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VOGT, JOHN, State Senator of 33rd district, Deshler. Acquired his education in Toledo public schools, German Lutherau parochial school and Toledo Business college.
Embarked in the merchandise business at Deshler when but a lad and has successfully conducted the same ever since until elected Senator. Has been township treasurer and member of School Board at Deshler. Republican candidate for County Treasurer of Henry county and de- feated by small majority when Henry was a strong hold of Democracy. He is a Mason and K. of P. Page 89.
VANPELT, M. T., Representative of Jackson county and Lawyer, Wellston. Primarily educated in the district schools. Enlisted in the 1st Ohio Cavalry in 1861 at the age of 14, and served until the close. He attended the Ohio University and Northwestern University at Indianapolis, Ind., studied law and admitted to the Bar at Jackson, Ohio. Removed to Wellston in 1885 and formed law partnership with the late Hon. H. S. Bundy. Served two years as city solicitor of Jackson. Member of the 71st General Assem- bly. Page 94.
WILLIAMS, W. H., Director of Public Safety of the City of Columbus, and Superintendent of Police. Has been steward of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, steward of the Columbus Insane Asylum and Director of Public Accounts of the City of Columbus. Page 73.
WICK, GEORGE D., Aid-de-Camp of Governor Bush- nell and Vice-president of The Union Iron & Steel Co., Youngstown. Born and raised in Youngstown. Educated in public schools. Has lived in Youngstown all his life with the exception of from '76 to '80 when he resided in Cleveland, being a member of the firm of Condit, Wick & Co., and in '80 to '82 in Chicago, a member of the Kirk Iron & Hardware Co. Returned to Youngstown and connected himself with the iron industries and has been with this company and its predecessors ever since. Page 25.
WILSON, J. B., Ex. Auditor of Wood County, Bowling Green. Native of Wood county. Educated in common schools. Taught school as a profession several years. Be- came deputy county auditor under E. W. Poe and was twice elected County Auditor. Has taken active interests in political campaigns of the county and has served as Chairman of the Republican County Central committee. Prominent K. of P., has a fine residence and an intersting family. Page 57.
WHITELEY, FRED P., of the law firin of Pendleton & Whiteley, Findlay, is a promirent factor in politics in Northwestern Ohio. Educated at Findlay public schools and Ohio State University. Graduate of Ann Arbor, Mich , Law School in June, 1887. After being admitted to the bar, entered the law firm of his father, the late Judge M. C. Whiteley, and Judge Geo. F. Pendleton, under the firm name of Whiteley, Pendleton & Whiteley. Since the death of Judge Whiteley, the firm name has been Pendleton & Whiteley. They enjoy a large and lucrative practice. Page 50.
WELLER, S. A., manufacturer of fine glazed jardi- nieres and general line of decorated pottery, Zanesville. Page 64.
WATSON, DAVID K., Congressman of Twelfth dis- trict and lawyer, Columbus. Graduate of Dickinson Col- lege, Carlisle, Pa., and of Law Department of Boston Uni- versity. Practiced law a short time at London, O., and then removed to Columbus, where he has since resided. Attorney General of Ohio from 1887 to 1889. In 1894 was nominated by acclamation by Republicans of his district for Congress and elected by a large majority. Mr. Watson is a Repub- lican in politics and has always taken personal interest in his party's welfare and triumphs. Page 77.
WHITTELSEY, THOMAS FREDERICK, General Superintendent of T. & O. C. and K. & M. Railways, To- ledo. Born of New England parents at Richmond, Ky .. March 17th, 1856. Attended common schools at Claremont. N. H. Entered the service of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway at West Detroit, July, 1876, as freight clerk and successfully served in continuons service as clerk engineer's office. assistant trackmaster, trackmaster and division superintendent of the same company until lie accepted his present position. Page 30.
WALTON, ANDREW E., Representative of Wyan- dotte county, Sandusky. Born and raised on a farm in Wyandotte county. Educated at district schools and Normal
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University at Ada. Taught school eight years. Studied law and admitted to the bar in 1887. Began practice at Sandusky where he has since resided. He has the distinc- tion of being the first Republican from Wyandotte to repre- sent that county in the Legislature of which he may well be proud. Elected to the 71st and 72nd General Assem- blies. Page 92.
WILSON, CAPTAIN THOMAS, Cleveland, inan- aging owner of Wilson's Transit Line, plying on the upper lakes between Cleveland, Marquette and Buffalo. Scot- lander by birth and his educational advantages were lim- ited. Came to America at the age of 16 Three years a sailor on the ocean and rose from ship boy to mate and then master. At the end of three years began service on the lakes first as mate and then captain. In 1872 he built a fine freight steamer which proved a good venture and soon built a large fleet of freight boats. Is a Mason and relig- iously an honored member of the Euclid Avenue Congre- gational church. Page 70.
WINN, S. M., lawyer, Zanesville. Education ac- quired at the common schools and graded school at Adams- ville. Taught school as a profession until admitted to the bar in 1886 Twice elected Prosecuting Attorney of Mus- kingum county. While Prosecuting Attorney the county's business was the greatest in many years which brought him into active and constant practice. Gained a reputa- tion as a criminal lawyer in the defense of Elizabeth Hon- nold for murder in Licking county in 1890, which resulted in her being acquitted. Another case that has attracted public attention was the United States vs the Cominis- sioners of Muskingum county. He was the first to say the act of Congress known as the River and Harbor Bill amended in 1890 was unconstitutional, and advised the Commissioners not to obey the notice of the Secretary of War. The same was declared unconstitutional by Judge Sage. Enjoys a large and lucrative practice of his profes- sion in the city where he resides. Page 62.
WEST, W. H., lawyer, Bellefontaine, Educated at Martinsburg Academy and Jefferson College, Pennsyl- vania. Admitted to the bar in 1851 Elected Prosecuting Attorney of Logan county in 1852. Participated in the organization of the Republican party. With James Walker founded the first newspaper in Logan county. Member of the first Legislature in 1857 and declined re-election. Dele- gate to Chicago convention that nominated Abraham Lin- coln. Member of State Senate 1863 -'65-'67. Consul to Rio Janerio under President Grant. Elected Supreme Judge in 1871, but resigned in a year on account of visual infirm- ity. Attorney General in 1865 and 1869. Republican nom- inee for Governor in 1877 but defeated by Win. Allen, Dem- ocrat. He is sometimes called the " Blind Man Eloquent." Since quitting politics has practiced law at Bellefontaine. Page 80.
WARDEN, FRANK G., proprietor of Hotel Warden, Newark. Graduate of Dennison University, Granville, O .. and of the law department of the University of Michigan. Began the practice of law at Newark. Republican in poli- tics and was the first Republican ever elected City Solicitor of Democratic Newark. Was ten years actively connected with the Ohio National Guards. President of the Citizens' Electric Light & Power Co., and Vice President of the Newark Ice and Cold Storage Co. He has been identified with every movement looking toward the advancement of Newark and it is largely through his efforts that the State encampment grounds for the Ohio National Guards were permanently located there. Page 84.
WYANDOTTE BUILDING, THE. The frontispiece illustration in this work is an elegant full page view of "The Wyandotte" office building, Columbus, the most imposing building in the capital city and one of the finest in the state. People of Columbus as well as the owner, John G. Deshler, mnay well take pride in this fine structure, situated close to the northwest corner of Capitol square on Broad street near High. It is a model in architectural con- struction, with elegant appointments, thoroughly fire-
proof, and Mr. Deshler spared nothing to make it a model building in every particular. Frontispiece.
WING, C. B., Cincinnati, has been in the paper busi- ness all his life and is one of the Diem & Wing Paper Company, one of the largest paper houses in the west, which manufactures all kinds and all grades of paper. Mr. Wing has always taken a warmn interest in politics and has always been in line for the Republican party, though never seeking preferment. He is a self-made man, being left an orphan at the age of four years, and has climbed the ladder solely by his own effort. He is a member of the staff of Governor Bushnell. Page 24.
YOUNG, GEORGE R., was born in Dayton, Ohio, October 2, 1857. Graduate of Dayton High School with the highest honors. Entered the law offices of his father, who was at that time associated in the practice with Oscar M. Gottschall as Young & Gottschall, practitioners at the Dayton bar ; admitted to practice at the age of twenty, being then the youngest lawyer in Ohio. Admitted to the firm under which he studied, which then became Young, Gottschall & Young. and later, Mr. Gottschall retiring, it became Young & Young. Mr. Young has a conspicuous standing at the Dayton bar and is well and favorably known throughout Ohio as a strong lawyer. About a year ago the bar of Dayton unanimously joined in a request to Governor Mckinley to appoint him to a vacancy upon the Circuit bench. The appointment being delayed, he was compelled by the urgency of his professional duties to withdraw from the contest. Mr. Young is unmarried. He ranks as an able advocate and a sound lawyer and his practice is an extensive one. Page 65.
YOUNG, WILLIAM H., was born in Dayton, Ohio, March 2, 1860. His father was the late Edmond Stafford Young, a distinguished member of the Dayton bar, and his inother was Sarah B. Dechert. He obtained his education first in the Dayton public schools and later in its High School. He studied law with his father and his brother, his present partner, George R. Young. Mr. Young has never sought political advancement and has studiously devoted his efforts in the strict line of the profession. He is a forcible speaker and successful lawyer, and is the junior member of the firm of Young & Young. Page 65.
YOUNG, WHEELER J., Sheriff of Franklin county, Columbus. Received his education in Granimar Schools of Columbus. Was trustee of Pleasant township in 1882. Deputy sheriff under Sheriff Ross and was elected to succeed him. Socially he is a member of the Knights of Pythias. Page 82.
YOST, J. W., of Yost & Packard, Architects, Y. M. C. A. Building, Columbus. Ohioan by birth. Received his education at common schools and Harlem and Mt. Union Colleges. Began the study of architecture with Joseph Fairfax, of London, England. Learned civil engineering. Began practice of his profession at Bellaire in 1870. Went to Columbus in 1882. Formed a partnership with F. L. Packard in 1892. This firm is the architects of many fine and imposing buildings in Ohio and surrounding states. Among a few are the Toledo Insane Asylum, Chittenden Hotel. Columbus ; Court Houses of Miami, Belmont, Perry, Guernsey, Holmes Harrison and Wood counties, and new T. & O. C depots at Columbus and Toledo. Page 97.
YOUNG, BOSTON G., born in Washington county, Pa., in 1850, February 2d, and went with parents to Illinois in 1856, where he remained until 1872; then went to Dela- ware, Ohio, to attend college, where he remained for three years. Was admitted to the practice of law in 1877 and was in the fall of 1877 elected Prosecuting Attorney of Marion county, to which he was re-elected in 1879. In 1883 elected representative from Marion county and was twice re elected. In 1888 was candidate for Secretary of State against Daniel Ryan. In 1894 was a candidate for Congress from his dis- trict and was caught in the political landslide, as almost every Democrat was who was on the ticket that fall. Page 45.
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BOPE, COL. J. A., is a member of the law firm of Bope' & Bope, Attorneys, Findlay, his associate being his son. Col. Bope is one of the ablest members of the Han- cock county bar, and those who know him best speak most in praise of his personal worth. He went into the civil war as Captain of Co. D, 99th O. V. I., and returned a Lieuten- ant Colonel, and many were the good deeds done by him in the service, told by his comrades. Page 50.
BROWN, OREN BRITT, was born June 22d, 1853, at Jeddo, Orleans county, New York. The son of Col. E. F. Brown. Mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Britt. Col. Brown was colonel of the 28th New York, lost his left arm at the battle of Cedar Mountain, in 1862, and was Governor of the Soldiers' Home at Dayton from 1868 to 1880, and is now Inspector General of National Soldiers' Homes. O. B. Brown moved to Dayton, Ohio, in 1869; attended the public schools in Dayton; and in 1871 entered college at Dennison University, Granville, Ohio, and in January, 1874, entered the sophomore class at Princeton College, graduating in the class of 1876. Elected Clerk of the Courts of Montgomery county in the fall of 1881, the only Republican elected on the county ticket at that time. Served as such officer until February 9, 1885. Declined a re-nomination in order to re- turn to the practice of law. Was married June 12, 1883, to Jeanette Gebhart, daughter of Simon Gebhart. Then be- came a partner of O. M. Gottschall, of the firm of Gott- schall & Brown. Was a delegate from the Third Congres- sional district of Ohio to the Republican National Conven- tion of 1888, which nominated Benjamin Harrison the first time. Was chairman of Montgomery county Republican delegation at Zanesville and at other state conventions. Is President of Board of Elections of city of Dayton. Is a member of the law firm of Gottschall, Brown and Crawford. Page 66.
DAY, W. M., President of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and one of the best and most popular citizens in the business quarters of Cleveland. Page 69.
DOUGLASS, S. M., of Douglass & Douglass, attor- neys, Mansfield is one of the leading and most popular members of the Richland county bar. Those most intimate with Mr. Douglass can speak best of his personal worth and he has a future full of promise. He is a Democrat, has been of much value to his party, but does his work mod-
estly and without flourish of trumpet. His friends, how- ever, talk of him for a judicial position at a future date. Page 40.
ELLISON, H. C., of Cleveland, is a banker, and a leading business man of the Forest City. Page 70.
GARRETSON, S. A., President of the National Bank of Commerce, of Cleveland, and an able financier. Page 70.
GORDON, COL. ALEXANDER. Born in Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 16, 1840 ; father was a Scotchman, who sent him to his birthplace, Aberdeen, to be educated ; first emi- grated to this country in 1848; mother died in New York state in 1849, and his father and children returned to the old country in 1850. Came back to the United States in 1859; learned the trade of machinist and mechanical engineer ; worked on the construction of monitors for the government from 1862 to 1866, then connected himself with the Niles Tool Works Co., a concern that has attained a pre-eminent success in the manufacture of machine tools and is now the leading one in capacity and general charac- ter in the world. The Niles Tool Works Co. has been intrusted by the United States government to construct enormous machines to form the armor plates and make their great guns for war ships and coast defense. Col. Gordon is now and lias been for years president of this great company. Col. Gordon served on Governor McKin- ley's staff from 1893 to 1896. He is prominently named to represent the Third district of Ohio in congress, but does not entertain political ambitions. He is an ardent Repub- lican. Page 66.
GREENE, JOHN W., dealer in pianos, organs and sewing machines, Toledo. Educated in a log school house and assisted in the management of the home until lie reached his majority. Taught school at Spring Green. Wis., a term; caught the western fever and organized a stock company and started with two farmers for Pike's Peak. Upon his return from the west he enlisted to defend the flag of his country in the 26tl Indiana Infantry as pri- vate and later captain of his company. Member of G. A. R .. I. O. O. F., Masons, K. of P .; religiously a Presbyterian; politically a Republican and takes an active interest in a number of social clubs. Page 32.
WHITELAW, JOHN F., President of the National City Bank, Cleveland, and one of the most distinguished business men of that fair and bustling city. Page 69.
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