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and that the meeting could then adjourn
to such time or in such way
that it could be reconvened for the
further business of the Annual
Meeting. After some discussion of this
matter, a resolution was offered
that when the present meeting concludes
such business as is necessary
for its present consideration and is
prepared to recess, that it recess to
a second session which is to be called
at such date and place as shall
be determined by the present President and
Secretary of the Society,
and that at the recessed session the
minutes and annual reports be read
and other regular business be transacted
as shall pertain to the Annual
Meeting. This resolution was unanimously
adopted.
After the presentation and consideration
of certain matters of gen-
eral nature to the Society, and proper
action thereon, the preliminary
session of the Annual Meeting was
adjourned at 3:00 o'clock, subject
to the second session as provided for
above.
BANQUET TO DR. VENABLE.
On the evening of Friday, April 26,
(1912) men of learning from
all parts of Ohio assembled in the
banquet hall of the Business Men's
Club, Cincinnati, to greet and do honor
to Dr. William Henry Venable,
the leading author and educator, born
and still resident in Ohio. The
occasion was the eve of the
seventy-sixth birthday of the distinguished
guest. The banquet was under the
auspices of the Ohio Valley His-
torical Society of which Dr. Venable has
been a member since its
organization some five years ago.
The affair was presided over by Harry
Brent Mackoy, who early
in the evening made an address
eulogizing the works of the guest of
honor. In his opening remarks he
referred to Dr. Venable as a maker
as well as a writer of history.
Dr. Venable in modest demeanor told how
appreciative he was of
their tribute and expressed his deepest
affections for his friends and
coworkers, who as well as he had so
greatly added to the happiness
and advancement of their state.
When he had finished his address the
guests arose and drank a
toast to him and wished that he might
live many years to enjoy the
fruition of his life's endeavor.
Mr. Mackoy then introduced Charles T.
Greve, who had charge
of the arrangement of the affair and who
was to act as toastmaster.
Mr. Greve made a touching address in
which he said that Dr. Venable
was one of the foremost Ohioans, and to
be a foremost Ohioan was
to be a foremost American.
The first speaker he called on was Dr.
Dabney, president of the
University of Cincinnati, who responded
to the call of the toastmaster,
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paying high tribute to the works of Dr.
Venable. He expressed his
pride in being a member of a community
in which the name of Venable
meant so much. Dr. Dabney told in what
high regard the name Ven-
able was held down in Virginia, where he
came from and where the
name was a synonym for greatness.
Toastmaster Greve read missives from men
of letters from all
parts of the United States, including a
glowing tribute to the honored
guest from James Whitcomb Riley.
Emilius O. Randall was the next speaker.
He came from Colum-
bus to attend the banquet and declared
that the life was richest that
had dealt most with literature. Like his
predecessors, he paid tribute
to the work of Dr. Venable as historian
and poet.
Several others made addresses. Among
them were Dr. Dyer,
superintendent of the public schools;
Archer B. Hulbert, a professor in
the college at Marietta; Dr. Charles
Frederic Goss, Frank P. Goodwin
and others. They all reminisced over
this man's life, telling those in-
cidents which had endeared him to them.
Dr. Venable is a native of Warren
county, 0., where he received
his education at the little red brick
school, later finishing his work in
the National Normal University. He
married Mary Ann Vater of
Indianapolis. He was for many years
proprietor of the Chickering
institute of Cincinnati. He enjoys the
distinction of having organized
the Society for Political Education. He
was the first president of the
Teachers' Society of Ohio. He lives in
Tusculum.
Among those present at the banquet were
the following:
Alfred H. Allen, Dr. Sam E. Allen, W.
Harvey Anderson, Harry
T. Atkins, Dr. S. C. Ayres, Albert
Bettinger, Dr. E. R. Booth, Dr.
M. B. Brady, Prof. J. E. Bradford, Miami
University; C. J Brooks,
Dr. J. D. Buck, P. J. Cadwalader, Dr. C.
E. Caldwell, Ralph Caldwell,
Dr. Otis L. Cameron, Lawrence C. Carr,
Dr. Arch. I. Carson, S. F.
Carey, Davis W. Clark, A. J. Conroy, O.
T. Corson, Columbus, O.;
Rev. M. Crosley, Brooksville, Ind.; Dr.
Chas. W. Dabney, Charles J.
Davis, Judge David Davis, Walter A.
DeCamp, Dr. J. E. Douglas, Dr.
F. B. Dyer, Edward S. Ebbert, Challen B.
Ellis, Richard P. Ernst, M.
J. Flannery, Hamilton, O.; F. L.
Flinchbaugh, Wm. Lytle Foster, John
Gates, Frank P. Goodwin, Judge F. H.
Gorman, T. W. Gosling, Dr.
Charles F. Goss, Charles T. Greve, Dr.
E. E. Harcourt, A. S. Henshaw,
Alexander Hill, N. D. C. Hodges, Dr. C.
R. Holmes, Lewis C. Hopkins,
Jerome B. Howard, W. T. Howe, Prof.
Archer B. Hulbert, Marietta
college, Davis L. James, Simeon H.
Johnson, Dr. Otto Juettner, John
S. Kidd, Leopold Kleybolte, Dr. Albert
A. Kumler, John Ledyard Lin-
coln, Harry M. Levy, John Uri Lloyd, S.
T. Logan, E. D. Lyon, E. F.
Macke, Harry B. Mackoy, W. H. Mackoy,
John H. Miller, Prof. P. V.
N. Myers, Rabbi David Philipson, John J.
Piatt, North Bend; E. O.
Randall, Columbus, O.; C. D. Robertson,
Caspar H. Rowe, Daniel J.
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Ryan, Columbus, O.; C. E. Schenk, J. R.
Schindel, Murray Seasongood,
Frank H. Schaffer, D. H. T. Smith, Rufus
B. Smith, Dr. R. W. Stewart,
Thomas T. Swift, G. S. Sykes, Rev. Geo.
A. Thayer, Bryant Venable,
Emerson Venable, R. O. Venable, Dr.
Chas. E. Walton, J. W. Worth-
ington, F. B. Wiborg, J. O. White,
Charles B. Wilby, Joseph Wilby,
John F. Winslow, Isidor Wise, Paul
Wisenall, E. J. Wohlgemuth,
Everett I. Yowell.
MARTIN DEWEY FOLLETT.
Judge M. D. Follett, one of the
organizers of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society, a
life member and beginning
in 1895 for some ten years a trustee,
died at his home in Marietta,
Ohio, August 22, 1911.
Concerning his distinguished life we
quote from a memorial pub-
lished by the Washington County Bar
Association of which for many
years he was a most eminent member.
Martin Dewey Follett was born in
Enosburg, Franklin county,
Vermont, October 8, 1826, the son of
Captain John Fassett Follett and
grandson of Martin Dewey Follett. Many
members of his family had
risen to prominence in colonial and
revolutionary times. In 1836 his
father, with his wife and nine children,
came west and settled on a
farm in Licking county, Ohio, where the
subject of our sketch grew
to manhood. Having taught school for
several years, he entered Mari-
etta college and graduated, with highest
honors, in the class of 1853-
having completed the required course in
two years. He received the
degree of Bachelor of Arts; and three
years later was further honored
by having conferred upon him the degree
of Master of Arts. After
being graduated he taught for one year
in the high school at Newark,
Ohio, and for two years in the academy
and public schools at Marietta,
Ohio, and in 1856 was elected
superintendent of the local schools, which
he served two years.
In 1856 he married Miss Harriet L.
Shipman, of Marietta, Ohio,
to whom were born four children, all of
whom are deceased except
Mr. Alfred Dewey Follett, a member of
this bar. Judge Follett was
married a second time in 1875 to Miss
Abbie M. Bailey, of Lowell,
Mass., to whom was born one son, Edward
B. Follett, a judge of the
court of common pleas of this district.
Judge Follett was admitted to the bar in
1858, at the time of
his death being the oldest member of the
bar association, in point of
service; Mr. R. M. Stimson having been
admitted in 1849, but never
practiced; and R. K. Shaw, who was
admitted in 1855 in New York,
but came to Marietta in 1860. At the
October election in 1883, Judge
Follett was elected to the Supreme Court
of Ohio and served there from