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THE NEW TOLEDO & OHIO CENTRAL DEPOT, WEST BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS.
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FRAMALIN OO CHICAGO
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COLUMBUS BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING.
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THE DISPATCH BUILDING COLUMBUS.
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LOCKING VALLEY
FRANKLIN CO CHICAGO.
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THE CHITTENDEN HOTEL, COLUMBUS.
W. J. MCLAIN, Builder.
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THE BLADE BUILDING, TOLEDO. Home of the Greatest Weekly in the United States and the Leading Daily of the Northwest.
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WHO THEY ARE.
Brief Biographical Sketches of the "Familiar Faces of Ohio" appearing in this Work.
AYERS, JAMES M .. physician and surgeon, Hamilton. A native and resident of that city. Educated in common schools. He is a self-made man, having mastered and risen to eminence in the profession of pharmacy ; served during the late war in both general hospital and with his regi- ment, the 79th O. V. I. Graduated as physician and sur- geon from the Medical College of Ohio. U. S. Consul to Para, Brazil, under the administration of President Harri- son. Republican candidate for State Senator in his district in the campaign of 1895, and came within less than 100 votes of being elected, the district Democratic by 3,000. Page 66.
ANDERSON, CHARLES M., lawyer, Greenville ; born in Pennsylvania Jan. 5, 1845; emigrated to Montgomery county in 1855, thence to Darke county, until the breaking out of the war; enlisted in the 71st O. V. I. Studied after returning from the army and admitted to the bar in 1868, which profession he has followed ever since. Judge Advo- cate General of Ohio under administration of Governor Hoadley. Elected and served in the Forty-ninth Congress. Three years one of the managers of the World's Fair Com- mission for Ohio. In 1894 unanimously selected by both branches of Congress of the United States as one of the managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for a term of six years. In 1895 was selected chairman of State Democratic Executive Committee, and filled the arduous duties of that place in the memorable campaign between Governor Bushnell and Governor Camp- bell. Page 28.
ALLEN, LUTHER, capitalist and manufacturer of Cleveland, is a native of New York State; received a public school education. Began business career at an early age and soon entered the railroad service, connecting hin- self with some of the large trunk lines of the country as clerk, telegraph operator, cashier, first auditor, superin- tendent and general passenger and freight agent. In 1884 elected secretary and treasurer of the Society of Savings of Cleveland, and proved himself an able financier during his connections therewith. Is largely interested and iden- tified with the ship building concerns on the great lakes at Cleveland and Chicago. President of Savings, Building and Loan Co., Cleveland. Page 68.
AVERY, ELROY M., Cleveland, State Senator of Cuyahoga County. He is a literary man of ability and an orator of fame. Was principal of East High and Normal School of Cleveland, member of the City Council the first year under the new federal plan of government. Member of the Seventy-first General Assembly, and introduced the ineasure now a law changing the annual sessions of the egislature into biennial sessions. He is a clean cut man and a thorough Republican. Page 90.
ASHLEY, JR., JAMES MITCHELL, Toledo. Born of Scotch and English ancestry. Educated at Toledo public schools and graduated at Cornell University in 1876. Civil engineer in Montana from 1869 to 1871. Engaged in con- struction of Toledo & Ann Arbor and other railways from 1879 to 1893. Now interested in mining and manufactur- ing. Republican in politics. Page 32.
ALLEN, COTTON H., Mayor of Columbus and mana- ger of the Peter Hayden Saddlery and Hardware Company. Page 73.
APTHORP, HENRY, member of Board of Managers of Ohio Penitentiary ; Ashtabula. Educated in common schools, Mayfield Academy, Geauga Seminary, Harlow's Commercial College and Oberlin College. Had charge of telegraph repairs and of block and interlocking signals on Lake Shore Railway. Associate editor of Democratic Standard of Ashtabula, 1876 to 1883. Railroad commis- sioner of Ohio two years. General agent of Lake Shore Railway, 1887 to 1891. Author of "Two-Cent Railroad Fare in Ohio." Member of Ashtabula Council several years. Democratic candidate for Congress, Nineteenth District, 1888 and 1894. Page 29.
AKER, W. W., Attorney-at-Law, New Paris; Repre- sentative of Preble County, and serving his second term11 Graduated from several educational institutions, including literary, commercial and law graduatory from Cincinnati law school; has taught school and served in 93rd O. V. I., which regiment he helped to recruit. He headed the roll call in the Seventy-first Assembly and was always prompt, voting on nearly every question that came before the House, and was one of the best and most attentive mem- bers Preble county ever had .- Page 94.
ANDERSON, LEROY K., Aide-de-Camp of Governor Bushnell and of the Tuscarora Advertising Co., Coshocton. He is a prominent business man, a public spirited citizen and thorough-going gentleman of his city. A loyal and enthusiastic Republican. Started out in life as a school teacher but soon abandoned the profession to engage in business in which he has been eminently successful. Pres- idential elector of his district in 1888 when President Harri- son was elected. The Tuscarora Advertising Co., with which he is connected, is one of the largest concerns of its kind in the world. Page 85.
AXLINE, H. A., Adjutant General of Ohio, Columbus. Received his education at the common schools and gradu- ate of Ohio Wesleyan University. Served in the war of the Rebellion and was mustered out at the close. Principal of Zanesville High School while studying law, and ad- mitted to the bar by the Ohio Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. He has been longer identified with the O. N. G. than any man in the State, Captain, Major and Lieutenant in the 17th Regiment, O. N. G. Chief clerk in the Adjutant General's office and promoted to assistant under the administration of Governor Foster. Adjutant-General under Governor Foraker's administra- tion, and under which the first encampment of O. N. G. was held. Appointed Adjutant General again by Governor Bushnell. Page 24.
ALDRICH, GEORGE F., Representative of Sandusky County, Tinney. Native of Sandusky county and reared on the farm. Educated in the district schools, Fostoria Normal school and public schools of Mansfield. Began teaching school at the age of 18, and considered one of San- dusky county's successful teachers for fifteen years. Nine years justice of the peace of his township. Four years member of Board of County School Examiners. Elected to the Seventieth General Assembly and Seventy-second as a Democrat. Page 98.
BUSHNELL, ASA S., Governor of Ohio. Born in New York in 1834. Came to Springfield, Ohio, in 1854, where he was a dry goods clerk, and afterwards a book-
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keeper. In 1866 he became interested in the firm of Warder, Bushnell & Glessner, manufacturers of harvesting machin- ery, and is now the head of that firm, and worth several millions. A Captain in the late war, Quartermaster General on the staff of Gov. Foraker, chairman of Republican state committee in 1885, and a delegate-at-large to National Re- publican convention at Minneapolis in 1892. Nominated for Governor by Republican state convention at Zanesville, May 28th, 1895, and elected Governor by over 90,000 plural- ity, the largest ever given a Governor in Ohio, with but one exception. Page 22.
BECKHAM, CARL H., lawyer, Toledo, and Repre- sentative of Lucas county. Received his education in the district schools and Napoleon high school. Started out in life at the age of 14, spending several years farming and teaching ; attended Ohio Wesleyan University one year. Studied law at Toledo and admitted to the bar in 1886, and has been engaged in practice ever since at Toledo. Mein- ber of Seventy-first General Assembly, and re-elected to the Seventy-second. Republican in politics. Page 95.
BOXWELL, ALEXANDER, Representative of War- ren county, Red Lion. Born in Virginia and came to Ohio in 1857. Secured his education in the public schools and Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. Taught school for sixteen years ; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1881. He was a justice of the peace twelve years and a member of the Sixty ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first and Seventy-second General Assemblies. Speaker of the Sev. enty-first House of Representatives. Page 91.
BREWER, MURRAY P., Bowling Green. Born in Columbus, Nov. 23, 1849, and received his schooling at Wes- terville. In 1868 he went to Toledo and engaged in the printing business as a practical printer, and in 1870 went to Bowling Green and took a position on the Wood County Sentinel, the official organ of the Republican party. In 1873 he became sole proprietor of the Sentinel by purchase from C. W. Evers, later selling to Rudulph Bros., and was then for a year one of the proprietors of the Wauseon Re- publican. In 1884 he again became one of the proprietors of the Sentinel, and has been its editor ever since. Has been mayor of Bowling Green two terms. Served on the school board and city council ably and well for many years. He is one of the ablest writers in Ohio, and always alert to the interests of his town and county. Page 57.
BLEE, ROBERT, born in Cuyahoga county, 1836, and received a good academic education. In 1853 he commenced his business life as a brakeman on the C. C. & C. Ry., and in March, 1867, was appointed Superintendent, which posi- tion he held until his election as Mayor of the City of Cleve- land in 1883, retiring from that office with honor. Page 60.
BOYLE, JAMES, Private Secretary of Ex-Governor McKinley, and Journalist. Born in England. Came to America at the age of 16, and learned the printer's trade at Toronto, Canada. Before 20 years of age he was a reporter on the Montreal and Toronto papers; afterwards Parliamentary reporter of debates for the Toronto Mail, and one of the official reporters of the Canadian House of Parliament. Came to the United States, and for four years was on the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Took a position on the Gazette at Cincinnati, and upon the consolidation of the Commer- cial and Gazette became political correspondent of that paper. Has always taken a keen interest in politics. One of the charter members of the Young Men's Blaine Club, of Cincinnati, one of the famous political clubs of the country. One of the prime movers in organizing the League of Rc- publican Clubs, of which he has always been identified, and in 1890 was elected President of the Ohio Republican League. Has been member of Board of Police Commis- sioners of Cincinnati. On election of Gov. Mckinley he was chosen his private secretary. Page 26.
BRUSH, C. F .- M. E., Ph. D. Electric Engineer and Inventor of Brush Electric Lights, Cleveland. While quite young he had a natural bent or aptitude for chemistry, physics and engineering, and received his education at the Cleveland High School and Michigan University as a min- ing engineer. He is the inventor of dynamos, electric ma- chines, electric light lamps, etc. The Brush electric lights now shine by thousands in all quarters of the globe, in
the streets, the factories, stores and residences, on steamers p owing the rivers, lakes and oceans, war vessels of every nation, and on the big passenger and merchant steamers. "Brush " is a household word on the five great continents. Page. 70.
BADGER, DEWITT C., Common Pleas'Judge, Colum- bus. Educated at Mt. Union College and Bloomingburg Academy. School teacher at the age of 15 and taught until he was 21. Admitted to the Bar in 1880. Began the prac- tice of law at London, Ohio, shortly afterwards. Three years Prosecuting Attorney of Madison County. Contin- ued the practice of law at London until 1883, when he removed to Columbus. Elected Common Pleas Judge in 1893. Politically a Democrat, and fraternally a Mason, I. O. O. F., and K. of P. Page 81
BRUON, ANDREW, Ottawa, of the firm of Cover & Bruon, Bankers; wholesale hay and straw firm of Andrew Bruon & Co .; President of the Putnam County Gravel Co .. and of the Harbison-Milburn Co., of Findlay. He is an untiring and methodical worker, drawing the line between friends and enemies, scarcely ever absent from his busi- ness, and as a natural consequence all his undertakings succeed. Page 87.
BORN, CONRAD, JR , of Capital City Brewery, was born in Columbus on September 21st, 1844; educated in public schools of Columbus ; started to work in brewery in 1860, at Cincinnati, Ohio, and became a partner in the firm of Born & Co., brewers, of Columbus, Ohio, in 1864; mar- ried to Miss Lena Moerlein, of Cincinnati, in 1869 ; is se: ior member now of the above firm, and has associated with him in business his son, C. Christian Born, and his nephew, C. Edward Born, under the firm name of Born & Co. Page 82.
BEATTY, GEORGE W., of Columbus, is well known to the paper and printing trade of Ohio and Michigan, where he has labored in the interests of the Central Ohio Paper Co. for the past ten years. He is one of the mnen who have made the celebrated Swan linen paper so widely known and so generally used. Page 97.
BIERLY, T. N., lawyer, Toledo. Born in Pennsyl- vania but grew to manhood in Wood county, Ohio, where he acquired a common school education and attended Nor- inal School at Republic, Ohio. Taught school several years. Studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1877, opened an office at Pemberville where he practiced until 1895, when he removed to Toledo. Politically a Demo. rat, and an active leader of his party. Mayor of Pemberville several terms and served on Board of Education of that village. Has been Democratic candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of Wood county. He has extensive real estate interests which have proved a financial bonanza and a for- tune. He being of a generous and philanthropic nature has been liberal in contributing to the happiness of others. The public library of Pemberville is a monument of his generosity. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow and a Mason. Page 88.
BALDWIN, FRANK A., of Baldwin & Harrington. lawyers, Bowling Green. One of the ablest lawyers of the Wood county bar He was born in New York in 1854, his parents having returned to their old home to escape the cholera plague at Perrysburg. Educated in the public schools of Perrysburg, Weston and Toledo, he began read- ing law with J. R. Tyler at Perrysburg and completed his studies with McCauley & Penington at Tiffin. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1877, and shortly opened an office at Weston, and the same year was elected Prosecuting Attor- ncy of Wood County, removing to Bowling Green where he has since resided. He is a member of the Court House Building Commission. Page 56.
BROWN, R. B., of the Zanesville Conrier, Zanesville. Born, raised and educated at the village of New Concord. Muskingum county. Served four years and five months as a private soldier in the 15th O. V. I. during the war. He was severely wounded in front of Atlanta, and disabled for nine months ; with this exception he was in every battle or skirmish his regiment participated in. After returning liome from the war he entered college and completed his
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education. Taught school four years in Southern Minne- sota and in 1873 became connected with the Zanesville Courier as city editor. In 1876 purchased an interest in the paper, and the firin of Newman, Dodd & Brown afterwards became the Courier Company, incorporated under the laws of Ohio and was elected manager of the company in 1889, and has so continued. Has been mayor of his native vil- lage and one of the trustees of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Sandusky under the administration of Governors Foraker, Campbell, Mckinley and Bushneil. Page 87.
BAKER, L. M., of Baker's Art Gallery, came to Co- lumbus in 1854 and became a clerk in a store, and later at the Neil House ; was an officer at the penitentiary under Governor Chase; served a short time in the army dur- ing the late unpleasantness ; went into the photograph business in 1862, and the next year established the present gallery, of which he has been the head ever since. Baker's Art Gallery has the finest art rooms in Ohio, and it is a demonstrated fact that the work of the artists are the best produced in the United States. They were awarded the gold medal for the best specimens of photographs ex- hibited at the Semi-Centennial at Boston and at the World's Fair at Chicago. Page 83.
BAKER, DUANE H., of Baker's Art Gallery, Colum- bus. Son of L. M. Baker Finished his education at the Ohio State University, and has since been connected with Baker's Art Gallery, he being business manager and own- ing a third interest. Was a veteran member of the Columbus Cadets, six years a member of Governor's Guards. Socially a K. of P. and an Elk. Page 83.
BLISS, JERRY P., Member of Board of Public Works, Columbus. Received his education in the common schools, and at an early age helped to support his mother by selling papers and flowers. Was a page in the Ohio Senate, and afterwards worked in the railroad service in the general office of the B. & O. and ticket office at Union Depot. In 1888 became connected with the baking business, which under his management has become one of the most thor- oughly equipped plants in Columbus. Politically a Repub- lican. Delegate to Republican National convention at Chicago in 1888. Fraternally a Mason, I. O. O. F., Knight Templar, Red Man, K of P., Junior Hussar, and member of Town street Methodist church. Page 74.
BEER, THOMAS, lawyer, Bucyrus. Born in 1832 in Wayne county, Ohio. Edited the Stark County Democrat from 1858 to 1860; the Crawford County Forum from 1860 to 1862. Read law in Coshocton. Admitted to the bar in 1862. Elected to the Legislature in 1863 and 1865. Member of Constitutional Convention of 1873-4. Appointed Com- mon Pleas Judge in 1874, serving until February, 1885. Judge of the Circuit Court from 1885 to 1893. Page 44.
BURKET, JACOB F., Findlay, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Admitted to the bar at Find- lay in 1861 and practiced law there until elected Supreme Judge, going on the bench in February, 1893. Presidential elector on the Garfield and Arthur ticket in 1880. Grand Master of Odd Fellows for Ohio from May, 1882, to May. 1883. Member of the American Bar Association and Ohio Bar Association. The supreme judgeship was the first official position he ever held. Page 71.
BRAILEY, JAMES S., broker, Wauseon. Secretary of the Fulton County Building and Loan Co. and a member of the firm of Brailey & Conklin, general agents for the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. Is a staunch Republi- can and takes an active part in politics in Northwestern Ohio. In business Mr. Brailey is a hard worker and enjoys the confidence of his associates Page 48.
BRADBURY, JOSEPH P., Pomeroy, one of the Ohio Supreme Court judges. Began practice of law in 1866 at Union City, Ind. Removed to Pomeroy same year, where he has since resided. Elected prosecuting attorney of Meigs county in 1869 and 1871. Elected Common Pleas judge in 1878, 1879 and 1881. Page 72.
BRUSH, EDMUND CONE, A. M., M. D., Zanesville. Educated in the schools of Zanesville and Academic Department of Marietta College. Graduated from Starling
Medical College in 1875. Marietta College conferred the honorary degree of master of arts in 1889. Trustee and physician of the John McIntire Children's Home, surgeon of the B. & O., C. & M. V., C. A. & C , B. Z. & C. and Z. & O. R. railroads. Member of Zanesville Board of Health, trustee of the Muskingum County Soldiers and Sailors' Memorial buildings, president of the Board of Trustees of the Zanesville Atheneum. Contributed articles on medical subjects and published in various medical journals ; mili- tary articles to Century and military journals ; article on the Pioneer Physicians of the Muskingum Valley, read before the Ohio State Historical Society and published by that body. Enlisted in Ohio Light Artillery regiment in 1886 and has been captain of Battery " C," major, lieuten- ant-colonel and now colonel. Page 64.
BASSETT, HOLLIS S., Clerk of the Courts of Fulton county, Wauseon. Proprietor of Swan Creek stock farm, Swanton, Ohio, and dealer in trotting bred horses. Founded the Swanton Enterprise in 1886. Page 48.
BOLLMEYER, FRED J., Mayor of Wauseon and editor of Wauseon Expositor. First Democratic mayor of that city. Elected in April, 1894, at the age of twenty-two, being the youngest mayor in Ohio. Secretary of Ninth District Democratic Congressional committee. Page 48.
BELL, WM. S., Mayor of Zanesville. Native of that city, and received a public school education. Actively and successfully engaged in mercantile pursuits twenty years. Member of the Seventy-first General Assembly. Serving his second term as mayor of that city, Has been actively engaged in Board of Trade work, and several new factories and industries attest to his energy and business enterprise. Page 62.
BROWN, W. C., managing editor of Fostoria Daily Review and treasurer of the Isaac Harter Milling Co., Fos- toria. Academic education. City editor of Findlay Daily Jeffersonian at seventeen years of age. Teller in Foster & Co.'s bank, Fostoria, six years. January 1st, 1888, became treasurer of the Isaac Harter Milling Co., the largest com- bined mill and elevator plant in the world, which he still holds, and is now financial manager of the immense plant, involving an investment of upwards of a million dollars. President of two building and loan associations, and largely interested in other local enterprises. Member of staff of Governor Mckinley, with rank of colonel. Delegate to Republican National convention at Minneapolis in 1892 from the Thirteenth Congressional district of Ohio. Was the secretary of the Ohio delegation, and was the youngest delegate in the National convention. Page 54.
BELL, HUBBERT E., Postmaster, Mansfield, and senior member of the law firm of Bell, Brinkerhoof & Mungert. Common school education, with normal course at Northwestern Ohio College at Ada. A country school teacher while reading law. Admitted to the bar in 1881 Prosecuting Attorney of Richland county six years. Dem- ocrat politically, and always actively identified with com- mittee work. Appointed postmaster of Mansfield by Pres- ident Cleveland in March, 1894. Page 40.
BRICKELL, WILLIAM D., was born November 19, 1852, at Steubenville, O., being the son of Captain D. Z. Brickell, the well-known manufacturer and capitalist of Pittsburg, Pa. His education was acquired in the public schools of Pittsburg and at the Western University at Pittsburg. While yet a young man he learned the printers' trade, being an apprentice on The Pittsburg Daily Post, under James F. Barr. He thus brought to his chosen profession, that of a newspaper publisher, a practical mechanical as well as business knowledge. While to him alone must be attributed the wonderful success of the Columbus Dispatch, yet so modest and unobtrusive has been his nature the world is not nearly so well acquainted with this man as it is with men who have accomplished far less along the lines of educating the public and alleviating the wants of the unfortunates. Devoted to his home and his business, he is rarely conspicuous in public. Without noise or bluster, and as devoid of personal selfishness as is possible for a human being to be, Mr. Brickell has devoted his life to the interest of the many. Fidelity to friends, and methodical in business transactions are two of his
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strong characteristics. As an employer. while exacting a strict compliance to rules, he is held in the highest esteen1 by all his employes, whom he is ready to befriend at all times. Page 75.
BEERY, THOMAS E., President of Commercial Bank, Upper Sandusky. Educated in country schools. Embarked in mercantile business at the age of twenty in Bremen, Fairfield county. Removed to Upper Sandusky in 1887, where he has been identified with its mercantile, manufac- turing, shipping and banking interests. The Commercial Bank was organized for general banking business January 1st. 1895, and is a strong financial institution. Mr. Beery is a member of the J. C. Woodcock Co., manufacturers, of his city. Page 46.
BROWN, JAMES M., senior member of the law firm of James M. & Walter F. Brown, is a prominent Republican and one of the best known citizens of Toledo He was Postmaster of Toledo under President Harrison, for twelve years President of the Toledo Humane Society, and in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the city his counsel is solicited and carries great weight. Page 31.
BONNER, COL. JOSEPH C., President and Manager of the Ames, Bonner Co., of Toledo. Born at Chillicothe, O., July 13, 1855. Is of Scotch-Irish parentage. Member of Society of Sons of the Revolution and the war of 1812. Member of the Staff of Ex-Governor Wm. Mckinley. Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee from 1893-1895. The records of those years show the largest Republican plurality and largest number of votes ever ballotted at State elections in Ohio. The Ames, Bon- ner Company was organized in 1882. It has a paid up cap- ital of $400,000, and a factory capicity the largest in its line and the most productive in the country. Page 33.
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