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Hon. Edward Livingston Taylor, Jr., member of congress from the twelfth district of Ohio, was born in Columbus on the 10th of August, 1869, and is a son of the Hon. E. L. Taylor, Sr., the nestor of the local bar. He acquired his preliminary education in the public schools, passing through con- secutive grades to his graduation from the high school, after which he took up the study of law under the direction of his father, and his thorough reading in his student days led to his passing a creditable examination for admission to the bar in 1891. Soon thereafter the law firm of Taylor, Taylor & Taylor was formed, consisting of his father, Hon. E. L. Taylor, Sr., his nnele, Hon. Henry C. Taylor, and the subject of this review. In the fall of 1899, having demonstrated his ability as a lawyer in the conduct of many important liti- gated interests, Mr. Taylor was elected prosecuting attorney of Franklin county, and discharged his duties so faithfully and promptly that three years later he was reelected for his second terin. His conduct of the office was excel- lent, and during his six years' incumbeney many important cases were dis- posed of to the satisfaction of the taxpayers of the city and county.
The fact that he was chosen for an elective position would indicate that Mr. Taylor has been more or less actively entirested in politics, and indeed from early manhood he has been deeply concerned in the political situation of the country and interested in the grave problems which the nation faces. His discussion of the important issues led to recognition on the part of his fellow townsmen of the fact that in him they might find a suitable and loyal repre- sentative of their interests, and while he was serving his second term as prose- cuting attorney, in 1904, he was nominated for congress, and in the ensuing
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was still under teritorial rule, and into its vast wilderness the white settlers had scarcely penetrated, for the forests were the haunt of the redmen who found that nature had here made ample provision for their needs in the abun- dant supply of fish in the lakes and streams and of game in the woods. With the arduous task of reclaiming the region for the uses of the white race and the preparation of civilization Nicholas Tussing became closely identified. About the year 1816 he entered a quarter section of land in Madison town- ship and thereon resided until his demise. In the maternal line L. Benton Tussing is descended from the Harmon family, also pioneers of Ohio. They settled in Fairfield county, where they acquired more than a thousand acres of land. The Rev. George N. Tussing was a Primitive Baptist minister who sowed the seeds of truth and righteousness in this western wilderness. He passed away in 1906 at the advanced age of eighty-four years, while his widow still survives in Columbus at an advanced age.
The life of L. Benton Tussing in the days of his boyhood and youth is not unlike the life story of most boys of that period. The work of the home farm occupied his attention save when school was in session, his time being then devoted to the acquirement of an education until sixteen years of age. After leaving the common schools he entered Reynoldsburg Academy and later spent four years in the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, where he was graduatd in 1879 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. For four or five years he successfully engaged in teaching in the public schools of Frank- lin county, and then entered the probate court as chief deputy to Judge John T. Gale, remaining as his assistant for five years. In the meantime he was pursuing a course of law study in the office and under the direction of Hon. J. H. Onthwaite, and was admitted to the bar in 1886, since which time he has been successfully practicing in Franklin and adjoining counties. His knowledge of law principles and precedent is comprehensive, and he sees with almost intuitive perception the relation of the points in litigation. His analy- zation is at all times logical and his deductions are sound. In 1890 he was a candidate for probate judge, but was defeated by Judge L. D. Hagerty. He has been admitted to the supreme court of the United States, and since becom- ing a member of the bar has built up an extensive and important practice. While his clientage makes great demands upon his time, he has yet found opportunity for business activity in other lines, and is president of the Dorr Run Coal Mine Company at Nelsonville and of the Reed Coal & Land Com- pany at Welsh, West Virginia. He is likewise the owner of a farm of about four hundred acres in Licking county and to the operation and improvement of this he gives personal supervision.
Mr. Tussing was married to Miss Julia A. Miller, the youngest daughter of Hon. Thomas Miller, a prominent resident of the capital city who at one time was sheriff of Franklin county, was also one of the owners of the Ohio Statesman, a local newspaper, and the original projector of the street railway system of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Tussing have three children, Reginald M., Mary E. and L. Benton, aged respectively eighteen, fourteen and fonr years. Mr. Tussing is a member of Magnolia Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and is in hearty sympathy with the beneficent purposes of the craft. He belongs to
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both the State and County Bar Associations and is a member of the Baptist church. While his career has been characterized by no exciting chapter, his course has been marked by steady progress that ultimately reaches the objec- tive point, and his success is seen in his invested interests as well as in the gratifying clientage accorded him in the practice of law.
EDWARD J. MURPHY.
Through successive stages of development and advancement in his busi- ness career Edward J. Murphy has steadily worked his way upward until he is now general manager for the Molott Hat Company at No. 29 West State street, Columbus. He is one of the native sons of New England, his birth having occurred in South Norwalk, Connecticut, on the 2d of June, 1868. His father, John Murphy, was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1834, and came to the United States in 1853, when a young man of nineteen years. Locating at South Norwalk, Connecticut, he there established business as a hat manufac- turer and carried on the enterprise for some time. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ellen Sheegan, was born in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1831.
Edward J. Murphy was educated in the parochial schools of South Nor- walk, Connecticut, and after putting aside his text-books turned his attention to the hat manufacturing business there. In 1890 he went to New York city, where he worked for the Young Hat Company for seven years, and on resign- ing that position he made his way westward to Richmond, Indiana, where he became general manager for the firm of Kebby & Murphy, continuing in that place for two years. In September, 1907, he arrived in Columbus, and has since been general manager of the Molott Hat Company. This business, under his direction, has made steady and gratifying progress, which fact indicates his business ability and undaunted enterprise.
In 1896 Mr. Murphy was married to Miss Anna Traynor, who was born in New York city in 1873, and they have two children: Anna, whose birth occured in New York city, July 14, 1897; and Helen, born August 6, 1898. While a resident of Columbus for only a brief period, Mr. Murphy has already won for himself an enviable place in business and social circles, and his com- mercial record is a commendable one, owing to the fact that it has been his own diligence and faithfulness that have won him advancement.
HENRY FREDERICK LAHRMER.
Henry Frederick Lahriner, one of the younger representatives of the Columbus bar, engaged in the general practice of law, was born in the capital September 3, 1885. His father, Louis C. Lahrmer, was born in South Web- ster, Scioto county, Ohio, March 31, 1861. He was a son of Frederick Lahrmer, a native of Prussia, Germany, who came to America when about eighteen years
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of age. His wife was a native of Holland, who was married in Scioto county. There Louis C. Lahrmer was reared and eventually became a railway conduc- tor, serving for many years in that capacity on the Panhandle Railroad. He wedded Lillian Nagle, daughter of Henry A. and Mary (Boggs) Nagle. Her father was a native of Pennsylvanin and one of the original Pennsylvania Dutch settlers of Scioto county.
In the schools of Columbus Henry F. Lahrmer pursued his education, passing through consecutive grades until he entered the Milo high school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1903. A mental review of the business situation convinced him that he preferred the practice of law as a life work, and to this end he entered the Ohio State University, being gradu- ated from the law department of that institution with the class of 1906 when he won the Edward Thompson prize for writing a thesis on corporation law. In December of that year he was admitted to the bar. During his senior year in college he was connected with the Ohio Electric Railway Company in the capacity of claim agent, and in January, 1907, he removed to Osborn, Ohio, where he entered upon the general practice of law. In June of the same year, however, he returned to this city and here began general practice. In Novem- ber, 1907, he was nominated and elected justice of the peace of Marion town- ship on the democratic ticket and served in that office for seven months, but through a decision of the supreme court his election was void under the term extension act. In September, 1908, he was chosen by the democratic party as a candidate for member of the lower house of the general assembly, being selected as one of four front a list of six candidates. He is quite prominent in local democratic circles and labors untiringly for the interests of his party. In his profession he is building up a good practice, and is most loyal to his clients' interests, as shown in his careful preparation of his cases and his clear presentation of his cause before the courts.
On the 24th of June. 1908, Mr. Lahrmer was married to Florence Odell, a daughter of Hedley and Barbara ( Reese) Dawson, of Milo, Ohio. Mrs. Lahrmer was educated in the graded und high schools of Glenroy, Ohio, and also attended the Byron W. King School of Oratory in Pittsburg, Pennsyl- vania, where she completed the gold medal course. She is a talented reader and entertainer, appearing often at public functions and filling numerous chautauqua engagements. She also possesses considerable musical talent und skill. Mr. and Mrs. Lahrmer reside at No. 555 East Fourth avenue in Milo.
GEORGE E. TRUMP.
George E. Trump, attorney-at-law at Columbus, was born in Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio. October 27. 1872. and manifests in his life many of the sterling qualities characteristic of his German ancestry. His father, Mar- tin Trump, was born in Germany, and at the age of eleven years came to the United States with his parents, who established their home near Circleville.
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After attaining to years of maturity, Martin Trump devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits, and in time became possessed of a large tract of valuable land, owning some four hundred acres in the immediate vicinity of Circleville. At the present time he is living retired in that city, deriving a substantial income from his investments in real estate. He married Catherine Fischer, also a native of Germany, who came to America when fifteen years of age in company with her brother and sisters, who settled in Pickaway county. Her parents had both passed away in Germany. In Circleville, about forty years ago, she gave her hand in marriage to Martin Trump, and to them were born five sons and two daughters.
George E. Trump was reared to farm life, no event of special importance occurring to vary the routine for him through the period of his boyhood and youth. The work of the fields occupied his attention in the summer months and in the winter seasons he attended the district schools until he reached the age of sixteen years, when, ambitious to enjoy advanced educational opportuni- ties, he entered the Capital University at Columbus, from which institution he was graduated in 1895 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. All competent and successful lawyers are men of wide general information and Mr. Trump's col- legiate training constituted an excellent preparation for his later successful work in the line of his chosen profession. He qualified for the practice of law as a student in the Ohio State University in the years 1896 and '97, while the following year was devoted to law study under the direction of Judge Charles G. Saffin and C. D. Saviers. He was admitted to practice in that year and has ever since been associated with his preceptors in the practice of law.
Mr. Trump is a member of the Franklin County Bar Association and in the decade of his practice here has become recognized as an able lawyer, zeal- ous in behalf of his clients' interests, which he faithfully represents in the courts, his terse and decisive logic and his clear deductions winning for him many favorable verdicts.
JOHN JOYCE, JR.
John Joyce. Jr .. president of the Green-Joyce Company and thus at the head of the most extensive wholesale dry goods house of Columbus, has in his business career fully sustained the reputation that has made the name of Joyce long an honored one in the commercial history of this city. His birth occurred in the capital November 9, 1868. his parents being John and Eliza L. (Miller) Joyce. Having attended the public schools of Columbus until he mastered the elementary branches of learning, he spent two years in Christian Brothers Col- lege in St. Louis and following the completion of his education he entered his father's store as a clerk. His connection with the business has been continu- ous and during a period of twenty-five years he has filled every position from that of messenger boy to president of what is now the largest wholesale dry goods honse in the state. Individual worth and capacity have gained him each
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successive promotion and the development of his native powers and acquired ability made him thoroughly competent to assume control as the successor of his father in the presidency. He is well known in other business connections, being a director of the New First National Bank since its organization and also a director of the Citizens Telephone Company.
On the 18th of October, 1898, Mr. Joyce was married to Miss Mary Hen- rietta Reinhard, of Columbus, and they have two children, Margaret and John. The parents are members of the Catholic church and the social nature of Mr. Joyce finds expression in his connection with the Ohio and Columbus Coun- try Clubs.
ROBERT W. JOHNSTON.
Robert W. Johnston was born near Hayesville, Ashland county, Ohio, where he resided until 1876, when he became a student in the law office of the late H. C. Carhart, at Galion. After the usual time spent by farmer boys at district school, he attended Vermillion Institute, at Hayesville, and pursued his professional studies during the full course at the law school of the Cincinnati College. Upon graduation at the latter institution in May, 1879, he entered into partnership with his preceptor. Mr. Carhart, and later became a member of the firm of Johnston & Lewis, which partnership continued for several years. Mr. Johnston served the city of Galion as city solicitor and mayor. Since 1904 much of his time has been devoted to real-estate interests in Columbus and more especially to the development of that portion of the "West Side." ad- jacent to the "Old National Road." commonly known as the "Hill Top."
DAVID TOD GILLIAM, M. D.
Dr. David Tod Gilliam is a physician and surgeon of world-wide reputa- tion, who in his practice has displayed much of the spirit of the initiative and of the pioneer, working out along new and untried lines and gaining through his experience and investigation a comprehensive knowledge that has consti- tuted a valuable element for success in the field of medical and surgical practice.
Dr. Gilliam was born in Hebron, Ohio, April 3, 1844, and is a son of William and Mary Elizabeth ( Bryan ) Gilliam. The public schools of his na- tive town afforded him his early educational privileges and he received busi- ne training in Bartlett Commercial College. He was a youth of but s. venteen, when, in response to the country's call for aid, he enlisted in August. 1861. in defense of the Union and was assigned to duty with the Second West Virginia Cavalry. being elected corporal of Company T. In the campaign against Humphrey Marshall at Big Sandy. Kentneky, he served under General Gar-
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field and from that point went to Wheeling and later to the Kanawha river re- gion. He was with General Crook in the battle of Lewisburg, Virginia, and at Gauley river was wounded and taken prisoner. Five weeks later he escaped and made his way through the wilds of West Virginia, undergoing dangers and great perils, but eventually reaching his home at Middleport, Ohio, in safety. In the meantime, however, the news had been received that he had died from wounds sustained in battle. He had indeed been injured, having been shot through the chest and even his partial recovery was regarded as marvelous. Thirty years passed before he completely recovered his health. As soon as able he reported to the army and was sent to the parole camp at Camp Chase, Columbus.
After his military experience was ended. Dr. Gilliam took up the study of medicine and entered the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, from which in due course of time he was graduated. He commenced practice in Nelsonville in 1868, but in 1877 opened an office in Columbus, having come to this eity to fill the chair of pathology in the Columbus Medical College. Later he was tendered the chair of physiology in Starling Medical College and was after- ward made professor of obstetrics and diseases of women in the same institu- tion. After teaching for thirty years, he resigned the chair of gynecology in the Starling Medical College and was immediately elected emeritus professor of gynecology of that institution and also trustee to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of P. W. Huntington. After the merging of Starling Medical College and Ohio Medical University under the name of Starling-Ohio Medi- cal College, he was elected emeritus professor of gynecology of that institution. As is indicated he has made a specialty of gynecology and his broad experi- ence and wide research in this field of medical science have gained him emi- nence in this chosen field of labor. He is now gynecologist of St. Francis Hospital, to St. Anthony's Hospital and to the State Street Dispensary. His practice has largely promoted surgical work and he is the originator of many surgical operations, the most widely known being the Gilliam operation for the suspension of the uterus, which is today used all over the civilized world. As he has progressed in his profession, gaining a position of eminence in medi- cal circles, he has been called upon to address his brethren of the fraternity on many public occasions and has prepared many important scientific papers. while his authorship includes a "Pocket Book of Medicine," published in 1882, the "Essentials of Pathology," 1883, and "Practical Gynecology," 1903. He has kept in close touch with his brethren of the medical fraternity through his membership in Franklin County Medical Society and the Co- lumbus Academy of Medicine. He is also a fellow of the American Asso- ciation of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, serving as vice president in 1905-6, and is a member of the American Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical Society, the Pan-American Congress and the World's Medical Congress.
It was on the 7th of October, 1866, in Nelsonville, Ohio that Dr. Gilliam was married to Miss Lucinda E. Minturn, a daughter of Judge Thomas L. Minturn. Their eldest son, Dr. Earl M. Gilliam, is associated with his father in practice and is now surgeon-in-chief of St. Anthony's Hospital and professor
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of gynecology at Starling-Ohio Medical College. The other children of the family are Robert Lee Gilliam and Myrtle G. Lum. The former was educated for the law and was admitted to the bar, but preferring a business career he at- tached himself to the Ritter Lumber Company, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the world, and by meritorions service was advanced from grade to grade until he now occupies the position of secretary of sales.
Dr. Gilliam is a republican in his political views and his wide reading has enabled him to keep thoroughly informed concerning the important questions and issues of the day. In religions faith he is a Congregationalist. A gentle- man of broad, general culture and considerable literary talent, his writings have not been confined alone to professional and scientific subjects but have also in- cluded a historical novel, published under the name of "The Rose Croix." in 1906. He stands today prominently before the public by reason of his strong mental development as well as by his professional attainment. Moreover, the pleasures of warm friendship aud close companionship are his as he is by na- ture social and genial.
JEREMIAH MOLENE.
Among the carly settlers who came with the "Chillicothe contingent" in 1816 (when the seat of government was transferred to Columbus) was Gen- eral Jeremiah MeLene, secretary of state, serving in that capacity from 1808 until 1832. and occupying one of the offices in the "Row," extending north from the old state house on the corner of State and High streets. He was sent to congres- in 1832, but died suddenly at his desk during his second term and was buried in the congressional cemetery, as was the custom in those days, when the stage conch journey from Washington to Ohio was difficult and perilons for the living. but impossible for the dead.
The old MeLene homestead stood ou Third street near State, where now are the dwellings erected by William Gill. There is no portrait extant of the General, but the only relie of his personal belongings, his cane, now in the possession of his great-great grandson, Edward Campbell Chittenden, confirms the family tradition of his towering stature and great strength. It is four feet long and five inches in circumference, cut from a hickory sapling grown on hi- farm in Madison county. Truly there were giant- in those days!
ARTHUR 1. VORYS.
In the affairs of state, as taken aside from the extraordinary conditions of warfare, there are demanded men whose mental ken is as wide and whose gen- eralship is as effective as those which insure successful maneuvering of armed forces by the skilled commander on the field of battle. A nation's welfare and prosperity may be said to hinge as heavily upon individual discrimination and executive ability in the one case as the other. It requires a master mind to marshal aud organize the forces for political purposes and produce the best
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results by concerted effort. Such a leader is found in Arthur 1. Vorys, who in the year 1908 occupied a most prominent place in the public eye as manager of the Taft campaign for the presidential nomination, remaining as the con- fidential adviser of Mr. Taft throughout the entire campaign. Mr. Vorys' ability as an organizer was soon manifest. as was his marked executive force and clear insight.
As one of the leading and prominent residents of Columbus he well de- serves mention in this volume. His birth occurred in the city of Lancaster, November 25, 1856, his parents being Isaiah and Emily ( Webb) Vorys. At that era in its history Lancaster was one of the thriving towns of the state and was, during the youth of Mr. Verys, famous for its great lawyers, including the Ewings, the Hunters, Philadelph Van Trump and others of equal fame. In the atmosphere of high ambition as well as literary culture which naturally existed there, Mr. Vorys was reared und was stimulated by example to put forth earnest and effective effort. After passing through the primary and gram- mar grades of the common schools he was graduated with honors from the city high school and subsequently attended the Ohio State University for a year. On the expiration of that period he entered upon the practical activities of life and after studying law in his home town was admitted to the bar. He then entered upon active practice in Lancaster and was soon accorded a liberal and remunerative clientage. His ability was soon recognized, for early in his pro- fessional career he gave proof of his power to solve intricate legal problems and arrive at the solution of many mysteries which confront the lawyer. He is now in partnership with L. F. Sater, A. T. Seymour and E. T .. Pease in the practice of his profession.
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