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Mr. Campbell is a member of the Masonie fraternity and of ( Army of the Republic, also Past Regent Royal Arcanum. He finds hi
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and recreation in fishing and travel. His life experiences have been varied. and in all of his different connections he has been found on the side of progress and improvement, ever seeking higher attainment and a more ad- vanced standard of excellence. He is today an energetic, public-spirited and influential resident of the capital city and one who is regarded as a valu- able addition to its citizenship.
In politics, Mr. Campbell is a republican with strong convictions on political and co-related economic questions. He resided in Stockton, Cali- fornia, in 1895-96 during the coinage battle of that period. The legislature had unanimously passed a resolution instructing the delegates to the national republican convention at St. Louis in 1896 to vote in favor of the coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. The republican state convention, selecting the delegation, had adopted a similar resolution.
Mr. Campbell set out to prevent the following out of these instructions, working first among the bi-metallic clubs and league, and finally going to St. Louis, where he fought the battle to a victory in so far as the California delegation was concerned. It was understood. or at least feared, that the California delegation would bolt the nomination and withdraw from the convention in the event of the adoption of a single gold standard platform. Leading republicans in California, who knew him best and under-tood his great force in a political contest, induced him to go to St. Louis and prevent if possible the withdrawal of the California delegation. This he succeeded in accomplishing after a hard polemic contest among the delegates both personally and as a whole body representing the state, and although the single gold standard plank was adopted, the delegation did not withdraw. Mr. Campbell was never in politics for office or official honors.
JOHN W. CHAMPION.
John W. Champion, president of the Columbus Dental Manufacturing Company, manufacturing a line of dental specialties, has, as the executive head of this institution, developed a business of considerable importance as a feature in the commercial life of the city. Mr. Champion is one of the native sons of Columbus, born in April, 1861. His ancestry is distinctively American in both his lineal and collateral lines through many generations. Early representatives of the name came to the new world when it was mim- bered among the colonial possessions of Great Britain. Renben Champion, the great-grandfather of John W. Champion, was born in 1760 and was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, valiantly aiding in the cause of inde- pendence. He removed to Springfield, Massachusetts, from Saybrook with his father, and there enlisted in the Continental army, serving throughout the period of hostilities and living for many years to enjoy national inde- pendence. His son, John M. Champion, was born in Springfield, Massa- chusetts, May 29, 1797, and came to Columbus in 1834. He was one of the pioneer merchants of the city, closely associated with its early business devel-
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opment and commercial enterprise. He died August 23, 1825, bi scendants remained to perpetuate the name in connection with the development and commercial growth of the city. His son and r John M. Champion, was born April 13, 1838, in the city of Colu for many years figured prominently there in connection with real-e ness. He died in 1900. He was at one time a member of the fan Fencibles, and in June, 1862, was appointed by Governor Tod ac the Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry which commumd was st Camp Chase and later at Frankfort and Lexington, Kentucky. In J he was appointed major of the Fifth Ohio Reserves and served unti of the war when he returned to Columbus, being thereafter an acti in the business circles of the city up to the time of his death. His Mary Washington, a daughter of George Washington, a Virginian of Bailey Washington, an own cousin of George Washington, the fat country. Her father came to Columbus in the early '30s and wa. in the practice of law until his death which occurred in 1866.
John W. Champion, whose name introduces this record, was in the Columbus schools until his graduation from the high schoo then entered the general offices of the Panhandle Railroad Compa. he remained until 1885 when he was appointed collecting agent of chants Despatch Transportation Company, and was identified until 1903 when he organized and was elected president of the Dental Manufacturing Company for the purpose of mannfacturi) of dental specialties. The business has enjoyed rapid and subst velopment and is now a profitable concern with a world wide nr output being sent to all parts of the country. The patronage is . increasing and the business is already one of large proportions. pion is also extensively interested in other business concerns and realty holdings in Columbus.
In his political views Mr. Champion is a republican and his soc finds expression in his membership in the Ohio Club. He is fond of and possesses a fine collection of rare volumes. Among his most 1 lections is a set of splendid mahogany dining furniture brought mountains by wagon by his grandfather a hundred years ago. He sentative of one of the most honored and prominent pioneer famil lumbus and the record which he has made in business circles 1 new laurels to the name that has ever been conspicuous in connec the business development and substantial improvement of this city
OTTO S. MARCKWORTH.
Otto S. Marekworth, analytical chemist, whose labors have be reaching benefit and effect as contributory to public health, is descer a family that on both sides of the ocean has been prominent and dist for several generations. His own record has added new laurels to al
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name, for his scientific investigations have been of essential benefit to man- kind in this age when public opinion is aroused to the necessity of preventive measures in all that may prove detrimental to public and individual health and welfare.
Mr. Marckworth was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, December 30, 1879, and, as the name indicates, is of German lineage. his parents. Herman and Marie (Dotter) Marekworth, both being natives of Germany. In 1858 Herman Marckworth arrived in the United States and, locating in Cincinnati, there completed his law studies, which he had begun in his native land. He then entered upon the active practice of law, in which he continued for some years and in 1878 took up the work of looking after and securing foreign estates for emigrant clients. He was a pioneer in this line of legal labor and his efforts were very successful, bringing to him an extensive clientago whose interests were ably served by him. The Marckworths for generations have been eminent in the law and Herman Marckworth continued in active connection with the profession until his death in 1907.
Pursuing his edneation in the schools of Cincinnati, Otto S. Marekworth was in due time graduated from the high school of that city and afterward took a special course in the Cincinnati University in agricultural chemistry. Subsequently he matriculated in the Ohio State University and was grad- uated on the completion of a course in chemical engineering in 1901. Throughout his professional career he has devoted his attention to chemistry in its varions branches and for a time was chief chemist with the Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead. Pennsylvania. Eight months later he took charge of the laboratory of the New York Underground Railway. In 1901 he came to Columbus to assume charge of the testing laboratory of this city, which position he filled for three years, when in 1903 he was appointed state chemist, which position he still fills. His work is necessarily of great im- portance. In the capacity of chemist to the state dairy and food commission he has done most valuable service, becoming one of the foremost men of the state in his line of endeavor. Ilis theoretical training was complete and he is fortified for his present responsible duties by the ample experience which he obtained as chemist for the Carnegie Steel works and the New York Under- ground Railway. Public opinion has been thoroughly aroused concerning the criminal practices of many manufacturers and food producers, who through adulteration have placed upon the market articles of food that are detrimental to health. In his professional capacity, through chemical tests and analysis, Mr. Marekworth has done mich to enlighten the public upon the questions involved, giving to them knowledge of what is pure and whole- some and of what is adulterated and therefore to be avoided, so that the indi- vidnal, if he will inform himself, may be his own guardian of health. In addition to his great range of bacteriological investigations, as well as the records of building materials, he has done important chemico-legal work in the detection of falsifications. Another and highly important feature of his work, which is growing each year. is the perfecting of chemical processes in manufacturing and the utilization, where possible, of waste products that would be lost through less scientifie methods. He also has a large clientele
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in the assaying of ore and various mining products, for metallurgy one of his specialties. His offices are located in the Board of Trade and as an anlytical chemist he today occupies a foremost positio ranks of the profession.
In June, 1902, Mr. Marckworth was married to Miss Mary E. of Springfield, Ohio, and they are well known in social circles of Mr. Marckworth is a member of the Board of Trade and now h. acquaintance in Columbus, while the sterling worth of his characte as his professional attainments, have gained him a high place in t of his fellowmen. He is a stanch believer in the great future that adopted city, one of the most beautiful capitals of the continent, an oughly in sympathy with every movement for the advanceme welfare.
ROBERT J. BEATTY.
It is becoming a universally accepted truth that it is not the ( is born to luxury but rather he whose youth is spent in humble sur: and with limited financial resources that is most fortunate, for condition compels him to try his own forces and to learn his own It is action that wins. Not the man who can do, but the man w] not the man who is able but the man who uses his powers-that wi end. This truth has been demonstrated in the life of Robert J. B. arrived in Columbus eight years ago with a cash capital of fourtee In the meantime he had provided for his own education and those w he had been associated recognized that in him was a force of char would lead to success. Gradually he has worked his way upward in cult and arduous profession of the law and his ability is gaining h inence at the bar.
A native of Cardington, Morrow county, Ohio, Mr. Beatty March 13, 1879, a son of Robert A. and Mary J. (Shaw) Beatty, both natives of Ohio. The grandfather, Samuel Beatty, was born i and on coming to America settled in Pennsylvania, but at a late moved to Morrow county, Ohio, where he and other members of tl followed the occupation of farming. It was here amid the pursuit: life that Robert J. Beatty was reared, working in the fields from of carly spring planting until crops were harvested in the late autur winter months were devoted to the acquirement of an education an plemented his district school course by study in the high school of ton, from which he was graduated in 1898. He then came to and read law in the office of D. B. Ulery, and also attended the C University for two years. He made excellent use of his time in th of the principles of jurisprudence and in 1900 passed the state bar tions, after which he opened an office in this city where he has s tinned in practice, securing a good clientage as he has demonst
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ability to cope with intricate and difficult legal problems. He has always remained a close student of the fundamental principles of the law, has largely become familiar with precedent, and always presents his case in the strong, clear light of common sense and logieal reasoning. He engages in the gen- eral practice of the law but somewhat specializes in corporation law and rep- resents a number of important business concerns.
On the 15th of June, 1904, Mr. Beatty was married to Miss Glendora Robb of Columbus. They attend Dr. Rexford's church of which Mr. Beatt; is acting as secretary, and their social prominence is indicated by their ex- tensive circle of friends. The days of hardship and struggle for Mr. Beatty are passed for his ability is demonstrated in his law work and has gained for him a good business. He is recognized as a strong, able and forceful lawyer and a man whose personal and professional work justly entitles him to the high esteem in which he is held.
JAMES ANDREWS WILCOX.
James Andrews Wilcox. the only son of Phineas Bacon Wilcox and Sarah D. Andrews, was born in the city of Columbus, September 23, 1828. In 1841 he attended school at Milnor Hall, Gambier, Ohio, and completed his education at Yale in the class of 1850. He was admitted to the bar at Delaware, Ohio, in 1851, and entered into the practice with his father in Columbus, Ohio.
In 1853 he was married to Lucy Sullivant, daughter of Joseph Sulli- vant and granddaughter of Lueas Sullivant, the founder of Columbus. By this happy union there were four children, one daughter, Mary, and three sons, James Bacon, Starling Sullivant and Sherlock Andrews.
In 1854 General Wilcox was appointed city solicitor, which position he held for five years and. at the request of council, compiled for publication the City Charter and Ordinances, which had never been collated but lay scattered through the various journals.
On September 2, 1862, he was appointed, by Governor Tod, colonel of the Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, then organizing at Camp Chase, near Columbus, and in December of that year led his notably well drilled regiment to the front. Colonel Wilcox and the Hundred and Thirteenth operated in Kentucky until 1863, when they were ordered to Nashville by river, forming part of a reinforcement of twenty thousand men under General Crook. At Franklin, Tennessee, Colonel Wilcox was stricken with typhoid fever and lay in the hospital for two months at Nashville; and being totally incapicitated for the hardships of the field was ordered home on sick leave. He resigned his commission May 2, 1863. He was not, how- ever, done with the war, being soon after appointed United States provost marshal for the seventeenth (Columbus) district, where he served until August 17, 1864, when, upon the recommendation of Governor Brough, he was promoted to the office of United States assistant provost marshal general
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of the state, which also embraced the duties of superintendent of recruiting and chief mustering and disbursing officer. On January 2, 1868, he was promoted to the command of the military district of Ohio, succeeding Major General J. D. Cox, who took his seat as governor that year. In these several capacities he had charge over all the camps and troops in the state, as well as of the draft, arrest of deserters, recruiting and equipping new regiments and forwarding them to the field; and, upon the close of the war, of receiving in their several camps, paying, mustering out and sending to their homes, all the Ohio troops-duties which were difficult and arduous and, at a time when political excitement ran high, not without peril.
At the close of the war he was mustered out of the service, having been brevetted brigadier general "for meritorious service in the recruitment of the armies of the United States," forwarded to him with the complimentary notification that his office ranked second in the United States for promptness, fidelity and efficiency in its management.
He immediately resumed the practice of law and, in 1869, was ap- pointed United States commissioner for the southern district of Ohio. In August, 1872, he accepted the position of general counselor of the Columbus & Hocking Valley and Columbus & Toledo Railroad Companies, which office he ably filled until his death.
General Wilcox was the author of "Railroad Laws of Ohio" with anno- tations of the decisions of the courts, a valuable work to lawyers and others engaged in railroad business. In his profession he was distinguished for the extent and accuracy of his knowledge and for his industry and tenacity of purpose. General Wilcox was a charter member of the Franklin County Bar Association which, after his death, met at a called meeting, September 26, to draft a memorial, which was reported soon after.
The following letter, received shortly before his death from a brother lawyer, indicates the high esteem in which he was held by those who knew him well. "Since our business relations are severed I may, without sus- picion of flattery, express what I have long felt respecting you as a man and a lawyer. Both when opposed to you and when associated with you, your tact, your courtesy, your fairness and your knowledge of the law have commanded my admiration and respect, and have stimulated me to reach a higher plane in my own professional work."
James A. Wilcox was a man of letters and his constant study of general literature led to the accumulation of a large library, composed of rare and excellent books which bear evidence of careful reading. As a young man he was one of the most zealous and ardent workers for the support and welfare of Trinity church and, in 1857, was elected to the vestry and immediately became, and remained until his death, one of the most prominent, active and faithful members. From 1862 to 1869 he was active in obtaining the ways and means for, and in the erection of, the present church building, as his honored father had been in the erection of "Old Trinity." He was elected secretary of the vestry and was annually reelected until the time of his death. In 1876, he wote and published, "An Historical Sketch of Trinity Church from 1817 to 1876," containing a brief history of the organization and
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growth of the church in Columbus. He was an ideal soldier of the church militant. He was faithful to every trust and, while performing the duties of an exacting profession with scrupulous fidelity "as unto the Lord," he gave liberally of his best talents to the church. With rare courage he carried his Christian profession into the daily business of his life and, though subjected to unusual temptations, he died, leaving a name which his children will honor.
He was a trustee of Starling Medical College for many years and was secretary of the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts; a member of the State Fencibles and of Well's Post, No. 451, G. A. R. James Andrews Wilcox, soldier, lawyer and citizen, died Saturday, September 26, 1891, and was buried beside his father in Green Lawn cemetery.
CLEMENT L. BRUMBAUGH.
Clement L. Brumbaugh, whose record as educator and legislator, attorney at law. and public spirited citizen, places him in the front rank among the truly representative residents of Columbus, was born in Darke county, Ohio, February 28, 1863, his parents being Samuel D. and Elizabeth (Darner) Brumbaugh, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively. The father was a farmer by occupation but died when his son was only three years of age. The boy was reared in the usual manner of farm lads and at an early age, owing to his father's death, found it necessary to provide largely for his own support. His education was acquired in the country schools and the periods of vacation were devoted to the work of the fields. He manifested special aptitude in his studies, however, took delight in the work of the schoolroom, made substantial progress and was eventually qualified for teaching in the country schools. Ambitious moreover to enjoy better educational oppor- tunities than had hitherto been afforded him he entered the National Normal University, at Lebanon, Ohio, and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1887.
Continuing his work as an educator Mr. Brumbaugh took charge of the Van Buren Normal Academy, an institution preparing young men and women for college and advanced work as teachers. Again he became a student, pur- suing a course in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, and after leav- ing that institution in the spring of 1893 he entered the senior class at Har- vard, pursuing a classical course and winning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1894. The following year he was made professor of history and literature in Howard University, at Washington, D. C., and while teaching there he pursued the second years' work in the Georgetown Law School, thus acquir- ing a thorough legal education in those hours which are usually termed "leisure." There have been, indeed, few moments in his life that have not been turned to good account and have chronicled substantial progress for him. He was reelected to his professorship at Howard but resigned there to accept the superintendeney of the city schools at Greenville, Ohio, his native
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city. There he remained in successful educational work until 1900, when he was elected a member of the Ohio general assembly, his first term's service receiving substantial endorsement in a reelection, so that he served in the sessions of the seventy-fourth and seventy-fifth Ohio legislature. He was a prominent member of the judiciary committee and was democratie floor leader of the house. At all times a student of the important questions which came up for settlement he impressed his ideas upon the legislation of two notable sessions of the general assembly, and none questioned the patriotism of his course or the effectiveness of his work for the best interests of the com- monwealth. He was a member of the code commission and was the author of the Brumbaugh high school law, which law classified the high schools of the state into first, second and third grade and prescribed their course of study.
In 1900 Mr. Brumbaugh was alternate at large to the democratic national convention at Kansas City. Having been admitted to the bar in 1900 he began practice at Greenville and in 1902 removed to Columbus, where he has since continued as an active follower of the profession, having been here accorded a liberal clientage that has connected him with much important work done in the courts. Mr. Brumbaugh's ability has naturally led to his selection for leadership in the various lines of activity to which he has directed his attention and he is now state counsel for the Independent Order of Foresters and a popular member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity. He also belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church and is interested in those lines of progress connected with political, intellectual and moral advancement. Thoroughness has always been one of his strong characteristics and in this largely lies the secret of his success. While at Harvard he received honor grades in four out of the five courses. His university education was made possible through his teaching and tutoring and he certainly deserves the some- what hackneyed but altogether expressive title of "a self-made man." The fit utilization of his inherent powers and his opportunities have carried him into important relations, and he has left his impress for good upon the his- tory of the state in several connections.
JOHN L. VANCE, JR.
John L. Vance, Jr., well known in financial and business circles, is gen- eral manager and treasurer of the Columbus Evening Dispatch and is identified with various other corporate interests which have felt the stimulus of his wise counsel and sound judgment. A native of Gallipolis, he was born No- vember 30, 1871, a son of John L. and Emily (Shepard) Vance. He pur- sued his education through successive grades in the public schools until he became a high school student in Gallipolis and afterward attended the Gallia Academy. In preparation for the practice of law he became a student in the Cincinnati Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1893. He has never engaged in active practice but his knowledge of the law has been of immense benefit to him in the control of important business affairs with which he has
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been associated. After completing his law studies he was appointed National Bank examiner and filled the position for several years. It was then a logical step to active connection with the banking business and being elected to the presidency of the First National Bank of Gallipolis he continued at the head of that institution until 1902.
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