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remaining until January, 1908, when he entered the partnership of Rickett & Strong and has since engaged in a general architect business. He is also an honorary member of the Builders' Exchange and is a member of the Co- lumbus Society of Architects. He is continually studying along those lines, adopting every method to promote his efficiency in the profession, while in his work he has produced many new and original plans which combine beauty and utility and have resulted in the construction of some of the at- tractive homes of the city.
On the 14th of December, 1904, Mr. Strong was united in marriage to Miss Ella May Ferguson, a daughter of William Ferguson, the well known photographer of Columbus. Mrs. Strong is a graduate of the Central high school and by her marriage has become the mother of two children, Dorothy May and Harry Sylvester, Jr. The family residence is at No. 722 Delaware avenue. Mr. Strong belongs to the Columbus Rifles and to the Methodist Wesley Chapel. He is interested in all that pertains to general progress and improvement and is a publie-spirited citizen and reliable business man, while his friends esteem him for his genuine personal worth.
ALBERTUS C. WOLFE, M. D.
In a history of the medical fraternity of Columbus it is imperative that mention be made of Dr. Albertus C. Wolfe by reason of the fact that he has long been a representative of the calling in this city and throughout the entire period has displayed not only ability in coping with the intricate problems of disease but also the closest conformity to a high standard of professional ethics. One of Ohio's native sons he was born at Trimble, Athens county, October 20, 1858. He is descended from one of the oldest families of the state, his great-grandfather, George W. Wolfe, coming to Ohio in 1797 from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. Ohio was still under territorial government at that time and was largely an uninhabited state save where the red men still roamed through its forests and hunted the wild game which was native here. George W. Wolfe cast in his lot with the carliest pioneers and was identified with the work of development and improvement until after the outbreak of the war of 1812 when he joined the army and served as a soldier until wounded in the arm, his injuries crippling him for life. His son, George P. Wolfe, was born at Trimble, Athens county, Ohio, in 1806, and there spent his entire life, passing away in 1858. He married Eliza Wilkins and their family included John Wolfe, likewise a native of Trimble. Having attained his majority he wedded Kezia MeDonald, a daughter of Thomas McDonald, of Athens county, and a representative of one of the pioneer families of Ohio. They removed to a farm near Bishopville, Ohio, when their son, Dr. Wolfe, was but two years of age and soon afterward the father responded to the country's call for troops, joining the Union army as a member of Company K, Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served as orderly sergeant until
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his death, which occurred at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, Novem- ber 20, 1863, when he was thirty-two years of age.
Owing to the early death of the father, the support of the family of two children devolved upon the mother wha was left in somewhat straitened circumstances, there being an indebtedness upon the place. Dr. Wolfe was then but four years of age and his sister two years old. The mother dis- played great courage and fortitude in taking up the work which devolved upon her and not only managed to meet the indebtedness upon the farm but also managed to save a part of her pension money to educate her children.
Dr. Wolfe has always acknowledged his indebtedness to his mother for her care and loving devotion and her memory has always been an inspira- tion to him. In his early boyhood he was a pupil in the country schools near Bishopville and later became a student in the college in Athens, Ohio, pursuing a course in the Ohio University at that place. In preparation for a medical career he entered the Columbus Medical College in which institu- tion he was graduated in 1883. He first located for practice in Jacksonville, Athens county, where he remained until 1891, when in order to further pro- mote liis knowledge and efficiency he went to New York where he pursued a post-graduate course. On his return to Ohio in January, 1892, he opened an office in Columbus where he has since engaged. in general practice. The consensus of public opinion accords him u prominent place in the ranks of the medical fraternity here. His reading and research have been wide and comprehensive and he has always kept in touch with the advanced thought of the profession through the perusal"of the best works on the science of medicine. Neither has he been unknown as a médical educator for he was professor of diseases of the nose and throat in the Ohio Medical University from 1892 until 1898 and filled the chair of therapeutics in the same insti- tution until 1907, at which time he was elected to the same chair in the Starling-Ohio Medical College, which is his present connection with that school. He was also in former years rhinologist and- laryngologist to the Protestant Hospital and afterward laryngologist and rhinologist to the Grant Hospital.
Dr. Wolfe was married in Columbus to Miss Frances P. Main on Thanksgiving day of November, 1883, and their home has ever been attractive by reason of its warm-hearted and cordial hospitality. Dr. Wolfe gives his political allegiance to the republican party while fraternally he is connected with York Lodge, No. 563, A. F. & A. M. and with Dennison Lodge, I. O. O. F. His religious faith is indicated in his membership in the Third Avenue Methodist Episcopal church. When a young man of seventeen years he became converted and joined the Salem Methodist Episcopal church, at Bishopville, Ohio, since which time he has been an earnest worker in be- half of the cause of Christianity, doing all in his power to promote the growth and extend the influence of his denomination. For some time he has been an officer in the church with which he is now connected. In profes- sional lines he is identified with the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is prompted in all that he does by a recognition of the obligations which de-
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volve upon the physician who so often holds in his hands the issues of life and death. He is therefore most conscientious in the performance of his pro- fessional duties and in every relation of life is actuated by high and honor- able principles. His genuine worth and his devotion to all that is right, just and elevating, make him a man whom to know is to respect and honor.
COLONEL CHARLES SAVOY AMMEL.
The list of the leading citizens of Columbus contains the name of Charles Savoy Ammel, one of the representative and honored citizens of this state. There stands to his credit an exceptional military record, of which he may justly be proud, for throughout his entire life he has been active and loyal in the service of his country, while the members of the family through many generations have been prominently identified with the military service of the various localities in which they have lived.
Colonel Charles Savoy Ammel is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, a son of Major Philip Ammel. The latter was a native of Lyons, France, and served as commandant in the French army-a rank equivalent to that of major in America. Other representatives of the family were in the French army and many gained distinction. Philip Ammel, on account of political complications, was forced to leave his native land, and accordingly made his way across the Atlantic to New York, whence he later removed to Balti- more. His wife, who bore the name of Francoise Welker, was a member of an old family of that country. After spending many years in this country, Philip Ammel, during the French-Prussian war, returned to his native land and there passed away.
Colonel Ammel was reared in his native city and pursued his educa- tion in the public schools of that place. For two years before the Civil war he had been a member of the Firty-third, now the Fifth Maryland Regi- ment, and had attained to the rank of sergeant. He enlisted at the outbreak of the Civil war and was made a lieutenant in the Confederate service in the Maryland line. In this struggle he participated in all of the engagements in the Shenandoah valley under General Stonewall Jackson and was four times wounded. He was finally captured in a skirmish at Elk Run. Virginia, in 1864.
As a prisoner of war Colonel Ammel came to Columbus in 1864, was paroled here and since that time has been a resident of this city. In 1865 he engaged in the music business, to which he devoted his time and atten- tion until 1876. During this period he was also manager of the Comstock Opera House, and in the latter year assumed the management of the Alice Oates Opera Company and superintended that organization, composed of seventy members, until 1879. In that year he engaged in business with the M. C. Lilley Company, extensive manufacturers of military goods and regalias, this being the largest enterprise of its kind in the United States. However, while he has met success in a business way he has never allowed
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his attention to be thus occupied to the exclusion of his cooperation il lic and military affairs. In 1876 he organized the old Fourteenth Res of Ohio National Guards and was called the father of the regiment was also commissioned captain of Company A and was mustering off the regiment, in which capacity he mustered himself in as captain ar discharged himself as an enlisted man. During his service in this con he was out several times on strike duty. In 1898, at the time of the SI American war, Captain Ammel organized the Fourteenth Veteran Re of which he became lieutenant colonel, while George D. Freeman was c Although this regiment was never called to the front, about three ht of its members were taken to fill the quota of the old Fourteenth, then as the Fourth Regiment. After he retired he took charge of the ] Regiment by the solicitation of Governor Nash and the Board of Trad retired on account of age in 1908.
Captain Ammel has also gained distinction in Masonic circles. I made a Mason in Goodale Lodge, No. 172, F. & A. M., of Columbus ir and in 1871 he took the orders of chivalric Masonry in Mount Vernon mandery, No. 1, K. T. He was captain general of the order for this years, and is now a past commander. He was the organizer and th high priest of Temple Chapter, No. 155, R. A. M., and took the deg the Scottish Rite in February, 1874. He is a charter member of A Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and received the thirty-third in Boston, in September, 1897. He is likewise a charter member of Lodge, I. O. O. F., is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Arcanum. He was one of the incorporators of the United Commercial ' ers Association of the United States and a member of its supreme coune he is also identified with the Columbus Commercial Travelers Associati
Captain Ammel feels a just pride in his military record. His ] to his country during the Civil war is a chapter in his history. His ui ing integrity of character, his fearlessness in the discharge of his duti his appreciation of the responsibilities that rested upon him were sı to make him a most acceptable incumbent in each and every office wh was called to fill. He has also been deeply interested in the welfare city and has cooperated in every movement calculated to benefit his men. He is now living retired, surrounded by a host of warm and adı friends, for to know Colonel Ammel is to honor and respect him.
WILL HORACE BRYSON.
Will Horace Bryson, engaged extensively and successfully in the fur manufacturing business under the firm style of Bryson & Son, at 7' Gay street, was born in Columbus, February 4, 1876, and is descended paternal line from Scotch ancestry. His father, Charles Bryson, was in New York city in 1835. In 1857 he left for the gold fields of Peak. On his return he stopped off in Columbus and went into the fur
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factory of Sheadender & Brown. He became a prominent resident of Colum- bus, was a founder and organizer of the furniture business which is still conducted by his son, and in other ways took an active and helpful interest m promoting public progress. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, having served in the One Hundred and Eightieth Ohio Volun- teer Infantry during the Civil war, and he was also a member of the Im- proved Order of Red Men. He served two terms on the board of equaliza- tion and as chief of the fire department in 1885. His religious faith was indicated in his membership in the Methodist church. He wedded Henrietta Walling, who was born in Worthington, Ohio, in 1839.
Reared in the capital city, Will H. Bryson entered the public schools at the usual age and also attended the high school here. On putting aside his text-books he joined his father in business and they were associated in the conduet of a furniture manufactory until the father's death on the 7th of June, 1907. The firm style of Bryson & Son has since been changed to The Bryson Shop, with W. H. Bryson at the head of the enterprise. He has a well equipped factory, supplied with the latest improved machinery and employment is furnished to a number of operatives. The excellence of the output and the well known reliability of the house have always com- mended the firm to a liberal patronage and the business today is large and profitable.
CHARLES O. HUNTER.
Charles O. Hunter, one of the eminent representatives of railroad law in Ohio, and possessing as well a comprehensive knowledge of all depart- ments of jurisprudence, was born in Nebraska, Pickaway county, this state, June 7, 1853, being the third in order of birth in a family of five children, whose parents were Elnathan S. and Mary (Peters) Hunter. The Hunter family is of blended English and Irish extraction, but was founded in Amer- ica during colonial days and represented in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war by Joseph Hunter, the great-grandfather of Charles O., who was a valiant soldier, serving with signal distinction as captain of a company. Later he sought the opportunities of the then far west, becoming a resident of Ohio in 1798, when it was part of the northwest territory. He was actively and prominently associated with its early formative history and was instrumental in organizing Fairfield county. His son, the late Hon. Hocking H. Hunter, who became one of the most distinguished members of the Ohio bar, was the first white child born on Hocking river, the name of which stream he bore. Through all the years which have passed since Captain Joseph Hunter came to Ohio, covering more than a century, the members of the family have been active in lines of life contributing to gen- eral progress and improvement here, being factors in the material, intellectual, political and moral upbuilding of the state.
The birth of Elnathan Scofield Hunter occurred in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1818, and he was numbered among the early alumni of the Ohio
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State University at Athens. A man of distinctive force of character and of scholarly attainment, he left the impress of his individuality upon the his- tory of the state. During his early manhood he was well known in the educa- tional field, having for some time held a professorship in an academy. In the year 1845 he wedded Mary Peters, a representative of one of the old and prominent families of the state. Her grandfather, John Peters, was the founder of the city of Petersburg. Virginia, which was named in his honor. The arrival of members of the Peters family in Ohio long antedated the admission of the state into the Union, and they were closely and actively associated with the carly development and upbuilding of Fairfield and Pick- away counties.
While spending his boyhood days under the parental roof, Charles O. Hunter pursued his education in the public schools. He was reared in a home atmosphere of culture and refinement, which undoubtedly constituted an influencing force in his life. Ambitions that his son should have oppor- tunities for intellectual progress, E. S. Hunter made preparation for the admission of the son to the University of Lebanon, Ohio, where he completed a four years' course in scientific and literary studies as a member of the class of 1873. In preparation for the bar he became a student in the law office of Hunter & Daugherty, of Lancaster, Ohio, very prominent attorneys of the state, the senior partner being his uncle, the Hon. Hocking HI. Hunter. Following the death of his uncle, Charles O. Hunter, in December, 1875, accompanied M. A. Daugherty to Columbus and remained under the tutorage of that able preceptor until October, 1875, when he was admitted to the bar, successfully passing the examination before the supreme court. He stands today as one of the distinguished representatives of the legal fraternity of Columbus. In his professional career no dreary novitiate awaited him, for he had carefully qualified for the practice of law and moreover possessed a mind analytical, logical and inductive, and a capability of readily secing the relation of cause and effect. Almost from the beginning of his career he has been prominent in connection with railroad law, for he early became associated with the litigation which arose over the organization and reorganiza- tion of numerous Ohio Valley railways. As counsel of the Scioto Valley Railroad Company he opened the way for reaching a solid basis and in like manner was prominently identified with the foreclosures of the mortgages of the Kanawha & Ohio and the Columbus & Maysville Railroad Companies. being active in the reorganization of the same. He was retained as counsel for the plaintiff in the famous suit of the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad Company versus Stevenson Burke, et al., former directors of the company, a litigation involving eight million dollars. Mr. Hunter has also been closely associated as counsel, attorney or director, with numerous other corporations. It is characteristic of Mr. Hamter in connection with the many important enterprises with which he has been identified that he readily grasped the possibilities and opportunities of a situation, while in the practice of law he is ever correct in his adaptation of legal principles with the points at issue. He is today eminent in a profession where advancement
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must be attained entirely through individual merit, as wealth and influence avail little or naught in securing success at the bar.
In 1884 occurred the marriage of Mr. Hunter to Miss Kate Deshler, who died in September, 1887. Their only child, Deshler Hunter, survived until November, 1889, when he, too, passed away. Personally Mr. Hunter possesses most attractive characteristics. Although dignified and of marked individuality, and unequivocal expression, he is of the most agreeable ad- dress-kind, courteous, easy of approach and of decided personal magnetism. He has read and traveled extensively and his circle of acquaintances is large, while he possesses the varied accomplishments of a thoroughly trained man of the world. His success has been pronounced, and yet is but a natural sequence, being the result of industry, integrity and well directed efforts.
GEORGE WARREN CAMPBELL.
George Warren Campbell, a capitalist of Columbus, widely known in political and Grand Army circles as well as through his activity in business lines, possesses those qualities which seem to have fitted him by nature for leadership. In many lines of life, therefore, he has left the impress of his individuality, his fellow townsmen recognized the wisdom of his success and the worth of his progressive spirt. He started npon life's journey November 29, 1841, his birth occurring in Blendon township, Franklin county.
His father, William Campbell, was born near Lancaster, Ohio, and at the time of his demise was oneof the oldest native sons of the state, the day of his birth being April 7, 1803, while he passed away on the 22d of January, 1894. His parents were Scotch people and he possessed many of the sterling characteristics of that race. He became the owner of consider- able land, making judicious investments in property from time to time until his holdings embraced many farms. He was very successful in all of his business affairs, his judgment being seldom if ever at fault concerning the advisability of a business transaction. He served as postmaster of his home town for many years, his home being at Central College, Franklin county. He married Lucinda Reed. who was born in Otsego county, New York. April 21, 1807, and died May 16, 1901. She was a granddaughter of a sister of John Adams, the patriot of Revolutionary war times.
George W. Campbell was educated in Central College in Blendon town- ship, pursuing his studies to the age of twenty years. In August 1862, in response to his country's call for aid, he enlisted as a private of the Eighty- eighth Ohio and was detached for three months for clerical service with Sam- uel Galloway, judge advocate for the state. He then became postmaster for Camp Chase, serving in 1863 and until February, 1864, at which time he was commissioned as first lieutenant on the reorganization of the Sixtieth Ohio Regiment. He participated in the battle of the Wilderness, Spottsyl- vania. North Anna, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. After
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the third battle in which he took part as commander of Company F, h promoted as aide in General Wilcox's division in the Ninth Army serving on the staff as A. D. C. of the first brigade until July 30, This brigade consisted of six regiments but was reduced to thirteen hu and twenty men after the battle of Petersburg on the 17th of June Campbell being the only officer left on the staff. He commanded the by for the two succeeding days with the rank of colonel and was then re by Col. William Humphreys. His services continued until July 30, 1864, an attack of malaria fever caused him to be sent to the hospital at Anna Maryland, and he was discharged by special order of Secretary of Stanton, his discharge coming to him October 27, 1864. because o physical disability.
Mr. Campbell then returned to Columbus and was engaged in the. and wholesale business as senior partner of the firm of Campbell & E for two years. On the expiration of that period he sold out, turnin attention to other interests. He was mustered in as the first meint the Grand Army of the Republic in Ohio and organized the first post known as McCoy Post, No. 1, Department of Ohio, acting as its mus officer. In 1867 he was owner and editor of the Republic, the official of the Grand Army, so continuing until the fall of 1868, when he out to T. C. Campbell and Rev. Maxwell P. Gaddis, of Cincinnati. Ir uary, 1869, he went to St. Louis, where he engaged in the wholesak vision business as a member of the firm of Redfield, Campbell & Com later as Campbell & Cartan. He also dealt largely in real estate there 1892. This was a period of marked prosperity for him, during which he made several subdivisions; one he named "Blendon Place" afte native township, realizing handsome profits from his realty investr He was also prominent in political circles of that city, and for fifteen led the fight for better government of the city against the one-man of Chauncey I. Filley, which credit was given him for his help in ca Mr. Filley's downfall. Later he went to San Francisco and engaged i tensive mining operations in California, being president of a company th' to the time of the earthquake, when the mine shaft was one thousan. hundred and twenty feet in depth and miles of drifts and three tops filled with water caused by the breaking down of the pumping plant that date Mr. Campbell returned to Columbus and with his son T organized the Nature Creation Remedy Company, of which Mr. Can is the president. This company was organized for the purpose of ducing a remedy for tuberculosis and is meeting with wonderful suce
On the 14th of May, 1865, Mr. Campbell was married to Miss C. Redfield. of Uhrichsville, Ohio. Unto them were born four sons, na Tod Campbell, born in 1863, now living in Oakland, California; Bl Campbell, born in 1873. a noted artist of New York; George W. ( bell, Jr., born 1877, killed in battle at El Canna, July 1, 1898; and I Campbell, born 1880, residing in Columbus.
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