S. C. Philbrook. Like a number of other prominent business men of Piqua, S. C. Philbrook, head of the Philbrook Optical Company, traces his lineage back to the rugged colonists of Puritan faith who, settling first in New England, have made their mental and moral influence felt across the continent. In the New England states many of his ancestors on both the paternal sides were sea captains, as the Philbrooks and Ingrahams were seafaring people.. and several of the name participated in the Revolutionary war. The family settled early in Ohio, where the father of S. C. Philbrook, E. Philbrook, was a prominent farmer and stockraiser of Licking county. He married Clara Ingraham, and they became the parents of six children: Seth C., of this notice; Edith, a teacher in the public schools; Gladys, the wife of O. D. Williams; Robert, Lurah and Charlotte. Seth C. Philbrook was born at Johnstown, Ohio, in July, 1885, and received his early education in the graded and high schools of his native community. Later he pursued a course at the Northern Illinois College of Optometry, and subsequently located at LaCrosse, Wis., later, in 1911, coming to Piqua. Having mastered every phase of the business, he founded the Philbrook Optical Company which, under his direction, has achieved great success and prosperity. Mr. Philbrook is an expert lens grinder and does all the lens grinding for his firm. He married Martha, daughter of Charles Simon, of Piqua, and they are devout members of the Green Street Methodist Episcopal Church. During the war period they were active in the work of the Red Cross and the various war measures, and as a citizen Mr. Philbrook has been helpful in his support of civic movements. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Cosmopolitan Club and has numerous warm friends in business and social circles of Piqua.