Source:
PAST AND PRESENT
OF THE
CITY OF ZANESVILLE
AND
MUSKINGUM COUNTY, OHIO
By J. Hope Sutor together with
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
of many of its Leading and Prominent Citizens and Illustrious Dead.
ILLUSTRATED
Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
1905

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	IRWIN G. JENNINGS, who is filling the position of probate judge in Muskingum county, was born in Zanesville, in 1875, a son of Dr. E. A. and Margaret C. (Chapman) Jennings.  The father was born in Noble county, Ohio, and died in 1887, at the age of thirty-six years.  He held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church.  His wife, whose birth occurred in Zanesville, in 1853, is now living in this city.  She is a daughter of Charles L. Chapman a cabinet-maker, and by her marriage she became the mother of two sons but the brother, Charles C., is now deceased.      Judge Jennings was a student in the public and high schools of Zanesville, being graduated with the class of 1893.  In the fall of the same year he entered upon a classical course in Oberlin College and after a year spent in that institution he continued his studies in Marietta College, where he completed a classical course.  Having determined to enter upon the practice of law as a life work, he then began reading in the office and under the direction of Frank H. Southard, an attorney of Zanesville, and subsequently matriculated in the State University at Columbus, in 1898, being graduated the following year with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.  In the fall of 1899 he was admitted to the bar at Columbus and entered at once upon the practice of his profession in Zanesville, continuing an active member of the legal fraternity here until elected to the office of probate judge.      On the 23d of November, 1994, Judge Jennings was married to Miss Charlotte C. Lynn, a daughter of John T. and Cornelia (Rector) Lynn, and a native of Zanesville, born in 1880.  Mr. Jennings is identified with the Masonic fraternity and gives his political allegiance to the republican party.  He was elected to the office of probate judge in 1902 and is a member of the Muskingum County Bar Association.  He is yet a young man but has already attained a creditable  position as a representative of the Muskingum county bar and his friends predict for him still greater honors and success.  Source:  Past and Present of the City of Zanesville, and Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1905 - Page 261
Jacob Johnson Mrs. Jacob Johnson	JACOB JOHNSON    Source:  Past and Present of the City of Zanesville, and Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1905 - Page 678
	WILLIAM O. JOSSELYN.  The subject of this biography, one of the leading residents of Zanesville and a native son of the city, is a self-made man, who began life with a definite purpose in view, worked faithfully, honestly and with a will for its accomplishment, and now enjoys a reputation that is by no means limited to the boundaries of his native city.  His business interests are largely represented by the Faience Pottery and of the company which controls this enterprise he is the president.  A native of Zanesville, his birth occurred Aug. 28, 1874.  His father, Andrew R. Josselyn, now seventy-three yeas of age, was born on Putnam avenue in Zanesville, representing one of the early families of the state.  In his youth he learned the wagon-making trade which he followed for a considerable period, while for fifteen years he was engaged in  the grocery business but is now living retired at the age of seventy-three years.  He wedded Miss Mary Selsin, who was born in Muskingum county about four miles south of Zanesville.      William O. Josselyn was educated in the public schools and in early life assisted his father in the store for eight years.  He afterward worked for George J. Miller for five years and on the expiration of that period, with the capital he had acquired through his economy and well directed efforts, he engaged in the grocery business on his own account at No. 563 Putnam avenue, forming a partnership with his brother, Ira L. Josselyn.  This relation was maintained until Nov. 6,  1904, and the firm enjoyed an extensive and profitable patronage, which in course of time enabled them to extend the field of their operations by the establishment of a branch store in Springfield township.  In January, 1904, however, they suffered greatly through fire which caused a loss of thirty-five hundred dollars.  In the meantime, Mr. Josselyn had become connected with the industry which has largely been the source of Zanesville's prosperity and upbuilding.  In May, 1901, he became one of the incorporators of the Faience Pottery Company, in which he was associated with H. O. Fulkerson, S. J. Seabaugh and F. R. Hass.  From the beginning he has been president of the company, which devotes its plant to the manufacturing of pottery art goods.  The plant is located between Zanesville and South Zanesville on the Maysville pike and the building is sixty by one hundred feet.  There are twenty employes and the plant is equipped with good machinery and everything necessary for the successful conduct of a business that is constantly growing in volume and importance.  Mentally Mr. Josselyn has grown to be very strong without becoming a great student of books.  He is quick of apprehension and intricate business affairs he comprehends in a moment.  He uniformly bears himself as a gentleman of power in business or social relations and commands the respect of all, while in the city where he makes his home he is recognized as one whose energies and capabilities have contributed to the general prosperity.      Mr. Josselyn was married in August, 1900, to Miss Lula Volland, a native of this city and a daughter of Albert C. Volland, who established the Zanesville Provision Company and later conducted a wholesale grocery business but is now living retired on Lee street.  Mr. and Mrs. Josselyn have two children, Albert A. and Dorothy.  In his political views Mr. Josselyn is a republican, manifesting the interest in political affairs ever shown by the patriotic American, vet without aspiration for office.  He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  He has been a close student of the signs of the times in regard to commercial and industrial interests and has so utilized his opportunities as to realize the maximum of accomplishment with minimum effort and expenditure, and this is the secret of all success in business. Source:  Past and Present of the City of Zanesville, and Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1905 - Page 297

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