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ALEXANDER
E. N. JANTON. Death is
regarded as the natural conclusion
of old age, but there is always a
feeling of protest when it carries
off the young, especially when the
individual possess notable abilities
and marked promise. When death
claimed Alexander E. N. Janton,
then thirty-two years of age, a
feeling of most deep and widespread
regret was felt throughout the city
of Columbus, where he had spent his
entire life, and where his salient
qualities of heart and mind had
gained him the friendship of all who
knew him.
He was a representative of a well-known German-American
family, was educated in the city
schools, was reared under the
parental roof, and after completing
his education had joined his father,
George Janton, Sr., in
the soap manufacturing business.
This was one of the leading
productive industries of the city,
and after familiarizing himself with
the business in various ways, Mr.
Janton, of this review, was
elected to the presidency of the
company, operating under the name of
George Janton & Sons Company.
He displayed good business ability,
keen discernment and unfaltering
enterprise, and accomplished what he
undertook. He did not follow
along the methods which others had
marked out, but initiated new plans
and was recognized as a strong and
forceful factor in business circles.
It was in 1902 that Mr. Janton was united in
marriage, at Covington, Kentucky, to
Miss Ella Wagner. She
was a native of Columbus and much of
her life was passed in this city,
although she was a resident of
Covington at the time of their
marriage. Her father was
Philip Wagner, long well known
here, but now residing in Waverly,
Ohio.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Janton were born two children,
Alexia and Minnie.
Mr. Janton, like most people of German nationality,
or descent, was fond of music and
possessed considerable talent in
that art. He was a member of
the Columbus Maennerchor, and also
held membership with the Bismarcks.
He was like wise one of the
organizers of the Schwasteka Club,
and fitted out the club rooms
himself. He held membership
with the Eagles, and in all these
different organizations enjoyed the
friendship and good will of those
with whom he came in contact.
Although for many months prior to
his death he was incapacitated for
business, in was only during the
last two weeks of his life that he
was confined to his bed, passing
away April 27, 1908. For years
to come his memory will be enshrined
in the hearts of those who knew him,
for he had a cordial disposition and
friendly manner that endeared him to
his business and social associates.
(Source: * Centennial History of Columbus, and
Franklin Co., Ohio by William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II - 1909 -
Page 44) |
JOSEPH
A. JEFFREY. The
manufacturing interests of this
country have no more worthy
representatives than Joseph A.
Jeffrey, president of the
Jeffrey Manufacturing Company,
of Columbus, and a man who has been
actively connected with various
other business enterprises to the
benefit of all. There is no
man in Columbus who occupies a more
enviable position than does Mr.
Jeffrey in industrial and
financial circles, not alone on
account of the brilliant success he
has achieved, but also on account of
the honorable, straightforward
business policy he has ever
followed. He possesses
untiring energy, is quick of
perception, forms his plans readily
and is determined in their
execution, and his close application
to business and his excellent
management have brought to him the
highest degree of prosperity which
is today his.
Mr. Jeffrey was born at Clarksville Clinton
county Ohio Jan. 17, 1836. His
father, James Jeffrey, was a
native of Monmouth county, New
Jersey, and was a farmer and trader.
He married Angeline Robinson, a
daughter of David Robinson,
one of the early settlers of Warren
county, Ohio, who was well known at
Lebanon. Joseph A. Jeffrey
passed his school days at St.
Mary's, Ohio, where he completed his
education in the high school after
which he spent four years as a clerk
in a general store. Later in
life he removed to Columbus, where
on the 21st of August, 1858, he
secured a position in the office of
Rickley & Brother, private
bankers. There he remained
until 1866 in the various positions
of bookkeeper, teller, and cashier,
and in the year mentioned he left
the capital city and removed to
Cincinnati, Ohio, where he engaged
in the wholesale and retail carpet
and furnishing business until 1869,
as a member of the firm of
Rickley, Howell & Company,
having a fourth interest in the
concern. He disposed of his
interest in the carpet business to
J. J. Rickley and returned to
Colu8mbus, where, in connection with
S. S. Rickley, then of the
firm of Rickley & Brother,
bankers, he organized and
established the Commercial Bank at
High and Long streets, now the
Commercial National Bank.
A year later Mr. Rickley sold his interest in
the Commercial Bank to Orange
Johnson and F. C. Sessions,
these gentlemen, with Mr. Jeffrey
forming a general partnership under
the name of the Commercial Bank,
with Mr. Sessions acting as
the president, while Mr. Jeffrey
became cashier. HE held that
position until 1883, when he
disposed of his interest to Mr.
Sessions and acquired a
controlling interest in the
Lechner Mining Machine Company
of Columbus. This enterprise
was incorporated in 1878 with a
capital stock of fifty thousand
dollars, which has since been
increased successively to one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
to three hundred thousand dollars
and to three million dollars; and
Mr. Sessions, who was previously
connected with Mr. Jeffrey in
the banking business, became the
first president but was succeeded by
Mr. Jeffrey, who has since
been the president and general
manger of the enterprise. The
company has been known successively
as the Lechner Mining
Company, the Lechner
Manufacturing Company and the
Jeffrey Manufacturing Company.
The scope of its operations has been broadened a good
deal in successive stages of this
history and it now manufactures all
kinds of heavy mining and electrical
machinery, which is shipped
throughout the United States and to
foreign countries. The company
ahs an extensive manufacturing plant
housed in large stone, brick and
steel buildings and employs from
twenty-five hundred to three
thousand men, a large majority of
whom of necessity are skilled
workmen, as some of the machinery
turned out requires the highest
possible finish. The plant
covers about thirty acres of ground
and is located on the tracks of the
Big Four Railway system, which
affords first-class shipping
facilities. The company
manufactures electrical machinery,
dynamos, motors, under-cutting
coal-mining machinery, electric and
airpower drills, chain belting,
elevators, conveyors, rope
transmissions and coal washing and
crushing machinery.
The efforts of Mr. Jeffrey have not been
confined alone to one line, for his
opinions carry weight in business
circles generally, where he is known
as a man of sound judgment and
unquestioned ability. He is
president of the Ohio Malleable Iron
Company of Columbus, Ohio; he is a
stockholder, vice president and
director in the Commercial National
Bank of Columbus; is also a
stockholder and director in the Ohio
Trust Company; and is connected
directly and indirectly with many
other business enterprises of
Columbus.
Mr. Jeffrey was united in marriage to Miss
Celia C. Harris, daughter of
Joseph and Deborah (Clark) Harris,
the wedding being celebrated on the
2d of October, 1866. They now
have sic children: Minnie
G., Florence, Robert H., Agnes,
Joseph Walter and Malcolm
Douglas. The eldest
son, Robert H., is vice
president and assistant general
manger of the Jeffrey
Manufacturing Company.
Joseph Walter is vice president
and manager of the Ohio Malleable
Iron Company, and the youngest son
is assistant manager of the
advertising department of the
Jeffrey Company. The
eldest daughter, Minnie G.,
is a graduate of Gannett Institute,
of Boston, Massachusetts, and is the
wife of R. G. Hutchins, vice
president of the Jeffrey
Manufacturing Companyh.
Florence was graduated in the
Smith College of Northampton,
Massachusetts, and is now the wife
of William Wilson Carlile, a
lawyer of Columbus, Ohio.
Agnes is a graduate of Smith College
and is now the wife of Frederick
Shedd of Columbus.
Mr. Jeffrey served for five years as a trustee
of the Protestant Hospital of
Columbus, the Godman Gild House of
Columbus, the Humane Society of
Columbus, the Children's Hospital of
Columbus, and also fo the Woman's
Hospital of this city. He is a
director and trustee in the First
Congregational church, of which he
and his wife and children are
members. HE likewise holds
membership in the Columbus Club, the
Ohio Club of Columbus, the Arlington
Country Club, the Columbus Country
Club and the Middle Bass Club of
Lake Erie. In politics he is
an outspoken republican. His
business career has been indeed very
creditable, having established his
present business, the Jeffrey
Manufacturing Company and mainly
through his efforts and direction
having seen it grow from a very
small beginning, the employment of a
half dozen men, to its present large
proportions with a capital and
surplus of over four million
dollars, employing when running full
over-three thousand men,
demonstrating the truth of the
saying that success is not the
result of genius but the outcome of
a clear judgment and experience.
(Source: * Centennial History of
Columbus, and Franklin Co., Ohio by
William Alexander Taylor - Vol. II -
1909 - Page 790) |
GEORGE HEREODH
JONES.
Among the members of the Columbus
bar whose records reflect credit and
honor upon the history of the
judiciary of Ohio George H. Jones is
numbered and his reputation bas been
won through earnest effort in a
calling which demands keen
intellectuality. ready
discrimination and careful analysis.
He was born in Portsmouth, Ohio,
June 9, 1857. The family comes of
Welsh ancestry, the father, David D.
Jones, having been a native of
Wales. When seventeen years of age
he became a resident of Nashville,
Tennessee, and in 1843 removed to
Ohio, engaging in merchandising at
Portsmouth. He was for many years
closely identified with the
commercial interests of that city.
where he maintained his residence
until his death, which occurred in
1889 when he was eighty years of
age. He held some local political
positions and was well known in his
county as a. substantial and
prosperous citizen, noted as well
for his uprightness and sturdy
character. He wedded Margaret
Griffith. who was of Welsh descent.
and died February 21, 1904, at the
age of eighty-nine years and six
months.
George H. Jones, continuing his education through
successive grades in the public
schools of his native city,
eventually completed the high-school
course and tool: up the study of law
in the office of Jones & Thompson,
the senior partner being Colonel H.
E. Jones; who commanded the
Fifty-sixth Ohio Regiment, while the
junior partner was Judge Thompson
of
the United State.- district bench.
He afterward went to Cincinnati,
where he attended law school and at
the same time received practical
training in the office of Judge
Harmon. He was graduated from law
college with the class of 1877, but
as he had not as vet attained his
majority he could not be admitted to
the bar. At the invitation of Judge
Slack, circuit judge at Huntington,
Indiana, he went there to practice
law and remained for a year, He then
received a sub-judicial appointment
with the collector of customs at
Puget Sound, making his headquarters
at Port Townsend, Washington.
Shortly afterward he entered upon
the practice of law and was chosen
deputy prosecuting attorney for the
entire section of western
Washington, filling the position
until 1883. He then devoted hi.
energies to a. private law practice
and was accorded a liberal clientage
that was indicative of the ability
which he displayed in handling the
work of the courts.
Mr. Jones had come to he recognized as one of the
leading representatives of the
republican party and therefore was
prominent in public affairs. In 1889
he was elected a member of the
constitutional convention and while
thus serving aided in framing the
present organic law of the state. He
represented an historic district. a
part of which was San Juan islands.
His knowledge of law and his study
of the science of government well
qualified him for the excellent work
which he did in connection with the
constitutional convention. He was
very active in politics, attended
all of the conventions of the
republican party and was influential
in shaping its policy. He also did
considerable correspondence for the
managers who sought to nominate
William McKinley for the presidency.
A chairman of the Jefferson county
executive and central committees he
called the first republican
convention in the state of
Washington, which endorsed the
candidacy of Major McKinley and
elected delegates to the state
convention and sent delegates to the
national convention which nominated
McKinley in St. Louis in 1896. In
1898 President McKinley tendered him
an appointment as special United
States attorney in the judiciary
department and he accepted it. After
completing this appointment he was
tendered an appointment as an
assistant attorney at Washington, D.
C., in the same department, but
declined to serve. He was called to
local office as president of the
school board, and was also city
attorney of Port Townsend for two
terms. His practice extended to all
parts of the state of -Washington
and he also did considerable
admiralty practice before the United
States courts.
It was in 1900 that Mr. Jones established his law
office in Columbus and has since
been numbered among the ablest
members of the capital city bar. In
November 1902, he was appointed,
without solicitation on his part, to
the office of assistant attorney
general by Attorney General
Judge Sheets, and continued in that
capacity until the close of the term
in January. 1904. Mr. Jones was then
made first assistant attorney
general by Wade Ellis and served
during his first term or until
March, 1901, when he resigned to
enter the active practice of law. He
makes a specialty of corporation law
and has a large and distinctively
representative clientage of this
character. He is also special
counsel for the Columbus, New Albany
& Johnstown Railroad, an electric
interurban line. Few men have more
intimate knowledge of corporation
law or are more accurate in applying
its principles. Both as an advocate
and counselor Mr. Jones enjoys a
high reputation and as an honored
member of the Ohio State Bar
Association.
On the 25th of October, 1883, in Portsmouth, Ohio, Mr.
Jones was married to Miss Ada B.
Finch, of that city. He is fond of
fishing and makes it his principal
source of recreation. While in the
west he served as captain of Company
I, of the First Regiment of the
Washington National Guard for three
years. Strong in his individuality
he never lacks the courage of his
convictions but there are as
dominant elements in his
individuality a lively human
sympathy and an abiding charity
which, as taken in connection with
the sterling integrity and honor of
his character, have naturally gained
to him the respect and confidence of
men. In whatever relations of life
he is found in the government
.service, in political circles, in
business or in social relations -he
is always the same honorable and
honored gentleman, whose worth well
merits the high regard which is
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