteen years.
Mr. Chambers is most comfortably located upon a fine farm of forty-six acres. upon which he has spent large sums of money in improvements. His beautiful brick residence was erected at a cost of twenty-five hundred dollars, and the other attractive surroundings amounted to more than five hundred more.
All of his life our subject has been a Republican in his political faith, and has served his party as supervisor of elections for one year, and for six years he was a Republican central committeeman. Since 1864 he has been a member of the Methodist church, where his worth is known and appreciated. His position would be difficult to fill, being always held available for any of the church offices, and has been a class-leader and Sunday-school superintendent for many years. Mr. Chambers is one of those citizens who cheerfully acts for the best interests of his country, his church and his family, and possesses the esteem of all with whom he is in any way connected.
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