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In 1904 Dr. Hoglan turned his attention to another field of activity, abandoning his profession to become national secretary of the American Insurance Union, with which he had been connected since January 24, 1895, at which time he became a member of the Colum- bus Chapter. His election by the National Congress of this association as national secre-
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tary followed at the next regular convention of that body, and his re-election at each subse- quent regular convention has followed as a natural sequence, which faet indicates that he has performed his duties in a highly acceptable manner to all concerned and has been emi- nently worthy of the high trust reposed in him. He was elected president of the secretary's seetion of the National Fraternal Congress of America in August, 1916, and president of the Ohio Fraternal Congress in January, 1917. He is also a member of the Board of Direc- tors of the American Insurance Union. In all these important positions he has maintained his record for high-grade service and effieieney. It has been said of him by high officials of the Union that no officer of an institution, be it national or local, is in eloser contact with, or has more to do with its snecess than the present secretary, our subjeet. Upon him even the president relies for that information so essential to the successful conduct of the meet- ings. He must be an encyelopedia of knowledge, a reeorder of events, an interpreter of law and a general epitome of usefulness. The fact that Dr. Hoglan has been cleeted re- peatedly to succeed himself in office is perhaps the best evidence of his qualifications for the position he holds. Successful secretaries must first go through a thorough course of training and be fitted to properly discharge the duties of the office to which they are called. The chronology of events in the history of the American Insurance Union, reveals the best evi- denee of what part the national secretary has had in shaping, promoting and cxeenting the various transactions which have had mneh to do with its wonderful success.
Politieally, Dr. Hoglan is a loyal Democrat, but has never sought politieal leadership. In a military way he was a member of the old Seventeenth Ohio Regiment of the National Guard. He is a member of the Columbus Academy of Medicine and the Ohio State Medieal Association. He belongs to the Columbus Athletic Club, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Columbus, also the Protected Home Circle, the Modern Woodmen of America and the American Insurance Union.
On June 25, 1902, Dr. Hoglan was united in marriage with Miss Grace MeMillen, of Columbus, the talented daughter of James and Mary (Holt) MeMillen. They have one son, Harlan Hoglan, a young man of unusual promise and possessing rare esthetic characteris- ties. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York prior to partici- pation in the World War by the United States. He proved his patriotism by volunteering his services. He was sent overseas and took part in the great Allied drives in the Argonne and Belgium which brought victory, he having been with the famous Thirty-seventh Division which took a prominent part in these offensives. Since his discharge from the army he has been actively engaged in dramatie work, taking the leading juvenile roles. He married Miss Maude Delaplane, of Columbus.
CHARLES EDWARD BLANCHARD. One of the prominent younger lawyers of the Franklin County Bar is Charles Edward Blanchard, whose legal career in Columbus has been comparatively brief, but most commendable. As secretary of the Ohio State Bar Association he has proven himself worthy of the trust of his professional brethren in high positions. Coming up from unfavorable early environments, battling his way alone and unaided up the ladder of professional sneeess, he is entitled to the respect and admiration that all should accord the successful self-made man.
Mr. Blanchard, junior member of the law firm of Morton, Irvine, Turner & Blanchard, was born at Galesburg, Michigan, January 17, 1876. He is a son of Samuel E. and Lucretia (Judson) Blanchard. The father was born at Seodie Landing, on the Erie canal, between Rochester and Syracuse. New York, and was descended from a French and Hugue- not family, which was founded in America by five brothers in colonial days and from that remote period to the present time the Blanehards have been well known and influential in many states of the American Union. The parents of Samuel E. Blanchard died when he was but a boy and he was reared by relatives. He learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for some time, then became a locomotive engineer, running on the New York Central out of Buffalo. While making a run on the Michigan division of this road he was injured in an accident, following which he quit railroad work and started a shoe shop at Galesburg, Michigan, manufacturing boots and shoes, also conducted a retail store in that city, and in Galesburg he met and married Lucretia Judson. Later he traded his business for a farm in Hillsdale county, Michigan, and devoted the rest of his life to general farm- ing, dying at Blissfield, that state, in 1907, in his seventy-first year. His wife was born on .
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a farm near Galesburg, Kalamazoo county, Michigan, and was descended from the Judsons of New England, her parents having been pioneers of Kalamazoo county. She is living at this writing, being now advanced in years.
Charles E. Blanchard practically worked his way through high school and college. He graduated from the Blissfield High School in 1891, also from the high school at Adrian, Michi- gan, in 1895, and in that year he entered the literary department of the University of Michi- gan at Ann Arbor, where he spent two years, during which time he did almost three years' work, and while a student there he supported himself by doing odd jobs, earning his board by waiting on table. But hard study, often until very late at night, affected his eyes, and in 1897 he left the University for the school room and for the next six years he taught in the high school at Wauseon, Ohio, first as assistant and then as principal, becoming one of the popular educators of that section of the state and doing much to give the people of that city a better school system.
While at Wauseon Mr. Blanchard met and married Katherine M. Resh, June 28, 1899. She had previously been engaged in teaching. In 1903 he resigned as principal of the Wauseon High School and returned to the University of Michigan, entering the law depart- ment, from which he was graduated with the class of 1906, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He took an active part in college debating and was a member of the debating team which defeated the Northwestern University team, also the Chicago University team, and won the Middle West Championship for the University of Michigan in 1905. While at- tending law school he sold books during vacation periods to support himself and family.
Soon after his graduation in 1906 Mr. Blanchard was admitted to the Bar in Michigan, But had previously registered for admittance to the Ohio Bar. After leaving college he sold books in Illinois to get money with which to take care of his family and to enable him to enter the practice of law. While in Illinois he learned of an opening at Ohio State Uni- versity, where a man was wanted to teach debating, and he accordingly came to Columbus and applied for the position. He made arrangements to teach two half days each week. It was through his coaching of the debating team of the University and his efforts that the present department of argumentative English was established and developed to a high state of efficiency in this institution. He was also a member of the law faculty of Ohio State University for a period of two years. He finally took desk room in the office of Arnold, Morton & Irvine of Columbus, having been admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1906, and six years later was admitted as junior member of the law firm of Morton, Irvine & Blanchard, now Morton, Irvine, Turner & Blanchard. He has been very successful in the practice and stands well among his professional brethren at the local Bar.
Mr. Blanchard has been secretary of the Ohio State Bar Association since 1916. He is a member of the Columbus Club, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, the Phi Delta Phi and the Delta Sigma Rho. He has been active in all war relief work since America entered the European confliet, and has been a speaker in the Liberty Loan campaigns, the Columbus War Chest campaign and the War- Savings and Thrift Stamp campaign.
To Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard the following children have been born: Curtis R., Charles Clifford, James Bruce, Jeannette L., Louis J., and Rosemary.
SCOTT ANDERSON WEBB. In writing this volume one faet, among many other interesting ones, has been revealed-a very large percentage of the men who are now per- forming the business of the various avenues of endeavor, whether in the industrial field or the professions, are natives of Ohio. It shows that these men have found the opportunities at home were good enough and that it was not necessary to follow the wanderlust spirit to foreign fields, which has seemed to be the universal custom.
One of this class is Scott Anderson Webb, a well known and successful lawyer and business man of Columbus, who was born at Austinburg, Ashtabula county, Ohio, February 12, 1861. He is a son of Henry C. and Medora (Webber) Webb. The father was also born in the town of Austinburg, and was a son of Henry Webb, jr., a native of Stamford, Connecticut, where his birth occurred on January 11, 1797. He was the son of Captain Henry Webb, a sea- faring man of Stamford, Connecticut, who took part in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and who finally came West and settled in Austinburg, Ohio, in 1815. Cap- tain Henry Webb was born July 11, 1774, and his death occurred February 21, 1858. He
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was descended from Richard Webb of Dorchestershire, England, from which country he eame to Ameriea in 1629. Henry Webb, jr., grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was cap- tured by the British on one of his father's vessels during the War of 1812, and was im- pressed into the service, but later managed to eseape. The mother of our subjeet was born in Senate, New York, a daughter of George Webber. Her ancestors eame to America from Somersetshire, England, in 1833. Her death oceurred in 1864 at an early age, while the father of our subjeet survived until 1917.
Seott A. Webb received his early education in the high school at Jefferson, Ohio, and later entered Ohio State University, from which he was graduated with the elass of 1888, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. He read law in Columbus under former Attorney General Watson and W. O. Henderson, and was admitted to the Bar in 1891, and in that year began the practice of law in Columbus. He was successful from the first and in due course of time built up a large elientele and ranked among the leaders of the local Bar.
Mr. Webb, aside from his law practice, has many important business interests. His eon- neetion with these interests has been most satisfactory and his counsel and elose personal interest in the affairs of each has had much to do with their success.
Mr. Webb is a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging to the Scottish Rite and Knights Templar, also the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystie Shrine, and the Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows. He holds membership with the Scioto Country Club, the Columbus Aathletic Club, of which he is a life member, and the Phi Gamma Delta, a college fraternity.
Mr. Webb married Frances Bailey, a daughter of Erastus Bailey of Columbus.
WILLIAM CORLISS MILLS. The character of a community is determined in a large measure by the lives of a comparatively few of its members. If its moral and intellectual status be good, if in a social way it is a desirable place in which to reside, if its reputation for the integrity of its citizens has extended into other localities, it will be found that the standards set by the leading men have been high and their influence sueli as to mold their characters and shape the lives of those with whom they mingle. In placing William Corliss Mills in the front rank of sueh men, justice is rendered a biographical fact recognized by all classes in Columbus by those who know him, cither personally or by reputation. Although a quiet and unassuming man, with no ambition for public position or leadership, he has con- tributed mueh to the general welfare of his home city and the welfare of the general publie.
Mr. Mills, who is a noted areheological explorer, author and curator, is descended from two sterling old Ohio families-the Mills and Mundhenk. The former is of English ex- traction, and for generations were connected with the British army. Members of the Mills family immigrated to Ameriea in Colonial days, and located in Ohio in the early part of the nineteenth century. The pioneer settler of the family in this State was Joshua Mills, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, who was born at Mt. Holly, New Jersey, and settled at Pyrmont, Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1818. He was an educated man and taught school in his early life, but later devoted his attention to general farming for many years. He married Luey Corliss. Their son, John Mills, grandfather of our subject, was born in New Jersey, and when a young man he accompanied the family to Ohio, but becom- ing homesick for the old homestead in the East, he obtained the consent of his father and returned to his native state, walking the entire distance; but eventually he longed to return to his parents in Ohio and set out on foot for the return journey, accompanied by a young friend. He married Mary A. Singer, a native of Ohio.
Joshua Mills, jr., son of John and grandson of Joshua Mills, sr., and father of William C. Mills of this sketch, was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1831, and is still living. He was a farmer until twenty-five years ago, when he retired from active life. He married Mary Mundhenk, who was born at Pyrmont, Ohio, in 1838, and she is living at this writing. She is the daughter of Augustus Mundhenk, who was brought by his parents to America from Germany when he was three years old. His father, Daniel Mundhenk, first settled in Phila- delphia, and later came to Montgomery county, Ohio, and founded Pyrmont village, giving it the name of his home town in Germany.
William C. Mills was born at Pyrmont, Ohio, January 2, 1860. He was reared on his father's farm, where he assisted with the general work. When but a lad he became inter- ested in Indian arrow heads found on the farm and in his vieinity, and carly in life he evinced
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a fondness for archæology. He attended the district schools and taught for a few years, and in 1881 entered Ohio State University, being a member of its first class. He left that institution in his junior year to take a course in the Cincinnati School of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated. He returned to Ohio State University in 1897 for his Bachelor of Science degree, which he received in 1898, and in 1902 he received the degree of Master of Science from that University.
Mr. Mills was appointed curator of the Archeological Museum of Ohio State University in 1898, and at the same time was appointed curator and librarian of the Ohio State Archi- æological and Historical Society, which position he has continued to hold. He is also librarian of the Ohio Academy of Science and president of the Wheaton Ornithological Society. He belongs to the American Ornithological Union, a fellow of the American Ethnological Society, fellow of the American Society for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the Ameri- can Anthropological Society, and he was one of the organizers of and became a charter mem- ber of the American Association of Museums. He was for a number of years assistant editor of The Ohio Naturalist.
Mr. Mills is a writer of unquestioned ability, having a clear, forceful and entertaining style and, being a profound scholar along the lines in which he is interested, his literary pro- ductions are regarded as masterpieces in the particular branches of science on which he writes. He is author of the following well known works, which have had a wide circulation: "Certain Mounds and Village Sites," "Ohio Archaeological Reports," and many scientific papers and contributions. He was in charge of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society's exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, New York, in 1901. He was honorary superin- tendent of archaeology at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904, and superintendent of archeology at the Jamestown Exposition in 1907. He was one of the men most active and influential in securing from the Ohio Legislature in 1911 an appropria- tion of one hundred thousand dollars for a building for the State Archaeological and Histor- ical Society on the grounds of the Ohio State University at Columbus, which splendid build- ing was planned and erected under his supervision.
For a period of six years Mr. Mills was president of the Ohio State University Athletic Association and later was its treasurer, and he retains his active interest in all athletic and outdoor sports. He is easily the best known man in his archeological explorations in Ohio and enjoys an international reputation.
Mr. Mills was married on October 7, 1885, to Olive Buxton, a daughter of N. W. Buxton, of Walhonding, Coshocton county, Ohio. They have one daughter-Helen Marie Mills.
Mr. Mills is a man of ripe scholarly attainments and a scientist of recognized ability, and he has done a great work for posterity in his specific field.
JOHN SIEBERT. The names of men who have distinguished themselves in their day and generation for the possession of those qualities of character which mainly contribute to the success of private life and to the public stability-of men who have been exemplary in all their personal and social relations, and enjoyed the respect, esteem and confidence of those around them-ought not to be allowed to perish, for all are benefited by the delineation of those traits of character which find scope and exercise in the common walks of life. The life history of the subject of this sketch has been distinguished by the most substantial quali- ties of character and exhibited a long and virtuous career of private industry and commerce, performed with moderation and crowned with success.
John Siebert was born in Perry county, Ohio, June 24, 1834, and is the son of Henry L. and Susannah (Dallinger) Siebert. Of the eight children born to these parents, the sur- vivors are the subject of this sketch, Henry and Susannah Lindenberg, all of Columbus. In his boyhood days, school facilities were exceedingly meager, but he availed himself of such as there was. When he was but two weeks old the family moved to Columbus, which at that time was but a village, without many improvements or facilities of any sort. At the age of twelve years he went to work as a messenger in the book bindery owned by his brother. Later he went into a printing office and learned that trade. About that time the Civil War came on and he enlisted under the first call for troops, as a member of the Thirteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was appointed first sergeant, was later commissioned a first lieuten- ant and still later was promoted to a captaincy. He took part in two of the most important
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battles of the war, those at Shiloh and Stone's river, Tennessee, besides a number of lesser battles and skirmishes. He was mustered out in 1864. He is now a member of the Grand Army of the Republie and the Loyal Legion.
After returning home Mr. Siebert started a book bindery, under the name of the M. C. Lilley & Company, but later he was one of the organizers of another company under the same name, but which was more pretentious in its objeets. The original stockholders were M. C. Lilley, John Siebert, Henry Lindenberg, and Charles H. Lindenberg. The history of this concern has been a most ereditable one in every respeet and its growth through the years has been steady and constant, so that today it is considered the largest of its kind in the world. Mr. Siebert is still a stoekholder in this eoneern, though he no longer takes an active part in its management. In 1886 Mr. Siebert was mainly instrumental in organizing the Ohio Savings Bank, a State institution, and was its president up to the time (1897) when it was changed to the Ohio National Bank. He was retained at the head of the new institu- tion and so continued for a number of years, or until his resignation in 1917, on aeeount of his advaneing age and consequent desire to lay aside the responsibilities of aetive business affairs. 'To a large extent the sueeess of this strong and influential financial institution was due to the sound judgment and safe, conservative poliey of its president. Mr. Siebert was also one of the originators of the Children's Hospital, of which he served as president several times and is at present a trustee. He was elected and is still serving as president of the Green- lawn Cemetery Association. He was also one of the first trustees of Memorial Hall, at the time of its eonstruetion, and it is worthy of note that the building was ereeted at a eost within the fund which was originally set aside for the project, $260,000, thirty eents being turned baek into the treasury.
On November 7, 1864, Mr. Siebert was married to Mary J. Morris, of Cincinnati, who died on January 26, 1892. To this union were born the following children: Henrietta, who became the wife of Frank DePuy, of Wabash, Indiana, and they have a son, John; Aliee, who is the wife of F. O. Sehoedinger, of Columbus; Anne and May are at home; Susan C., who beeame the wife of Orlando C. Miller, of Columbus, and they have two children, David S. and George. In April, 1897, Mr. Siebert was married to Marie Gemuender, of Columbus.
Politieally, Mr. Siebert has been a lifelong supporter of the Republican party. He is a liberal contributor to St. Paul's Episcopal church, to which his family belong.
In the truest sense of the word Mr. Siebert is a self-made man, having reached his present position entirely by his own efforts. He has been a witness to and to a large extent a participant in the wonderful development of Columbus from a small village to one of the most prosperous inland eities in the Middle West. He distinetly remembers when the north- ern boundary of the eity was at about Gay street and when Fourth street was the eastern limit. He is proud of the eity and is justifiably proud of the part he has been permitted to play in the great drama of civilization and progress which has been enaeted here. Because of his earnest life, high attainments, well rounded character and large influence, he is emi- nently entitled to representation in a work of the character of the one in hand.
JOHN FRANK SEIDEL. A man's life work is the measure of his success and he is truly the most suecessful man who, turning his powers into the channel of an honorable purpose, accomplishes the objeet of his endeavor. In the study of every man's life we find some main- spring of action, something that he lives for, and in John Frank Seidel, presiding judge of the Municipal Court of Columbus, it seems to have been an ambition to make the best use of his native and acquired powers and develop in himself a true manhood.
Judge Seidel is a native of Pennsylvania and is deseended from six old American families, which had been in the Keystone state for not less than fifty years prior to the Revo- lutionary War. They were, the Seidels, Kutzes, Klines, Dreibelbises, Mantiliases and Sells. Ancestors of the Judge on both sides of the house were with Washington at Valley Forge and contributed grain and food for the support of the army. Charles Kutz, the Judge's great- great grandfather, gave one hundred aeres of land for the site of the present village of Kutz- town immediately after the Revolution, and the original transeript for that land is on record in the first town council book of that village, which book was in use up to three years ago.
The parents of Judge Seidel, William F. and Barbara ( Kline) Seidel, are both natives of Berks county, Pennsylvania. The Seidels have been farmers, merehants and manufacturers, while the Klines have been professional and public men, members of the mother's family hav-
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ing served on the bench, in legislative and other public offices. The Dreibelbis family was of Jewish descent, but came into Pennsylvania in pre-Revolutionary days and long since lost their Jewish identity. Thus, it will be seen that Judge Seidel is of very old English, Scotch, French, German and Jewish extraction, all of these families having always been strong advocates of patriotism and lovers of liberty in civic life, the church and the school.
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