750 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. to them in other capacities, and as opportunities for promotion came he was ready for them and never found wanting. Four years ago he was given his present position, that of soliciting agent, a position requiring peculiar fitness and adaptability. Mr. Giessen has been quite considerably interested in politics since he was twenty years of age. He allied himself with the Republican party and has been a faithful advocate of its principles since. In 1892 he was made the Republican candidate for the City Council, and although the district (the tenth) was Democratic by 700, he was elected by a majority of fifty-three votes. In the Council he is chairman of the committee on city property, a member of the committee on department examinations and of public works. He is attentive to his duties and is making a useful member June 18, 1890, Mr. Giessen married Anna E. Veith, from Meadville, Pa. Mr. Veith left Bavaria about the time that Fred Geissen located in Meadville and became a wholesale grocer and provision merchant. One child is the result of this union, Norman Daniel, fourteen months old. Fraternally Mr. Giessen is a Knight of Pythias and a member of the National Union. H. F. TEETERS, a passenger conductor of I the Valley Railroad, was born near Holmesville, Holmes county, Ohio, April 22, 1861, a son of James W. Teeters, who was employed by the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad for twenty-five years. He married Amanda Bell, and they had only one child. The wife and mother died in 1887, at the age of forty-seven years. H. F., the subject of this sketch, received a common-school education at his native place. After reaching a sufficient age he seeured the position of brakeman on the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad, between Hudson and Columbus, and in the following year was promoted to conductor of the baggage and express train, remaining in that position four years. Mr. Teeters was next employed by the Pittsburg & Western Railroad, spent three years with the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Road, and in 1888 became an employee of the Valley Railroad. During the first three years he was employed as a freight conductor, and for the past two years has been in the passenger service. Mr. Teeters was married in Millersburg, Ohio, in August, 1885, to Minnie, a daughter of Robert Forbes. He was born in Holmes county, this State, in 1832, and is now proprietor of a meat market in Millersburg. He married Miss Angeles Cobb, born in 1848, and they have had six children. Mr. and Mrs. Teeters have one child, John D. F., born April 18, 1886. In his social relations Mr. Teeters is Assistant Chief of the O. R. C. REV. W. A. LEONARD, D. D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, whose see city is Cleveland, was born in Southport, Fairfield county, Connecticut, on July 15, 1848. He acquired his education in Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, St. Stephen's College, Annandale, New York, and Berkley Divinity School, Middletown, Connecticut, supplemented by study and travel in Europe. Bishop Williams ordained him a Deacon at Middletown, Connecticut, on May 31, 1871, and on July 21, of the following year, ordained him a priest at Stamford, Connecticut. In April, 1873, he married Miss Sarah L. Sullivan, in Brooklyn, New York. In 1872, he became rector of the Church of the Redeemer in Brooklyn, and remained there nine years. In 1879, he received the degree of bachelor of divinity from St. Stephen's College. In 1880, he was elected by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, missionary bishop of Washington, then a Territory, but declined the offer. His rectorship at Brooklyn continued until 1881, when he became rector at CUYAHOGACOUNTY - 751 St. John's Church at Washington, D. C. The free library of Brooklyn is one of the many flourishing monuments to his untiring efforts. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him in 1885, by Washington and Lee University, Virginia. In July, 1889, he was elected by the convention held at Trinity Church, Toledo, to succeed Bishop Bedell, and was consecrated Bishop of Ohio, at St. Thomas' Church, New York city, the following October. The development of this diocese under his management has been remarkable, and yet it has been a steady, healthy growth, increasing from sixty-four clergymen in 1890 to one hundred in 1894, and from twelve missionary stations to forty-two. Over one thousand persons are confirmed by him every year. He is beloved for his open, attractive manner, high Christian character, and indefatigable energy. None can listen to his brilliant oratory and choice vocabulary without being charmed. DAVID HORIGAN, a veteran engineer 1 of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company, was initiated into railroad service on the Illinois Central Railroad in 1853, being stationed at Dunleith, Illinois. For seven years he remained with that company and drew pay as a fireman. In 1860 he returned to the Forest City which he had left on beginning his western trip. Not finding employment just to his liking, lie went into the copper regions of the North, and worked in the mines at Superior until the spring of 1861, then returning again to Cleveland. He turned his attention again to railroading, securing a freight brakeman's situation on the Cleveland, Cincinnati & Chicago. In twenty months he began firing, and in 1865 was promoted to the position of engineer, since which time he has presided most creditably and steadily at the throttle, failing to respond with his signature to only two pay rolls in thirty-two years. Mr. Horigan was born in county Limerick, Ireland, March 9, 1835. In 1847 his father, David Horigan, brought his family to the new w )rld, and established them in Cleveland and vicinity. Their first location was on a farm near Dover, where David, Jr., obtained his first lessons in industry. David Horigan, Sr., was born with the present century and died in this co linty, in 1865. He married Bridget Connors, a id their children are: John, deceased; Peter, a resident of Marshalltown, Iowa; James, in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Catherine, wife of J ones Dempsey, of Berea, Ohio; and our subject. Young David received a rudimentary English elucation from the district schools, and at nineteen deserted the parental roof without consent o his father, and sought his fortune in the West, here his first railroading began. Mr. Horigan met Miss Julia McCarty in Cleveland and they became husband and wife , November 29, 1864. Her father was Patrick McCarty of county Tipperary, Ireland. Mrs. Horigan had one child, George, who is now twenty-nine years of age, and she died in 1892, aged fifty years. Mr. Horigan is one of the original supporters f the Big Four Insurance Company, and bea-ie a beneficiary on its organization. GEORGE A. BENNETT, who has carried on a blacksmith business in Mayfield, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, for more than a quarter of a century, is well known here, and Is one of the worthy citizens of the place should lave some personal mention in this work. A ffief sketch of his life is herewith presented. George A. Bennett was born in Mayfield ownship, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, April 1, 1847. And before speaking further of him, we turn for a glimpse of his parentage. Jacob Bennett, his father, was one of the early settlers )f this county. It is supposed that lie was a native of New York, and while that is not certhin, it is known that his father, Abram Ben- 752 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. nett, was of Dutch descent: Jacob Bennett was a blacksmith by trade, and for many years his brawny arm wielded the hammer in Mayfield. He died here March 30, 1861. He took a seep interest in local affairs, and had served as School Director and Constable. The mother of our subject was by maiden name Mary I. Tromball. She was born in New York, and was eleven years old when she came with her parents to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, she being the youngest in a family of five children. Her father was a native of Connecticut, and was by occupation a farmer. The subject of our sketch is one of a family of five, three daughters and two sons, he being the older of the sons. He was reared on the farm on which he now lives, and his education was limited to that of the common schools. He was early trained to the trade which his father followed. Indeed, as soon as he was old enough to reaeh the anvil he began blacksmithing.. His father's blacksmith shop was the first one in the town, and after his father's death he succeeded him in business. Fo . a number of years he also manufactured wagons and buggies, until the larger manufactories took that line of work from him. Besides running the shop, he is also engaged to some extent in farming, owning and operating forty acres of land. Mr. Bennett was married November 20, 1867, to Barbara A. Berg, who was born in Bavaria, Germany, October 19, 1845, and who came with her parents to this country when she was four years old. Their passage across the ocean was made in a sail vessel in which there were 1,300 passengers, their destination being reached after a voyage of thirteen weeks. She IA as reared in Euclid township, this county. The names of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett's children are as follows: Carrie E., wife of Frank Leslie, of Euclid township; Alford A., who married Hattie J. Thorp, resides in this township; Berton 0., who married Eva R. Lentz, is also a re3ident of this township; Jacob C., at home; and Ida M., also at home. Mr. Bennett is a stanch Republican. He has served as Treasurer of Mayfield township fifteen years, and as Constable eight years. Fraternally, he is both a Mason and a Knight of Pythias, having his membership in these organizations at Chagrin Falls. J. L. MERRICK, a Lake Shore & Michigan Southern passenger conductor, was born on , Monroe street, in Cleveland, January 8, 1840, passed his school days here, going through the West high school course as early as 1854; went into the service of Captain S. L. Warner, master of a sailing vessel. He sailed on all the great lakes, and was two years on salt water, along the eastern shores of the Atlantic ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, trading out of Galveston, Texas, with South and Central American ports. The rupture between the North and the South made a Northern man's life hazardous in Southern cities, and in order to feel more secure and to be among his friends, Mr. Merrick came back to Cleveland and entered the Federal army as a private in Company C, Fifty-Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His company saw service in north and middle Tennessee, and was in the scrimmage incident to the capture of Fort Donelson, was at Shiloh and at the siege of Knoxville, where he was discharged from service, because of sickness. Mr. Merrick began his railroad career in 1860, on the Dayton & Michigan, now Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, and remained there with some intermission until 1868, leaving the company as a passenger conductor. In 1868 he engaged in the oil business as a member of the firm of Merrick Bros., refiners and in anufacturers. This arrangement lasted four years. He then re-entered the railroad service, this time with his present company as freight conductor: since 1883 he has been in passenger service. Mr. Merrick is a son of A. W. Merrick, a builder, who came to Cleveland in 1834, from CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 753 Fort Carrington, Franklin county, New York. His birth occurred near Plattsburg, Vermont, and he was a volunteer soldier in the great battle of Lake Champlain. He married Agnes Erwin and died in January, 1865, aged sixty-five years. His wife was born in county Armagh, Ireland, and came to this country at fourteen years of age. She died in 1888, at the age of eighty-eight years. Her children were six in number, of whom three are now living, namely: Mrs. E. J. Clayton, of Brooklyn, Ohio; Miss Frances E. Merrick and J. L Our subject was married in Fremont, Indiana, February 17, 1867, to Miss C. A. Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Merrick's children are: Ellsworth M., now in Montana; Ada, a graduate of the Cleveland high school; E. W., a high school graduate and employed by the Long Distance Telephone Company; F. E., Edith and L. E. HENRY SCHUSTER, a citizen of Rock- port Hamlet, was born in Hanover, Ger- i many, April 4, 1847. When a lad of six years he Came with his parents, Henry, Sr., and Leonora (Stockhouse) Schuster, to America, who settled in Ohio City, now the " West Side" of Cleveland. Here the husband and father died in 1861; the mother is still living. Of a family of five children Henry was the second. He was reared to manhood on the West Side. In 1877 he entered the employ of Bons-field & Poole and began to work in their pail, factory. Later lie went to Bay City, Michigan, and was engaged in the same employment for seven years, when he returned to Cuyahoga county and purchased the farm of seventeen acres where he now resides, and on which he has erected good buildings. He devotes his time and attention to general fanning and to gardening. Mr. Schuster was married in Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Rate Giest, who died in Bay City, Michigan. She was the mother of four children,— Kate, wife of John Loeblin; Earnest, George, Nora and Maud. Mr. Schuster was again married in Rockport Hamlet, April 8,1886, to Miss Louisa Weber, a native of Cleveland, and they have one child,—Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Schuster are members of the First German Reformed Church of Cleveland. In politics Mr. Schuster is a Republican. JAMES H. GATES, Postmaster of Mayfield, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, was born at Gates Mills, this county, January 17, 1841. His father, Charles Gates, a native of Onondaga county, New York, came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, in 1836, and located in Mayfield township at what is now Gates' Mills. He was a tailor by trade, and followed his trade there until 1846, when he turned his attention to farming, and in farming he was engaged the rest of his life. He died in the fifty-ninth year of his age. Charles Gates was a son of James Gates, who was a native of New York and a descendant of Scotch ancestry. Three brothers by the name of Gates emigrated from Scotland to America at an early day, and from one of them the subject of our sketch is descended. The mother of James H. Gates was before her marriage Miss Celia Rathborn, and she, too, was a native of New York. It is supposed that her ancestors also came from Scotland. She is still living, having passed her three score years and ten. They had a family of five children, two sons and three daughters, of whom the subject of our sketch is the oldest. James H. Gates was reared in his native township, remaining at home until he reached his majority and receiving the benefit of good educational advantages. After he had completed his studies in the common schools he was for five terms a student in the State Road Academy. He taught school in Orange township, this county, four winters. Then until 1881 he was engaged in general farming, and that year turned his attention to the merchandise busi- 754 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. ness, in which he has since been engaged, having been at his present location since 1890. From 1890 until 1892 he served as deputy in the postoffice, and since 1892 has been Postmaster, serving most efficiently and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. Mr. Gates was married January 1, 1878, to Rosa M. Shephard, a native of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and a daughter of Ira and Rhoda Sliephard, who were early settlers of this county,. having located here in 1834. . Mr. and Mrs Gates have five children, one daughter and four sons: Rhoda M., Charlie E., Arthur S., Birten J. and Danna S. Politically, Mr. Gates is identified with the Democratic party. He has filled various township offices,' and in all the public positions to which he has been called he has discharged his duty faithfully. Mr. Gates is a member of the A. F. & A. M., No. 214, at Chagrin Falls. JOHN W. LANDPHAIR.—Among the prominent agriculturists of Middleburg township, Cnyahoga county, Ohio, who are deserving of honorable mention in this connection, stands Mr. Landphair, who is a successful and substantial farmer in that locality. He was born in Brookfield, Madison county, New York, September 8, 1828, but the major portion of his life has been passed in Cuyahoga county, Ohio. He was the second in order of the five children born to Alfred and Eliza, nee Jordan, Landphair, who left their home in the old Empire State in 1831 and betook themselves with their family to what was then the far West, settling in Rockport township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where they passed the residue of their lives, honored and esteemed by all. Coming to Rockport township when only three years of age, our subject was there reared to manhood, receiving a good common-school education and thereafter devoting himself to farming, and incidentally to the manufacturing of brooms and of wooden measures of all capacities: On New Year's day, 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Burrington, daughter of the late Jefferson Burrington, who died in Strongsville township, in the year 1889. Mrs. Landphair was born in Truxton, Cortland county, New York, March 13, 1837, and her marriage to Mr. Landphair was celebrated in Middleburg township, Cuyahoga county. They have had four children, namely: Charles B., who died at the age of six years; Frank E.; Alta M., who is .the wife of Charles E. Hatch; and Alma E., the wife of Jacob L. Beider. After his marriage Mr. Landphair continued his residence in Rockport township for a period of three years and then removed to Middleburg township, where he has since been actively and successfully engaged in the cultivation of his fine farm of ninety-one acres, two-thirds of which is thoroughly improved. The family homestead is a• spacious and substantial brisk domicile of pleasing architectural design,— a place that gives the unmistakable impression of a home, and not a mere abiding place. Mr. Landphair has maintained a lively interest in local affairs of a public and semi-public nature, has made it his aim to advance in every possible way the interests and prosperity of the community in which he lives, and has been an active and progressive citizen. He has been called to numerous local preferments of trust, among which it may be noted that he has been a most efficient incumbent as Trustee of the township. FRIEDRICH GEISS has been engaged in farming in Parnia township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, since he settled here in 1868, and is classed with the successful farmers of his community. He owns eighty-three acres of fine land, upon which he has erected good buildings, and which he has otherwise improved. Mr. Geiss dates his birth in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; January 10, 1834. He remained in his native land until 1852, when he severed CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 755 home ties and turned his face westward, after a successful voyage touched American soil at New York city. From there he came to Ohio. After spending one year in Marshallville, Wayne county, he removed to Stark county, and there he resided until 1868. He had learned the miller's trade in Germany, and after his arrival in America worked at that trade one year. Then he turned his attention to the jeweler's trade, which he learned and which he followed until he settled down to farming in Parma township in the fall of 1868. While a resident of Stark county, Mr. Geiss was married in Cleveland, Ohio, July 3, 1863, to Elizabeth Meyer, also a native of Germany, her birth having occurred in Baden, May 26, 1839, and the date of her arrival in America being 1852. After their marriage they settled in Fulton, Stark county, where, as above stated, they continued to reside until 1868. They have four children: Louis H., Charles E., Frederick J. and Christian A. Their oldest son married Miss Anna Boyer. In local affairs Mr. Geiss has taken an active part, having served as Township Trustee and School Director for several years. Both he and his wife are members of the German Presbyterian Church. HON. THEODORE BRECK, the most prominent citizen of Brecksville township, is a descendant of New England Puritan stock. Some of his ancestors were prominently identified with the early history of Massachusetts. His father, John Breck, was a native of Northampton, Massachusetts, and in company with his brothers was engaged in Boston in the importation of iron. He served in the war of 1812, being a portion of the time in command of forces stationed at Fort Independence, Boston harbor. He was one of the original purchasers, of the Western Reserve tract from the State of Connecticut, and upon its division among several owners he was allotted parts of townships in various counties. In the township named after him he originally held deeds for half of its territory. He died in 1827. His wife, whose name before marriage was Clarissa Allen, died in 1831. She was the daughter of Rev. Thomas Allen, the first settled minister of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, who was a man of deep religious principles and was very patriotic during the Revolutionary war. When General Burgoyne, for instance, was marching forward on his campaign of invasion, Mr. Allen heard of his approach during Sunday service, and he promptly left the pulpit to form a company of minute men, who hastened to the support of the Continental forces. His son, William R., was president of Bowdoin and Dartmouth Colleges during the early part of the present century. Rev. Thomas Allen's wife, nee Elizabeth Lee, was the daughter of Rev. Jonathan Lee, the first settled pastor of Salisbury, Massachusetts. Tracing back further, it is conclusively shown that Mr. Breck is a lineal descendant of Governor Bradford, one of Massachusetts' early colonial governors. John and Clarissa (Allen) Breck had six children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the third son and child. He was horn in Northampton, in the Bay State, November 30, 1888, took an academic course at Hadley and Amherst, in his native State, and after his father's death came West, in company with his two brothers, Edward and John, and looked after the extensive interests left by his parents. He located at Brecksville in 1830, and engaged in agricultural pursuits, and also in mercantile trade. Later he became also a Notary Public. Hie; brothers also finally located in Brecksville. The elder engaged in the practice of medicine, and the younger in farming; both are now deceased. Mr. Breck, whose name introduces this sketch, wan originally a Whig, and has been a steadfast Republican ever since the organization of that patty. He is zealous and able in the advocacy of his political principles. From 1843 to 1846 48 756 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. he was County Commissioner, and in 1875 was appointed to fill a vacancy in the same board. From 1846 to 1848 he represented his district in the House of Representatives of the Ohio Legislature, and from 1860 to 1861 he represented it in the Senate, and again in 1876-'77, in the General Assembly. In his official duties he gave entire satisfaction and gained the respect of the people irrespective of party. In his official career he has been associated with James A. Garfield, George B. McClellan and many other noted men. As examples of his shrewd judgement of human nature, we learn from the Cleveland Leader of December 19, 1893, that a reporter sent out by that paper, interviewed Mr. Breck at his home during the session of the Ohio Senate in 1860. His opinion of Garfield was to the effect that he was a rising young man, and one of the most promising members of the Ohio Senate; and of McClellan he said that while he was a brilliant man he was born one day too late. Mr. Breck is a very generous man. No man in the township, even to this day is so much besieged by representatives of local benevolent and religions institutions, to all of which he liberally contributes, although he is not a member of any church himself. He is rightfully called the father of Brecksville. By his many acts of kindness he liras erected a monument that will long endure, and be far more highly revered than any column of elaborately decorated marble. Mr. Breck has never been married. C. F. DeKLYN, an artist, was born in Tarrytown, Westchester county, New York, January 10, 1865, a son of John F. and Charlotte M. (Barton) DeKlyn, natives of New York city. They now reside in Ceve: land, aged fifty-three and fifty-four years, re spectively. The father is a confectioner and caterer. The mother is of English and French extraction. Mr. and Mrs. DeKlyn had eight children, six now living, all in Cleveland, as follows: John (engaged in business with his father), Charlotte, Lydia, C. F., Ella (now Mrs. I. R. Hughes, of Cleveland), and Floyd. C. F., the subject of this sketch, completed an academic course in Tarrytown, in one of the oldest schools in that part of the State. In 1882 he came with his parents to Cleveland. In 1886 he went to Paris, where he spent four years, and also spent some time in England, Scotland and Ireland, studying in the art schools. Among his noted masters were: Boulaner, Lefevre, Cannon and Mercier. During his stay in Paris he was an annual exhibitor to the Paris salon, where he received several distinctions. He received the highest number obtained in the Julien school; was placed in one of the most favorable positions allowed to exhibitors in the salon; and has several pictures in the extreme part of the globe, viz.: Japan, Scotland, Ireland, England, France, San Francisco and New York city. Mr: DeKlyn had an interesting episode in France. He was arrested as a spy, and detained in the county jail a few hours. But upon producing the credentials, which he did not happen to have at the time of arrest, he was released. It was at the time of the mobilization of the French army, which takes place in order to drill the men, and, being a much larger man than the average French soldier, his size arrested attention and he was accosted- by the French police. In the prison was a miniature guillotine, to which the Frenchman pointed with a significant nod and gesture, while he uttered something in French to add terror to the lone American. Mr. DeKlyn was released on condition he should never return to that town, Quimperle, again, but the promise he did not find necessary to keep. He returned to America in 1891, where he has since continued his profession. In due time he expects to return and reside in Paris. He has his salon picture of 1888, now in the possession of Charles Shackelton, of Cleveland, which created favorable comment in the Paris papers. Mr. DeKlyn has also several other pictures in the possession of Cleveland parties. His studio is located at 1244 Euclid avenue. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 757 He was married October 4, 1893, to Miss Lillian B. Turner, a daughter of John and Annie Turner, of Bridgeport, Ohio. The father came from England to America about thirty-five years ago. He is one of the Councilmen of his town, and is well and favorably known. Mr. DeKlyn is a member of the Baptist and his wife a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, he votes with the Republican party. He is an interesting, thoroughgoing and public-spirited citizen, as well as a distinguished artist, in whom the great city he represents may in be a just and commendable pride. HERBERT S. GRAY, electrical manufacturer of Cleveland, is'a native of this city, born January 17, 1865. His father is Hugh Gray, a machinist and foundry-man. He was once in the employ of the Orinoco Steam Navigation Company, being in charge of their boats upon the rivers and bays of Venezula, South America, for six years, at the close of which period he came north and located in Cleveland, about 1860. In 1861 lie married Miss Candace Wright. In Cleveland he first engaged in the machine building, foundry and boiler business, owning and operating one of the largest machine shops in the city at that time. Later he became chief engineer of the Lake Erie Iron Company, which position he still holds, He is an expert machinist: He and his wife are members of the Disciple Church. Their son, whose name introduceS this personal sketch, was educated here in Cleveland, and at the age of eighteen years entered the employ of Sterling & Company, carpet dealers, of this city. In 1886 he became engaged in music and job printing for himself, in this line becoming one of the most prominent dealers and job printers west of Philadelphia. In 1889 he sold out ibis business to the Eclipse Electric Type & Engraving Company, and took a half interest in the Fletcher & Fletcher Electric Company. Two years later he bought the interest of his partner, becoming sole proprietor. In 1\' ovember of 1891 he admitted Ira Adams as a partner for two years, at the expiration of which time he was succeeded by J. H. Monroe. The business of the concern has been of stupendous volume and signal success. Mr. Gray is not only an active and successful business man but also manifests much interest in public affairs. In politics he is a Republican, and he has done much work in the interest of his party. He has been a delegate to several of the State conventions, as well as to the local conventions, but he has never aspired to public office. He is a member of the fraternal order of Knights of Pythias and of the order of Tonti, belongs to the Cleveland Grays, and is prominent in social circles. JOHN W. CLEMANS, who is ranked with I the prosperous farmers of Dover township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is entitled to biographical mention in this work. Mr. Clemans was born in Charlton, Massachusetts, May 19, 1817, oldest son in the family of six children of Eli and Matilda (Owen) Clemans, natives of Charlton, Massachusetts, and Gloucester, Rhode Island, respectively. The former was born in the year 1792.. They were married in Rhode Island, and from that State subsequently removed to Cuyahoga, county, Ohio, their settlement here being in 1830. Here the father died in 1863. The mother survived him until some time in the '80s, when she passed away at the age of over ninety. John W. Clemans was thirteen years of age at the time his parents came to Cuyahoga county, and in Dover township he has ever since resided, farming and lumbering being his occupations during all these years. He owns 230 acres of well-improved laud. Mr. Clemans was married in Dover township, February 14, 1851, to Miss Mary W. Brown, who was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, 758 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. June 16, 1822, daughter of Joseph and Mary W. (Winsor) Brown, both natives of Smithfield, Rhode Island. They emigrated from that State to this county in 1830 and settled in Dover township. Here they spent the closing years of their lives, and passed away some years ago. They had eleven children, of whom Mrs. Clemans was the seventh born. Mr. and Mrs. Clem-tins are the parents of four children; Henry A., Emma A., Celia 0. and William E. Celia 0. is a praticing physician of Canton, Ohio. Mr. Clematis' political views are in harmony with the principles advocated by the Republican party, he having cast his vote with this party ever since its organization. WILLIAM THOMAS, one of the prosperous and well-known citizens of Warrenville township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, dates his birth in this township, January 17, 1839. Joseph Thomas, the father of William Thomas, was one of the early settlers of Cuyahoga county, he having located here in 1824. He was a native of Massachusetts, but had lived in New York for some time previous to his coming to Ohio, and while in the Empire State had married Lydia Smartey, a native of New York. Upon their arrival in this county they established their home in a log cabin in the midst of the forest, and on the farm they spent the rest of their lives, each attaining a ripe old age, his death occurring at the age of eighty-two and hers at ninety. By trade he was a carpenter. Politically, he was a Republican. Their family consisted of six children: Catherine Wetherbee, of Newburg, Ohio; Jemima Edwards-Hester; Jane Ann; Charles; and William, the youngest, his mother being fifty years old at the time of his birth. William Thomas was reared at the old homestead, the same farm on which he now lives, his education being received in one of the typical lug schoolhouses of the day, and in the practi cal school of experience. He now owns 102 acres of fine farming land, one of the best farms in the township, well improved with good buildings, etc. July 16, 1859, Mr. Thomas was married in Bedford, Ohio, to Miss Mary Caly, a native of Concord, Lake county, this State, daughter of John and Jane (Hampton) Caly, natives of the Isle of Man. Her mother died at the age of forty-two years and her f'ather at seventy-nine. They had a family of eight children, namely: John, Hamilton, William, Daniel, Thomas, Charles, Robert and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have had four children, viz.: Charles J., of Cleveland, Ohio; Frank W., at home; Maria, deceased wife of B. Bleasdale; and Nelly, who died at the age of seven years. During the late war Mr. Thomas enlisted in the Union service, and as a member of the One Hundred and Third Ohio Infantry made a good record as a soldier. He is a member of Royal Dunham Post, No. 177, G. A. R., of Bedford. Politically, he is a Republican. REUBEN A. CARPENTER, a resident of Strongsville township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, was born in the township in which he now lives, June 10, 1828, a son of early pioneers on the Western Reserve. His father, Caleb Carpenter, was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, April 30, 1798, and his mother, whose maiden name was Susan Haynes, was born in Massachusetts, January 4, 1801.They came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, about 1818, and it was here that they subsequently met and married, their marriage occurring in Strongsville township. They settled on a farm a short distance east of Strongsville Center, where they reared their family, spent the rest of their lives and died, the date of her death being October 10, 1847, and that of his, January 20, 1873. They had a family of nine children, of whom Reuben was the third born. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 759 With the exception of two years, the subject of our sketch has spent his whole life in Strongsville township. One year he lived in Wisconsin and one year in Cleveland. Farming has been his life occupation. His political affiliations have been with the Republican party, he has taken an active and commendable interest in all local affairs, and has filled most acceptably several official positions. For six years he served as Township Trustee, and was a Justice of the Peace for three years. Mr. Carpenter was married in Brunswick, Medina county, Ohio, October 11, 1849, to Miss Matilda S. Umber, who was born in. Peru, New York, April 6, 1831. Her parents, William and Betsey (Knowles) Umber, both natives of New York, came to Cuyahoga county in 1840 and settled in Strongville township. They subsequently removed to Columbia, Lorain county, thence to Berea, Ohio, and from there to Jackson, Michigan, where Mrs. Umber died. Mr. Umber died in Strongsville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter have had six children, viz.: Alden V., William L., Eva M., wife of William Triming; Edmond R., who died at the age of eight years; Alvin M., and Frederick A. ERNST F. WALKER, a thrifty farmer and much respected citizen of Dover township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is a native of the province of Hanover, Germany, born April 19, 1837. The first seventeen years of his life were spent in his native land, and then, in company with his parents and the other members of the family, he emigrated to America. His father was Jobst F. Walker, and his mother's maiden name was Gertrude Schomborg. Upon coming to this country, they first settled at West Side, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, and from there in 1870 they removed to Dover township, where they passed the residue of their lives. They had six children, three sons and three daughters, the subject of our sketch being the third born. Ernst F. Walker remained with his parents until the time of his marriage. He had served an apprenticeship of three years to the trade of mason, and for a number of years worked at that trade in Cleveland. In 1864 he removed to Dover township and settled on a farm of seventy-five acres. This farm he still owns and occupies. He has here erected good buildings and has otherwise made valuable improvements, his home and surroundings having a general air of thrift and prosperity. Mr. Walker was married in West Side, Cleveland, February 2, 1860, to Miss Maria Boehning, who was born in Hanover, Germany, February 16, 1842, daughter of Herman and Ellen (Blase) Boehning. Her parents emigrated to America in 1844, and upon their arrival here settled in Newburg township, where they lived till death. They had a family of nine children,, five sons and four daughters, Mrs. Walker being the youngest of the family._ She was reared in Newburg township, on her father's farm. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are the parents of eight children, viz.: Minnie, wife of Frank Meilander; Emma, wife of August Lamp; Hermann, who married - Emma Farthrnann; and the rest at home—Louisa, Frederick, Henry, Christian and Otto. Both Mr. Walker and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church. He has filled the office of Township Trustee one term. CHARLES HATHAWAY, the veteran street railway man and a most familiar figure of Cleveland, and born at Grafton, Massachusetts, November 7, 1824. He was a farmer's son and his youthful days were spent on a well-regulated New England farm. After completing his education at Worcester College he became an apprentice in the locomotive works of Seth Wilwoth in Boston, to learn his trade. When he had become an efficient mechanic he set about learning civil engineering 760 - CUYHOGA COUNTY. for the purpose of better equipping himself for the business of railroad contracting, which he expected to engage in. His first railroad contract was taken in 1844 and for thirteen consecutive years he followed steam-railroad construction in Pennsylvania, Delaware and the New England States, parts of the Pennsylvania, Boston & Albany, Old Colony, Troy & Boston and Hudson River lines being constructed by him. In 1857 Mr. Hathaway turned his attention to street-railway building, his first line being put in in Philadelphia. For thirty years succeeding this he remained in constant activity, building more than 100 different lines in Canada and the United States, covering territory as far north as Minneapolis, and south to New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1860 he was associated with George Francis Train in constructing three lines of street railway in England,—in the cities of London, Burton Head and Darlington. In 1873 Mr. Hathaway came to Cleveland and built the Broadway and. Newburg line and was interested in the construction of the Payne avenue and Superior street lines. Of the last mentioned line he was president fifteen years. In 1884 he bought the St. Clair street line and operated it till its consolidation with the cable company, of which consolidation he was president. He is now a director of the Cleveland City Railway and is giving attention to this interest and that of his real-estate in this city. He is fond of innocent amusements, like ball-playing, hunting and fishing, and is an active member of two gun clubs, a fishing club and the social clubs, Union and Roadside. This Hathaway family is directly descended from that -Hathaway of Stratford-on-Avon a daughter of whom married the poet Shakespeare. A representative of it came to America during colonial times, were farmers and noted for their longevity. Our subject's grandfather, Solomon Hathaway, reared a family of children, one of whom, Solomon, married Lucy, a daughter of Aaron Kimball, a soldier in the Revolution and a participant in the battle of Bennington under command of Colonel Stark. Aaron Kimball married a Miss Brooks. Ten children were born to Solomon and Mrs. Hathaway, Charles being the sixth. He married, in Massachusetts, in 1847, Maria, a daughter of David Chamberlain, who with his wife was a missionary to the Sandwich Islands. . Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway have four children: Charles A., of Cleveland; George; Sarah L., wife of F. Dell. Robison, vice-president of the Cleveland City Railway Company, and president of the Cleveland Base Ball Club (and probably connected with a score of enterprises of this city); and Alfred, engaged in manufacturing in this city. E. J. WUNDERLICH, a physician and surgeon of Cleveland, was born at Canal Dover, Ohio, April 5,1854, a son of Rev. E. F. and Amelia (Meisshardt) Wunderlich, natives of Saxony, Germany. They came to America in 1853, locating at Canal Dover. The father, one of the pioneer ministers in the German Methodist Episcopal Church in America, has followed his calling at Canal Dover, Cincinnati, Covington, Wheeling, Toledo, Chicago, Detroit, Portsmouth, Allegheny, and for the past forty-three years has been stationed at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. Wunderlich was converted in this country, and returned to Saxony, to preach. At that time Methodism had not been introduced in Saxony, and while preaching he was several times arrested and taken outside the corporation. A large crowd would follow, and when released Mr. Wunderlich would preach. to his followers. He became a popular minister, was earnest and enthusiastic in his work, and has written a book on his trials in Saxony. He has now reached the age of sixty-four years, and his wife is sixty-two years of age. They have four sons and two daughters, all living. E. J. Wunderlich, the eldest child in order of birth, received his literary ed ucation at Berea, CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 761 in the Baldwin University and -the German Wallace College. He graduated at the Detroit Medical College in the class of 1874, and at the Cleveland Homeopathic College, in the class of 1882. Dr. Wunderlich began the practice of his profession at Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1875, remaining there until 1881, and since that time has been one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Canal Dover. He is Medical Examiner for the Masonic order, the I. O. O. F., the H. G., Protected Home Circle, New York Home Life, and is a member of the Round Table Club and the Ohio State Homeopathic Medical Society. Mr. Wunderlich was married in 1877, to Miss Louisa Faubel, a daughter of George Faubel, of Wheeling. To this union has been born three children: Archie, born November 17, 1879; Edmond, who died of diphtheria in 1890, at the age of six years; and Anna, now three years of age. Mr. Wunderlich is identified with the Republican party, and both he and his wife are members of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject is a worthy and respected citizen, as well as an experienced practitioner, and has built up a large and lucrative patronage. C. J. CRONIN, conductor on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, was born in Delaware county, Ohio, October 6, 1865, a son of Cornelius Cronin, a native of the Isle of Eviris, Ireland. He emigrated to America, locating in Delaware county, Ohio, when the Bee Line was in course of construction, and secured employment on that road, Mr. Cronin was married in his native country, to Ellen Lonohon, and they had two children, C. J. and Mary. The parents are still residents of Delaware, this State, aged respectively seventy-five and — years. C. J. Cronin secured only such opportunities as are ordinarily extended to sons of laboring men, and especially those of foreign-born parents, who seek the -United States for greater freedom from the burden of taxation and for a more just remuneration for the toil necessary to a mere existence. He became acquainted with work in his tender years, having operated, a stationary engine in his early 'teens, and also drove a hack from a Delaware livery firm. July 4, 1880, Mr. Cronin came to the Forest City, where he secured the position of brakeman on the Big Four Railroad, serving in that capacity eight years. Since that time he has been engaged as a through freight conductor. Mr. Cronin was married December 17, 1891, to Miss Lucy Maginnis. They have one child, Mary, born in October, 1893. In his social relations, Mr. Cronin is a member of the 0. R. C. A. CLAUS, a furniture manufacturer of Cleveland, was born in Brookhausen, Prussia, in January, 1857. He learned cabinet-making from his father, Henry Claus, who was a manufacturer of prominence in his native city. In accordance with a desire to join his brothers and sisters in the United States, and to avoid the three years of military duty devolving on German subjects on becoming eighteen years of age, our subject left Germany in company with his father and the remaining members of the family, and reached Cleveland without delay. He secured employment with Claus & Bush on Pearl street, and was with them about four years. J. Herig & Son were his next employers for a period of three years. Burl, Case & Company secured his services the next two years, and he was in the employ of the Singer Sewing Machine Company the succeeding two years. He subsequently became a partner in the West Side Furniture Company, on Orchard street, and six years later established himself at 629 Seneca street. He is in company with Mr. Quelles, and the value of the plant will reach $10,000. The business has increased one-third since its organization, and the men employed will average twenty. When Mr. Claus came to Cleveland 762 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. he was in debt. For a time on his first arrival he worked for his board and clothes. His energy put him on his feet in a few years and now he is building up a profitable business. Henry Claus is the father of ten children, only six of whom are now living; Henry; Frederick; John A.; Eleanor, wifeof Henry Richter, of La Porte, Indiana, and Mary, married and living in Germany. Mr. Claus married in Cleveland, in 1881, Miss Ellen Geralin. Their children are: Arthur, August, Otto, Loesa, Lydia and Clara. WALTER J. HAMILTON, son of Hon. E. T. Hamilton, of whom mention is made elsewhere within these pages, was born in Cleveland, April 14, 1865. His early education was received in the schools of Cleveland. He then attended the University of Michigan, where he graduated in 1888, receiving the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He after ward attended Cornell College, of New York, from which institution he graduated in 1890, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws and Ph. M. Returning to Cleveland he was admitted to the Ohio Bar in October, 1890, and in February, 1891, associated himself with W. C. Ong, under the firm name of Ong & Hamilton, which firm has since gained a large and general practice of law. Mr. Hamilton was married in 1891 to Miss Jennie M. Adams', daughter of Edgar Adams, Esq., of Cleveland, Ohio. REV. JOHN H. WEFEL, who is pastor of the St. Peter's Chapel of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cleveland, was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 24, 1862. His parents were John and Minnie (Kleinsorge) Wefel, natives of Germany. These parents were married in the United States and settled in Fort Wayne, where they became respected and well-known citizens. The father died in 1876 at the age of sixty-one years, while the mother, who yet lives at Fort Wayne, is now past her seventieth year. Both parents became in early life members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in which they were from the beginning zealous members. The subject of this sketch is the fifth of a family of seven children, four of whom married, and are now living in Fort Wayne. One child is a citizen of Nebraska and one a citizen of Kansas. Louisa, the first, is the wife of Christian Culp, Esq., of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Henry is a resident of Nebraska; William married Tillie Steinker and resides at Fort Wayne; Helena married William Fritze, Esq., of Strong City, Kansas; John H. is the subject of this sketch; Martin Wefel married a Miss Weller, and is a resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana, where also resides the seventh child, Caroline, who was wedded by August Peningroth. At Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Rev. Wefel received his literary education. His theological education was received at the Concordia Theological Seminary at St. Louis, Missouri, where he graduated in the class of 1883. Immediately afterward he became pastor of a church at Pomeroy, Ohio, where he remained for about three and a half years. In 1887 he came to Cleveland, becoming pastor of St. Peter's Chapel, where the congregation then consisted of 150 communicants and the parochial school was attended by fifty pupils. Four hundred and fifty communicants now constitute the congregation and 130 pupils attend the parochial school, and are taught by one female and two male teachers. Rev. Wefel is Secretary of the Middle District of The Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States, and has held this position for the last three years. The Middle District comprises Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. May 19, 1885, Rev. Wefel married Miss Elizabeth Anna Reuter, daughter of Valentine Reuter, of Pomeroy, Ohio, the father of the following children: Elizabeth, wife of John Iteilman; Mrs. Wefel; Sophia, wife of Thayer H. Heslop; Louisa, wife of Curtis Smith; CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 763 Magdalena, wife of John Hilderman; Amelia, wife of Edward Findling; Charles; John, married to Fannie Boggess; and of the home circle there remain yet Barbara, Otto, George and Lydia. The subject of this sketch is the father of the following children: Lydia, Walter and Amelia. Mrs. Wefel is an amiable woman, and is a zealous member of the same church with her esteemed husband, where he is a very prominent minister though a young man. Into all his work he has thrown much energy, vigor and earnestness, and his efforts have been followed by that success which has placed him among the ablest of his profession. FREDERICK P. FARRAND, Captain of Hook & Ladder Company No. 5, of Cleveland, was born in Burlington, Vermont, March 11, 1833, a son of William and Eliza Sarah (Alford) Farrand, natives also of that State. The father, born in 1809, was a son of Jared Farrand. While in Vermont William was engaged in preparing timber for market. He came to Ohio in 1833, after which he was employed for a short time in making boata, and then became owner of a line of packets between Cleveland and Portsmouth. He lost his boats, however, by the foreclosing of a mortgage, which he made to serve a friend. He then came to this city, and from that time until 1860 found employment in the ship yards. Mr. Farrand next assumed the care of his aged father until the latter's death. He then purchased and moved to a farm in Fulton county, where he remained until'his death, at the age of sixty-one years; Politically, he was first a Whig, and afterward became an ardent Republican. Ditring the Mexican war he raised a company of soldiers, under the authority of Governor Reuben Wood, of Ohio, was appointed its Captain, but before mustered into service the war closed. The mother of our subject died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Moses G. Watterson, on Case avenue, Cleveland, at the age of eighty-six years. She was a devout member of the Second Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Farrand had five children, viz.: William, deceased in infancy; Frederick P., our subject; Freeman P., of Cleveland; Helen, wife of Moses Watterson; and George, deceased at the age of five years. Three of the sons took part in the late war. The mother and sister were also very patriotic, nothing having been left undone by them that could add to the comfort, efficiency and worth of the brothers while in the service. After completing his education, Frederick P. Farrand, the subject of this sketch, was employed as brakeman on the same train with Mayor Blee, having held that position until the opening of the late war. At Lincoln's call for 75,000 men, he enlisted in the service, and after the expiration of his term re-enlisted for three years, or during the war, in Company A, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His first battle was Winchester, under Shields, where he was disabled, taken to Winchester, and was ordered to the hospital to take charge of the wounded soldiers of his company. The hospital was located in a hotel, but a few months afterward was moved to the Female Seminary. Being ordered to evacuate Winchester, the wounded were take in cattle cars to Frederick City, Maryland. Mr. Farrand was next ordered to report at Columbus, Ohio, was examined and discharged, after which he returned home. He was subsequently ordered to the defense of Washington, during which time he served as Sergeant of Company F, One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment Ohio National Guards. Mr. Farrand has served in the Cleveland Fire Department since thirteen years of age, with the exception of about seven years, and is now the oldest fireman in the volunteer and pay departments in the city of Cleveland. In 1864 our subject was united in marriage with Miss Caroline M. Dill, a daughter of Edward Dill, of Baltimore. They have had six children, namely: Edward W., who has been employed as book-keeper for the Dime Savings 764 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Bank since its organization; Daisy E., wife of William T. Tegethoff, of Brooklyn, New York; F. Albert, agent for the Cleveland Supply Company; George D., an employe of the Standard Oil Company; and two deceased in infancy. Edward W., the eldest child, married Miss Howe, and they have one child. In political matters, our subject is an ardent Republican. He is in every way a most worthy citizen, giving good attention to the best interests of those whom he serves. W. F. THOMPSON.—But little more than a score of years ago " Billy Thompson," as his hosts of friends familiarly refer to him, came to Cleveland and entered the employ of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company as superintendent of the rod department of their institution. He was then a young man of nineteen, with rather unusual natural endowments, re-enforced by a fair English education. His life, as far as his business relations are concerned, is simply one long-continued story of duty well and faithfully performed and does not bristle with new events of frequent occurrence. Mr. Thompson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, December 14, 1855. He entered the Boston Rolling Mills at thirteen, learned his trade and remained with them till coming to Cleveland. His identity with the Cleveland Mills covers a period of nineteen years. Mr. Thompson is probably best known in the political field. His training in his youth was such as to warrant his alliance with Democracy on reaching the age of political responsibility. He became early a party enthusiast, and being by nature impetuous, ambitious and invincible, he has inspired hope and confidence in his party, and gained a great personal popularity and following. In 1889 he was elected Police Commissioner of Cleveland and was legislated out of office by unprincipled opponents. Mr. Thompson has been frequently and prominently mentioned in connection with the mayoralty of Cleveland, and should such honors come to him by the suffrage of the people they would be most worthily bestowed. In April, 1893, Mr. Thompson was chosen by Director Farley as his deputy, and any man who knows Mr. Farley will be convinced that this appointment would be made solely on the basis of merit. Mr. Thompson's father, John Thompson, came from Ireland to Boston more than fifty years ago. He was a mill man during his ac tive life, but is now a resident of Cleveland and retired. He married in Boston, Mrs. McGuire, who bore him ten children, eight of whom were sons. W.F. Thompson married in Cleveland, February 14, 1880, Anna, a daughter of John Duff, an early settler and the man who built the asylum. To Mr. and Mrs. Thompson seven children have been born; Mary, Raymond, Anna, Edwin and Edith (twins), William and John. Billy Thompson's personal popularity is due to the effect that he is approachable, genial and kindly alike to all. He makes an exemplary city official and is loyal to his city, his party and his friends. A. C. BURKE, an engineer on the Valley Railroad, was born on Jersey street, Cleveland, in November, 1857, a son of A. C. and Eliza (Lawson) Burke, natives of Ireland. They came to Cleveland, Ohio, in 184– and the father was a familiar figure on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad for many years. He died while in active service, in 1888, aged about sixty years. Mr. and Mrs. Burke had seven children, five now living, viz.: A. C., E. J., Frank, William, all engaged in railroad work; and Mary, wife of O. E. Kenney, superintendent of the De Losier Wheel Works, at Toledo, Ohio. The deceased children were: Ellen, who married a Mr. Chester, and died in 1890; and Catherine, deceased in 1891, was the wife of B. R. Brassell. A. C. Burke, the subject of this sketch, began work on the Bee Line Railroad, as brake- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 765 man, in 1870, and four and a half years afterward was promoted to the position of engineer. During the construction of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad from Norwalk to Toledo, he was engineer and conductor of the pioneer train, and on leaving that road ran the pay car on the T. C. & St. L. Railroad for three years. During the following five years Mr. Burke was engaged in the wholesale liquor and restaurant business, and during that time was one of the organizers and Secretary of the Dayton Public Athletic Club. He then resumed railroading on the Big Four Road, remaining there four years, and since that time has served on the Valley Road. November 25, 1891, in this city, Mr. Burke was united in marriage with Miss Mary Boland, of Springfield, Ohio. PROF. J. A. TEPAS, PH.D., was born in Cleveland, December 3, 1852. His parents were John and Paulina (DeRose) TePas. The parents are natives of Holland, being of Dutch lineage. The father in early life followed the trade of a blacksmith. Later he was engaged in stone works in Cleveland. For years he was a director in the Cleveland co-operative store. He came to Cleveland in 1849, coming from New Orleans. He was in New Orleans during the Mexican war, and afterward returned to Holland and brought thirty-seven of his neighbors with him to America. They all remained in this country and settled in Cleveland. Many of their descendants became residents of the West Side. The father is now a resident of Olmsted Falls, Cuyahoga county. He is about seventy-five years of age. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of six children, of whom three are living. He was educated in Louisville, Ohio, and in St. Mary's, Ohio. He attended college at Rome, and was ordained to the priesthood May 11, 1880. Since 1882 he has been in the St. Mary's Seminary of Cleveland. -He received the degree of Ph.D at Rome, at the Collegio Romano. In the St. Mary's Seminary he is a teacher of music, and is regarded as an educator of ability. He is a teacher also of dogmatic theology in the college, and this is the most important-of his work. In philosophy and theology he is a ripe scholar. His work as an educator has been of vast importance and he is esteemed and respected by all who know him. M. C. MALLOY, member of Council, was born in County Mayo, Ireland, September 20, 1850. He is a son of Michael Malloy, a farmer who died in Ireland but whose family came to Cleveland. Michael Malloy married Catharine Moran, who bore him ten children, six of whom are now living: M. C.; P. M.; Mary, wife of Richard O'Malley ; Margaret, wife of Michael Moran, deceased; Catharine, wife of Patrick Gorman; and Julia, wife of Patrick Masterson. M. C. Malloy came to Cleveland in 1870, and was employed on the coal docks for nine years with the Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Company as a laborer. He was then made foreman of the dock, remaining in that capacity till 1885, when he engaged with Pickand, Mather & Co., as superintendent of their outside works, which position he still fills. About sixteen years ago Mr. Malloy became interested in politics, at which time he was elected. to the city council, serving through the years 1883, '84 '85 and '86. In 1890 he was again sent to that body as represent itive, and again in 1892, his term expiring in 1894. The question of " Boulevard" has enlisted Mr. Malloy's attention. The opening of the, river bed and the lake front also were measures which he worked assiduously to carry through, visiting Columbus as a lobbyist while the latter question was before the legislature. He was active in securing the passage of an ordinance increasing salaries in the police department of the city government. Mr. Malloy is 766 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. now serving on the committee on public officers and offices, labor, department examinations and claims, being chairman of the last named. April 13, 1879, Mr. Malloy married Catharine, a daughter of Michael Walsh. The children of this union are: "Mary A., deceased; John F.; Catharine and Margaret. Mr. Malloy is identified with the A. O. H., of which he is President; with the C. M. B. A., and is Past V. P. and Financial Secretary of the C. T. A. U. of A., and represented that lodge at the State conventions of that order. lie has for twenty-one years been most active in the cause of temperance. CAPTAIN CORNELIUS REWELL, of Cleveland, was born in Sussexshire, England, February 14, 1815, a son of Charles and Ruth Rewell. The father died in England in 1816, at about the age of thirty years. The mother afterward married John Walden. She located in Canada in 1834, came to the United States in 1845, and died March 1, 1847, at the age of fifty-three years. Cornelius Rewell, his parents only child, began sailing on the ocean in 1832, in an old schooner called the Flora, Captain George Viney, first as cabin boy, was afterward promoted as cook, and subsequently began seaman's work. Bek sailed first to the bay of Honduras for mahogany, logwood, cochineal and cocoanuts; next went to London; thence to the West Indies for sugar; and later to St. Vincent in the Chieftain. Mr. Rewell then left; that ship and joined the Vestal, a war vessel, which cruised around the West Indies, and was there at the death of King William. He has sailed to the coast of Labrador, and was in two whaling voyages to Van Dieman's Land, in the isle of Tasmania, where all the roughs of England had been banished. He followed the sea from 1832 to 1846, and in the latter year came to Sandusky, Ohio, where he worked on the shore for one and a half years. In 1848 he began sailing on the lakes, which he continued until 1876, and during that time encountered many hard storms. Since then Mr. Rewell has been retired from active labor. He was married in the spring of 1849, in England, to Maria Martin, a native of that country, and who died in Cleveland in 1868, at the age of fifty-one years. George Martin, their only child, now residing in Cleveland. He married Jessie Miln, a native of this city, and they have one child, Hazel Marian. In 1869 Mr. Rewell was united in marriage with Mrs. Mary La Roe, who was born in New York, a daughter of John and Mary La Roe, natives of France. Our subject and wife have an adopted daughter,Josie, now the wife of George Warden, and they two children : Cornelius Livingston and Margaret Mary. Our subject and wife are members of the Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Rewell is a lady of rare traits of character, possessing a great love for humanity and a deep sympathyfor the sufferings of mankind. She is a lady of refinement and culture, and is numbered among the worthy and highly respected citizens of the city. In his social relations, Mr. Rewell is a member of the Masonic order, and politically, affiliates with the Republican party. He is a genial and courteous gentleman, and his lively disposition and easy manners make hi in a favorite among his many friends. PARKE W. STUART, M. D., practicing in Berea, Ohio, was born January 28, 1859, in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, where he was reared. He attended the common school and high school of Mt. Clemens and then took a business course in Bryant & Stratton's College at Detroit, afterward teaching penmanship in that college about two years. He then commenced the study of medicine in Toronto, Canada, completing his course in Detroit, Michigan, where he graduated, at the Detroit College of Medicine, in March, 1886. Dr. Stuart began the practice of his profession in Detroit, after- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 767 ward removing to Cleveland, Ohio, where he continued for three years. He then came to Berea, where he has since remained and enjoys a fine and growing practice. Dr. Stuart was married first to Miss Estella May Fuller, at Chesterfield, Michigan. She died while on a visit to her father's home, June 9, 1886, leaving one daughter, Ethel, who died the following September. The Doctor was again married September 29, 1890, in Berea, to Miss Maud E. Hutchings, who was born and reared in Cleveland. Dr. Stuart is Health Officer for the township of Middleburg. He has taken an active part in religious work, having united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1882, and he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Royal Arcanum. CHARLES FREDERIC MABERY, S. D., Professor of Chemistry in the Case School of Applied Science, was born January 13, 1850, in New Gloucester, Maine. His ancestors were among the first settlers in the towns of Windham and New Gloucester, and were in active service during the Revolutionary and subsequent wars. He early engaged in teaching, when nearly prepared to enter college, and during five years he taught in the various grades of the common schools and academies in Maine. When called upon to teach chemistry, natural philosophy and mathematics in Gorham Seminary, he became deeply interested in physical science, and in 1873 he entered courses of instruction in science in Harvard University. After teaching one year in Warren Academy, Woburn, Massachusetts, preparing candidates for admission to The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in chemistry and mathematics, he was appointed assistant teacher in the Harvard chemical laboratory. During the following eight years he developed summer courses of instruction in chemistry, which were attended by teachers from all parts of the country, and demonstrated the utility of this system of instruction, which has since been recognized as a feature of the university training. During this period he received from the university the degree of Bachelor of Science and the degree of Doctor of Science, publishing many papers on results of his investigations in chemistry. In 1883 he accepted a position in the Case School of Applied Science, and he has since devoted his entire energy to the development of the chemical department in this institution. With the aid and cordial co-operation of the President and Board of Trustees, notwithstanding serious interruptions incident to the construction of several laboratories, and losses by fire, under his direction this laboratory now offers as good advantages for the study of chemistry as those of the older and larger institutions. Since coming to Cleveland Professor Mabery has published numerous papers in pure and applied chemistry, and he is now engaged on an extended investigation of the American sulphur petroleums. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and other scientific societies of this country and Europe. In 1872 he was united in marriage with Miss Frank A. Lewis, whose ancestors were early settlers and influential citizens in Gorham, Maine, several of them serving in the Revolutionary war. DAVID M. STRONG, well known as Merrick Strong, is one of the well-to-do farmers and highly respected citizens of Strongsville township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. He belongs to a distinguished family of pioneers, of whom we make record as follows: John S. Strong, in honor of whom the township of Strongsville was named, came from Marlborough, Vermont, to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, in 1816. After a short sojourn here he went back to Vermont, and with his family returned to the township which has since borne his name. Here lie took claim to a large tract 768 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. of land, on which he established his home, and here he lived to the ripe old age of ninety-three years. This John S. Strong was an uncle of our subject's father, Retire Grove Strong. The latter was born in Stafford, Connecticut, June, 25, 1797, and when eighteen years of age came out to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and entered the employ of John S. Strong. For two years of service he was to have his choice of a farm in Strongsville township, and accordingly selected one in the northern part of the township. He settled on this farm—the same upon which the subject of our sketch now lives—in 1819, and here he spent the rest of his life and died, his death occurring May 14, 1859. Retire Grove Strong was married in this township, June 24, 1819, to Miss Vina W. Whitney, daughter of Deacon Whitney and sister of Flavel Whitney. She was born in Marlborough, Vermont, June 14, 1802, and died at her home in this township, June 2,1842. May 5, 1844, Mr. Strong married for his second wife Orra M. Merrill, who survived him a number of years, her death occurring June 9, 1877. In connection with the history of the Whitneys, it should be further stated that Vernica Whitney, a sister of Mrs. Strong, was the only woman in Strongsville in 1816, and her son, Franklin Hillard, was the first child born in Strongsville township. Retire Grove Strong and his first wife were the parents of thirteen children, seven of whom reached adult age, namely: Marcia A., wife of Robert M. Ashley, died March 30, 1853; Mary D., wife of William H. Ashley, died SepteMber 5, 1854; Sanford S., who is engaged in farming in Wisconsin; David M., whose name graces this article; Harriet E., wife of Chipman Strong, and, after his death, of E. H. Reed, died November 27, 1880; Vina W., wife of John S. Spencer, died in Edgerton, Wisconsin, March 16, 1888; and Newton G., who is engaged in farming in Michigan. David M. Strong was born, reared, married, and has spent his life in Strongsville township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. His birth occurred August 22, 1829. He was married October 25, 1853, to Miss Almira S. Bryant, who was born in Nelson, New Hampshire, August 20, 1833, daughter of Francis S. and Betsey E. (Sprague) Bryant, natives of Massachusetts and New Hampshire respectively. They emigrated from the latter State to Ohio in 1833, settled first in Coshocton county, and eleven years later removed to Cuyahoga county and took up their abode in Strongsville township. Here both her parents passed away, her father dying July 6, 1856; her mother October 1, 1865. David M. and Almira S. Strong have had five children, namely: Francis G., who died at the age of three years; Charles M., who lived only eleven months; Hattie E. is the widow of Dr. F. M. Clark, who died in Salem, Ohio, October 8, 1892; Mary A., Who died May 9,1875; and Arthur B., a graduateof Baldwin University. There are also two grandsons, Harlan M. and Russell A., children of Hattie E. and the late Dr. F. M. Clark. Mr. Strong has all his life been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He owns a fine farm of of 154 acres, upon which he has made many valuable improvements. In local affairs he has all along taken an active part. For eight years he has served as Township Trustee, and has also filled various other minor offices. Both he and his wife are members of the First Congregational Church at Strongsville. He has served as a Deacon in the church for more than a quarter of a century, and for twenty years was the efficient superintendent of the Sunday-school. Such is a brief sketch of one of the leading citizens of Strongsville township. HENRY A. MASTICK.—The subject of ' this sketch, a leading citizen and a pros- perous farmer of Rocky River Hamlet, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is a man of wide and diversified business experience, and is most highly esteemed in the community where he has resided for many years and with whose interests hels closely identified. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 769 He was born in Clarendon, Geauga county, Ohio, November 19, 1828, the third in order of birth of the eight children (four sons and four daughters) of the late Colonel Benjamin and Eliza (Tomlinson) Mastick. Benjamin Mastick was born in Ballou's Falls, Windham county, Connecticut, in 1796, and his wife was a native of Derby, the same State, where she was born in the year 1802. After their marriage they emigrated to the western frontier and settled in Geauga county, Ohio, where they remained until 1831, when they removed to Cuyahoga county and settled in that part of Rockport township which is designated as Rocky River Hamlet. There they passed the remainder of their lives; the Colonel died May 14, 1872. Benjamin Mastick was a man of much ability and prominence, his military title having been conferred upon him in Geauga county, by Governor Sr. Clair, who commissioned him Colonel of militia. He was a farmer by occution and brought to bear the most progressive methods in the prosecution of operations in this line. Henry A. Mastick was about three years of age when his parents removed to Cuyahoga county, and here he was reared to manhood, receiving such educational advantages as the locality afforded. On attaining his twenty-first year he went to Cleveland and for about twelve years was employed in the post office in that city, proving a most capable and trustworthy official,—a recognition of which fact was his subsequent appointment to the position in Government employ as railway postal clerk on the route between Buffalo and Toledo, in which service he was retained during the years 1874 and 1875. Since that time he has given his at tention entirely to farming, owning about ninety acres of fine land on the Rocky river. May 10, 1854, in Newark; Licking county, Ohio, he was united in marriage to Miss Angelina C. Moull, who was a native of Newark, where she was born August 11, 1839, being a daughter of the late George Moull, who was a pioneer resident of Licking county. Mr. and Mrs. Mastick are the parents of two children: George C., and Fannie E., who is the wife of Harry N. Ravenscroft. Mr. Mastick has taken an active interest in local and political affairs and has held many of the more important township offices. He supports the principles and cause of the Republican party. In his fraternal affiliations he is promi nently identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a member of Rocky River Lodge, No. 236. FRED C. SMITH.—Among those men, who born and reared to man's estate in Rockport Hamlet have continued their residence in the locality where first they ope'd their wondering eyes, And who have attained to success and honor in the place of their nativity, the subject of this review merits particular recognition. He was born in that portion of Rockport township which is now known as Rockport Hamlet, on the 6th of March, 1858, being the son of Jacob F. and Frances (Wagner) Smith (or Schmidt, as the name was originally spelled). The father was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1828, and the mother is also a native of Germany. They were married in Cuyahoga county, and for three years resided in Brooklyn township, removing thence to Rockport township, where the family home has ever since been maintained. Here the father died, April 5, 1891; the mother still survives. They were the parents of six children, namely: Fred C., Frances M., Louis R., Anna L., Emma E. and William. . The subject of this sketch, the oldest of the children, was reared in Rockport township, receiving his education in the common schools. In 1881 he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade, serving three years and becoming a master of the business. As testifying his particular ability it may be noted that during the last eighteen months of his apprenticeship he acted as foreman for his employer. He has con- 770 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. tinued to follow this important line of occupation until the present time and his services have been in ready demand in Rockport Hamlet and vicinity, where many fine structures stand in evidence of his skill as a carpenter and builder. Since 1884 he has conducted business for himself and has met with abundant success. Mr. Smith was married, in Rockport Hamlet, in June, 1886, to Miss Lena Klaue, who was born in Cleveland. The father died in Cleveland, and the mother is still surviving. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of two children: Walter H. and Herman H. Our subject has maintained an active interest in the general political questions and policies of the day, advocates the principles of the Republican party, and has been prominent in local affairs of a public nature. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are zealous and devoted members of the First Congregational Church of Rockport Hamlet, and in the line of fraternal associations the former is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a member of Amazon Lodge, No. 567. PROFESSOR JOHN BOLTON, professor of economics, rhetoric, chemistry, physics, botany and civics in the Cleveland public schools, was born near Hagerstown, Maryland, November 4, 1820. His parents were John and Eve (Isitninger) Bolton, natives also of that State. His mother was of Pennsylvania Dutch stock, while his father was of Irish extraction. The grandfather of our subject came from Ireland and served in the American navy during the war of the Revolution. By trade John Bolton, Sr., was a millwright, which occupation he followed for some years in Maryland and Pennsylvania. He was Justice of the Peace in New Haven, Pennsylvania, to which State he moved in 1828. In New Haven he also carried on cabinet making, later was a merchant and finally was engaged in milling. He was one of a company who built a large flouring mill. For his second wife he married Fanny Gilchrist. He was a worthy and respected citizen, of deep religious convictions and a member of the Baptist Church; his religious principles he strictly carried out in his daily life. His wife, the mother of Professor Bolton, died in 1822, leaving two children: William, who was born in 1818 and died in 1844; and John, the subject of this sketch, who was then but two years of age. The latter received his early education in the private schools of western Pennsylvania, but is mostly self-educated, and has made his own way in the world. In early life he learned the saddler's trade, which he followed until 1850, when he began teaching public and private schools in the Keystone State. In 1843, however, he had taught a private school in western Virginia, near the. Pennsylvania State line. In 1851 he taught in Morgantown Academy, then returned to his home in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, and taught in district schools until 1855; in December'of that year he removed to Portsmouth, Ohio, where he was employed as instructor in the high school; next was principal of that school until 1865, when he was elected one of the two Superintendents of public schools of that city; in 1866 he became sole Superintendent, which position he held till 1872, when he accepted a call to Cleveland as teacher of chemistry and physics in the old Central building. In 1876 he was transferred to the West high school, with which he has ever since been connected. Professor Bolton's teaching has always been of a high order and in accordance with the latest and best approved methods, as he has always kept himself abreast of the times. He has ever been a close student, a keen observer and a great lover of nature and of children. His record has not only been a very creditable but even an enviable one. He has now taught continuously for forty-four years, his services have ever been in demand, and his experience as a teacher has been a very remarkable one in this especially,—he has never had to hunt for a school. In obtaining situations he has always CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 171 had a call in advance and the school was ready for him. He stands high as an educator, in Cleveland and in both the States, of Ohio and Pennsylvania. He has been a member of the Ohio State Teachers' Association, and also of the Northeastern Ohio Teachers' Association. Professor Bolton was married March 16,1852, to Miss Martha R. McCune, daughter of Samuel McCune, a highly respected farmer of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, of which State Mrs. Bolton also is a native. She taught school in that State, and also in the primary department-of the Portsmouth school. The McCune family on the paternal side, and the Cummings family on the mother's, were of Scotch descent, and early settlers in Fayette county. Professor and Mrs. Bolton have had three children, two of whom died in early life. The surviving child is W. B. Bolton, one of the leading attorneys of Cleveland. Mrs. Bolton is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church of this city. JOHN ROCK, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Germany, December 5, 1838. His parents were Conrad and Barbara (Darner) Rock. The latter, born in 1805, still has her powers of mind and body well preserved, and is an honored resident of Cleveland. The father, Conrad Rock, a miller by trade, died in Germany, at the age of thirty-eight years. Their children were: Elizabeth, widow of Jacob Herman, on Pearl. street; George, a merchant of Paducah, Kentucky, where he has resided for about thirty-five years; John, the subject of this sketch. The latter educated himself as well as he could with the limited opportunities afforded him. At the age of thirteen he left home and first apprenticed himself to become a wood-turner, which trade, however, he found very difficult to learn, as his employer kept him driving the horses, that being the power for the machinery. So, after three months he gave up the attempt and became a boy of all work in a boarding-house, at $5 per month, and then a waiter in a restaurant. In the spring of 1862 he, in company with I. S. Forbush, kept the Commercial House on Seneca street, and in the fall lie bought out James 'Wright, of the Wright House, which he kept until he bought the land at the northeast corner of Woodland and Willson, and erected the building which still stands upon it. In the fall of 1867 he opened np a general supply store, which proved a. great benefit to the surroundings, as previously they were never within a mile, of those corners, and to-day it is like a small town of itself: business places of almost all descriptions located there. 'In 1869 he bought the Baldwin property at the southeast corner of Woodland, Willson and Kinsman streets, upon which he erected the large brick building in which is located the Woodland Avenue Savings and Loan Association, which proved to be a wonder, having over one and one-half million dollars in six years' business. The point is called "Rock's Corners," christened so by the neighbors in honor of the founder of business there, and one can get nearly everything he wants there. This busy place affords an opportunity for the public to go five different directions by street cars, and the sixth is coming, namely, the Cross-Town Road. A few, years ago Mr. Rock retired from the store he had kept so long, and now it is occupied by his nephew, George P. Herman. Mr. Rock is the owner of a large amount of real estate, to which he is giving his attention. He was married in 1865, to Elisa Wabel, daughter of Carl Wabel, of Cleveland. Her mother, whose name before marriage was Roos, is living with him since the death of her husband, who died in 1891; also his own mother, who is nearly eighty-nine years old. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Rock are nine in number, namely: William G.; John, Jr.; George W.; Eliza, wife of 0. T. Loehr; Herman A., Carl, Amelia, Clarence, and Florence Victoria, who was born. on Queen Victoria's fiftieth jubilee day. 772 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY Mr. Rock has been a hard worker and has been interested in every improvement or enterprise in the vicinity. He was the owner of the Woodland Hill Street Railroad, which he afterward sold to the Woodland Avenue Street Railroad Company. In politics he is a Republican. He and his wife are prominent members of the First German Protestant Church. E. C. ANGELL, Councilman from the Sixth District of Cleveland, is a gentleman of --i wide acquaintance commercially, socially and politically. This family dates back to old colonial days for its pioneer American ancestor, and discovers him in the person of Nelson Angell, who settled in Oswego, New York, and was a machinist by trade. One of his sons, E. C. Angell, enlisted in the colonial army at nineteen years of age and served till the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown closed that historic epoch, being mustered out with a Colonel's commission. ' This gentleman in civil life was a blacksmith and passed his life at Oswego. His wife was Anna Brown, who bore him eight children, of whom Nelson, our subject's grandfather, was the third. Nelson Angell became a machinist, and was for eighteen years general master mechanic of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad. Upon retiring he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and died in 1884, at seventy-five years of age. He married Jane Lasker, of Schoharie county, New York, an aunt of Lieutenant-Commander Wright, of the battle-ship Michigan, who died-in Key West, Florida. His children were: Henry B., born March 4, 1833, and five others now deceased. H. B. became a machinist and engineer and came to Cleveland in 1853, February 6. He was a stationary engineer for the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad in this city more than forty years. Mr. Angell married, October 17, 1854, Agnes, a daughter of David Fitzpatrick, who came from Burlington, Vermont, fifty-eight years ago. By occupation he was a merchant tailor. He married Matilda Smith and reared seven children. The children of H. B. Angell are: Mary Jane, wife of C. H. Warburton, ex-general master mechanic of the Cleveland, Lorain .& Wheeling Railroad; Nelson, superintendent of C. L. Leach's Works, of New York city; E. C., George W., Henry and John,—all practical machinists of Cleveland; Luella, wife of Peter Lanker, an engineer on the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad . E. C. Angell secured a liberal education from the public schools of Cleveland. At seventeen he entered the shops of the Union Steel Screw Works, and during his apprenticeship studied drafting at night and became quite skillful in that line of work. He was employed as a journeyman in the shops of Warner & Swasey three years and resigned to accept the position of tool worker with the White Sewing Machine Company. This position he resigned three years later to take the position of assistant superintendent of the Standard Lighting Company. In 188– he went to the Standard Sewing Machine Company, and after serving four years as gauge-worker accepted the position of assistant superintendent with the same company, resigning it in May, 1893, to assist in the founding of a viaduct. Mr. Angell was born August 7, 1859. Quite early in life he became an ardent Republican, and on attaining his majority became a party leader. He was nominated in January, 1892, over two other candidates to the City Council by a majority of 705 votes, and was elected by a plurality of 1,360, being 312 larger majority than any other Republican candidate from the Fourth ward, since the organization of the city. In the council of '92 Mr. Angell was chairman of the committee on lighting, a member of the committee on charities and corrections and ordinances. In 1893 he was chairman of the committee on charities and corrections, a member of the committee on labor and laborers, and of the committee on harbors. He was interested CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 773 in the passage of the transfer ordinance of 1892, compelling street railways to give transfers, and is interested in the passage of the Russell-Scofield ordinance for street railway purposes. Mr. Angell is most frequently called on to represent his constituents as delegate to county and State conventions. August 19, 1878, Mr. Angell married Miss Neff, a daughter of Phillip Neff, born in this city. Mr. Neff was born here, and was a con-. tractor. He died in 1872 at forty-four years of age. He reared six children, five now living Only one child was born to Mr. and Mrs. An-' gell: Mildred, deceased October 19, 1891, at nine years. Mr. Angell is a charter member of the P. S. Lodge, No. 526, Knights of Pythias. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Post N. C., of Cleveland City Castle; of the No. 23 K. of G. E., and of the Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a Chapter Mason and one of Oriental Courmandery, No. 12, K. T. He is also Past Chief Ranger of S. & L., Lodge 14, and Ohio Division, I. 0. F., and member of the Grand Lodge. He is also an active member of the Woodland Club. FRANCIS FORD, formerly a locomotive engineer, b ut now retired from active labor, was born at Covington, Massachusetts, May 1, 1820, a son of Cyrus and Clarissa (Whitmarsh) Ford, natives also of that State. The father conducted a station on the underground railroad in Cleveland. Francis attended the common schools, the Shaw Academy, and the Grand River Institute at Austinbnrg, Ashtabula county, Ohio. After completing his education he taught school four winters. July 1, 1850, he began work on the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad, spending ten years as assistant engineer, and from 1860 to 1880 was chief engineer. After the completion of the line to Indianapolis and Chicago, be began work on that branch of the road, was also engineer on the East Cleveland Road, and during that time was superintendent of the construction of the Garfield Monument three years, from the time the foundation was laid until it was completed. Mr. Ford still resides on the farm on which his father located in October, 1841, which is now laid off into town lots, and is located in one of the most beautiful spots in the city. September 18, 1851, Mr. Ford was united in marriage with Miss Mercy A. Fuller, a daughter of Edward and Maria Fuller. The father was a real-estate dealer, also served as justice of the peace twenty years, and wag well known and respected in his community. His death occurred in 1879. Mrs. Fuller now resides with her daughter, Mrs. George A. Ingersoll, at 1374 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, and is eighty-four years of age. She is a devout -member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller had six children: Carlton A., of Toledo; Mercy A., now Mrs. Ford; Joanna M., wife of G. A. Ingersoll; Edwin, of Jersey City; Charles W., a clerk in the general ticket office of the Lake Shore Road in Cleveland; and Alvira M., who married a Mr. Beckwith, and. died in 1890.-Mr. and Mrs. Ford have had six children. The eldest, Frank L., is a graduate of the Rensselaer Polytechnic school of Troy; New York, and is now State agent of the Worcester, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He was married in 1877, to Eva Hurlburt, and they have four children: Florence, Elizabeth, Iturlburt and Dennison. Edwin L. is engaged in the general ticket office of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad. He married Nellie, a daughter of M. R. Keith, and they had two children, Myron and Edwin L. The wife and mother died in March, 1889. Minnie was burned to death at the age of three years. She was alone in an adjoining room, when her screams revealed the terrible fact that her clothes were on fire. After hours of suffering death came to her relief. Charles L. is employed as salesman in the office of the Goff-Kirby Coal Company. Maria married Rev. W. H. Jones; 774 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. rector of the St. John's Church on the West Side. He graduated in the theological course of the Cambridge Episcopal school in the Adel-line College. Fanny died in 1883, at the age of eleven years. Mrs. Ford and daughter are members of the Beckwith Presbyterian Church of Cleveland. In political matters, Mr. Ford affiliates with the Republican party. WI.LLIAM S. CORLETT, of Warrensville, Ohio, is one of the representative ---, citizens of that place. He was born on the Isle of Man, July 7, 1835, son of William and Jane (Corlett) Corlett, and came with his parents and other members of the family to America in 1845. The father was twice married. By his first wife he had one child, Ellen, who was the wife of Robert Corlett, deceased. The children by his second marriage were as follows: William S.; John A.; Robert C., who was a member of the Forty-second Ohio Infantry during the late war, and who is now a resident of Newburg, Ohio; Mrs. Jane Stevenson, who has been twice widowed and who with her five children (Samantha J., Clara, Francis D., Moses, Belle A. and Jennie C. Stevenson) lives with the subject of this sketch; Thomas E., deceased was a member of Garfield's regiment, the Forty-second Ohio, his death having occurred while he was in camp and when he was only eighteen years old; Clara, wife of Charles Murfett, of Orange township, this county; and Sylvacua J., also a resident of Orange township. The last two named are the only .ones who are natives of this country. The father of our subject was born in 1803 and died in 1870, while the mother, born in 1810, died in 1889. The elder Mr. Corlett was engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life. Politically, he was a Republican; religiously, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On the old home farm William S. Corlett was reared. He attended the district school, later went to Oberlin and Berea, colleges, and for several years was engaged in teaching. For two years-1866 and 1867—he had charge of the business department of Berea College. He also learned the trade of bricklayer, at which he worked for some years. At this writing he occupies the homestead farm with his sister Jane and her children, the place being well improved with good buildir:gs, orchard, etc. The two-story brick residence is surrounded with a pretty lawn, the whole premises being neat and attractive. Politically, Mr. Corlett is identified with the Republican party, and is regarded as one of its most active workers in this vicinity. For six terms he bas served as Justice of the Peace, dispensing justice to all before his court in a manner suited to a higher judge. He is a member, steward and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is also Superintendent of the Sunday-school. In political, educational and religious matters he has ever taken an active interest, and is justly entitled to the high esteem in which he is held by all who know him. DWIGHT SMITH, deceased, formerly a farmer of Middleburg township, Ohio, was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1819, and when he was a boy of seven years his parents moved to the State of New York, and four years afterward to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, settling in Middleburg township, where they passed the residue of their days. Dwight Smith continued to reside in this township, and was married in Liverpool, Ohio, October 25, 1848, to Miss Sarah Lillie, who was born in Vermont, January 8, 1826. They commenced housekeeping in Middleburg, which was then an unsettled country. He chopped down a few trees and erected a little frame house which was occupied for many years, having been destroyed by fire on the 4th of July, 1873; he then erected a commodious residence. He was actively engaged in farming until his death, which occurred at his residence, August 22, 1881.