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BIOGRAPHIESSource:
Franklin County
at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
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Historical Record of its Development, Resources,
Industries, Institutions, and Inhabitants
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With Illustrations of Public Institutions, Portraits of Pioneers,
and Well Known People of Today.
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Including Biographical Sketches of the County's Foremost Citizens
Compiled and Published by the
Historical Publishing Company
Columbus, Ohio
1901
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GEORGE K. ELLIOTT
was born in Columbus. Franklin county, Ohio, on August 28, 1855, son of David
S. Elliott and Eliza A. (Kinnard) Elliott. His lather -was one of the
oldest settlers of Franklin county ,a business man of great executive ability
,as well as of spotless reputation and one of the foremost capitalists of
Columbus. There were five members in the family all of whom are living, and have
their homes in this city, and their names are: George K., James E . Abraham
Lincoln, Fannie and Helen Elliott.
George K. obtained his education in the
public and high schools of Columbus, which are fully equal to any in the country
and on completing his studies entered a commercial house. At the age of
twenty three he became connected with the hardware establishment of J. S.
Abbott & Company, one of the oldest mercantile houses of the Capital City,
with which he has continued .for the past dozen years as a member of the firm,
and as the main executive of the establishment, the business has been directed
with the most prosperous success. Mr. Elliott's entire commercial
career has been passed in the hardware interest, and he fully understands all
the requirements of that trade.
On January 28. 1886, Mr. Elliott was married to
Miss Ora E. Thompson, a lady of refined personality, most favorably known in
social circles. Politically, Mr. Elliott is a member of the Republican
party and in both business and private life he has ever borne the highest
reputation.
Source:
Franklin County at the Beginning of
the Twentieth Century - Compiled and Published by the Historical Publishing Co.,
Columbus, Ohio - 1901 - Page 155 |
Louis Frederick Fieser
Martha Victoria Kershaw Fiesner |
LOUIS F.
FIESER. Mr. Louis F. Fieser, a member of the firm of
Miller, Wagoner, Fieser & Co., one of the leading houses in Central Ohio
engaged in the manufacture of pig iron, their headquarters being at No. 710
Wyandotte building, is a native of Columbus, having been born here in 1854.
His father, Fred Fieser, was a prominent resident of Columbus, having
been engaged for years in the banking business here, and in his death, which
occurred in 1851?, the community lost a highly valued citizen. His mother,
Louise (Schede) Fieser, came to America, when a child, from Germany.
they had but one other in the family besides the subject of this sketch, and
this was a daughter, who is also living.
Mr. Fieser has had a thoroughly liberal and
technical education, and is a thorough, expert, practical and civil engineer.
He attended several years at the Ohio State University; from there went to
Austria and studied civil engineering at the Polytechnic Institution of Vienna,
where he remained till 1879.
On returning to the United States Mr. Fieser
successively held some important positions, engaging for some seven years in
railroad engineering work, during which period he was employed in the
construction of the Wheeling & Lake Erie, the Ohio & West Virginia, the Big
Four, Hocking Valley, Cincinnati Southern, and the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroads.
On returning to Columbus after fulfilling these
engagements, Mr. Fieser became interested in the banking house of
Reinhard & Co., remaining with them until, together with Mesrs. Frank H.
Miller, vice-president and manager of the Columbus Iron & Steel Company,
John J. Wagoner and Linn Bently, the firm of Miller, Wagoner,
Fieser & Co., of which he is a partner, was organized, and he has since
devoted his entire energies to the promotion of its interests. The firm
are dealers in pig iron and coke, and manufacturers of the famous High Silicon
Silvery Iron "Bessie"; also special grades of soft and strong foundry iron,
under the brand name "Hocking," and their trade operations extend all over the
United States.
Mr. Fieser was married in June, 1891, to Miss
Martha V. Kershaw, of Columbus, O., and they have since had a family of four
children, of whom three are living. Mr. Fieser, a former Democrat,
now gives allegiance to the Republican party, though not active in the political
world, and he commands the utmost confidence and esteem of the entire community.
Source:
Franklin County at the Beginning of
the Twentieth Century - Compiled and Published by the Historical Publishing Co.,
Columbus, Ohio - 1901 - Page 316
NOTE: Portraits donated by
Christina B. Armstrong |
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