[196-84] JOHN GREEN DESHLER, b Dec. 5, 1819; d Jan. 8, 1878; s David W. and Elizabeth (Green) Deshler [196-20a]; m LOUISE FALCONER (FAULKNER), d within a month after the death of her husband. No issue. [Eyerman.]
John Green Deshler was born in a two-room frame house in Columbus, Ohio, the site of the present Hotel Deshler. A golden tablet in the lobby of the hotel marks the spot where the little house stood.
President Tyler appointed Mr. Deshler District Attorney of Iowa, soon after his marriage to Miss Faulkner of Hamilton, Butler Co., and their migration to that state. From Iowa Mr. Deshler moved to Buffalo and engaged in the commission business. He was elected to the legislature for several terms, after which he returned to Columbus, Ohio.
Although Mr. Deshler was very fond of children, he had none of his own. While he was an official of the Franklin National Bank of Columbus it served as a gathering place for the children of the neighborhood. He was well known by all the youngsters of that city, and frequently he was ‘‘Uncle John”’ to a large number of them.
Not many months before his death he bought a block of houses, painted and refitted them, and gave the use of them, rent free, to those of his old neighbors and friends who had been less favored in life than he. Mr. Deshler was one of the oldest, wealthiest, and most valuable citizens of Columbus, Ohio, and the entire community mourned when he died suddenly of apoplexy on the 8th of January, 1878,