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OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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Franklin
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EUGENE MARCELLAS PARKER, who
is successfully engaged in the real estate business and is also connected with
the financial interests of this city as president of the North Side Savings
Bank, was born in Delaware, Delaware county, Ohio, on the 3d of July, 1857.
His father, Asa L. Parker, a native of Farmington, Maine, removed to
Sunbury, Delaware county, Ohio, in 1837, and conducted real-estate transactions
for many years. The year 1869 witnessed his arrival in Columbus and he was
one of the First representatives of real-estate interests here, being actively
and successfully connected with this business until the time of his demise in
1896. He was a well known, prosperous and public-spirited resident of this
city and his loss was deeply regretted by his many friends and associates in the
various walks of life. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Samantha
Black and was a native of Delaware county, Ohio, was called to her final
rest in 1903. Her father, whose birth occurred in New York, was a veteran
of the war of 1812.
Eugene M. Parker acquired his preliminary
education in the public schools of Delaware and Columbus and subsequently
attended high school for two yeas, but was compelled to put aside his text-books
on account of ill health. At the age of twenty-one years he entered his
father's business as an employe but in 1887 started out in this line of activity
on his own account, becoming a partner of A. N. Fox under the firm style
of Fox & Parker. The partnership was maintained until 1889, since
which time Mr. Parker has been alone in business, being widely recognized
as one of the most successful real-estate men of the city. He handles only
his own property and investments and builds on his own property for his personal
investment. In May, 904, he assisted in organizing and establishing the
North Side Savings Bank at No. 1221 North High street and has since served as
its president. The phenomenal success which has attended the institution
is attributable in large measure to the excellent business ability, keen
discrimination and sound judgment of Mr. Parker and the safe,
conservative policy which he inaugurated has ever been maintained. He also
helped organize and was formerly one of the directors of the Northern Savings
Bank but sold out his interest therein. Alert and enterprising, he has
been watchful of every opportunity for advancement and has gained recognition as
one of the most prominent and successful business men of Columbus.
On the 29th of October, 1878, Mr. Parker was
united in marriage to Miss Nannie M. Smiley a native of Franklin county,
Ohio. They now have two children: Nellie M.; and Edgar E.,
born in 1889, who is now attending school.
In his political views Mr. Parker is a
stalwart republican, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in
the Plymouth Congregational church. He is quite an extensive traveler and
is also fond of fishing. Having been a resident of this city for almost
four decades, he is well and favorably known here and the circle of his friends
is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances.
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HENRY PAUSCH. In the
political history of Columbus and Franklin county it is imperative that mention
be made of Henry Pausch, for he has figured prominently in democratic
circles, has filled various offices and stands as one whose public-spirited
devotion to the general good is above question. He is one of the native
sons of the capital city, hi birth having here occurred January 6, 1840.
His father, Henry Pausch, was a tailor by trade and in early manhood
married Miss Katherine Linther, b whom he had a family of three sons, two
yet living: John and Henry.
In the pubic schools of his native city Henry
Pausch pursued his education to the age of fourteen years and then entered
upon an apprenticeship at the printer's trade under the direction of John
Geary & Son, who were then editors of the Capital City Fact, at that time a
popular daily newspaper of Columbus. He completed his apprenticeship at
the age of eighteen years and then entered the employ of Hon. Richard Nevins
at that time state printer. He continued with Mr. Nevins and his
successors for thirty years as one of the most efficient, capable and trusted
representatives of the house.
Mr. Pausch, however, has become perhaps even
more widely known in connection with his earnest advocacy and unfaltering labors
in support of democratic principles. In 1889 he received the nomination of
the democratic county convention fro the office of county treasurer and, being
elected, served so faithfully that he was again nominated and continued in the
position for four years. He was a faithful custodian of the public funds
and retired from the office as he had entered it - with the confidence and good
will of all concerned. Since that time he has served in different public
and political positions. He was a member of the city sewer commission,
being appointed by Mayor Swartz, one of the democratic members of the
board. He has always been an ardent democrat, active in party affairs,
known not only in local ranks but also as a worker for state and national
democratic interests. In 1874 he was elected to the city council from the
eleventh ward and, continuing in the position by reelection, served from 1877 to
1879 as president of that body, in which position he acquitted himself with the
highest honor. He was ever impartial in his rulings and just in his
decisions and at the same time gave the weight of his influence for all measures
and movements which he believed would be of benefit in municipal affairs.
After voluntarily leaving the council he was elected to the office of police
commissioner on the democratic ticket and served for four years or until 1884,
during which time he was largely responsible for reforming, reorganizing and
shaping into an efficient body of men the police force of Columbus. In all
that he has done he has been actuated by a loyal public spirit that none have
questioned. His work in public office has been of an important character
and as a private citizen his labors have been for the general good.
On the 3rd of November, 1864, Mr. Pausch was
married to Miss Jennie E. McPherson and they had eight children, all of
whom are living with the exception of Frank M., who died April 13, 1901.
The others are: Flora Louise, Henry, Katherine B., Walter L., Anna E.,
Mary G. and Alice G.
In his fraternal relations Mr. Pausch is
well known. He has attained the thirty-second degree in Masonry, belongs
to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is connected with the uniformed rank
of the Knights of Pythias. He is also an active member of the Columbus Mænnerchor
and of the Olentangy Club, as well as many social circles, his cordiality,
deference for the opinions of others and genial manner making him popular with a
large circle of friends, while his record as a citizen and public official is
one which is most commendable.
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DR. C. E. PFEIFER
is one of the more recent additions to the ranks of the medical fraternity in
Columbus, beginning practice here in 1904, but already he has a business which
is making heavy demands upon his time and energies. He was born in Galion,
Ohio, Aug. 29, 1874. His father, Peter Pfeifer, was a native
of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and came to the United States in 1830, when five
years of age, with his father and the family. In 1840 a removal was made
in Galion, Ohio, where for many years the Pfeifer family resided.
Peter Pfeifer was a man of broad culture and education, who for some time
engaged in teaching school while later he gave his attention to agricultural
pursuits and subsequently engaged in merchandising. He married Miss Susannah
Helfrich, who was born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. The death of
Mr. Peter Pfeifer occurred in 1901, when he was seventy-five years of age.
He left the impress of his individuality for good upon the community where he
resided, his worth being widely recognized. He had one brother, Fred
Pfeifer, who served as a soldier of the Civil war.
Dr. Pfeifer pursued his early education in the
schools of Crawford county, Ohio, and when sixteen years of age, being an
adventurous and vigorous boy and anxious to see the world, made his way to the
Pacific coast. In 1897 he went to the Klondike where he remained for about
three years. He prospected but did not strike gold in paying quantities
and therefore turned his attention to the bakery and restaurant business in
Dawson, conducting the enterprise with good success. He relates many
interesting in ducting the enterprise with good success. He relates many
interesting incidents about that city and the Klondike. He experienced all
the hardships of packing over the Chilkoot Pass and roughed it in the mining
camps of that country at a time when the work of civilization and improvement
seemed scarcely begun there. The lack of transportation facilities made
provisions very high and when he was engaged in business in Dawson a fifty pound
sack of flour sold for one hundred and twenty-five dollars and a loaf of bread
for a dollar and a half, while a piece of pie and a cup of coffee brought a
dollar. Because of the high prices he made money rapidly but like the
great majority who are attracted by the gold discoveries put much of it back in
the ground in prospecting for the precious metal. When he first passed
through Skagway there was but one tent on the site of the town. Tow years
later when he revisited the place on the return trip, it was a modern and well
built city of five thousand inhabitants. He watched with interest the
rapid growth and development and his description of life there is very
entertaining, as he was a close observer and possesses a retentive memory.
Following his return to "the States" in October, 1899,
Dr. Pfeifer determined to study medicine and with this end in view spent
one year in a private school. He was then enrolled as a student in the
Ohio Medical University, from which he was graduated in 1904. He began
practice on the 16th of June, of that year, opening an office in Columbus, where
he has since remained, and the growth of his practice is indicative of his
thorough understanding of all the principles of the medical science and his
correct application of his knowledge to the needs of his patients.
In December, 1904, Dr. Pfeifer was married to
Miss Julia Taylor, a daughter of Harvey Taylor of Columbus.
Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and has served as master of Humboldt
Lodge, F. & A. M., while in the Scottish Rite he has attained the thirty-second
degree. He is also a charter member to the Alpha Kappa Kappa. He has
professional membership with the Academy of Medicine, and the Ohio State Medical
Association. He has been for three years instructor in Dietetics in the
Starling-Ohio Medical College, and has been on the staff of the free dispensary
since his graduation. His professional labor is regarded as of value by
the general community and he enjoys the respect of his brethren of the medical
fraternity by reason of his strict conformity to a high standard of professional
ethics. He is a popular man, making steady progress in his profession and
gaining steadily in the friendship of those with whom he comes in contact.
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WILLIAM HALL PHIPPS. While much has been said against corruption in public office and the rule
of parties by political bosses, it is a well known fact that in the great
majority of cases men of ability and fidelity are filling the positions of
public trust, for public opinion is too strong to be disregarded and the
community is up in arms at once if it has the slightest reason to suspect
infidelity on the part of any government official, whether he occupy a.
local, state or national position. The consensus of public opinion has been most
favorable concerning the public services of
William Hall Phipps, now state
inspector of oils.
He was born in Caldwell, Ohio, August 16, 1864, and is descended from an
old family of English lineage, tracing his ancestry back to
Jedediah
Phipps,
who on coming to the new world settled in Massachusetts, and at one time was
the owner of lands that included the battle-field of Bunker Hill . He also
took part in that engagement which, though it was not an American victory,
served to show the British the strength of American arms and to arouse this
nation to a sense of what the British meant, to accomplish. The grandfather
of our subject was the owner of a plantation on the Delaware river and
afterward removed to Pittsburg and then came to Ohio.
Samuel H. Phipps, the father of
William Hall Phipps,
is a native of
Pittsburg and seventy years ago became a resident of Caldwell, Ohio. He is a
veteran of the Civil war, having served as major in the Eighty-second Ohio
Regiment. He has also been active in politics and in 1880 campaigned
southern Ohio with Garfield. He has been active in various matters of
progressive citizenship and his influence has always been on the side of
progress, reform and improvement. In his earlier years he was a college
professor but now resides upon a. farm at Reinersville. Ohio. He wedded
-Mary Miller, a native of Caldwell, Ohio, of which section her parents were
pioneer settlers. The family is of Scotch-Irish lineage. Her father was the
oldest Mason in the world at the time of his death, which occurred when he
was a centenarian, his affiliation with the Masonic fraternity having
covered eighty-one years.
William Hall Phipps
was reared on his father's farm and attended the
district school to the age of eighteen years, when he went to Ada. Ohio,
matriculating in the Northwestern Ohio University, where he devoted three
years to study. He then took up the study of law in the office of
D. S. Spriggs, of Caldwell, and after thorough preliminary reading was admitted to
the bar in June, 1889. He then located for practice in Paulding. Ohio,
devoting his attention to general practice, although specializing to some
extent in real-estate law. He still retains an office in that city.
Mr.
Phipps
first entered actively into politics in 1885 as secretary to the republican
central committee of Morgan county, serving until 1887. He became chairman
to the county central committee of Paulding county in 1893 and so continued
until 1897, when he was made chairman of the executive committee of the same
county, filling the position until 1902. He was also a member of the state
executive committee from 1899 until 1903, and has been a member of the state
central committee for the past five years, occupying the position at the
present time. He has likewise, since 1908, been secretary of the state
executive committee and has done effective and beneficial work for the
interests of the party. In the affairs of state as taken aside from the
extraordinary conditions of warfare, there are demanded men whose mental ken
is as wide and whose generalship is as effective as those which insure
successful maneuvering of armed forces by the skilled commander on the field
of battle. The nation's welfare and prosperity may be said to hinge as
heavily upon individual discrimination and executive ability in the one case
as the other. It requires a master mind to marshal and organize the forces
for political purposes and produce the best results by concerted effort.
Such a leader is found in
W. H. Phipps,
who may well be called one of the commanders of the republican party of
Ohio. He has been a delegate to the republican conventions on several
occasions, ranks high in party councils and has a wide acquaintance among
the distinguished political leaders of the country. On the 19th of May,
1908, he was appointed state oil inspector and is now filling this position.
On the 14th of August, 1890,
Mr.
Phipps
was united in marriage to
Miss Nora K. Cooper,
of Batesville, and they now have one daughter,
Helen.
Mr.
Phipps
is an automobile enthusiast and much of his leisure is spent in his motor
car. He is a member of the Ohio Club and of the Buckeye Republican Club. He
attends the Presbyterian church and holds membership relations with the
various Masonic bodies, having attained the thirty-second degree of the
Scottish Rite, while he is also a member of Antioch temple of the Mystic
Shrine.
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JOHN POSTE. Columbus draws her citizenship not
only from every state in the Union,
but from every civilized nation on
the face of the globe, but the
strongest representatives of
business life and political
prominence here are those who rep
resent. or trace their ancestry to
the Anglo-Saxon race. John Poste was
a representative of the
England-American element in her
citizenship. He was born in Kent,
England, October 18. 1833, a son of
the Rev. Beale Poste, an Episcopal
clergyman, who spent his entire life
in England.
John Poste was twenty years of age when he left that
land for the new world. He had been
reared in his native country, had
acquired his education there. and in
the year of his emigration to the
United States was married to Miss
Caroline Ashby. With his young bride
he then started for America, landing
at New York, where he remained for a
time and then came to Columbus. Here
he soon became known in business
circles and in public life of the
community. Almost immediately after
his arrival he secured a position in
the library in the state house, and
the work was one of intense
enjoyment for him, for he was very
fond of books and was always a
student who read widely and thought
deeply. He afterward engaged in
teaching for a. time, but afterward
abandoned that profession to give
his attention to more congenial
work. Fond of fruit-raising. he
established a nursery, leasing a
tract. of land on South High street,
and when his success justified the
step he purchased the property,
owning quite an extended amount of
land there. In his business as a
nurseryman he prospered and made
wide shipments of his goods, while
he also enjoyed a large local trade.
He closely studied the science of
horticulture, as well as the
practical work of raising trees and
shrubs, and he became a valued
member of the agricultural society,
with which he was long connected. He
also took great interest in that
branch of training at the Ohio State
University, and his opinions were
largely regarded as an authority
upon horticultural subjects, while
his specific business largely set
the standard for enterprises of this
character.
As the years passed, six children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Poste, of whom three are yet
living: Beale Edward,
Hamilton and
John Robinson. Those who have passed
away are: William A., who was the
firstborn ; Mary Jane; the third in
order of birth: and Arthur, the
fifth of the family.
The death of the husband and father occurred December
24, 1889. He remained active in
business up to the time of his
death. earnestly desiring to provide
liberally for his family that they
might enjoy the comforts of life
without recourse to strenuous labor
which leaves little opportunity for
social interests or intellectual
progress. He was a member o£ the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
and his religious faith was
indicated by his membership in the
Trinity church. Honor and honesty
were synonymous with his name. He
was never known to take advantage of
the necessities of others in any
business transactions, and at all
times he was loyal to the trust
reposed in him and to the
obligations that devolved upon him.
He never had occasion to regret his
determination to come to the United
States, for he regarded its
opportunities as superior to those
of the mother country, and through
using the chances which offered he
worked his way steadily upward. His
widow .till survives him and resides
in the old homestead on South High
street. having been a resident of
Columbus for fifty-seven years.
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