History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 95

Author: Nelson, S.B., Cincinnati
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Cincinnati : S. B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1592

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Franklin T. Cahill received his early education partially at St. Xavier College, and partly under private tutorage; read law in the office of Stephen Coles, attended the Cincinnati Law School, from which institution he was graduated, and in 1880 was admitted to practice, in which he has since been engaged. Politically he is a

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Republican, and a member of the Lincoln Club. He is also a member of the Cin- cinnati Literary Club, The Cincinnati Art Club, and The University Club, and Pro- fessor of Medical Jurisprudence in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery. A brother, Rev. Casper B. Cahill, is a priest of the Roman Catholic Church of this diocese.

FLORIEN GIAUQUE, attorney at law, was born on his father's farm near Berlin, Holmes Co., Ohio, May 11, 1843. His parents, Augustus and Sophia (Guillaume) Giauque, were natives of the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, who came to this country, during their childhood, with their fathers' families, both of which located in Holmes county. Florien's family left the farm when he was about six years old, and set- tled in Fredericksburg, Wayne Co., Ohio, where his boyhood was chiefly passed, and whose public schools and academy he attended. About the commencement of the war of 1861, his parents both being then dead, he went to Vermillion Institute at Hayesville, Ashland Co., Ohio, with all his fortune-about twenty dollars-in his pocket, very much determined to carry out his intention, formed years before, of graduating at some good college and becoming a lawyer. That he succeeded with- out help from others, and out of debt when he left college, carries its own comment, and should encourage others like minded. Calls for volunteer soldiers for that war following, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Second Regiment, O. V. I., and served in it in the armies of Gens. Buell, Rosecrans, Sherman and Thomas, till the close of the war. He then at once resumed his studies at Vermillion Institute, where he was both pupil and teacher. From there he went to Kenyon College, at Gambier, Ohio, entering the Freshman class in 1866, graduating with honors in June, 1869. Having soon after been examined, with a view to teaching, for a time in the public schools, by the State board of examiners, he received the best certifi- cate ever issued by that body, twenty-seven branches being enumerated therein. In September of that year, he became principal of the public schools at Glendale, Hamilton Co., Ohio, which position he held until 1875, then declining further re-election. In the meantime he had studied law under the preceptorship of the late Justice Stanley Matthews, then a resident of that village. In the latter year, he entered upon the practice of his profession in Cincinnati, where, in 1880, he formed a law partnership with Henry B. McClure, which still (1894) continues in active general practice.

Mr. Giauque is the author and compiler of a larger number of law books than any other citizen of this State, among them being the following: "The Revised Statutes of Ohio" and various supplements, etc., thereto; " A Manual for Assign- ees;" "A Manual for Guardians;" "Naturalization and Election Laws of the United States; " "Ohio Election Laws; " "Manual for Notaries and Convey- ancers;" "Settlement of Decedents' Estates;" "The Law of Roads, Ditches, Bridges and Watercourses in Ohio; " " Manual for Constables and Marshals; " and, jointly with his partner, Mr. McClure, "Dower and Curtesy Tables." For this reason a sketch of his life, and a list of his books, is found in the late edition of " Allibone's Dictionary of Authors." He is also, and for many years has been, the author and reviser of the large number of important legal blanks published by Robert Clarke & Co. of Cincinnati, who also publish said books; and he has written various articles for periodicals, etc., on scientific and other subjects.

Mr. Giauque was married November 18, 1884, to Mary, daughter of William H. Miller, a lawyer of Hamilton, Ohio, who, while an officer in the Union army, was killed in action in the Civil war; she was also the granddaughter of John Woods, long the leading lawyer of Butler county, Ohio, an active member of Congress, auditor of the State of Ohio, promoter of Ohio's canals and railroads, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Giauque reside at Glendale, Ohio, in the management of whose affairs his neighbors call upon him to take an active part.

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OLIVER BELL JONES was born in Cincinnati, January 4, 1856, a son of the late J. Dan Jones and Margaretta (Bell) Jones, both of whom were natives of Hamilton county, Ohio. J. Dan Jones was the son of Oliver Jones and grandson of John Jones, the latter a Revolutionary soldier, a native of Maryland, who came to this section of the Northwest Territory in 1797, and purchased a tract of land in Columbia township from John Cleves Symmes and his associates, the title to which land still vests in the heirs of the original purchaser. John Jones was closely identified with the early political history of Hamilton county, was one of the first justices of the peace, and was a member of both Houses of the State Legislature. His son, Oliver, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was also a member of the House of Representatives, and of the Senate of the Ohio Legislature. J. Dan Jones was for a number of years connected with the auditor's office of Hamilton county, and was himself county aud- itor in 1856 and 1858. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1850; was for a number of years treasurer of his township, and for two terms was a mem- ber of the Decennial State Board of Equalization. He died in 1873. His wife Margaretta (Bell) Jones, who survived him but five years, was the granddaughter of the late Peter Bell, one of the first judges of the court of common pleas of Ham- ilton county.

Oliver B. Jones received his education in the public schools of Columbia town- . ship and of Cincinnati, and was graduated from Woodward High School in the class of 1875. For several years thereafter he was one of the clerical force in the office of the board of public works of Cincinnati. During this period, he began the study of law and entered the Cincinnati Law School, graduating therefrom in 1880, and entering upon the practice of law in 1881. Mr. Jones is a Democrat, and has been more or less actively identified with the work of his party in this county. He held the position of an assistant under City Solicitor J. M. Dawson, and was, in 1890, his party's nominee for probate judge. On September 28, 1886, he was married to Louise F., daughter of S. W. Stone, consulting engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad. She is a graduate of Cincinnati Wesleyan College. Three children born of this marriage are: Stephen W .; Rufus B., and Louise Frances. The family reside at Madisonville, where they are connected with the Methodist Epis- copal Church.

HOWARD CLARK HOLLISTER was born September 11, 1856, on Southern avenue, Mt. Auburn, and is the eldest son of George B. and Laura B. (Strait) Hollister. He attended the public schools in the now Sixteenth District, afterward in the interme- diate department, and then in Woodward High School. In September, 1874, he entered Yale College and graduated in June, 1878. After graduation he entered as a student the law office of his father, and attended lectures at the Cincinnati Law School, from which he received his degree in May, 1880, having shortly before been admitted to the Bar by the supreme court of Ohio. In 1881 he was appointed assist- ant prosecuting attorney of Hamilton county. The following year he became a member of the firm of Hollister, Roberts & Hollister, and was elected in the fall of 1893 judge of the court of common pleas of Hamilton county by a handsome majority. On June 2, 1887, Judge Hollister was married to Alice, second daughter of Samuel B. and Julia (Baker) Keys, and they have four children. The family live on Madison road, East Walnut Hills.

CHARLES ANKENEY BOSWORTH was born at Wilmington, Ohio, September 16, 1853, a son of the late Charles M. and Virginia (Lang) Bosworth, the former a native of New York, the latter of Ohio, and both of English descent. Charles M. Bosworth was a leading Republican of his county, and was for many years and up to his death, which occurred October 11, 1888, president of the First National Bank of Wilmington. His widow resides in Wilmington.

Charles A. Bosworth graduated from Ann Arbor in 1877, and then became vice- president of the First National Bank of Wilmington, Ohio. In 1879, he came to

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Cincinnati, and read law under the preceptorship of Governor J. B. Foraker; attended the Cincinnati Law School, was graduated therefrom, and admitted to practice in 1880. Returning to Wilmington he resumed his duties as vice-president of the First National Bank. Upon the death of his father in 1886, lie became presi- dent of the bank, a position which he still holds. He entered upon the practice of his profession in Cincinnati in 1890, was for a time associated with Governor For- aker and L. C. Black, and in 1893 formed his present association with the latter. Mr. Bosworth is a 32° Mason, a Knight Templar, and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He was married April 24, 1884, to Jessie W. Clark, granddaughter of the late Thomas Weasner, one of Cincinnati's prominent pioneer citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Bosworth and children, Charles W. and Erwin P., reside on McMillan street, Walnut Hills.

CHARLES MCGUFFEY HEPBURN was born in Rockbridge county, Va., August 19, 1858, a son of Rev. Dr. Andrew D. and Henrietta (McGuffey) Hepburn, the former a native of Pennsylvania, the latter of Ohio, and both of Scotch descent. Rev. A. D. Hepburn's life work has been identified with educational interests. He has been for twelve years a member of the Faculty of the Miami University, and for three years of that period was its presiding officer. For six years he was president of Davidson College, North Carolina, and is now professor of English literature of Miami Uni- versity. W. H. McGuffey, his wife's father, was the author of the McGuffey series of Readers, and was at the time of his death one of the Faculty of the University of Virginia. He was one of the early professors of Miami University, then president of Cincinnati College, and then president of the Ohio University of Athens, Ohio.

Charles M. Hepburn prepared for college at Miami University, was graduated from Davidson College with degree of B. A. in 1878, and was the valedictorian of his class; was graduated from the University of Virginia with the degree of B. L. in 1880. For one year he taught in Davidson College. In 1881 he came to Cin- cinnati, and was admitted to practice. He was for a brief time connected with the Insurance Adjustment Company, and then entered upon the general civil practice of his profession. He is the author of a legal treatise in the Law of Pleading- "On Stating a Cause of Action"-which is now in press. He is a Democrat, and has for some years been corresponding secretary of the Ohio Club. On October 10, 1891, Mr. Hepburn was married to Julia, youngest daughter of Rev. Dr. Samuel Benedict, late rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Cincinnati, and two children, Samuel Benedict and Henrietta, are the fruits of this marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Hepburn reside on Eden avenue, Avondale. Mr. Hepburn is a member of the Sec -- ond Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati.

JOHN BRACKETT CHILDE, attorney at law, was born in West Derby, Orleans Co. , Vt., November 6, 1864. His parents, Charles B. and Eliphal (Brackett) Childe, are both natives of Vermont, and descendants of the early settlers of New England, the Brackett family dating back in its history contemporaneously with the landing of the "Mayflower." Charles B. Childe was captain in the Eighth Vermont Infantry. during the Civil war, serving with the Army of the Gulf, Capt. Childe being provost marshal of New Orleans, under Gen. Butler. By profession he is a civil engineer, and in that capacity has built numerous railroads, among them the Chesapeake & Ohio from Ashland, Ky., to Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Childe removed to this vicinity in 1870, and now reside at Wyoming.

John B. Childe was educated at Hughes High School, Cincinnati, and at Deni- son University, Granville, Ohio, from which latter institution he was graduated in 1885. He then attended the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, for one year, and upon his return to Cincinnati read law in the office of Judge Alfred Yaple while taking a year's course at the Cincinnati Law School; was gradu- ated therefrom, admitted to practice May 30, 1887, and is now engaged therein. He was married June 30, 1892, to Jessamine, daughter of Henry W. Pollock, superin-

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tendent of DeCamp, Levoy & Company, of Cincinnati, and has one child, a son,- born May 26, 1893. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Childe reside at Wyoming, and attend the Baptist Church. Both Capt. Childe and his son, John B., are members of the Loyal Legion, and the Masonic Fraternity, the latter being also a Knight Templar.

JOSEPH BURTON KELLEY, attorney at law, was born in Northumberland county, Penn., April 2, 1857, a son of Stephen S. Kelley, a retired farmer of that locality. He received his early education in the public schools of that place, and in 1874 came to Cincinnati, where for several years he was engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1878 he went to Chicago, and there pursued the study of law at the Union Col -- lege of Law of that city, from which institution lie was graduated in 1881. Imme- diately thereafter he embarked in the practice of his profession at Huron, Dak., where he took an active part in the long struggle to divide and admit the two Dakotas into the Union, and was in 1888 appointed Assistant United States Attorney of that Territory. Upon the division of that Territory and the admission to the Union of North and South Dakota in 1890, this office was abolished, and in 1891 Mr. Kelley came to Cincinnati, entering into practice here. Politically he is a Republican, an active member of the Blaine Club, and in 1892 he served as attorney for the city auditor. He is an active member of the Masonic Order and Sons of Veterans; also of Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, besides several other societies.

Mr. Kelley has been twice wedded. In January, 1878, he married Olivia J., daughter of Capt. O. S. Smith, of Morrow, Ohio. She died in December, 1878, leaving one child, Oscar. In April, 1884, Mr. Kelley married Mary C., daughter of the late L. F. Wehrmann, a leading furniture merchant of Cincinnati, and of this marriage two children, Helen and Blanche, are the issue. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley reside on Madisonville avenue, Walnut Hills.

FRED HERTENSTEIN was born in Cincinnati June 6, 1858. He is a son of the late Frederick and Elizabeth (Braun) Hertenstein, both natives of Germany, the former of Baden, the latter of Hessen-Darmstadt. Fred Hertenstein, Sr., was for many years and up to the time of his decease (1881) a shoe merchant of Cincinnati; his wife survives him.

Fred Hertenstein, Jr., attended the public schools of Cincinnati, and was gradu- ated from Woodward High School in 1879. He then studied law under the pre- ceptorship of Hon. Benjamin Butterworth and Hon. Ferdinand Vogeler; attended the Cincinnati Law School, and was graduated therefrom in the class of 1881. From October, 1881, to May, 1885, he was one of the clerical force of the surveyor of customs under D. W. McClung. On May 1, 1885, he was appointed title exam- iner under City Solicitor Frank M. Coppock, serving in this capacity until May, 1887. He then engaged in the practice of law until January 1, 1888, when he assumed the duties of assistant under County Solicitor W. A. Davidson. On May 1, 1891, he was appointed by Mayor Mosby to the position of prosecuting attorney of the police court for the term of three years. On April 2, 1894, he was elected by a majority of over eleven thousand to the position which he now holds of corpo- ration counsel as Republican candidate opposed to Guy Mallon, on the Citizens', and W. F. Fox, on the Democratic ticket. He is a member of the Blaine and Lincoln Clubs and is a Freemason. On September 20, 1888, Mr. Hertenstein was married to Frieda, daughter of Charles Moser, a leading manufacturer of Cincin- nati. One son, Carl, is the issue of this marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Hertenstein reside on Broadway.

LEWIS MORROW HADDEN, attorney at law, was born upon his father's farm in Muskingum county, Ohio, December 13, 1859. In 1880 he graduated from Mus- kingum College, came to Cincinnati, and read law in the office of Tilden, Buch- walter & Campbell, and was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court at Columbus in 1881. After his admission to the Bar he was for five years associated with the firm and its successors, in whose office he began the study of law, and for one year

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thereafter pursued the practice alone. In the spring of 1887 he was appointed first assistant under City Solicitor Theodore Horstman, in which capacity he was employed until January 1, 1891, when he was appointed and assumed the duties of assistant to County Solicitor Fred S. Speigel. He was a member of the board of education from 1885 to 1890, and for two years of that time its presiding officer. He served one term as president of the board of library managers, one term upon the union board of high schools, and a portion of one term upon the board of trus- tees of the Cincinnati University. Mr. Hadden has been an active worker in the Republican party, was chairman of the Republican City Committee in 1882-83, and of the County Committee in 1889-90. He was married November 5, 1890, to Miss Nettie C. Hunter.

ALFRED HILL was born in Cincinnati May 22, 1857, a son of the late Alfred and Martha J. (Wainwright) Hill, natives of Ohio and of Scotch descent. Alfred Hill, Sr., was born in Marietta, Ohio, in 1818, came to Cincinnati about 1848, and for thirty years was here engaged in business as a contractor and builder. He died in 1882. His wife, who was born in Cincinnati on Walnut street in 1822, survives. Her father, John Wainwright, was the founder of one of the earliest private schools in Cincinnati.

Alfred Hill, Jr., was graduated from Hughes High School in the class of '77. The following two years he spent as a teacher in one of the public schools of Cin- cinnati, then becoming attached to the clerical force of County Clerk Samuel W. Ramp, with whom he remained two years. During this latter period he began the study of law, attended the Cincinnati Law School, and was graduated therefrom in the class of '81, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of law in Cincinnati. He is a Republican and a member of the Masonic Order. On Sep- tember 29, 1886, he was married to Margaret A., daughter of Henry Martin, a retired merchant of Cincinnati, and the builder of the Mt. Auburn Cable road, of which he is now president, and of which Mr. Hill is secretary and treasurer. The children born of this marriage are: Donald Yorke, Norman Stewart and Kenneth Porter. The family reside at No. 8 Park place, Mt. Auburn. They are members of the Presbyterian Church.

JAMES DICK ERMSTON, attorney at law, was born in Reily township, Butler Co., Ohio, February 22, 1859, a son of the late Jonathan and Sarah Elizabeth Ermston, both parents being of Welsh descent. Jonathan Ermston was a comparatively young man at the breaking out of the Civil war, when he enlisted and served until the battle of Chickamauga, where he received a mortal wound.

The subject of this sketch, James D. Ermston, received his education partly in the district schools of his native township and partly in the schools of Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio. At the age of fourteen he became a clerk in the office of the recorder of Butler county, which position he held three years. He then resumed his general studies, finally commencing the study of law. In 1880 he accepted the position of bookkeeper for a business firm of College Corner, Ohio, with whom he remained two years, during which period he devoted his leisure to the reading of law. This position he resigned to continue his law studies in Cincinnati in the office of Maj. Charles H. Blackburn. He was admitted to practice December 9, 1882. In 1886 he was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of Hamilton county, the duties of which position he discharged with such signal ability that when in April, 1889, he was the Democratic candidate for judge of the police court of Cincinnati in a hotly-contested .and about equally divided election, he received the endorsement of the people by a handsome majority over his Republican oppo- nent. During his judicial administration the police court dockets were burdened far beyond their ordinary limits. Numberless violations of the law requiring the saloons to be closed on Sunday, and many other vexed questions of grave import, came before him involving a host of influential citizens and wealthy corporations.

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Judge Ermston's fearless discharge of his duties under these trying circumstances" won for him the unanimous approval of law-abiding citizens, though it unquestion- ably led to his defeat in the subsequent election in which he was a candidate for re-election. At this election the influential business interests which Judge Ermston had antagonized by his just decisions succeeded, by their lavish use of money and active electioneering, in defeating him. He is engaged in the practice of law in the Wiggins block.

Judge Ermston is a member of the Cuvier Club, the Young Men's Democratic Club, and the Duckworth Club, of which latter organization he was the presiding: officer. He was married April 11, 1885, to Elizabeth C., daughter of Nicholas Druly, a farmer of Union county, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Ermston reside at No. 190 Chapel street, Walnut Hills.

RICHARD HINGSON, attorney at law, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 7, 1850, son of the late Richard and Catherine (Link) Hingson. His father was born in Seaford, Sussex county, State of Delaware, of English parents; his mother was a native of Germany. Richard Hingson, Sr., came to Cincinnati, Ohio, about 1840, and was a pioneer in the awning and tent manufacturing industry. He died in 1856. His wife died in 1872. Richard Hingson, Jr., received his education in the public schools of Cincinnati. He entered the Cincinnati Law School, and graduated there- from in the class of 1882. 'He was married, December 12, 1872, to Anna M., daughter of Thomas E. Filghman. He is a prominent member of the Masonic Fraternity and I. O. O. F., and acted as grand patriarch of the Grand Encampment, I. O. O. F., of Ohio, in 1893.

CHARLES LEIGH BOGLE was born in Cedarville, Greene Co., Ohio, October 28, 1858, a son of James S. and Mary (Mitchell) Bogle, both natives of Ohio, and of Scotch-Irish descent. Mr. James S. Bogle is now engaged in business in Tacoma, Wash. Charles received his education in the public schools of Springfield, Ohio, and at Wittenberg College, from which he was graduated in 1879. For a time there- after he taught school, and in 1880 commenced the study of law under Samuel A. Bow- man, an attorney, of Springfield, in 1881 entering the Boston Law School, and graduating therefrom in 1882. He then attended the University of Leipsic, Saxony, for one year. Returning to this country in 1883, he accepted the position of official stenographer of the courts of Clarke county, Ohio, and was thus employed for five years. In 1888 he came to Cincinnati, and engaged for one year in the manufacture of carriage hardware, and in the fall of 1889 entered upon the practice of the law, in which he is still engaged. He was married, October 27, 1888, to Jessie, daughter of Henry A. Thompson, ex-president of Otterbein University. Westerville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Bogle reside on Gilbert avenue, Walnut Hills. They are members of the Baptist Church. £ Mr. Bogle is an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias. In the fall of 1893 Mr. Bogle removed to New York City, where he is now engaged in the practice of the law.

RICHARD L. AYER, attorney at law, was born October 9, 1852, in Anderson town- ship, Hamilton county, where his great-grandfather, Ebenezer Ayer, one of the earliest settlers, located in 1800. Ebenezer Ayer was a boat-builder; his son John followed the same occupation, and John's son, Richard, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a farmer. Richard L. Ayer received his initial schooling at the district school of Anderson township, continued his studies at the Lebanon Normal School, and completed his education at the Iowa State University, from which institution he was graduated in 1881. He read law in the office of Judge Joseph Cox, attended the Cincinnati Law School, was graduated therefrom, and was admitted to practice in 1882. He was married January 16, 1888, to Ella N., daughter of William Newberry, an old resident and manufacturer of Lexington, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Ayer have one child, Royal N. ; they reside at Asbury, Anderson township, this county. They attend the Baptist Church. Mr. Ayer is a Mason. Politically he is a Democrat, was one of the Democratic nominees for representative in 1893, and was defeated.

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History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 95

Author: Nelson, S.B., Cincinnati Publication date: 1894 Publisher: Cincinnati : S. B. Nelson Number of Pages: 1592

Author: Nelson, S.B., Cincinnati
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Cincinnati : S. B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1592