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A large landowner in Illinois, Kansas and Iowa, his interest in agri- culture and in many problems of the country life was intense. His appoint- ment in 1881 as trustee of the Ohio State University was a natural result of his service upon the state board of agriculture and his success as a man of affairs who was closely connected with the agricultural interests of Ohio. He did splendid service as a trustee, as is indicated by his two reappointments continuing him in the office for almost twenty-one years. For more than fourteen years he was chairman of the executive committee of the board of trustees, a member of the farm committee for the entire period of his trusteeship, and was twice elected to the presidency of the board of trustees. To this service he brought strong common sense, clear judgment, tact, kindly -pirit and the crowning grace of unselfishness. One who knew him in timately while a trustee said: "It is the deliberate judgment of his associates and of others having opportunity to form a correct opinion that no trustee of the university has rendered more faithful or valuable service than Lucius B. Wing." In politics he was a republican and enjoyed the confidence of his fellow citizens of the same political faith without losing the respect of his political opponents. In 1896 he was one of the presidential electors of Ohio. He served for many years as a vestryman of the Episcopal church of Newark and was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Sons of the American Revolution.
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On the 31st of May, 1855, Lucius B. Wing married Mary M. Mayhew, a native of Charlemont, Massachusetts, and a daughter of Captain George and Armenia (Lazelle) Mayhew of that place and a lineal descendant of Thomas Mayhew, a merchant born at Southampton, England in 1592, who emigrated to New England in 1631 and in 1641 became the patentee and first governor of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and the Elizabeth isles. Later generations of the family were noted for missionary zeal and philan- thropic service, acting as missionaries to the Indians. The grandfather of Mrs. Wing was a soldier of the revolutionary war. Mrs. Wing, still survives her husband, as do their two children, Charles Mayhew and Mrs. Mary La- Salle Shields, the wife of Charles R. Shields, of Columbus.
Charles Mayhew Wing was educated in the public schools of Newark and attended the Williston Academy at Easthampton, Massachusetts. He after- ward pursued classical work in the Ohio State University and then returned to Newark, where he became connected with the banking business as represent- ative of the Franklin Bank Company, now the Franklin National Bank. He first acted as bookkeeper and later was made secretary and treasurer. On the 1st of June, 1883, he went to Bement, Piatt county, Ilinois, where he took up the fourteen hundred acres of land owned by his father and super- intended the rental and care of twenty-one farms belonging to the estate of E. B. Hale, of Cleveland, Ohio. He remained in Illinois until 1893, and for several years during that period was president of the Piatt County Agri- cultural Association. He also represented the Bloomington district of the republican party at the national convention at Minneapolis when Benjamin Harrison was nominated in 1892.
In 1893 Mr. Wing returned to Newark and took the position of secretary and treasurer in the Franklin Bank Company, where he continued until AAugust, 1898. At that time he came to Columbus and established a cigar factory, and in his two plants today are employed three hundred workmen with an output of seventy-five thousand cigars daily. This has become one of the important manufacturing concerns of the city and Mr. Wing's early bank experience, also his life in the west, proved factors in his present suc- cess, bringing to him not only a good knowledge of financial affairs but also enabling him to readily read men and correctly judge of their ability. He is now devoting his entire attention to the cigar business and stands as one of the most prominent and successful manufacturers in this line in Ohio. He is also a director of the New First National Bank of Columbus.
Mr. Wing is known as one of the leading representatives of the republi- can party in this state. While he has never sought nor desired office, he rec- ognizes the obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship and labors un- tiringly to promote the principles which he espouses. His opinions carry weight in the councils of his party and in 1895 he was chosen as a delegate to the republican state convention and in 1896 was chairman of the conven- tion that selected delegates to the state convention of that year. He was also chairman of the republican county executive committee of Licking county for several terms, including the McKinley campaign of 1896. Mr. Wing has also a creditable military record, having been commissioned second lieutenant
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of Company G, Seventeenth Regiment of the Ohio National Guard, October 28, 1879. On the 4th of August of the following year he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant and on the 14th of February, 1881, was chosen to the captaincy. The entire period of his connection with the National Guard covered five years and on the 4th of October, 1881, he resigned, preparatory to removing to Illinois. He is a member of the George Washington Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and an honorary member of the Benjamin Franklin Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution of Columbus-which is a much envied distinction.
In 1881 Mr. Wing was married to Miss Alice M. Townshend of Colum- bus and a daughter of Dr. N. S. Townshend. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Wing have been born five children: Dr. Lucius A. Wing, born in 1882, is a graduate of the Ohio State University, the medical department of the Cornell Uni- versity, also a graduate of the New York Hospital of New York city, and is now on the resident staff of St. Mary's Hospital, New York city; Shirley T., born in 1885, was graduated from the Ohio State University in June, 1907, and that year obtained the Rhodes scholarship and is now one of the representatives of Ohio at Oxford University, Oxford, England; Margaret M., is a graduate of Vassar College of the class of June, 1908; Alice T., is now a sophomore in Vassar; and Herbert C., born 1896, is a student in the public schools.
Mr. Wing's social nature finds expression in his membership in the Columbus Club and Columbus Country Club, as well as in the hospitality of his own home. He is a member of the First Congregational church and is interested in all that pertains to the welfare of the city in the lines of municipal, social, intellectual and moral progress. He travels largely, hav- ing leisure to cultivate those graces of character which have made him a most entertaining companion.
CHARLES R. HERRICK.
Charles R. Herrick, who was for many years identified with the in- dustrial interests of Columbus, but who for the past two years has lived retired in this city, has made a record of which few men can boast, in that he has served in both the Mexican and Civil wars. He traces his ancestry back to the year 1600, to Henry Herrick of England. The family at one time owned a large estate in England and this is now used as a public park. Charles R. Herrick was born in Baldwinsville, New York, December 1, 1826, a son of Walter D. and Lernia (Perkins) Herrick. The father, who was likewise born in Baldwinsville, Onondaga county, New York, put the first line of packets on the Ohio canal and locating in Circleville in 1835, was proprietor of a hotel there for many years. He became a prominent factor in the early history of the Buckeye state, but spent his last years in the Empire state, passing away in Syracuse, April 19, 1861. He was married three times. His first wife bore the maiden name of Amanda Price. His
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second union was with Lernia Perkins, who became the mother of five chil- dren, all of whom are deceased with the exception of Charles R. of this re- view. Following her demise, he wedded Amanda C. Morey and this union was blessed with three children, but all have departed this life.
Charles R. Herrick was a little lad of nine years when the family re- moved from the Empire state to Circleville, Ohio. He acquired but a lim- ited education through the medium of the public schools, but in later life through broad reading and travel he has added materially to his fund of knowledge and today is a well informed man. In 1837 he came to Colum- bus and learned the plasterer's trade and also learned the cooper's and broom- maker's trades, but worked for only a short time at the latter trades. When he located in this city it contained but five thousand people and Mr. Her- rick soon became identified with its industrial life through his work as a plasterer. The statehouse was being erected at that time and there was much other building in course of progress and owing to this fact Mr. Herrick soon found his time fully occupied. He was a practical workman, reason- able in his prices and faithful to the terms of a contract and in this way he soon gained a liberal patronage, which increased as the years went by, so that he gaind the competency that has enabled him to live retired the past two years.
The business interests of Mr. Herrick were interrupted, however, at the time of the Mexican war, when, in 1847, he enlisted as a member of Company B, Second Ohio Regiment, and after a year's service at the front he was honorably discharged. Subsequently he spent three years in the south, being employed on a steamboat on Lake Pontchartrain, near New Orleans. On the expiration of that period he returned to his home in Columbus and resumed work at his trade, but when the Civil war broke out his patriotic spirit was once more aroused and on the 22d of August, 1862, he became a member of Company B, One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Regiment. He took part in many of the important engagements of the war and in the battle of Resaca, on the 15th of May, 1864, he was wounded. He remained at the front until the close of hostilities, receiving an honor- able discharge July 6, 1865. Keeping in touch with his old army comrades, Mr. Herrick has attended twenty-two national encampments of the Grand Army of the Republic and he has attended many state encampments. In September, 1908, he attended the encampment at Toledo, Ohio, and was the only Mexican soldier in the line of march, and he is one of three remain- ing veterans of the Mexican war now living in Columbus.
Mr. Herrick was married August 26, 1855, to Miss Mary Ann Pals- grove, a daughter of Daniel and Catherine (Gearhart) Palsgrove. Mrs. Herrick was born in Pennsylvania, October 28, 1833, and by her marriage became the mother of six children: Lernia F., the wife of Thomas D. Bellis, a resident of Columbus; Walter L., of this city; Kate E., the wife of Charles F. Little, also a resident of this city; William C., of Columbus; and George and Herbert, who are deceased. There are also twenty-four grand- children and nine great-grandchildren. Mrs. Herrick departed this life in May. 1901. at the age of sixty-eight years.
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Mr. Herrick is a republican in his political views and is a member of McCoy Post, G. A. R. He has traveled extensively and has collected many relics, which he prizes very highly. He also has in his possession the ball which caused his wound in the Civil war. Through struggle and adversity he has made his way and today, crowned with a goodly competency, he stands in the same relation to his fellowmen as he did in his early years when struggling for a livelihood, recognizing and appreciating honest pur- pose and genuine worth and rating the individual by his merits and not by his possessions.
J. A. RIEBEL, M. D.
Dr. J. A. Riebel well deserves mention with the leading members of the medical profession of Columbus for he has always discharged his professional duties with a sense of conscientious obligation and has continuously added to his knowledge by wide research and investigation so that he is now one of the able and successful physicians of the city.
He was born near Columbus, August 26, 1869. His father, Augustus Riebel, was a native of Breslau, Prussia, and came to the United States in 1860. He settled about three miles from Camp Chase and began farming but when the war broke out and the Union was imperiled he joined the army, although he had been in this country for only three months. When he first offered his service he was not accepted on account of his youth but later was received and became a member of the One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Ohio In- fantry, with which he served until the close of hostilities. He then returned to the north, purchased a farm near Columbus and carried on general agricul- tural pursuits until his death, which occurred in June, 1892, when he was forty-nine years af age. He married Margaret Seeger, a native of Wurtem- burg, Germany, who came to the United States with her brothers and sisters to escape being drafted into the army of that land. All the brothers, however, joined the United States army and fought for the flag of their adopted coun- try. The two brothers, Charles and Louis Seeger, are still residents of Frank- lin county, being numbered among the respected and worthy farmers of this part of the state. Some of the ancestors of Mrs. Riebel came to Columbus at an early day, her uncle. a Mr. Van Horn, being sworn in as sheriff by the gov- ernment during the Indian troubles. He had a hunter's cabin on the present site of the state house and engaged in hunting throughout this portion of Ohio, which was then a wild and almost uninhabited district.
Dr. Riebel is one of a family of five children, a daughter and four sons. One of his brothers is Dr. George Riebel, a practicing physician of Ashland. Ohio. Two of the brothers are farmers of Delaware county and the sister is also living in that county.
Reared on his father's farm Dr. Riebel obtained his early education in .he public schools of Columbus and was graduated from the Northwood school. He afterward entered the Northwestern University, where he won the Bachelor
DR. J. A. RIEBEL
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of Science degree upon his graduation. He then became connected with the mercantile interests in Columbus and later was in the employ of the Buckeye Buggy Company, which he represented as foreman for ten years. Thinking to find a professional career more congenial he took up the study of medicine in 1897 and was graduated from the Ohio Medical University in April, 1901. He also holds a diploma from the Post-Graduate School of Chicago for work done in surgery and gynecological operations. He also did work in the Post-Graduate Medical School of New York. He has practiced continuously in Columbus since April, 1901, and has made a specialty of genito-urinary surgery. In 1902 he became assistant in the genito-urinary department of the Starling Medical College and the Ohio Medical College, in 1903 was made lecturer on that subject and in 1904 became professor of genito-urinary dis- eases and has so continued to the present time in both institutions. He belongs to the Academy of Medicine, to the Ohio State Medical Society and the Ameri- can Medical Association. His opinions are largely accepted as authority on genito-urinary diseases, nor is his ability limited in other lines of the profession or as a general practitioner he has met with the success which can only follow comprehensive knowledge of the principles of medicine and correct application of his learning to the individual needs of his patients.
In September, 1891, Dr. Riebel was married to Miss Mabel L. Kiner, of Columbus, a daughter of Frank Kiner, one of the old residents of this city. Dr. and Mrs. Riebel now have to sons, Frank and John. The parents are cordially received in those social circles where intelligence is regarded as a necessary attribute to agreeableness. Dr. Riebel belongs to Magnolia Lodge, No. 20, A. F. & A. M., and has also taken the Royal Arch degrees. With a nature that could never be content with mediocrity he has pressed forward in the field of his chosen calling and has won success that is proof of his ability.
ED J. FLAUTT.
Business advancement is not the result of fortunate environment or of influence, but follows as the logical sequence of persistent and intelligently directed effort. It is this which has won Mr. Flautt his present responsible position as manager of the Marvin Wood Working Company, today con- trolling one of the leading and important industrial concerns of the city. He was born in Somerset, Ohio, December 19, 1872, a son of George and Celia (Devitt) Flautt. The mother was born in Ireland and was a direct descendant of Patrick Devitt. The father, a native of Maryland, served as a soldier of the Civil war and in the days of peace followed the cooper's trade. His father, Captain George Flautt, won his title by active service in the Mexican war.
In the requirement of an education E. J. Flautt became a student in the public schools of Somerset, Ohio, and passing through consecutive grades, was in due course of time graduated with the class of 1888. He made his initial step in the business world as a representative of the lumber
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trade in the employ of Samuel Snyder, who found him a faithful and capa- ble representative and retained him in his service for twelve years. Mr. Flautt was afterward with the Doddington Company, with which he con- tinued for about five years, after which he went upon the road as traveling representative for the Teachout Door & Glass Company. On leaving that position he became connected with the Marvin Wood Working Company and his advancement to the position of manager is indicative of the fact that his employers recognized his substantial business qualities and valued his cooperation. The business was incorporated about 1905 and under the management of Mr. Flautt has enjoyed a phenomenal growth, its products being sent to all parts of the country, while the output is now very ex- tensive.
A pleasant home life for Mr. Flautt began in 1895 following his mar- riage to Miss Hattie Elder, who was born in Perry county, Ohio. Her father was a carpenter by trade and served his country for four years as a loyal defender of the Union in the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Flautt have two children, John and Thomas, born in 1896 and 1898 respectively. The parents are well known in social circles of the city and the cordial hospi- tality of their own home makes it most attractive to their many friends.
REV. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, D. D.
Rev. Washington Gladden, minister, author and reformer, was born on the 11th of February, 1836, in Potts Grove, Pennsylvania, and pursued his early education in the public schools while spending his youthful days in the home of his parents, Solomon and Amanda (Daniels) Gladden. His preparatory course was pursued in Owego Academy of New York and his university course in Williams College, from which he was graduated in 1859. His broad scholar- ship has won him recognition from various universities since that time, the degree of Doctor of Divinity being conferred upon him by Roanoke College of Virginia and that of Doctor of Laws by the University of Wisconsin and Notre Dame University of Indiana. Having qualified for the ministry, Dr. Gladden entered upon pastoral work and occupied several charges prior to 1882, when he was called to the pastorate of the First Congregational church at Columbus, Ohio. Here he has since remained and the steady, healthful growth of the church is indicative of his earnest, zealous labor. His words of wisdom have sunk deep into the hearts of many and his labors have not been denied the gen- erous harvest nor the aftermath.
While well versed in the doctrines of the church, his thought has gone out to all the great world-problems and his investigation of many themes of vital interest has been most thorough. There are few ministers between the oceans who occupy a more prominent place in the public estimation. Others may dis- play more brilliant oratorical powers-although he is a clear, forceful, logical and entertaining speaker-or may show stronger effort in some particular line of work, but few, if any, equal him in the broad field of thought, aside from his
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pulpit effort, which he has cultivated in such a masterly manner for the better- ment of all classes. Dr. Gladden is especially well known as a writer upon social reforms, and since 1858 has been well known to the public as the author of many volumes which have treated upon the living issues of the day as af- ferting man's relations with his fellowmen and his Maker. He has been most widely read and his authorship includes: Plain Thoughts on the Art of Liv- ing; From the Hub to the Hudson ; Working Men and Their Employers: Being a Christian; The Christian Way; The Lord's Prayer; The Christian League of Connecticut ; Things New and Old; The Young Men and the Churches; Ap- plied Christianity; Parish Problems; Burning Questions; Santa Claus on a Lark; Who Wrote the Bible; Tools and the Man ; The Cosmopolis Club: the Church and the Kingdom; Seven Puzzling Bible Books: Social Facts and Forces; Art and Morality ; The Christian Pastor; How Much is Left of the Old Doctrines; Straight Shots at Young Men; Social Salvation; The Practice of Immortality; Where Does the Sky Begin; Christianity and Socialism; The New Idolatry ; The Church and Modern Life. The last of these was written in 1907. Through his writings and through his ministry Dr. Gladden has wielded a most wide and beneficial influence, while his pleasant and typically hospitable home on East Town street in Columbus is one of the social centers of advanced thought and culture.
GEORGE ANDRUS.
George Andrus, who for the past few years has been engaged in the grocery business in Westerville, has worked his own way to success, for at the early age of eight years he was left an orphan and during the greater part of his life has had to depend upon his own resources for a livlihood. Mr. Andrus was born in Worthington, Franklin county, February 1, 1845, of English ancestry. Ilis paternal grandparents, Richard and Polly (Morrison) Andrus, emigrated from England to the United States, and landing at Boston, Massachusetts, made their way to Rutland, Vermont, whence they removed to Ohio in 1812. They had a family of two sons and four daughters, and their deaths occurred near North Columbus, in Franklin county. The parents of our subject, Hiram and Lovica (Pinney) Andrus, located in Franklin county in 1812, the same year that the parents of Hiram Andrus took up their abode in this place. They first located at North Columbus but later made their home in Worthington. The father was a physician.
In the family were eight children : Mrs. Polly Carpenter; Abner, who was a practicing physician of Westerville, where his death occurred: Richard, who was engaged in merchandising; Harvey, who followed railroading; Mrs. Cath- erine Carpenter; Hiram, who was also a practicing physician; George. of this review; Henry P., who was a lawyer by profession. All are now deceased with the exception of our subject.
George Andrus, as above stated, was left an orphan at the early age of eight years. He then went to Dublin, Ohio, where he made his home for a
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time, while subsequently he came to Westerville and attended Otterbein Uni- versity, making his home with his brother, Dr. Abner Andrus. At the time of the Civil war he enlisted in 1864 as a member of Company A, Fifth Independ- ent Cavalry. He went south, doing duty in Kentucky and West Virginia for eight months and was then mustered out in February, 1865, after which he re- turned to Ohio and making his headquarters in Columbus, began railroading on the Pickaway, now the Pan Handle railroad. He was also in the employ of the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus, the Hocking Valley, the Marietta, Colum- bus & Cleveland, and various other companies, working in this way altogether for twenty-five years. He was always known as a trusted employe, meriting the full confidence of those by whom he was employed. He eventually aban- doned railroad pursuits and for the past few years has been engaged in the grocery business in Westerville. Modern methods, push and square dealing have proved elements in his success and he now has an excellent patronage.
Mr. Andrus was married in 1870 to Miss Mary Benton, who was born near Westerville, February 2, 1845, a daughter of Frank and Meriba (Sharp) Ben- ton, the former a native of Massachusetts, and the latter of Ohio. They were farming people and the father died during the early girlhood of Mrs. Andrus. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Andrus has been blessed with a daughter and son: Lavisa May, the wife of G. L. Stoughton, who is now serving as post- master of Westerville; and George B., who is a mail clerk of Columbus.
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