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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	H. S. WAITE (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 684)
	C. W. WALLACE, JR. (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 424)
	B. G. WATSON (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 377)
	ROBERT L. WATSON, a manufacturer's agent, handling a general line of building materials, has developed a business of large proportions, yielding him a gratifying financial return annually. Ages ago the Greek sage Epieharmus said, "Earn thy reward: the gods give naught to sloth."' and the truth of this admonition has been verified in all the ages which have run their course since that time. Recognizing the fact Robert L. Watson has been persistent, energetic and diligent and stands today as one of the successful business men of Columbus. He was born November 12, 1863, in Jefferson county. West Virginia. His father. Bartholomew Watson, also a native of West Virginia, served as a Confederate soldier throughout the entire four year of the Civil war. and in times of peace devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits. He was a. son of Thomas Watson. who was born in West Virginia in 1808. his father having settled in that state, then a part of the Old Dominion, about the beginning of the nineteenth century. The mother of Robert L. Watson was in her maidenhood Mary C. Smith. a. daughter of John F. and Susan Smith, natives of West Virginia.      Robert L. Watson on pursued his education in the district schools and remained on the home farm until twenty-one years of age. during which time he assisted in the work of field and meadow. His first occupation after leaving the parental Home .was in connection with the roofing business at Cincinnati and in 1886 he became a member of the firm of Smith & Watson. that connection continuing for two years. On the expiration of that period he accepted a position as traveling salesman for the H. W. Johns Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of asbestos, with whom he remained for a year, his territory covering central Ohio. eastern Indiana and northern Kentucky. He was next employed by the Central Pressed Brick Company of Cleveland. representing the house in southern Ohio and Indiana. remaining with them until 1895. He then came to Columbus and entered business as manufacturer's agent. handling a general line of building materials. He has since secured an extensive and growing patronage until his business has now reached considerable magnitude. Among the important structures for which he has furnished materials are the Toledo & Ohio Central depot, the Union depot, the Biological building of the Ohio State University. where he supplied both brick and tile roofing, and the School of Mines. He also supplied the brick and terra cotta for the Capital Trust building, the terra cotta for the Columbus Savings &- Trust building, the faced brick for the Brunson building and the tile roofing and fire proof doors of the American Savings Bank building. He was also the pioneer salesman, handling enamel brick for exterior finish in the Central states. He represents the Northwestern Terra Cotta Company. the Tiffany Enamel Brick Company. the Akron Roofing Tile Company, the Thorp Fire Proof Door Company and the R. I. W. Paint Company. He is a member of the Builders' Exchange and politically is a democrat where national questions ore involved. but casts an independent local ballot. He stands today as one of the alert. wide-awake. business men of Columbus. accomplishing what he undertakes by his determination, capable management and undaunted energy. (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 9)
	J. A. WATTERSON (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 498)
	W. N. WEINMAN (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 469)
	F. B. WEISZ (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 121)
	J. W. WELLONS (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 381)
	W. T. WELLS (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 425)
	R. E. WESTFALL (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 476)
	J. M. WESTWATER (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 745)
	W. L. WHITACRE (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 81)
	L. G. WHITE (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 652)
	Z. L. WHITE (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 76)
	A. N. WHITING (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 430)
	J. A. WILCOX (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 710)
	PHINEAS BACON WILCOX (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 686)
	S. S. WILCOX (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 766)
	JUDGE CURTIS C. WILLIAMS. If "biography is the home aspect of history," as Wilmott has expressed it, it is certainly within the province of true history to commemorate and perpetuate the lives of those men whose careers have been of signal usefulness and honor to the country, and in this connection it is compatible that mention should be made of Judge Curtis C. Williams, one of the most able and learned members of the Columbus bar who, since 1886, has engaged in the practice of law in the capital city. He has covered forty-seven years of active and useful life, during which time he has held to the highest professional standards and thus ever conserved the interests of the profession which stands as the conservator of human rights and liberties.      Judge Williams was born in Hanoverton, Columbiana county. Ohio. August 13, 1861, and comes of sturdy Scotch-Irish ancestry with also an intermingling of Welsh. The family is noted for longevity. his great-grand father almost rounding out a century. His grandfather, Joseph F. Williams. a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, wedded Miss Mary Gilson and early in the nineteenth century removed westward to Columbiana county, Ohio, where he became both an active and successful business man and a prominent factor in shaping the affairs and molding the destiny of the state during the formative period in its history. He was chosen to represent his district in the lower house of the general assembly and afterward served for two terms in the senate. He gave careful consideration to the various important questions which came up for settlement and was connected with much constructive legislation that in due course of time found its way to the statute books of the state. His son, Dr. R. G. Williams, born in Columbiana county in 1836, after a long and successful professional career lived in dignified retirement in Alliance up to the time of his death, which occurred November 9, 1906, when he was in his seventieth year He was one of Ohio's legislators, also, serving for two terms in the house of representatives. The family name has always been a synonym of patriotism and devotion to the public welfare, coupled with marked ability displayed in discharging public duty. Dr. Williams married Miss Elmira Frost, a daughter of William A. and Beulah (Chandler) Frost. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania who became one of the pioneer residents of Columbiana county.      Judge Williams spent his youthful days in Alliance, Stark county, Ohio, where he removed with his parents when a child. There he attended the public and high schools and thus prepared for college, acquiring his more advanced education in Mount Union College of Alliance, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1883. Like many who have made the practice of law their life work, Judge Williams entered upon the profession of teaching as a preliminary step in his business career, efficiently serving as superintendent of schools. He came to Columbus and as a student entered the office of Converse, Booth & Keating, under whose direction he pursued his reading of law until he was qualified to pass the examination before the supreme court in 1886. He then began practice and throughout his professional career he has never yielded to the popular belief that fidelity to honesty was not compatible with the practice of law. Personal character is one of the elements which go to determine the rank of any member of the legal profession, and in this regard, as well as by reason of his mental acquirements, his standing has been high. While his devotion to his clients' interests has been proverbial, he has never forgotten that he owes still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law and his close conformity to such a standard awakened for him the confidence and respect of the general public who in 1891 gave proof of their appreciation of his ability and integrity as a lawyer in electing him to the office of prosecuting attorney. He made a splendid record in the position and when again nominated as a. candidate by the democratic party he lost the election by only one hundred and nine votes at a time when the republican majority of the county was between twenty and twenty-five hundred. He then resumed his law practice and was accorded a large and distinctively representative clientage. In 1897. however, he was again called to office, being nominated by the democracy for the common pleas bench, on which occasion he ran five hundred ahead of the democratic state ticket and was elected. On the bench he was capable, conscientious. and independent in the discharge of his official duties, fully living up to his solemn obligation to administer equal and exact justice alike to the rich and the poor, being at all times in his judicial career imbued with the spirit of honesty. courage and a. sense of right, recognizing. too. the fact that a judge has at times to temper justice with mercy in the rendering of a decision that transcends the mere letter of the law in the expression of its spirit, which is not only one of restriction but also one of assistance in developing the manhood of the individual. Since his retirement from the bench Judge Williams has given his attention to private practice of an important character, and the consensus of public opinion accords him rank with the prominent counselors and advocates of Columbus. He is a member of the Ohio State and Franklin County Bar Associations and has the highest respect of his contemporaries and colleague.      Judge Williams was married in 1893 to Miss Margaret Owen. of Columbus, and they have three daughters and two sons; Elmira Anne, Curtis C. Margaret Iola, Marie Owen and Arthur Frost. Their home is a permanent abiding place of domestic felicity, and its hospitality prowess a most attractive feature to their many friends. Judge Williams is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight Templar and a member of the Mystic Shrine. while he is also popular in other fraternities, including the Knights of Pythias. Odd Fellows, and Elks. Whatever tends to promote the public welfare receives his indorsement and his thoughts on municipal questions are practical, while his support of any measure usually brings to it a large following. for he is an influential citizen in whose opinions his fellow citizens have much faith. (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 18)
	H. A. WILLIAMS (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 49)
	O. F. WILLSON (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 480)
	E. J. WILSON (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 267)
	A. C. WOLFE (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 694)

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