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Half Time H. S. Inspector. | George M. Morris
Columbus
1 000
NOTE- All employes excepting the Superintendent, Asst. Supt. and Chief Clerk are under the Classified Service.
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OHIO LEGISLATIVE HISTORY.
STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY.
Position.
Name of Incumbent.
Residence.
Salary.
President
Edward Voss, Jr
Cincinnati
Vice President.
D. D. Neal.
Gallipolis
Treasurer
A. L. Flandermeyer
Cleveland
Member
F. H. King
Delphos
Member
F. D. Christian
Sidney
Secretary
M. N. Ford.
Columbus
$2,000
Stenographer
Helen Hough
Columbus
840
Inspector
H. A. Mohler
Van Wert
1,200
Entrance Examiner.
E. B. Hawes.
Columbus
NOTE-Members and Entrance Examiner receive $5.00 per diem and expenses.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING.
Position.
Name of Incumbent.
Residence.
Salary.
Supervisor
W. A. Eylar
Georgetown
$2,000
Clerk
E. O. Lease.
Batavia
1,800
Supt. Bindery Dept.
C. L. Althoff.
Dayton
1,800
Steno. Bookkeeper
Bessie E. Ringler
Mt. Vernon
900
Forelady
Anna McKee
Columbus
720
Ruler
Louis Wohlfurth
Columbus
1,200
Ruler
George Schwenlin
Columbus
1 200
Stamper
C. H. Williams
Columbus
1,200
Machinist
John W. Todd.
Columbus
1,200
Book Bindery Forwarder
J. T. Pickett.
Columbus
1,200
Edition Forwarder
Cleon Miller.
Columbus
1,000
Edition Forwarder
George H. Clum
Columbus
1,000
Edition Forwarder
B. A. Grigsby
Columbus
1,000
Edition Forwarder
Elmer Elsey
Columbus
1,000
Edition Forwarder
E. T. King.
Columbus
1,000
Edition Forwarder
Fred S. Schwartz.
Columbus
1,000
Edition Forwarder
John A. Lynn.
Columbus
1,000
Edition Forwarder
T. J. Solon
Columbus
1,000
Finisher
C. S. Landen.
Columbus
1,200
Edition Finisher
W. L. Davis.
Columbus
1,140
Messenger
F. L. Nixon.
Columbus
1,000
Job Forwarder.
Alois Fasching
Columbus
1,140
Elevator Operator
John B. Gaffin
Columbus
720
Janitor
A. C. Alvord.
Columbus
720
Operator
C. M. Selegue.
Columbus
980
NOTE - The bindery department carries 15 workers, mostly deaf mutes, whose average earnings are $560 annually. The employes are under the Classified Civil Service.
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OHIO LEGISLATIVE HISTORY.
OHIO SENATE.
Position.
Name of Incumbent.
Residence.
Salary.
Clerk
W. S. Pealer.
Mansfield
$3,000
Assistant Clerk.
M. S. Schlesinger
Columbus
1,800
Recording Clerk.
Margaret Green
Coshocton
1 800
Custodian
James Grotty
Galion
1,800
Janitor
Patrick Callin
Selina
840
NOTE- This does not include employes on duty during legislative sessions, as these employes are paid per diem.
STATE MEDICAL BOARD.
Position.
Name of Incumbent.
Residence.
Salary.
Member
J. H. J. Upham, M. D.
Columbus
Member
J. K. Scudder, M. D .. .
Cincinnati
Member
S. M. Sherman, M. D ..
Columbus
Member
L. E. Siemon, M. D ...
Cleveland
Member
Lee Humphrey, M. D. |
Malta
Member
B. R. McClellan, M. D.
Xenia
Member
Marion
Secretary
C. E. Sawyer, M. D ... H. M. Platter, M. D ...
Columbus
$1,800
Entrance Examiner
K. D. Swartzel, M. S ..
Columbus
1 200
Chief Examiner of Nurses.
Harriet L. P. Friend ..
Dayton
1,800
Clerk
Emma E. Headley
Columbus
1,200
Clerk
Irene M. Conners.
Columbus
1,020
Stenographer
Hazel B. Ecker
Gallipolis
1,080
NOTE - Members receive $10 per diem and expenses when serving.
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE DEPARTMENT.
Position.
Name of Incumbent.
Residence.
Salary.
Director
J. H. Newman.
Columbus
Assistant Director
George A. Edge.
Columbus
$1,500
Librarian
Esther Helen Burns
Columbus
1,020
Stenographer
Clara Hack
Columbus
1,020
NOTE - The number of employes is temporarily increased during legislative sessions. The employes are exempt from Civil Service. The Director is the State Librarian and receives no salary as director.
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OHIO LEGISLATIVE HISTORY.
STATE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND.
Position.
Name of Incumbent.
Residence.
Salary.
President
Michael E. Miskall. . ..
East Liverpool.
Secretary
Charles F. Campbell ..
Columbus
Member
Edward G. Pease
Dayton
Member
Charles H. Parkin ..
Cleveland
Member
Murray Seasongood.
Cincinnati
Member
W. H. Snyder, M. D ..
Toledo
Executive Secretary
Francis S. Reed.
Columbus
$2,500
Clerk
Blanche K. Rhodes.
Westerville
1,000
Blind Home Teacher
* Helen Lapp
Lima
420
Blind Home Teacher
*Mary J. Millsop
Youngstown
420
Blind Home Teacher
*Edna Ramsey.
Wellston
420
Blind Home Teacher.
Angie Kelly. *
Columbus
420
Blind Home Teacher
Mrs. Nora Cameron
Barberton
420
Field Worker.
Clara L. Shaffer.
Scott
1,000
Supt. of Inspectors
V. Lota Lorimer.
Cleveland
1,500
Inspector
Alice M. Greene.
Columbus
1,140
Inspector
Mabel Green
Columbus
1,140
Inspector
Sylvia Patterson ..
Columbus
1,140
Inspector
Mrs. Elizabeth August.
Cleveland
1,140
Inspector
Winifred Simpson ..
Cleveland
900
Inspector
Teresa Adams.
Toledo
900
Traveling Saleswoman
Nellie D. Russell.
Columbus
900
Bookkeeper
Margaret Ebentz.
Columbus
1,140
Bookkeeper Clerk
F. O. B. Miller
Columbus
840
Clerk
Carrie C. Beymer
Columbus
660
Stock Clerk.
Minnie D. Emmert.
Columbus
780
Telegraph Operator Clerk ..
* Hattie E. Jones
Columbus
600
Saleswoman
Irene Barnette
Columbus
625
Saleswoman
Margaret McMorris.
Dayton
520
Saleswoman
Mrs. Emma Heckman.
Youngstown
520
Saleswoman
Mrs. A. L. Smith ..
Cleveland
520
Saleswoman
Mrs. Margaret Up-
Akron
520
Saleswoman
Lucy Brokaw.
Columbus
520
Stenographer
Lelia Hager
Columbus
900
Stenographer
Mina Kennedy
Columbus
900
Clerk
Florence Starkey
Columbus
625
Ship Foreman in Broom Factory
Martin DeChant.
Columbus
940
* These are blind.
NOTE - All employes except the Executive Secretary are under Civil Service. The Secretary is Superintendent of the State School for the Blind. The expenses of teachers and saleswomen traveling are paid by the state. Employes of the broom factory are not listed above.
Cleveland
420
Blind Home Teacher.
Mahala Livingsto *
Columbus
900
Supt Women's Work.
Mrs. Vesta D. Logan.
springer
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OHIO LEGISLATIVE HISTORY.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL.
Position.
Name of Incumbent.
Residence.
Salary.
Fire Marshal.
T. Alfred Fleming. . . .
Cuyahoga Co ..
$3,000
First Deputy.
J. P. Hershberger, Jr ..
Fairfield Co ...
1,800
First Deputy .
E. C. Sizer. .
Montgomery Co
1,500
Second Deputy
Madge P. Sprague.
Miami
1,800
Chief Clerk. .
Tom Doreen
Cuyahoga Co
1,800
Chief Inspector
E. L. Donovan.
Pike Co.
1,800
Assistant
John Manley
Lucas Co ...
1,500
Assistant
George Schloss
Hamilton Co
1,500
Assistant
W. R. Douglass
Franklin Co.
1,800
Electrician
W. S. Carlisle.
Franklin Co.
1,500
Assistant
George W. McBee.
Franklin Co.
1,400
Assistant
J. A. Anderson
Holmes Co.
1,350
Assistant
T. Arthur Barrett.
Allen
1,200
Assistant
R. H. Siekmann
Hamilton Co.
1,200
Assistant
Benj. Meyer
Hamilton Co.
1,200
Assistant
P. J. F. Tumney
Cuyahoga Co.
1,200
Assistant
Michael J. Faflik.
Cuyahoga Co.
1,200
Assistant
Edw. Gostkowski
Cuyahoga Co.
1,200
Assistant
R. V. Kennedy
Hancock Co.
1 200
Assistant
B. F. Zuber ..
Paulding Co.
1,200
Assistant
S. E. Hartman.
Trumbull Co.
1,200
Assistant
J. W. Feiock.
Monroe Co.
1,200
Assistant
D. V. Thurness
Hocking Co.
1,200
Assistant
John Devanney
Franklin Co ..
1,200
Assistant
Frank Bouska
Cuyahoga Co
1,200
Assistant
W. F. Mitchell.
Crawford Co
1,200
Assistant
G. K. Monroe
Shelby Co ..
1,200
Assistant
M. C. Eldredge.
Geauga Co ..
1,200
Assistant
George Leonard
Franklin Co.
1,200
Assistant
John Baird.
Licking Co.
1,200
Assistant
C. P. Haas.
Sandusky Co.
1,200
Assistant
Luther Mull
Fairfield Co.
1,200
Assistant
A. C. Ewing.
Hancock Co.
1,200
Assistant
Val. Stokely
Darke Co ..
1,200
Assistant
Albert Heinrici
Clermont Co.
1,200
Assistant
Wm. H. Swift.
Franklin Co .. 1,200
Statistician
J. E. Swearingen
Champaign Co
1,200
Clerk
A. J. Stafford.
Ashland Co.
900
Stenographer Stenographer
Iona Hufnagel.
Crawford Co
900
Stenographer
Jessie W. Canfield.
Summit Co ..
900
Stenographer
Katharine Linneen.
Hamilton Co.
900
Stenographer
Dorothy Tettelbach.
Cuyahoga Co 900
Stenographer
Mary Manley
Lucas
840
Stenographer
Ethel Meyer.
Montgomery Co
840
Stenographer
Gertrude Ehrhardt.
Preble Co.
840
Stenographer
Ruth H. Moon
Clinton Co
840
Maude Morrow
Seneca Co ..
90.0
Assistant
J. B. Pemberton.
Clinton Co. 1,200
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OHIO LEGISLATIVE HISTORY.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Position.
Name of Incumbent.
Residence.
Salary.
Advisory Board Member ...
D. S. Humphrey
Cleveland
Advisory Board Member.
D. H. Kirwan.
Wapakoneta
Advisory Board Member.
A. R. McCulloch.
Cambridge
Advisory Board Member.
John W. Aull.
Dayton
Commissioner
Clinton Cowen
·Cincinnati
$4,000
Deputy Commissioner
A. H. Hinkle.
Marion
3,000
Deputy Commissioner.
J. R. Chamberlain
Columbus
3,000
Deputy Commissioner
H. D. Brunning.
Columbus
3,000
Chief Clerk
H. L. Hastings
Columbus
2,000
Secretary
M. L. Freeman.
Cincinnati
2,000
Requisition Clerk
C. W. Singer
Columbus
1,140
Chemist
Shreve Clark
Akron
1,500
Testing Engineer
A. S. Rea ...
Bellefontaine
2,100
Testing Engineer.
Howard Lovering.
Mt. Vernon
1,500
Testing Engineer
A. B. Braden.
Columbus
1,200
Testing Engineer
D. W. Seitz. .
Ottawa
2,400
Testing Engineer
Howard Lersch.
Elyria
2,400
Testing Engineer
John W. Graham.
Dayton
2,400
Testing
Engineer
T. T. Richards.
Ravenna
2,400
Testing Engineer
Walter G. Smith
Batavia
2,400
Testing Engineer
Robert W. Waid
Columbus
2,400
Testing Engineer
Eugene W. Davis.
Columbus
2,160
Testing Engineer
E. C. Blosser
Zanesville
2,160
Testing Engineer
J. R. Burkey
Lancaster
2,400
Testing Engineer
G. R. Logan
Conneaut
2,160
Testing Engineer
W. S. Hindman
Columbus
2,160
Testing Engineer
D. O. Stone.
Columbus
1,920
Testing Engineer
R. F. Farrell.
Martins Ferry
1,920
Testing Engineer
W. C. Fawcett.
Defiance
1,920
Testing Engineer
Harry J. Kirk.
Columbus
1,900
Testing Engineer
H. S. Perry.
Columbus
1.440
Testing Engineer
Charles Ward
Columbus
1,620
Testing Engineer
E. G. Campbell
Columbus
1,620
Testing Engineer
Arch W. Smith
Columbus
1,800
Testing Engineer
R. M. Lee. .
Bowling Green
1,440
Bookkeeper
Margaret Judge
Columbus
1,500
Bookkeeper
Freda Butenschoeen.
Columbus
960
Clerk
R. C. Watts ..
Cleveland
1,650
Clerk
Hazel E. Neal.
Columbus
1,140
Clerk
Leopold Faustino
Columbus
1,200
Clerk
John W. Bray
Columbus
600
Stenographer
Bess Peck
Columbus
1,080
Stenographer
Irene McKinson
Toledo
900
Stenographer
G. M. Howells
Columbus
900
Stenographer
Daisy Smith.
Columbus
900
Stenographer
Florence Davis
Columbus
900
Stenographer
Mary F. Rowan
Columbus
840
Stenographer
Maud McAuliff
Columbus
840
Typist
Zora P. Johnson
Lima
840
Mechanician
Charles Johnson
Columbus
1,000
NOTE- All employes except the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners, Chief Clerk. and Secretary are under Classified Civil Service. The Advisory Board members draw no pay aside from expenses.
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OHIO LEGISLATIVE HISTORY.
STATE INSPECTOR OF OILS.
Position.
Name of Incumbent.
County.
Salary.
State Inspector
Charles L. Resch.
Franklin
$3,500
Chief Clerk.
Adam H. Luckhaupt ..
Franklin
1,500
Deputy Inspector
Sylvanus Walter
Fulton
Deputy
Inspector
E. W. Costello
Defiance
Deputy Inspector.
C. I. Moore.
Putnam
Deputy Inspector
Thomas R. Ketcham.
Mercer
Deputy Inspector.
Samuel Stutz.
Darke
Deputy
Inspector
M. W. Haffner
Montgomery
Deputy
Inspector
Edward Martz
Butler
Deputy
Inspector
Wm. J. Devanney
Hamilton
Deputy
Inspector
Wm. A. Harlow
Hamilton
Deputy
Inspector
Joseph Miller.
Highland
Deputy
Inspector.
A. A. Graeber
Clark
Deputy
Inspector
James M. Fletcher
Greene
Deputy Inspector
T. D. Adams.
Seneca
Deputy
Inspector
M. J. Garvey
Lucas
Deputy
Inspector
Daniel Mischler
Erie
Deputy in-
Deputy
Inspector
Charles McDermott.
Richland
spect-
Deputy
Inspector
George L. Sherwood.
Delaware
ors
Deputy
Inspector
S. M. Nelson.
Hardin
receive
Deputy
Inspector
Wm. R. Griffin.
Franklin
salaries
Deputy
Inspector
George A. Schauseil
Pike
rang-
Deputy
Inspector.
Charles J. Hess.
Meigs
ing
Deputy
Inspector
Jacob J. Orlett.
Scioto
from
Deputy
Inspector
Joseph W. Ucker
Hocking
700 to
Deputy
Inspector
John W. Holden.
Perry
1200
Deputy
Inspector
Wm. M. Banning
Knox
dollars
Deputy
Inspector
Jacob Leopold.
Summit
per
Deputy
Inspector
E. J. Ott. ..
Cuyahoga
year.
Deputy
Inspector
William Amidon.
Cuyahogo
Deputy Inspector
O. E. Conn ..
Cuyahogo
Deputy
Inspector
Alfred Humphrey
Ashtabula
Deputy
Inspector
M. F. Gearon.
Mahoning
Deputy Inspector.
W. T. Ferrall.
Carroll
Deputy Inspector
R. A. Fitzgerald.
Portage
Deputy
Inspector
James F. Milar
Tuscarawas
Deputy
Inspector
E. O. Zimmerman
Jefferson
Deputy
Inspector
M. W. Gribble.
Belmont
Deputy Inspector.
Charles Pluchel.
Stark
Deputy Inspector
W. Emmet Lee
Wayne
Deputy Inspector
Wm. L. Bolin.
Muskingum
Deputy Inspector
Clyde Latchaw
Washington
M. W. Kelleher
Lucas
Deputy
Inspector
R. S. Brown ..
Medina
Deputy
Inspector
All employees in Unclassified Service.
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OHIO LEGISLATIVE HISTORY.
CHILDREN'S WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
Position.
Name of Incumbent.
County.
Salary.
*Director
C. V. Williams
Trenton, N. J.
$2,700
*Asst. Director.
+Esther Eaton
Franklin
1,500
*Visitor
Harry H. Howett
Darke
1,500
*Visitor
P. E. Kilgore.
Allen
1,500
*Visitor
+C. H. Bogart.
Auglaize
1,500
*Visitor
Anna Marie Crouse ..
Hamilton
1,200
*Visitor
Helen Richardson
Franklin
1,200
*Visitor
Mary Irene Atkinson ..
Sandusky
1,200
*Visitor
Gertrude H. Tran-
seau, M. D ..
Franklin
1,200
*Visitor
Bertha J. Schulze ..
Cuyahoga
1,200
*Visitor
+Caroline T. Benham.
Franklin
1,200
*Visitor
Ethel F. Huffman.
Franklin
1,200
*Visitor
Belle Greve.
Cuyahoga
1,200
*Stenographer
Charlotte Schuster
Franklin
900
*Stenographer
Julia Tracy.
Franklin
900
*Stenographer
Agnes McIntyre.
Franklin
900
*Stenographer
Anna Marie Booton.
Franklin
840
*Stenographer
Audrey L. Slemmons ..
Franklin
840
*Stenographer
Mary F. Rowan
Franklin
840
Receiving Home.
Position.
Name of Incumbent.
Residence.
Salary.
*Matron
Frances Graham
Franklin
720
*Housekeeper
Beulah Welsh.
Franklin
480
* Classified Civil Service.
+ Absent on leave for war service.
COMMISSIONER OF SOLDIERS' CLAIMS.
Position.
Name of Incumbent.
County.
Salary.
Commissioner
Henry C. Gray
Butler
$2,500
Chief Clerk.
Norma Baumgartner ..
Franklin
720
Stenographer
Agnes Hogan.
Franklin
720
Notary Public.
George W. Hamilton ..
Franklin
420
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OHIO LEGISLATIVE HISTORY.
THE OHIO BOARD OF CENSORS.
Position.
Name of Incumbent.
County.
Salary.
Member (Chairman) .
Maude Murray Miller. . ler
Franklin
$1,500
Member
Chas. G. Williams.
Coshocton
1,500
Member
Maurice S. Hague.
Franklin
1,500
*Grade 2 Clerk
(Chief
Clerk)
Mary M. Barchard
Franklin
1,200
*Grade 3 Clerk.
Esther McFadden.
Franklin
900
*Grade 3 Stenographer.
Mrs. F. S. Raper.
Franklin
840
*Grade 3 Stenographer.
Laura M. Gooley.
Franklin
840
*Grade 2 Typist.
Margaret Hohman
Franklin
840
*Grade 3 Clerk.
Paul A. Funk
Coshocton
900
*Operator
Fred Hartwick.
Franklin
800
*Operator
Walter Miles.
Franklin
800
* Classified Civil Service.
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
JUDGE JAMES G. JOHNSON. JUDGE R. M. WANNA- MAKER.
JUDGE OSCAR W. NEWMAN.
HON. HUGH. L. NICHOLS, Chief Justice. JUDGE EDWARD S. MATTHIAS.
JUDGE MAURICE M. DONAHUE.
JUDGE THOMAS A. JONES.
THE HON. CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE OHIO SUPREME COURT, HUGH L. NICHOLS
When the new law authorizing the appointment of a chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court went into effect in 1913 Governor Cox chose for the high place Hon. Hugh L. Nichols of Batavia, and no happier or more appropriate selection could have been made. At the general election which followed in November, 1914, Justice Nichols was chosen by the people over John C. Madden, Progressive, who re- ceived 189,693 votes, and Frank Taggart, Republican, who received 328,547 votes. . Mr. Nichols, as the Democratic candidate, received 345,218 votes, and a plurality of 16,671 votes over Mr. Taggart. A complete biographical sketch of Chief Justice Nichols can be found in volume one of this work, when he was Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.
HON. JAMES GRANVILLE JOHNSON Member of the Ohio Supreme Court
was born at Springfield, O., December 3d, 1858. Son of James John- son and Catherine (Eby) Johnson. Finished his education at Witten berg College, Springfield, O., receiving the Degree A. B., 1878. Mar- ried Miss Blanche Obenhane December 4, 1888. Admitted to Bar October, 1880. Elected mayor of Springfield, serving in that capacity from 1895 to 1898. Nominated and elected as a Democrat a member of the Ohio Supreme Court in 1911 and re-elected in 1916 for the second six year term.
HON. MAURICE H. DONAHUE Member of the Ohio Supreme Court
The life career of Maurice H. Donahue to date is a worthy example for all aspiring and poor young men in Ohio. Mr. Donahue was born on a farm in Perry County, Ohio, May 10th, 1864. His parents were poor and the boy was compelled to work hard on the farm and in stone quarries and the coal mines while very young. He attended the public schools however much as he could and fitted himself for a teacher at the age of 16. After studying the higher branches under
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private instruction Mr. Donahue at the age of 19 became superintendent of the public schools at Corning, Ohio.
He studied law, was admitted to the Bar October 21, 1885, was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Perry County in 1887 and re-elected in 1890. Elected Circuit Court Judge in the 5th Ohio Circuit 1900 and re-elected in 1906. Elected to the Supreme Court in 1910 and re-elected in 1916.
Judge Donahue was married to Miss Martina Johnson of Perry County in the year 1889. Two daughters have been born of this union, one dying in infancy, the other Miss Zita Donahue now 21 years old and a student at the Technician Medical College, O. S. U.
HON. OSCAR WILLIAM NEWMAN
A Judge of the Supreme Court, was born at Portsmouth, Ohio, a son of George O. and Clay Moore Newman, daughter of Col. Oscar F. Moore. He was educated in the public schools of his native city and at Kenyon College, O., which institution conferred on him the degree of LL. D. in 1916. He was married to Charl Thompson, daughter of the late Judge A. C. Thompson of the U. S. District Court, June 19, 1894, and has one child, Katherine Leslie, wife of Lieut. Paul V. Kel- logg, 57th Infantry, U. S. Army. Mr. Newman was elected a Judge of the Supreme Court in November, 1912, for the term of six years ending December 31, 1918.
HON. R. M. WANAMAKER Member of the Supreme Court of Ohio
Was born August 2, 1866, on a farm in Jackson Township, Mahon- ing County, Ohio. He attended the district schools and a brief term at Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio. Taught four years in the country schools and four years in city schools, the last three years as principal of the West Side Schools, Lima, Ohio. He was married to Miss Fannie J. Snow, at Ada, Ohio, in 1889. A daughter, now Mrs. Ernest C. Schwan, of Akron, Ohio, and Lieut. Walter B. Wannamaker, of Columbus, Ohio, are the issue of said marriage. Admitted to the Bar in March, 1893. Began the practice of law as a junior partner of W. E. Young at Akron, Ohio, October 1, 1893. Elected Prosecuting Attorney of Summit County in 1895 for a term of three years and re- elected in 1898. Elected to the Common Pleas bench of Summit County
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in 1905 and re-elected in 1910. Elected to the Supreme Bench of Ohio, in 1912. Author of "The Voice of Lincoln," published by Charles Scribner's Sons.
HON. EDWARD S. MATTHIAS
Of the Ohio Supreme Court was born in Gilboa, Putnam County, Ohio, April 6, 1873, his parents being Dr. Albert C. Matthias and Eleanor Harris Matthias.
After availing himself of the opportunities of the local schools he entered the Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, where his attend- ance alternated with teaching school in Putnam County until his gradu- ation in the class of 1893. Soon thereafter he entered upon the study of law, was admitted to the bar in 1895 and immediately opened an office in Van Wert, where the following year he was elected City Solicitor on the Republican ticket, and was re-elected two years later.
When war was declared against Spain in April, 1898, he entered the service as Captain in the Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infan- try, and commanded Company D of that Regiment, the Van Wert conli- pany, until the organization was mustered out of the service February 10, 1899. On returning to Van Wert Captain Matthias became asso- ciated with Henry V. Blachly, now Judge of the court of common pleas, and in that relation continued the practice of law until his elec- tion in 1904 to the Common Pleas bench of the Third Subdivision of the Third Judicial District, consisting then of Van Wert, Paulding, Defiance, Williams and Fulton counties. He was re-elected in 1910 and served until January Ist, 1915, when he assumed the duties of the Supreme Bench to which he had been elected in November, 1914.
Judge Matthias is a member of the First Presbyterian church of Van Wert, Ohio, and is affiliated with the various Masonic bodies and the K. of P. and Elk Lodges of that city.
He was united in marriage in 1898 with Miss Mary F. Crouch of Warren, Ohio, and they have a family of five children, two sons and three daughters.
HON. THOMAS A. JONES
of the Supreme Court of Ohio, was born at Oak Hill on March 4, 1859. Both of his parents were of Welsh lineage, coming from Cardiganshire, South Wales, in 1837. His grandfather who emigrated in that year, later became the chief factor in the manufacture of charcoal iron in South- ern Ohio, having been instrumental in the erection and operation of the Jefferson furnace, long famous in the iron history of that region.
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His father is Mr. Eben Jones, now a resident of Jackson, Ohio, who was also an iron manufacturer and coal operator in that vicinity. His mother's maiden name was Miss Ann Williams of Newark, Ohio.
While his father served his country in the Civil War the subject of this sketch resided with his grandfather on a farm in the vicinity CI Oak Hill. His common school education was obtained in the rural schools of Jackson county. Upon the removal of the family to Jack- son, Ohio, in 1873, he entered the schools of that city and completed his grammar and high school education there, and as one of the first graduates graduating from the Jackson high school in 1876. In 1877 he matriculated at the Ohio University at Athens, graduating from that college in June, 1881, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Some years later the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him by that institution. During his collegiate career he was selected early in 1880 as the Athenian society orator for the university society contest, and later in that year represented the university as orator in the State Inter-collegiate contest. After his graduation from the university he taught a country school for the period of one year, and was admitted to the bar in May, 1883.
On June 30, 1886, he was married to Miss Grace U. Hoyt of Athens, Ohio. He has four children living, Mr. Thomas H. Jones, an attorney at law at Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Katherine Jones Cockley, Mrs. Grace Hoyt Mosier, both residing at Cleveland and the youngest child Mr. Eben Hoyt Jones a second Lieutenant now serving at an Artillery school somewhere in France.
In 1885 Judge Jones was appointed Mayor of Jackson by the coun- cil of that city, and in 1887 was elected to that office.
In 1883 upon his admission to the bar he became a member of the law firm of Tripp & Jones, composed of the younger Tripp and himself, and a few years later he became attached to the law firm of Tripp, Jones & Phillips, that firm being composed of the elder Judge Tripp, Daniel Phillips and himself. He severed his connection with this firm in 1891 and continued the practice alone until his election in 1900 to the Circuit Bench of the 4th Circuit of Ohio. In 1906 he was re-elected to the Circuit Bench and again re-elected in 1912 as a member of the Court of Appeals for the same circuit, when he ran ahead of his party ticket in that circuit by approximately 15,000 votes. In 1914 he became a candidate, and was elected as a member of the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Judge Jones is the only resident of Jackson county that has ever served either on the appellate court or Supreme Court of the state.
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In religious faith he is a Presbyterian. He is also a member of the various Masonic bodies. For many years he was Captain of the local home Camp of Sons of Veterans, and was instrumental in install- ing several other camps in that locality.
In 1917 after this country became involved in war with Germany the Governor of the state appointed him as one of the members of the State Commission for inspection of Ohio troops located at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama, and Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. He is also a member of the local district committee in charge of the enlistment of British and Canadian subjects residing in this country.
His present term of office as Judge of the Supreme Court will ex- pire January Ist, 1921.
EMILIUS OVIATT RANDALL, Ohio Supreme Court Reporter
The distinguished gentleman who has for so many years filled the position of Supreme Court Reporter in Ohio is much better known to the world at large as one who is gifted with fine literary attainments and rare eloquence as a public speaker upon almost any subject.
His great versatility as lawyer, author and historian and his rare philosophic temperament combine to make him invaluable to his friends and the general public whenever he is called upon for advice or public service. Mr. Randall was born at Richfield, Ohio, Oct. 28th, 1850, the son of David A and Harriet O. Ran- dall, and the family were descended from revolutionary stock, on both sides, E. O. Randall having three grandfathers who participated in the War for Independence. Emilius O. Randall received his education in the public schools, being a graduate of Columbus High School, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass .; Cornell University, and Ohio State Uni- versity, receiving many college degrees. He was admitted to the bar
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