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DEL EUGENE JULIAN.
Del Eugene Julian, the president of The Julian-Sargent Company, gen- eral insurance agents, was born in Stoutsville, Fairfield county, Ohio, in July, 1858. His great-great-grandfather was a native of France, and the founder of the family in the new world. His great-grandfather, Captain John Julian, was a veteran of the Mexican war and a native of Maryland. His brother, George W. Julian, was also a veteran of the Mexican war, was United States senator, and later ambassador to Mexico. The grandfather of our subject was born in Maryland, where the family was founded in pioneer times, and from his uative state removed to Fairfield county, Ohio, becoming one of the early settlers of that locality who aided in reclaiming the wild region for the purposes of civilization. There he reared his family, includ- ing W. R. Julian, whose birth occurred in Fairfield county and who on attaining his majority married Miss Esther Courtright, likewise a native of that county and a daughter of Alexander Courtright, of a prominent and well known family there.
Del Engene Julian acquired his eduction in the common schools of Pickaway county, Ohio, and the high school of South Bloomfield, where he pursued his studies to the age of seventeen years. Soon afterward he came to Columbus and entered the employ of Freeman. Staley & Morris, as a clerk in their dry-goods house, where he continued for two years. He was then with his father in the mercantile business at South Bloomfield until 1880, when he turned his attention to the insurance business at .Ashe- ville. Pickaway county, Ohio, becoming a local agent. For five years he remained there and during that time enjoyed a constantly growing clientage. In 1885 he went to Washington Court House, Ohio, as district agent for the Franklin Insurance Company, which he thus represented until the latter part of 1886. In November of that year he came to Columbus as state agent for the Franklin Insurance Company, of that city, which he thus repre- sented until 1890, when the company retired from business. Mr. Julian then became state agent for the Liberty Fire Insurance Company of New York,
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so continuing until the retirement of that company in November, 1891. From that date until November, 1902, or for a period of eleven years, he had the general agency for four states for the Union Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia. In April, 1901, he organized the firm of Julian. Sargent & Company, and began business as a partnership. Incorporatim papers were taken out in 1903 under the name of The Julian-Sargent Company, general insurance. The business of this company developed so rapidly that in 1902 Mr. Julian was forced to resign as general agent for the Union Fire Insurance Company and attend to the business of The Julian-Sargent Company. While their growth has been rapid it has also been along sub- stantial lines, theirs being classed among the largest, best known and most important agencies. Other enterprises have felt the stimulus of the active cooperation and keen business sagacity of Mr. Julian, who is now a director of the North Side Savings Bank and has been chairman of its finance com- mittee since its organization. Ile has been a director and member of im- portant committees of the Park Savings Company for a number of years and was formerly one of the directors and organizers of the Northern Sav- ing Bank. He is likewise a member of the firm of Parker, Julian and Yantis, real-estate owners and dealers, in which connection a profitable bus- iness is being conducted.
In 1881 Mr. Julian was married to Miss Ida Hines, of Pickaway county, Ohio, and their children are: Loye, now Mrs. O. N. Bostwick, of Mt. Ster- ling, Ohio: Earl R., n-si-tant cashier of the North Side Savings Bank; and Cecil HI., now attending the North Side high school.
Mr. Julian is fond of fishing, which is his principal source of recrea tion. When we investigate his life record and examine into the secret of his success, it will be found that his advancement is due almost entirely to hard work and the intelligent direction of his energies. He early came to understand that the source of power lies within one's self and that oppor- tunity is open to all who will but recognize and utilize it. Making good use of the chances that have come to him he has gradually worked his way upward until his name is now an honored one on commercial paper. and his place in the business world is one of importance.
JOHN G. DREHER.
Columbus owes much to John G. Dreher for his practical and resultant labors for the improvement of the city parks. Born in Baden, Germany, March 12. 1853, he was brought to this city in 1854 by his father, Godfried Dreher, who, on establishing his home in Columbus, engaged in the cooperage business, in which he continued until 1875, manufacturing large barrels and vats for the breweries and other business house- of the city. The later years of his life were spent in honorable retirement from labor and he passed away June 5, 1905, at the age of eighty-three years. His wife, who bore the maiden
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name of Maria Magdalene Hauck, was also a native of Germany and died September 9, 1907, when eighty-five years of age.
John G. Dreher was reared under the parental roof and pursued his edu- cation in the public schools of Columbus, after which he became connected with the business of cultivating flowers and plants. He learned his trade with the Columbus Nursery Company, becoming well known as an expert and suc- cessful florist. After he had demonstrated his ability in this line he was given charge of the conservatory and gardens at the insane asylum, thus serving under Mr. Bishop, Mr. Hoadly and others. He was afterward employed for years by different florists of the city, being stationed at the north end of the old Central Market, where he sold the products of various greenhouses for different florists. In 1896 he was appointed superintendent of the city parks, serving under Mayor Allen and Mayor Black for four years or until 1902, and later under Mayors Hinkle, Jeffrey and Badger until March, 1908. While he had charge of the parks cement walks and other improvements were made at Schiller park, also the entrance to Livingston park, and in many ways the grounds were improved and beautified. At Schiller park he built a fine green- house for raising plants for the parks and for all grounds around the city hall, the waterworks and other public places. He has a keen interest in his work because of his love for it and for his profession and the beauties which nature presents in flowers, trees and shrubs.
On the 8th of November. 1877. in Columbus, Mr. Dreher was united in marriage to Miss Arvilla Macklin, of Fairfield county, and they have three sons, all residents of Columbus: Arthur C., married Lulu Knowles and is a toolmaker by occupation ; Harry F., a machinist married Henrietta Aller and has one child, Raymond H .; Philip S .. a plumber, married Elizabeth Theo- bald and has three children: Harry J., Floyd and Harriett S.
Mr. Dreher gives his political allegiance to the democracy, being a charter member of the old South Side Democratic Club and was its president for two years. He has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking, but in 1908 was nominated for infirmary director. He has, however, been active in support of the principles in which he believes and is also a progressive citi- zen, doing what he can for public improvement and for the advancement of the city's interest.
EDWIN R. SHARP.
Edwin R. Sharp has gained distinctive recognition as one of the leading bankers and business men of Columbus, having shown marked capacity for the successful conduct of affairs of great breadth. His activity and correct judgment concerning industrial and financial questions has led to his classification with the city's captains of industry. As president of the State Savings Bank & Trust Company and as an officer in other financial in- stitutions and business enterprises he is daily brought into contact with the prominent men of the city, who acknowledge him the peer of the ablest.
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Mr. Sharp is a native .of Franklin county, his birth having occurred in Groveport on the 24th of October, 1858. His father, Abram Sharp, was also born in Franklin county, his natal year being 1819. The paternal grandfather, Jolm Sharp, came from Berks county, Pennsylvania, and set- tled in Franklin county soon after the opening of the nineteenth century, the year of his arrival being 1809. Central Ohio was then largely an un- broken wilderness and John Sharp, who was a civil engineer, became em- ployed in his professional capacity as one of those who made the surveys for the National Road, one of the first great publie improvements of the coun- try. Ile was a notable man in his day and took a most active and effective part in the early development and progress of this portion of the state. The work begun by the grandfather and carried on by the father, both of whom passed away in Franklin county, is now being continued by Edwin R. Sharp. although different environment calls forth different qualities in the solu- tion of business problems which have been evolved in the progress of civili- zation and advancement.
After acquiring his education in the public schools of Columbus, Ed- win R. Sharp entered upon his business career as a messenger boy in the Commercial Bank and by successive promotions passed through the various positions to that of teller. He remained in that institution until 1892, when he resigned for the purpose of organizing the State Savings Bank & Trust Company. His previous experience had given him broad knowledge of the banking business, while his economy, careful expenditure and safe invest- ment had brought him a substantial capital. Of the new institution he be- came cashier and thus served until 1902, when following the death of W. A. Hardesty, who had been president of the bank since its organization, Mr. Sharp was elected to the presidency and has since continued as the chief executive officer with a deciding voice in all matters of vital moment to the institution. The house condnets a general banking and trust business, is capitalized for two hundred thousand dollars and has a surplus of one hun- dred thousand dollars. From the beginning it has proved one of the prosper- ous moneyed institutions of the city and has rapidly advanced to a prom- .inent place in financial circles, for they who are at its head are men of broad and liberal experience in banking business, while the safe, conservative policy which they inaugurated and have always maintained commends them to the confidence and support of the general public. To establish and sne- cessfully control such an institution would be regarded as a creditable life work by many but this has not been the limit of Mr. Sharp's activities, other enterprises having been stimulated by his cooperation and sound judgment. For one year he was president of the State Bank Association and is an offi- cer and director of the Columbus Machine Company and of the Seioto Trac- tion Company.
In 1881 Mr. Sharp was united in marriage to Miss Flora Field, of Columbus, and they have two children. Edwin R. and Esther D. The fam- ily attend the Broad Street Presbyterian church. with which Mr. Sharp holds membership. For many years following its organization he served as its treasurer and as a member of its board of trustees. thus contiming until
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1904. He has been treasurer of the Board of Trade since 1896 and has been an investor in various local enterprises with a view to placing them upon a sound financial basis. He is interested in all that pertains to the city's wel- fare, rejoicing in its progress along social and civie, intellectual and moral lines. He is now serving on the board of trustees and is also vice president and treasurer of the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts. He likewise belongs to the Ohio Club, to the Arlington Club and the Columbus Country Club and his cooperation is eagerly sought in all social, civic and business affairs in which he becomes interested. Advancement might well be termed the watchword of his life. It has been manifest in his business, his social and public relations. He has wrought well for his day and for succeeding gen- erations and seems to have accomplished at any one point in his career the possibilities for successful accomplishment at this point.
WARREN G. BANCROFT.
The name of Bancroft has figured in the commercial circles of Colum- bus since 1849 and has ever been synonymous with progression, enterprise and laudable determination. Warren G. Bancroft, as president and general manager of the Bancroft Brothers Jewelry Company, is classed with the leading merchants of this city and in his career, crowned with honor and success, he has displayed many sterling qualities which may well serve as a source of inspiration to those who desire honorable prosperity. His path has never been strewn with the wreck of other men's fortunes and at the same time he has held to high standards in mercantile life and achieved ex- cellent results. A resident of the capital city from his birth to the present time, he represents one of the old families of the state, known in Ohio for more than a century. It was in the year 1805 that his great-grandfather re- moved from Massachusetts to Ohio, settling at Granville. His ancestors had lived in New England for several generations and had previously been con- nected with the pioneer experiences and early development of that section of the country. In the beginning of the nineteenth century Ethan Ban- croft was a factor in the early development of Ohio, particularly Lick- ing county, where he reared his family. His grandson, Alva H. Ban- croft, was born in the village of Granville, April 13, 1833, and at the age of sixteen years came to Columbus, at which time he secured employment in the store of Peter Bain, one of the carly merchants of the city. When his labors and economy had brought him sufficient capital he embarked in business on his own account, meeting with success in his undertakings and enlarging his facilities from time to time until he became one of the prom- inent and prosperous business men of this city. He married Fanny M. Smith, of New Albany, Franklin county, Ohio, where her father, James Smith, had settled in pioneer times. The death of Mrs. Baneroft occurred December 12, 1867, while Mr. Bancroft, surviving her for almost forty years, passed away in March, 1907.
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Born in Columbus on the 8th of August, 1856, Warren G. Bancroft pur- sued his education in the public schools and made his initial step in the bus- iness world as an employe of D. L. Auld, a well known and successful jeweler of this city. Under his direction Mr. Bancroft mastered the jewelry trade and after thorough preliminary training engaged in business on his own account in 1897 in association with his brother, A. II. Bancroft, Jr. Thus was formed the present well known Bancroft Brothers Jewelry Company and in the intervening years they have built up a magnificent trade, their store being one of the most attractive on High street, owing to its tasteful and artistic arrangement and the high class goods which are carried. The bus- iness metliods of the house, too, commend it to the confidence and patronage of the public, for at no time have they swerved from the strictest commer- cial ethics but on the contrary have based their actions upon the rules which govern strict integrity, indefatigable enterprise and close application. The Bancroft establishment has in recent years largely established the standard for mercantile activity of similar character in Columbus.
On January 3, 1884, Warren G. Bancroft was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Wagner, a daughter of C. A. Wagner, one of the pioneer residents of this city. They now have two children, Robert A. and Katherine W., while another son, Ethan L., died February 4, 1908, at the age of fifteen years.
Mr. Bancroft has never been an active participant in political work nor sought to figure in public office, yet he has not been oblivious to the duties of citizenship nor failed to give generous support to many measures for the public good. In the legitimate channels of business he has sought his success, avoiding the extremes of poverty and of unnecessary wealth, desirous, however, of obtaining a competence amply sufficient to supply his family with the comforts of life and the opportunities for intellectual cul- ture.
JOHN T. CARDING.
John T. Carding, president of the Carding Coal Company, was born in Staffordshire, England, February 20. 1876, and was brought to America by his father in 1880, when but four years of age. The family came at once to Ohio, settling in Perry county, where the father engaged in general mer- chandising, and also became connected with coal mining interests. In 1901 he organized the Carding Coal Company at Columbus, continuing at the head of this business until his death, which occurred in this city in 1904. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ellen Cooper, was also a native of England.
Reared under the parental roof, John T. Carding pursued his educa- tion in the public schools of Perry county, and when he put aside his text- books became his father's assistant in the general mercantile store, thus re- ceiving his early business training. Later when his father established the Carding Coal Company in Columbus, he became a factor therein and since
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his father's death has succeeded to the presidency. His financial connec- tions are important and extensive, and in business circles he is numbered as a prominent factor, not only by reason of the large interests which he controls, but also owing to the fact that his judgment is ever sound and re- liable and his discernment keen and accurate. He is today president of the Union Coal Mining Company, the Dean Coal Company, and the John T. Carding Realty Company, in which connection he is closely associated with the development of the rich coal deposits of the state and is also the owner of much valuable property from which he derives a substantial an- nual income.
On the 19th of November, 1907, Mr. Carding was married to Miss Flor- ence DeWese, of Columbus, and they are prominent in the social circles of the city, the hospitality of many of the best homes being freely accorded them. Mr. Carding stands as a splendid example of the man whose force of character and undaunted enterprise have constituted the foundation upon which they have builded their success. Leaving school at the age of thir- teen years, he has steadily worked his way upward, undeterred by the ob- stacles and difficulties which are always a feature of every business career. These have seemed to serve to him as a stimulus for renewed effort and he stands as a splendid example of the ideal progressive American business man who in legitimate lines of trade makes good use of his opportunities until his attainments in the business world are such as win him the admira- tion and respect of colleagues and contemporaries.
IRA JACOB MIZER, M.D.
Dr. Ira Jacob Mizer, a representative of the medical fraternity of Columbus, is a native of Chili, Coshocton county, Ohio, his birth having there occurred in 1873. His great-grandfather, Jacob Mizer, removed to Coshocton county from Pennsylvania at a very early day in the history of that section. The father William M. followed the occupation of farming and afterward engaged in business in the city of Coshocton while subse- quently he removed to Dennison and in 1881 came to Columbus, being em- ployed in the Hocking Valley Railroad shops of this city for twenty years. He married Priscilla Lenhart, a native of Chili, Ohio.
Dr. Mizer was educated in the public schools of his native town, in the Dennison high school and in the Ohio State University, spending, however, but one term in the last named institution. He then took up the study of medicine and was graduated from the Ohio Medical University in 1902 but in the meantime had had considerable experience in the business world. He first engaged as stenographer with the Peruna Company and for ten years was its secretary. Becoming interested in the science of medicine he made preparation for practice and following his graduation opened an office in the capital city on the corner of Frankfort and High streets. He afterward spent two years in other localities but returned here and is now an active
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member of the medical fraternity of Columbus. He largely promoted his efficiency during one year and a half passed in New York, in pursuing a post-graduate course and in hospital work, where he came under the instruc- tion of some of the most eminent surgeons of the eastern metropolis. For two years he was connected with the faculty of the Ohio State Medical So- ciety but now gives his attention exclusively to his private practice which is constantly growing.
Dr. Mizer is a thirty-second degree Mason and also belongs to the Elks lodge and the Knights of Pythias fraternity. He is the only physician holding membership with the United Commercial Travelers, belonging to Canton Council, No. 46. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he has always been very active in its support since attaining adult age. At this writing he is president of the South Side Democratic Club and puts forth every effort in his power to secure the success of his party and the adoption of its principles. He was married in Columbus to Miss Ila May Martin, of Vinton county and they are well known in the social circles of the city, having many friends who esteem them for their many sterling traits of character. In a profession where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit Dr. Mizer has made steady progrese, an ability which he has displayed, gaining him a constantly growing patronage.
ALBERT BACHMAN.
That Franklin county offers excellent opportunity to the agriculturist is indicated by the fact that so many of her native born sons remain within her borders, and this is true of Albert Bachman, who was born on a farm in Madison township, March 20, 1857, and has made farming his life occu- pation. He is a son of the late Jacob Bachman, who was born in Alstadt, near Zweibrucken, Bavaria, Germany, March 1, 1831. He was baptized and confirmed in the faith of the Mennonite church in 1849 and set sail for America on the 15th of June, 1851. Arriving in New York on the 1st of August, he immediately made his way on to Columbus, Ohio, arriving there on the 6th of that month. He was married April 1, 1855, to Miss Margaret Kolb and they had a family of eleven children, of whom ten still survive. With the exception of one year after arriving in America, he spent the re- mainder of his life in Franklin county and became a resident of Madison township in 1859 and here followed farming until his death, which occurred September 23, 1889, when he was fifty-eight years, six months and twenty- two days old. He became a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church soon after his arrival in this country and ever remained true to his profes- sions. He always enjoyed the best of health, his last illness being of but few days duration. He expressed a willingness to die and at his request on Sunday morning, the day prior to his death, holy communion was admin- istered to him, and his last hours were peacefully passed, patiently awaiting his entrance into the home beyond. He is still survived by his widow and
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their ten children, namely: Caroline; Albert, of this review; Mrs. Mary Ballmer; Rev. C. W. Bachman; J. L., a practicing attorney of Columbus; J. F .: Mrs. Louisa Schacht; H. H., a resident of Wayne county, Ohio; Sam- uel, who makes his home in Fairfield county, this state; and Mrs. Emma Rush.
Albert Bachman, the immediate subject of this sketch, was reared as a farm lad, early becoming familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He has worked his way steadily upward, im- proving each opportunity as it presented, and today he owns and occupies a beautiful country home and has one hundred and twenty acres of land, sit- uated in Madison township, one mile from Canal Winchester. Here he is engaged in general farming and his fields being under a high state of culti- vation are very productive and yield abundant harvests each year. He also owns eighty aeres of land in Fairfield county, this state, and from this he derives a good rental. His success may be attributed entirely to his own labors and well managed business affairs.
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