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Gravesite of Samuel Prescott Bush, former president of Buckeye Steel. He is the grandfather of President George H.W. Bush and the great granfather of President George W. Bush.

Simon Lazarus was the founder of what was to become The F&R Lazarus & Co. He opened the Lazarus store in Columbus in 1851, assisted by his wife Amelia and sons Fred and Ralph. The Civil War demand for uniforms expanded the men's clothing industry and…

Columbus Dispatch founder Robert F. Wolfe originally began work as a shoemaker and founder of the Wolfe Brothers Shoe Company. In 1903, Robert and his brother Harry P. Wolfe, purchased the Ohio State Journal . In 1905, they acquired the Columbus…

The heirs of Joshua Sprague, a Revolutionary War veteran from Novia Scotia, were granted 960 acres of land in the Refugee Tract to compensate for property confiscated by the British during the war. Joshua's son, Frederick Sprague, was also a…

The Truro Presyberian Church was established in 1820 by Rev. Dr. James Hoge. Rev. Hoge was the first Presybterian minister in the area, serving as pastor of the Presybterian Church in Franklinton and later First Presbyterian Church in Columbus. …