. 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 . in Brussels, Nov. 24,1889. His remains lie buried in SpringGrove. He was regarded as the very pinkof honor ; performed many generous deeds ;had antagonists, but no enemies. Col. George Ward Nichols, small inperson but great in will, was born in Fre-mont, Mt. Desert, on the
. 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 . in Brussels, Nov. 24,1889. His remains lie buried in SpringGrove. He was regarded as the very pinkof honor ; performed many generous deeds ;had antagonists, but no enemies. Col. George Ward Nichols, small inperson but great in will, was born in Fre-mont, Mt. Desert, on the coast of Maine, in1837, and died in Cincinnati in 1885. Hewas a school-boy in Boston ; then travelledin Europe, making his headquarters in tastes were for the fine arts, and helearned to draw and paint. In the war pe-riod he was aid both to Fremont and toSherman, on his march to the sea. Then he. GEORGE H. PENDLETON. came to Cincinnati, where he was for a timeengaged in drawing and painting. His lifethere is a part of the history of the city. Hisfathers house had been a musical home, andlove of music was his master passion. Hebecame the originator and organizer of theMay Musical Festivals, the Opera Festivals,and the College of Music, founded in 1879,and was its president, and placed the col- 122 HAMILTON COUNTY. lege where envy could not reach it. Theimportant educational influences of such workand the honorable reputation it has given thecity, is not to be lightly measured. He wasauthor of The Story of the Great March tothe Sea; Art Education Applied to In-dustry, and Pottery : How it is Made.^ Ciiaules W. West, whose great benefac-tion for an Art Museum in Cincinnati is alasting memorial of beauty and pleasure, wasborn in Montgomery county, Pa. In 1810worked on a farm, until he was twenty-oneyears of age, and at thirty-one establishedhimself in Cincinnati as a merchant and
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