History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 98

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

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WILLIAM EDGAR BUNDY, attorney at law, was born October 4, 1866, at Wellston, Jackson Co., Ohio. He is a son of William Sanford Bundy and Kate (Thompson)

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Bundy, both of whom are natives of Ohio. The former left college to go into the army at the breaking out of the Civil war, and in December, 1863, was wounded while on the skirmish line at Bean Station, Tenn. Because of this wound he was mustered out of the service in 1864, and subsequently, in 1867, died from its effects. His widow was thrown from a spirited horse in 1868, and died from the effects of the injuries thus received. William E. Bundy made his home from earliest childhood at Wellston, with his grandfather, Hezekiah S. Bundy, who for many years was the leading iron manufacturer of Ohio. He has always been active in political life, hav- ing been for several terms State Senator, and for three terms a member of Congress being now the Representative from the Tenth Congressional District. A daughter is the wife of ex-Governor Joseph B. Foraker.

The subject of this sketch received his initial schooling in the district schools of Wellston, and completed it at the Ohio University, Athens, from which institution he was graduated in 1886. One year prior to this he began the publication of the Wellston Argus, a weekly newspaper, Republican in politics. After his graduation he became associate editor of the Ohio Mining Journal, the official organ of the In- stitute of Ohio Mining Engineers. During this latter period he began the study of law. In 1887 he came to Cincinnati to attend the Cincinnati Law School, from which he was graduated in May, 1889. He at once began the practice of law in Cincinnati, and is still engaged therein. In May, 1889, he was elected colonel of the Ohio Division, Sons of Veterans. He was secretary of the board of elections 1889-90, succeeding Col. D. W. McClung. In April, 1891, he was elected solicitor of Norwood, in which thriving suburb he resides, and in April, 1893, he was re- elected to the position. Mr. Bundy is a young gentleman of more than ordinary native ability and a superabundance of energy; he is a close student, and is in the enjoyment of a lucrative practice. He was married May 8, 1892, to Eva, daughter of Hon. John P. Leedom, of West Union, Ohio.

FRANK R. MORSE, attorney at law, was born May 17, 1854, at Tiro, Crawford Co., Ohio. He is a son of Amos and Mehitable (Carlisle) Morse, both of English extraction, the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of New York, a lineal descend- ant of the White family who came to this country in the "Mayflower." Frank R. Morse received his early education in the public schools of Tiro, and completed it at Denison University, Granville, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated in 1885. Immediately thereafter he came to Cincinnati and read law with the firm of Cowan & Ferris; was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court at Columbus in 1889, embarked in the practice in Cincinnati, and in 1891 formed his present law partnership with Judge James B. Swing, under the firm name of Swing & Morse. Mr. Morse was married in November, 1875, to Alvira B., daughter of John Stock, a farmer of Crawford county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Morse reside at Linwood, of which village he has been solicitor for the past five years. They are members of the Lin- wood Baptist Church.

CHARLES FRANKLIN MALSBARY, attorney at law, was born in Sycamore township, Hamilton Co, Ohio, February 21, 1856. He is a son of Job and Sarah (Sickels) Malsbary, the former a native of New Jersey, and of English-Scotch descent, the latter a native of Ohio, of English-German descent. Charles F. Malsbary com- pleted his education, when twenty years old, at the National Normal University of Lebanon, Ohio. For twelve years thereafter he taught school in Clermont and Hamilton counties; was, in 1883, president of the Hamilton County Teachers' Asso- ciation (the youngest. man who had ever occupied that position), and in 1884 was president of the Teachers' Institute. He began the study of law while teaching, and in 1888 resigned his position as superintendent of the Mt. Healthy schools to attend the Cincinnati Law School, from which he was graduated with honors in 1889, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of the law in Cincinnati. Mr.

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Malsbary is unmarried, and resides at Rossmoyne with his mother and two sisters. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church.

NATHAN ROGERS PARK was born in Cincinnati, November 20, 1866. He is a son of Richard and Margaret (Clarke) Park, both natives of County Donegal, Ireland. Richard Park was engaged in the manufacture of saddlery in Cincinnati from 1852 up to the time of his retirement from business in 1884.

Nathan R. Park was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati, and was gradu- ated from Hughes High School in 1884. For four years thereafter he was engaged in mercantile pursuits, and then began the study of law under the preceptorship of Albert J. Alexander, at that time an attorney, now a Presbyterian minister. Mr. Park continued the study of law with Ferris, Morrow & Oldham, was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in the class of '89, and then for one year attended the Harvard Law School. Returning to Cincinnati, he became associated with the law firm of King, Thompson & Richards, and subsequently, in 1892, became a member of the successors of that firm, Thompson, Richards & Park. Mr. Park is unmarried, and resides with his father's family, on Ridgeway avenue, Avondale. He is a mem- ber of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati, and is clerk of the congregation.

OWEN NICHOLAS KINNEY, attorney at law, was born at Mount Healthy, Hamilton Co., Ohio, June 22, 1865. He is a son of William N. and Julia (Norris) Kinney, both natives of Ohio, the former of Irish, the latter of French-English descent. He received his early education in the public schools of his native township, and taught school for two years thereafter. He then entered the National Normal University of Lebanon, from which institution he was graduated in 1884, with the degree of B. A. He then resumed school teaching, and continued same for a period of three years. In 1887 he entered the Cincinnati Law School, graduating therefrom in the class of '89, since when he has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Cincinnati. Mr. Kinney is a member of the I. O. O. F .; he is unmarried.

GEORGE W. HENGST was born in Hocking county, Ohio, August 18, 1860. He is a son of Lewis and Elizabeth (Keller) Hengst, both natives of Germany, who came to this country in childhood with their respective families, both families locating in Hocking county. They afterward moved to Fairfield County, Ohio, where they now reside. George W. Hengst completed his education at Wittenberg College, in 1888; read law with Hon. J. L. Zimmerman, of Springfield, Ohio; entered the Cincinnati Law School, and was graduated therefrom in 1889.

SAMUEL WATSON SMITH, JR., attorney at law, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 24, 1859. He is a son of Samuel W. and Mary Caroline (Woolley) Smith, the former a native of Rhode Island, the latter of Cincinnati, a daughter of Dr. John and Lydia (Drake) Woolley, the latter a sister of Daniel Drake, a biographical sketch of whom is contained herein. S. W. Smith, Sr., came to Cincinnati in 1832, and was for many years engaged in the rectifying and distilling business. He retired in 1873, and now resides on Gilbert avenue, Walnut Hills.

Samuel W. Smith, Jr., received his early education in the public schools and at Chickering Institute, Cincinnati, graduating from the latter institution in 1876. He then entered Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and was graduated there- from in 1880. He read law in the office of Lincoln & Stephens; attended the Cin- cinnati Law School, and was graduated therefrom in 1882. In 1890 he became a member of the firm of Stephens, Lincoln & Smith. He served for one term as a Republican member of the board of legislation. He is a 32nd degree Mason, Scottish Rite, a Knight Templar and a Mystic Shriner. Mr. Smith was married October 29, 1891, to Olive Douglas, daughter of Henry B. and Eliza (Baldwin) Perkins, residents of Warren, Ohio. One child, born of this marriage, is Elizabeth Baldwin Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Smith reside on Highland avenue, Walnut Hills.

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SOL L. SWARTS was born in Cincinnati, April 17, 1866. He is a son of the late J. L. and Caroline (Stix) Swarts, natives of Bavaria, who in their early childhood ·came to Cincinnati with their respective families. J. L. Swarts was for many years, and up to the time of his decease (1871), a member of the firm of Louis Stix & Company, wholesale dry-goods merchants. The subject of this sketch was gradu- ated from Hughes High School, in the class of '83; spent the subsequent year in further study, in preparing for college at the Franklin School, entered Harvard in 1884, and was graduated therefrom with the degree B.A. in 1888. In the following year he entered the law department of Harvard, was graduated B. L. in 1891, and was admitted. He then pursued the study of law with Wilby & Wold, until 1892, when lie formed his present partnership association with Lowrey Jackson, under the firm name of Jackson & Swarts.

O. J. RENNER, attorney and counselor at law (office, Blymyer building; residence, No. 172 Warner street, Clifton Heights), was born March 1, 1871, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is a son of Joseph and Caroline Renner. He was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati, and when seventeen years of age taught a private night school. He also taught in the public schools of Cincinnati when eighteen years of age, and taught for two years. Meanwhile he took up the study of law, and graduated at the Law School of Cincinnati College in May, 1892. He is the author of "Elements of Law," by O. J. Renner and C. M. Miller. At present he is a member of the Cin- cinnati board of teachers' examiners. Mr. Renner was married June 29, 1892, to Mar- tha Norris Miller. He and his wife traveled through Europe during the summer of 1892, returning in the fall, since which time he has been practicing his profession. They are the parents of one daughter, Martha Miller Renner. Politically Mr. Ren- ner is a Republican, and he is a member of Douglas Lodge No. 21, Knights of Pythias.

CHARLES BODMANN WILLIAMS was born in Clermont county, Ohio, October 21, 1867. He is a son of Perry and Deborah (Dugan) Williams, both natives of Ohio, the former of Welsh, the latter of German descent. Charles B. Williams was edu- cated in the common schools of Clermont county, and then engaged for three years in buying leaf tobacco in that county, which he sold in the Cincinnati market. Afterward he attended the Northern Indiana Normal School, and was graduated therefrom in the class of 1892; then entered upon the practice of law in Cincinnati. Mr. Williams belongs to the Masonic Order; he is unmarried.

D. CLIFTON KELLER, attorney at law, was born in Butlerville, Warren Co., Ohio, August 11, 1869, a son of Michael and Mary (Fryburger) Keller, the former a native of Strasburg, Wurtemberg, the latter of Warren county, Ohio. Our subject completed his education at the National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio, graduating there- from in 1886. For the following five years and a half he was an employe in the post office at Cincinnati. During the early part of this governmental service, he took up the study of law, and continued thereafter under the preceptorship of Judge James Allen Runyan, of Lebanon, Ohio. He was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1892, and is now engaged in the practice of law in Cincinnati, where he resides. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

WILLIAM JUDKINS was born in Guilford county, N. C., September 1, 1788, and was consequently in his seventy-third year at the time of his decease, June 22, 1861. In 1806 he migrated to Ohio, and at the age of twenty two, in 1811, commenced the practice of medicine in Jefferson county, that State. Aftertwenty-one years of success- ful practice in that county he removed, in 1832, to Cincinnati, where he ever after resided and practiced, with the exception of a few months' residence in the country. He was one of the oldest physicians in the profession, and few persons had lived longer, uninterruptedly, in the city. As a physician and surgeon his standing and reputation were exceptionally high. Few men of his profession, probably, possessed a clearer and more comprehensive view of the diseases, and arrived so rapidly at a

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conclusion with a prompt and simple treatment. He continued his professional readings to within a few months of his death, and, unlike most old physicians who entered the profession early in the century, he was able to advance with the tide of scientific and medical progress. He was in his last years a young old man, keeping fully abreast of his age. As early as 1822 he performed some remarkable surgi- cal operations, accounts of which were published in the journals of that day. On account of these he received the degree of M. D. from Transylvania Medical College, at Lexington, Ky. As medical journals sprang up over the West during his long professional career, he became a frequent contributor to their columns, and in every way tried to advance the cause in which he spent nearly his entire life. He was a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine.

By birth the Doctor was a member of the Society of Friends, and remained dur- ing his life in that connection, conforming to its customs in dress and language. His manners were gentle, courteous and pleasing, although his early education was de- ficient. This deficiency he largely corrected during a long life of careful reading and study; came to a stand deservedly high in his profession, and lived and died a Christian, universally esteemed. He left five children, two daughters and three sons. His sons David, Charles Palmer, and William, are all practicing physicians of Cincinnati.

FRANK F. LOUGHEAD, physician and surgeon, Woodburn avenue, Cincinnati, was born January 20, 1855, a son of Edward Rankin and Rosana Jane (Pennell) Lough- ead, both of whom were born in the United States, the father at Steubenville, Ohio, September 9, 1825. Edward R. Loughead came to Cincinnati in 1846, and in 1852 became a member of the lumber firm of Hinkle Guild & Company, West Front street. Subsequently he was connected with the following houses in the same line: Mills, Loughead & Company, Loughead & Porter and E. R. Longhead & Company. In. 1890 he retired from the business. He died October 29, 1893, of typhoid fever; his widow is still living. The paternal grandfather, Edward Loughead, was a dry- goods merchant in Philadelphia until abont 1848, when he retired to a farm in Tus- carawas county, Ohio, where he died in 1863, aged eighty-six years. The paternal grandmother's maiden name was Catherine Rankin. The maternal grandfather, James M. Pennell, was born in Philadelphia in 1804, and died in Cincinnati in 1857. He was educated in Ohio, and was a graduate of the Medical College of Ohio, in the class of 1828. The maternal grandmother, Emily Buckles, was born in 1801, and died in 1837. The father's ancestors were of Scotch-Irish origin, but his immediate progenitors were from the North of Ireland. The mother's family on both sides have resided in America for 150 years.

Our subject was educated in the Cincinnati public schools, and in a private academy. He studied medicine with J. C. McMechan, M. D., and L. C. Carr, M. D., and graduated from the Medical College of Ohio, Cincinnati, in 1883. Obstet- rics and children's diseases are the specialties to which he gives his close attention. For eighteen months he was visiting physician to St. Mary's Hospital, and adjunct. professor of obstetrics in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery from 1887 to 1890. He belongs to no secret societies, He is a member of the Walnut Hills Medical Society. Dr. Loughead was united in marriage May 3, 1892, with Miss Mary T., daughter of Bernard and Mary J. (Imholt) Veerkamp, both natives of Germany. They have one son, Edward B., born March 28, 1893. At present the Doctor is visiting physician to the Home for the Aged, and examiner for the Ger- mania Life Insurance Company of New York.

DR. CHARLES WOODWARD, one of the best known physicians in the Ohio Valley, and at. the time of his death, August 16, 1874, the oldest medical practitioner in Cincinnati, was born in the city of Philadelphia, Penn., October 31, 1803. On the paternal side he was. of English extraction. His father was a well-known publisher in Philadelphia, and a son of Col. Moses Woodward, of Portsmouth, N. H., who fought in the Revolutionary

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war. From his maternal ancestors the subject of our sketch inherited both French and English blood, his mother's name, Janvier, being that of a noted family of French Huguenots to which she was allied. She was a woman of beauty and spirit. The name of Hill, the maiden name of her mother, connected her with the family to which belonged Sir Roland Hill. To this mixture of French and English heredity may be attributed the happy combination of vivacity and dignity so well remembered in the personnel of Dr. Woodward.

In 1825 there was added to the list of graduates of Princeton College the name of Charles Woodward, and in 1828 we find that he graduated from the Medical De- partment of the University of Pennsylvania. The same year he came to Cincinnati, where from that date almost to the time of his death, a period of forty-six years, he was actively engaged in the practice of his profession. On May 29, 1829, the young physician was married to Miss Amelia Roe, of Savannah, Ga., at the residence of her brother-in-law, the well-known and respected merchant, the late Josiah Lawrence, Esq., whose wife and Miss Roe were daughters of John Conrad Roe, Esq., of Balti- more, Md. Of the children born to this marriage seven survive, viz .: Dr. Josiah Lawrence Woodward; Dr. William Wallis Woodward, dentist; John Haven Wood- ward, lawyer; Dr. Warren Roe Woodward; Dr. Augustus Janvier Woodward; Mrs. Anne Gross Andrews, wife of Daniel Andrews, Esq., and Miss Amelia Elizabeth Woodward, all being residents of Cincinnati, except the first named.

The professional career of Dr. Woodward was one of which the medical frater- nity in the city of his adoption has cause to be proud. In his practice he never shrunk from duty, and in his chosen sphere of activity his life was one of prolonged usefulness, rounded by the conscientious fulfillment of every Christian obligation. Of a sanguine temperament, lie was genial and kindly in his manners, of great vivac- ity of manner, always, however, dignified and polished, and with a kindness of heart that ever prompted him to help and encourage others. Particularly was this the case in his intercourse with new aspirants to Esculapian honors, and many a medical practitioner of our day can look back to kindly words of advice and encour- agement given him by the friendly doctor, when hope and ambition were on the wane in his youthful heart. The heartfelt testimonials to Dr. Woodward's merit as a physician, and integrity as a friend and citizen, at a called meeting of the medical profession at the time of his death, bear witness to the high estimation in which he was held by the community. We quote the following from an article published in the daily Press of Cincinnati at the date of his decease. "The story of Dr. Wood- ward's life is a brief and simple one, and is sublime in its very simplicity. He sought not the honors of authorship, nor the applause that follows brilliant pro- fessorship. Only once did he permit honors to be thrust upon him, as was literally the presidency of the State Medical Association in 1857. Day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year went on the patient work which has made him the oldest practitioner in the city. And in his life-labor nothing was given for show, nothing bid for professional or public applause." It was no want of apprecia- tion of the dignity of the professorships in the Medical College of Ohio, which were offered to him from time to time, that led to their refusal by Dr. Woodward, but the fact that to his patients he felt belonged all liis professional attention. Death came unfeared to the beloved physician in the fullness of three score years and ten, after a life full of usefulness, and " lived in the reverence and veneration of his God."

DR. JOHN HUMPHREYS TATE was born in 1815 at Charleston, W. Va., a son of Hon. W. Tate and Abigal (North) Tate, both Virginians, though the Tates originally .came from Scotland and the Norths from Ireland. In 1853 our subject came west, walking over the Alleghany Mountains. After graduating at Hanover, Ind., he studied medicine under Prof. John Morehead, and entered the Ohio Medical College, gradu- ating from that institution in 1837. He was then appointed resident physician to the Commercial (now Cincinnati) Hospital, where he remained one year; then opened

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an office on the corner of Third and Broadway, where, with the exception of a couple- of years spent in Europe, he practiced successfully to the time of his death.

In 1856 Dr. Tate became a member of the Faculty of the Ohio Medical College, also serving on the staff of the Commercial Hospital. He was, in this capacity, the- first in the Ohio Valley to give clinical instruction in obstetrical auscultation. Dr. Tate read many papers before various societies. In 1879 he published a statistical report founded upon hospital records of the frequency, causes and treatment of lac- erations of the perineum. He also originated and successfully executed his special method of restoring the inverted uterus. It was to his discussion of medical topics- that the younger men of the profession looked forward with the greatest pleasure, because they showed years of study and practice from a renowned man. He resigned from the City Hospital in 1886, and was unanimously elected consulting obstetrician, which position he held at the time of his death. In 1865 Dr. Tate introduced a res- olution which was passed in the Academy of Medicine, asking the legislature so to amend the law governing the Commercial Hospital as to apply the money received from the sale of tickets from medical students to the establishing and maintenance of the medical library and museum in the hospital. The law was so amended by the State Legislature. Dr. Tate was, therefore, the founder of the splendid library which has grown to such large proportions (10,000 volumes). He was also by this- same measure the founder of our Hospital Museum. , These acts were the outgrowth of his energy, industry, foresight and loyalty to the interests of the medical profession of his adopted city. The fine oil painting, which hangs in the library, was the gift of many practitioners of Cincinnati. Dr. Tate, although a general practitioner, obtained his greatest reputation as an obstetrician and gynecologist. No one in the city ever surpassed him, and few, if any, equaled him. In consulting he was never disappointing. He brought to the occasion his superior skill, and was here, as everywhere, the soul of truth and honor, withal so modest and unassuming, that his professional . associates never suffered in reputation because of the consultation. The day was never too hot nor cold that he did not cheerfully respond to the many poor, and remain as long as his services were needed. During his life he held many honorable positions: he lectured in the Cincinnati and Ohio Medical Colleges on obstetrics, and was gynecologist to the Good Samaritan and City Hospitals; he was- also president of the Academy of Medicine in 1873.

Dr. Tate was married in 1853 to Margaret Chenowith, daughter of John S. Chen- owith, of Kentucky. Dr. and Mrs. Tate were consistent members of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church. Mrs. Tate died February 2, 1889, and Dr. Tate on February 7, 1892, leaving seven children-one daughter (Mrs. F. G. March) and six sons; one of the latter, Magnus Tate, also a graduate of the Ohio Medical College, is practicing in the office so long occupied by his father. Men in war and legisla- tive halls have achieved fame, but Dr. Tate leaves the glory of a successful life to his family, a name which will always be revered in the hovels of the poor and the man- sions of the rich.

DR. MAGNUS A. TATE was born November 2, 1867, a son of the late John H. Tate, of whom biographical mention has just been made. He received his education in the schools of Cincinnati, and began the study of medicine under the preceptor- ship of his father. In March, 1891, he graduated from the Ohio Medical College, and immediately began the practice of his profession in his father's office, at the- corner of Third and Broadway. Following in the footsteps of his distinguished father, he has made a specialty of obstetrics and gynecology, in which important. branch of medical science he is clinical assistant at the Ohio Medical College. He has also studied obstetrics in Sloane Maternity Hospital, New York. The Doctor is- a member of the Academy of Medicine, the State Medical Society, the Obstetrical Society of Cincinnati, and the American Medical Association. In the proceedings of three organizations he has been an active participant, having frequently read val-

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History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 98

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