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DISPATCH, COLUMBUS. The Columbus Dispatch was of humble origin, but it has had a remarkable growth. The Dispatch was founded in 1871, it being a co-operative venture in which a number of men, inost of them printers, were the founders. In 1874 The Dispatch passed into the hands of Putnam & Doren, and in 1876 it passed into the hands of Myers & Brickell. In 1882 Mr. William D. Brick- ell, the junior partner, became sole owner, and under his management the paper has achieved a wonderful growth and success, it being one of the very best newspaper prop- erties in Ohio. Mr. Brickell has been a careful manager watching the minor details very closely, but at no time per- mitting the question "what will it cost" to enter in the obtaining of news which the people desire. The positive independence, and fearless espousing of the people's cause, together with its progressive tendency, has made The Dis- patch a power for good, not alone in Columbus, but throughout the State. While the restless energy of its pro- prietor is very much in evidence in the success of this paper, its proprietor has always strenously aimed to make individuality subordinate to The Dispatch. In a few short years The Dispatch, from a humble beginning, has suc- cessfully outstripped its older rivals until now it is recog- nized as the leading newspaper in Central Ohio, in charac- ter, influence and circulation. An excellent cut of the building appears elsewhere. (See cut).
DUSTIN, C. W., Dayton. C. W. Dustin, of Dayton, Judge of Common Pleas Court, Third Sub-Division Second Judicial District, graduated at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1868; Professor of Mathematics at Quincy College, Il1., and Brookville college, Ind .; admitted to the bar in 1873 ; member Dayton Board of Education three terms; active in organizing the Garfield club of Dayton, the Ohio Republican League and National Republican League. Unsuccessful candidate for the Legislature in 1881, and for judge in 1884; for years an editorial writer for the Dayton Journal, and a frequent contributor to the press; President Montgomery County Bar association in 1894; candidate of Republican party for judge in 1895, and elected by 8,645 majority. Page 66.
DRAKE, FRANK B., Receiver and General Manager of C., J. & M. R'y Co., Toledo. Acquired his learning at public schools and free academy at Elmira, N. Y. He en- gaged in the railroad business as clerk in the shops of which afterwards became the Pullman Palace Car Com- pany at Elmira, N. Y. Has been private secretary of W. P. Robinson, General Traffic Manager of the Missouri, Kan- sas & Texas R'y., from 1871 until 1881 ; traveling private secretary of A. A. Talmage, General Manager of Missouri Pacific Railroad for two years, and promoted to train-
master ; chief clerk of General Manager's office, Superin- tendent of line between Kansas City and Omaha, Assistant Superintendent of Missouri Pacific proper, and Superin- tendent later. Resigned in 1887 to become General Man- ager of the C. J. & M. Page 38.
DUNCAN, THOMAS J., Common Pleas Jugde, Co- lumbus. Born in Fairfield county. Educated at Ohio Wesleyan University. Studied law and admitted to the bar in 1871 and located in Columbus the same year, where he has since practiced until elected a Common Pleas Judge. He is serving his second term He has gained quite a reputation for exhibiting good judgment in giving decis- ions on intricate questions that have been submitted before him by the many able members of the bar. Page 81.
DODGE, MARTIN, Representative of Cuyahoga county, Cleveland Received his learning at public schools and Hiram and Buchtel colleges. First 21 years spent on a farm. Taught school as a profession. Admitted to the bar in 1877. After two years practice in Cleveland went to Kansas and practiced until 1882 when he returned to Cleveland. Six years engaged in real estate and building operations. Three years manager of the Cleveland Sun and Voice Member of 70th, 71st and 72nd General Assem- blies. Politically a Republican. Page 95
DOUD, L. L., born in 1838, has ever since resided within the limits of his native County of Huron. His edu- cational opportunities, the country school, a few terms of college life, and a commercial course completed at Baldwin University, Berea, O .; business pursuits, a few terms teaching "deestrict school," a few years as stock dealer and farmer in Greenwich, eight years of mercantile life in New London, and twenty years as secretary of the A. B. Chase Co., manufacturers of pianos and organs, Norwalk, O. Page 53.
DICKMAN, F. J., ex-judge of Supreme Court, Cleve- land. Graduated at Brown University, Providence, R. I. Admitted to bar of Rhode Island. Practiced law in Provi- dence. Removed to Cleveland in 1858. Elected to legisla- ture in 1861. Appointed by President Johnson as United States district attorney of Northern Ohio, resigning in 1869. Appointed by Governor Foster one of the judges of Supreme Court Commission in 1883. Appointed in 1886 by Governor Foraker a judge of Supreme Court. Twice elected. Chief justice from 1894 to Feb. 9, 1895. Page 72.
DESHLER, JOHN G., vice-president of Deshler bank and owner of the Wyandotte building, the highest and finest building in Columbus; is the descendant of a long line of successful bankers of his name, dating back to revolutionary times. He was one of the few men who had the nerve to explore for natural gas in the territory which now supplies Columbus with this best of all fuel. He is a valued and popular citizen and a business inan of ability. Page 77.
DICK, CHARLES, attorney-at-law, Akron. Ex-audi- tor of Summit county and for three years chairman of the Ohio Republican State Executive Committee. Born at Akron, Nov. 3, 1858. Page 43.
DAVIS, CHARLES Q., Representative of Franklin county, Columbus. He is at the head of the Davis Lubri- cating Oil Co. ; has been in journalism for years and is a writer of ability. He is one of the leading Democrats of his place and a popular citizen. Page 92.
DUNN, ROBERT, of the firm of Robert & F. W. Dunn, abstractors of titles, and of Troup & Dunn, attorneys, Bowling Green. Probably one of the best known inen of Wood county. Served two terms and part of a third term by appointment as county recorder, several terms as mem- ber of city council, school board and other public offices. Has been styled the walking encyclopedia of information upon the matter of real estate titles and matters in that line. Page 58.
DYER, JOSEPH H., prosecuting attorney of Franklin county, Columbus. Received his education at the country schools and Ohio State University. Graduated at the Boston Law School. Admitted to practice in 1890. No young man has gained prominence more rapidly at the Columbus bar than he. Elected prosecuting attorney in
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1894. His administration of legal affairs of that county has given the best of satisfaction. He is a genial gentle- man, good lawyer and a leader among the Republicans of his county. Member of F. & A. M., K. of P. and Chi Phi Fraternity. Page 80.
DOYLE, JOHN H., ex-judge and of Doyle, Scott & Lewis, attorneys, Toledo. Educated in the public schools of Toledo and Dennison University, Granville. Commis- sioned during the war as lieutenant, but severe illness pre- vented him from accepting it, he being but eighteen years of age. Admitted to the bar in 1864 and entered into part- nership with Mr. Bissell. Elected judge of judicial district comprising Lucas, Sandusky, Ottawa, Huron and Erie counties in 1879. In 1882 was nominated for supreme judge on Republican ticket, but was defeated with his party. Appointed supreme judge in 1883 by Governor Foster and served one year. Again in 1883 was nominated for supreme judge by the Republicans, but was defeated with his party. One of the organizers of the Toledo Library Association, now the Free Library of Toledo. A trustee of the Toledo Asylum under the administration of Governor Foraker. Was a candidate for governor before the Republican con- vention in 1895. Page 31.
EVERETT, S. F., a Cleveland banker and capitalist. Is a 1 Ohioan by birth and secured his learning in the dis- trict and city schools of Cleveland ; begun his business career in a dry goods store. Soon entered a banking house as clerk and within three years was promoted to cashier, and the firm is now Everett, Weddell & Co. President of National Bank of Commerce; city treasurer of Cleveland from 1869 to 1881. Is stockholder in a number of manufac- turing establishments, and is interested in electric street railways. Was a delegate to National Republican conven- tion, in 1880, that nominated James A. Garfield. Appointed in 1881 by the President as one of the United States direc- tors of the Union Pacific Railroad. He is a Mason, K. of P., and Forrester. Page 68.
EELLS, DAN P., a banker and railroad capitalist of Cleveland; became interested with Eastern capitalists and in connection with them originated and carried through sev- eral railroad projects of great magnitude and importance. His business interests are extensive and diversified, being connected with banks, mining and smelting works, rolling mills, foundries and machine shops, iron and steel works, telephone lines, gas, coke and light companies, street rail- ways, etc. Takes an active interest in charitable and re- ligious institutions. Page 68.
ELLIS, GENERAL LOUIS F., Lima, National Com- mander of the " Union Veterans' Union," an exclusively battlefield soldiers' organization A native of New York State, his home being on the beautiful Hudson River and New York City, from which place he enlisted at the out- break of the rebellion; served with distinction and became famous as a volunteer to the "Forlorn Hope Storming Column," at Port Hudson, Louisiana. Endorsed by his county for Congress. Now engaged in the oil business. Page 60.
EBRIGHT, L. S., physician and surgeon, Akron. Received his education in district sehools. Served in the late war in the 85th O. V. I. and 88th O. V. I. Began the study of medicine with Drs. Bowen and McEbright. Grad- uated at the Medical Department of Adelbert college ; coul- menced the practice of medicine in Middlebury, Ohio, now the Sixth ward of Akron, where he still resides. Spent the winter of '71 and '72 at the College of Physicians and Sur- geons of New York and one year at Heidelberg University, Germany. Five years surgeon of the 6th Battery, O. N. G. Member of 64th General Assembly. Surgeon-General on Governor Mckinley's staff. Page 43.
EMMINGER, A. F., D D. S., Dentist, No. 150 East Broad street, Columbus. One of the best known citizens of Columbus. Was born at Mansfield, December 5, 1847. Has been in continuous successful practice of his profes- sion since 1868 in Columbus. His practice consists of the wealthy, intelligent, influential people of the Buckeye Cap- ital. Dr. Emminger founded the Dental College con- nected with the Ohio Medical College, organized its first faculty and was its first dean. His office, an elegant
brown stone residence, is all that could be demanded by the most fastidious. A 30th degree Mason, a Knight Tem- plar and an Odd Fellow. Page 78.
FAIRBANKS, GEO. A., attorney-at-law, Room 5, Wyandotte Building, Columbus. Received a common school education at Canal Winchester. Studied law at the age of eighteen and admitted to the bar in 1884. Democrat candidate for attorney general in 1895. He enjoys a very lucrative practice and a brilliant reputation. Page 79.
FINLEY, E. B., lawyer, Bucyrus. A distinguished political speaker on the issues of the day and who has become noted during the campaign for his speeches full of wit, wisdom, pathos and amusing anecdotes. Politically a Democrat. Has presided as permanent chairman of sev- eral Democratic State Conventions. Chairman of the com- mittee on resolutions at Democratic State Convention at Cleveland in 1892 and at Columbus in 1894, in which, after a hard fight, he leading the debate, secured the adoption of a resolution favoring free coinage of silver at the ratio of sixteen to one. Page 44.
FOSTER, CHARLES, Fostoria, born near Fostoria. Educated in the common schools and academy at Norwalk. For fifty-six consecutive years engaged in the banking and mercantile business at Fostoria, his home. Member of the Forty-second, Forty-third, Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses. Member and chairman of sub committee to look into political affairs of Louisiana in 1875. Twice elected governor of Ohio. Chairman of Sioux Indian Commission under President Harrison. Appointed secre- tary of the Treasury by President Harrison Feb. 7, 1891, and filled the office with great ability until the close of his term. Page 21.
FORAKER, JOSEPH BENSON, Cincinnati, born near Rainsborough, Highland county. Enlisted as the first private in Company A, 89th O. V. I., at the age of sixteen ; mustered out as captain before completing his twentieth year. Graduated at Cornell University. Began practice of law in Cincinnati in 1869. Was chief supervisor of elec- tions of Southern Ohio district in 1876. Elected to the Superior Court bench in 1879. Defeated for governor by Hoadley in 1883. Elected governor in 1885 and re-elected in 1887, and defeated again by James E. Campbell in 1889. Chosen U. S. senator by Ohio Legislature in 1896. Page 20.
FISHER, CHARLES R., aide-de-camp to Governor Bushnell and editor of The Journal, Wilmington, the lead- ing Republican organ of Clinton county. Educated in the Wilmington public school. At nineteen years of age was deputy clerk of the courts of Clinton, which he held for nearly six years. He was offered under the administration of President Harrison and accepted the position of post- master of Wilmington, which he held for four years. Mr. Fisher is an enthusiastic Republican and a member of several Republican clubs. He belongs to the various branches of the Masonic order, Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows. Page 25.
FLEISCHMAN, JULIUS, who has always lived in Cincinnati, was born in June, 1871, at Riverside, and is a son of Charles Fleischman, one of the best known citizens and financers of that city. Julius was educated in his home town and began his business career as clerk of Fleishman & Co., now being manager of the firm. Is a Director in the Market National Bank, President of the Riverside Malting and Elevating Co., Illinois Vinegar Manufacturing Co., of Chicago, and has other large inter- ests. He is a Republican, and was Aid-de-Camp on the staff of Gov. Mckinley, and reappointed by Gov. Bushnell. He is prominent among the Republicans of Cincinnati, and being Vice-President of the Blaine Club and Treasurer of the Lincoln Club, and has a bright future. Page 67.
GRAY, CHAS. W., Representative of Fayette county, born and raised in Jeffersonville, Ohio, where he now resides. Received common school education, and merchant by occupation Owns and operates farming land. Elected to 71st and 72d General Assemblies, as a Republican. l'age 91.
GAYMAN, BENJAMIN F., Representative of Frank. lin county and one of the publishers of the Canal Winches-
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ter Times. Native of Canal Winchester and educated in the public schools of that place. Has served as Councilman and Mayor of his town four terms without opposition. Democrat politically. He is one of three Representatives of Franklin. and was member of the 70th General Assem- bly. Page 92.
GUNCKEL, LEWIS B., Lawyer, Dayton. Graduate of Farmer's College and Cincinnati Law School. Admitted to Bar in 1861. Located at Dayton and has practiced there ever since. Has taken a prominent part in politics, being a Whig during the existence of that party, and was one of the first in Ohio to become identified with the Republican party. Delegate to National Republican convention at Philadephia in 1856. State Senator during the memorable sessions of 1862, '64, '65, and was an ardent Union man and friend of the common soldiers. Presidential elector in 1864. Largely aided in establishing the Soldier's Home in Dayton, and one of its first trustees. Special Commissioner to in- vestigate frauds practiced upon Indians in 1871. Elected to 43d Congress from 4th District. The Soldier's Home at Dayton was Mr. Gunckel's pet idea and the ambition of his life. Page 65.
GUILBERT, WALTER D., Auditor of State, Column- bus. Educated in common schools of this State and Wenona Academy at Wenona, Il1. Twice elected Auditor of Noble county. Became Chief Deputy of Auditor's office under E. W Poe. He is genial and pleasant and has more warm, true friends than most any other man in the State House. He assumed the duties of Auditor of State Janu- ary, 1896. Page 22.
GIBBS. JAMES G., Business Manager and Managing Editor of Daily and Weekly Reflector, Norwalk. Graduate of Norwalk High School and student of Lafayette College, Eaton, Pa. Learned printer's trade. Reporter on Inter Ocean, Chicago. Vice-President of Lanning Printing Co , Treasurer of National Editorial Association, President of Norwalk City Board of Education. President of Ohio Sav- ings, Loan and Investment Co., largely interested in the telephone business and in many other enterprises for the moral and material benefit of Norwalk. The Reflector is the oldest and leading paper of Norwalk and Huron county. Page 53.
GARRETT, GEO. H., of the firm of Garret & Horton, proprietors of Arcade Hotel, Springfield, and Clarenden Hotel, Zanesville. For over ten years was one of the firm of Clark & Harrett, owners and proprietors Park Hotel, Warren. Page 63.
GRIFFITH, JOHN ELLSWORTH, lawyer and Repre- sentative of Union county. Marysville. Educated at coun- try schools, Prospect, Delaware and Fostoria Normal schools, Spencerian Business college, Cleveland, Dennison University and Cincinnati Law school. President of State organization of Fair Presidents and Secretaries. Two vears clerk of the Deputy State Supervisors of Election of Union county. A Mason, Odd Fellow, K. of P. and mem- ber of the Order of the Eastern Star. Page 93.
GRIFFIN, C. P., Ex-Representative of Lucas county, Toledo. Raised on a farm and educated at the district schools and Oberlin college. Taught school in Iowa and Missouri. Became one of the proprietors of Oberlin Busi- ness college in 1864; established the Business college at Hillsdale, Mich., in 1866. Removed to Toledo in 1868 and has successfully engaged in real estate and insurance busi- ness. Trustee of Hillsdale college from 1876 to 1886. His business headquarters were in New York from 1874 to 1879, and in Chicago from 1879 to 1883. He was elected to the 68th, 69th and 70th General Assemblies. Page 32.
HERRICK, MYRON T. President of the Society for Savings, was born in Huntington, Lorain county, O., on October 9th, 1854. His education was completed at the Oberlin and Delaware colleges, and he was for some time engaged in business in the West. He studied law with Messrs G. E. and J. F. Herrick He continued the practice of law until 1885 at which time he was electedSecretary and Treasurer of the Society for Savings, and then President; he has large successful business interests and is well known all over the country as an able financier. Page 69.
HOLDEN, L. E., editor and chief owner of the Cleve- land Plain Dealer. A Democrat of the Jeffersonian type, a staunch advocate of a tariff for revenue with incidental protection and for free coinage of gold and silver. Gradu- ate of the University of Michigan ; professor in Kalamazoo college, Mich., several years ; a writer on public and liter- ary subjects, and several years interested in mines in Lake Superior and the Rocky Mountains. The Cleveland Plain Dealer under his management has become one of the most widely circulated and extensively quoted papers in the country. Page 67.
HOWARD, CHARLES FENTON, State Senator of the Fifty-Sixth district, and attorney.at-law, Xenia. Son of the Hon. R. F. Howard. Educated in Xenia public schools, Xenia college, Antioch and Michigan University, Ann Arbor, Mich. City Clerk of Xenia one term. Mayor of Xenia four terms, which office he resigned to accept the office of State Senator. His father had been Mayor of Xenia just 60 years before he was elected to the same posi- tion. Page 90.
HARPER, W. M., editor and publisher of The Ban- ner, Mt. Vernon, and State Senator Seventeenth-Twenty- eighth district. Son of the late Lecky Harper. one of the best known editors of Ohio. Educated in Mt. Vernon pub- lic schools and the Naval Academy of Annapolis. Mary- land. The State Senatorship was the first office he ever accepted or desired to hold. Page 90.
HANKEY, JOHN R., State Senator of the Thirty- third district, manufacturer and banker, Bowling Green ; President of Hankey Lumber Co. Vice-president of the First National bank, and is largely interested in a number of business enterprises which helps to advance the trade and growth of his town. One of the Board of Trustees of the State Blind Asylum under the administration of Governor Foraker. He was born in Wayne county in 1843 ; educated in the common schools, and served as a soldier in the civil war. Page 88.
HANDY, WM. H, member of the law firm of Handy & Ogan. Ottawa. Served in the civil war as private and sergeant. Enlisted in the 86th O V. I. and re-enlisted in the 67th O. V. I. Mustered out at close of the war. Ad- mitted to the bar in 1869. Common Pleas Judge of the Third sub-division, Third district of Ohio, consisting of Putnam, Henry and Fulton counties for nine and one- fourth years. Twice elected without opposition. Removed from Wauseon in 1894 to Ottawa and entered into partner- ship with Julius V. Ogan in the practice of law. Page 59.
HUTCHESON. W. C., Representative of Columbiana county, Salem. Received common school education. Served three years and three months in the war of the rebellion Held in his regiment fifth, third and second sergeant, and first lieutenant Elected to General Assembly 1893 and 1895. An active worker in the Y. M. C. A. from its begin- ning in Ohio, and has been at all the conventions laboring for the young men of the State. He has largely assisted in help building up the old school Presbyterian churches. Page 93.
HORTON, CHARLES C., joint proprietor of the Arcade Hotel, Springfield, and of the firm of Garrett & Horton, proprietors of the Clarendon Hotel, Zanesville. He has been connected with the prominent hotels of New York and Ohio since 1882. Page 63.
HOGE, JOHN, member of the firm of Schultz & Co., Zanesville. President of the Union National bank. Zanes- ville Electric Light Co., Daily Courier Co., Giffith & Wedge Co., and stockholder in a number of the manufac- turing enterprises of Zanesville. Page 63.
HARE. Hon. DARIUS D., lawyer, Upper Sandusky. Acquired his education in common schools and Ohio Wes- leyan University ; entered the military service as private in the Signal corps. United States Army in 1864, and after the war was assigned special duty at the headquarters of Major-General Canby, and afterwards of Major General Sheridan, at New Orleans. Studied law at the Michigan University, and admitted to the bar in 1867. Has practiced law in Upper Sandusky since 1868. Mayor of Upper San- dusky ten years. Member of 52nd and 53rd Congresses.
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Politically a Democrat. Since retirement from Congress has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession at Upper Sandusky. Page 46.
HASKELL, W. S., Mayor of Bowling Green and of the law firm of Mears & Haskell. A classical graduate of Michigan University. Many years principal of the Bow- ling Green schools. Served two terms upon the county board of school examiners. Has been member of city school board and city council. Republican in politics and twice elected Mayor of his city. Page 68.
HAWLEY, C. A., D. D. S., of the dental firm of Haughton & Hawley, Y. M. C. A. building, Columbus. Graduated from Western Reserve Normal School in 1883. Student at the Ohio State University three years. Graduate of Michigan University, Dental department, 1893. Member of Masonic fraternity. Editor-in-chief of the Dental Jour- nal of the University of Michigan in 1893. Member of the Ohio State Dental Society, Professor of dental anatomy, crown and bridge work and orthodontia in the dental de- partment of the Ohio Medical University, and secretary of the faculty. Page 78.
HAUGHTON, F. H., D. D. S, of the dental firm of Haughton & Hawley, Y. M. C. A. building, Columbus. Born at Gailford, Vt., in 1840. Educated at University of West Battleboro and Westminster, Vt. Practised dentistry in Columbus for thirty years except the winter months of the last few years which he has spent in Florida. One of the original promoters of the Columbus Central Railway. Commanded a battery of light artillery in the War of the Rebellion. Member of the Military Order of Loyal Legion, G. A. R., Masonic fraternity, and of the Ohio State Dental Society for twenty-three years. Page 78.
HOPLEY, JOHN, editor and proprietor of the Bucyrus Journal, Bucyrus. Superintendent of the Union schools at Bucyrus two years. Admitted to the bar and practiced law until 1862, when he went to England on business. In 1863 appointed to a clerkship in the Second Auditor's office of the Treasury Department at Washington Transferred to a posi ion in the office of Secretary of the Treasury Chase. and again transferred to the Banking and Currency Bureau when the National bank bill became a law. Under Hugh McColloch, Comptroller of the Currency, he had charge of the statistical division of the bureau and resigned in 1864 to accept a position in a large bank in New York. Re- turned to Washington and appointed National Bank Exam- iner for all the Southern States except Delaware, Mary- land and Virginia. Purchased the Bucyrus Journal in 1868. Postmaster of Bucyrus from 1870 until 1879 and again under President Harrison. Secured free inail deliv- ery for Bucyrus. Many years president of the Association of Ohio Republican papers. Page 44.
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