Editorialana. 603
DEATH OF CALEB H. GALLUP.
Hon. Caleb Hathaway Gallup, for many
years a life member of
the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society, and Trustee, by
election of the members, for a period of
six years, from 1909 to 1915,
died at Norwalk, his home, on Saturday,
October 16 (1915).
He was a man of unusual ability, endowed
with a strong, determined
character. His life was a busy and
fruitful one.
He was born in Norwalk, Ohio, May 10,
1834, and had therefore
passed his eighty-first milestone. As a
boy he attended the schools of
his native town and later graduated from
Madison University, Hamilton,
New York, 1856, receiving the degree of
Bachelor of Philosophy. The
following year he began the study of law
and attended the Cincinnati
Law School, from which he received his
legal diploma in 1858. The
following year he entered upon the
practice of his profession at St.
Johns, Michigan. After a few months
residence in that city he removed
to Port Austin, Huron county, Michigan.
Here for five successive
times he was elected prosecuting
attorney of the county, and during the
same period, of ten years, held other
important official positions in his
profession. During the civil war he was
Deputy United States Marshal
for the western district of Huron
county, Michigan. He served one
term in the Michigan legislature.
In 1872 Mr. Gallup renewed his home in
his native town of Nor-
walk, where he passed the remainder of
his life, and in which city he
became a most influential, esteemed and
honored citizen.
Mr. Gallup was twice married: in 1860 to
Miss Kate M. Vreden-
burg, who died in May 1863; in 1869 Mr.
Gallup was united in marriage
to Miss Helen Glover, who died 1872.
Three children and several
grandchildren survive the deceased
father and grandfather.
Mr. Gallup was a successful business man
and a potent agent in
many of the leading business enterprises
of his native city. He was
the chief officer in one of the banks,
was the organizer and president
for many years of the Home Savings &
Loan Company of Norwalk.
He was not only a man of initiative and
energy in the field of business
affairs, but always ready to assist in
public improvements and the
moral and civic advancement of the
community. In the midst of a
most busy life he found time for and his
greatest delight in books and
the study of history and archaeology,
especially of Ohio and his home
locality. He was most active in the
Firelands Historical Society, of
which for many years previous to his
death he was the president and
guiding spirit. It was mainly through
his influence that that Society
secured the beautiful museum and library
building that now houses the
valuable collection of books and relics
in his home town. As a trustee
of the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society he evinced the
deepest and most enthusiastic interest
in its work and growth.
604 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Descended from the best New England
stock, Mr. Gallup inherited
many of the traits of the sturdy and
stolid Puritan. He was decided
in his views, and undaunted in the
expression of them; rigidly adherent
to his own convictions yet sympathetic
and helpful to others, he was
typical of that class of rugged,
self-assertive but indomitable and achiev-
ing laborers and leaders; a class, that
is rapidly vanishing from this day
and generation, but whose memory and
influence will long remain.
OHIO INTERROGATION POINTS.
The Auditor of State, Mr. A. V. Donahey,
has issued from his De-
partment of Statistics a pamphlet of
some sixty pages, entitled "Ohio
Interrogation Points," embracing
one hundred questions and answers
concerning the history,
government-political, judicial, agriculture-and
other fields of information pertaining
to the state, information for which
the ordinary citizen and especially
school children are likely to ask.
It is especially adapted for the use of
Ohio high schools and col-
leges, and as its title page announces
has for its purpose "To increase
interest among voters and others in the
government of the Buckeye
State." Almost every topic, concerning which, one, at some time or
another, wishes to inquire about, is
here concisely and accurately treated;
the dates of the chief events in our
state history, passage of important
laws, leading personages in the growth
of the state, historic sites, Indian
tribes and heroes, and whatnot too
numerous to mention. It is a veritable
and valuable encyclopedia of Ohiana in a
nutshell.
Such a little "vade mecum" has
long been wanted and it was a
happy thought that inspired its
production.
The material was gathered, arranged and
admirably indexed by
Mr. J. W. Tannehill, Statistician in the
Auditor's office. No one could
be better qualified for this service.
Mr. Tannehill was for six years
a successful teacher and for seventeen
years editor of the Morgan County
Democrat, McConnellsville. He had
learned just what the scholars and
teachers needed and his editorial
experience and training qualified him
for putting the material of his research
into clear and condensed form.
Mr. Tannehill was a member of the Ohio
Constitutional Convention of
1912 and thus acquired at first hand a
fund of knowledge concerning the
state government, its establishment,
development and the various features
of its history; he therefore speaks with
authority on any of the topics
treated in this production. Mr.
Tannehill, it might be added, was the
proponent of the amendment Section 7,
Article 5 in the new constitution,
providing for the direct primary
election.
Mr. Donahey is to be commended for
authorizing the publication
of this pamphlet, and he was
particularly fortunate in securing Mr.
Tannehill as editor.
The "Ohio Interrogation
Points" is for free distribution on applica-
tion to the Auditor of State.