George Holland Gardner

As printed in 1906

EORGE HOLLAND GARDNER, AI. D., a prominent physician of Ash- v i lie, was born August 3, 1873, in J Salt Creek township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a son of Isaac N. and Sarah Ann (Hummed) Gardner.

The father of Dr. Gardner was born in Hocking County, Ohio, and was a member of an old Ohio family. For 20 years he was a prosperous merchant. His present residence is Columbus, where he lives retired. On the material side the grandparents were from Pennsylvania, members of old Pennsylvania Dutch families.

The subject of this sketch attended the local schools in his native place and was about 19 years old when he began to read medicine with Dr. J. W. Barnes, of Columbus, under whose preceptorship he prepared for the Ohio Aledical University at Columbus. He remained in this institution three years and was graduated in the class of 1897. Dr. Gardner settled first at South Bloomfield, Ohio, where he practiced for one year and eight months, and their was located at Commercial Point for two and a halt years, after which he practiced in Youngstown for a short period and then removed to Ashville, in November, 1901. Here he met with a hearty welcome and has built up a large and satisfactory practice. His professional ability has been so frequently shown that he now commands the confidence of Ins fellow-citizens. lie is connected as examiner, with the Prudential Life Insurance Company, the Equitable Insurance Company, of Iowa, and the Continental Life Insurance Company.

Dr. Gardner was married on April 10, 1898, to Kittie Welch, a daughter of J. C. and Flora (Llott) Welch. The family has long been identified with the interests of Pickaway County.

Dr. Gardner, in addition to professional connections, belongs to Ashville Lodge, Knights of Pythias; Circleville Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and to the Knights of the Maccabees at Ashville.

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Emanuel Snvcler, father of our subject, was a native of Pennsylvania and of German extraction. He came to Pickaway County in childhood, with his parents, and resided here during the remainder of his life. Ide was a prominent citizen of Walnut township and served a number of years as trustee of walnut township. He was always a Democrat. His death occurred in 1885.

After completing his common-school education, Irvin E. Snyder entered Capital University at Columbus and subsequently Heidelberg College, at Tiffin, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1890. with the degree of B. S. Following this he entered the law department of the Ohio State University and was graduated in the class of 1892. In the same year he

; was admitted to the bar and entered upon the I practice of his profession at Circleville in the; same year. His ability was quickly recognized, and he soon became an important political factor. In 1896 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Pickaway County and in 1899 was re-elected to the same office, giving the county most satisfactory service. He has also been a member of the City Council of Circleville and ! is one of the public-spirited, enterprising citizens. Politically he is a Democrat.

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Fraternally Mr. Snyder is a Roval Arch Mason, an Odd P'yellow, an Elk and a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

ARLES GERHARD f. prosecuting attorney of Pickaway County, is one of the prominent and enterprising young professional men of this section and is a representative citizen of Circleville. He was born in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, March 28, 1870. and is a son of George and Caroline (Blum) Gerhardt, natives of Germanv. but married in this country, who came to Pickaway County from Ross County. Ohio, in August, 1864.

Mr. Gerhardt’s early education was secured in the district.schools of Walnut township. In 1890 he entered the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio, and was graduated in both the classical and law courses and also spent a vear in the Ohio State University Law School, after being admitted to the bar in June, 1805. In February, 1896, Mr. Gerhardt formed a partnership with ex-Prosecuting Attornev John Schleyer, and they continued together in business at Circleville, until June 1, 1899. when the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Gerhardt continued to practice alone. In the fall of 1902 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Pickaway County and was re-elected in the fall of 1905. Ills administration of this most important office has distinguished him as a man of far more than the ordinary ability and has attracted the attention of legal circles both in his own and adjoining" counties. While, as a prosecutor he has been relentless and fearless, he has also been just, and looking to the future, in the light of the past, his friends are ready to predict much higher honors for him.

On June 1, 1903, Mr. Gerhardt was married to Edith C. Gantt, who was born at Zanesville, Ohio, and is a daughter of Mrs. Czarina Gantt, of Columbus, Ohio, widow of the late John Henry Gantt, formerly a resident of Zanesville. Ohio.

Eraternally Mr. Gerhardt is a Mason, belonging to the Royal Arch Chapter and to the Council at Circleville. and is also a member of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Knights of Pythias. He belongs to Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at Circleville.

As printed in History of Pickaway County, Ohio and representative citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.