In 1844 he went to Palestine, Illinois, to spend his remaining days with his daughter, Mrs. Rachel L. Kitchel. Here he was highly honored by the citizens of the village. On July 4, 1845, he delivered his last public address. "Appearing in his continental uniform, bowed with the infirmities of age, his emotions almost overcame him as he contrasted the feeble beginnings of the Republic with the splendid destinies assured in the future." In an obituary notice it is recorded that his last words were, "My life has been spared; I have tried to be useful; God calls and I obey the summons.' Governor Looker married Pamela Clark. Their children were B. F., James Harvey, Pamela and Rachel L. Rachel L. Looker married Joseph Kitchel who was the first receiver of the land office at Palestine, Illinois.

Governor Looker had a large number of grandchildren and many of his descendants are still living. A grandson, Thomas H. Looker, entered the navy as midshipman November 6, 1846. He served through the Mexican War and through the Civil War. He was promoted to the position of pay director in the navy March 3, 1871, and in 1890 was living in Washington, D. C.

CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF ULYSSES S. GRANT.

We are under special obligations to Honorable Hugh L. Nichols, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio and at present Chairman of the U. S. Grant Memorial Centenary Association, for a general program of the exercises attending the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Ohio's most illustrious son. The celebration will extend from the 27th to the 29th of

April, 1922.

The detailed announcement received from Judge Nichols follows:

"The centenary of the birth of General Ulysses S. Grant will be commemorated in the county of his birth (Clermont) and in the county where he spent his childhood and youth (Brown) in a very striking manner.

"The services on the day of his birth, April 27, 1922, will be had at the place of birth, Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio. Point Pleasant is now, as it was at the time of the birth of this distinguished Ohioan, but a small hamlet lying upon the banks of the Ohio River, about twenty-five miles east of Cincinnati. The hills bordering the river come at this point almost precipitately down to the river bank and the name given to the spot, as it would suggest, grew out of the beauty of its situation.

"The parents of General Grant, Jesse R. and Hannah Simpson Grant, were married at Bethel, Ohio, in the Spring of 1821, and immediately took up housekeeping in the little home at Point Pleasant, where Jesse R. had some connection with the tannery business. The family remained, however, at Point Pleasant but a short time after the birth of their first-born, moving, when he was but eighteen months of age, to Georgetown, Brown County, Brown County being then a newly made county and Georgetown having just been laid out as a town.

"Here the boy Grant remained with his parents until he was nominated as a cadet to West Point by General Thomas L. Hamer in 1839. Before Grant returned from West Point the family had again moved, this time going to Bethel, Clermont County, the former home of the General's mother.

"The orator of the day at Point Pleasant will be President Warren G. Harding, who will there deliver the commemorative address. The chairman of the day will be Governor Harry L. Davis, and the addresses by these two officials will be the extent of the speaking on that occasion.

"It is planned for the distinguished guests to leave Cincinnati on the morning of April 27 on the steamer Island Queen going up the Ohio River to Point Pleasant, it being estimated that two hours will be required for this journey.

"Many of the descendants of General Grant will be on this boat, including Major U. S. Grant III.

"On the following day, April 28, commemorative services will be held at Bethel. On this occasion, U. S. Senator Frank B. Willis will deliver the commemorative address and some especial services in memory of U. S. Senator Thomas Morris.

who lies buried at Bethel, will be held in connection with the Grant Memorial Services.

"On the following day, April 29, the services will be held at Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, where Senator Atlee Pomerene will be the principal speaker.

"A detachment of the United States Army will be present on all three occasions, accompanied by the Camp Knox, Kentucky, military band.

"A great many distinguished men and women will be present on all three occasions, including the wife of the President; the widow of Lieutenant-General Henry C. Corbin and the widow of Major-General Frederick D. Grant will also be among the number of ladies who will grace the occasion.

"Souvenir coins commemorating the event have been authorized by the Congress of the United States-10,000 gold dollars and 250,000 silver halves. These coins, on the obverse side will bear the bust of General Grant, garbed in the military attire of the Civil War period, and on the opposite side a miniature representation of the little cabin in which he was born."

MARION COUNTY CENTENNIAL

Marion, Ohio, will celebrate its one hundredth anniversary the first week in July. The officers of the committee arranging for the celebration are, J. W. Jacoby, attorney, and John Brigel of Marion.

Marion was founded by Eber Baker and Alexander Holmes early in 1822. Its location was on the Harrison Military Road of the War of 1812. Baker and Holmes, both of Newark, Ohio, had entered the lands a few years before. It was platted soon after a committee was appointed by the legislature to locate the seat of justice for Marion County. A spirited contest arose over the location of the county seat, Marion finally winning by a divided vote of the committee.

It is the intention of the committee to make this celebration one of the big events of Central Ohio for the coming summer. The program will begin on Sun

day, July 2nd. Every church will hold appropriate services on that date. On Monday the opening exercises will be held and prominent out-of-town speakers will participate. In the afternoon of that day the different industries of the vity will show all visitors through the industrial plants. In the evening the various lodges and other organizations of the city will entertain with open house. On Tuesday, the 4th, it is expected that Commander MacNider of the American Legion will be present and the day will be given over to a pageant showing the growth of the city and county for the past 100 years. There will also be games and sports of various sorts. Wednesday will be Home-coming Day. On that day Marion's most distinguished citizen, President Harding, and other state and national guests will be present. The day will be given over to speech-making and renewal of home ties.

CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF

ULYSSES S. GRANT

BY C. B. GALBREATH

CELEBRATION AT POINT PLEASANT, CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO

Of all citizens of the United States, born in Ohio, the most famous in his day and generation, as Judge Hugh L. Nichols has observed, was General Ulysses S. Grant. That he still holds that high place among the distinguished sons that Ohio has given to the Republic and the world was attested by the outpouring of people to celebrate the centennial anniversary of his birth and by the tributes that on three successive days fell from the lips of Ohio's most eminent official representatives who came from the nation's capitol to speak on this occasion.

The weather, which was cool and threatening on the morning of Thursday, April 27, 1922, the first day of the celebration, gradually settled and the two succeeding days were almost cloudless. The program carefully planned by Judge Nichols and his associates on the Centenary committee was successfully carried out without change except that occasioned by the absence of Governor Davis who was prevented by illness from attending. Among the distinguished persons present was the widow of General Fred D. Grant, who is the mother of Major Ulysses S. Grant III and the Countess