Herbert P. Aiken
Herbert P. Aiken, treasurer of the R. F. Johnston Paint Company, is a native of Cincinnati and son of Charles and Martha Stanley (Merrill) Aiken. His father, of whom extended mention is made on another page of this work, was one of the most prominent figures in musical circles in Cincinnati. The son pursued his early education in the public schools of college Hill and afterward attended the Farmers College, now the Ohio Military Institute. He had splendid musical training and is a violinist of much more than mediocre ability. In fact he engaged in teaching music in the public schools for a time but afterward turned to the commercial world for his business activity and was with Dodd, Werner & Company for a number of years. In 1907 he became associated with the R. F. Johnston Paint Company, of which he is now the treasurer and is one of its officers who has voice in its manageent and is active in formulating its policy and in executing it plans for the development on expansion of its trade interests which are now large and important.
Mr. Aiken was married to Miss Laura Emerson, a daughter of Lowe Emerson, of Cincinnati. Both Mr. and Mrs. Aiken attend the Presbyterian church and theirs is a hospitable home, ever open for the reception of their friends who are many.
From Cincinnati, The Queen City, Volume 4, by Rev. Charles Frederic Goss, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912