. Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2 . Clairsville, Ohio, and in 1848 removedto Zanesville, where his skill in cases involv-ing financial questions was soon was elected president of the Muskingumbranch of the Ohio State Bank in 1852. In1853 he was State senator, presidential elec-tor, and appointed
. Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2 . Clairsville, Ohio, and in 1848 removedto Zanesville, where his skill in cases involv-ing financial questions was soon was elected president of the Muskingumbranch of the Ohio State Bank in 1852. In1853 he was State senator, presidential elec-tor, and appointed United States district at-torney. His experience in railroad financiering be-gan in 1855 with the Central Ohio Railroad, ofwhich he became president in 1857. He wasthe Democratic candidate for governor in1861, and for United States senator in 1863,but was defeated in both contests. He waselected to the State senate in 1867, and toCongress in 1872. His success as a railroad manager led tohis election as president of the Little Miami,the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley, and HUGH J. JEWETT. vice-president of the P. C. & St. L. Rail-roads. In 1874 he accepted the receivership of theNew York & Erie, and the ten years of ar-duous labor, during which he extricated thisdiscredited and bankrupted corporation from. MUSKINGUM COUNTY. 613 triumphant. He had a keen sense of theproprieties, and had rather lose a case than11 stoop to conquer. Judge M. M. Grangerstates this instance in point: fc 1A client of Culbertson had sued a clientof Gen. Goddard for rendering impure thewater of a well by changing a drain. Witnes-ses differed as to the effect of the drain uponthe water in the well, and Gen. Goddard ex-hibited to the jury some of the water in aglass, and descanted upon its clearness andpurity, and seemed about to carry the^ jurywith him. Culbertson, in reply, boldly pickedup the glass, reminded the jury of the gen-erals argument, and then, placing the glassupon the table, took a dollar from
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