Henry S. Culver
Henry S. Culver was born in Delaware County, Ohio, April 17, 1854. He attended the public schools while young, worked on his father's farm until he was seventeen years of age. He then attended a select school and later became a teacher in the public schools of the county for two years. He attended the Commercial College at Cleveland, Ohio, for two years, and in the fall of 1874 began the study of law in the office of Judge G. H. Stewart of Columbus, Ohio. He came to Delaware, Ohio, in the year 1875 and entered the office of Hon. H. M. Marriott, where be completed his course of study and was admitted to the Bar by the Supreme Court in the month of June, A. D., 1876. He at once began the practice of his profession in Delaware, Ohio.
Mr. Culver is prominent in the politics of the county and was elected prosecuting attorney of the county in the year 1878 and was re-elected in 1880. In politics he has always been a Republican. He has shown marked ability as a public speaker and has always commanded the respect of the court and jury. He is a man of fine physique and commanding and dignified bearing. In the spring of the year 1890 he was elected mayor of the city of Delaware, Ohio. He continued the practice of law at Delaware. Ohio, until the autumn of 1897. when he was appointed consul to London, in the Dominion of Canada, which position he held until 1906, at which time he was appointed consul to Cork, in Ireland, which position he is still filling satisfactorily to himself and his friends and to the government of the United States.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908