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Logan.
Lewis Miller
1880-1881
Summit.
John D. Martin
1880-1881
Fairfield.
John Hunter
1880-1884
Stark.
Geo. W. Gardner
1880-1884.
Cuyahoga.
John B. Jones
1881-1884.
Licking.
Mills Gardner.
1881-1884.
Fayette.
W. L. Rigby
1882-1883.
Fairfield.
B. Eason.
1884-1884.
Wayne.
B. W. Chidlaw
1884-1886
Hamilton.
John G. Reeves
1884-1889
Fairfield.
S. D. Houpt.
1884-1886.
Hancock.
J. K. Rukenbrod.
1884-1890
Columbiana.
J. H. Ayres
1884-1887
D. H. Boldridge.
1886-1887.
W. W. Luckey
1886-1890.
C. A. Phelps
1887-1887.
Auglaize. Athens.
J. D. Brown.
1887-1890
Wm. Beatty.
1888-1901
Lucas.
B. S. Wydman.
1889-1894.
Hamilton.
John G. Reeves
1890-1892.
Fairfield.
O. W. H. Wright
1890-1892.
Hocking.
Daniel Wolf.
1890-1892
Hamilton.
John F. White
1892-1893
J. J. Pugsley.
1892-1892.
Hocking. Highland. Pickaway.
Thaddeus E. Cromley
1892-1896
Malcolm Jennings
1894-1896
Franklin.
E. W. Poe. .
1896-1898
John L. Vance
1896-1905.
Franklin. Gallia.
R. E. Jones
1898-1904.
Franklin.
Champaign. Gallia. Fairfield.
THE GIRLS' INDUSTRIAL HOME.
DESCRIPTION OF THE GIRLS' INDUSTRIAL HOME.
LOCATION.
T HE Home is situated 10 miles southwest of Delaware, with which it is connected by good pikes and a telephone line, which gives ready communication with a large number of towns, including the city of Columbus. *
The Home is easily accessible to the city of Delaware at all seasons of the year on account of the excellent pikes referred to. It is six miles from Powell and four and one-half from Hyatts, on the Hocking Valley Railroad, and eight miles from Arnold, on the Toledo division of the Ohio Central lines, the two later, stations being connected with the Home by telephone.
FARM.
The farm consists of 189 acres, on the west bank of the Scioto river. It is beautifully situated in an unusually healthy location, with but little sickness at any season of the year. The grounds around the buildings are adorned with shade trees, a large portion being of the original growth. The celebrated White Sulphur springs furnish an abundant supply of excellent water, which is now used for domestic purposes .. The water flows constantly from a vein more than 100 feet below the marble basin from which it overflows.
BUILDINGS.
The buildings consist of (I) the Administration or central building, in which reside the superintendent and family, the clerk, storekeeper, superintendent of the schools and a housekeeper; (2) eight cottages; (3) school building, and (4) a hospital.
The latter is a valuable acquisition to the institution, furnishing commodious quarters for all hospital purposes and complete isolation for inmates affected with contagious diseases. In each cottage there reside from 40 to 50 girls, with an assistant matron, teacher and house - keeper.
(721)
46 O. H. Y. B.
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING LOOKING NORTH.
(722)
723
THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
The Girls' Industrial Home.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS.
Appointed.
Name.
County.
1869
Stanley Matthews
1869
Frederick Merrick.
1869
M. D. Leggett.
Muskingum.
1869
Abram Thompson.
Delaware. -
1869
Claude Waggoner.
Lucas.
1870.
Wm. M. Garvey
Miami. Erie.
1872
M. F. Cawdrey.
1873.
Frederick Merrick
Delaware.
1874
Vandyke Stayman.
Delaware.
1875
J. K. Newcomer
Marion.
1876
A. Thompson
Delaware.
1877
Wm. M. Garvey
Miami.
1878
H. B. Kelley
Crawford.
1878
F. B. Sprague.
Delaware.
1878
J. W. Watkins
Delaware.
1878
S. D. West.
Erie.
1878.
F. H. Thornhill
Union.
1878
R. R. Henderson
Delaware.
1879
John McSweeney
Wayne.
1880
Jno. D. Watkins.
Delaware.
1880
R. D. Williams.
Champaign.
1880.
R. R. Henderson
Delaware.
1880
F. H. Thornhill.
Union.
1881
James Curry
Wayne.
1881
J. W. Watkins
Delaware.
1881
Amos Woodward
Sandusky.
1882.
E. W. Merry.
Wood.
1883.
R. D. Dumm
Wyandot. Marion.
1884.
Wm. Batchelor
Coshocton.
1884
F. H. Thornhill.
Union.
1885.
Wm. Batchelor
Coshocton.
1886
Geo. A. Hay.
Coshocton.
1886.
J. W. Watkins
Delaware.
1887.
B. H. Milliken.
Fayette.
1888
J. K. Pollard.
Adams.
1889.
F. H. Thornhill
Union.
1890
W. W. Pennell
Brown.
1890.
B. Tristram
Marion.
1891
E. L. Lybarger
Coshocton.
1892
Henry C. Houston.
Champaign.
1892
B. H. Milliken.
Fayette.
1893.
L. H. Williams.
Brown.
1894.
M. E. Stamats
Union.
1894.
M. E. Stamats.
Union.
1894.
I. N. Hathaway
Geauga.
1883
B. Tristram
Hamilton. Delaware.
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING LOOKING SOUTH.
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1
The Girls' Industrial Home.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS - Concluded.
Appointed.
Name.
County.
1895
T. E. Hoyt
Ashtabula.
1895
T. E. Hoyt
Ashtabula.
1896.
J. C. Beatty
Portage.
1897.
B. H. Milliken.
Fayette.
1898.
J. V. Roudebush.
Carrollton.
1899
T. E. Hoyt.
Union.
1900
M. E. Stamats
1900
B. Tristram.
Ashtabula, Marion.
PRESENT OFFICERS OF THE HOME.
Name.
Office.
Residence.
Term Expires.
A. W. Stiles
Superintendent
Ashtabula .. . .
1900.
Mrs. A. W. Stiles.
Matron
Ashtabula.
1892.
Miss Grace McMullen
Superintendent of Schools. Clerk
Pickaway.
1896.
Miss Mamie O. Betz.
Cuyahoga.
1900.
Miss Sadie L. Balfe.
Storekeeper
Lucas
1900.
W. B. Hedges, M. D.
Physician
Delaware.
1899.
Sidney Moore
Financial Officer
Delaware. .
1896.
W. F. Whitlock, D D.
Chaplain
Delaware.
1892.
.
.
THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
725
HON. COLEMAN
GILLILAN
HON. AARON WAGONER
TH
HON. BOARD OF MANAGERS @
OF THE
OHIO PENITENTIARY
HON. MºELDIN DUN
FRANK COOK
tary
ecre
ION. ARTHUR J. SHEPPARD.
(726)
THE OHIO PENITENTIARY.
T HE Ohio Penitentiary covers 26 acres within the walls. About two acres outside the prison proper are occupied by offices, the Deputy Warden's residence, store rooms, barn and stables. The prison itself is walled on three sides, the fourth being wholly absorbed by cell houses, offices and the Warden's home. This side presents an imposing front, about 800 feet in length, on Spring street, facing the Scioto river, with the street and outer buildings between it and that stream, with a wide fringe of green lawn before it that in summer is beautified by parterres of flowers and shaded by fine trees. The cell houses and offices form a continuous building from the south- east to the southwest gate, in which are more than 1600 cells, about 600 of these being provided with beds for two inmates, the remainder being too small to receive more than one each. The Female Depart- ment, which abuts on the southeast gate, is somewhat advanced toward the street beyond the frontal line of the main prison, and reaches to the public sidewalk. It contains 46 cells.
The walls are dominated by towers, at short distances apart and there are II of them. Within the enclosure is a small manufacturing city, comprising the shops of The Columbus Bolt Works, The George B. Sprague Cigar Co., C. S. Reynolds & Co., The E. B. Lanman Co., The P. Hayden Saddlery Hardware Co., The Ohio Glove Co., The Co- lumbus Chair Co., The National Broom Co., The Brown-Hinman & Huntington Co., and The Columbus Hollow Ware Co., all private cor- porations that contract with the state, through the Board of Managers, for the labor of prisoners, at specified prices for able-bodied and infirm men, respectively, and in many instances paying to the prisoners certain agreed amounts for all work produced beyond an appointed task. The total amount earned by such overwork and paid in to the account of the men who have earned it averages about $2500 per year. These contracts employ about 1100 prisoners. In addition to the labor utilized by these enterprises, the state employs about 800 men in the manu- facture of the prisoners' clothing, the care of their sleeping quarters, repairs to buildings, the preparation of food, the management of the gas works-which supply gas to the State Blind Asylum and the State Deaf and Dumb Asylum, as well as to the Penitentiary-the care of the inside park and other grounds, and in the general administration of the mural city with its two thousand population. A tour of inspection more than repays the visitors, who come in great numbers that are increasing yearly, as the people realize more and more that an inter- esting development of modern ideas relative to the protection of society
(727)
REV. D.J.STARR. DD CHAPLAIN.
L.H WELLS DEPUTY WARDEN
C.B.SHOOK CLERK
HON. W. N.DARBY WARDEN
OFFICERS OF THE Chio Penitentiary
C.E.WILCOX STEWARD
(728)
729
THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
The Ohio Penitentiary.
through the reformation of the criminal may be seen in its various phases from day to day. Here are sights that, once seen, will never be forgotten, as, for instance, the marching of the inmates to and from their meals, the shops and cells, in companies of military formation and martial step, gray clad and steady as veterans, each company officered by a guard. Since 1834, when the present prison was first occupied -- or, rather, that rudimentary portion of it that is now known as the West Hall-an army of more than 33,000 prisoners has passed through its portals, inward, the men among whom, until a few years ago, wore the old regulation striped uniform of the convict. The striped clothing is used, on rare occasions, as a temporary garb of punishment in ex- treme cases of misconduct, and it is always effectual. The prisoner who has worn the stripes once rarely dons them for a second period of discipline.
The walled city has been swept by pestilence, once in its history. In 1849, the cholera raged here, and 121 prisoners died within twelve months. The bolts and bars bound them to the deadly embrace of a plague which, more dire in its work than the destroying angel of Egypt who claimed only the firstborn male, exacted the life of every third man among the prisoners. But it is now as healthy as a sanitarium. Remarkable to relate, the death rate has fallen from 55 to 36 in one year. The 55 deaths occurred during the year ending October 31, 1899; the 36 during the following fiscal year, embracing half of the first year of the present administration.
"There is a finely appointed and well equipped hospital on the inside grounds, but it is a more scantily inhabited than has been the case for years. 'Since the present administration has assumed control, the most important reform that has ever been introduced to the Penitentiary has been brought about, a long-needed innovation that has denuded the hospital of patients, halved the death rate, and removed the source of a dangerous discontent. That improvement is a change in the dietary. While dietetic systems of the highest value have been scientifically developed and proved, as needful and in every sense economical, it remained for the present directorate of this great institution to adopt one and bring it to success. The food of the inmates is better in quality, more varied in kind, and prepared in a manner far superior to anything ever achieved or even attempted here before. For years, two thousand prisoners were served by cock- ing arrangements that were acknowledged to be but poorly adequate to prepare the plainest meal for 1300. But with the building of a rotary oven that has already paid for itself by the economy of its use, and a more varied cuisine at a trifling additional cost, per capita, this great result has been attained, showing to the taxpayer that economy and humanity go hand in hand. It has saved lives, the cost of medicine, the price of enforced idleness, the loss from poor work, funeral ex-
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CARE
RDEN
WH CHANDLER CAPTAIN GUARD ROOM
ASSISTANT DEPUTY
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
E. FORNSHELL
JOSEPH A. MCEVOY. SUPT .. OF -SUBSISTENCE.
T. M. BRANNAN
PROF. C. B. SLACK
(730)
731
THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
The Ohio Penitentiary.
penses, and no figures can tell of the vast improvement that it has brought about in the morals of the shut-in population. Reformation and slow starvation cannot go together. American people are accus- tomed to a rich and varied diet, from childhood, and that which may be a luxury to the poor of some other country may be a necessity to a man reared in Ohio. The fact that two-thirds of a meal was fre- quently thrown away at the Penitentiary, in former years, after two thousand hungry prisoners had rejected it, proves, beyond doubt, that. it was not suitable for their use, and that such a meal was a waste of the taxpayers money.
ROSTER OF OFFICERS, 1901.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
Name.
Residence.
Coleman Gillilan, President
Portmouth.
Harry S. Griffith
Mt. Gilead.
McEldin Dun
Bellefontaine.
Arthur J. Sheppard.
Zanesville.
Aaron Wagoner
Akron.
Frank Cook, Secretary.
Ohio Penitentiary.
OFFICERS.
Name.
Office.
Residence.
Wm. N. Darby.
Warden
Belmont County. Hardin County.
L. H. Wells
Deputy Warden
C. A. Long.
Assistant Deputy Warden.
C. B. Shook.
Clerk
M. A. Karshner
Assistant Clerk
C. E. Wilcox
Steward
W. W. Harris
Storekeeper
Wells Teachnor
Physician
J. M. Thomas
Assistant Physician (day)
Byron Palmer
Assistant Physician (night) ..
Franklin County.
David J. Starr.
Chaplain
Thomas M. Brannan.
Postmaster
R. E. Jones. Arthur Griner
Superintendent Piece Price. Clerk in Piece Price Office.
J. E. McEvoy
Harry S. Ogle
Superintendent Subsistence . . Superintendent State Shop
W. F. Bryant.
Supt. Transfers and Halls.
Guernsey County.
J. W. Beaird.
Superintendent Yards
Ashland County.
M. E. Fornshell
Superintendent Printing
Highland County. Pickaway County. Franklin County. Ross County. Ashtabula County. Scioto County.
Marion County.
Hamilton County. Union County. Lawrence County.
Muskingum County_ Franklin County. Noble County.
Preble County.
732
THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
The Ohio Penitentiary.
ROSTER OF OFFICERS - Concluded.
Name.
Office.
Residence.
Samuel Cain
Hospital Quartermaster
George A. Wood.
Captain Night Watch.
W. H. Chandler
Captain Guard Room (day) .
O. B. Randall
Captain Guard Room (night) .
C. B. Slack.
Superintendent Schools
H. B. Robinson
C. A. Marden.
Mrs. E. M. Armstrong.
Mrs. Mattie C. Brown.
Assistant Matron.
Miss Della McMaster
Stenographer
Jackson County. Licking County. Summit County. Coshocton County. Hamilton County. Lucas County. Meigs County.
ROSTER OF WARDENS, 1834-1902.
Name.
Term of Service.
Nathaniel Medbury
1834-1838.
W. B. Van Hook
1838-1841.
Richard Stadden
1841-1843.
John Pattison
1843-1846.
Laurin Dewey
1846-1850. 1851.
D. W. Brown.
1851-1852.
A. G. Dimmock
1852-1854.
Samuel Wilson
1854-1855.
J. B. Buttle.
1855-1856.
John Ewing
1856-1858.
L. G. Van Styke
1858-1860.
John A. Prentice
1860-1862. 1862-1864. 1864-1866.
Charles C. Walcutt.
1866-1869. .
Raymond Burr
1869-1872.
G. S. Innis
1872-1875.
John G. Grove
J. B. McWhorter
B. F. Dyer.
Noah Thomas
1875-1878. 1878-1879. 1879-1880. 1880-1884. 1884-1886.
Isaac Petrie
E. G. Coffin
1886-1890.
B. F. Dyer.
1890-1892.
C. C. James
1892-1896.
E. G. Coffin
1896-1900.
Wm. N. Darby
( 1900 --
Incumbent.
Perry County. Greene County. Logan County.
Superintendent Construction. . Supt. Gas and Electric Light .. Matron
Samuel Atkinson
Nathaniel Merion
John A. Prentice.
THE OHIO REFORMATORY (MANSFIELD).
T HE law creating this institution was enacted April 12, 1884; corner-stone was laid in '86, Hon. J. B. Foraker, Governor. The west wing and administration departments were not com- pleted for occupancy until September 18, '96, when 150 prisoners were brought from Columbus.
The object of the institution is reformatory. Inmates are supposed to be first offenders, are admitted for all crimes except murder in the first degree, between the ages of 16 and 30. Male persons only are admitted. There are three grades: first, second and third. When in- mates are admitted they are placed in the second grade; if their conduct justifies at the expiration of six months, they are promoted to the first grade, in which they remain for a second six months, when if their con- duct justifies, they are recommended to the Board of Managers for parole. With the consent of the Board of Managers they go out and remain the wards of state under the supervision of the institution for six months, when if their conduct justifies, they are fully discharged, and restored to citizenship by the Governor. Inmates are reduced to the third grade from either the first or second for punishment for cer- tain misdemeanors.
They receive an indeterminate sentence from the court and the length of time they remain here is governed largely by thir conduct, and is exclusively in the hands of the Superintendent and the Board of Managers. They can be released at the expiration of the minimum time prescribed by law for the crime committed, or can be retained until the maximum time has expired.
They are required to attend school and learn such trades as it is possible to teach them under the limited conditions now existing. It is expected, however, within the next few years shops will be erected and trades taught to these boys, so that when they go out, they will be able to make an honest living.
The present Superintendent was elected as Deputy and commenced service July 6, 1896, succeeded W. D. Patterson, the first Superintendent, April 1, 1897, and has held the position of Superintendent up to the present time.
Following is a list of the members of the Board of Managers since the institution began :
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734
THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
The Ohio Reformatory (Mansfield).
. BOARD OF MANAGERS, 1884-1900.
Year.
Name.
Residence.
1884
F. M. Marriott
1884
Jno. M. Pugh
Delaware County. Franklin County. Clinton County.
1884.
Jno. Q. Smith
1885
F. M. Marriott.
Delaware County.
1886
W. R. Phipps.
Hamilton County.
1886
B. F. Crawford
Richland County. Miami County.
1887
Wm. Monaghan
1888.
Wm. J. Elliott.
Franklin County.
1889
B. F. Crawford.
Richland County.
1889
C. L. Poorman.
Belmont County.
1890
F. M. Marriott.
Delaware County. Clark County.
1890
L. F. Limbert.
Darke County. Richland County.
1890
E. H. Keiser.
1890
Geo. C. Washburn
Lorain County.
1890
F. M. Marriott.
Delaware County.
1890
B. F. Crawford.
Richland County. Darke County.
1891.
Edgar G. Pocock
Franklin County. Licking County.
1893.
F. M. Marriott.
Delaware County.
1894
S. P. Wolcott.
Portage County.
1894
J. D. Beaird.
Ashland County.
1896
R. W. C. Gregg.
Clermont County.
1897.
H. Apthorp
Ashtabula County.
1898.
R. W. C. Gregg.
1898.
F. F. Thomas.
1899
R. W. C. Gregg
1899
H. H. McFadden.
Jefferson County. Portage County.
1900.
S. P. Wolcott.
1900
H. L. Ferneding.
Montgomery County.
1891
L. F. Limbert.
1892
Lee S. Lake.
Clermont County. Lorain County. Clermont County.
1890
Wm. B. Burnett.
OHIO SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' HOME ( SANDUSKY).
TO O provide for the establishment of this institution the General Assembly passed the following act April 30, 1886:
"Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there shall be established in this state an institution under the name of 'The Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home,' which institution shall be a home for honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines."
"All honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines, who have served the United States government in any of its wars, and who are citizens of Ohio one year preceding the date of making the application for admission to the Home, and are not able to support themselves, and are not entitled to admission to the National Military Homes, or can- not gain admission thereto, may be admitted to the Home first aforesaid, under such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Board of Trustees hereinafter provided for; provided that preference shall be given to persons who served in Ohio military organizations."
House bill No. 125, passed February 19, 1892, provides :
SEC. 2. That no insane or imbecile person shall be admitted to the Home. * * If any insane or imbecile person, through misrepre- sentation as to his condition, shall be sent to said Home, he shall be re- turned to the county whence he came, and the expense of such return be borne by the county whence he came.
To carry. out the provision of the act, Governor Foraker, in April, 1886, appointed as trustees Hon. Isaac F. Mack, R. B. Brown, Thos. F. Dill, Wm. P. Orr and Thos. B. Paxton. The board organized on June 3, and elected I. F. Mack president, and R. B. Brown secretary. During the summer a number of places were visited and carefully looked over. A site three miles from Sandusky was finally selected as the best place to locate the Home. H. C. Lindsey, of Zanesville, was chosen architect, and he at once prepared plans for the buildings. Herman Haerline, of Cincinnati, was employed as landscape gardener, and the work of im- provement of grounds and construction of buildings was at once com- menced.
On July 1I, 1888, the cornerstone of the administration building was laid by Judge O'Neill, Commander of the Department of Ohio Grand Army of the Republic, in the presence of Governor Foraker and a large assemblage of Ohio citizens. In the fall of 1888, the trustees appointed the following officers : General M. F. Force, of Cincinnati, Commandant ; Capt. A. M. Anderson, Delaware, O., Adjutant; Col. E. J. Blount, Cin- cinnati, O., Quartermaster ; Dr. S. C. Rannells, Vinton county, Surgeon ; Mrs. Sarah J. Price, Mansfield, O., Matron, who entered upon the dis-
(735)
OHIO SOLDIERS' HOME, SANDUSKY,
-
737
THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
The Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home (Sandusky).
charge of their duties in Octorber, and the Home was opened on No- vember 19, with seventeen members. The annual report for the year ending November 15, 1889, shows that 716 men had been admitted dur- ing the first year.
In June, 1890, Trustee Thos. T. Dill was appointed Assistant Adju- tant General and resigned as trustee, being succeeded by J. F. Charles- worth, of Belmont county, and during the summer of 1890, Peter Brady, of Sandusky county was appointed trustee vice I. F. Mack, resigned.
In December, 1890, a change was made in the official family of the Home by the appointment of Maj. D. T. Cockerill, of Brown county, as Adjutant; Capt. Daniel Dugan, Zanesville, Quartermaster, and Dr. J. N. Mowry, Mansfield, Surgeon, who was succeeded in September fol- lowing by Dr. John T. Haynes.
During the year of 1892, Capt. J. L. Cameron, of Marysville, suc- ceeded Peter Brady, and J. J. Sullivan, of Cleveland, succeeded J. F. Charlesworth as Trustee. Capt. A. M. Anderson was reappointed as Adjutant, and Dr. E. N. Heard, of Cincinnati, was appointed Assistant Surgeon. Average number present during 1892 was 762. During the summer of 1893, Rev. Thomas J. Sheppard was appointed Chaplain of the Home at a salary of $1,000, and remained until September, 1897, when he was succeeded by Rev. W. M. Haines, of Union county, and Judge H. D. Peck succeeded Thomas B. Paxton as trustee. Average number present during 1893, was 819.
In 1894, Mrs. Sarah J. Price resigned her office as matron and Mrs. Mary Le Fuller, of Sandusky, was appointed to the vacancy.
In 1896, General Thomas T. Dill was appointed trustee vice Judge H. D. Peck, resigned, and R. D. Burnham succeeded E. N. Heard as Assistant Surgeon.
In March, 1898, Col. R. B. Brown, after twelve years continuous service as a member of the Board of Trustees, resigned the office and Col. J. W. R. Cline, of Springfield, was appointed to fill the vacancy.
On May 8, 1899, the state and the Home sustained a great loss in the death of Gen. M. F. Force, the Commandant. The Board of Trustees ordered spread upon the minutes the following testimonial on his death :
"This Board will leave to others the task of writing suitable obituary for the distinguished dead, but we desire to preserve on our own records some testimonial of our appreciation of the eminent services rendered by Gen. Force for this insti- tution, he was indeed the father of the Home.
"General Force had achieved renown as a soldier and jurist before being called upon to assume the great responsibility of organizing this Home and placing it as we all desired, first among the soldiers' homes of this nation.
"By unanimous voice of the Board he was tendered the position of Com- mandant before the Home was opened. He accepted the responsibility and came with his devoted wife to prepare for the reception of those who should seek the 47 O. H. Y. B.
738
THE OHIO HUNDRED YEAR BOOK.
The Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home (Sandusky).
support and protection of the institution, and as he often expressed it, not to make a military camp, but a home for his unfortunate comrades. His high character and intelligent zeal insured success from the first.
"With him charity and kindness went hand in hand with judgment and dis- cipline. He was ever ready to hear the most humble petition, and while keeping up a high moral standard for the Home he loved and encouraged the weak and unfortunate.
"His resourseful mind gave to the Home steady improvement, and his spotless life protected it from scandal. His zeal and devotion were unbounded, and it was a merciful Providence that permitted him to live to see the full fruition of his hopes, and to be comforted by the assurance of the national inspector that the Home of which he was Commandant had found first place among the homes of the land.
GEN. M. F. FORCE.
"We shall miss him at our Board meetings, and wait in vain for him in our councils, but we shall cherish his memory with love and gratitude.
"To Mrs. Force and her son we extend our profound sympathy and assure them that wherever they may go they will bear with them the best wishes of every member of this Board."
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