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* Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio
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	EUGENE MARCELLAS PARKER, who is successfully engaged in the real estate business and is also connected with the financial interests of this city as president of the North Side Savings Bank, was born in Delaware, Delaware county, Ohio, on the 3d of July, 1857.  His father, Asa L. Parker, a native of Farmington, Maine, removed to Sunbury, Delaware county, Ohio, in 1837, and conducted real-estate transactions for many years.  The year 1869 witnessed his arrival in Columbus and he was one of the First representatives of real-estate interests here, being actively and successfully connected with this business until the time of his demise in 1896.  He was a well known, prosperous and public-spirited resident of this city and his loss was deeply regretted by his many friends and associates in the various walks of life.  His wife, who bore the maiden name of Samantha Black and was a native of Delaware county, Ohio, was called to her final rest in 1903.  Her father, whose birth occurred in New York, was a veteran of the war of 1812.      Eugene M. Parker acquired his preliminary education in the public schools of Delaware and Columbus and subsequently attended high school for two yeas, but was compelled to put aside his text-books on account of ill health.  At the age of twenty-one years he entered his father's business as an employe but in 1887 started out in this line of activity on his own account, becoming a partner of A. N. Fox under the firm style of Fox & Parker.  The partnership was maintained until 1889, since which time Mr. Parker has been alone in business, being widely recognized as one of the most successful real-estate men of the city.  He handles only his own property and investments and builds on his own property for his personal investment.  In May, 904, he assisted in organizing and establishing the North Side Savings Bank at No. 1221 North High street and has since served as its president.  The phenomenal success which has attended the institution is attributable in large measure to the excellent business ability, keen discrimination and sound judgment of Mr. Parker and the safe, conservative policy which he inaugurated has ever been maintained.  He also helped organize and was formerly one of the directors of the Northern Savings Bank but sold out his interest therein.  Alert and enterprising, he has been watchful of every opportunity for advancement and has gained recognition as one of the most prominent and successful business men of Columbus.      On the 29th of October, 1878, Mr. Parker was united in marriage to Miss Nannie M. Smiley a native of Franklin county, Ohio.  They now have two children:  Nellie M.; and Edgar E., born in 1889, who is now attending school.      In his political views Mr. Parker is a stalwart republican, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Plymouth Congregational church.  He is quite an extensive traveler and is also fond of fishing.  Having been a resident of this city for almost four decades, he is well and favorably known here and the circle of his friends is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances. (Source: * Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 -  Page 53)
	LEROY PARKER, auditor of the Guanajuato Reduction & Mines Company and president of the Ohio Audit Company, his meritorious service in both connections winning him wide recognition as a leading business man of Columbus, was born in the Boston navy yard, Mar. 29, 1869.  The military history of the family is a most creditable one.  His great-grandfather, William H. Parker, was a captain in the Virginia Line during the Revolutionary war.  His grandfather, Foxhall A. Parker, was a commodore in the United States navy and was offered command of the German navy at the time of its reorganization years ago but declined to accept.  His son and namesake, Foxhall A. Parker, Jr., was born at the Brooklyn navy yard and entered the naval service as a midshipman, after which he passed through the regular course of promotion until he became a commodore.  He had command of the Rappahannock and of the Potomac during the last two years of the Civil war.  His brother, Dangerfield Parker, is a brigadier general in the United States army, while another brother, William H. Parker, was a distinguished officer in the Confederate navy.      Foxhall A. Parker, Jr., married Miss Caroline Donaldson, a great-great-granddaughter of General Timothy Pickering, who served as adjutant to General Washington in the Revolutionary war.  She died in 1877.  Commodore Parker had formerly wedded a Miss Mallory, who died in 1860, and who was the daughter of Captain Mallory, of Columbus, Ohio.  The death of Foxhall A. Parker occurred in 1879, when he was serving as superintendent of the naval academy at Annapolis, Maryland.  His entire life was devoted to naval service, either in active duty at the front in the time of war or as instructor in the service in training others for a similar career.      Leroy Parker largely acquired his education in St. Paul's school at Concord, New Hampshire, and after putting aside his text-books he took up the profession of accountant, being thus employed first in the city of Baltimore, while later he went to Taxes, where he remained for twelve years.   In 1903 he came to Columbus, found an excellent opening, took advantage of it and has since made substantial and continuous progress until he now occupies an important position in the business world, being today widely known as the auditor of the Guanajuato Reduction & Mines Company and the president of the Ohio Audit Company.      In 1900 Mr. Parker was married to Miss Lena Colburn, of Wyoming, Illinois, and they have three daughters, Ida Shepard, Mildred and Florence Grosvenor Hanson.  Mr. Parker belongs to Goodale Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and his social nature finds expression in the Columbus Country Club and the Columbus Riding Club.  He is also a member of the Ohio Society of the Benjamin Franklin Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.  With the blood of patriotic ancestry flowing in his veins, but is not strange that he has in his nature a strong patriotic strain that is manifest in a commendable interest and helpfulness in everything pertaining to the welfare of his adopted city. (Source: * Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 -  Page 307)
	HENRY PAUSCH.  In the political history of Columbus and Franklin county it is imperative that mention be made of Henry Pausch, for he has figured prominently in democratic circles, has filled various offices and stands as one whose public-spirited devotion to the general good is above question.  He is one of the native sons of the capital city, hi birth having here occurred January 6, 1840.  His father, Henry Pausch, was a tailor by trade and in early manhood married Miss Katherine Linther, b whom he had a family of three sons, two yet living:  John and Henry.      In the pubic schools of his native city Henry Pausch pursued his education to the age of fourteen years and then entered upon an apprenticeship at the printer's trade under the direction of John Geary & Son, who were then editors of the Capital City Fact, at that time a popular daily newspaper of Columbus.  He completed his apprenticeship at the age of eighteen years and then entered the employ of Hon. Richard Nevins at that time state printer.  He continued with Mr. Nevins and his successors for thirty years as one of the most efficient, capable and trusted representatives of the house.      Mr. Pausch, however, has become perhaps even more widely known in connection with his earnest advocacy and unfaltering labors in support of democratic principles.  In 1889 he received the nomination of the democratic county convention fro the office of county treasurer and, being elected, served so faithfully that he was again nominated and continued in the position for four years.  He was a faithful custodian of the public funds and retired from the office as he had entered it - with the confidence and good will of all concerned.  Since that time he has served in different public and political positions.  He was a member of the city sewer commission, being appointed by Mayor Swartz, one of the democratic members of the board.  He has always been an ardent democrat, active in party affairs, known not only in local ranks but also as a worker for state and national democratic interests.  In 1874 he was elected to the city council from the eleventh ward and, continuing in the position by reelection, served from 1877 to 1879 as president of that body, in which position he acquitted himself with the highest honor.  He was ever impartial in his rulings and just in his decisions and at the same time gave the weight of his influence for all measures and movements which he believed would be of benefit in municipal affairs.  After voluntarily leaving the council he was elected to the office of police commissioner on the democratic ticket and served for four years or until 1884, during which time he was largely responsible for reforming, reorganizing and shaping into an efficient body of men the police force of Columbus.  In all that he has done he has been actuated by a loyal public spirit that none have questioned.  His work in public office has been of an important character and as a private citizen his labors have been for the general good.       On the 3rd of November, 1864, Mr. Pausch was married to Miss Jennie E. McPherson and they had eight children, all of whom are living with the exception of Frank M., who died April 13, 1901.  The others are:  Flora Louise, Henry, Katherine B., Walter L., Anna E., Mary G. and Alice G.      In his fraternal relations Mr. Pausch is well known.  He has attained the thirty-second degree in Masonry, belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is connected with the uniformed rank of the Knights of Pythias.  He is also an active member of the Columbus Mænnerchor and of the Olentangy Club, as well as many social circles, his cordiality, deference for the opinions of others and genial manner making him popular with a large circle of friends, while his record as a citizen and public official is one which is most commendable. (Source: * Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 -  Page 180)
	NORMAN DEWEY PERRY.       While materialistic philosophy may exclaim:           "Thou knowest 'tis common; all who live, must die,           Passing through nature to eternity, " it does not take into account the force of an example or the value of cherished memories that remain as a benediction to those who come into contact with an upright, honorable life.  While Norman Dewey Perry did not register success, as some men measure it, by the accumulation of great wealth, he builded for himself an honorable character and all through his life drew to himself the respect, confidence and good will of his fellowmen.  He had reached the age of eighty-five years ere he passed away on the 8th of January, 1899, being at that time with his son in Indianapolis, Indiana.  His race of life had been well run and there remains to his family and friends the memory of kindly counsel, of unfailing sympathy and his own unsullied honesty.      The birth of Mr. Perry occurred Nov. 26, 1813.  He was of English descent, tracing his ancestry back to Edmund Perry who, about 1615, left England while Oliver Cromwell was ruling over Great Britain, and sought a home at Plymouth, Massachusetts.  When, in the days of religious persecution, the Perrys, who were of the Quaker faith, could no longer endure to remain in Massachusetts, they removed to South Kinston on the waters of Narragansett bay.  During the Revolutionary war Benjamin Perry, son of Freeman Perry and uncle of Oliver Hazard Perry, went to Connecticut and was married near Hartford to a Miss Jewett.  They became the parents of two daughters and six sons, including William Perry who was born in August, 1782.  He wedded Martha Dewey whose birth occurred in 1785, while their marriage was celebrated in 1805.  They became parents of three children - Emily, William and Susan - while still living in Connecticut prior to the war of 1812.  During the second period of hostilities with Great Britain William Perry, who was one of the minute men, was ordered to New London, as the British were threatening to bombard the town, and it was during his absence that the subject of this review was born.  In 1816 his parents with their children removed to Chautauqua county, New York, and in the wilderness built a log cabin and a sawmill on the Canadaway creek.  A large number of the Cattaraugus Indians were close by and all of the hardships of pioneer life had to be met.      Between the ages of six and ten years Norman Dewey Perry had the privilege of attending school for six months each year but after that spent only three months each year in school until fifteen years of age, the remainder of the time being devoted to work on the farm.  Following the mother's death he went to his brother-in-law to learn the paper-making trade, at which he served a four years' apprenticeship, and when nineteen years of age, as the result of correspondence, he obtained a situation in a large paper mill at Toronto, Canada.  He started on foot and alone, with but ten dollars in the world, working much of the way, for he had no money with which to pay stage fare.  As he felt it necessary to hoard his little sum of money he at times was able to purchase but one meal in twenty-four hours.  After a long and tedious journey, however, he reached his destination and began work at four dollars per week and board, receiving that wage for two and a half years.  Many a week he put in eighteen hours a day, beginning at six o'clock Monday morning and working until midnight on Saturday.  For fifty years he remained in active connection with the paper trade.  His experiences in Canada were in some ways unique and interesting.  When the mill was forced to shut down because of the hard winters, the headraces being frozen over, he attended parliament and listened to many of the able speakers of that day, being present also at the trial of William Lyon McKenzie.      In the fall of 1835 Mr. Perry left Canada, expecting to stop at Dunkirk, near his old home, but a store prevented the ship making that port and eventually they reached Detroit, Michigan.  As he had a sister, Mrs. Emily Foster, living in that city and an uncle, Chester Perry, at Ypsilanti, he decided to visit them, and after so doing, took a boat bound for Buffalo.  In due course of time he reached home and soon afterward started with his father for the west with a horse and open spring wagon.  Their destination was Chicago but at Norwalk, Ohio, Mr. Perry was induced by his brother-in-law, Andrew Sprague, to take charge of a paper mill there, formerly managed by Mr. Sprague, who wished to give up the position in order to go to Michigan.  At that time Mr. Perry had but three hundred dollars in his pocket which he gave to the mill owner in exchange for two lots.  The venture, however, was not very profitable, for it was about this time that president Jackson vetoed the United States bank bill and directed all state banks to issue largely to meet the public wants.  The result was the "red dog" and "wild cat" bank bills and consequent hard times, for money was not good out of the neighborhood in which it was issued.      It was in January, 1836, that Mr. Perry married Miss Susan Allen, and on the 27th of November of the same year a little daughter, Mary, afterward Mrs. Buell, was born.  Feeling that the mill at Norwalk would not give him a good living, in April, 1837, he secured a team and removed to Cuyahoga Falls, about one hundred and twenty miles distant.  There he obtained a position in a paper mill and the following spring went to Zanesville, Ohio, to accept what he believed was a better position.  He worked for twelve hours each week day for a dollar and a quarter per day and boarded himself, but after four months found this insufficient for the needs of himself and family and started to walk to Wheeling, West Virginia, seventy-five miles away.  From that point he proceeded to his old home and there obtained a position at putting up a wrapping machine and operating it through the winter.  In July, 1839, he was offered a position at Delaware, Ohio, where a mill was being built, and removed his family there, consisting of his wife, daughter and a son, the latter being Albert A. Perry, born at Cuyahoga Falls, March 6, 1838.  At Delaware he assisted in installing and then in operating the mill machinery but in November, 1840, the mill was destroyed by fire.  With characteristic energy, however, he assisted in its rebuilding and within one hundred days work was resumed.  For many years they manufactured the printing paper for the state, for at that time there was no paper made in Columbus or Cleveland.  Around the mill grew up a little village which, on the 4th of July, 1842, was christened Stratford on the Olentangy.  For a third of a century this village continued to flourish but following the financial panic in the '70s its manufactories were closed and its business enterprise became a thing of the past.      Mr. Perry worked in the mill at a dollar and a quarter per day until 1847, when he took charge of the mill at a salary of ten dollars per week - as much as was ever paid at that time.  In January, 1850, he became partner in the mill, joining the firm of Williams & Andrews, who had been sole proprietors up to that time.  He also became jointly interested in their store and real estate, the firm deeding to him a sixth of the whole, valued at forty thousand dollars.      In April, 1849, Mr. Perry was called upon to mourn the loss of his first wife and had previously lost a little daughter.  On the 1st of April, 1850, he wedded Mary A. Christ, who was born at Kutztown, Pennsylvania, Nov. 17, 1825, and in 1831  had been taken by her parents to Delaware county, Ohio.  In the spring of 1852 Mr. Perry traded his home for a dwelling opposite the stone mill.  In the meantime his son, William R. Perry, was born Jan. 19, 1851, and in the new home occurred the birth of W. Irving Perry, Aug. 31, 1852; Florence N. Perry, Dec. 30, 1853; and Oliver Hazard Perry, Feb. 23, 1855.      For several years the paper mill in which Mr. Perry was a partner continued to flourish but on the 17th of February, 1857, the firm suffered the loss of twenty-five thousand dollars by fire, the print mill being destroyed.  It was rebuilt, however, and operations were resumed.  The task of getting good wash water was a difficult one until finally they bored for water and after going down in rock two hundred feet got a good supply of water running about one hundred gallons per minute.  Business was carried on along the usual routine until 1863.  While the war largely advanced prices in many other lines, there was no marked advance in paper or paper material until 1863.  Late in the fall of 1862 the firm took a contract for the state printing paper at a little less than eight cents per pound.  The following year prices began to advance but the firm kept operating the mill until their losses amounted to five thousand dollars.  Mr. Perry then went before the legislature and stated his case.  It seemed that he would be a successful in getting what he wished up to the time of the final reading of the bill, when a member of Franklin county brought up a bill to increase the price of printing and binding on state contracts.  Other members felt that if there was to be an advance on all state contracts they would grant it on none.  The Williams, Andrews & Perry Company then refused to make more paper and when sued for non-performance of contract won there suit.  They continued paper manufacturing for several years, during which time prices where very good, at times thirty-one cents per pound being paid for state paper.  In the meantime Mr. Perry had purchased a farm and the good sale of the mill products enabled him to clear his mill and his farm of all indebtedness.  But in 1866 he was over-persuaded by his partner, James Andrews, to open a store in Columbus.  That did not prove profitable, however, and paper continued to decline in value until at length the mill was disposed of at forced sale.  Then, after fifty years' connection with the paper business, Mr. Perry turned his attention to other pursuits.      It was in the fall of 1879 that he established a grocery at the corner of Hunt avenue and High street in Columbus, having in the meantime removed to this city in April, 1874, at which date he had erected a brick residence on East Fourth avenue.  He continued in the grocery trade until 1881 when he sold out and took up the real-estate business in connection with John Walsh.  In this he met with success and continued in the business until the fall of 1889, when, because of ill health, he went to Tucson, Arizona, and spent the winter, accompanied by his wife.  Their winter months were spent there with their sons W. R. and W. I. Perry, and in the spring of 1890 they returned home by way of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Salt Lake City.      The death of Mr. Perry occurred Jan. 8, 1899, and it was after he had reached the age of eighty years that he wrote an extended account of his life almost entirely from memory.  While he had closely applied himself to the conduct of business interests he had also shared in the work of public progress in various lines of usefulness and helpfulness.  On the 19th of September, 1860, he was invited to Cleveland, Ohio, to share in the celebration held at the unveiling of a statue of Commodore Perry, his being the anniversary of Perry's victory on Lake Erie.  He gave his political allegiance to the republican party after its organization and he was long a devoted and faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, taking an active part in its work and contributing generously of his means to its support.  He was a delegate to the first state Sunday-school convention held in Ohio, and attended other conventions of his church, doing all in his power to promote its progress and extend its influence.  Death came to him when he was in his eighty-sixth year.  He passed away at the home of his son in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the funeral services were held in the Third Avenue Methodist Episcopal church in Columbus, on the 11th of January, his sons acting as his pall-bearers.  Measured by eternity's standard, his life was a grand success and well might the words of the poet serve as his epitaph:      "Beautiful twilight at set of sun;       Beautiful goal with race well run;       Beautiful rest with work well-done." (Source: * Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 -  Page 435)
	LIVER HAZZARD PERRY is treasurer of the Columbus Buggy Company, and his position in business circles and in the regard of his fellow townsmen is indicated in the fact that he is now the president of the Columbus board of trade.  He was born Feb. 23, 1856, at Stratford, Delaware county, Ohio.  His father, Norman Dewey, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, was born Nov. 26, 1813, and extensive mention of him is made above.  The mother, who bore the maiden name of Mary Ann Christ, was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, and in 1831 was brought to Ohio by her parents.  Her father was Jonathan Christ, who traveled with a wagon train and settled in Stratford, Delaware county.  The death of Mrs. Perry occurred Jan. 12, 1908.      In the county schools Oliver H. Perry began his education but ambitious for further opportunities in that direction, he attended the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware and the Ohio State University of Columbus.  When his collegiate course was completed he took up the study of law and read for two years in the office and under the direction of the firm of Woods & Jones of this city.  In 1878, however, he abandoned his law study to accept a clerical position with the Columbus Buggy Company.  There the business ability and enterprise which he displayed won him promotion and in time he was made cashier.  When the business was incorporated in 1897 he was elected treasurer of the company and remains in that connection.  When he first entered the business it was of small and inconsequential proportions but the trade has grown rapidly until it now extends to every state in the Union and to various foreign countries as well.  The volume of business annually transacted is represented by a large figure and the success of the undertaking is attributable in no small degree to the efforts of Mr. Perry.      It was on the 16th of June, 1891, that Mr. Perry was united in marriage in Columbus to Miss Mary Eva Minor, a daughter of Daniel and J. A. Minor of this city.  Mrs. Perry is quite active in musical and club circles of Columbus and presides with gracious hospitality over their attractive home.  Mr. Perry is also a lover of music and possesses not a little native talent in that direction.  In early life he was for many years a member of the Republican Glee Club of this city.  His political allegiance has always been given to the republican party and he was a delegate to the national convention which met at Philadelphia in 1900 and nominated McKinley and Roosevelt.  He has been active to some extent in county and local politics but never as an office holder, though frequently he has been tendered nominations.  His social nature finds expression in his membership in the Ohio Club of Columbus and he is the vice president of the National Association of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers.  He belongs to the Third Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a trustee and he is also a trustee of the Protestant Hospital and of the Young Men's Christian Association.  He is now the president of the Columbus board of trade, having been elected for the fiscal year of 1908-9.  While interested in all these different organizations and giving the weight of his influence as well as his service for their upbuilding and advancement, he has yet confined his attention largely to his business and through its development and growth has contributed to the material welfare of the city, while from his work he has also personally received substantial benefits. (Source: * Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 -  Page 439)
	DR. C. E. PFEIFER is one of the more recent additions to the ranks of the medical fraternity in Columbus, beginning practice here in 1904, but already he has a business which is making heavy demands upon his time and energies.  He was born in Galion, Ohio, Aug. 29, 1874.  His father, Peter Pfeifer, was a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and came to the United States in 1830, when five years of age, with his father and the family.  In 1840 a removal was made in Galion, Ohio, where for many years the Pfeifer family resided.  Peter Pfeifer was a man of broad culture and education, who for some time engaged in teaching school while later he gave his attention to agricultural pursuits and subsequently engaged in merchandising. He married Miss Susannah Helfrich, who was born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.  The death of Mr. Peter Pfeifer occurred in 1901, when he was seventy-five years of age.  He left the impress of his individuality for good upon the community where he resided, his worth being widely recognized.  He had one brother, Fred Pfeifer, who served as a soldier of the Civil war.      Dr. Pfeifer pursued his early education in the schools of Crawford county, Ohio, and when sixteen years of age, being an adventurous and vigorous boy and anxious to see the world, made his way to the Pacific coast.  In 1897 he went to the Klondike where he remained for about three years.  He prospected but did not strike gold in paying quantities and therefore turned his attention to the bakery and restaurant business in Dawson, conducting the enterprise with good success.  He relates many interesting in ducting the enterprise with good success.  He relates many interesting incidents about that city and the Klondike.  He experienced all the hardships of packing over the Chilkoot Pass and roughed it in the mining camps of that country at a time when the work of civilization and improvement seemed scarcely begun there.  The lack of transportation facilities made provisions very high and when he was engaged in business in Dawson a fifty pound sack of flour sold for one hundred and twenty-five dollars and a loaf of bread for a dollar and a half, while a piece of pie and a cup of coffee brought a dollar.  Because of the high prices he made money rapidly but like the great majority who are attracted by the gold discoveries put much of it back in the ground in prospecting for the precious metal.  When he first passed through Skagway there was but one tent on the site of the town.  Tow years later when he revisited the place on the return trip, it was a modern and well built city of five thousand inhabitants.  He watched with interest the rapid growth and development and his description of life there is very entertaining, as he was a close observer and possesses a retentive memory.      Following his return to "the States" in October, 1899, Dr. Pfeifer determined to study medicine and with this end in view spent one year in a private school.  He was then enrolled as a student in the Ohio Medical University, from which he was graduated in 1904.  He began practice on the 16th of June, of that year, opening an office in Columbus, where he has since remained, and the growth of his practice is indicative of his thorough understanding of all the principles of the medical science and his correct application of his knowledge to the needs of his patients.      In December, 1904, Dr. Pfeifer was married to Miss Julia Taylor, a daughter of Harvey Taylor of Columbus.  Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and has served as master of Humboldt Lodge, F. & A. M., while in the Scottish Rite he has attained the thirty-second degree.  He is also a charter member to the Alpha Kappa Kappa.  He has professional membership with the Academy of Medicine, and the Ohio State Medical Association.  He has been for three years instructor in Dietetics in the Starling-Ohio Medical College, and has been on the staff of the free dispensary since his graduation.  His professional labor is regarded as of value by the general community and he enjoys the respect of his brethren of the medical fraternity by reason of his strict conformity to a high standard of professional ethics.  He is a popular man, making steady progress in his profession and gaining steadily in the friendship of those with whom he comes in contact. (Source: * Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 -  Page 408)
	WILLIAM HALL PHIPPS.   While much has been said against corruption in public office and the rule of parties by political bosses, it is a well known fact that in the great majority of cases men of ability and fidelity are filling the positions of public trust, for public opinion is too strong to be disregarded and the community is up in arms at once if it has the slightest reason to suspect infidelity on the part of any government official, whether he occupy a. local, state or national position. The consensus of public opinion has been most favorable concerning the public services of William Hall Phipps, now state inspector of oils.      He was born in Caldwell, Ohio, August 16, 1864, and is descended from an old family of English lineage, tracing his ancestry back to Jedediah Phipps, who on coming to the new world settled in Massachusetts, and at one time was the owner of lands that included the battle-field of Bunker Hill . He also took part in that engagement which, though it was not an American victory, served to show the British the strength of American arms and to arouse this nation to a sense of what the British meant, to accomplish. The grandfather of our subject was the owner of a plantation on the Delaware river and afterward removed to Pittsburg and then came to Ohio.      Samuel H. Phipps, the father of William Hall Phipps, is a native of Pittsburg and seventy years ago became a resident of Caldwell, Ohio. He is a veteran of the Civil war, having served as major in the Eighty-second Ohio Regiment. He has also been active in politics and in 1880 campaigned southern Ohio with Garfield. He has been active in various matters of progressive citizenship and his influence has always been on the side of progress, reform and improvement. In his earlier years he was a college professor but now resides upon a. farm at Reinersville. Ohio. He wedded -Mary Miller, a native of Caldwell, Ohio, of which section her parents were pioneer settlers. The family is of Scotch-Irish lineage. Her father was the oldest Mason in the world at the time of his death, which occurred when he was a centenarian, his affiliation with the Masonic fraternity having covered eighty-one years.      William Hall Phipps was reared on his father's farm and attended the district school to the age of eighteen years, when he went to Ada. Ohio, matriculating in the Northwestern Ohio University, where he devoted three years to study. He then took up the study of law in the office of D. S. Spriggs, of Caldwell, and after thorough preliminary reading was admitted to the bar in June, 1889. He then located for practice in Paulding. Ohio, devoting his attention to general practice, although specializing to some extent in real-estate law. He still retains an office in that city.      Mr. Phipps first entered actively into politics in 1885 as secretary to the republican central committee of Morgan county, serving until 1887. He became chairman to the county central committee of Paulding county in 1893 and so continued until 1897, when he was made chairman of the executive committee of the same county, filling the position until 1902. He was also a member of the state executive committee from 1899 until 1903, and has been a member of the state central committee for the past five years, occupying the position at the present time. He has likewise, since 1908, been secretary of the state executive committee and has done effective and beneficial work for the interests of the party. In the affairs of state as taken aside from the extraordinary conditions of warfare, there are demanded men whose mental ken is as wide and whose generalship is as effective as those which insure successful maneuvering of armed forces by the skilled commander on the field of battle. The nation's welfare and prosperity may be said to hinge as heavily upon individual discrimination and executive ability in the one case as the other. It requires a master mind to marshal and organize the forces for political purposes and produce the best results by concerted effort. Such a leader is found in W. H. Phipps, who may well be called one of the commanders of the republican party of Ohio. He has been a delegate to the republican conventions on several occasions, ranks high in party councils and has a wide acquaintance among the distinguished political leaders of the country. On the 19th of May, 1908, he was appointed state oil inspector and is now filling this position.      On the 14th of August, 1890, Mr. Phipps was united in marriage to Miss Nora K. Cooper, of Batesville, and they now have one daughter, Helen. Mr. Phipps is an automobile enthusiast and much of his leisure is spent in his motor car. He is a member of the Ohio Club and of the Buckeye Republican Club. He attends the Presbyterian church and holds membership relations with the various Masonic bodies, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, while he is also a member of Antioch temple of the Mystic Shrine. (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 31)
	GEORGE WILLIAM CLAYTON POORE, prosperous and popular, is the president and treasurer of the Clark, Davis & Poore Company, well known in commercial circles in Columbia as proprietors of the largest exclusive wholesale millinery establishment in the city.  Throughout his business career Mr. Poore has never made engagements that he has not filled nor an obligation that he has not met, and his business probity and enterprise have carried him into large undertaking and gained for him the admiration and respect of his colleagues and contemporaries.      Mr. Poore is a native of Jackson county, Ohio, born Dec. 9, 1860.  His father, Edward Poore, born Mar. 10, 1836, devoted his time and energies to the business of dealing in live stock.  He was the son of George W. Poore, one of the early settlers of the state, who for many years conducted an old-time tavern or hotel at Winchester, Ohio.  He died at the age of sixty-four years.  The mother of George W. C. Poore bore the maiden name of Susan Nally and was a daughter of William J. Nally of Jackson, Ohio, where she still resides.  Her father was one of the pioneer residents of Jackson county, taking active and helpful part in planting the seeds of civilization upon the frontier.      George W. C. Poore was educated in the district schools of Jackson county, and at the State College at Athens, Ohio.  After completing his education he was for some time engaged in the hardware business, later in the dry-goods business, and subsequently in the millinery business.  Each change marked an advance step in his career for he was quick to recognize and improve opportunities.  He next purchased the interest in G. T. Macauly in the wholesale millinery business of the G. T. Macauly Company, and when this company was succeeded by Clark, Davis & Poore in 1907, he was elected president and treasurer.  The company today is the largest exclusive wholesale millinery house in Columbus and one of the largest in the state, and its business is enjoying rapid growth.  Their sales are large, their shipments extensive and their business is conducted along the modern lines of trade and commerce, bringing to them marked success as a reward for their labor and good financial returns on their investments.  Mr. Poore is also a member of the firm of Deardorff & Poore, of Gallipolis Ohio.       On the 6th of Feb., 1897, Mr. Poore was united in marriage to Miss Belle, daughter of Andrew Jackson and Mary A. Coffman, of Gallipolis, Ohio, and they have two children, Mary L., aged eleven years, and Kathleen, aged seven years.  The family residence is at No. 242 South Eighteenth Street.      Mr. Poore in his political affiliations is a republican where national issues are involved, but at other times is allied with that independent movement which regards only the capability of the candidate at local elections where no issue is before the people and the only subject the consideration is whether the office seeker will be loyal to his duty and competent in the discharge of municipal business.  Fraternally Mr. Poore is a thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner.  He is a member of the Phi Delta Theta and the Broad Street Presbyterian church, and his life is actuated by honorable principles and high ideals.  He is devoted to his home and family, is fond of literature and has a good library.  His salient characteristics are such as have endeared him to his fellowmen and his business record is considered a valuable asset to the commercial history of Columbus. (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 45)
	JOHN POSTE.  Columbus draws her citizenship not only from every state in the Union, but from every civilized nation on the face of the globe, but the strongest representatives of business life and political prominence here are those who rep resent. or trace their ancestry to the Anglo-Saxon race. John Poste was a representative of the England-American element in her citizenship. He was born in Kent, England, October 18. 1833, a son of the Rev. Beale Poste, an Episcopal clergyman, who spent his entire life in England.      John Poste was twenty years of age when he left that land for the new world. He had been reared in his native country, had acquired his education there. and in the year of his emigration to the United States was married to Miss Caroline Ashby. With his young bride he then started for America, landing at New York, where he remained for a time and then came to Columbus. Here he soon became known in business circles and in public life of the community. Almost immediately after his arrival he secured a position in the library in the state house, and the work was one of intense enjoyment for him, for he was very fond of books and was always a student who read widely and thought deeply. He afterward engaged in teaching for a. time, but afterward abandoned that profession to give his attention to more congenial work. Fond of fruit-raising. he established a nursery, leasing a tract. of land on South High street, and when his success justified the step he purchased the property, owning quite an extended amount of land there. In his business as a nurseryman he prospered and made wide shipments of his goods, while he also enjoyed a large local trade. He closely studied the science of horticulture, as well as the practical work of raising trees and shrubs, and he became a valued member of the agricultural society, with which he was long connected. He also took great interest in that branch of training at the Ohio State University, and his opinions were largely regarded as an authority upon horticultural subjects, while his specific business largely set the standard for enterprises of this character.      As the years passed, six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Poste, of whom three are yet living: Beale Edward, Hamilton and John Robinson. Those who have passed away are: William A., who was the firstborn ; Mary Jane; the third in order of birth: and Arthur, the fifth of the family.      The death of the husband and father occurred December 24, 1889. He remained active in business up to the time of his death. earnestly desiring to provide liberally for his family that they might enjoy the comforts of life without recourse to strenuous labor which leaves little opportunity for social interests or intellectual progress. He was a member o£ the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his religious faith was indicated by his membership in the Trinity church. Honor and honesty were synonymous with his name. He was never known to take advantage of the necessities of others in any business transactions, and at all times he was loyal to the trust reposed in him and to the obligations that devolved upon him. He never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the United States, for he regarded its opportunities as superior to those of the mother country, and through using the chances which offered he worked his way steadily upward. His widow .till survives him and resides in the old homestead on South High street. having been a resident of Columbus for fifty-seven years. (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 17)

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