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After receiving an honorable discharge he returned to the north and was engaged in the practice of medicine at Sunbury, Ohio, from 1865 until 1870, when he came to Columbus, where he resided until his death, Febru- ary 14, 1901, after an illness of several months. Here he built up an excel- ient business. He spent the year 1867 in St. Bartholomew Hospital and in Guy's Hospital, in London, England, and there learned of the methods of medical treatment in use in Great Britain. He was a member of the Ameri- can Medical Association, also of the State Medical Society, and a life member of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association. In 1878 he was president of the Columbus Academy of Medicine. The profession and public accorded him a position of distinction in connection with his chosen calling. He carried his investigations far and wide into the realms of medical science, and not content with mediocrity he advanced step by step until he left the ranks of the many and stood among the successful few. He is the author of a number of papers published in the current medical journals which awakened widespread attention by reason of their able presentation of sub- jects of great interest to the entire medical fraternity.
On the 5th of September, 1866, Dr. Neil was united in marriage to
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Miss Marietta Elliott, a daughter of the Hon. David H. Elliott, of Sun- bury, Ohio, and their union was blessed with three children: Camma, the wife of Dr. D. R. Kinsell, Jr. ; Dessie, at home; and Goldie, who is a stu- dent in Garden's Female Institute in New York city. Dr. Neil held mem- bership in McCoy Post, G. A. R., at Columbus, Ohio, and was a prominent Mason, having become identified with the order in 1864. In his practice he had ample opportunity to exemplify the noble principles which form the basic elements of the craft recognizing the universal brotherhood of man. His loss will be mourned by a very large and distinguished circle of friends.
BARNET J. COSGRAY.
The industry, patriotism and progressiveness of the Irish race have made its representatives noteworthy wherever they have found a home, and Ohio owes much to the Irish element in its population. One of the best known Irish names in Franklin county is that of Cosgray, and one of the most prominent members of the family is Barnet J. Cosgray, a successful farmer of Washington township. The Cosgrays have been known in the Green isle for many generations as people who paid their way, loved liberty and were willing to make sacrifices for their fellow men.
Terence Cosgray, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Londonderry, Ireland, being a younger son, of noble birth. He was a mem- ber of the Episcopal church and married Lady Mary McCowen, a native of Scotland; her people were wealthy and of high social standing and she was a member of the Catholic church. Of their twelve children five were born in Scotland, one was born at sea while the parents were on their way to the United States, and six were born in this country. They settled in Hartford county, Maryland, near Baltimore, and afterward moved to Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and located on a farm near Uniontown on the Monongahela river. Mr. Cosgray died on that farm about 1831, and his wife survived him, dying in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1855, well advanced in life. The following data concerning the children of Terence and Mary (McCowen) Cosgray will be found interesting in this connection: Their eld- est son, William, who was a school-teacher and civil engineer, was known as a surveyor in eastern Ohio, and died in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. Michael married a Miss Rogers and died at his home in Ross county, Ohio. Frank, who never married, died in Maryland. Sarah died in Washington township, Franklin county, unmarried. James married Elizabeth Benning- ton and died in Franklin county. Katie married John Foster, a cousin of Governor Foster, of Ohio, and died in Greene county, Pennsylvania. Ignatius married Elizabeth Diamond, a daughter of Captain Diamond, who served in the Revolutionary war under General Lafayette, and died in Greene county, Pennsylvania. Mary became Mrs. Hiram Sweeney and died in Tyler county, West Virginia. Joseph Wheeler was the father of the subject of this sketch.
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Barnet died in Washington township. David was the next in order of birth; and John married Elizabeth Morgan and died at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.
When Terence Cosgray and his wife and children came to America they were accompanied by his brother, Barnet Cosgray, and Mrs. Cosgray's brother, Francis McCowen. These men both became merchants in America, and Sir Francis McCowen lived for many years in Baltimore, Maryland, and died there. Terence Cosgray's daughter Sarah, an aunt of Barnet J. Cosgray, saw the British troops land at Baltimore, Maryland, in the war of 1812. Joseph W. Cosgray, father of Barnet J. Cosgray, was born October 31, 1810, at Clermont Mills, Hartford county, Maryland. He was but a small boy when his parents moved to Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where the lad received a good education. When a young man he came to Perry county, Ohio, where he married Elizabeth Gordon, April 3, 1831. About 1835 he bought and settled on land in Hocking county, Ohio, where he lived about a year. His father-in-law visited him there, and, not liking such a hilly coun- try, induced the young man to go with him to Columbus, whence they jour- neyed on horseback. Mr. Cosgray bought one hundred and thirty acres of land in Washington township, on which there was no clearing, and built upon it a small round-log house, which contained one room with a very low log ceiling. There was plenty of wild game in the woods and water was con- venient. Before this cabin was ready the family lived for about a year near the place which has since come to be known as the Gill farm. Mr. Cosgray made all possible haste to clear land and put it under cultivation and he added to his original purchase until he owned two hundred and five acres. He was an influential citizen, active in politics as a Democrat and held many township offices, and he was identified with the Christian church. He died at his home in Washington township February 1, 1888, and his wife died February 12, 1882. Mrs. Cosgray was a daughter of George and Hannah (Hemisphar) Gordon, and was born in Perry county, Ohio, May 14, 18II.
Joseph W. and Elizabeth (Gordon) Cosgray had children as follows : Barnet J., who is the immediate subject of this sketch ; George W., who mar- ried Elizabeth Gordon; Elizabeth Mary, who is the widow of James Finch, of Washington township; Martha J., who married George L. Geary, a bio- graphical sketch of whom appears in this work; Sarah Catherine, who mar- ried Dawson A. Hoskinson, and now lives with her brother Barnet J. ; Charles. W., who died at the age of twenty-one years; and John A., who married. Estella Graham and was accidentally killed on a railroad.
Barnet J. Cosgray was born near Somerset, Perry county, Ohio, Octo- ber 20, 1832, and was about three years old when his parents removed to Washington township, Franklin county. His first school-teacher was Lenora Tupper, a lady of first-class ability, who discovered that the boy was fond of study and directed him most efficiently. After he was old enough he was obliged to assist in the farm work at home. He was only nine years old when he began to help his father clear land, and he assisted his father until the latter's death, and when Mr. Cosgray's land was divided among his heirs 22
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he received forty-two acres as his share. In time he bought one hundred and thirty-two acres across the road from the home he had established on the forty-two acres referred to. His fine residence was erected in 1899 and 1900. He is considered one of the leading farmers of the township. Though prominent as a Democrat he is not an office seeker. He is not a member of any church, but is liberal in his support of religious worship. He is not married. He has demonstrated that he is a business man of ability, not only in the management of his own affairs, but also in the settlement of his father's estate, which he accomplished satisfactorily to all concerned.
Sarah Catherine Cosgray, daughter of Joseph W. and Elizabeth (Gor- don) Cosgray, was born December 5, 1845, and was married, March 29, 1871, to Dawson A. Hoskinson, a son of ex-Judge George Hoskinson. Mr. Hos- kinson was born at Waynesburg, Greene county, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1844, and was there reared and educated, spending a part of his youth on a farm near Waynesburg, and finishing his studies at Waynesburg College, where he took a three-years course. Going south during the Rebellion, he, in 1863, entered the employment of the United States government as a laborer and was two months later made a clerk in the commissary department at Nash- ville, Tennessee, a position which he held fourteen months. He then returned to his old home and was for eight years employed as a salesman in his brother's clothing store. He had previously visited Franklin county and there married Miss Cosgray, and in 1875 they moved to Washington town- ship from his former home in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, and took up their residence with Mrs. Hoskinson's brother. Barnet J. Cosgray. Mr. Hoskinson is an influential Democrat and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They have had children as follows: Joseph, who mar- ried Ella Emery and lives in Washington township: Georgiana, who is now traveling in the western states; Adelaide who is a member of her parents' household; and Daisy, who is with her sister Georgiana.
DAVID R. VAN SCHOYCK.
An influential farmer of Norwich township, David R. Van Schoyck, is widely and favorably known in Franklin county, where his birth occurred August 9, 1852. His father, William Tobias Van Schoyck, was born in Warren county, Ohio, near Cincinnati, February II, 1811, and there re- mained until twelve years of age, when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Norwich township, Franklin county. John Van Schoyck, the grandfather, purchased one hundred and seventy-eight acres of heavily tim- bered land. The men who aided them to move also assisted them in putting up their log cabin; but the top log could not be raised by them alone and they had to call some people who were passing to assist them. The grandfather and his sons cleared the land, plowed the fields and developed an excellent farm. William T. Van Schoyck pursued his education in the subscription schools for a short time, but his privileges in that direction were very limited.
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He inherited fifty acres of the home farm from his father. He wedded Elizabeth Weeden, who was born on the Scioto river, in Ohio, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Weeden. Her mother was a sister of Colonel Ennis. For several years after their marriage Mr. Van Schoyck resided on the old homestead, and then built a house on his fifty-acre tract, where he continued throughout his remaining days, devoting his attention to farming. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics he was a Republican.
This worthy couple were the parents of nine children: Margaret, who became the wife of Alexander Gray and is now deceased. Annie, who has passed away; John, who married Jane McCammel, and died in Franklin county; Nancy; Harriet; Susan, the wife of T. T. Armstrong; Cynthia, deceased; David R .; and Henry, who is deceased.
On the old home farm David R. Van Schoyck spent the days of his boy- hood and youth, and when not needed to assist in the cultivation of the land he attended school, largely pursuing his studies through the winter months. He became thoroughly familiar with farming in every detail, and after his marriage he operated the home farm. In the second year he erected a dwell- ing on a part of the land, and through the terms of a will he became the owner of forty-three acres by paying a sum of money to the other heirs, and is now the possessor of a good property. He carries on general farm- ing, and in addition follows the raising of sheep and cattle. He was also a horse breeder and dealer in former years, and in his business affairs he has met with very desirable success.
In 1878 occurred the marriage of Mr. Van Schoyck and Miss Mary Hart, a daughter of Van Lear Hart, of Virginia. They became the parents of five children : Ora, who is a member of the Seventeenth Ohio Regiment, and is now serving in the Philippines; Leila, Ira, Harry and Iona. The mother died July 12, 1898, and as she had many warm friends in the com- munity her loss was widely mourned. Mr. Van Schoyck is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Hilliard and in his political faith he is a Republican. For eighteen years he served on the school board, and the cause of education found in him a warm friend. He also gives his support to every measure calculated to prove of public benefit.
KING A. NORRIS, M. D.
One of the busiest and most energetic young professional men of Colum- bus is Dr. King A. Norris. He was born in Reynoldsburg, Franklin county, July 18, 1871, and is a son of Frederick W. and 'Nancy ( Allen) Norris. His father was a native of the Empire state, but the mother of our subject was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, and was a daughter of B. B. and Maria Allen, who were among the honored pioneer settlers of that locality. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Thomas Norris, a native of New York, of which state his father was one of the early settlers. Mr. Norris,
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the father of our subject, served as a soldier in the Civil war, being a mem- ber of the Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. For three years he re- inained at the front as a loyal defender of the cause represented by the starry banner. When hostilities had ceased and the Confederacy was overthrown he returned to Franklin county, locating on a farm near Reynoldsburg, where he pursued the honorable vocation of an agriculturist. He and his estima- ble wife are both living and yet reside upon the old homestead.
Dr. Norris spent his youth upon the farm and began his education in the district school near by, supplementing his early privileges with a course in the Reynoldsburg high school. Throughout his business career he has been identified with the interests of the state. Coming to Columbus, he entered the employ of his brother, J. G. Norris, in the capacity of clerk, re- maining with the house for five years, on the expiration of which period he began reading medicine under the direction of Dr. J. B. Dysart, of Reynolds- burg, and further continued preparation for the profession in the Ohio Medi- cal University, in which he was graduated in April, 1898. Subsequently he spent one year with his former preceptor, Dr. Dysart, and then entered upon an independent practice. In 1900 he went to New York city and pur- sued a course in the Post-Graduate Medical College. Upon his return he again established an office in Columbus, and is now enjoying a growing patronage. It has already assumed proportions that many an older member of the fraternity might well envy.
In January, 1900, Dr. Norris was united in marriage to Miss Lydia M. Sayre, of the capital city, a daughter of William Sayre. Socially our sub- ject is connected with Truro Lodge, No. 411, I. O. O. F., and with the En- campment of the I. O. O. F., and Jasper Lodge, Knights of Pythias His residence and office are located at No. 716 Neil avenue. He is a member of the Columbus Academy of Medicine and the American Medical Associa- tion, and is the examining physician for the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company. His earnest desire to attain a high degree of perfec- tion in his chosen calling has led him to study carefully and thoroughly the principles of the medical science and to exercise great care in diagnosing and treating disease. The results that have followed his practice have therefore been commendable, and his skill thus demonstrated has secured to him grati- fying success.
ALEXANDER W. KRUMM.
One of the well-known professional men of the city of Columbus, Ohio, is one of her native sons, Alexander W. Krumm, whose birth occurred here March 12, 1850. His father was Martin Krumm, a native of Wurtem- berg, Germany, born there in 1812, emigrating to this country in 1832, and dying in Columbus after a long and successful career as a machinist and iron manufacturer. He had come to America with his father and his family. The mother of our subject is still living. Her maiden name was Frederika
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Fichtner, and she also was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1820, and although she reached her eighty-first year, is active in mind and body. Six of her ten children still survive: Martin; Albert; Alexander W .; Daniel; Flora, the wife of Dr. A. M. Bleile, of the State University; and Louisa A., three having died in infancy, and the eldest, Frederick Krumm, having died in July, 1899.
Mr. Krumm, of this review, received his education in the city schools of Columbus, soon afterward entering upon the study of law under the guid- ance of Messrs. English & Baldwin, two prominent attorneys, constituting one of the leading law firms of this city. He was admitted to the bar in 1875, immediately commencing his practice in partnership with John H. Heitmann, then mayor of the city, and with whom he remained eighteen months. His legal business steadily grew and his friends proclaimed their confidence in his ability by electing him to the office of city solicitor from 1879 to 1883,-two terms.
The marriage of Mr. Krumm took place in 1877, to Miss Mary M. Zettler, of Columbus, a daughter of John Zettler, an old and highly respected citizen. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Krumm; Herbert, a cadet at West Point; Benjamin; Thomas; Grace Helen; Nettie Belle; John J., who died in 1887; Alexander W., Jr .; Samuel; James; and Edna Mary.
Mr. Krumm has never taken a great interest in politics, the demands of his constantly growing practice having required his undivided attention. He owns and occupies a beautiful residence at No. 975 South High street, where his attractive surroundings proclaim his material prosperity and æs- thetic taste.
EDWARD L. MARION.
The family of Marion, of which Edward L. Marion, of section 3, Marion township, Franklin county, Ohio, is a representative, is distinguished as having furnished to this part of the state some of its earliest pioneers and some of its leading citizens in succeeding generations. Edward L. Marion, who was born in what was then Montgomery township, Franklin county, Ohio, August 10, 1847, was the second son and third child in order of birth of Elijah and Adaline (Livingston) Marion, who are referred to more at length in the biographical sketch of Elijah Marion, which appears in these pages. He was reared and educated in his native township and assisted in the man- agement of the old Marion homestead until he was twenty-seven years old. After his marriage he took charge of the place and managed it until 1881, when he moved to his present farm in section 3, which consists of eighty- seven and one-half acres and is devoted to general farming. His large and comfortable residence was erected in 1883, of brick, burned for the county infirmary, but which, not being needed, was purchased by Mr. Marion, who gave about three years of his life to building and finishing this house, which
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is one of the most sightly and home-like in the township. Members of his family in both lines have been leaders in architectural progress in Franklin county, Mr. Marion's grandfather in the maternal line, Edward Livingston, who boarded with the Indians for a time after he came to the county, having later erected the first frame house in Franklin county.
June 17, 1874, Mr. Marion married Alice McElhinny, a native of Ham- ilton, now Marion, township, Franklin county, Ohio, who was born October 27, 1849, a daughter of Hugh McElhinny, a native of Pennsylvania, born November 19, 1786, who was a pioneer in Franklin county, where he mar- ried Sarah Williams, and died September 4, 1854. Sarah Williams was born in Hamilton township, Franklin county, Ohio, July 13, 1807, a daugh- ter of the Hon. George W. Williams, who was an early representative from Ohio in congress, and was in his day one of the prominent men in Franklin county. Hugh McElhinny and Sarah Williams were married April 5, 1825, and Mrs. McElhinny died March 20, 1894, aged eighty-six years, eight months and six days. They were both prominent in the Presbyterian church. They were the parents of eight children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, and Mrs. Marion, who was the youngest of the family, was reared on the farm on which she now lives and was educated in the common schools near by.
Mr. Marion, who is an enthusiastic Republican, cast his first presiden- tial vote in the court house in Columbus in 1868 and has voted the Repub- lican ticket at every general election since and has worked for the success of his party in every campaign. He has filled the office of judge of elections for many years and is one of the committeemen of his party this year. He has in every way shown that he was actuated by a broad public spirit, and lias advocated and assisted to the extent of his ability all measures promising to benefit his township and county.
SHERMAN LEACH, M. D.
On the roll of the successful physicians of Columbus appears the name of Dr. Sherman Leach. He possesses the true western spirit of enterprise and progress, and this has led to his advancement in the calling which he has made his life work. He was born in Mount Sterling, Madison county, Ohio, May 30, 1864, a son of W. T. artl Jane ( Bostwick) Leach. both of whom were natives of Vermont, and during childhood accompanied their respective parents to Ohio. Robert Leach, the paternal grandfather of our subject, located in Madison county, Ohio, near Bloomingburg. Ere his removal to the west he had married Miss Eliza Thompson and to his Ohio home he brought his family. Late in life he removed to Bloomington, Illinois, where his wife died. W. T. Leach, the Doctor's father, is now living retired at his home in Mount Sterling.
Sherman Leach spent the greater part of his youth in that town, and having acquired his literary education in the public schools, he determined
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upon the practice of medicine as a life work, and to this end began reading in the office and under the direction of Dr. W. H. Emery, of Mount Sterling. Later he matriculated in the Starling Medical College ,of Columbus, and was there graduated with the class of 1887. He then returned to his native town, where he immediately began practice. Subsequently he pursued a post-graduate course in a post-graduate hospital in New York, and then once more became a practitioner at Mount Sterling, where he continued in business until 1895, when he pursued a course in the Chicago Post-Graduate Medical College. It was in 1889 that he removed from Mount Sterling to Columbus. He has spared no labor, time nor expense that would perfect him in his chosen work, and at this writing he is pursuing a special course in the Chicago Post- Graduate Medical School. He is now surgeon of the Woman's Hospital, and is associated with various organizations whose membership comprises representatives of the medical fraternity. He belongs to the American Medi- cal Association, the State Medical Society and the Columbus Academy of Medicine, and is a member of the faculty of the Ohio Medical University and a member of the staff of the Protestant Hospital.
In 1889 Dr. Leach was united in marriage to Miss Florence M. Horn- beck, of Pickaway county, Ohio, and a daughter of Marvin Hornbeck. She died October 12, 1897, leaving one child, Jane M. The Doctor is widely known as a prominent Mason, holding membership in Columbus Lodge, F. & A. M., in Garfield Chapter, No. 6, R. A. M., at Washington Court House, and the Ohio Consistory, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He also belongs to Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a man of strong mentality and keen discernment, qualities which are absolutely essential to the successful physician. He has studied widely the questions which bear upon human diseases, their preven- tion and their cure, and added to his interest in scientific investigation is a sympathetic interest in his fellow men which makes him a capable, strong and successful physician.
CHARLES E. WORTHINGTON.
Upon a farm which is the place of his birth Charles E. Worthington still resides. His natal day was May 12, 1869. His father, John Worth- ington, was also born on the old family homestead, July 3. 1843, and to a limited extent he attended the district schools. From the time he was old enough to work he aided his father in the development and cultivation of the fields, and through his entire business career he carried on agricultural pursuits. In early manhood he removed to the farm now owned by Clark Worthington, his brother. He was married on the 8th of March, 1868, in Jackson township, Franklin county, to Mrs. Caroline Titus, a widow, and the daughter of John England. She was born in Ohio, and proved to her hus- band a faithful companion and helpmeet on life's journey. After their mar- riage they returned to the old home place, where the father of our subject
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