FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: GALE, Franklin (published 1880)
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History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties,  Ohio
Pub by Williams Bros.,  1880

FRANKLIN GALE,

was born at Oxford,  Massachusetts,  August 25,  1802.  He lived in
Worchester,  Amherst,  and neighboring towns till 1821,  and by his own
exertions obtained a classical education.  In 1833 he came to Ohio,  and
located at Wordsfield,  where he practiced law foe several years.  He
was married at Somerfield,  Monroe County,  Ohio,  to Mary J.
Cleveland,  and shortly afterward removed to Zanesville,  where he
resided until 1850,  following his profession,  and in this interval, 
holding two or three important positions of public trust.  In December, 
1848,  he commenced the publication of a newspaper called the Peoples
Platform,  which was in November 1849,  removed to Columbus,  and
subsequently merged into the Columbian,  afterwards the Ohio Statesman, 
which he edited until his death.  In 1850 his family followed him to
Columbus,  where he resided during the remainding twenty-five years of
his life.  Here Mr. Gale practiced law for several years,  but the
greater portion of his time,  after he became a resident of Columbus, 
was devoted to journalism,  in an editorial and reportorial capacity. 
Also during this time,  he prepared for publication several books,
pamphlets,  and political documents,  which made him thoroughly
conversant with the politics and events of the day,  and brought him in
close contact with the leading men of the country.  His acquaintance
extended very generally throughout the State.  In the year 1867 he was
elected official reporter of the senate of the fifty-seventh general
assembly,  which position he filled at each subsequent session of the
legislature until his demise.  In April,  1874,  he was elected justice
of the peace of Montgomery Township,  but died on the twentieth of the
same month,  in the seventy-second year of his age.  His widow yet
resides in Columbus.

Sylvester W.,  Ella,  John T.,  Mary E.,  and anna S. Gale were born at
Zanesville,  ohio,  except the youngest,  Anna S.  The eldest, 
Sylvester W.  is associate publisher and editor of the Columbus Herald, 
a weekly newspaper;  John T. is probate judge of Franklin County,  and
all reside in Columbus,  Ohio.
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