CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 675 Mr. Breck was married January 18, 1859, to Miss Hattie Brooks, a native of Lorain county, Ohio, who was educated at Oberlin. She is a daughter of H. Brooks and sister of Dr. M. L. Brooks of Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Breckhave four children : George D., who is now associated with the Cleveland Elect. Eng. Co.; Dr. L B.; William M., of New Haven; and Mary L., an accomplished young lady. Politically, Mr. Breck is a Republican, and by that party was elected in 1893 to his present position as a Representative to the State Legislature, his vote being next to the, largest one polled in the county. Mr. Breck is also a prominent Mason. He is a member of Newburg Lodge, No. 379, and of Baker Chapter. DOMINICK M. CAREY, the subject of this sketch, was born at Dundas, Ontario, Canada, March 2, 1844. He was the second son of Michael and Winifred (Howard) Carey. Michael Carey, the father of D. M. Carey,was born in County Galway, Ireland, about 1824, and left the " old sod " bound for America, when only a lad; and soon after his arrival in Canada, being a boy of industrious habits and great energy, he apprenticed himself to a tanner and currier to learn the business of making leather. The son, Dominick M. Carey, being dissatisfied with the narrow field and limited opportunities for acquiring for himself fame and fortune that were afforded by his father's tannery, left the parental roof at the early age of sixteen and boldly and courageously struck out, unaided and alone, to begin the battle of life. He was a born leader of men. This fact was exemplified in his childhood by the commanding influence exerted by him over the men in the tannery, and over the children on the play-ground of the public school; and in his later career, by the wonderful control had by him over the armies of men he employed on the public works. 43 There were two prominent reasons why this was so. First, he was the soul of honor, always doing exactly as he had promised to do; secondly all with whom he had business relations had unlimited faith in his knowledge of his business and in his judgment as to the best methods for obtaining the desired end. He was generous to a fault, and no worthy and needy person who made his necessities known ever left him empty-handed. Mr. Carey left Canada in 1860, going to Niagara county, New York, where he sought and obtained employment as a laborer in building railroads, bridges and tunnels, and rising step by step to be " boss of a gang," superintendent of construction, sub-contractor, and finally the leading spirit and active manager of a firm of contractors, widely known both in the United States and Canada. The work of this noted firm is to be found in almost every part of this great country, from the new Croton aqueduct in New York city on the East to the Union Pacific Railroad on the West, a large portion of both having been built by Mr. Carey, besides many railroads, bridges, and tunnels between. On the 28th of February, 1881, Mr. Carey was happily married to Miss Clara Gleeson, who was the daughter of Edmond and Charlotte (Comstock) Gleeson. They had three children, all boys: Le Grand G, born May 25, 1882; James Howard, born June 2, 1886; and Edinond M., born September 7, 1888. They are bright boys and are fine representatives of both father and mother. It is said of the father of these boys, D. M. Carey, that for years he had from 700 to 1,200 men- in his employ at the same time, and that having once seen a man and heard his name spoken he never forgot either! Le Grand G. seems to possess a similar faculty. Mrs. Carey was born June 25, 1851, and is a refined and cultured lady, well educated and has a talent that fits her for business. Edmond Gleeson, the father of Mrs. D. M. Carey, was born in 1810, married to Miss Charlotte Comstock, April 4,. 1848, and died October 261 676 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. 1854. His widow subsequently (1859) married James C. Cleveland, Esq., who was born October 16, 1825, and seemed to be just in his prime. Mrs. Carey and her sons live with Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland on Castle Hill, Independence, Ohio. Mr. Carey was drowned at Wheeling, West Virginia, January 14, 1892. The Wheeling Daily Register of January 15, in a long article discriptive of the sad event, says: " The Register this morning is pained to chronicle the death of an active business man; one of a class whose energy, ability and general attributes made him a valued and valuable member of the community, and whose loss will be universally deplored. It was characteristic of Dominick M. Carey that death found him in the midst of danger, at a point where he had forbidden his men to go, and that he was engaged in the supervision of details for the protection of the greatest work he had yet undertaken,—the Main street stone bridge--when he was swallowed up in the icy and turbid waters of the stream he had spanned with the greatest stone arch in America. The bridge will stand a fitting monument to the memory of its great builder." The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, of the same date, in an extended article from which we quote, says: "It was reported about the city in the forenoon yesterday that Mr. Dominick Carey, of the well known firm of contractors building Main street bridge, had been drowned, and inquiry confirmed the awful story! The death of a man of his prominence and usefulness would have been enough of itself to send a thrill of sorrow through the community, but the special features which attended the sad occurrence made the horror of it almost as great as the sorrow, which was general. The regret for the death of Mr. Carey is as nearly universal as a feeling of sorrow ever was in any community." A diligent and extended search for the body of Mr. Carey was immediately begun, and after weeks of labor and anxiety it was, found, tenderly conveyed to Dundas, the place of his birth, and buried by the side of his relatives. Mr. Carey's mother died April 24, 1894, and sleeps by the side of her son. JAMES W. DAWSON is one of the representative citizens of Bedford, and has been for many years identified with her interests. He was born in the Dominion of Canada, near the city of Toronto, April 30, 1829. Robert Dawson, his father, was one of the prominent pioneers of this township. He was a native of Stokesley, Yorkshire, England, and there grew to manhood. He was united in marriage to Miss Jane Ward, also a native of England, and in 1822 they crossed the sea, taking, up their abode in Her Majesty's territory on this side the water. At the end of five years they disposed of their interests and came to the United States, settling in Cleveland, Ohio. Shortly afterward they removed to Twinsburg, Summit county, Ohio, and thence came to Bedford township. Here Mr. Dawson purchased 400 acres of timber land, and built a sawmill, one of the first erected in the county. Possessing ample means, he was able to fit up the mill with the best improvements afforded at that time, and he employed a large force of men. In addition to his milling interests he developed a fine farm, bringing the land to a high state of cultivation. Here he made his home during his latter years, passing to the "unknown country" at the age of four-score years. His widow died April 27, 1887. There were born to this worthy couple a family of ten. children, eight of whom grew to maturity: James W.; John, who died at the age of thirty-two years; Amelia M.; Robert F.; Mary Jane, deceased; Martin B.; George Frederick, who died at the age of twenty-two years; and Dr. T. K., who was formerly Dean of the Cincinnati Medical College. Both the father and mother were reared in the faith of the Episcopalian Church, CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 677 but in later life the mother united with the Disciple Church. Mr. Dawson was a man of untiring energy and commanded success in all business transactions. James W. Dawson grew from childhood to maturity in the community in which he still resides. In his youth he assisted his father in the labor of the mill and farm, becoming thoroughly familiar with both industries. Arriving at mature years he embarked in the nursery business, carrying one of the finest collections of trees and shrubs in this part of the State; lie made a specialty of pines and evergreens, buying his supplies from the leading dealers of Canada and Europe. Of , late years he has given his attention to agriculture, and owns a well improved farm of 120 acres. Mr. Dawson was married, at the age of thirty-five years, to Helen S. Bosworth, who was horn at Solon, Ohio, a daughter of one of the early settlers of that place. Six children have been born of this union: Dr. W. B.; Carrie B., a music-teacher at Bedford; Emma, wife of E. E. Arnold; John R., J. A. and Ariel. Politically our subject affiliates with the Democratic party. He has served as Trustee of the township ten years, discharging his duties with rare fidelity and winning the confidence of all classes of citizens. SAMUEL GROVES.—The subject whose life history is now under review occupies a prominent position in the business and social circles of the Forest City, and it is evident that special attention should be accorded him in this connection. His genealogy traces back to a prominent line of Puritans, who occupied distinguished positions in the mother country. He himself was born at Dudley, England, December 5, 1855. and the major portion of his life has been passed in the land of his nativity. He received a thorough education at a private academy, and after completing his studies served a seven years' apprenticeship as mechanical draughtsman with Cochrane, Grove & Company, engineers and iron founders, of Middleborough-on-Tees, devoting special attention to blast-furnace and pipe-founding practice. With this representative concern he remained for a period of twenty-one years, the last fourteen years being in charge of the pipe-founding department of the drawing office. In 1889 he accepted a position as engineer to the Stanton Iron Works Company, of Derbyshire, his principal work in the connection being the designing of new foundries and the providing of an eighteen-inch pumping set for supplying water to the town of Ilkeston. This incumbency he retained for one year and then determined to make the New World the scene of his further operations. He landed in New York, March 14, 1891, and soon engaged with McIntosh, Hemphill & Company, engineers at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, remaining in their employ for three months. He then removed to Cleveland, where he accepted the preferment as assistant to Mr. John Walker, mechanical engineer of the Walker Manufacturing Company. Endowed with much natural ability in the line to which he has devoted his attention, and having received the most thorough practical training, he has attained a conspicuous position and a recognition of his abilities in distinguished scientific circles. He holds a certificate as a science teacher to the English government and is a Fellow of the Society of Science, Letters and Arts, London, England. Since coming to - Cleveland Mr. Groves has been elected to full membership in the Civil Engineers' Club, of this city, this being a richly merited recognition of his professional ability. March 14, 1878, Mr. Groves was united in marriage to Miss Anna Beckwith, a daughter of Emerson B. and Centy D. Beckwith, of London, England, the father holding a position of prominence as an agent for representative estates and landed interests. Our subject and his wife are the parents of five children, whose names and dates of birth are here noted: Newman, born in 1879; Frederick, 1881; Herbert 1885; Samuel, 1888; and Edmond, 1890. 678 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Since uniting his fortunes with the United States Mr. Groves has identified himself thoroughly with the interests of the Union and is unswervingly loyal in the support of its laws and institutions. Having become convinced that the policies and principles advanced by the Republican party are for the best interest of the country at large, he has united with that organization and with it casts his suffrage. In his fraternal relations he is most prominently identified with the Knights of St. George, holding the honorable preferment as Adjutant-General in that order. Mr. Groves and his family are members and zealous supporters of the Congregational Church. Mr. Groves is the fortunate possessor of a tenor voice of excellent timbre and fine cultivation, and he holds the position as tenor of the quartet choir of the church of which he is a member, being also an active and effective worker in the Sunday-school. Men of such high attainments and thorough integrity are an acquisition to any community, and our subject and his interesting family have already gained a position in the high esteem of Cleveland citizens. THOMAS SHEHAN, superintendent of motive power and electrician of the Cleveland City Railroad Company, was born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, February 1, 1847. He attended the schools of Collamer village, and upon leaving them entered the Union Iron Works of this city to learn his trade. That completed, Mr. Shehan became foreman of the shop, and in 1883 superintendent of Bowler's sewer and gas-pipe factory, and improved their molds by designing new ones and getting out patents covering them. In 1887 Mr. Shehan became chief engineer of the Montreal line of steamers plying the lower and upper Lakes. He afterward accepted the position of superintendent of the Cleveland Electric Motor Company, and in 1891 came to the Cleveland City Railroad Company, as superintendent of motive power and electrician, in which capacity he has demonstrated much fitness and adaptability. Mr. Shehan's father, Daniel Shehan, came to Cleveland in 1846, from county Limerick, Ireland, his native place. He was a blacksmith by trade, and settled in Collamer village. He married in Ireland, Margaret McEllegot. Thomas Shehan is the fourth of a family of eight children, five now living. He married in Cleveland, February 20, 1893, Mrs. Kate McNally, of Ireland. Their children are Mary, Thomas and Florence. Politically; Mr. Shehan is Democratic on national issues, but liberal in local matters. T. H. ATKINSON, a prominent insurance man of the city of Cleveland, has been located in this city since 1863 He was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1845, on the 22d of March. Mainly he was brought up in Buffalo, New York, where he received his education, having been taken to that city by his parents when he was a small child. His youth was spent there and very early in life he was invited into the business world. His father was a business man of considerable reputation, being a contractor. parents were William and Mary (Bell) Atkinson, and were of English and Scotch nativity, respectively. Our subject was one of six children, of whom he is the youngest but one. When twenty-three years of age, T. H. Atkinson was superintendent of the Ohio Bridge Works, which position he held for five years, then in 1873 he was appointed as the deputy in the Revenue Department of the United States, which he really holds at present. In 1885 he engaged in the insurance business and since that time he has been very active in that business. He is general manager for the British American Insurance Company, the St. Paul Fire, the Mechanics' of Philadelphia, and other insurance companies. He is a stockholder in CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 679 the Merchants' Bank of Cleveland and also holds stock in various other business concerns of the city. He is an active Republican in politics, has served as a member of the county executive committee at different times, has been a delegate to -many of the conventions of his party, has been a member of the city council, of the board of public improvements and has held other positions of honor and trust. He is a stockholder in the Cleveland Athletic Club, having been one of the organizers of that club, and he also belongs to several other social societies in the city. He was married in this city on the 17th of September, 1871, to Miss M. B. Harmon. MYRON C. LONG is the general agent of the United States Mutual Accident Association of New York, which has been represented in this city during the past fourteen years. Mr. Long had been connected with this corporation a number of years, and in August, 1893, he was placed in charge of the Cleveland office, through which the entire business of the State passes; there is in this city alone a membership of more than 1,300, and the company is well represented throughout the State. Mr. Long is a native of the State of Ohio, born in Cleveland, in 1867, a son of A. M. and Etta (Wilbur) Long. The father is now deceased; he was an expert accountant and a man of superior qualifications. Myron C. attended the public schools of his native city, where he received a good education. His first contact with, the business world in a practical way was as an employee of Chandler & Price, with whom he remained five years; during this time he had charge of a number of men in the milling and tool department of their establishment, .where he gave excellent satisfaction as superintendent. Severing his connection with this firm he accepted a position with the Manufacturers' Accident Insurance Company, assuming the management of this corporation's business in Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. At the end of twelve months he became associated with the United States Mutual Accident Association, which lie now ably represents. He is a young man of much- more than ordinary qualifications and his services have met with due appreciation. He was united in marriage, April 18, 1888, to Miss Lillie Broadbent. Two children have been born to them, Herbert J. and Helen. Mr. Long is a member of Plymouth Congregational Church, and takes a deep interest in the work of the society. He assisted in the organization of the Society of Christian Endeavor in this city, and has acted as both secretary and treasurer of that body. _- In private business enterprises Mr. Long has been very successful; he holds stock in some of the manufacturing corporations of this city, and also owns some valuable mining stock. Through perseverance and an energy that knew no fatigue he has arisen to a position of financial independence. WILLIAM CUBBON, one of the leading and early pioneers of Cleveland, was born in the Isle of Man, in 1816, a son Henry and Ann (Quirk) Cubbon, who spent their entire lives on that island. They were the parents of nine children, of whom our subject is the seventh in order of birth, and the only one now living. Margaret, who was the wife of John Corlett, of Prospect street, Cleveland, was nine years younger than William. She died April 7, 1894. After completing a common-school education William Cubbon learned the carpenter's trade in England, where he had moved in 1834. In 1840 he came to Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked for several noted parties in the carpentering and contracting business, notably for Daniel Sanford, in the Cleveland boat yard. 680 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Afterward for a number of years he was a member of the well known firm of Corlett (William) & Cubbon, contractors and builders. Mr. Cubbon made his own start in life, has succeeded in securing a competence for his declining years, and carries the confidence and respect of a large circle of acquaintance$. He retired from business a number of years ago. He is a man of broad and progressive views, and well posted on current events. His political views are in harmony with Republican principles, and, although not a politician, has held office. He served as a director of the Home for the Poor two terms. In 1860 Mr. Cubbon was united in marriage with Miss Isabella Quirk, a daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth (Gill) Quirk, natives of the Isle of Man. To this union has been born one daughter, Anna Elizabeth, a graduate of the Cleveland Academy. Mrs. Cubbon is a member of the First Baptist Church, and her daughter is a member of the Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church. In his social relations, our subject was a charter member of the Cuyahoga Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., in which he ha; filled all the chairs but one. He has contributed in many ways toward making Cleveland a beautiful city, having been a skilled workman in his line. He occupies a pleasant home on Case avenue, which is one of the most beautiful thoroughfares of the city. WILLIAM JOHNSTON SCOTT, M. D., LL. D., who has been a resident of Cleveland for the past three decades, and who occupies a position of unusual prominence by reason of his intellectual attainments and his discriminating ability as a physician and surgeon, stands as one of the representative and most honored professional men of the Forest City,—facts that lend particular congruity to the consideration of his life history in this connection. A native of the Old Dominion, that cradle of our national history, he was born in Culpeper county, Virginia, January 25, 1822, the son of John and Mary (McKinney) Scott, who were of Scottish lineage and both of whom were natives of Virginia. The father was a farmer by occupation, though in his earlier life he had followed the cooper's trade. He was a participant in the war of 1812, having been stationed at Craney Island, below Richmond. He died in 1836, his widow surviving until 1879, when she passed away at the age of sixty-three years. Both were devoted members of the Baptist Church. They were the parents of five children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the oldest. Of these five children our subject and Thomas Edward Scott, of Knox county, Ohio, are the only survivors. William J. assisted his father in conducting the work of the farm until he had attained his majority, his educational advantages up to this time having been confined to attending the district schools. Determined to secure a liberal education, he went to Gambier, Ohio, entering the preparatory department of the Kenyon College. He remained at this institution for five years, graduating in 1848, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Immediately thereafter he was appointed a tutor in the college and filled that position most ably and acceptably for a period of two years. During this time he gave especial attention to the study of chemistry, and he passed the winter of 1849–'50 in Cleveland, where he took a course of lectures at the Cleveland Medical College, subsequently returning to Gambier, where for a time he was engaged in the practice of medicine. He was then appointed a professor of chemistry at Jefferson College, near Washington, Mississippi, where he remained about two years. In 1853 Dr. Scott returned to Ohio and entered the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, and graduated at that institution with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, having previously received the degree of Master of Arts from Kenyon College. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 681 Locating in Franklin county, Ohio, he entered upon the active practice of his profession, and in 1861, upon the precipitation of the late Civil war, he became recruting officer and medical examiner. He also lent effective assistance in recruiting the Third Battalion of the Eighteenth regular .Infantry. Within the winter of 1863–'64 the Doctor returned to Cleveland, having been appointed professor of materia medica and therapeutics at the Charity Hospital College, which subsequently became the medical department of Wooster University. This professorship he retained until the whiter of 1865–'66, when, upon the reorganization of the medical department of the Western Reserve University, he took the chair of principles es and practice of medicine. From that date until the present time he has been continuously connected in some important capacity with this well-known medical institution. In the summer of 1864 Dr. Scott was appointed by the Governor of Ohio a visitor to the military hospitals at Louisville and Nashville. In the spring of 1865 he removed his family to Cleveland, where he has since resided, being engaged in the practice of his profession and standing forth as one of the most able and popular practitioners in the city. His patronage is one of distinctly representative order and he has ever kept pace with the magnificent development and scientific advances made in the line of his profession, being a close student and a discriminating judge in regard to the value of theories presented and methods advocated. He retains a membership in the American Medical Association (of which he has been president), the American Pharmaceutical Association, the Northwestern Ohio Medical Association, and the Cuyahoga County Medical Association. October 25, 1885; Dr. Scott was united in marriage to Miss Mary Stone, a daughter of the late Nathan Stone, of St. Johnsville, Vermont, and of their four children only one survives, namely, Dr. Nathan Stone Scott, of whom personal mention is made in the paragraphs immediately following. In his profession Dr. Scott has attained a high reputation, the direct result of his unmistakable ability and rare discernment, and eminently beitting a man of his known erudition. The respect in which he is held by the citizens of Cleveland stands in lasting honor of his professional precedence and his honest worth of character. NATHAN STONE SCOTT, M. D., son of Dr. William J. Scott, concerning whom individual mention has been made in the paragraphs immediately preceding this, has followed in the footsteps of his distinguished father in adopting medicine and surgery as his life profession; and it is but natural that with the careful and painstaking direction under which his studies and researches have been pursued, and the unexcelled advantages which have been offered him, he should have risen as he has to a position of prominence in his profession, and to a point of recognition as one of the most capable and thoroughly informed physicians in the Forest City,—a young man of pronounced and admirably applied ability. He was born in Shadesville, Franklin county, Ohio, June 16, 1863, and received his literary education at Oberlin College, and then commenced the study of medicine under the direction of his father. He afterward completed the course of study in the Medical Department of the Western Reserve University, and after his graduation spent one year as house physician of the Cleveland Maternity Hospital. He then passed one year abroad, for the purpose of perfecting himself in surgery. During this year he spent much time in Paris, Berlin, Vienna and London, gaining most valuable knowledge and practice in the hospitals of these cities. Returning to Cleveland in the spring of 1891, he entered upon the active practice of his profession in partnership with his father, and in the following fall was appointed lecturer on osteology in the Medical Department of the 682 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY: Wooster University. In the spring of 1893 a flattering recognition of his ability was accorded by the same institution, which advanced him to the professorship of genito-urinary diseases, a preferment which he has since retained. He is also consulting surgeon for the city hospital, and is visiting physician for the charity hospital. He is identified with the Ohio State Medical Society, the Cleveland Medical Society, the Cuyahoga County Medical Society, the Northern Ohio District Medical Society, and the Northeastern Ohio Medical Society. He holds the position also as medical examiner for the New England Life Insurance Company. In 1887 was consummated the marriage of Dr. Scott to Miss L. Bena Brown, daughter of Rev. H. E. Brown, of Oberlin, Ohio, who held the position as Secretary of the International Y. M. C. A. until the year 1893, when he tendered his resignation. Dr. and Mrs. Scott have one child, a winsome daughter, Flora Lucee. They are devoted members and communicants of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, the Doctor being Assistant Superintendent of the Sunday-school of the parish. C. L. SAUNDERS, civil and mining engineer, was born in Logansport, Indiana, in 1865. Mr. Saunders received his education principally in Cleveland. He graduated at the Case School of Applied Science in 1837, graduating as a civil engineer after taking the course of Electrical Engineering. He spent some time in the West after his graduation, then accepted a position as contracting engineer for the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad Company, in whose employ he remained about one and a half years. Thereafter he was for a time in the employ of the Erie Railroad, and later spent some time in the Michigan mines. Afterward he taught the science of his profession for two years in the Case School of Applied Science. In 1891 he became interested in electrical construction, being one of the organizers of the Cleveland Engineering Company. He anti his associates- constructed for the Williams Publishing Company a 500-horsepower electric light and power plant. Mr. Saunders is also consulting engineer for the National Carbon Company, and in many ways has he been connected with the industrial enterprises of Cleveland. As a civil engineer, having a practical knowledge of electricity, his skill and ability have been employed in the planning and construction of many industrial plants of Cleveland. He has drafted the plans and specifications for various buildings, steam and electric power plants for furnaces, mills, etc., and is regarded as one of the ablest mechanical engineers of Cleveland. In politics Mr. Saunders is a firm Republican; is a prominent Freemason, and a member of several of the athletic and scientific clubs of the city. DANIEL EWALD, proof-reader for the publishing house of the Evangelical Association, No. 265 Woodland avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Prussia, Germany, August 15, 1838. His parents, Daniel E. and Dorathy (Kroll) Ewald, both natives of Germany, emigrated with their family to Canada in 1852, and settled on a farm. There the mother resided until quite recently, when she died, having attained her eighty-fourth year. The father preceded her some years ago, at the age of sixty-eight. He was a prominent member of the Evangelical Church, as also was Mrs. Ewald, whose beautiful Christian character has been an inspiration to her family. The subject of this sketch was the second born in a family of nine children, all of whom are in Canada except him. He received a good German education in his native land and completed his schooling after coming to America. For ten years he taught in the public schools of Canada, but, on account of throat trouble, he CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 683 was compelled to discontinue that occupation. About 1878 he was licensed to preach. This same throat affliction, however, would not permit of his entering the regular work of the ministry. In April, 1869, he came to Cleveland, Ohio, and since then proof-reading and literary work have occupied his attention, he having filled his present position for twenty-five years. He was for some time a member of the Board of Education in this city. Mr. Ewald was married in 1869, to Miss Catherine Schell, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Lamont) Schell. Her father was a descendant of Christian Schell, of Herkimer county, New York. The former died at the age of seventy-four years. His widow, still a resident of Canada, is now eighty-four years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Ewald have five children, viz.: Daniel ,Ephraim, a graduate of Michigan University at Ann Arbor, is teaching in a boys' school in New York city; Jennie, wife of John R. Edwards, Jr.; Milton, attending Case School; Addison, an apprentice to the trade of machinist; and Arthur Judson, attending the public schools. The family are all members of the Evangelical Association. Personally, Mr. Ewald is a man of fine physique, broad intellect and general information, and withal his genial disposition makes him a general favorite. HON. VINCENT A. TAYLOR, of Cuyahogs county, descended from a long line of ancestors, the history of whose brilliant, careers is but a prophecy of his own. He was born at Bedford, Ohio, December 6, 1845, the son of William 0. and Harriet M. (Fitch) Taylor. William O. Taylor was born at Buckland, Franklin county, Massachusetts, in 1814, and was a lineal descendant of the Taylor family well known in the history of the New England States in Colonial days. Harriet M. Fitch was born at Bedford, Ohio, the daughter of Benjamin Fitch, a native of Connecticut. Tie Rev. James Fitch, one of the maternal ancestors, was prominently identified with the funding and early history of Norwich, Connecticut, and was the first minister of the gospel in that town. Thomas Fitch, one of the descendants of the Rev. James Fitch, was Governor of Connecticut from 1754 to 1766; and Major James Fitch, son of the Rev. James F. tch, was one of the founders of Yale College; he made liberal contributions of money and building material to that institution, and filially endowed the college with 637 acres of la d. A great granddaughter of the Rev. th Ines Fitch married President Styles of Yale College. Benjamin Fitch emigrated to Ohio in 1801, and in 1813 came to Bedford, where he followed the trade of chair-making. William O Taylor removed to the West in 1831, and tct o years later began to learn the trade of chair-making from Mr. Fitch. When he had mastered the business he began working on his own account, and met with much more than ordinary success. This was the foundation of the tr ide which called for the larger works and increased facilities which were provided in 1863, b the erection of a large plant at Bedford. In 1873 the firm of William 0. Taylor & Sons was established, and this in time was organized as the Taylor Chair Company, which is the present style of the concern. Vincent A. Taylor, like many another lad, w a foiled in his youthful ambitions for want of means to complete his education. In 1864, when eighteen years of age, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and later joined the One Hundred and Seventy-Seventh Regiment, of which he was a member when he was mustered out of the service. He was in the Twenty-third Army Corps during the Hood-Thomas campaign in Tennessee , when the bloody battles of Nashville, Franklin, Spring Hill and Stone River were fought; he was also in the attack upon Fort Fisher, and participated in the campaign in North Carolina. He was honorably discharged in June, 1865, one of the youngest soldiers of 684 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. the Union army. After returning from the war he abandoned his long-cherished hope of entering the legal profession. He embarked in the lumber trade, which he conducted with very satisfactory results, until he decided to connect himself with his father and brothers in the manufacturing business. He has always taken an active interest in the affairs of his town, county, State and nation, and has served the public in various capacities, discharging his duties with a fidelity and zeal which commanded the respect and inspired the confidence of his constituents and opponents alike. In 1878–'79 he filled the office of Mayor of Bedford, and in October, 1888, he was elected State Senator from Cuyahoga county on the Republican ticket. From the first he took a prominent position in the Senate, and was an active participant in the deliberations of that body. Among the most important measures introduced by him was the bill known as the "Depository Law," which, in brief, required city treasurers and boards of education to deposit the funds received by them in the bank which offered the highest rate of interest for the money, the rate being determined by proposals or bids from the banks. This bill became a law, and, besides securing large additional revenues to cities, effectually places the public funds beyond the reach of embezzlement or defalcation. In 1890 Mr. Taylor was nominated by the Republican party for Congress to represent the Twentieth Congressional District of Ohio, and was elected at the following election. The nominating convention convened in Cleveland August 7th of that year, and five candidates were brought forward: V. A. Taylor, of Cuyahoga county; C. P. Wickham, of Huron county; J. B. Burrows, of Lake county; N. D. Tibbals, of Summit county, and E. G. Johnson and G. W. Shurtleff, of Lorain. All were men of prominence and influence, and were supported by intelligent and devoted friends. The balloting continued until the 16th of August without intermission excepting Sunday, and 281 ballots were taken before a choice was made. On the 281st ballot Mr. Taylor received 141 votes, or twenty-two more than were required for a decision. Mr. Taylor was united in marriage on the 30th of November, 1867, to Miss Clara R. Flick of Bedford, a daughter of Jacob Flick, whose history is given in this volume. Four children have been born of this union: Albert V., who is a student in the Columbian Law School, Washington, District of Columbia Hat- tie M., Joseph and Bruce. Mr. Taylor is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Summit Chapter, R. A. M., and to Holyrood Cornmandry, K. T., of Cleveland; he is a member of Memorial Post, G. A. R., and belongs to the Church of Christ at Bedford. LEOPOLD EDELMAN, engaged in the cigar and hat business in Cleveland, was born in Hungary, Austria, in 1856, a son of Marcus and Pauline Edelman, natives also of that country. Although seventy-one years of age, the father is still engaged in merchandising in Hungary. He is a member of the Jewish Congregation. Mrs. Edelman died of cholera in 1871. They had four sons and three daughters,—Leopold, our subject; Abram; and B., engaged in the cigar and hat business in Chicago: William, also in that city; Lena, wife of Samuel Goldstein, engaged in the cigar business in Chicago; Rosena, wife of William Schriber, and Estie, both of Chicago. Leopold Edelman received his education in his native country. In 1872 he came to America, locating in Cleveland, and for the following two years traveled with cigars. He then engaged in business for himself on a small scale, which has gradually increased until he now carries a stock of goods amounting to $7,000. His store is located on the Public Square, and his residence at 176 and 178 Central avenue. His property is worth $12,000. He has four houses on one lot. Socially, Mr. Edelman is a charter member of Deak Lodge, No. 334, K. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 685 of P., and now carries an insurance of $3,000 in Endowment Bank. He is also a member and has served as Treasurer three years of the Sons of Benjamin, is a member of the Young Men's Hungarian Benevolent Society, of the Hebrew Relief Society of the Old Age Home, the Jewish Orphan Asylum, and is one of the burying ground trustees. Mr. Edelman was married July 20, 1881, to Miss Minnie Berkowiz, native of the same locality in Austria as her husband. They have five children,—Morris, Paulina, Selma, Phillip and Lillie. Mr. Edelman purchased the Eagle Street Synagogue for the Jewish Congregation, the remodelling of which cost $3,500. He was Chairman of the Building Committee, afterward served as President and Secretary of the society, and is now Treasurer. Mr. Edelman is well known in business and social circles,, as well as in political organizations. He is identified with the leading business men of the city. DR. E. P. BANNING, physician and surgeon, Clarence building, Cleveland, was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1835. His father, Dr. Edwin P. Banning, was a native of Canfield, Trumbull county, Ohio, and, being vary young when his parents died, was brought up and educated by his mother's brother, Archibald Tanner, the father-in-law of Gleni W. Scofield, late Judge of the Court of Claims and Register of the United States Treas ury, and Congressman from 1856 till he accepted the position in the Treasury Department. Dr. Banning (father of our subject) graduated at the medical college at Fairfield, New York, and entered upon the practice of his profession in the oil town, Titusville, Pennsylvania, then a hamlet of only five houses, with no roads excepting trails and bridle paths. He was accordingly a pioneer in his profession there, and the oldest physician in the vicinity. In 1827 he became impressed with the fact that there was a class of chronic diseases that invariably resisted the action of medicine for their relief; and by special investigation he discovered that the reason for the failure of medicine in such cases was the fact that they were displacements of internal organs, and needed only mechanical treatment. He worked his way to Pittsburg, on a lumber raft, and presented to the Allegheny Medical Society his views, together with some rude appliances that a horseshoer had made under his direction for the correction of the displacements. He thus became the discoverer of mechanical pathology, the founder of mechanical therapeutics. His inventions constitute to the present day the foundation of all appliances for the support of the spine. He is known and quoted as the father of mechanical therapeutics throughout the civilized world. It has been estimated that no discoverer in the series of inventions has so benefited humanity. To him is due the discontinuance of the burning and blistering for spinal diseases, formerly so greatly in vogue in this country. And so firmly did he construct and conscientiously perfect his mechanical devices, that two years after his death they were ex hibited at the great World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893, and secured the only award among 134 competing exhibitors! and this was the only instance in the whole exposition where a sole award was given. Dr. Banning died in January, 1891, full of years (he was born in 1800) and full of honors, esteemed as one of earth's greatest benefactors. After leaving Pittsburg in 1827 he moved to New York, in 1854 to Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1859 returned to New York city, where he resided until his death. Four of his seven children are living, namely: Emily, wife of Tompkins Neams, a celebrated composer and musician of New York city; Dr. E. P., our subject; Dr. A. T. Banning, the Health Officer of Westchester county, New York, and a very prominent operating surgeon; and Carrie, the wife of Dr. C. G. Clark of Centerville, Crawford county, Pennsylvania. 686- CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Dr. E. P. Banning, whose name introduces this memoir, received his professional training at the Evansville (Indiana) Medical College. On the commencement of the war he enlisted in the United States Navy and served until 1871, at which time he was promoted as Lieutenant in the regular service. He resigned his commission and entered upon the practice of his profession in New York city, soon becoming interested in his father's special views, improve. ments and inventions. He was first married at Pensacola, Florida, to Miss Florida Morrill, in 1866; she died in New Orleans, in June, 1869, and the Doctor was again married, this time to Miss Carina Carpenter, a daughter of Dr. Calvin Carpenter, of Geneva, New York, and niece of Stephen H. Carpenter, professor of rhetoric and literature in the Wisconsin State University. Of the Doctor's four children three are living, viz.: Corena Carpenter, aged twelve years; Florida Gennette, ten; and Dahlgren, five. Mrs. Banning is a graduate of the scientific department of the Wisconsin State University, also of the Cleve land University of Medicine and Surgery, formerly the Homeopathic Hospital Medical College, at which her husband is special lecturer on the diseases of the spine. She is a member and zealous worker in the Cedar Avenue Baptist Church, and Dr. Banning is a member of the Episcopalian Church. ALBERT S. ELLIOTT, M. D., of East Cleveland, was born in Olmsted, Cuyahoga county, September 8, 1870, a son of Reuben T. and Anna M. (Spence) Elliott. His father is a teacher by profession, and is now one of the county examiners, and is Superintendent of the Butternut Ridge schools. His children are: Archie, who resides in South Dakota; Will N., American express agent at Ashtabula, Ohio; and Albert S., whose name heads this sketch. Dr. Elliott was educated at the Butternut Ridge high school, graduated in medicine at the Western Reserve University in 1892, and appointed house physician at St. Vincent's Hospital, remaining there until 1893, when he opened practice at the corner of Euclid and East End avenues. Since ,April, 1893, he has been district physician, and is now consulting physician for the National Union Life Insurance Company, the State Mutual Insurance Company of Worcester, Massachusetts, and the Home and Benefit Companies of Cleveland. JACOB D. SELZER, proprietor of one of the finest greenhouses in Cuyahoga county, and who has held several important public positions, was born. May 4, 1836, in Bavaria, Germany. He crossed the ocean in 1850 with a cousin, and came to Cleveland. A brother of his, Daniel Selzer, had preceded him, and probably he was thus induced to come to Cleveland. Mr. Selzer's early education was obtained in Germany, his fatherland, and was thorough. His parents were Jacob and Mary (Damien) Selzer. They have long since passed away in death. While the name Selzer is wholly German, the name Damien is of French origin. Mr. Selzer was born as the second of six children, of whom only three now survive. The eldest of these children, Anna, married Dr. Hartman, formerly a physician of Cleveland; he was killed during the Civil war, at the battle of Chancellorsville. Louise, the second child, married August Schermer, and is now a resident of Parma, Ohio. The third child, Daniel, was for years a, well-known merchant of Cleveland, where he died a few years since. Mary S. was wedded by Christopher Wetzel, a cooper of Chicago. Elizabeth Selzer died early in life, as the wife of William Schermer. The subject of this sketch began life in America as a clerk in a store. Subsequently he was engaged for a considerable time for various Cleveland firms as a traveling salesman, where he remained for as many as twenty years. In January, 1859, he wedded Elizabeth Wirth, of Brooklyn. She died in 1865, leaving one child, CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 687 Hon. Charles L. Selzer, Mayor of Brooklyn, a prominent attorney. For a second wife Mr. Selzer married Louise Wirth, by whom he has one son, George H., born June 27, 1867, who was educated at Brooklyn and is now a traveling salesman for a firm in Cleveland. In 1867 Mr. Selzer bought the piece of property which he has beautified and developed into his present excellent home, and has long resided at Brooklyn. In 1886 he embarked in the greenhouse business, in which he has been very successful. Politically he has always been a stanch Democrat. He has always been active and progressive as a worker in the ranks of his party, and has filled several very important political positions. He was appointed Deputy Treasurer of the State in 1878, a position which he held two years, and a very responsible position, which he filled with credit to himself and those whom he served. His next position of honor was that of bookkeeper of the House of Representatives, which position he held during the forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first Congresses. In personal bearing Mr. Selzer is a very pleasant, genial spirit. He is a gentleman of liberal and broad views, charitable in his nature, and is esteemed and respected by all who know him. ROBERT FOSTER, manufacturer of ladders and woodenware, Glenville, Ohio, is one of the most public-spirited and enterprising of men, and is well worthy of representation among the leading citizens of Cuyahoga county. He was born on the farm which is still his home, October 3, 1850, the son of William and Mary (Whigham) Foster, natives of county Meath and county Down respectively. The parents emigrated from Ireland to America, and passed the remainder of their lives in this country. The father settled on his farm in 1830, and to-day the entire tract is laid out in lots within the corporation of Glenville. Mr. Foster was a conspicuous figure in the village, taking a deep interest in religious and political matters; his home was the headquarters for the Methodist ministers, and he was largely instrumental in the building of the tirst Methodist Episcopal church in the place. He cast his suffrage with the old Jackson Democrats. He died in 1877, on the 24th day of April, aged seventy-four years; his wife died in 1853, at the age of thirty years. There w( re six children in the family, three of whom died in early life: Robert, Thomas, and Nancy, wife of Attorney Barrett, of Cleveland, are the three surviving. Robert Foster received his education in the common schools, his training there being supplemented by a course in the Spencerian Business College in 1870. He was reared to the occupation of a farmer, and followed agricultural pursuits in connection with bridge-building until 1888. He then started the only manufactory that has found support in Glenville, his annual output of ladders aggregating 20,000; he also manufactures a large line of woodenware, and draws his patronage from Florida, Texas, Maine, California, and intermediate States. In October, 1893, the plant was totally destroyed by fire, but with characteristic energy Mr. Foster went to work rebuilding, and within sixty days had his factory in operation. He has held every office in the village excepting that of Mayor: he was the first Marshal, resigning this position to become a member of the Council; at the end of three years he resigned to accept the office of Clerk, which he held two years. He was then elected a member of the School Board, and after one year he resigned to take a place on the Board of Water-works, which he still holds. He is time choice of both Democrats and Republicans for the same office, so that his election in April, 1894, is almost an assured thing. In 1883 he Was the choice of the Greenback party for County Clerk, and received a very large vote. Mr. Foster was married in 1877, on Christmas eve, to Miss Lillian E. Draper, daughter of 688 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. C. R. Draper, and a native of the State of Ohio. Mr. Draper was a minister in the Universalist Church, and during the late war was in the service four years. Mr. and Mrs. Foster are the parents of five children: William Robert, Frank Carlisle, Thomas Earl, Lillian Ethel and Dorris. Mrs. Foster and the two elder children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, financially and socially Mr. Foster is regarded as one of the leading men of the township, and few persons can number a stronger host of friends than he. DAVID S. PERKINS, M. D., 711 Genesee avenue, Cleveland, was born in Randolph, Portage county, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1856, a son of Captain Simeon and Mary Ann (Rogers) Perkins, who were also born within the borders of the Buckeye State. Captain Perkins was reared to the occupation of a farmer, and followed this vocation until recently, when he turned his attention to the business of securing pensions. He was a soldier in the late war, and therefore has a keen appreciation of the hardships encountered and the dangers faced by the " boys in blue." He enlisted in 1863 in the One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, after which he was chiefly on guard duty. He and his wife are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is an officer. They have had 'a family of three children: Dr. David S. is the eldest; Electa is the wife of Clarence Ladd, of Randolph, Ohio; Maud, a talented musician, died at the age of twenty-two years; she was a young woman of unusual gifts, and her death was deeply lamented by all who knew her. Dr. Perkins pursued the literary course of the University of Michigan and then entered the Cleveland Medical College, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1880. In 1883 he took the same degree at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He is a thorough student, and keeps fully abreast of the times in all matters pertaining to his profession. He began his practice in Randolph, Ohio, in 1880, and three years later came to Cleveland, where he has met with most gratifying success. His scholarly attainments, his devotion to his profession, and his genial disposition, have won him a host of admiring friends. He is surgeon to the University School, Cleveland; is medical examiner for the Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company, the Royal Arcanum, and the Knights of Maccabees. The Doctor was united in marriage in 1878 to Miss Carrie Mendenhall, daughter of William T. Mendenhall, of Randolph, Ohio. They have one child a daughter named Nina. They are both members of the Presbyterian Church. Although he takes no active interest in politics, Dr. Perkins does not neglect his duty as a citizen of the Republic: he casts his suffrage with the Republican party. LEWIS J. DUNN, veterinary surgeon, occupies a conspicuous and desirable rank in his profession, and was born at Erie, Pennsylvania, December 10,1867, and was there a resident many years. In the schools of Cleveland he gained a liberal education. His father being a liveryman, his surroundings in youth were such as invited him into the practice of veterinary surgery, and for two years he was a student under Dr. John R. Anderson and Hardlull Bros., of Louisville, Kentucky, in which latter city he spent two years, as a practitioner gaining a thorough and practical knowledge of his profession. He then returned to Erie, and after remaining there about eight months, and graduating from the Toronto School of Veterinary Surgery, he also became an honorary member of the Ontario Veterinary School. Upon coming to Cleveland he located at Brooklyn, where be has a very large stable, exceedingly well equipped and arranged for his busi- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 689 ness, which has steadily increased in importance. Dr. Dunn's practice has been very successful and has placed him among the most able of his profession. He has many boarders in his infirmary, which requires the attention of a number of skillful attendants. His institution is one of the best and most successfully conducted institutions of its kind, and is kept in line with all the modern improvements, and he himself; being of a progressive spirit, keeps full pace with the advancement of his profession. He graduated with honors at Toronto, has practiced with success, has accumulated wealth and achieved honor and respect. He enjoys the blessings of a happy marriage relation. He was married in September, 1892, to Miss L. Hoeh, and his present home is located at 43 Seymour avenue, Brooklyn. F. M. MCCARTNEY, D. D. S., with his office at 1207 Pearl street, has been a practicing dentist at that place for the past three years. He is a native of Randolph, Pennsylvania. He removed to Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1884. He graduated in dental surgery at Philadelphia, obtaining his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1890. He immediately came to this city and has since built up a very excellent practice in his profession, in which he ranks as a man of ability and learning. As a citizen Dr. McCartney is also highly esteemed. He is a member of the order of Knights of Pythias, and in politics is a Republican. AMOS DENISON, a representative attorney at law in Cleveland, Ohio, a man of conspicuous professional ability and marked intellectual acumen, is a native of the Buckeye State, having been born at Parma, Cuyahoga county, October 11, 1849, the son of Amos E. W. and Mary M., (Dexter) Denison. The father was a native of Stonington, Connecticut, and the mother was a direct descendant of Samuel Dexter, who once held conspicuous preferment as Secretary of the United States Treasury. Mr. Denison's boyhood days were passed on the parental farmstead, that most effective cradle of industry, of impregnable integrity and well-directed ambition. Under such invigorating and potent environment and rugged discipline our subject developed those sterling characteristics, which were to fortify him for the battles of life and to render possible the advancement to a position of prominence and honor as a man and a lawyer. At an early age he manifested a marked predilection for consecutive study and an ability to make a practical application of the knowledge gained through varied channels. Being gifted with keen perceptive powers and a mentality that placed true values upon all things, he was enabled to make his way through the advancing grades of the public schools with extraordinary rapidity, as may be deduced from the circumstance that at the age of fourteen years he beldame a student in the Cleveland Institute, where he devoted himself for several years to his studies, being unflagging in his application and holding no obstacle along the line of intellectual development as insuperable. He graduated at this institute in 1869, incidentally bearing off the highest honors of his class. His literary education thus advanced, the young man realized that in the wide world there was yet much to learn by mere contact with his fellow-men, and this broadening discipline he determined to secure, passing two years very profitably in study and travel. All this time he had retained in an inchoactive form an idea of the distinctive line along which his life work should be directed, and once determined as to the course to be pursued he buckled on the barness and again lent himself to close application, eagerly taking up the study of legal lore with the aim of preparing himself for practice at the bar, a profession for which he was admirabiy adapted by natural endowment and mental characteristics, as is sufficiently evinced by the marked success he has attained. He began the 690 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. reading of law in the office of Palmer & DeWolf, then prominent attorneys of the Forest City, and subsequently he took a full course of instruction in the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, graduating in 1872, in which year he secured admission to the bar. Thus thoroughly equipped, he entered upon the active practice of his profession in Cleveland, as a member of the firm of Wyman, Hamilton & Denison. Four years later his association was dissolved by the retirement of Mr. Wyman and the election of Mr. Hamilton to the bench of Common Pleas. Mr. Denison then entered into a professional partnership with J. W. Tyler, the firm conducting a representative business for a number of years. In 1886 our subject formed a law partnership with W. E. Sherwood, which association continued until the latter was appointed Judge of the Court of .Common Pleas. Very early in his career Mr. Denison attained prominence in his profession and consequently high standing among the members of the legal fraternity, ever retaining his prestige at the bar and as a man among men. With much native talent, close habits of study and application, indefatigable industry and integrity, the advancement of the subject of this review to a distinguished professional position is but in normal sequence from cause to effect. His abilities, acquirements and success have, however, transcended the limitations of his profession; his thorough education, keen discrimination, innate refinement and strong convictions have drawn him to a considerable extent into the literary and jounalistic field, where he has proved his talent as a vigorous and versatile writer. As a speaker he is persuasive, entertaining and eloquent, never resorting to specious methods, but ever giving a courteous dignity and directness to his utterances; he has gained no little prominence as a lecturer. Genial in his bearing and of broad sympathies, he enjoys a marked personal popularity and has high standing in social circles. In his political proclivities Mr. Denison has always been actively arrayed in the support of the Republican party and its tenets. In 1892 he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in Indianapolis, representing the Twenty-first Congressional District. He has ever maintained a lively interest in the cause of education and is one of the incorporators of that notable Cleveland institution, the Case School of Applied Science. J. T. FLYNN, who holds the responsible position of steward for the Cleveland Infirmary and Hospital, was born in Paterson, New Jersey, September 13, 1861, a son of D. J. Flynn. The latter was born in Dublin; Ireland, and emigrated to America. He was married in Glasgow, Scotland, to Miss Mitchell, and they had only one child. After coming to this country Mr. Flynn enlisted in the Federal army in New Jersey, and during his services received a wound from which he suffered many years. By the advice of physicians he consented to an operation to prolong his life, but, not being physically able to undergo such surgical treatment, he died on the operating table, May 14, 1893! J. T. Flynn, our subject, was brought by his father to this city when about seven years of age, where he received a good education in the public schools, and also completed a course in the Spencerian Business College. At the latter place he gave special attention to the study of stenography, becoming proficient. He served as stenographer for the general freight agent of the Big Four Railroad Company four years, for the following two years had charge of the freight office and yard of the Valley Railroad Company, was then appointed stenographer and Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff Ryan, and remained in that position until appointed steward of the Cleveland Infirmary and Hospital, May 1, 1893. Mr. Flynn has 700 inmates under his charge, fifty-six employes, and five divisions. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 691 All matters pertaining to the government and control of the two institutions are submitted to him for execution. Mr. Flynn has always been an active worker in political campaigns. He was one of the Democratic members of the City Council in 1890—'91, having been elected from the second district, sixth ward; was chairman of the committee on public offices and officers, and also served on several special committees. June 4, 1887, in this city, our subject was united in marriage with Rose E., a daughter of G. W. Swearinger, of German descent. He is now employed on the Valley Railroad. REV. GEORGE BERSTECHER, assistant editor of the Christliche Botschafter, 265 Woodland avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Tuttlingen, Wuerttemburg, Germany, January 6, 1850. His parents, George and Lena (Huber) Berstecher, passed their lives and died in Germany. The senior George Berstecher left Germany with his parents when he was sixteen years of age, expecting to come to America; but by the treachery of King Philip of France they were misled, and the whole company, instead of landing in America, landed in Africa, where they remained six months. On this voyage two of his brothers sickened and died and were buried at sea. They were returned to Germany at the expense of the French Government, and three days after they landed his father, the grandfather of our subject, died. The family was at one time wealthy, but on this voyage lost all their means. After his return to Germany, George Berstecher served his country eight years in the army. He died at the age of sixty-seven. Both he and his wife were members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. They had a family of two daughters and five sons, George being the first born. He was the first of the family to come to America, the date of his arrival here being July 12, 1870, when he lo- 44 cated in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1883 he was joined by his brother John, who is now a resident of Pennsylvania. The subject of our sketch had received a good education in his native land, and after he came to this country he was for two years employed at the publishing house of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Cincinnati. After that he became connected with the Evangelical Association publishing house. In the meantime he was preparing himself for the work of the ministry, and in 1873 he began his ministerial work as an itinerant in the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association. He served as a missionary in Ohio two years and for seven years was in the same kind of work in Illinois. After that lie took work in the Erie Conference of the same denomination and returned east. He t filled places in New York and Pennsylvania, and in the spring of 1891 was made pastor of the Herald Street Church of Cleveland, Ohio, where he served one year, at the end of which time he was appointed to his present position. He has been Conference Secretary most of the time since he has been in the ministry. In 1891 he was a delegate to the General Conference at Indianapolis, and was one of the secretaries of that body. Mr. Berstecher was married in 1875 to Miss Rosa Wuest, a native of Baden, Germany, who has been a resident of the United States since 1872. They have three children: Rosa, Olga and Thekla. His family are all members of the Evangelical Association. In his political views he is a Republican. W. F. BECK, M. D., physician and surgeon of Brooklyn Village; was born November 6, 1856, at Erie, Pennsylvania. His parents were John and Eva Beck, both being natives of Germany. They came to this country a few years prior to 1856. Soon after coming to this country they located in Erie, in the public schools of which city Dr. 692 - GUYAHOGA COUNTY. Beck received a literary education. For a time he was engaged in the mercantile business and other pursuits. He then entered the University of Buffalo for the purpose of taking a medical course, and received a diploma in 1893. He has thoroughly well prepared himself for his profession. He graduated with honor, being regarded as strongest of the class it which he graduated. Upon entering into the practice of his profession he located at Brooklyn and has already gained considerable reputation in the profession. Being naturally a man of strong character of mind and his tastes having led him to his profession, he is thoroughly devoted to the same, and is a constant and thorough reader and investigator, and has become thoroughly well equipped for his practice, having gained considerable hospital experience, as well as having traveled a very great deal, always looking with a view to benefiting himself in some way for the practice of his profession, in which he evidently will become successful. GEORGE B. FARNSWORTH, M. the oldest practicing physician of Brooklyn, where he has practiced for many years, was born June 23, 1854, in New York State. His parents were Whitcomb and Harriet Farnsworth. When our subject was but two years old, his widowed mother removed to Painesville, Ohio. Here her son was educated. Early in life he took up the study of medicine, remaining for a time under the guidance of practicing physicians, then entering the medical department of the Wooster University, of Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated in medicine in the year 1879, and in the following spring he located in Brooklyn, where he has since continued in the practice of his profession. He is one of the oldest and best-known physicians of that place, and sustains a very appropriate rank in his profession, being a member of the Cleveland Medical Society and the Cuyahoga County Medical Association, and also sustaining other important relations in his profession. Fraternally, he is a member of the Royal Arcanum. He is also a Christian gentleman, and is of a progressive spirit, taking considerable interest in public affairs. He has always been a warm friend of both church and education. He has served quite well as a member of the Board of Education and also on the Board of Public Health. He organized the Brooklyn Vocal Society, beginning with sixteen members, in connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and now the membership of this society is considerably larger, consisting of some of the most excellent talent in vocal music. RALPH ARNOLD, farmer of Orange township, Cuyahoga county, was born on the place where lie still lives, July 5, 1833, a son of Elestus Arnold, a native of Berkshire, Massachusetts, but one of the early pioneers of this county. His father, Elijah Arnold, was a Revolutionary soldier, and a member of a prominent family in Massachusetts. Elestus Arnold married Electa Fayworth, also a native of that State. In 1826 they came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and two years afterward located on the farm in Orange township where our subject now resides. The father died here at the age of seventy-nine years, and the mother survived until eighty-four years of age. They were the parents of six children, viz.: Collins (deceased in Warrensville, Ohio, in 1893), Douglas, Charles, Eliza, Ralph and George G. Mr. Arnold was an active worker in the Republican party, and for many years served as Justice of the Peace. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Ralph Arnold was reared on the old homestead, and received his education in the public schools of this locality. During the late war he served two years as a member of Company C, Fifth Ohio Infantry. Mr. Arnold now owns 100 acres of well-improved land in Orange township, where he has all the necessary farm buildings and improvements, and for the past twenty. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 693 years has been largely engaged in stock raising. He was also successfully engaged as a traveling salesman for a number years. In political matters, Mr. Arnold has always been an active worker in the Republican party, and has served with credit as Assessor, Trustee and a member of the School Board. In 1858 our subject was united in marriage with Jane N. Smith, a daughter of John and Nancy (Burnside) Smith. To that union was born one daughter, Lydia J., now the wife of Rev. F. N. Foster, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The wife and mother died in 1859. October 13, 1868, Mr. Arnold married Nelly, a daughter of James and Jane (Reynolds) Brown. The father died in February, 1893, at the age of eighty years, and the mother now resides at Elyria, Ohio, aged seventy-five years. They had six children: Mary A., Nellie E., Clarence, Jennie, Eva and Wilfred. Mrs. Arnold was a popular music teacher before her marriage. She is a member and zealous worker in the Free-will Baptist Church. REV. JOHN MITCHELL, D. D., Presiding Elder of the Northern Ohio Conference, was born in Wakeman, Ohio, December 1, 1823. His parents were of English descent and came from England to America a few years prior to the birth of their son. Dr. Mitchell's early education was obtained in the common schools. He also attended Oberlin College, and at the age of eighteen years entered the Boston Theological School, where he graduated at the age of twenty-two years, receiving the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Upon his graduation he took up his ministerial work and from that date to this he has been one of the most active and zealous ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, holding various and important charges in which his work has been effectual, rendering him conspicuous as one of the ablest, most eloquent and learned ministers of his church. In the year 1889 he was made Presiding Elder over his present charge, where he is not only highly esteemed as a pastor, but personally he is held in profound reverence, and to him is yielded most pleasing deference.D. D. R. HANNA.—Elsewhere within these pages reference is made in detail to M. A. Hanna, who is at the head of the well-known and representative business firm of M. A. Hanna & Company, of Cleveland, and who is one of the prominent business men of the Forest City. A son of the gentleman noted, and also a member of the firm just mentioned, it is certainly consonant that there be incorporated in this connection a biography of him whose name initiates the paragraph at hand. D. R. Hanna is a native of the city with whose business interests he is now identified, having been born in the year 1866. He was afforded the most excellent educational advantages, completing a college course in 1887. A young man of practical inclinations and a marked aptitude for business, he soon turned his attention actively to industrial pursuits, engaging in the coal and iron-ore business upon his own responsibility. Subsequently he found it expedient to identify himself and his efforts with the similar enterprise conducted by his father, the same being one of established prestige and wide scope of operations. Accordingly he became a member of the firm of M. A. Hanna & Company, who are extensive dealers in coal, iron ore and pig iron. To the furthering of the interests of this enterprise our subject has lent himself assiduously and effectively. He has proved himself a very capable young business man, employing much discrimination and utilizing most careful and effective methods —circumstances which insure his still greater precedence in the business and commercial activities of the State. In 1887 Mr. Hanna was united in marriage to Miss Carrie M., the daughter of the late 694 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. C. H. Herrington, who was a prominent capitalist of the Forest City. His death occurred in 1893. He was a native of Vermont, in which State he passed the greater portion of his life, coming to Cleveland in 1883 and establishing his home in a fine residence on Prospect street. He and his wife were members and communicants of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, and were devoted to the furtherance of all Christian causes. Mr. and Mrs. Hanna are the parents of two children, namely: M. A., who was born in 1888; and C. R., whose birth occurred in 1890. The family home is at Lakewood, a beautiful suburb of Cleveland, located five miles out, on the line of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, where our subject has a very attractive modern residence. Mr. Hanna is a young man of pleasing address, genial and courteous in his bearing, and enjoying a marked popularity in both business and social circles. He is liberal in his support of all worthy causes in the way of charity or as conserving the public good. In his political proclivities he is a Republican, and maintains a consistent interest in national and local issues. COLONEL JOHN F. HERRICK, one of Cleveland's able and prominent attorneys, is a native of Wellington, Lorain county, Ohio, where he was born February 23. 1836. His youth was spent at work upon the farm and in attending the district schools. In the Wellington Academy he was prepared for college. In 1856, he went to Oberlin College and there graduated in the spring of 1862. Immediately upon leaving college, he raised a company for the Eighty-seventh Ohio Infantry, in Wellington and Oberlin. He was elected Captain and served until he, with his whole command, was captured by the rebels at Harper's Ferry. He was soon after paroled, came to Cleveland and read law in the office of his brother, G. E. Herrick, and also attended the Union and Ohio State Law College, and, having previously studied law to some extent, he was enabled to graduate a§ early as 1863. He was also graduated at Oberlin College, as has been observed, though by the faculty during his absence, and found his diploma awaiting him on his return to Cleveland while on parole. In 1863 he received a recruiting commission from Governor Tod, and he raised a company in Cleveland for the Twelfth Ohio Cavalry, and was made first Major of the regiment while in camp at Cleveland, having been in the meantime notified of an exchange of prisoners, which left him free again to take up arms. With the above regiment, as a part of the Sixth Division of the Twenty-third Army corps, Mr. Herrick served during the remainder of the war, and was discharged November 24, 1865, as a Lieutenant-Colonel. He was in all the battles and skirmishes in which his regiment took part for over two years, and received high commendation for his brilliant and gallant cavalry charge which he made as commander and leader of his regiment at Marion, Virginia, on the 17th of December, 1864. Upon the close of the war Colonel Herrick returned to Cleveland and became a partner with his brother, G. E. Herrick, in law practice, and the two remained together in the practice of their profession until May, 1893. At that time Col. Herrick became senior member of the law firm of Herrick, Athey & Bliss. He was for a time one of the attorneys for the East Cleveland Street Railroad Company, and has been at times attorney for other important business firms. He has been a very successful lawyer, and has been retained in many important cases, involving not only important points in law, but also involving vital questions of rights and privileges as well as enormous sums of wealth. One of the most important cases brought by Colonel Herrick was that involving the question of the rights of property owners in the street. In bringing this before the court he did so against the judgment and opinion of nearly every member of the bar, No like as CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 695 had ever been before the Supreme Court, upon whose ruling the judgment of the lower courts might depend. Defeated in both of the lower courts, Mr. Herrick carried the case to the Supreme Court of the State, before which he rendered oral argument, and, after years of delay, he succeeded in winning his case before that tribunal, whose ruling in this case is looked upon as one of moment and importance. Colonel Herrick is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and is also an active worker in the Loyal Legion. He was married May 23, 1877, to Miss Flora E. Waring. The following are the names of Mr. and Mrs. Herrick's children: Clay and Howard (sons), Flora Scott, Pauline Waring, Marion Gertrude and Marguerite Gladdys (daughters). JOSHUA THOMAS, a dealer in oil and a manufacturer of pump governors and reducing valves and automatic water-feed regulators, is located at No. 4 Lee Court, Cleveland, Ohio. A brief sketch of his life is herewith presented: Joshua Thomas was born in Franklin county, New York, in October, 1829, son of Joshua • and Sophia (Kingsburg) Thomas, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Connecticut. Their marriage occurred in New York. The senior Joshua Thomas was engaged in farming in New York previous to 1849, when he came to Cleveland, Ohio, and began working at the trade of mason. He followed that trade and was also engaged in contracting for many years. Many of the large buildings in this city were erected by him. In religious belief, he and his wife were Universalists. He died in 1884, aged eighty-one years, and his wife passed away at the age of sixty-six. Both were most estimable people and were held in high esteem by a large circle of friends. They had a family of ten children, brief mention of whom is as follows: Sophia, widow of J. S. Stuart, resides in Chicago; Alvira, who died at the age of fifty-seven years; Joshua, whose name heads this article; O. M., a resident of New York State; Emma, wife of Ervin Kennon, of Cleveland; Hiram, who died at the age of eleven years; William R., Dr. Willard B. and Cyrus C., all residents of Cleveland; and Edwin, who died in infancy. The subject of our sketch received his early education in the public schools of New York, but the greater part of his education was gained by home study. After he reached his majority he felt the need of more advanced study, and for four years he spent nearly all his evenings at home with his books. Previous to this time he had helped his parents in the support of their large family, and thus he had been deprived of early educational advantages. He was for some time employed in work at the carpenter's trade and also at that time of stone cutter, and in 1861 turned his attention to the oil business in Pennsylvania, in which business he is still interested. He has made a number of inventions which have proved of great value to him and to others. His pump governor and reducing valve, which are used together, forms one of the finest reducing values ever invented. These patents he is now placing upon the market and is meeting with success in their sale. Mr. Thomas has been twice married. In 1855 he wedded Miss Emily Cane, daughter of Sylvester and Mary Cane, and they became the parents of two children: John E., who married Mary Evans, is now with the Standard Oil Company; and Emily Mary, who died in childhood. The mother of these children died in 1858, aged twenty-six years. In 1873 Mr. Thomas married Miss Maggie Shields, who is of Scotch descent and whose parents died when she was an infant. They have had five children, viz.: Freddie, Bertine, Harry (deceased), Eddie (deceased) and Elmer. Politically, Mr. Thomas is a Republican; fraternally, a Mason. He is a most worthy and respected citizen. A thorough American, he 696 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. believes in America for Americanized citizens without reference to the mother tongue. He has much inventive genius and his inventions are of a most valuable kind. He represents that class of inventors to whom the nation is indebted for that progress and unparalleled growth and enterprise which ranks her one of the foremost nations of the globe. EDWIN DUTY, the veteran street railway man of Cleveland and ex-Superintendent of the East Cleveland Railway Company, has spent his entire business life in this city. His father, Andrew Duty, came to Cleveland in 1833, three years after Edwin's birth, and bought the old Streeter farm near this city, which he and his sons cultivated for many years, in addition to their manufacturing of brick, which they took up in this new country. Andrew Duty was born in New Hampshire in 1804, and a few years later emigrated to New York and settled in Oneida county, where he married Elizabeth Haven, and was engaged for a time in distilling spirituous liquors . His children were: Edwin; Daniel, President of the Forest City Ice Company, and Andrew, a manufacturer of brick in this city. Mr. Duty died in April, 1884, and his wife or e year later. Edwin Duty secured a fair school training from the country school at Doan's Corners and from Shaw's Academy. At twenty-two he began business for himself, taking charge of the farm and operating it till 1857, when he bought out an omnibus line running from Doan's Corners—now Fairmount street—to the city, and conducted it until the opening of the East Cleveland Railway Company in 1860, when he sold out his business to them and became superintendent of the new line. From this date until April 1, 1893, Mr. Duty, rendered most efficient service as Superintendent being out of the company's employ only once from 1876 to 1881, when he was engaged in the ice business as part proprietor of the Cleveland Ice Company. Upon the consolidation of the East Cleveland lines in 1893, Mr. Duty was made superintendent of construction, where he still remains. Mr. Duty was born in Oneida county, New York, November 8, 1830. He married first, in 1852,—a daughter of Stephen B. Meeker, a Cuyahoga county pioneer. Two children resulted from this union: Albert E., assistant superintendent of Cleveland City Railway Company, and Emma, wife of H. B. Ferris, of this city. Mrs. Duty died in 1860, and the next year Mr. Duty married Elizabeth, a daughter of Richard Salter, a butcher of Cleveland. Their children are: William B., drowned in Geauga Lake at nine years of age, in 1880; Harriet, wife of F. W. Burwell; Elizabeth, married H. T. Fisk; Frank and Nellie, both single daughters; and Edwin, Jr. EDWARD SIXT of Rockport Hamlet, Ohio, was born in Berea, Ohio, Decem ber 22, 1853, a son of William and Barbara (Noderer) Sixt. Personal mention of William Sixt is made elsewhere in this volume. Edward Sixt was quite young when his father removed to Cleveland, where he remained but a short time, from thence going to that part of Rockport township now known as Rockport Hamlet, where Edward grew to manhood. Here he has since resided. For ten years he has been engaged in the milk business in connection with farming. Edward Sixt was married in Rockport township, December 14, 1875, to Miss Sarah Herbeson, daughter of the late Matthew Herbeson, of Rockport township. Mrs. Sixt was born in what is now Rockport Hamlet, March 9, 1855. Matthew Herbeson, her father, was born in the North of Ireland, and her mother, whose maiden name was Mary Dunn, was also a native of Ireland. He died January 15, 1889, and she in February, 1890. CUYAHOGA COL NTY - 697 Mr. and Mrs. Sixt are the parents of four living children, namely: Edward, William M., Eliza and Stewart H. They have- buried two children: Lillie, who died in her twelfth year, and Laura, who died when eight years and six months old. Mr. Sixt has served as School Director, and has taken a good degree of interest in local affairs. He owns 120 acres of improved land. Mrs. Sixt is a member of the Presbyterian Church. CHARLES L. BROWN, the efficient young clerk of the Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Company, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, September 12, 1870. He is a worthy representative of an old pioneer family led into Wayne county by his grandfather, a farmer, one of whose children, E. A. Brown, was the father of Charles L., who is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Apple Creek, and early in life became a public official as Bailiff, Deputy and ultimately Sheriff of the county, dying in office November 28, 1891, aged sixty-four years. He married Jane Hunter, and was the father of Esther A., wife of Mr. Wynn, of Cleveland ; Mary J., who married Mr. Mackey, of Wayne county; Clarence; and Ella, who married a Mr. Baker, and is now deceased. John H. Brown, born October 3, 1859, came to Cleveland in July, 1880, and entered the employ of the Big Four Railroad, remaining in the freight department till October 4, 1892, when he severed his connections, being then chief of the receiving department. He accepted the station agency of the C., C. & S. at Canton on leaving the Big Four, and remained until called to his present position as chief clerk and cashier of the Empire Fast Freight Line of Cleveland. In April, 1879, he married Lillie. a daughter of Peter Reese, of German birth. Their children are: Clyde A., Grover C., Blanche J., David W., of Cleveland; Laura Belle, who married Mr. Peppard; Minnie May, who is married ; and Charles L. The last named went to work at the age of fourteen in a planing-mill in Wooster. A few months later he came to Cleveland and secured employment at the Union freight depot, until he entered into the service of he Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Company as office boy. He proved an apt and diligent pupil, and in two years was made bill clerk, and after a like service to the position of chief clerk in the spring of 1892. It is the boy who possesses the energy and pluck that reaches the top round of the ladder, and since Mr. Brown reached the chief clerkshi p at the remarkable young age of twenty-one, it is only fair to predict a bright and prosperous future for him. FRANK W. WARNER, an employee of the Valley Railroad, is a representative of an old and well-known family of Cleveland. His grandfather, W. J. Warner, was born in Massachusetts, in 1804. He came to Cleveland, locating in a log house on Prospect street. He was a prominent contractor and builders and, among other buildings, erected the Forest City Hotel, the post-office building and the 41 stone church on the square. His labors yielded him a profit sufficient to retire from active work soon after the close of the war, and his death occurred at 83 Prospect street, in 1882. 1N1 r. Warner married a Miss Morris, and they had five children: Elvira, widow of John Ruse; C. H., father of our subject; T. M., engaged with the Society for Savings; Fred, in the insurance business; and one whose name is unknown. C. H. Warner was born in Cleveland, in 1339. He spent several years in Independence, Kansas, where he was first engaged in the boot and shoe business, next in the hardware trade, and lastly was proprietor of a hotel. He then returned to this city, and secured the position of l'ost-master. He was united in marriage with Catherine, a daughter of Captain Robert Moore, 698 - CUYAHOGUA COUNTY. a native of the Isle of Man; he came to Cleveland, where he was engaged in the lake trade many years. Mr. and Mrs. Warner had five children, four now living: Frank W., our subject; William, a traveling salesman; Albert, and Jennie. Mr. Warner is deceased. Frank W. was born August 5, 1862, and attended the Cleveland public schools until fifteen years of age. He then began his railroad career as fireman, on the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad, under passenger conductor Thomas Carlisle. This crew brought the Garfield funeral train from Pittsburg to Cleveland, with engine No. 27. In 1884, Mr. Warner was promoted to the position of engineer, but soon afterward left that road, and has since remained with the Valley Railroad. In his social relations, be is a member of the B. of L. E., and for the past five years has been chairman of the adjustment committee of the order. Mr. Warner was married in this city, February 21, 1888, to Carrie Caldwell. Her father, Charles S. Caldwell, was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1844, was proprietor of a hotel at Mineral Point, this State, and his death occurred in 1883. He married Martha Sheldon, a native also of Trumbull county, who now resides in Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell had two children,—Bert, of Canton, Ohio, and .M rs. Warner. Our subject and wife have one son, Charles C., born January 19, 1889. ANNA GAAB is the widow of Joseph Gaab, who was born in the Province of Berne, Switzerland. He was left an orphan at the age of two years. Upon coming to America, he first purchased five acres of land in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, to which he afterward added 250 acres more, and erected a good residence. His death occurred in 1869, of cholera; he retired at night in good health but died before morning. Mr. Gaab was married in 1852 to the subject of this sketch, whose maiden name was Bock. bower. She had four brothers and sisters, Frederick, Anna, Mary and Leonhart,—but is the only one of the family in this country. Mr. and Mrs. Gaab had five children, namely: Joseph, Mary, Lizzie, Anna and Catherine. The eldest son is engaged in making grindstones in the mill. Mr. Gaab was a hard-working and industrious man, and made what he owned by unrelenting toil. His only help was $275 received from his father-in-law. GEORGE W. NORAGON, one of the most faithful and reliable engineers in ,I1 the employ of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company, was born in Worcester, Pennsylvania, in 1853. When he was about three years of age his parents became citizens of Butler county, Pennsylvania, and there George was reared to the age of sixteen, and obtained a common-school education. The par. ents decided that another move westward would be beneficial and accordingly they sought Ohio and made Alliance their stopping place. A short sojourn there was followed by another move, this time to Michigan, where the father, D. Noragon, died, in 1886. While a resident of Pennsylvania, the senior Noragon was a farmer, but in Ohio and Michgan he was a hotel-keeper. He married Anna Stephens, born in Pennsylvania, and yet living. Three sons and three daughters were bornto Mr. and Mrs. Noragon, viz.: George W.; Mary, who married and is a resident of Iowa; Samuel, road foreman of engineers of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Company, who married Mary Clingerman; Elizabeth; Thomas, engaged in merchandising in Michigan ; and Ella. George W. Noragon was for a short period a teamster in Alliance, Ohio, giving it up and entering the employ of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Company, July 22, 1872, as freight brakeman, with conductor Lewis Myers. Two years' service in that capacity sufficed to make him fireman, where we find him seven years and a half. His next promotion was to the position of yard engineer, CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 699 awaiting a vacancy on the road. He ran through and local freight and passenger trains, and by preference he has, for three years past, been doing yard work solely. He is a careful and industrious man, treating the property of the company as if himself financially responsible, and possessing withal a creditable record as an engineer. HON. ROBERT WALLACE.— To the heterogeneous and cosmopolitan elements which go to make up our composite national personnel there is perhaps no other foreign land that has made more valuable contributions than has the Emerald Isle, that cradle of legend and romance. The quick intellegence, the ready wit and extreme versatility of the Irish type prove attributes, that assure the ready assimilation of the subject into bone and muscle of the national individuality, and to men of such lineage we owe much honor for loyalty, for the accomplishment of ambitious ends, and for intelligent and well directed industry. The subject of this memoir, who attained to a position as one of the representative and honored business men of Cuyahoga county, was a native of Ireland, where lie was born March 18, 1828, his parents being people of intelligence and culture. When he was fourteen years of age the family left their native land, emigrated to America and finally located at Berea, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. Here young Robert grew to manhood, became a capable business man and eventually one of much influence in the community, and here he continued to reside until he answered death's inexorable summons. He became prominently identified with the stone quarrying enterprises of Berea, and during the latter years of his life was connected with that well known and important corporation,the Berea Stone Company, whose business ramifies into the most diverse sections of the Union. He was married in 1854, to Miss Maria Bryan, who was born in Strongsville, Cuyahoga county, the daughter of pioneer residents of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace became the parents of three children, Mary J., Robert H. and Edith M. Mr. Wallace was one of the progressive and public-spirited citizens of Berea, maintained a lively interest in public affairs of a local order, and was ever on the alert to aid and foster such enterprises and undertakings as conserved the advancement and best interests of the community in which he lived. Stanch in his support of the principles and policies advocated by the Republican party, he naturally occupied a position of no little prominence in the local councils of that organization, and was honored with conspicious preferments in the gift of the people, who had perfect confidence in his executive ability, his integrity and fidelity to their interests. He served in the war of the late Rebellion, as captain of Company C, One-Hundred-andtwenty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which company he organized. For several years he served as Justice of the Peace, and in 1880 he was the choice of the Republicans of his district as a candidate for the State Legislature, being elected to the office by a majority that gave unmistakable evidence of the popularity in which he was held. During the latter years of his life he was intimately identified with religious work, being a consistent and zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his wife is also a member. Mr. Wallace died September 10, 1883, and his demise was sincerely mourned in both the business and the social circles of the city to whose interests he had been devoted. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Wallace has maintained her home with the family in Middleburg Township. Honored in life and held in grateful memory after its close, the subject of this sketch has well merited the recognition that has been ours to accord him, while the task would be a pleasing one were we permitted to enter more fully into the details which go to make up his life history.