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* Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio
 by William Alexander Taylor
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	JAMES T. CARROLL, editor and publisher of the Catholic Columbian, has been a resident of Columbus for twenty years.  He was born in Ireland in 1868 and attended school at St. Michael's Preparatory College in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland.  Subsequently he pursued a college course in Glasgow, Scotland, and his thorough educational training has proved an excellent foundation for his success in business life.  He assumed the management of the Catholic Columbian in 1905, and was one of the promoters of the Columbian Printing and Publishing Company, which is capitalized at one hundred thousand dollars.  they do a general printing and publishing business and have an extensive patronage, the volume of their trade constantly increasing in importance and extent.      For four years Mr. Carroll also occupied a position of large responsibility as the national secretary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, occupying the office from 1904 until 1908.  He was elected to the position in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904, and was unanimously reelected at Saratoga, New York, in 1906.  He is also a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Knights of St. John and the Catholic Knights of Ohio.  As editor of the Catholic Columbian he has proved himself competent, manifesting a spirit of progress in all that he undertakes in this connection.  The paper has become a power for the spread of Catholicism and Catholic ideal under his leadership, and is widely read among the followers of this church.  Mr. Carroll is married, has three children and maintains the family residence at No. 681 Neil avenue. (Source: * Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 -  Page 817)
	GIDEON F. CASTLE, in point of priority the oldest practicing lawyer at the Columbus bar, his identification therewith covering more than forty-six years, was born in Miami county, Ohio, on the 4th of November, 1829. His parents were John H. P. and Margaret (Tabler) Castle, both of whom were natives of the state of Maryland but became early residents of Ohio, arriving in the year 1815, at which time the father secured a quarter section of land in Miami county, upon which he and his family resided for many years. In the early '50's, however. he disposed of his property in this state and went west, locating in Greene county, Illinois, where he continued to make his home until his demise. The early experiences of Gideon F. Castle were those of the farm boy of the period. He attended the country schools during the. winter months and alternated those periods of education with work upon the home farm. In 1853 the opportunity to secure a more advanced education came to him and he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware. where he pursued a scientific course and was graduated with the class of 1857. On leaving college he took up the study of law with M. H. Jones, of Pique, Miami county. and was admitted to the bar on the 4th of June, 1860, entering upon active practice in July of the same year at Toledo, Ohio.      For two years Mr. Castle practiced in that city and then in 1862 carne to Columbus, where he opened a. law office, which he has since maintained. All of the members of the bar of that date in Columbus have passed away with the exception of Judge Herman B. Alberry. who at that time was probate judge of Franklin county. Mr. Castle, therefore, is entitled to the distinction of being the oldest surviving legal practitioner in the capital city. As stated, in 1863 he opened his law office, occupying the same building in which he is still located at No. 111 1/2 South high street. He has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking and the only times that he has consented to become a candidate was when nominated on two occasions in the '601 for the office of prosecuting attorney when the democratic vote outnumbered the republican two to one.      Mr. Castle is a member of the Ohio State and Franklin County Bar Associations, becoming a member of the latter in 1869. He has always confined his attention strictly to the practice of law, declining to become connected with any outside interests. He is a vigorous, robust man, enjoying perfect health, and the success of his earlier years make it possible for him now to choose only such law work as he desires to undertake. He is, therefore, following his profession at his ease, nor does he expect to retire, for indolence and idleness are utterly foreign to his nature, and the legal profession finds in him a warm devotee. (Source: * Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 -  Page 5)
	CHARLES W. CLARKE, a well known representative of agricultural interests, living in Blendon township, was born near Dubuque, Iowa, Van Buren county, Oct. 5, 1851, a son of George and Mindwell E. (Griswold) Clarke.  He was the youngest of five children and was but five months old when in February, 1852, his father died and his widowed mother with her children returned to Blendon Township to reside with her father at Blendon Corners, where she still makes her home.  Further mention of her is made on another page of this work.  She is today one of the most honored among the pioneer ladies of the county, having spent almost her entire life, covering eighty-six years, in this locality.      Following the return of the family to Franklin county, Charles W. Clarke remained on the old homestead farm of his grandfather until 1879, when he was married, and in the spring of 1880 came to his present farm, comprising one hundred and twenty-five acres of rich and productive land.  He lived upon his property for four years and then went to reside with his father-in-law, George Kirts, of Blendon township, operating his farm for three years, after which he returned to his own property and has made it his home continuously since. It is now a well improved farm, supplied with good buildings, which he keeps in a state of excellent repair.  He carries on general farming and stock-raising, and for fifteen years made a specialty of butter-making, selling the product of his dairy in Columbus.  In addition to the home farm Mrs. Clarke owns forty-five acres of land south of Blendon Corners, known as the Grinnel Farm, from which she derives a good annual rental.      It was on the 30th of January, 1879, that Mr. Clarke was married to Miss Ella J. Kirts, whose birth occurred in Jersey township, Licking county, April 20, 1853, her parents being George and Ellen Lavina (Woodruff) Kirts, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume.  Mrs. Clarke  is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Clarke contributes to the support of the church at Westerville.  He is independent in politics, voting for men and measures rather than party.  His social relations are with Blendon lodge, A. F. & A. M., and Mount Vernon commandery, K. T., of Columbus, while he also belongs to the Blendon Grange.  He is interested in all that pertains to agricultural progress here, and matters of general benefit relating to the welfare of the community also awaken his interest and endorsement. (Source: * Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 -  Page 42)
	GEORGE W. CLARKE (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 62)
	JOHN FRANKLIN CARLISLE is assignment commissioner of the common pleas court and was the originator of the plan which gave rise to this office that is now regarded as a most essential factor in the work of the courts.  A native of Crawford County, Ohio, he was born in Crestline, Sept. 4, 1875.  The ancestry is traced back to William Carlisle, who was born while his parents were making the voyage across the Atlantic from their native land - Scotland.  He had three sons, who became the founders of the city of Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  One of these, William Carlisle, was the direct ancestor of our subject.  From Pennsylvania representatives of the name came to Ohio and settled near New Philadelphia in Tuscarawas county between the years 1820 and 1830.  The name of Carlisle has since figured in that locality, William Carlisle having been a prominent resident of that region, while his descendants have been important factors in molding the public policy of that portion of the state.  One of his sons was George Bratton Carlisle, a prominent and wealthy man.  An uncle of John F. Carlisle was Captain John H. Carlisle, who served as a soldier of the Civil war and died in 1901.  Other representatives of the family were also supporters of the Union cause of the battle-fields of the south.  Isaac B. Carlisle, also an uncle of our subject and at one time a resident of Columbus, was captured while defending the old flag and incarcerated in Libby prison.  He is now living in Buffalo, New York.      James Milton Carlisle, father of John F. Carlisle, was for some years a resident of Guernsey county, Ohio, and first came to Columbus in 1872.  He was engaged in the wholesale grocery business during that period, his location being the present site of hte Chittenden Hotel.  The enterprise was conducted under the name of Carlisle Brothers and proved a profitable venture.  In 1876 he moved to Crestline, where he engaged in the grocery business until 1894, when he abandoned the store on account of ill health.  He was afterward connected with the Bench Plow Works at Crestline, serving as secretary and director, thus continuing his connection with the business up to the present time.  He is a self-made man, who owes his prosperity entirely to his own labors.  In early life he swept out offices and did other work which would give him a start, and eventually he became proprietor of important business interests of his own.  He married Lilly Jane Frye, a native of Alliance, Ohio, born in 1857, and a descendant of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry.  The Fryes came from Washington county, Pennsylvania, where Adam Frye owned and conducted a tavern.  Later he came to Ohio, making the overland trip and settling near Plymouth.  Mrs. Carlisle still survives and is residing with her husband in Crestline.      John F. Carlisle was educated in the public schools of his native city and in a select school, where he spent two years as a student of languages and higher mathematics.  He then studied law with J. C. Lazer, of Mansfield, Ohio, for two years, and while thus engaged he also acted as official court stenographer in Richland and Ashland counties.  In order to further perfect his legal education he entered the law department of the Ohio State University at Columbus and mastered a two years' course in one year.  He was then admitted to the bar in October, 1899, and that he was well qualified for the profession is indicated by the fact that he made the highest rank upon his graduation in a class of one hundred and seventy members.      Mr. Carlisle immediately began practice and was associated with C. D. Saviers, of Columbus, from 1899 until 1901.  He was then appointed deputy clerk of the courts by acting clerk, J. W. McCafferty, until 1903.  Seeing the difficulty of assigning cases in the common pleas court he began studying out a solution for this problem after the Franklin County Bar Association and the judges had given it up.  At length he presented his ideas and was asked if he could put them in a practical form whereby they might apply to the work of the common pleas court.  He thereby devised a court rule which met with general approval and the scheme which he thus originated was inaugurated as a part of the court work in September, 1903.  Mr. Carlisle was named as assignment commissioner and has since continued in this position.      Under this rule the business of the assignment of cases is centralized in one office.  The "call list" is a list of the civil cases at issue and pending in the court for trial, and from which cases are assigned as near as possible in their numerical order.  this "call list" is made from slips containing the style and number of case by the attorney which is handed to the assignment commissioner as soon as the issues in the case are fully made up.  The list is divided into two general classes, the jury cases and the equity cases.  A case cannot be advanced from its regular by agreement.  This requires an order of court, except in such cases as is provided for by statute.  A portion of the "call list" is published in a court paper, which usually contains about seventy cases.  The attorneys, taking the paper, by this plan can always see their cases approaching on the list.  This portion so published is called the "active list."  The assignment commissioner sends cases to the rooms as fast as finished.  He controls the jurors and the witnesses as well as the attorneys and by order of trial of the civil cases.  He keeps advised of the engagements of attorneys in other local courts as well as the different divisions of the common pleas court, and thereby prevents such conflicts as would otherwise stop trials.  As soon as he sees that a cases or cases will be reached, he sends for the witnesses which have been left on precipes by attorneys.  He makes a study of the length of cases and so times the business as to keep a steady disposition of court business.  He is kept informed of the progress of cases over a private phone system from different courtrooms, which information is posted on a blackboard near the assignment room.  As compared with the former method, by which the judge assigned the cases by putting so many on a given date, the court by the above scheme disposes of more than forty per cent more business, and in addition thereto saves many thousands of dollars a year to the county and litigants.      This assignment system exists only in Cuyahoga and Franklin counties, Ohio.  In perfecting the assignment system Mr. Carlisle has done an excellent work and one which makes him worthy of the regard and gratitude of the members of the bar.      On the 22d of July, 1905, Mr. Carlisle was married to Miss Esther Belle Gledhill, of Crawford county, Ohio.  In politics he is a republican and a member of the Buckeye Republican Club.  Socially he is connected with the Modern Woodmen and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.  He is fond if intellectual recreation and of outdoor sports but, while he takes delight in such interests, his attention is primarily given to his professional duties in an office which requires special qualifications, constant tact and energy.  None but the lawyer could properly handle the work of the office and Mr. Carlisle's ability is evidenced in the faithful performance of the duties which devolve upon him in this connection. (Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 - Page 46)
	SAMUEL J. COCHRAN.  A deep feeling of sadness spread throughout Columbus, when, on the 12th day of October, 1908, it was announced that Samuel J. Cochran had passed from this life, but while those who knew him remain, his memory will be cherished not so much on account of the splendid success which he achieved in business but because of his life of helpfulness, of good cheer, of broad sympathy and his deep interest in and labors for the benefit of his fellowmen.  Mr. Cochran was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Chester county, Oct. 22, 1832, a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Cochran, who were like wise natives of the Keystone state and were of Scotch descent.  The father departed this life about 1859, while the mother survived for a long period and died in 1897, at the very advanced age of eighty-two years.       Samuel J. .Cochran acquired his education in the public schools and remained in the parental home until the time of his marriage, which important event in his life occurred Apr. 6, 1853, when he led to the marriage altar Miss Emily B. Greer, the ceremony being performed at the home of the bride in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania.  The year following his marriage, in 1854, Mr. Cochran removed with his wife to Shelby, Richland county, Ohio, where he entered the employ of the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad Company.  After a year and a half spent in Shelby, Mr. Cochran removed to Cleveland, where he spent in similar period, subsequent to which time he took up his abode in Zanesville, Ohio.  He later entered the service of the Central Ohio Railroad Company and his ability was recognized in his promotion from one position to a still higher one with the company.  Eventually he entered the employ of the Bellaire & Southwestern Railroad Company as a superintendent, and here as with the other companies which he represented, his fidelity soon gained him promotion and he became master of transportation, while subsequently he was promoted to the position of superintendent of this corporation.  His service with the various railroad companies covered a period of a quarter of a century, during which time he gained a very wide circle of friends in railroad circles.  In his work he was methodical, very accurate as to details and shoed splendid judgment in the treatment of those under his supervision as with all with whom he came in contact.      After a long, useful and active career, Mr. Cochran retired to private life, spending his last days in a beautiful home at the corner of Indianola and fifteenth avenues, Columbus, his death occurring Oct. 12, 1908.  He accumulated a handsome competence and enjoyed in comfort and ease his declining years.  After enjoying the companionship of each other for over a half century, Mr. and Mrs. Cochran were separated by the death of the wife who passed away Feb. 21, 1904, about four years prior to her husband's death.  The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Cochran was blessed with one daughter, Saidie Janet, who in 1898 gave her hand in marriage to C. A. Cull, who departed this life in 1904.  He owned an extensive sheep ranch in Wyoming and during the summer seasons he and his wife enjoyed recreation among the mountains there, while in winter months were spent at their pleasant home in Columbus.  Since the death of her husband, Mr. Cull has disposed of all his business interests and now spends her entire time in Columbus, where she has a wide circle of friends.  She is a great lover of animals.      Mr. Cochran was a Jacksonian democrat in his political views and while keeping well informed on the political questions and issues of the day he never sought nor desired public office.  His fraternal relations were with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, in both of which he was an important and valued member.  In manner he was gentle and kindly, charitable in his estimate of every one and of uniform affability in the treatment of all.  He never spoke evil of any one and always insisted that every person had his good side and redeeming qualities if we would but seek them.  He was patient and thoughtful and his consideration of others, his greatest ambition being to serve his family.  Crowned with honors and years, he lacked but ten days of being seventy-six years of age at the time of his death.  All who knew him are full of his praises and all mourn the loss of a good man. Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. I - 1909 - Page  549
	DR. ALBERT COOPER, M.D., who for more than three decades has not been numbered among the successful medical practitioners of Columbus, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, September 24, 1851. He is a representative of an old American family, his great-grandfather, Archibald Wilson, having aided the colonists in their struggle for independence in the Revolutionary war. The father, Archibald W. Cooper, was a native of Muskingum county, Ohio, made his way to Coshocton county in the late 30's and carried on agricultural pursuits in the Buckeye state until 1864. That year witnessed his removal to Kansas, in which state he made his home until called to his final rest. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Maria Blizzard was born in Virginia in 1812, accompanied her parents on their removal to Licking county, Ohio, in early childhood. She passed away in the year 1882.      Dr. Albert Cooper, acquired his literary education in the schools of his native county and in St. Joseph, Missouri, and then began the study of medicine in the Cincinnati College of Medicine & Surgery, from which institution he was graduated in 1875. Locating for the practice of his profession in Kansas, he there continued for two years and on the expiration of that period took up his abode on the north side of Columbus, this city having since remained the field of his labors. At that early day Columbus was but sparsely settled and gave little promise of rapid development but Dr. Cooper has witnessed its steady growth and progress, while his practice has gradually increased its volume and importance until he is now a most successful and well-known representative of his chosen calling.  For three years, from 1881 to 1884, he was demonstrator of anatomy in the Columbus Medical College, and he keeps in close touch with the progress of the profession through his membership in the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.      In 1880 Dr. Cooper was united in marriage to Miss Jennie McCrum, a native of Belmont county, Ohio.  Fraternally he is connected with Neoacacia Lodge, No. 595, A. F. & A. M., at North Columbus, of which he is senior warden, and he also belongs to Ohio chapter, Scioto Consistory, the Scottish Rite and Lincoln Lodge of the Odd Fellows.  He is like wise identified with the Sons of the American Revolution, and is a life member of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.  He is interested in the city's welfare and public spirited to an eminent degree, he served on the school board in 1890-1 and from 1891 until 1896 he was a member of the city council, acting as vice president for one year of that time.  He holds to high ideals in the practice of medicine and finds in the faithful performance of each day's duty inspiration and courage for the labors of the succeeding day.  In his work he is prompted by a love of scientific research and by a spirit of broad humanitarianism as well as that laudable desire for financial success which is a stimulus in every honorable business. Source: Centennial History of Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. I - 1909 - Page 477

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