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the public welfare for partisanship. Every worthy enterprise in his home town or county along lines of general improvement has found in him a stal- wart supporter.
On the 10th of March, 1881, in Canal Winchester, Mr. Gayman was united in marriage to Miss Sallie C. Miller, only daughter of William P. Miller, a prominent business man of that village. The three sons of this marriage all died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Gayman have an extensive circle of devoted friends in the town where they have so long resided.
Mr. Gayman is a valued member of the Masonic and other fraternities. In September, 1884, he entered into active relations with Masonry in the lodge at Lithopolis and later became a member of the committee which secured the charter of the lodge at Canal Winchester. He became a charter member of Potter Lodge, No. 540, F. & A. M., on its organization in 1885, is now a past master and has been a representative in the Grand Lodge of Ohio. He is also a member of Walnut Chapter, No. 172, R. A. M., and both he and Mrs. Gayman are member of Evans Chapter, No. 191, O. E. S. He is likewise a charter member of Winchester Lodge, No. 125, K. P., which was instituted December 9, 1880, and is a member of the Pythian Grand Lodge of Ohio.
More than thirty years' connection with one of the leading country newspapers of Ohio, nine years of legislative service and efficient, honorable and far-reaching activity in other lines as well, entitle Benjamin F. Gay- man to the honor and respect which are uniformly accorded him in Canal Winchester and throughout the state wherever he is known.
JACOB BLEILE.
Jacob Bleile, whose death occurred August 16. 1907, was for many years identified with the stone-cutter's trade and assisted in the erection of many of the first buildings in Columbus. He was born in Germany, No- vember 5, 1830, a son of Jacob and Anna (Reiderman) Bleile, both of whom were natives of the fatherland, and there the father spent his entire life. After his death the mother enme to America, bringing with her three of her six children, and all are now deceased.
Jacob Bleile, whose name introduces this review, was educated in his native country and when a youth of nineteen years, foreseeing no future for him in the old world, emigrated to the United States, the year 1849 witnessing his arrival here. He soon became apprenticed to the stone-cutter's. trade and worked as a journeyman in different localities of Indiana and Ohio, spending some time in Cincinnati, and at one time worked for the meager sum of two dollars per month. He came to Columbus in 1851 and leased a stone yard, which was on the site of his widow's present home. He was a contractor of stone work on the building of the Starling Medical College, the Monypeny block, the Mithoff building and numerous other structures. He became well known in business circles not only in Columbus
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but in the surrounding country as well. He was a skilled workman and was always found faithful to the terms of a contract, so that his services were in great demand. In later years he established a brickyard and subsequently engaged in the lumber business but a few years prior to his demise he retired from all active business cares and spent his last days in well earned rest.
Mr. Bleile took an active and helpful interest in public affairs and in the improvement of the city of his residence. He assisted in organizing the German Protestant church, of which he was a life-long member and a liberal supporter. He was reared in the faith of St. Paul's Lutheran church but after coming to Columbus he became identified with the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders, which was contrary to the rules of that organization, and this led to Mr. Bleile becoming a prominent factor in the organization of the St. John's Gernmn Protestant church. In his home life he was largely the ideal husband and father, while among his friends he was honored and respected for his many excellent traits of heart and mind. From the pioneer history of the city until his demise he was deeply interested in every movement calculated to improve or benefit the community in any way, so that his death was the occasion of deep regret to all with whom he had been associated.
Mr. Bleile was married August 2. 1855, the lady of his choice being Miss Catherine Schmitt, who was born in Columbus. August 12, 1837, a daughter of J. Frederick and Catherine (Ketzel) Schmitt. The father was born in 1800, while the mother's birth occurred in 1812. They came to the Buckeye state with their respective parents, a location being made in Marion county, where they were united in marriage, and in 1837 took up their abode in Columbus. By their union ten children were born, of whom six are living. namely: Catherine, now Mrs. Bleile; Philip, a resident of Columbus; Wil- liam. Peter and Benjamin, also of this city; and Mrs. Alice Hartman, who makes her home in Columbus. Mr. Schmitt, the father, learned the car- penter's trade in Germany and served his country as a soldier in the French war. Ha died in 1880, while the mother, surviving for a number of years, passed away in 1892. Mrs. Bleile can remember when Columbus was a small village and of seeing the first train which entered the city. She also remem- bers when gas was first used in the city and this was considered quite an event in its history. She attended the Mound Street school when it was a one-story building, containing six rooms and remembers when the lot. on which the Fourth street school now stands was used as a pasture, and the ground on which her residence now stands was used in winter as a place for coating by the children of the neighborhood. She is one of the few remaining pioneer women of Columbus and is highly respected and esteemed by a large number of acquaintances and friends. By her marriage she has become the mother of two sons. Jacob is at home. A. M. Bleile, the elder son, was born June 26, 1856, in Columbus and acquired his education in the common and high schools. Deciding upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he then entered Starling Medical College, from which he gradu- ated in 1876. He then went to Vienna, Austria, and in the university of that place took special work in chemistry for one year. Subsequently he spent a year in Liepsie Germany, pursuing a special course in physiology.
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while later he spent a similar period in Paris, after which he returned to his home in Columbus and began the practice of medicine and also was a lecturer in Starling Medical College. In 1891 he gave up his practice and now gives his entire time to lecturing in the Ohio State University and in Starling Medical College, his subject being physiology. He is a member of the Odd Fellows Society and of the Columbus and Ohio Clubs. He was married November 4, 1880, to Miss Flora Krunmm, a daughter of Frederick and Frederika ( Fichtner) Krumm, both of whom were natives of Germany and became pioneer settlers of Columbus. Dr. and Mrs. Bleile have two daughters, Catherine and Flora, both at home.
J. J. COONS, M. D.
There is perhaps no profession so little commercialized as is that of medicine. The successful physician must of necessity possess not only a laud- able desire for prosperity but also a humanitarian interest in his fellowmen that will prompt him to self-sacrificing efforts for those who seek his pro- fessional aid. It is a well known fact that service is often ill requited and the physician frequently receives no other compensation for his work than the satisfaction which comes from the consciousness of duty well performed. Devoting his life to the practice of medicine and surgery, Dr. J. J. Coons has gained wide recognition as a man of ability and wide learning. In his practice he has made a specialty of pathology and clinical microscopy and is now lecturer in the Starling-Ohio Medical College on clinical diagnosis.
Dr. Coons was born in Milledgeville, Fayette county, Ohio, March 11, 1874. Ilis father, Jones Coons, was a native of the same place and a son of John Coons, who came from Virginia to Ohio in 1822. Both the grand- father and the father followed the occupation of farming and the latter died at the age of seventy-six years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Rose Gannon, was a native of New York city.
Dr. J. J. Coons was educated in the public schools and the Wesleyan University at Delaware. Ohio, being graduated from that institution in 1898. He determined to make the practice of medicine his life work and with that end in view studied in the Johns Hopkins University, at Balti- more. Maryland, where he was graduated in 1902. He afterward spent one year as clinic assistant in medicine in that institution and the succeeding year in the Lying-In-Hospital in New York and the Kensington Hospital in Philadelphia. In 1904 he came to Columbus, where he has since been en- gaged in practice. He has specialized in pathology and clinical microscopy and now limits his practice entirely to pathology, in which branch he has been signally successful. He is pathologist to the Mount Carmel and Grant Hospitals and since coming to this city has been connected with the Starling- Ohio Medical College, in which he is now lecturer on clinical diagnosis. He belongs to the Academy of Medicine, to the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
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While a resident of Washington Court Ilouse Dr. Coons joined the Masonic lodge and has since taken the degrees of the Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is connected with the Beta Theta Pi and the Alpha Nu Pi Omega, two Greek letter fraternities, and in Colum- bus holds membership with the Ohio Club. Laudable ambition has prompted him to put forth his best efforts to attain success, and his profes- sional career has been characterized by that progress which follows con- stantly expanding powers. He has made good use of his opportunities and has secured a gratifying business in Columbus and in the state of Ohio.
WILLIAM DOHERTY.
One of the picturesque figures of the carly history of Columbus was Colonel William Doherty (1790-1840), whose portrait (painted in 1823 by Wilson), shows a dashing and soldierly personality, with the flexible dark brows, blue eyes and humorons mouth of his mixed Irish and French ancestry. His grandfather, who spelled his name O'Dougherty, landed in the Carolinas in 1750, and his three sons fought in the Revolution, only one of them, James, surviving. He married the Demoiselle Francoise Gallant and the Colonel was one of their nine children.
The subject of our sketch won his spurs in the war of 1812 and, although he afterward became an eminent lawyer, he kept his military prestige also to the end of his life and was the ranking military officer in Ohio when he died. His youngest daughter remembers the impressive funeral ceremonies, though she was only three or four years old. Ilis old white charger was led behind the coffin, and when the soldiers fired the volley over the grave, she cried out in terror, "They are killing old Rock !"
Among the few documents still in the possession of his descendants is a commission as "third lieutenant of riflemen," 1814, signed by James Madison; his commission as "United States marshal of the district of Ohio," 1822, signed by John Quincy Adams; and the same in 1826, signed by Henry Clay, secre- tary of state under Monroe. There was great intimacy between Colonel Doherty and Henry Clay, and the former could never be reconciled to the presidential defeats of the man who was the idol of his political career ns well as the chosen friend of his heart.
When William Doherty left his boyhood home in North Carolina to enlist in the army. he had already begun his legal studies and at the close of the war came to Ohio and was admitted to practice at the Chillicothe bar in 1819, as is attested by a tattered parchment signed "Harvey D. Evans, clerk of the court." There he met Miss Eliza MeLene, daughter of General Jeremiah McLene, whom he married in 1821 and brought to Columbus, where in 1829 he built a residence which still stands on Broad street between High and Third (No. 68), with the date of its ersetion carved over the front door. A third story has been added to the original edifice but in all essentials it is the same substantial structure, with the same stone steps, the first ever brought to Co-
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lumbus. Mrs. Doherty's currant and gooseberry bushes grew where the Broad street sky scrapers now stand, and back of the house, near Gay street, were the negro quarters, built by Colonel Doherty in homesick remembrance of his southern birthplace and its customs. He used to say that he wanted to be able to "snap his fingers and see the little pickaninnies run." The descendants of the negro families who lived under his protecting care undoubtedly formed the nucleus of the large African representation in that neighborhood now. In the "side yard," toward Third street, stood a little frame building called the "schoolhouse," where an irascible old Frenchman, a waif carried to America among the jetsam and flotsam of the French revolution, taught the older chil- dren the rudiments of polite education. The older children of Mr. William Neil. Robert and Ann Eliza, came down to share in these lessons, the arrange- ment being reversed in the summer, when the Dohertys went northward every day-no small journey to drive over corduroy and mud roads-to the Neil homestead, the present site of the Ohio State University. Colonel and Mrs. Doherty had eight children: Sarah, who became the wife of William Miner; James: William ; Francis: MeLene; Mary, the wife of Leonard Whitney ; Jane, who became the wife Edward Fitch ; and John. Mrs. Fitch is the only one living at the date of this sketch (1909).
Colonel Doherty found Columbus a small and unimportant town but he realized something of its future possibilities. He pursued the real-estate business with Mr. Lyne Starling and at one time owned a great deal of land, including a large section north of the viaduct, which was deeded to the town for the old North graveyard, where the North market is now. He lived at a time when to be a lawyer meant that he must ride the circuit on horseback, carrying his belongings in saddle bags. absent from home for weeks at a time; but in spite of the claims of a large practice he found time to be an ardent politician and was the chairman of the state central committee of the Whig party. He died from consumption at the age of fifty, leaving behind him the memory of a born leader of men, whose hospitality was Arabian, whose whole-souled en- joyment of life was tainted by no thought of self-interest or narrow asceticism ; who was a loyal friend, a genial companion and an honored and beloved ruler of his household.
JOHN S. CARLTON, M.D.
Dr. John S. Carlton, an able and successful medical practitioner of Columbus was born in Coolville. Athens county, Ohio, August 30. 1868, his parents being E. L. and Martha A. (Stone) Carlton, also natives of Athens county. The grandfather was born in New Hampshire. At the time of the outbreak of the Civil war E. L. Carlton, the father of our sub- ject, became a member of the Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and, after serving in the field for a time, was assigned to the medical department. for he had studied the profession prior to joining the army. On being mustered ont in 1864 he entered the Starling Medical College, from which institu-
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tion he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1888 while in the practice of medicine in Athens county and is still a vigorous and active man, now following his profession at Canal, Ohio, where he is also serving as mayor. His political allegiance is given to the democracy and he is widely recognized as a valuable and substantial citizen of his community.
John S. Carlton acquired his education in the schools of his native town and subsequently matriculated in the Ohio University, from which institu- tion he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1888 while in 1891 the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him. In the year 18SS he took up the study of medicine and in 1893 was graduated with hon- ors from the Starling Medical College, ranking third in his class. Having thus thoroughly qualified for the practice of the profession, he opened an office in Madison county and was there located for ten years, enjoying a steadily increasing and profitable patronage. The year 1903 witnessed his arrival in Columbus and here he has since been engaged as a general medical practitioner; meeting with a well merited and gratifying measure of success in the administration of remedial agencies and the restoration of health.
In 1895 was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Carlton and Miss Lovina M. Noland, who is a native of Madison county and whose mother was a member of the well known Biggart family. Unto this union have been born a son and a daughter, namely: Charles Edmund, whose birth occurred June 5, 1903; and Clara whose natal day was October 9, 1907.
Fraternally Dr. Carlton is an odd Fellow and in the line of his profes- sion is connected with the Academy of Medicine the State Medical Asso- ciation and the American Medical Association. Genial in disposition, un- obtrusive and unassuming, he is patient under adverse criticism and in his expressions concerning brother practitioners is friendly and indulgent.
GEORGE LINVILLE GUGLE.
George Linville Gugle, secretary and treasurer of the Guarantee Title & Trust Company, early cultivated those habits which prepared him for the struggle that must precede ascendeney in the business world. He was born in Monmouth, Illinois, August 12, 1874. He is a representative of one of the oldest families of Columbus, prominent and well known in this city from the period of its early development. His grandfather. Lawrence Gugle, a native of Germany, came to America. settling first in Pennsylvania. Sub- sequently he removed to Ohio, establishing his home in Franklin county in 1827 and conducting the first blacksmith shop in Columbus. He died in 1889 after a continuous residence of sixty-two years in this city.
His son, John Gugle, was a native of Columbus, born in 1849. He acquired his education in the public schools of this city and learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed until his death in 1893. He was a prominent and well known resident of this city. His sterling worth of char- actor gained him the respect of those who knew him. He was noted for his
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integrity. his word being considered as good as his bond. He was one of the organizers of the famous Orpheus Club, a well known musical organization, and took an active interest in promoting musical taste and talent in the city in an early day. He married Sarah Fisher, who was born in Salem, Ohio, and is still living. Her father was Dr. Fisher, a well known physi- cian, while her mother belonged to the Linville family. The name of Lin- ville figures prominently in connection with the early history of central Ohio. The Linvilles were of Scotch descent and made their way from the old world to the new on the second trip of the Mayflower. They established their home at Jamestown, Virginia, and their descendants have gone forth into several of the southern states, including Virginia and North Carolina. Several of the Linvilles participated in the Revolutionary war, meinbers of the family taking an active part in the battles which led up to the final victory.
George L. Gugle, reared in Columbus, pursued his education in the public schools of this city until he had become a high school student and later was a pupil in the collegiate department of the Ohio State University, where he won the Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1894. He then took up the study of law and was graduated in 1896 with the Bachelor of Law de- gree. He was only eighteen years of age at the time of his father's death, and as he was left in limited financial circumstances he learned and fol- lowed the blacksmith's trade in early manhood, conducting a shop in order to care for his mother and sister and to obtain the funds necessary to meet college tuition and expenses. Following his admission to the bar Mr. Gugle was offered a partnership by J. K. Richards, the retiring attorney general of Ohio, in 1896, and they were employed to test the constitutionality of the Torrens law in Ohio. This litigation suggested the establishment in Ohio of title insurance companies and in 1898 Mr. Gugle went to Cleveland to establish the first title insurance company. In 1899 he assisted in estab- li-hing a branch in Cincinnati under the name of the Guarantee Title & Trust Company. He also established a branch in Columbus in 1900 and in 1905 made this a second company with Mr. Gugle as secretary and treasurer. They make abstracts of titles, insure titles, make mortgage loans and sell mortgages. They also handle municipal bonds and take deposits not sub- ject to checking. The business has shown a steady and helpful growth and in fact its development in 1907 was phenomenal. Mr. Gugle organized the Indianola Heating & Lighting Company, which afterward became the Columbus Public Service Company and is one of the important institutions of the city. He still remains a director of it, and his different business con- nections make his name an honored one on commercial paper. His invest- ments have been judiciously placed, returning to him the merited reward of honest industry and thrift. He may well be termed a man of purpose, pos- sessing the executive ability to carry out his well formulated plans.
On the 21st of September. 1900. Mr. Gugle was married to Miss Zoa Baldwin, a daughter of Charles Baldwin. Their children are: George L .. born in 1904; and Fred R., Born in 1907. Mr. Gugle is a member of various clubs, societies and lodges, which find in him an enthusiastic supporter and
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count his loyalty one of their valuable assets. He now belongs to the Colum. bus Club and the Columbus Country Club, being one of the charter members of the latter. He likewise holds membership with the Phi Delta Phi, a law fraternity, and the Chi Phi. He gives his political allegiance to the republi- can party and is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church. He is fond of horses and is as well an enthusiast on the subject of motor- ing. Through the process of gradual and substantial growth he has developed a business of importance, making him one of the substantial residents of the city. Carlisle has said, "The story of any man's life would have interest and value if truly told." and the record of Mr. Gugle is not without lessons that may be profitably followed, for his career illustrates the power of honesty, close application and concentration of purpose.
HENRY F. ROMAINE.
The late Henry F. Romaine was identified with real-estate operations in Columbus, where he made his home from 1882 until his death, twenty-one years later. He was born in Canajoharie, New York, July 5, 1859, and was a son of the Rev. Benjamin F. Romaine, a Presbyterian minister, whose broad humanitarianism prompted him, at the close of the war, to become actively interested in the project of deporting the negroes, for with remarkable fore- sight he realized that it would be to the advantage of the negro race and the country at large if all those of African blood were sent back to the land of their forefathers. He came to Ohio to advocate his cause and remained a resident of Columbus until his demise. His wife bore the maiden name of Marguerite Messick.
In the schools of Albany, New York, Henry F. Romaine acquired his education and early in his business career became identified with journalism, continuing in that field of activity for a number of years. In 1882 he came to Columbus and was associated with the Sunday News and the Sunday Herald for a time, acting as business manager of the latter. At a later date he turned his attention to real-estate operations and was engaged in the purchase and sale of property and the negotiation of realty transfers until his life's labors were ended in death. He made it his purpose to familiarize himself thoroughly with property values and was thus enabled to make advantageous sales for his clients or secure the property desired in purchase.
On April 29, 1884, in Dresden, Ohio, Mr. Romaine was married to Miss Hattie L. Smith, a native of Columbus, and a daughter of David Marshall Smith, who came from the cast and was one of the firm of Griswold & Smith, early photographers of this city. His last days, however, were spent upon a farm in Holmes county, Ohio. He married Miss Lucinda Fogle, who was born in Franklin county and is a daughter of George Fogle, one of the pioneer residents of this county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Romaine were born five children : Henry F., an engineer of Columbus; Earl D .; Ruth M .; Gladys May, who died in infancy ; and Jean C.
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