Individual Details

Birth

Some sources say he was born in Germany.

Census-shared

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Census

Who is Frieden Halm, born 1836, living with family?

Military Enlistment

Enlisted as a 1st Lieutenant on 29 June 1863 at the age of 42.
Commission in Company A, 5th Cavalry Regiment Ohio on 9 Jul 1863.
Promoted to Full Captain on 9 Sep 1863.
Promoted to Full Quartermaster on 14 Sep 1863.
Mustered Out Company A, 5th Cavalry Regiment Ohio on 27 Feb 1864 at Cincinnati, OH.

Military Promotion

Captain

Military Promotion

Full Quartermaster

Military Service

During the Civil War Michael Halm served his country for six months in 1863-1864 in Company A, 5th Independent Battalion, Ohio Cavalry. He entered service as a First Lieutenant, and left having been promoted to the rank of Captain.

Settlement

Part owner of furniture manufacturer Halm, Bellows & Butler

Retirement

Military pension: invalid

Biography

Michael Halm, one of the best and most favorably known citizens of Columbus, was born in Canton Stark county, Ohio, January 18,1821. His father was Abraham Halm a tanner and a farmer, and hts mother was Miss Elizabeth Kryder His father was twice married and had eight children by the first wife and ten by the second of whom two sons and one daughter are living.
The subject of this sketch was educated in the public school at Bucyrus, Crawford county, Ohio. Taught for three months in a county school, organized singing schools, worked on the farm , in the tannery and 1n the brick yard, and worked like a Trojan, too. In 1842 he came to Columbus and engaged with A. W. Reeder in the cabinet making business, remaining with him tor two years, eighteen months ofwhich he served as an apprentice and received a journeyman's wages for the remainder of the time.
In 1844 he began business on his own account, forming a partnership with Mr. William M. Stiles, under the firm name of Stiles & Halm, in the cabinet business, which was conducted in a room rented of Mr. Joel Buttles, on East Rich street, near High. The capital of the firm consisted of twenty five dollars worth of tools, bought on credit, two dollars and fifty cents worth of lumber which the "firm" carried on their broad shoulders from the canal landing to their place of business. At the end of eleven months the firm was dissolved by mutual consent and the assets equally divided, Mr. Halm continuing the business above until 1853.
At the time when Mr. Halm took hold of the firm business as sole proprietor, a contract was given him by the Secretary of State to construct a proper cabinet for the safe keeping of the standard weights and measures in his custody, and this contract was the most profitable of any work which had ever fallen in his way and opened up the road for a successful business. After this he bought an interest with Thomas Brotherlin, and continued it until 1864, under the firm name and style of Brotherlin, Halm & Company.
In 1864 Mr. Brotherlin died, and his interest in the firm was purchased by Mr. John H Ford, and its style was Halm, Ford & Stage. This firm was dissolved in 1865, and Mr. Halm continued the business with Mr. Charles C. Bellows, who put in $3,000 capital, under the firm name Halm & Bellows. A little later the late C. P. L. Butler put $12,000 capital into the concern and the title of the firm was changed to Halm, Bellows and Butler, continuing until 1883, at which time Mr. Butler sold out to his associates who incorporated the Halm & Bellows Furniture Company and continued until 1892, when theywere succeeded by McAllister, Mohler & Company.
Since that time Mr. Halm has lived in comparative retirement still taking an active interest, however, in the public and business affairs of the city. He was married on the 14th of March 1844, to Miss Mary Markley, and they have reared a family of three sons and three daughters, who have proved themselves worthy the care and affection of their parents.
Mr. Halm is a thorough Republican, a member of the order of Odd Fellows, and for many years ably represented the Fourth Ward in the City Council, being one of its strongest and ablest members, progressive in all hie ideas and doing much for the upbuilding of Columbus. As a manufacturer he was not onlv successtul but added much to the fame of Columbus as the centre of the furniture trade, his wares having a wide sale far beyond the confines of the city, county, and state. In every relation of life he has proven himself an A-1 man, and his adopted city is justly and properly proud of him. He has resided since 1848 at the homestead, 198 East Mound street.
From page 137-138 of Franklin County at the Beginning of the 19th Century published by the Historical Publishing Company 1901 Columbus Ohio

Biography

[Michael Halm] was born at Plain Top, Stark county, Ohio, January 18th, 1821, being the son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Kryder) Halm. His means and opportunities for obtaining an education were very limited, his school days having been passed in Bucyrus, Crawford county,Ohio. When he attained his majority he went to Columbus. This was in March, 1842, and he there commenced his apprenticeship to thecabinet-making trade. On January 1st, 1844, he started in business for himself, and has ever since continued it. While he has had to encounter many trying obstacles, and has been the victim of some misfortunes, his career as a manufacturer may on the whole be characterized as a very successful one. He started in business with no capital but skill and energy. He secured loans, and was able to repay them entirely within three years, having in the meantime secured to himself and family a comfortable home. In 1856 his factory was destroyed by fire, and he sustained a loss of thirteen thousand dollars. In 1861 his establishment was a second time burned out, and his losses were largely above his insurances. Since then he has prospered by a strict attention to business and through a studious effort to win patronage by turning out a superior quality of goods. During the rebellion he served in the Union army for eight months. He has held few places of public trust and responsibility, but wherehe has served in an official capacity, he has discharged his duties with intelligence and fidelity. He is quite largely interested as a stockholder, Director and President, in a number of prosperous business corporations, and is an enterprising and public-spirited citizen. He was married on March 14th, 1844, to Mary A. Markley, and has two married daughters and one single; also three single sons,and five grandchildren. He became religious in early life, and attributes all his successes to temperance, religion, and devotion to God. He has given for charities and benevolent purposes thousands of dollars, and has thereby, while helping others, enriched himself with a consciousness of having done what he could for the amelioration of the condition of his fellows. He has been an Odd Fellow for many years, passed all its chairs and received all its honors, and is sincerely devoted to its principles of "visiting the sick, relieving the distressed, burying the dead, and educating the orphan."