united in marriage to Miss Ida A. Kelly, of Columbiana county, and they have one son, Albert W., born October 29, 1883. Mr. Galbreath is a member in high standing of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has served as district deputy grand master. He is an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of the Republican party and its principles and for a number of years has been closely identified with the party management in his locality. He was county school examiner of Columbiana county for eight years, was a delegate from his district to the state conventions in 1893 and 1896, and "by precept" and "example" has advocated the doctrines of the grand old party since attaining his majority. Under the direction of Colonel Ethan Allen, of New York, he organized the Columbus branch of the Cuban League of America, of which he is secretary.

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ENRY LEE MOREY was born in Milford township, Butler county, Ohio, April 8, 1841. He is a son of William and Derexa Morey. His ancestors came to America from England early in the seventeenth century. The weight of evidence derived from recorded data indicates that he is descended from Roger Morey, a close friend and follower of Roger Williams, and it is probable that the two set sail from England in the same ship, "The Lion," which left Bristol December 1, 1630, and arrived at Boston February 5, 1631.

At the beginning of the Revolutionary period Silas Morey, the great-grandfather of Henry L. Morey, is found in the state of New York, where his name appears as a signer of the "Association," and later as a lieutenant in the Fourth Albany County Regiment, under the command of Colonel Killian Van Rensselaer. After the close of the Revolutionary struggle, when the lands in the western part of the state were offered for sale, he removed with his family to Steuben county, whence his son William in turn emigrated to the new state of Ohio, in May, 1815, bringing with him his young family, among them William, a lad of fourteen, and located in the Seven Mile valley, in Butler county, near the site of the present village of Collinsville, where he died on the 16th of August of the same year, leaving Anda Morey, his widow, and seven children.

William Morey, the father of the subject of this sketch, the second child of this family, was married to Derexa Whitcomb on the 6th day of May, 1824, in Preble county, Ohio. In early life he was engaged in mercantile pursuits, which necessitated occasional visits to the city of New Orleans, where he became acquainted with the institution of slavery in its prac

tical workings. The enormities he witnessed caused him to look with abhorrence upon the system; he became a radical abolitionist, which he continued openly to be until the institution was destroyed. During the period of agitation of the slavery question his home was upon one of the lines of the "underground railroad," and was a part of that system, and he was well known as a friend of the black man. He took an active interest in politics, voted for the Free-soil candidate for president, and afterward supported with zeal the cause of the Republican party. He inculcated in his children his political principles both by precept and example, and his seven sons all became Republicans and active supporters of that party.

Derexa Whitcomb Morey, mother of the subject of this sketch, is of Puritan descent. She came from a family prominent in Colonial and Revolutionary times. The founder of this family in America was John Whitcomb, who came from Dorsetshire, England, and whose name with that of his wife appears upon the church records of Scituate, Massachusetts, in the year 1630. The descendants of John Whitcomb have ever been distinguished as soldiers, and have borne well their part in every struggle to which their country has been subjected, which is well attested not only by the marble which marks the last resting place of many of them but also by the archives of our government. Among the most prominent were John, who was made a colonel for his bravery at the taking of Crown Point and afterward a brigadier-general during the Revolution; his brother Asa, a colonel and a hero of Bunker Hill; and also Scottoway, a lieutenant, to whom was intrusted missions of importance. In 1660 Robert Whitcomb, son of John, the founder of the family, married Mary Cudworth, daughter of General James Cudworth, deputy governor of the Massachusetts Colony, commander of her troops in King Philip's war, and spoken of in her history as an "important man in the colony." He came from England to Massachusetts in 1632, was elder brother of Ralph Cudworth, the eminent author and Christian philosopher, and the son of the Rev. Ralph Cudworth, rector of Aller and chaplain to King James I. Derexa Whitcomb traces her lineage in an unbroken line to Robert Whitcomb and Mary Cudworth. This branch of the family has not been lacking in public spirit and patriotism. Asa Whitcomb, the grandfather of Derexa, was a soldier in the French and Indian war, a delegate to the convention held at Windsor, Vermont, June 4, 1777,—at which time the name of the state was changed from New Connecticut to Vermont,-a member of the legislature in 1779, and is recorded as "a firm supporter of his country in the war for independence." His son Anthony, father of Derexa, was a Revolution

ary soldier, entering the army at the age of fifteen years. His brother John, two years his senior, also served in the same company, and afterward became the father of James Whitcomb, at one time commissioner of the land office, twice governor of the state of Indiana, and later United States senator from that state, and whose only child is the wife of Hon. Claude Matthews, late governor of the same state. Anthony Whitcomb removed from Windsor county, Vermont, and settled near Cincinnati, Ohio, in the year 1807, where he soon after died from the effects of exposure in a raid against the Indians, leaving his widow, Lucy Whitcomb, and a family of small children. His widow, Lucy Whitcomb, married again and removed to Preble county, Ohio. Her daughter Derexa there met William Morey, with whom she was afterward united in marriage.

The love of liberty and spirit of patriotism that animated the ancestors of William and Derexa Morey were not wanting in their own children. During the war of the Rebellion four of their sons,-Oliver P., Joseph W., Henry L. and James E. Morey-served in the Union army.

Henry Lee Morey was educated in the common schools of Butler and Preble counties, at the Morning Sun Academy and at the Miami University at Oxford, Ohio. At the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion he enlisted in the University Rifles at Oxford, on the day after the fall of Fort Sumter, and served in the Twentieth Ohio Volunteers, in an active campaign in western Virginia in the three-months service. He then enlisted in the Seventy-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, which he helped to recruit and organize at Camp McLean, near Wyoming, in Hamilton county, Ohio. He was elected second lieutenant and served with his regiment to the close of the war, being successively promoted to the position of first lieutenant and captain, being senior captain of his regiment at the close of his term. His regiment went from Camp McLean into western Virginia, and in its campaign marched over all the ranges of mountains into eastern Virginia and into the city of Washington. He took part in the battles of Monterey, Franklin, Shaw's Ridge, McDowell, Strasburg, Cross Keys, Cedar mountain, Freeman's Ford, Sulphur Springs, Waterloo Bridge, second Bull Run, Aldie and Chancellorsville in Virginia; Fort Wagner, Morris Island, Fort Gregg and in the siege of Fort Sumter in South Carolina; and Camp Baldwin and Gainesville in Florida. He commanded his company in every action after Monterey. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Chancellorsville and confined in Libby prison until exchanged.

After the war he studied law, was admitted to the

bar and settled in the city of Hamilton, Ohio, in the spring of 1867, where he has ever since resided. He is a Mason, having advanced to the Knight Templar degree, is an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Royal Arcanum.

On the 25th of April, 1865, he was married to Mary M. Campbell, who died July 1, 1867. On February 26, 1873, he was married to Ella R. Campbell, sister of his first wife, who died October 23, 1897.

Mr. Morey has always been a Republican, devoted to his party and its history, and thoroughly believes in its principles, and in his youth and manhood has always been active in promoting and advancing its cause. In 1871 he was elected, as a Republican, as city solicitor of the city of Hamilton, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Vance, and was shortly afterward re-elected for a full term. In the same year he was elected prosecuting attorney of Butler county, Ohio, defeating his Democratic competitor, whose party was over two thousand in majority. In 1875 he was the Republican candidate for state senator, but was defeated. He was elected to the forty-seventh, forty-eighth and fifty-first congresses. He has always been active in promoting the local interests of his party, has been rarely absent from state conventions, was a delegate to the national Republican conventions at Cincinnati in 1876 and at Chicago in 1884, and always takes part as a public speaker in his party's campaigns. Mr. Morey is now engaged in the practice of his profession at Hamilton, Ohio.

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LINTON D. FIRESTONE.-In past ages the history of a country was the record of wars and conquests; to-day it is the record of commercial activity, and those whose names are foremost in its annals are the leaders in business circles. The conquests now made are those of mind over matter, and the victor is he who can successfully establish, control and operate extensive commercial interests. Clinton D. Firestone is one of the strong and influential men whose lives have become an integral part of the industrial history of the great Buckeye commonwealth. Tireless energy, keen perception, honesty of purpose, genius for devising and executing the right thing at the right time, have, as conjoined with sterling common-sense and great will power, been the chief characteristics of the man. Understanding these points, it can not be doubted that his resourcefulness and power would find natural application in maintaining a potent influence in connection with the affairs of that political party with which he chose to identify himself, and thus it is that he has been a fac

tor in the councils of the Republican party, to which he renders a firm and uncompromising allegiance. He stands forth as one of the representative business men of Ohio's capital city, being identified with certain of her most conspicuous and important industrial enterprises and having shown his marked capacity for the conduct of affairs of magnificent scope. His career has been one of clearly defined and consecutive endeavor, and to him success has come not as an accident, but as a logical result. He has been essentially the architect of his own fortunes, and his early associations were such as intensify an inherent selfreliance, tenacity of purpose and appreciation of the dignity of honest endeavor.

Henry Firestone, the father of our subject, was one of the pioneers of Ohio, having settled in the vicinity of Canton, Stark county, where he labored so effectually as to become the owner of a fine tract of farming land. The maiden name of his wife was Mary Hoffstot, and their home was well ordered, being one in which their son could not but secure that discipline which ever conserves the building of a sterling character. On the old parental homestead Clinton D. Firestone was born, the date of his nativity having been November 12, 1848. As a boy he aided in the work of the farm during the summer months, while during the winters he trudged his sturdy way to the district school, where he secured the rudiments of an education which has since been symmetrically rounded by subsequent study and by practical association with men and affairs. During the late war of the Rebellion he was but a lad of fifteen years, yet his loyalty was as thoroughly ambitious as that of any man who went forth to do battle for the righteous cause, and we may well imagine how insistent must have been his importunities to the devoted father and the anxious mother ere he was permitted to buckle on his armor and effect, in May, 1864, an enlistment in the Union army. The boy was successful in attaining his desired ends, and he rendered effective service in the ranks until the close of the war, returning to his home a youthful veteran. After leaving the army Mr. Firestone continued his educational discipline in the academy at Beaver, Pennsylvania, and later in the Allegheny College, at Meadville, that state. Thus fortified for the practical work of life, Mr. Firestone cast about for a suitable field of endeavor and finally, in 1868, went to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he secured a position as time-keeper for the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad, which was then in process of constuction. His efficiency and signal fidelity to his duties soon brought about his promotion, and he thus became chief clerk of the engineering corps and general accountant of the construction company. This dual po

sition he retained until 1870, when he returned to Ohio, and, locating in Columbus, became identified with that line of enterprise along which he has attained an enviable reputation and a marked success. Here he engaged in the manufacture of carriages, the inception of the industry being of modest order. The firm realized that the elements of success were theirs and that the fortunes of the enterprise could not consequently wane. They made their methods more effective in every possible line, and the result is told in the magnificent character of the business which has been conducted by the Columbus Buggy Company and the Peters Dash Company, with both of which Mr. Firestone has been identified from the start. The industry of the Columbus Buggy Company has gained recognition as being one of the largest of the kind in the world, and the products of the establishment have found sale in all sections of the Union and in many foreign lands as well. Mr. Firestone was mainly instrumental in effecting the organization of this company, in the year 1876. As has been well said, "Mr. Firestone might well find sufficient ground for pride in a business to the success and greatness of which he has so largely contributed by his energy and perseverance. His activities, however, cover a much wider field than this, while his high character as a citizen is attested by the honors which have been conferred upon him." He has maintained a lively interest in all that conserves the higher development of his fellow men, and in the intellectual and educational fields his influence has been manifested, as well as in the noble cause of religion. He is a trustee of the Chautauqua University, and in 1884 he represented the Ohio conference as a delegate to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, held in Philadelphia.

Fraternally he is an honored member of Wells Post, Grand Army of the Republic, while in the timehonored order of Freemasonry he has risen to the elevated rank of the thirty-third degree of the Scottish rite, being also a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was one of the promoters and organizers of the Columbus Board of Trade, serving as its president in 1889. In the same year, through appointment conferred by Governor Foraker in connection with President Hayes, was a member of the commission which represented Ohio in the Washington Centennial, held in New York city on the 29th of April. The national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was held in Columbus in 1888, and no one was more zealous and active in making due preparation for this event, in which the city both honored itself and its veteran visitors. Preliminary to and during the same he was vice-chairman of