History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio

by Taylor, William Alexander

Vol. 1 & 2. Chicago, IL, USA: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909.

Ross County Families

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MAJOR ROBERT W. CALDWELL
Robert W. Caldwell has for twenty years been a resident of Columbus, where he is now engaged in the real-estate business and in this connection has contributed to the improvements of the city. He is numbered among the native sons of Ross county, Ohio, his birth having there occurred on the 5th of March, 1832. His father, John Caldwell, was in early life a resident of Pennsylvania, and removed to Ross county, Ohio, during an early period in its settlement and development. He became prominent and active in the locality and for eighteen or nineteen years served as justice of the peace, his long continuance in the office indicating clearly that his duties were discharged with promptness and fidelity, and that his decisions were strictly fair and impartial. He wedded Sarah McFarland, a daughter of Archibald McFarland, who came to Chillicothe, Ohio, from Augusta, Kentucky, and who was one of the first men to proceed to Fort Wayne, Indiana, under General Anthony Wayne, "Mad Anthony," taking part in the battle at Fallen Timber, where the Indians were subdued and sued for peace.

Robert W. Caldwell spent his youthful days in the comity of his nativity, and acquired his education in the district schools. Early in business life he engaged in farming and also devoted a portion of his time to teaching school in early manhood. He was ambitious to achieve success, and as the years passed on he advantageously used his opportunities for business progress.

Thinking to find other pursuits more congenial and profitable than the work of the field or of the schoolroom, he turned his attention to the real-estate business, and since coming to this city has been numbered among its successful real-estate dealers. He has not only managed much property, but has also done speculative building and in this way has transformed unsightly vacancies into attractive residence properties and contributed in substantial measure to the upbuilding of the city. He has lived here for two decades, coming to Columbus from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, but for some years previously had been a resident of Zanesville, Ohio.

Mr. Caldwell had been married in that city to Miss Maggie Irwin, a daughter of Dr. J. B. Irwin, of Zanesville. A few years later her death occurred and Mr. Caldwell seven years later was again married in Pittsburg, his second union being with Miss Mary G. Gunning.

Major Caldwell, at the outbreak of the Civil war, was one of the first men to spring into action. He assisted in raising the first. company in the Ninety-first. Ohio Infantry in the spring of 1861, and was tendered the captaincy, which he declined. In 1862 he raised a company and joined the One Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry which, in 1863, was changed to the First Ohio Heavy Artillery and Captain Caldwell was made a major. lie had charge of the recruiting in Jackson, Vinton, Scioto, Gallia and Ross counties when the regiment was enlarged. He secured over four hundred recruits and was ordered to report to the mustering and disbursing officer, Captain P. W. Stanhope of Cincinnati. Major Caldwell, after returning to the regiment, found that Captain Starthope, acting in collusion with a German boarding house keeper, was swindling the government over his and other of-fleers' certificates. The major fearlessly charged Stanhope with this. Both branches of congress exonerated Mr. Caldwell, for he had positive proofs. At different times during his term of service in the army he was on different details, being at one time in command of the scouts following the confederate cavalry leader, General John Morgan. He assisted in driving Humphrey Marshall out of the state of Kentucky and at one time was engaged in building twelve miles of fortifications near Covington and Newport, Kentucky, together with numerous forts, a one-hundred pound battery and other military defenses. He was always loyal to the interests of his country during the progress of the Civil war and in days of peace has been equally faithful to the stars and stripes. He is vice president of the First Heavy Artillery Association and is a member of Sion S. Bass Post, G. A. R., at Fort Wayne, Indiana.

During the years of his residence in Columbus he has made an excellent record in business life. His persistence for precision and thoroughness in small affairs, as well as in complex things, is pronounced. He is forceful, determined and progressive in business lines, and finds happiness as well as prosperity in his work.

Source: Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio History, Vol. 1 CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS, pg 570-571
 

MARCUS G. EVANS
Among the men prominent in political as well as legal circles in Columbus is Judge Marcus G. Evans, one of the common pleas judges of the local subdivision of the judicial district, in which connection he has proven his worth through rendering decisions that are strictly fair and impartial. Recognizing tim fact that good government depends largely upon the exercise of franchise in the support of principles find in the election of competent officials, he has labored earnestly and effectively to support the republican platform, believing that its elements will best conserve the interests of the commonwealth and the national welfare.

His great-grandfather, Richard Evans, who was born in 1764, was an ardent whig. He became one of the early pioneers of Ohio, removing from Kentucky and establishing his home at Hillsboro, Highland county, at a period when Ohio was still under territorial rule. He became a prominent and influential factor in the early history of his adopted county and served as associate judge of the court of common pleas from 1805 until 1811. He died in 1855.

Isaac, the great-grandfather of Judge Marcus G. Evans, was always a strong and influential advocate of human liberty and stood as an unequivocal defender of his political views at a time when party feeling ran very high. He was born in Kentucky i 1789 and emigrated with his father into the wilder-hess of Highland county, Ohio, with the early pioneers. He became a large land proprietor near South Salem, Ross county, Ohio, removing to that section in 1827. He was an ardent abolitionist of a most practical kind and on his place maintained a station of tim famous underground railway, through the medium of which so many slaves found their way to freedom.

His son, Dr. John Baxter Evans, the father of Judge Evans, was born in Hillsboro, Highland county, in 1817 and, determining upon the medical profession as a life work, he pursued a course of study in time Starling Medical College at Columbus, from which he was graduated. He, too, was deeply interested in the vital political questions and prior to the organization of the republican party was identified with the whig party but promptly transferred his allegiance to the former and was ever after an enthusiastic and zealous worker in its cause.

Dr. Evans was united in marriage to Miss Lucinda Wilson, May 26, 1842, and they became the parents of five children, one of whom died in infancy and one at the age of five years. Of the five, Marcus G. Evans was the fifth in order of birth the place of his nativity having been Frankfort, Ross county, Ohio, where he received his preliminary educational discipline in the public schools, after which he attended South Salem Academy for one year, and the Miami University at Oxford, this state, one year.

He then matriculated at the University of Wooster, Ohio, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1877, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He forthwith put his requirements to the practical test, being elected superintendent of the Union schools at Frankfort in the fall of 1877. He retained this position for one year, and in connection therewith pursued the study of law but, desiring to devote his entire attention to qualifying himself for the practice of his chosen profession, he declined reelection and began a technical reading of law in Chillicothe, under the efficient preceptor age of his brother, Judge William Edgar Evans, who has served for a full decade on the common pleas bench in Ross county.

Following his admission to the bar Judge Evans entered upon active practice in 1880, successfully prosecuting his profession until the fall of 1892, when he sought the wider field offered in Columbus, becoming a resident of this city. Throughout is professional career he has held to high standards and had been a resident of Columbus but a brief period ere he had succeeded in building up a successful practice of general scope. By hard work, by zeal in the interests of his clients, by arduous and unelaxing attention to the details of his cases he gained a large legal business and was very successful in its conduct. His briefs always showed wide research, careful thought and the strongest reasons which could be urged for his contentions and the ability which he displayed in his practice led to his promotion to the bench.

In October, 1892, Judge Evans was married to Miss Stella Margaret Nelson, a daughter of James Nelson, of Columbus, and unto them were born four sons, one of whom died in infancy. The eldest, James Baxter Evans, was born December 27, 1896, and is now in school. Morton N. was born in 1898 and Richard H. in 1900. Judge and Mrs. Evans occupy a prominent social position and his position is equally favorable in political and legal circles. Always an ardent republican he has been an active worker in clubsand other organizations to promote the interests of the party and to secure successes in political campaigns. He never allows partisan bias or personal prejudice. however, to interfere with the faithful performance of judicious duty or permits any other element to enter as a variable disturbing force into the judgment which he is called upon to give in discriminating between the rights of litigants.


Source: Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio History, Vol. 1 CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS, pg 552-554
 

J. O. HOFFHINE, M. D.
J. O. Hoffhine, engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery has been located in Columbus for five years and is well known by reason of a progressive citizenship as well as by his professional labors. One of Ohio's native sons he was born September 10, 1853, in Jackson county, where Wellston now stands. His paternal grandfather, William Hoffhine, came to Ohio from Pennsylvania and settled at Big Walnut on the boundary line between Pickaway and Fairfield counties. He followed the occupation of farming and there on the old family homestead occurred the birth of George Hoffhine, who was reared to farm life and followed that pursuit throughout the period of his manhood. He married Miss Marie Ayers, also a native of Ohio. No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of life for Dr. Hoffhine in the days of his boyhood and youth, his time being divided between the toil of the home farm, the pleasures of the playground and the duties of the school room He was educated in the public schools of Hamden, Vinton county, Ohio, and afterward engaged in farming and stock raising but at length determined to retire from agricultural pursuits and give his attention to professional duties. In 1874 he took up the study of medicine as a student in the Starling Medical College but afterward continued his course in the Columbus Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1877. He then located for practice at Frankfort, Ross county, Ohio, where he remained for twenty-six years and then seeking a broader scope of labor as offered in a city practice he came to Columbus in 1903 and has here remained for a period of more than five years. He has given his entire attention to his professional duties nor would he ever consent to become a candidate for public office. In his political views he is independent and nothing can swerve him from a course in citizenship which he believes to be right.

In 1888 Dr. Hoffhine was married to Miss Gertrude McNeil, a native of Ross county, Ohio. They have four children: John, a graduate of Ohio State University and now chemist for the Union Pacific Railroad Company; Charles H., a graduate of Starling Medical College, now engaged in the practice of medicine; Fanny M., who has completed the high school course and entered the University; and Helen G., the youngest of the family.

Dr. Hoffhine belongs to the Masonic fraternity, his membership being with the Blue lodge at Frankfort, Ohio, and the Chillicothe Commandery. He has reared a family of which he has every reason to be proud and his own life to them is an example well worthy of emulation, for he has always regarded a promise made or a pledge given as a sacred obligation.


Source: Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio History, Vol. 1 CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS, pg 191-192
 

JAMES EDWARD McKENNEY.
James Edward McKenney, an attorney at the Columbus bar, was born in Bourneville, Ross county, Ohio, August 1, 1872. His father, John E. Mc-Kenney, a native of Virginia, came to Ohio at the close of the Civil war and engaged in the practice of law He also served as justice of the peace for half a century, discharging his duties with marked impartiality and fairness, but at the present time is largely living retired. He married Martha Carron, a native of Virginia, and the daughter of a Baptist minister. Her death occurred in 1904. One of her ancestors was Colonel John H. Vaughn, who nerved as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. A half-brother of Mr. McKenney's paternal grandfather, Major J. H. McKenney, was the president and general manager of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company.

James Edward McKenney began his education in the district school and afterward attended the Bourneville high school, from which he was graduated in 1890. Subsequently he became a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University of Delaware, and then entered the ministry as a member of the Ohio conference, becoming assistant to the Rev. P. A. Baker of the Third Street Methodist church at Columbus in 1895. The following year he left this state and removed to Nebraska, being stationed at different times in pastoral work at Lincoln, Hastings, Sution and Trumbull. He remained there for six years or until 1902, when he returned to this state and engaged in preaching the gospel at East Columbus and other points. He acted as minister for the congregation at Linden Heights for three years and is still a member of the Ohio conference although in 1904 he was admitted to the bar, since which time he has engaged in the active practice of the law. He engages in a general civic law practice and has been accorded a large clientage, which is constantly growing in volume and importance. He is still active in church work and preaches nearly every Sunday, although he accepts no regular charge.

On March 23, 1898, Mr. McKenney was married to Miss Mollie A. Hill, of Columbus, and unto them have been born a son and daughter, Harold Wharton and Dorothy Louise, born in 1900 and 1904 respectively. Mr. Mc-Kenney is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Aside from the practice of law, however, he gives his attention principally to church work and he believes that there is no dividing line between his profession and his religion.

Source: Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio History, Vol. 2 CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS, pg 380-381
 

JUDGE JOHN NEIL McLAUGHLIN.
Judge John Nell McLaughlin, a life long resident of Ohio, spent his last days in Columbus. He was identified with the history of the state as an interested witness for almost nine decades and as an active participant in many events which marked local progress and improvement. He was born in London, Madison county, Ohio, February 29, 1816, and therefore when eighty-four years had been added to the cycle of the centuries he had just celebrated his twenty-first birthday. He came of Scotch-Irish ancestry, the family being founded in Washington county, Pennsylvania, at an early date. It was there that the birth of Robert McLaughlin, father of Judge McLaughlin, occurred. In early life he removed to Madison county, Ohio, where he married Miss Barbara Toops. A carpenter by trade, he was connected with building operations in Ohio and afterward in the city of New Orleans, where he passed away in 1829, his death being occasioned by injuries sustained in a fall. His widow afterward became the wife of Henry-- and removed to Indiana, where her death occurred in1885, when she was eighty-five years of age.

Judge McLaughlin was but a small boy at the time of his father's demise and at the age of eight years he went to make his home with relatives in Ross county, Ohio. There he attended school, the "little temple of learning" being a log building wit puncheon floor, while the desks were made of slabs cut off from the side of saw-logs. He pursued his studies during the winter months but in the summer season worked on the farm. However he applied himself diligently to the acquirement of an education as opportunity offered and thus managed to gain a fair education, which served as the foundation of his later acquired knowledge. In the course of years he became a well informed man through his reading, his research and his retentive memory. He made his initial step in the business world when sixteen years of age as an apprentice to Mr. Ustick, a tailor at Bloomingburg, Ohio, and became a thorough master at that trade, which he followed for a number of years in Bloomingburg, Washington Courthouse, New Holland, Frankfort and other places. He became a warm personal friend of Judge Edward F. Bingham, of McArthur, Vinton county, who was later chief justice of the supreme court of the District of Colombia and who induced him to locate in McArthur in 1855. There he carried on business until 1861, when President Lincoln appointed him postmaster of the village and he continued to serve in that capacity until 1885, with the exception of one year under the administration of President Andrew Johnson. After retiring from the office of postmaster he was elected probate judge of Vinton county on the republican ticket and sat on that bench for three years. He was for twenty years a faithful official of the public, discharging his duties with marked capability and loyalty. Over his official record there fell no shadow of wrong nor suspicion of evil and he retired from office as he had entered it---with the confidence and regard of all concerned. In 1891 he removed to Columbus and established his home at No. 663 Franklin avenue, where he spent his remaining days in the enjoyment of well earned rest.

When age gave to Judge McLaughlin the right of franchise he became a stalwart advocate of the whig party and east his flint presidential vote for William Henry Harrison in 1840. He continued a whig until the organization of the republican party wen he joined its ranks and was ever loyal to its principles.

In 1834 Judge McLaughlin was married to Miss Emily Gunning, of Fayette county, Ohio, and they became the parents of three sons and two daughters: Robert, now living in Albany, New York; Susan, of Columbus; William and James, both deceased; and on who died in infancy. Miss Susan McLaughlin has for some years been one of the best known school principals of Columbus, being at the head of time Sullivant school, on East State street from 1877 until 1907. Before this she was principal of the Springstree school. The first school she taught was the Mound street school. Beginning in 1864 she taught until 1907. In her girlhood days she attended the public schools of Bloomingburg until she reached the age of fourteen and then entered the Female College at Natchez, Mississippi, from which she was graduated in her seventeenth year. She then returned to the north to visit the family of her friend, Judge Bingham, who had removed to Columbus. At that time a vacancy occurred in the Mound Street school and Miss McLaughlin secured the position, remaining there for a few years after which she was made principal of the Spring Street school and in 1877 was transferred to the Sullivant school. Her work has been of a most important character and has constituted an effective and valuable element in the promotion of the public-school interests of this city.

Judge McLaughlin continued a resident of Columbus until his death in 1903. Thus passed from life one of the honored early residents and prominent citizens of the state. He had lived to witness a remarkable change, for in the period of his youth there were no railroads, telegraphs or telephones. He was born when James Madison was president of the United States sad lived to see many changes in the political principles and organization of the leading parties. He lived to see the country emerge victoriously from three important wars, while to describe what has occurred in the material development and upbuilding of the United States would require volumes. Judge McLaughlin always stood as an advocate of progress and improvement and was always interested in what the country accomplished, while in his home community his efforts were always given to the side of upbuilding, of justice and of right.

Source: Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio History, Vol. 2 CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS, pg 347-348

 

F. K. NEWMAN
F. K. Newman is general manager for the Columbus Malleable Casting Company, thus controlling the active operation of one of the extensive and important industrial concerns of Columbus. He has always based his business principles and actions upon he rules which govern unfaltering industry and inflexible integrity, and has found in those qualities the key which will always unlock the portals of success. Born in Bainbridge, Ross county, Ohio, December 24, 1848, he is a son of Reuben and Indiana V. (Des) Newman, natives of Virginia and Tennessee respectively. The father came to Ohio in 1842 and settled in Ross county, where he followed the brick mason's trade. In fact throughout his entire business career he was connected with that line of business, but in 1888 he removed to Franklin county, Ohio, where he invested his savings in a farm near Reynolds-burg, and thereon spent his remaining days, passing away in 1889. His wife survived him for only six months.

A public school student in his youthful days Mr. Newman did not have the advantage of college training, for when still quite young he started out to earn his own living, securing employment at the molder's trade. He worked diligently, thoroughly mastering the tasks assigned him, and as time passed his increased ability led to his promotion to positions of enlarged responsibility. In 1868 he came to Columbus and was foreman for Murray, Hayden & Company for three years. On the expiration of that period he became the superintendent of the Buckeye Malleable Iron & Coupler Company and after three years was made general manager, in which capacity he continued for twelve years. This company was one of the largest concerns in Columbus, employing about seven hundred men, and is still dong business under the name of the Buckeye Steel Castings Company. In 1902 however, Mr. Newman sold his interest in that company and organized the Ohio Malleable Iron Company, erecting a plant which he operated for three years. He then sold to the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, after which he went to Wilmington, Delaware, and took charge of the Wilmington Malleable Iron Company, remaining for a year. On account of climatic conditions, however, he resigned his position there and returned to Columbus, becoming general manager for the Columbus Malleable Casting Company, in which he is also one of the stockholders. This concern employs about three hundred men in manufacturing all kinds of castings and finds a market throughout the United States. Mr. Newman's previous experience well qualified him for the active control of time busing and his careful organization and practical direction of affairs are constituting elements in the success of the house.

On November 15, 1870, Mr. Newman was married to Miss Alice May Leach of Mount Sterling, Ohio, and they have two daughters: Edith, the wife of W. E. Holcombe, of Columbus; and Virgia G., the wife of W. E. Parrish, of this city. Mr. Newman is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and the Knights of Pythias and his brethren of these organizations recognize in him a loyal supporter of their principles. He is equally faithful in business obligations and in fact to all the duties that devolve upon him in every relation, and has thereby won the warm regard and lasting friendship of many who know him.

Source: Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio History, Vol. 2 CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS, pg 331-332
 

MILTON E. THOMPSON
Milton E. Thompson was an honored veteran of the Civil war and in his business affairs often displayed the same spirit of bravery and unquestioned fidelity to the interests entrusted to his care that he showed as a soldier upon southern battlefields. He was a native of Chillicothe, Ohio, and a son of Philip and Mary Thompson, whose family numbered eight children. The father was a pioneer resident of Ross county, Ohio, his father having located there at a very early day. For a long period Philip Thompson continued a resident of that locality, his death there occurring at the yew venerable age of ninety-two years.

Milton E. Thompson was reared in the place of his nativity, was indebted to the public-school system for his educational privileges, and after starting out in business life he still retained his residence in his native town. About thirty-eight years ago he became connected with the Hocking Valley Railroad in the capacity of engineer, and in 1884 he removed to Columbus. At that time he was engineer on the passenger train running between the capital city and Athens and he thus served throughout his remaining days, being one of the most trusted and reliable employees in the service of the company. He seemed to realize fully the responsibility that devolved upon him and was most careful and painstaking in making his runs. That he enjoyed the full confidence of the company is evidenced by the fact that he continued in their service for so many years.

Ere entering the railroad employ Mr. Thompson defended the interests of his country on the battlefields of the south, having at the age of seventeen years become a member of Company D, Seventy-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He took part in a number of important engagements and skirmishes and on one occasion was wounded. He also accompanied Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea, which proved how weak was the Confederacy, showing that the troops had been drawn from the interior to protect the border. When the war was over he returned home with a creditable military record and throughout his business career was identified with railroad interests. He died February 23, 1902, and was buried in Green Lawn cemetery:

Mr. Thompson was married in Chillicothe in 1867 to Miss Ophelia Merritt, a daughter of William C. and Cynthiana (Sisson) Merritt. Their family numbered six children. The father, William Merritt, was associated with M. M. Green and others in constructing the Hocking Valley Railroad and for years was road master on that line. He made his home in Lancaster. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson was blessed with three children: May, the wife of Richard H. Schoonover, a professor in Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio; Frances, the wife of Charles B. Kearsley; and Harry M., cashier at Columbus for the Traveler's Insurance Company.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Thompson was a Mason and was also a member of Wells Post, G. A. R. His political support Was given to the republican party, which was the defense of the Union during the dark days of the Civil war and has always bee the party of reform and progress. While he did not seek to figure in public life, his entire business career was characterized by uniform fidelity to the trust reposed in him and because of this he deserved to receive the respect and good will of those who knew him. Since her husband's death Mrs. Thompson has made her home in Columbus, where she had many warm friends.

Source: Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio History, Vol. 2 CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS, pg 376-377
 

JOHN UNVERZAGT
John Unverzagt, well known as a representative of the brewing interests of Columbus, being now president of the Franklin Brewery Company, was born in Ross county, Ohio, June 1, 1860. His father, Gottlieb Unverzagt, was born in Germany in 1841 and was but six years of age when in 1847 he was brought to America. Here he learned the trade of a stone mason and eventually became a contractor, continuing in business until his death, which occurred when he was sixty-seven years of age. He wedded Mary Fleich, who was born in Ross county, Ohio, and passed away at the age of fifty-seven years.

John Unverzagt was a little tad of seven summers when the family removed from Ross county, Ohio, to Columbus, and here he obtained his education in the public schools. He was engaged in the cigar business for some time and afterward spent two yeas in prospecting in the west. He then returned to the city and was interested in the hotel business through the succeeding quarter of a century, being connected with the Nell and American Hotels. He then turned his attention to manufacturing interests as oe of the founders of the Franklin Brewery Company and was elected its president at the time of its organization. He is still in that position and as chief executive officer of the enterprise has contributed in substantial measure to its success. The plant is well equipped and the product is of excellent quality, so that it finds a ready sale on the market; the brewery becoming one of the leading and substantial enterprises of this character in the city. In addition to this business Mr. Unverzagt is a director of the Produce Exchange Bank and has other investments.

On the 4th of November, 1880, Mr. Unverzagt was married to Miss Mary Bendert, a daughter of Alexander and Louisa Bendert, and a representative of one of the old families of the city. Her father was one of the early business men here, engaging in he dry goods business in the '60s. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Unverzagt have been born four children: Laura, the wife of Charles Glass, of Hamilton, Canada; Romey, who is engaged in the shoe business in Columbus; Alexander, who is associated with his father in the Franklin Brewery Company; Nora, a graduate of the Columbus high school; and Agnes.

Fraternally Mr. Unverzagt is connected with the Eagles and with the Knights of Pythias and the chief source of recreation to him is indicated in his membership in the Buckeye Fishing Club. He is a thorough going business man, improving his opportunities for the attainment of financial success and his diligence has been the source of his prosperity.

Source: Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio History, Vol. 2 CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS, pg 790-791