The Supreme Court of Ohio before its adjournment in June, 1904, elected Elliot Howard Gilkey, of Franklin County, to be Marshal and Librarian of the court to succeed himself, he having been promoted to that office from the position of First Assistant Librarian the previous October, to fill the unexpired term occasioned by the death of Frank N. Beebe.

Mr. Gilkey was born in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, February 8, 1857, the son of Sheldon Elliot Gilkey and Emma Roberts Gilkey, both of New England parentage. The father entered the Union army and was shot to death in the battle of "The Wilderness," May, 1864, leaving the son an orphan at the age of seven years. He was admitted to the Ohio Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Xenia in January, 1870, from Cleveland, and discharged in June, 1874, after having been permitted to serve two winters as a page in the Ohio Senate. His election as Journal Clerk in the Senate in 1876 at the age of eighteen years led him to select Columbus as the scene of his future efforts, both to secure employment and to win the friends which are so necessary to the success in life of any man. No man is sufficient unto himself; the man most utterly alone is he who in midst of a great city knows within his own soul that he merits no friends; Crusoe on his island is in Paradise in comparison. Leaving school at the age of 17, from the necessity of graduation from the Home on reaching the age limit, Mr. Gilkey was prevented from pursuing an education beyond the Senior High School year. After leaving the Home he spent the summer of 1874 in private study in Cleveland, preparatory to entering the law school at Ann Arbor, a plan which was reluctantly abandoned from stern necessity. It was the failure to succeed in this ambition which led him to come to Columbus and seek the Journal Clerkship in the Senate in 1876, to which reference has been made. His subsequent education has been obtained by private study out of business hours. He has read law as a matter of general information, but has never taken the full course necessary to admission to the bar; he expects to do this, both as a further qualification for the duties now imposed upon him and for its educational attractions. He is a lover of books and of book making. In 1900 he was selected to get out a revision of the Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly; and also to compile the centennial edition of the Ohio Hundred Year Book, the compilations and historical sketches of the latter being later reprinted in the series of which this volume is a part. While engaged in this work the former Marshal and Librarian of the Supreme Court expressed a desire to secure his services as First Assistant Law Librarian, and following this unsolicited and unexpected expression of semi-professional appreciation, successful application to the Judges of the Supreme Court was made for the appointment which was received July 1, 1901. His election to succeed Mr. Beebe after three years' service in the department is taken as the highest endorsement of his fitness for the work.

Mr. Gilkey was married January 24, 1884, to Miss Florence Virginia Reed, of Springfield, Ohio, and they have three children. The family residence is on North Broadway.

Officers of the Supreme Court and Law Library.

The Marshal of the Supreme Court is also librarian of the Law Library of the Supreme Court; he is the chief executive officer of the court, is under bond for the care and safekeeping of all the books, furniture and property of the department, and is the crier of the court and the officer in charge of all the rooms, halls and offices assigned to the department. (Sections 423-4 R. S. of Ohio.) The duties of Law Librarian consume practically all of the Marshal's time, and for this reason his office is located in the library rather than adjacent to the court rooms.

ROSTER OF OFFICERS OF THE SUPREME COURT AND LAW LIBRARY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1904.

(Note The Clerk of Court and the Supreme Court Reporter are independent of this department.)

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE SUPREME COURT LAW LIBRARY.

The law books forming a part of the State Library were taken to the rooms assigned for the use of the Supreme Court and Law Library in the present Capitol building as soon as said rooms were ready for occupancy. There are no data obtainable showing just when this change was made, but it was about 1858. At this time the number of volumes could not have exceeded a couple of thousand. In 1866, a count showed about 2,500 volumes. The Library was first in charge of the messenger of the Supreme Court, who was assigned the duty of librarian.

At this time there were two officers of the Court-a crier and messenger. Owing to the illness of the messenger during the greater portion of the year of his service, the crier of the court acted as librarian, and furnished an assistant who was compensated under an arrangement with the messenger. In 1867, an act was passed providing for the appointment of a law librarian, taking effect February 9, 1867, and the positions of crier and messenger of the Supreme Court were abolished, the law librarian being made ex-officio crier of the court, said crier to

Historical Sketch of the Supreme Court Law Library.

For a number of years the listing of the volumes being added to the Law Library were taken as part of the State Library, and the State Library figures given of the number of the volumes enrolled included all those which had been set apart as the Law Library of the Supreme Court and additions thereto. This was discontinued early in the seventies, and the first record kept, showing additions to the Law Library were made in 1873. From this time on more attention was given the subject of books, and in 1875 the library had grown to nearly four thousand volumes. In 1880, when the first catalogue was made, the library contained about seven thousand five hundred volumes, and at the time of this writing (March 1, 1901) the library counts out a little over twenty thousand volumes.

The first Messenger and Librarian was Richard Riordan, who served about two years. He was succeeded by Herman Ruess, in 1860, who served until February 11, 1866. James H. Beebe was Acting Crier of the Supreme Court, appointed by the Supreme Court April 6, 1865, and re-appointed February 11, 1866, at which time he took charge substantially of the Law Library. On February 16, 1867, a law was passed creating the office of Law Librarian, who, ex-officio, should be the crier of the court. James H. Beebe served in this capacity until his death, July 12, 1880. Frank N. Beebe, who had been serving as an assistant to his father, was appointed Law Librarian, and succeeded his father in charge of the department, July 13, 1880, and served continuously until his death September 27, 1904.

The present incumbent was promoted from Assistant Librarian October 3, 1903, to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Beebe's death, and served out the unexpired term. He was re-elected and installed in charge of the department for the full term of three years, July 1, 1904.

Historical Sketch of the Supreme Court Law Library.

NAMES OF ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS.

NAMES OF DEPUTY MARSHALS.

Emilius O. Randall, born 1850, in Richfield, Summit County, son of Harriet Newton Oviatt and David Austin Randall. Three great-grandfathers fought for American independence in the Revolution. Attended public schools, Columbus, O. Prepared for college, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. (1869-70). Graduated Ph. B. Cornell University (1874). Graduate course in history and literature (two years) Cornell and Europe. Graduate in College of Law, LL. B. and LL. M., Ohio State University (1892). Admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio (1890). Professor and lecturer in law, O. S. U., since 1894. Official Reporter of the Supreme Court since 1895. Edited and published eighteen volumes decisions of the court. Trustee Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society and Secretary since 1893. Edited and published eleven volumes of the Society's historical publications. Editor Society's Quarterly. Associate Editor "Bench and Bar of Ohio" (1897). Author "History of the Zoar Society," and many pamphlets in literary and historical subjects. President Columbus Board of Trade (1887). Member Columbus Board of Education (1888-91). Trustee Columbus Public Library since 1885. Member American Historical Association; Society of American Authors; American Bar Association; American Library Association; Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; (President State Society, 1901), Ohio State Bar Association; Ohio State Library Association; (Vice-President, 1900). Delegate from the 12th Congressional (Ohio) district to Republican National Convention, Chicago, June 20, 21, 1904; delegate at large from Ohio for Sons of American Revolution to S. A. R. National Convention at St. Louis, June 15, 16, 1904.