BIOGRAPHIES

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* Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio
 by William Alexander Taylor
 - Vols. I  & II -
1909
 

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	CHARLES S. GLENN.  Prominent among the pioneer business men of Columbus was Charles S. Glenn, who occupied a place of distinction in journalistic fields. Throughout the greater part of his business career he devoted his time and energies to newspaper interests in this city, being the owner and publisher of the Columbus Gazette. He was only about four years of age when the family arrived in the capital in 1838 and the remainder of his life was here passed, so that he was well known to the citizens of Columbus, who recognized in him a man of genuine public spirit and of high personal worth.      His birth occurred in Rising Sun, Indiana, September 23, 1834, his parents being Alexander and Hannah (Scott) Glenn, both of whom were natives of the east, the latter's birth occurring in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Removing westward, Alexander Glenn settled at Rising Sun, Indiana, where was engaged in the printing business until 1838, when he removed with his family to Columbus and was again engaged in the publishing business, so continuing throughout the remainder of his life. He published what was known as the Ark, and the Odd Fellow's Magazine, and also conducted a general printing and publishing establishment, being one of the early and well known representatives of the business here. Columbus was but a small town when the family settled here and Mr. Glenn contributed in substantial measure to its upbuilding and progress both through his business interests and the cooperation which he gave to movements of general benefit. Both he and his wife spent their last days here.      Charles S. Glenn was educated in a private school and the liberal advantages afforded him in that direction enabled him to lay a good foundation for his subsequent mental development and business activity. Putting aside his text-books, he worked in his father's office, learning the printer's trade in principle and detail. When a young man he left home and went to Washington, D. C., obtaining a position as a compositor in the office of the Washington Globe. There he remained until 1856, when he returned to Columbus and that year purchased the Columbus Gazette from its former owner. Mr. Scott. For two decades he remained at the head of this paper and through that period made the Gazette the champion of many measures which have proven effective and beneficial in promoting public progress. Moreover, he published a paper which received the endorsement of the best class of citizens. It was free from all sensational methods. largely prominent at the present time, and on the contrary was devoted to the dissemination of general and local news and to the championship of the best interests of the city. In addition to the publication of the paper Mr. Glenn conducted a job printing establishment and his work in that department was always of an artistic and attractive nature.      Mr. Glenn was married in Wheeling, West Virginia, to Miss Sallie A. Gorrell, a native of Ohio and the daughter of Zadok and Eliza (Beatty) Gorrell, both of whom were natives of Maryland but resided in Wheeling, West Virginia, the greater part of their lives. The father was a millwright by trade and conducted business along that line. Both he and his wife died in Wheeling. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Glenn were born seven children Fannie S., now the principal of the Michigan Avenue school, who resides at home; Theodore E.. of Columbus. a member of the firm of Spahr & Glenn. printers and stationers at 50 East Broad street; Jessie L., a teacher in the Eastwood school, who also resides at home; Daisy. wife of W. F. Hunter, a farmer residing near Lockbourne. Ohio; Charles C.. secretary of the Percheron Registry Company, and residing at Westerville, this county; Carrie, the wife of Albert P. Pierce, residing at East Orange, New Jersey; and James S., proprietor of a farm near Columbus and engaged in the coal business in Columbus, also making his home with his mother. Mrs. Katherine Yearick, a relative, also makes her home with Mrs. Glenn. She is the widow of Samuel Yearick, who was one of the first settlers of Columbus and a very prominent citizen. He, too, was engaged in the printing business in this place for several years and was a man of considerable influence, his opinions proving an element in molding public thought and policy. For one term he represented his district in the state legislature. He passed away in Columbus and is still survived by his widow who, at the age of eighty-seven, is extremely active for one of her years.      The death of Mr. Glenn occurred May 16, 1875, at the old family homestead at No. 340 East Town street. It was one of the first residences erected on that street and has been recently torn down. For many years it stood as one of the old landmarks of the city, a silent witness of the changes that occurred and of the growth going on around it transforming the village, in which it was built, into an enterprising metropolitan circle.      Mr. Glenn lived to witness a marked transformation in Columbus and no man was more thoroughly in sympathy or in touch with the advancement that was carried on during the period of his residence here. For fourteen years he served as secretary of the Franklin County Agricultural Society and at all times he gave hearty aid and support to every measure calculated to benefit the community. In politics he was a stalwart republican, while socially he was connected with Magnolia Lodge, F. & A. M., Mt. Vernon Commandery, No. 1, K. T., the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Red Men, all of this city. He also belonged to the First Methodist Episcopal church which was known in pioneer times as the Town Street church. For many years he served as one of its trustees, always taking deep and helpful interest in the various church activities. His life was in consistent harmony with his religious professions, and all who knew him respected and honored him because of his sterling worth. He was always a man of action rather than theory, who saw what was to be done and put forth earnest effort to accomplish it not only in connection with his own business but in public affairs and in church work as well. It was a universal opinion that when he departed this life he passed on to larger fields of usefulness, while even in this world his work yet endures through the influence which his memory has upon the lives of those with whom he came in contact. His widow and children also hold membership in the First Methodist Episcopal church, and they occupy a nice residence at No. 1129 Bryden road, which is owned by Mrs. Glenn. Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 89
	FRANK P. GOBLE engaged in the undertaking business in Worthington, his native town. was born September 6, 1849. He was a grandson of the Rev. Jacob and Bathsheba (Payne) Goble. the former a native of France and a minister of the Baptist church, while the grandmother was a relative of Thomas Payne. Dr. Peter Goble, the father of Frank P. Goble. was born at Gobles, Ontario. and was a graduate of Kings College at Montreal. He acquired his professional education in Buffalo, New York. and, locating for practice in Worthington, was a prominent and successful representative of the profession in this place for over thirty years. In 1873 he removed to California. where his last days were passed, his death there occurring in 1877 when he was seventy years of age. He married Eliza Chapman. a daughter of Roswell Riggs and Phoebe. (Stansbury) Chapman. the latter a daughter of Judge Recompense Stansbury, a. native of Connecticut and one of the original settlers of Worthington. where be located in 1804 and spent the remainder of his days. He had served a seven years' apprenticeship at the cabinet maker's trade in Baltimore, Maryland, afterward studied law and became an, attorney and judge in Franklin county. The Stansburys were one of the distinguished old families of they county, closely connected with its substantial development and improvement. R. R. Chapman, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Goble, was also one of the first to make a home in this town and for a number of years he successfully conducted merchandising in Worthington. In possession of his grandson, Mr. Goble, are the hooks which he kept in 1827, while carrying on the store, and they are models of neatness and exactness,      It will thus be seen that Frank P. Goble is a representative of several of the old and prominent families of Franklin county.   He has always resided in the section of the county in which he was born and is the second oldest native male resident of Worthington.   Here he was reared and educated and, for the past twenty years, ha engaged in the undertaking business both at Worthington and at Dublin.  For the past few years he has resided on a farm in Washington township but still manages his business interests in the two villages and is accorded a liberal patronage.  He is widely recognized as a most reliable and progressive business man and well merits the success which has come to him.      Mr. Goble's wife bore the maiden name of Mary Mitchell. She is a native of Washington township and a daughter of Charles and Eliza (Reed) Mitchell, the former a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and the, latter of Union county, Ohio.  Charles Mitchell came to Washington township in his boyhood days with his parents and spent the remainder of his life upon a farm. Both Mr. and Mrs. Goble have a wide and favorable acquaintance in this county, where their many good qualities have gained them the warm regard and friendship of those who know them. He is modestly inclined and never speaks in terms of self praise but those with whom he has been associated from his boyhood days down to the present speak of him in terms of high regard. Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 749
	JOSEPH A. GODOWN, attorney at law of Columbus, was born on a farm in Franklin county, Ohio, June 24, 1872, his parents being James and Mary (Roberts) Godown who were natives of Ohio.  The father, devoting his attention to general agricultural pursuits throughout his entire life, still resides on the home farm.  It was there that Joseph A. Godown was reared and the country schools afforded him his educational advantages.  In early manhood he engaged in teaching for three eyras, but regarded this as the initial step to other professional labor, and as a preparation for the practice of law he later matriculated in the Ohio State University, being graduated therefrom in 1899.  Prior to this he took a course of preparatory law and journalism.  Following his admission to the bar he has since engaged in practice in Columbus, and for three years was associated with the firm of Merrick & Thompkins.  He has built up a lucrative law practice.  Earnest effort, close application and the exercise of his native talents have won him prestige as a lawyer of Columbus and at the bar he is numbered among eminent and prominent men.      In 1903 Mr. Godown was married to Miss Rachael Linton of Columbus and they have one son, Joseph L.  Mr. Godown is a member of the Masonic fraternity, in hearty sympathy with its beneficent principles and purposes. Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 283
	J. S. MORRIS GOODLOE is a member of the firm of Goodloe, Kellar & Company, handling certified public accounts.  Success in consecutive and methodical and so it has been in the case of Mr. Goodloe who has wrought along lines of continuous, well directed and honorable capacity, eventually reaching the substantial position which he occupies in relation to business affairs today.  Louisville, Kentucky, numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred August 11,1868.  He is connected with some of the most prominent southern families.  The first Goodloe in America was a member of the Cape Henry Colony and afterward went to Jamestown.  The original patent for land now owned by the Goodloe family was granted when Virginia was a colony.  The Goodloes closely intermarried with Fitzhugh, Lee, Thornton and other distinguished families.  J. S. M. Goodloe now lives in his possession the original coffee urn known as the Christopher Marshall urn, which was used in serving coffee to the men who were busily engaged in compiling the declaration of independence on the 3d of July, 18776.  He is related to the Marshalls and it was thus that the urn came into his possession.      His father, Germyn B. Goodloe, was  a native of Caroline county, Virginia, and at the time of the Civil war served with the confederate army, participating in a number of hotly contested conflicts.  He held the rank of captain of one of the Virginia regiments and was wounded in the battle of the Wilderness.  Later he was assigned to the commissary department for although he was unfit for field service he could not be content without doing what he could to aid the cause which he loved.  He was one of seven sons who participated in the war.  Following the close of hostilities he removed to Louisville, Kentucky, where he conducted a pork packing business for a number of years and later engaged in the brokerage business.  He was a successful man, accomplishing what he undertook by methods that never sought nor required disguise, and when he passed away in December, 1881, he left behind him an honored memory that is cherished by those who knew him.       On the maternal side Mr. Goodloe is descended from an equally long and illustrious line of ancestry.  His mother bore the maiden name of Ellen Morris and was connected with the family that has furnished many distinguished representatives to the nation.  She was born in Kentucky her father removing to Lexington about 1815, while later a removal was made to Louisville.  There he became the head of the Joseph S. Morris & Sons Drug Company.  His wife was a sister of John P. Morton, the head of the first publishing house west of the Alleghenies.  Anthony Morris, the great great great uncle of Mrs. Goodloe, was wounded at the battle of Princeton where a monument has been erected to his memory.  Mrs. Goodloe still survives her husband.      At the usual age J. S. M. Goodloe became a pupil of the public schools of Louisville and after completing the grammar grades he spent one year in high school, but on account of trouble with his eyes was obliged to put aside his text books in 1881.  He was a very apt student and was the youngest member of his class, standing first in a class of one hundred and eighty members.  After leaving school he entered the employ of a railroad company in Louisville, working in the constructing clerical and operating departments until 1894.  His service was varied in character and of increasing importance as his ability qualified him for promotion.  During much of this time he was studying periodically to perfect himself for more responsible duties.  When nineteen years of age he was filling the position of traveling auditor of the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad and at twenty-one years of age was auditor of a railroad company.  Later he was with the Great Northern Railroad with headquarters at St. Paul, Minnesota, acting as confidential agent to the general auditor until 1895.  He then went to New York city with the firm of Patterson & Corwin, public accountants in railroad examinations, his services thus continuing until 1899 when the firm dissolved.  Mr. Goodloe continued with their successors, Patterson, Teele & Dennis.  On the 1st of May, 1901, he became a member of the firm and removed to Columbus as manager of the branch office in this place, acting in that capacity until May, 1905, during which time the business of the office was gradually increased.  At the date mentioned he bought out the interest of his partners in this concern and organized the firm of Goodloe & Kennedy, so continuing until October, 1906, when the firm of Goodloe, Keller & Company organized.  The business is still conducted under that firm style.  The purpose of the firm is to examine business enterprises, investigate working conditions, install systems to reduce the cost of operation and increase the profits.  This firm is better and more favorably known than any other concern of the kind in the west.  They never sacrifice thoroughness and substantial results to rapid increase of business, and their efficient work has made them most widely known.  In addition to his interests as senior partner of the Goodloe, Keller & Company, Mr. Goodloe is vice president of the Sun Manufacturing Company of Columbus and for two years was vice president of the American association of Public Accountants.  He still remains a member of its board of trustees and he was the first president, filling the office for four years, of the Ohio Society of Public Accountants of which he is also a trustee.  He likewise belongs to the New York Society of Certified Public Accountants and his association with these different organizations brings him inspiration for further progress in a work that is now considered a most valuable factor in business life.      On the 9th of October, 1894, Mr. Goodloe was married to Miss Harriett W. Speed of Owensboro, Kentucky, and they have a daughter, Ellen Morris.      In politics Mr. Goodloe has always been a stalwart republican.  He is a member and the first president of the first board of examiners appointed by Governor Harris May 22, 1908, under the certified pubic accountants law.  He is also a member of the investigating committee and its chairman, appointed by Mayor Badger to look into the city affairs.  Aside from these he has held no public offices, preferring always to devote his time and energies to his private business affairs.  He has studied law that his knowledge thereof might be of aid to him in the conduct of business interest, but he has never engaged in practice before the bar.  He has had extensive experience.      Mr. Goodloe belongs to the Columbus Club, the Columbus Country Club, the Buckeye Republican Club and the Republican Club of the City of New York and to several fraternal organizations.  He is a Knights Templar and a thirty-second degree Mason and a member o the Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine.  He also belongs to the Elks Lodge and is a member of St. Pauls Episcopal Church.  For several years in early manhood he was connected with the Kentucky National Guard having enlisted as a private while he became second lieutenant by brevet.   He was called out to active service to quell some of the feuds in that state, being on duty in Perry county in 1888.  He has the degree of Bachelor of Art from the New York State University, that of Certified Public Accountant from the same school and also from the Ohio University.  He is a Bachelor of Political Science from the American Academy of Political & Social Science and is a member of the Columbus Board of Trade.  It is only the lower ranks of life that are crowded and Mr. Goodloe has long since left the many and stands today among the successful few, his ability and knowledge carrying him to a place of distinction in the field of labor which he has chosen. Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 253
	W. J. GREEN, M. D.    The attractiveness of Ohio as a place of residence is perhaps best indicated in the fact that many of her citizens remain here from infancy to old age and enjoy the opportunities and advantages which she offers and at the same time contribute to her further upbuilding and development.  To this class belongs - Dr. W. J. Green, who was born near Hebron in Licking county, Ohio, Dec. 28, 1851.  His father, Jonathan S. Green in the paternal line belonged to the Hunt family, one of the prominent pioneer families of the state in whose honor Hunt Station was named.  His father was a veteran of the war of 1812.  Coming to Ohio when it was a frontier district he became a well known follower of Nimrod, possessing great skill as a huntsman.  He had ample opportunity to indulge his love of that sport for the forests abounded in wild animals, deer and many kinds of wild game.  He made friends with the Indians, always treated them justly and they entertained for him such trust and regard that when he was absent during the war of 1812 they did many acts of kindness for his wife, such as supplying her with game, etc.      Jonathan S. Green was a soldier of the Civil war, serving for four years or until after the close of hostilities, as a member of Company K, Twenty-fourth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He is mustered out as sergeant and returned home with a most creditable military record for he had bravely faced the enemy on many a hotly contested battle field.  He married Eliza Peer, a native of Virginia and a representative of one of the old families of that state.  She came to Ohio during her girlhood days with her father, Jacob, who followed farming near Hebron.  Her death occurred in 1870 and Jonathan S. Green survived for about twelve years, passing away in 1882.      Dr. Green was one of a family of four sons and two daughters of whom four are yet living.  He pursued his education in the public schools of Licking county and under private instruction.  It was through self-denial, hard work and close application that he obtained his education for the death of his parents when he was comparatively young left him with many cares upon his shoulders.  Taking up the study of medicine in 1876 at Homer, Ohio, he afterward matriculated in the Columbus Medical College from which he was graduated in 1881.  He then located for practice at Woodstock, Ohio, where he remained for ten years while later he spent a short time in Delaware, Ohio, but hearing and heeding the call of the city he came to Columbus in 1894 and has been an active practice here continuously since.  He has served on the staff of Grant Hospital and has enjoyed a liberal private practice which has made his business a profitable one.       In 1871 Dr. Green was married to Miss Lena Dailey, a native of Licking county, Ohio, and unto them were born five children, but Bernie and Lida M., the two eldest are now deceased.  The others are Nellie J., Lennie D. and Ivan L.  Dr. Green is a member of the Masonic lodge, chapter and council, while in professional lines he is connected with the Columbus Medical Society and the North Side Medical Society.  He has become well known in Columbus and is gaining many friends here. Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 290
	J. UPTON GRIBBEN, a successful and rising young architect of Columbus, was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on the 17th of July, 1873, his parents being Leonard and Adeline (Barr) Gribben, the former a native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.  In the year 1877 they removed to Uhrichsville, Ohio, there remaining until 1891.  Leonard Gribben, the father of our subject, was connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad and now makes his home in Columbus.  His wife was a daughter of John U. Barr, the first architect of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.      J. Upton Gribben acquired his education in the schools of Uhrichsville and then went to Pittsburg, where he studied architecture under the direction of his grandfather for several years.  Subsequently he was with the Pennsylvania Railroad in the motive power department from 1889 until 1891, in which year he entered the Ohio State University, completing the course in mechanical engineering in 1895.  Upon leaving the university he entered the office of Frank Packard, an architect of Columbus, with whom he remained until 1904, when he started out in business life on his own account.  He has since maintained his offices in the Columbus Trust & Savings building,  and is widely recognized as a progressive and skillful representative of his profession.  Among the structures which he has erected may be mentioned the Neil Avenue United Presbyterian church, the Riley shoe factory, the Broad Oak skating rink and the residences of W. H. Page, Miss Eva Gray and H. C. Price.  Various other dwellings which he has erected show him to be thoroughly conversant with the builder's art, and he has contributed in no small degree to the architectural adornment and improvement of Columbus.  He is a member of the Columbus Society of Architects and is serving as secretary of the Columbus Horticultural Society, having pursued a course in horticulture at the state university, and is also a member of the Board of Trade.      In 1899 Mr. Gribben was united in marriage to Miss Stella Weinman, a native of Columbus and a daughter of George Weinman, a pioneer pump manufacturer of this city.   Mr. Gribben is a devoted member of the United Presbyterian church, in the work of which he takes an active and helpful interest.  He has attained a creditable place in business life of the city for one of his years, and his laudable ambition and his determination prompts him to put forth an effort which insures larger successes in the future.  Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 78
	F. L. GRIFFITH.  While the trend of removals has usually been westward there are exceptions to this rule in business men who have regarded the opportunities of the east as superior to those of other districts of the country and, in the utilization of the advantages offered, have won legitimate, desirable and well merited success.  Mr. Griffith is among those who have traveled eastward in search of favorable business openings.  A natives of Taylorville, Illinois, he was born Oct. 15, 1873, and was but a year old when his parents removed to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he attended school, his studies being pursued through the consecutive grades until he completed the high school course.  He then entered Yale University and was graduated within the classic walls of that great seat of learning in 1896.  In the acquirement he displayed the elemental strength of his character as he provided for tuition and other necessary college expenses through his own labor.  He then succumbed to a long cherished desire to see something of the old world and made a trip of over two thousand miles on a bicycle through European countries, viewing many points of scenic beauty and historic interest and mingling with the people of foreign lands in a way that gave him intimate knowledge of the different nations and added much to his experience.      After his return from Europe Mr. Griffith established his home in Columbus and began the publican of the Daily Reporter, devoted to the interests of attorneys and litigants, a publican that he inaugurated and maintained most successfully for several years until he disposed of it to advantage.  Later he became assistant secretary of the Ohio Trust company and in June, 1904, resigned to purchase a seat in the Columbus Stock Exchange, of which he was elected president a year later.  He became recognized as a prominent representative of financial and investment interests, being for some years manager of the local stock department of White, Wagner & Company and also an independent operator on the Columbus Stock Exchange. In these connections he has had to do with the handling of stock of Columbus industries and other local forms of investment, in which connection his judgment has proven excellent and his probity unchallenged.  Since 1907 he has been the manager for Otis & Huff, bankers and brokers.      Mr. Griffith was united in marriage to Miss Flora A. Schneider, of Columbus and they have one son two years of age.  Mr. Griffith is connected with the Columbus Board of Trade and in social lines his membership is with the Columbus, the Columbus Country and the Ohio Clubs.  He is also an enthusiast on the subject of golf, has made an excellent record in golf tournaments, winning several championship contests and also stands high on the list of fine tennis players.  The forces of his life are evenly balanced, developing the well rounded character and he possesses that pervasive force which arises from the wise use of all one's powers excluding abnormal development along one line. *Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 756

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