logical and Historical Society, and was appointed by Governor Nash a member of the Ohio Centennial Commission. GROSVENOR, CHARLES H., born at Pomfret, Connecticut, September 20, 1833. His grandfather was colonel Thomas Grosvenor of the Revolution and his father was Peter Grosvenor, major in the Connecticut militia, and who served in the war of 1812. His mother was Ann Chase, born in Massachusetts and educated in Providence, R. I. Peter Grosvenor with his family, came to Ohio in 1838, and settled in Rome Township, Athens county, Ohio, on a portion of a section of land which had fallen to Col. Thomas Grosvenor as a part of his share in the Ohio Company's purchase. Charles attended three short winter terms in a log schoolhouse, which was constructed (1844) by voluntary contributions of labor and material by the settlers, who had made homes within a radius of three or four miles. Extreme poverty made it impossible for the family to send their children away, or to buy suitable books for their education. But Charles was sent for a single brief term to a country school in the neighborhood of Marietta. He taught school in Athens County three winters. Went to Indiana in the spring of 1854, intending make it his home. Returned to Athens County, and has lived there ever since. He studied law, and was admitted to practice in 1857. Elected to the Ohio Legislature in 1873, and again in 1875. Speaker of the house of (Ohio) representatives in 1876-1877. He was elected to congress in 1884, and with a single exception caused by the change in the congressional district, he has retained his seat in congress ever since, and was nominated on each occasion by acclamation. Chosen presidential elector in 1872, and carried the vote of Ohio to Washington. Elector at large in Ohio in 1880, and the spokesman of the Ohio electoral college when it visited Mentor to notify Mr. Garfield of his election. Delegate at large from Ohio to the republican national conventions in 1896 and 1900. General Grosvenor served in the Union army from July, 1861, to October, 1865, in the 18th Ohio Infantry. Governor Dennison appointed him major of that regiment. Later lieutenant colonel, and colonel of that regiment. Brevetted by President Lincoln, first to the rank of colonel, and then rank of brigadier general. HANNA, MARCUS ALONZO; born New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Ohio, September 24, 1837; son of Dr. Leonard and Samantha Converse Hanna; residence in Cleveland since 1852; educated in common schools of Cleveland, and Western Reserve College, from which he graduated; LL. D., Kenyon College, 1900; married September 27, 1864, C. Augusta, daughter of Daniel P. Rhodes, Cleveland. Enlisted May 5, 1864, in 150th O. V. I., was first lieutenant of Company C; Governor Nash was member of Company K; became employe and later partner in wholesale grocery house(Cleveland, Ohio) until 1867; now head of M. A. Hanna & Co., coal; director Globe Ship Mfg. Co.; president Union National Bank; presi dent Cleveland City Railway Co., all at Cleveland; president Chapin Mining Co., Lake Superior. Directed campaign which secured nomination and election and re-election of William McKinley as President. Governor Bushnell appointed Mr. Hanna U. S. Senator March 2, 1897, vacancy caused by resignation of John Sherman; in January, 1898, Mr. Hanna was elected (by majority of two votes) over Robert McKisson to the U. S. Senate for the unexpired term of Senator Sherman and for the full term ending March 3, 1905; candidate for re-election to Senate for second term, and will undoubtedly be chosen (by largest legislative majority ever given a U. S. Senator) to succeed himself to March 3, 1911; one of the "Big Four" delegates from Ohio to Republican National conventions of 1884, 1892, 1896 and 1900; chairman, National Republican Committee since 1896; life member Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society. HARPER, JOHN W.; ancestors of British origin; emigrated to America about the year 1675, settling in Snow Hill, Maryland, where they resided until the year 1808, when the family moved to Ohio and settled near Chillicothe, whence they moved in 1816 to Indiana. John W. Harper was born February 11, 1830, in Indianapolis; educated in private schools, and went to Cincinnati in 1862. Engaged in mercantile business and fire insurance. For many years a member of the council and school board of Avondale. He was aide de camp on Governor Hoadley's staff with rank of colonel, and rendered faithful service in the memorable Cincinnati riot, receiving special praise from the Governor; was appointed by Governor Foraker Trustee of the Central Insane Asylum at Columbus; reappointed by Governor Campbell. On the Board of Supervisors at Cincinnati for one term, appointed by Mayor Mosby. A member of the State Decennial Board of Equalization in 1890; member of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce; one of the projectors of the great Dramatic Festival in 1883 and 1884. Mr. Harper's grandfather was a private in the Maryland Line during the American Revolution, was in the battle of Brandywine, and with Washington at Valley Forge. A member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and was president (1900) of the Ohio Society; a member of the Ohio Senate in the year 1898 and 1899 from Hamilton county. Though a democrat, he recalls with pleasure the fact that he voted twice for Abraham Lincoln and once for General Grant. Has been a Mason for forty-five years. For many years has been connected with the Unitarian church. He was married in 1860 to Miss Jennie Ellis of LaFayette, Indiana. They have three children and seven grandchildren. Appointed by Governor Nash trustee Ohio State Archaeological Historical Society, February 18, 1903. HALSTEAD, MURAT; born on Paddy's Run, Ross Township, Butler county, Ohio. September 2, 1829; son of Griffin and Clarissa (Willets) Halstead: reared on farm, attending school winters; attended select school one term; taught school two terms: graduated, Farmers College near Cincinnati (1851); married March 2, 1857, Mary Banks, Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Murat Halstead are parents of twelve children, nine sons and three daughters. Began newspaper work on a literary weekly; joined staff of Cincinnati Commercial March 8, 1853, bought interest 1854; head of firm, 1865; later consolidated with Gazette, as Commercial Gazette, of which he became editor-in-chief. Nominated, 1889, by President Harrison as Minister to Germany; rejected by Senate because of articles he had written about the purchase of senatorial seats. Later edited Brooklyn Standard Union; during past few years special correspondent and magazine writer. Went to Philippine Islands during war with Spain. Author: The Convention of 1860; The White Dollar; The Story of Cuba; Life of William McKinley; The Story of the Philippines; The History of American Expansion; Our Country in War: Official History of the War with Spain; Life of Admiral Dewey; The Great Century; The Boer and British War; The Galveston Tragedy; etc. He has written six volumes of American Wars and over twenty books in all. Has traveled the world over and visited and written about nearly every country. HARMON, JUDSON, was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, February 3, 1846. His father was Reverend B. F. Harmon, a Baptist minister; his mother, Julia Brunson, both from the state of New York. After a preparatory education by his father at home, graduated Denison college at Granville, Ohio 1866; and soon after entered the office of George Hoadley as a law student: graduated Cincinnati Law School, and was admitted to the bar, March, 1869. He at once began practice in Cincinnati. In October, 1876, he was elected judge of the Common Pleas Court, but after a service of a few months was unseated by a contest in the Ohio Senate. In April, 1878, he was elected Judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati. He was re-elected April, 1883, and served until March, 1887, when he resigned to join the firm of Harmon, Colston, Goldsmith & Hoadley. In June, 1895, he was appointed by President Cleveland, Attorney-General of the United States, and served until the close of Mr. Cleveland's term, March, 1897, when he resumed his practice at Cincinnati. He was president of the Ohio Bar Association in 1898, and is one of the Faculty of the Cincinnati Law School. HILLS, REUBEN E., born at Oxford, Ohio, 1853; grandfather Dr. James Harvey Hills, emigrated from Connecticut to Ohio in 1807, settling in Worthington; father, Reuben E. Hills, was born at Worthington, Ohio, 1812, subsequently lived at Oxford and Delaware, Ohio; Reuben E., the subject of this sketch, spent his early life in Delaware, and graduated Ohio Wesleyan University in 1873; entered the real estate business in Chicago, but returned in 1874 to Delaware where he has since been associated with his two brothers in the wholesale grocery business. Served two terms as president of the Delaware city council; since 1887 has been an elder in the Presbyterian church, and was a delegate to the general assembly of 1901, which adopted the revision of the Westminister Confession of Faith. In 1885, married to Miss Ida Worline, Sidney, Ohio; has two daughters. Member since 1891 of The Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society; twice elected trustee by the Society; and is now trustee by appointment by Governor Nash. HOPLEY, ELIZABETH SHEPPARD, (MRS. JAMES R. HOPLEY); born Granville, Ohio, December 11, 1870; daughter of Thomas J. and Margaret (Collins) Sheppard; descendant of Huguenot and revolutionary ancentry; father Baptist clergyman well-known as the "Andersonville chaplain;" educated at Shepardson College, Granville, and graduated later in Bucyrus, where her father was then pastor; graduated Armour Institute, Chicago, and studied under Wm. L. Tomlins, Central Music Hall, Chicago, and Edmund Russell; post-graduate in kindergarten system, Armour Institute; taught in Chicago Mission kindergartens two and a half years; married, Granville, Ohio, November 15, 1893, James R. Hopley, manager of the Bucyrus Evening Telegraph and the Bucyrus Journal; president (1900-2) Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs; member from Ohio of Library Committee, General Federation of Women's Clubs; chairman Conference Committee, Ohio College Alumnæ; only woman speaker at the Ohio Centennial Celebration at Chillicothe. HUNTER, WILLIAM H.; born at Cadiz, Harrison county, Ohio, May -26, 1852; son of Joseph R. and Letitia McFadden Hunter; grandfathers, James Hunter and John Sloan, Scotch Presbyterians in Pennsylvania, and soldiers in the American Revolution; a great-grandfather (Thomas Hunter), equipped and led a company in the French-English War; his father, Joseph R., emigrated from Pennsylvania to Cadiz in 1830 and studied law in the office with Edwin M. Stanton. William H. Hunter was educated in the public and private schools of Cadiz, and engaged in wood carving and the production of artistic pottery, originating the ware known as "Lonhuda." Mr. Hunter early entered the office of the Cadiz Sentinel, and before the age of eighteen was in charge of the editorial department. In 1874 with H. H. McFadden, purchased the Steubenville Daily Gazette. Mr. Hunter became a widely-known writer on historical art, literary and economic subjects; author of "The Pathfinders of Jefferson County." Some years ago, with his brother, George F. Hunter, purchased the Chillicothe Advertiser and Chillicothe News, moving to Chillicothe to conduct the paper resulting from the merger. Married to Harriet Rosemond Brown; two sons, Philip C. and W. J.; historian of the Society of Sons of the American Revolution; vice-president of the Scotch-Irish Society of America; and life member and trustee of the Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society. KEIFER, JOSEPH WARREN; born in Clark county, Ohio, January 30, 1836; son of Joseph Keifer; educated Antioch College; since 1858 in law |