I previously purchased a book on CD available from an eBay seller; I don't see a current listing for this CD: Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, Early History, People, Views, Portraits published for the 1891 Centennial Anniversary The CD is not indexed but shows scanned pages as seen in the original book. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio Early History, People, Views, Portraits Published for the 1891 Centennial Anniversary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This CD contains portraits of John F. Neilan, Gen. Arthur St. Clair, Gen. Anthony Wayne, Gen. F. VanDeveer, Gen. Samuel F. Cary, Hon. John Woods, Hon. James McBride, Col. Lewis D. Campbell, William Barton Carr, George W. Stack, Dr. Samuel L. Beeler, Henry C. Gray, Christian Pabst, Peter Schwab, Robert Allstatter, Dr. William Z. Kumler, Robert M. Elliott, William C. Frechtling, Clark Lane, Mark C. McMaken, Capt. Henry P. Deuscher, Dr. C. I. Keely, Robert C. McKinney, Joseph J. Pater, Prof. F. C. Mayer, Capt. W. C. Margedant, Capt. F. D. Bristley, Lazard Kahn, Thomas V. Howell, George T. Reiss, Max Reutti, Rev. Francis F. Varelman. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have not finshed the list of all of the Centennial Committee members; I will try to copy the rest of the names later this evening. Here is what I have thus far: Centennial Committee The first public meeting, looking to the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the city of Hamilton was held by the officers and members of The Hamilton Battallion; an organization composed of the uniformed societies and miltary companies of the Ohio National Guard of the city. It was resolved to call a meeting of the citizens for the evening of July 10, 1891. At that public meeting, Thomas Millikin Esq. was elected chairman and Lieutenant F. D. Bristley was elected secretary. After several patriotic speeches had been made by citizens, it was resolved that the chairman select five prominent citizens, and they, with the chairman select a committee of twenty-five to be known and called Centennial Committee and to have the absolute charge and management of the entire celebration. Mr. Millikin selected as the committee of five, Captain W. C. Margedant, Joseph J. Pater, Isreal Williams, John F. Neilan, and George T. Reiss, and together they selected the following named persons to constitute the Centennial Committee. Centennial Committee First Ward - W. C. Margedant, S. L. Beeler, Rev. E. W. Abbey, F. D. Bristley, H. C. Gray. Second Ward -- Thomas Millikin, Christian Pabst, Rev. Francis F. Varelman, Peter Schwab, Lazard Kahn. Third Ward - Israel Williams, Thomas V. Howell, Robert Allstatter, Charles I. Keely, William C. Frechtling. Fourth Ward - John F. Neilan, L. M. Larsh, W. Z. Kumler, Joseph J. Pater, Fred C. Mayer. Fifth Ward - George T. Reiss, R. C. McKinney, Max Reutti, W. B. Carr. Afterwards the following members as a Finance Committee, were added to and constituted a part of the general committee to-wit: Charles E. McBeth, Robert M. Elliott, Henry P. Deuscher, L. M. Larsh, George W. Stace, and William Herrman. The Centennial Anniversary of Hamilton, O. Other committees were appointed at different times as follows: Historical and Literary Committee Thomas Millikin Dr. Cyrus Falconer Rev. E. W. Abbey James W. See Isreal Williams, Chairman Committee On Transportation Thomas V. Howell, Chairman William Beckett Peter Schwab Committee On Invitation L. M. Larsh, Chairman John F. Neilan George T. Reiss Committee On Printing John F. Neilan, Chairman, Chairman Isreal Williams F. D. Bristley Committee On Music Prof. Fred C. Mayer Prof. John L. Gottschalk Prof. William Huber Henry Herrmann Joseph J. Pater Robert Allstatter Ladies Committee First Ward - Mrs. J. C. Hooven, Mrs. Joseph A. Fromm, Mrs. Charles Sohngen, Miss Mary Rossman, Mrs. Nelson Williams, Mrs. Alston Ellis, Mrs Lutie Sohngen, Mrs. Martin Mason, Miss Lutie Matthias, Mrs. Mary Murphy, Mrs. H. C. Gray, Mrs. Charles W. Gath, Mrs. Annie Laubach, Mrs. S. Blair, Mrs. William Seward. Second Ward - Mrs. James E. Neal, Miss Kate Schwab, Miss Mary Millikin, Miss Ada Fye, Miss Lillian Lorenz, Miss Adda Markt, Miss Josephine Crawford, Miss Anna McBeth, Mrs. D. E. Sheehan, Mrs. Thomas M. Boyd. Third Ward - Miss Nannie Kennedy, Mrs. John M. Marr, Miss Rachel Fitton, Mrs. Charles Howald, Mrs. A. T. Good, Mrs. Albert Kennedy, Mrs. C. Falconer, Mrs. Adolph Metzner, Miss Minnie Schwartz, Mrs. J. W. Overpeck. Fourth Ward - Mrs. Josephin Weiler, Mrs. Samuel H. Millikin, Miss Carrie Brock, Mrs. R. N. Andrews, Miss Pauline Steffe, Mrs. L. M. Griffis, Mrs. G. W. Stace, Miss Libbie Deuscher, Miss Aggie Burns, Miss Elizabeth Conner. Fifth Ward - Mrs. Z. B. Coes, Mrs. Julius Bunson, Mrs. John Bender, Mrs. Ida Curtis, Mrs. L. A. Powell, Mrs. John S. Spoeri, Miss Jennie L. Wasson, Mrs. Joseph H. Webster, Mrs. Max Ruetti, Mrs. Chris Benninghofen. Assistant Committees to Ladies Committees In Each Ward First Ward - John A. Keller, Dr. H. H. Twitchell, Abe Rothwell, Benjamin W. Baker, Dr. J. J. Roll, Thomas Moore Jr, J. P. Smyers, A. W. Margedant, E. E. Hall, C. W. Gath, H. C. Blum, F. D. Dick, F. D. Blackburn, William Longfellow, Jack Henninger, William Hunter, James Tully, A. J. Welliver, Thomas Temple, John L. Beeler. Second Ward -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I started copying this list because it placed a number of Hamilton citizens in their respective Wards, which might help listers pinpoint where their ancestors lived. As I said, I will finish the list of names later this evening...