Edwin N. Gunsaulus
Edwin N. Gunsaulus, editor and proprietor of the London Times, a Republican organ, and the oldest paper published in Madison County, is a young man whose strong individuality, cultured mind and executive ability of a high order, place him among the leaders of his profession in this part of the State. He is a native of Mt. Liberty, Knox County, Ohio, his birthplace, and December 13, 1859, the date of his advent into the family of Dr. C. and Eliza Gunsaulus, who are now residents of Centreburgh, that county, he being the second of their three children.
During his boyhood, his parents removed to Mt. Vernon, whence, a short time after, they went, in 1875, to Mt. Gilead, Morrow County, where his education was continued, and in 1878 he was graduated from school with the highest honors. Soon after, he began his journalistic career by entering the office of the Morrow County Sentinel the Republican organ of that county, and besides mastering all the details of the printer's art, he did local and editorial work on the paper, thereby acquiring invaluable experience.
Thus well equipped for the profession, he purchased the Centreburgh Gazette, in 1882, and became a full-fledged editor, with promises of a successful career that have been amply fulfilled. He conducted that paper until December, 1887, when he disposed of his interests in it to become half owner of the London Times, and at the same time he resigned the office of Mayor of Centreburgh, to which he had been elected in the spring of that year as a Republican. In September, 1890, Mr. Gunsaulus purchased his partner's interest in the Times, and is at present sole editor and proprietor of the same. This paper, as before mentioned, is the oldest published in Madison County, and is recognized as the mouthpiece of the local Republican party, whose every utterance anent politics carries with it weight and influence. Before the paper came into the hands of Mr. Gunsaulus, it had passed through many vicissitudes, and had suffered of late years by reason of frequent changes of proprietors and loose management. When our subject gained control of it, with characteristic energy and resolution, he set about bringing it back to its old-time vigor, and in this he has been more than successful.
In July, 1891, a complete new outfit of type was purchased as well as a gas engine and all the accessories necessary to the equipment of a firstclass, modern paper and job office. The Times was enlarged from a nine-column folio to an eight-page, seven-column paper, and now ranks as one of the leading newspapers of the State, with an appearance second to none, and with a large and constantly increasing circulation.
Our subject is very happily situated in regard to his domestic relations. He was married March 28, 1889, to Miss Harriet N. Mitchell, who is also a native of Knox County, and is a daughter of Spencer and Harriet Mitchell. To Mr. and Mrs. Gunsaulus a son was born February 28, 1890, whom they have named Paul Mitchell.
From PORTRAIT & BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF FAYETTE, PICKAWAY AND MADISON COUNTIES, OHIO - Chapman Bros. [Chicago, 1892]