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Fertilizer-Xenia Fertilizer Company, Geo. E. Spencer Fertilizer Company.
Fish markets-Eva Leach, C. T. Rountree, Edward William, C. P. Yowler.
Five and ten cent store-F. W. Woolworth Company.
Florists-Floyd T. Anderson, Engle Floral Company, J. J. Lampert.
Fruits-Abe Hyman, Jacob Hyman, Kallal Ammer, Frank Thompson.
Funeral Directors-R. E. Holmes, Allen McClain, John H. Whitmer, T. M. Moore, Ralph M. Neeld, J. Harry Nagley, Johnson & Harris, E. W. Manley, Manley & Purnell.
Furniture dealers-Robert D. Adair, J. A. Beatty & Son, Leroy Brower, Jeffries Bros. Furniture repairers-Jeffries Brothers.
Gas-Ohio Fuel Supply Company.
Gas fitting Asa Price, Parker Supply Company, Baldner-Fletcher Company, Luce & Spahr, proprietors.
General merchandise-Famous Cheap Store, I. Friedman.
Grain buyers-Xenia Grain Company.
Grain elevators-Belden & Sons, Ervin Brothers & Davis, Bales & Smith.
Grocers-Fetz Brothers, M. E. Davis, Million & Lippard, Robert Wright, Eavey & Company (wholesale), Mamie Baker, Aaron Bowen, William Bowen, E. W. Bradstreet, Chambliss & Son, R. A. Chambliss, Banks Corbett, Clark & Leach, M. E. Fisher, H. G. Fishering, Anna Fletcher, Fred Fraver, Nellie Gallagher, J. L. Goode, Holmes & Thomas, T. C. James, Kearney Brothers, Joseph Kennedy, Kroger Grocery & Baking Company, Lighthiser & Son, J. F. Norckaner, J. A. Payne, Elmer Pratt, H. E. Schmidt & Son (whole- sale and retail), G. J. Smith & Son, William Smith, J. M. Summers, Thomas Teach, Burt Weir, J. H. Wilson, T. L. Wilson, J. N. Witham, L. & P. M. Wolf, M. F. Womack, M. J. Dunn.
Hairdressers-Elizabeth Alexander, May B. Eyler, Myrtle Peters, Mrs. Pearl Maxwell. Hardware Stores-C. L. Babb, Greene County Hardware Company, Huston-Bickett Hardware Company.
Harness shops-J. J. Knox, J. L. Bratton, J. W. Hamilton, J. T. Honiker.
Hay dealers-G. W. Rose, James Watkins, Bales & Smith, J. P. Krise, H. S. Oglesbee. Hospitals-Espey Hospital, McClellan Hospital, Washington Hospital (colored).
Hotels-Atlas Hotel, Berkley Inn, Depot Hotel and Restaurant, Frances Inn. Grand Hotel, Young's Hotel.
House movers-Jeffries & Fudge.
Ice dealers-Edward Jackson, F. A. Klein, L. L. Mowen, H. E. Schmidt, Shawnee Re- frigeration Company.
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Ice manufacturers-Shawnee Refrigeration Company.
Ice cream manufacturers-Fargo Mineral Springs Company, C. H. Scott.
Jewelers-J. Thorb Charters, F. J. H. Schell, Tiffany Jewelry Store, S. J. Whitt, F. H. Mason.
Junk dealers-Michael Abromovitz, Herman Beyer, George F. Holstein, Clayton Lowe, Xenia Iron & Metal Company, Xenia Supply Company.
Laundries-Samuel Chong, G. W. Kaiser.
Lawyers-Harry C. Armstrong, Michael Broadstone, C. L. Darlington, F. H. Dean, Robert L. Gowdy, John T. Harbine, Jr., M. J. Hartley, William S. Howard, Charles F. Howard, Frank L. Johnson, Harry S. LeSourd, George Little, L. T. Marshall, C. L. Max- well, W. L. Miller, Charles C. Shearer, Marcus Shoup, E. D. Smith, Horace L. Smith, M. R. Snodgrass, Wilbur F. Trader, C. W. Whitmer, Kenneth Williamson, J. P. Kyle, Daniel G. Younkin, Charles H. Kyle, J. Carl Marshall, Harry D. Smith.
Library table manufacturers-Thornhill Brothers.
Livery and sales stables-Evans Brothers, J. A. Fifer, Mrs. T. O. Mason, C. W. Ryan. Lumber dealers-Dice Brothers Lumber Company, Greene County Lumber Company, McDowell & Torrence Lumber Company, J. T. Barnett.
Machine shops-Baldner Motor Company, Bocklet-King Company, R. A. Kelly Com- pany, Harley Minshall.
Mantel and grate setters-L. P. Hilliard.
Meat markets-Buck & Son, W. N. Dawson, Fisher Brothers, George T. Rice, F. W. Sanger, Xenia Meat Market.
Mental Healer-Jeremiah Leming.
Merchant Tailors-Jacob Kany, W. D. Kelble, Model Tailors, Robert Kelble.
Milliners-Mary A. Brabec, Catharine Osterly, Ida S. Sinz, Jobe Brothers.
Monument dealers-George Dodds & Sons Granite Company.
Music store-W. C. Sutton, D. D. Jones.
Music teachers-Stella C. Bishop, Stella B. Clark, Hazel Flagg, Ada M. Hebble, Lou S. Hughes, Mary G. Lanius, Margaret H. Moorehead, Bertha O. Tate, Harriet McCarty, Mrs. W. H. McGervey.
Newspapers-Xenia Gazette (evening daily), Xenia Republican (morning daily), Xenia Herald (weekly).
Oils-Standard Oil Company, Xenia Oil Co.
Opticians-J. Thorb Charters, S. J. Whitt, F. H. Mason.
Optometrists-O. P. Tiffany.
Orchestras-Appollo, Powers Orchestra, Swindler Orchestra.
Osteopath-R. C. Jewell.
Painters (house and sign)-J. R. Ayers, G. E. Baker, O. M. Baxley, William Cope, George Doron, W. H. Ellison, Jonah Evans, J. M. Fudge, C. H. Gorham, W. J. Martin, C. L. McAllister, Miller & Richard, G. F. Smith, F. C. Sutton, W. O. Casad, Matthew Coulter.
Paperhangers-Arthur Buckles, William Cousins, W. H. Ellison, G. W. Gearhart, C. H. Gorham, William Lawrence, R. C. Miller, W. H. Tibbs, W. O. Casad.
Photographers-E. F. Canby, J. J. Downing, George Wheeler.
Physicians-A. D. DeHaven, Paul D. Espey, William H. Finley, W. A. Galloway, R. H. Grube, H. R. Hawkins, Reed Madden (Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat), Benjamin R. McClellan, C. G. McPherson, A. C. Messenger, W. T. Savage, David E. Spahr, Ida C. Woolsey, R. Kent Finley, C. H. Lindsay, H. C. Messenger and W. T. Darnell.
Piano dealers-W. C. Sutton, J. A. Beaman.
Piano tuners-C. M. Suydan, Roy C. Sutton.
Plasterers-A. E. Bossart, J. A. Evans, C. J. Gretsinger, C. W. Gretsinger, Charles Howard, Samuel Jones, Anderson Penn, J. S. Russell.
Plumbers-Bocklet-King Company, Michael Edgeworth, A. R. Jones, J. A. North, Parker Supply Company, Asa T. Price, Baldner-Fletcher Company, Luce & Spahr, proprie- tors.
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Pool and billiards-Frank Hustmyer, L. E. John, Elmer Pratt, Charles Taylor, Xenia Pool Room, Scott & Leach, S. E. Willett, Majestic Billiard Hall.
Postmaster-Harry E. Rice, since February 13, 1916.
Poultry yards-Forest Hill Poultry Yards, A. G. Williams.
Printers-The Chew Publishing Company, Aldine Publishing House, Mart Berry, H. E. Kiernan, Smith Advertising Company, Xenia Herald, The Xenia Publishing Company, Eckerle Printing Company.
Produce dealers-Ball Produce Company, H. B. Hole.
Quilt maker-Elizabeth Thomassen.
Repair shops-A. A. Holestein, J. H. Winters, Harley Minshall, Baldner Motor Com- pany.
Restaurants-Atlas Hotel, S. C. Coates, Depot Hotel and Restaurant, New Manhattan, Marchant & Baker, Paul Edwards, Eley & Meahl ("Skidoo").
Rug and carpet color restorer-Rev. A. Tobey Glymp.
Saloons-Bert Blair, A. E. Brundage (known as Grand Buffet), Michael Carroll, Richard Dengess, D. A. Donavan, M. J. Dugan, W. E. Fletcher, Harris & Harris, John A. Hornick, John G. Hornick, Huston & Jeffreys, J. P. Montgomery (known as Atlas Hotel), Max Simon, Henry Sinz, Fred Harris, William A. Fiste.
Sanitarium-Mrs. Julia Whittington.
Second-hand stores-William H. Fishback, Anna Gurley, Andrew Pfohl, Henry Smith, Samuel Taylor.
Sheet metal worker-Clem Henrie, F. B. Scott.
Shoe manufacturer-Xenia Shoe Manufacturing Company.
Shoe dealers-C. S. Frazer, Adolph C. Moser, Stiles & Schweibold, Jobe Brothers, C. A. Kelble, Wear-U-Well, S. Engilman.
Shoemakers and repairers-George Alexander, J. L. Claude, John Dillencourt, J. T. Honiker, Mellage Shoe Shop, Miles Brothers, Julius Jacobson, F. H. Snyder, J. J. Troth, Philip LaBelle.
Slaughter houses-Anderson Wholesale Slaughter House.
Stationers-L. S. Barnes & Company, Sayre & Hemphill, Boring Book Store.
Storage Batteries-Oscar L. Pidgeon, L. C. R. Storage Battery Station (Willard).
Store Fixtures-Standard Manufacturing Company, Morris E. Bebb.
Suggestive Therapist-Mrs. Emma Zell.
Taxicab service-Curtis Hale, Central Taxi and Garage, William Wike.
Teamsters and draymen-Jonas Bailey, J. W. Baughn, John Bush, W. H. Cardell, Frank Jenks, Mrs. William Kennedy, I. R. Leard, C. T. Moore, Fred Moore, Amos Oglesbee, J. T. Turner, T. W. Shellet, David Stilgus, C. H. Wright, Moses Hutson, Guy Thompson, Greene & Gegner.
Telegraph companies-Postal Telegraph-Cable Company, Western Union.
Telephone companies-Central Union Telephone Company, Springfield-Xenia Telephone Company.
Theatres (moving pictures)-Bijou, Orphium.
Tinners-Baldner-Fletcher Company, Luce & Spahr proprietors; F. B. Scott, Clem Henrie.
Tobacco factory (stemmery)-American Tobacco Company.
Turkish bath house-Theodore Mitchell.
Upholsterers-J. H. McCarty.
Vault cleaner-George F. Holstein.
Veterinary surgeons-W. O. Bowers, D. C. Morgan, Paul Rothermel, R. A. Wilcox, W. C. Zell.
Wagonmakers-J. H. Lutz. Isaac Swadener.
Wall paper-L. S. Barnes & Company, Charles Johnson, W. O. Casad.
Wall paper cleaner-Rev. A. Toby Glymp.
Well drillers-W. M. Smith.
CHAPTER XL.
SOME GREENE COUNTY CITIZENS OF A PAST GENERATION.
In every community there are some men, who, by virtue of their talents, rise to a position above the dead level of mediocrity. This may come to pass for a great variety of reasons, but the fact remains that the careers of some men bring them more prominently to the front than other men of probably equal ability. Some men, in a measure, have a certain greatness thrust upon them; others, through their own efforts, acquire such a measure of fame as insures them more than a passing notice at the hands of their fellow citizens.
And thus it is in Greene county. In this county have lived men who have become ambassadors to foreign countries, editors of the largest news- papers in the United States, United States senators, members of Congress, attorney generals of the state, members of the General Assembly of the state, judges of county and state courts; others have become ministers of the gospel of national reputation; others still became poets whose words have been sung from one end of the country to the other; while of edu- cators, lawyers, inventors and live-stock breeders the county has had a long list of men who have brought fame to the county. A poor boy of this county left it at the age of twenty-two and is now worth his millions, and ranks as one of the greatest lumbermen of the country. There have been graduates of West Point and Annapolis who have taken their places in the army and navy of the United States and are there today in the greatest of all wars.
Then there are still other hundreds and even thousands of men who have led useful lives in the county, yet have never had their names emblaz- oned on the pages of history. It is not possible to notice in this connection the large number of worthy citizens of Greene county who have served their county in such a way as to make them remembered; rather the purpose of this chapter is to single out a few of the large, outstanding figures whose names have not been confined to the county with which they were imme- diately identified. In other chapters of the history will be found mention of worthy men who rose to an enviable place in their particular line of activity. The medical chapter, the newspaper chapter, the church chapter, the bench and bar chapter, the military chapter and other chapters tell of hundreds and even thousands of men who have called Greene county their home.
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Scattered throughout the histories of the several townships are found refer- ences to hundreds of the early pioneers who settled in them. A careful estimate shows that at least five thousand persons are mentioned in chapters other than the present one. And finally there are the sketches of hundreds of citizens of the county, most of whom are still living, to be found in the biographical volume. These sketches are full of excellent material for the historian of the future.
The present chapter includes sketches of the following men, who, for one reason or another, seem worthy of special mention in the history of the county : Whitelaw Reid, Wilbur D. Nesbit, Coates Kinney, Thomas Barlow Walker, John Little, Benjamin Whiteman, William Maxwell and John Paul.
WHITELAW REID.
Whitelaw Reid, a son of Robert Charlton and Marian (Ronalds) Reid, one of the greatest of American journalists and diplomatists, was born near Cedarville, Ohio, October 27, 1837. He received his bachelor degree at Miami University in 1856 and his master degree at the same school three years later. He also had a large number of honorary degrees conferred on him later in life, such universities as Princeton, Yale, Cambridge (England), St. Andrews (Scotland), Oxford (England) and Manchester (England) doing him this honor.
His first newspaper experience was gained on the Xenia News, of which paper he was editor in 1858-1859. From 1860 to 1868 he was on the staff of the Cincinnati Gazette, first as legislative correspondent ( 1860-1861), later as war correspondent ( 1861-1862), and still later as Washington corre- spondent ( 1862-1868). In 1868 he went on the staff of the New York Tribune and four years later he became chief proprietor and editor of the paper, continuing as such until 1905. To sum up his achievements from 1872 until his death in 1914 would be to set forth a long and distinguished list of public positions which he held. Among these may be mentioned the follow- ing : United States minister to France, 1889-1892; Republican nominee for vice-president of United States, 1892; special ambassador of the United States to Queen Victoria's jubilee, 1897; member of peace commission in Paris, 1898; special ambassador to England for coronation of King Edward, 1902; United States ambassador to England from 1905 until his death. He was the author of nearly a score of volumes of wide character, ranging from "Ohio in the Civil War" and "Newspaper Tendencies" to "Problems of Expansion" and "How America Faced Its Educational Problems." He married Elizabeth Mills, daughter of D. O. Mills, on April 26, 1881.
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WILBUR D. NESBIT.
Wilbur Dick Nesbit, author and poet, was born at Xenia on September 16, 1871, and was reared at Cedarville, where he received his schooling and where he began his newspaper career, in the office of the Cedarville Herald, not only learning the rudiments of the art preservative of all arts but becoming accustomed to the appearance of his own stuff in print. He remained with the Herald for two years and then went over to Anderson, Indiana, where he became a reporter on one of the daily newspapers of that city, presently going from that employment to the Muncie Star. Young Nesbit's work at Muncie attracted the attention of John T. Brush, an Indianapolis cloth- ing merchant, who employed the young man to take charge of the advertising department of his store. In this latter employment the dis- tinctive character of his work attracted much attention and he presently was persuaded to join the advertising staff of the Indianapolis Journal. There he speedily earned his spurs, his work attracting attention in the East and he was presently employed as a feature writer on the Baltimore American, his column in that paper, written under the nom de plume of "Josh Wink," quickly becoming recognized as one of the best bits of feature writing done in the country. For three years Mr. Nesbit remained in Balti- more and then he responded to the inducements that meantime had been made to get him back into the Middle West and in 1899 became a feature writer on the staff of the Chicago Tribune, later going over to the Post and in this connection continued to earn additional laurels. After awhile he accepted an attractive offer from the Mahin Advertising Company of Chicago to become the director of the copy staff of that concern. Not long afterward he assumed a proprietory interest in the concern, which at the same time changed its name to that of the Rankin Advertising Agency. Mr. Nesbit has long been recog- nized as one of the most versatile figures in literary circles in the United States. His great poem, "Your Flag and My Flag," is known probably to as many persons as is Riley's "Old Glory." As a librettist, Mr. Nesbit's fame is securely fixed by his co-authorship of that delightful musical comedy, "The Girl of My Dreams," while in poetic and other productions he is known as the author of numerous volumes of a pleasing character. Mr. Nesbit now makes his home at Evanston, a suburb of Chicago. In 1899, while living at Indianapolis, he was united in marriage to Mary Lee Jenkins, daughter of Dr. John Jenkins, of that city, and he and his wife have three sons, Richard, Robert and Wilbur D.
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COATES KINNEY.
Among the leading men of letters who have been identified with the state of Ohio, there are none who have written more musical verse than the late Coates Kinney. Although not a native of Greene county, yet most of his active life was spent within its limits, and the county has always been proud to number him among its distinguished men. Not only as a literary man did he rise to fame, but as a newspaper editor, as a member of the General Assem- bly of the state of Ohio, as lieutenant-colonel in the Civil War and as a man prominent in the affairs of the every-day life about him was he equally well known. When his famous poem, "The Rain on the Roof," was first given to the public, it was acclaimed as one of the most musical poems of the country, and there were few papers in the United States or England that did not reprint it.
Colonel Kinney was born in Jerusalem. township, Yates county, New York, November 24, 1826. His parents were Giles and Myra (Cornell) Kinney, the former a native of New London, Connecticut, and the latter of Delaware county, New York. The great-grandfather of Giles Kinney came over to this country in the "Mayflower" in 1620. Myra Cornell was a daugh- ter of Samuel and Polly Cornell. Colonel Kinney was the third of a family of twelve children born to his parents. In 1840 the Kinney family removed from New York to Springboro, Ohio, a small village in the northwestern part of Warren county. He was a leader in his class, read everything he could find and before he reached his majority was considered one of the best educated men of his county. Before reaching the age of twenty-one he was in charge of a school room and continued to teach each winter for five or six years, meantime for a while studying law in the office of Thomas Corwin, of Lebanon. He completed his law studies under the tutelage of Donn Piatt at Cincinnati and after being admitted to the bar practiced in that city for a year, and then returned to his old county, Warren, and practiced for a year. The next chapter of his life opens in Xenia, where he appeared in the latter part of the '50s. He came to Xenia to become editor of the Xenia News, and he continued in this capacity until the opening of the Civil War. He enlisted on June 1, 1861, and served until November 14, 1865. He was mustered in with a commission of major and detailed as a paymaster in the regular army and was mustered out with the commission of lieutenant-colonel by brevet, "for long and faithful services." As soon as he was released from service in the regular army he returned to Xenia and the issue of the Xenia Torchlight, dated December 6, 1865, carries his name at its head as one of the owners of the paper. He remained with the paper until December 1, 1869, when he sold his interest in it to a stock company. The remainder of his life was largely devoted to literary work. His poem, "The Rain
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on the Roof," had appeared in 1849 and established his reputation as a poet. In 1876 when the state wanted to have its best poet produce a centennial ode, there was a universal demand that there was only one man in the state to write it-and that man was Coates Kinney. His poem created a profound impression, being delivered by the author in person before a vast concourse of people in the Coliseum at Columbus. In the '8os he issued a volume of his poems under the title of "Lyrics of the Ideal and the Real." The last forty years of his life were devoted to newspaper work. He was for a time editor of the Cincinnati Daily Times; chief editorial writer on the Ohio State Journal for a year; the owner and editor of the Springfield Republic; part owner and in full editorial charge of The Genius of the West, a literary magazine of Cincinnati. In the midst of his editorial duties he found time to serve his community in the state Senate as a member from the fifth sena- torial district. The year 1881 saw him the leading Republican speaker in the Senate, and he has the honor of being the author of the temperance amend- ment to the constitution adopted the following year. The newspapers of that day credit him with being the most forceful speaker in either branch of the General Assembly.
Colonel Kinney was twice married. His first wife was Hanna Kelley, of Waynesville, Ohio, and one son, Abbott, was born to this union. The son died between the ages of five and six. He was married a second time, in December, 1862, to Mary Catherine Allen, of Xenia. He died in Decem- ber, 1902.
THOMAS BARLOW WALKER.
Thomas Barlow Walker, one of the greatest lumbermen the country has ever produced, was born in Xenia, Ohio, February 1, 1840, a son of Platt B. and Anstic Keziah (Barlow) Walker. He taught school for a time as a young man, later becoming a traveling salesman before he located in Minne- sota in 1862 at the age of twenty-two. He was first engaged in that state on government surveys and later as surveyor for the St. Paul & Duluth Rail- road. During this time he began investigating in timber lands and eventually became the largest lumberman in Minnesota. He is also heavily interested in California white and sugar pine land. He was the projector and builder of the St. Louis Park and the electric line to it; built the central city market and the wholesale commission district He was the originator and builder of the Minneapolis public library, and was president of the library board for thirty years. He is responsible for the building up of the State Academy of Science and its museum of science and art. He has a splendid collection of paintings that fills the large art gallery of the public library and also an extensive col- lection of ancient art in the museum room of the library. Attached to his home is the only free art gallery that is to be found in either America or Europe. His home in Minneapolis is at 807 Hennepin avenue.
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JOHN LITTLE.
In many respects John Little was one of the greatest men Greene county has ever produced. As a lawyer he ranked among the best of the county, while as a versatile man in public affairs he was easily the greatest man the county has ever produced, with the notable exception of Whitelaw Reid. From the time he was mayor of Xenia in the sixties until his death in 1900 he was before the public in some official capacity most of the time, his suc- cession of official position including in order the following: Mayor of Xenia, prosecuting attorney of Greene county, state Legislature, attorney general of the state of Ohio, member of Congress, member of Venezuelan commis- sion, member of the Ohio state board of arbitration and finally a member of the court house commission of Greene county.
John Little was a native son of the county, born in Ross township, April 25, 1837. He called this county his home until his death in Xenia on October 18, 1900. He lived on his father's farm until he was nineteen years of age. In 1856 he became a student in Antioch College and graduated therefrom in 1862. He then began reading law with Judge J. J. Winans in Xenia. While still reading law he was elected mayor of Xenia. He was admitted to the bar in 1865 and the following year was elected prosecuting attorney of the county, being re-elected in 1868. Before his second term as prosecuting attorney came to a close, he announced his candidacy for a seat in the Gen- eral Assembly of Ohio. He resigned as prosecutor, made the legislative race and was elected by a goodly majority to the fifty-ninth session. He was re-elected and became a political power in the state. In 1873 Little was elected attorney general of the state and two years later was elected for a second term. For seven years thereafter, 1877-1884, devoted himself to his legal practice. He had been a partner of Charles G. Shearer since 1872, a part- nership which continued up until the latter took his seat as a member of the cir- cuit court of appeals in 1887. In 1884 Little was nominated for Congress by the Republicans of his district, and elected in the fall of the same year, serving from March 4, 1885, to March 4, 1887. At the close of his term in Congress he returned to his home in Xenia and resumed his practice, but two years later he was called upon to fill the position of the Venezuelan commission to which he was appointed in 1889 by President Harrison. Little was chosen president of the board and wrote the preliminary opinion con- cerning the disputed boundary line. Other official positions came to Little after his retirement from the Venezuelan commission. Governor Mckinley appointed him as a member of the Ohio state board of arbitration and he held this position until his death. When the county commissioners decided to erect the present court house, they created what they called a court house commission and on that commission they placed John Little-the last official
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