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attacked in consequence that he declared he would not live in a land where he could not honor so good a man as Washington.
He came to America with his wife, Jane Middleton, and two sons, John' and Charles, about 1802. He was a cultured, widely read gentleman and brought with him to the wilderness of Ohio a fine library. There are volumes of Shakespeare still preserved that show evidence of his careful reading, and relics of silver plate and silk and linen garments cherished by the great-grandchildren, are proof of the ample means possessed by him. Environment and fashion changed, but he always wore the knee breeches and shoe buckles of the style of his young manhood. He was a man of very democratic tastes and entertained exceedingly liberal views on religious subjects.
The Coates family first settled in Geneseo, New York, buying three hundred and twenty acres of partially improved land with orchard and house. It was the first frame house west of Canandaigua, the lumber for it having been brought thirty miles over an Indian trail. In 1816 they moved to Ohio and bought thirty-four hundred acres of land in Royalton township.
John Coates, father of Margaret, was educated at Oxford and, except as a matter of personal gratification and pleasure, the advantage was not great in the new country, where brawn counted for more than brain. He was a prosperous farmer and stock raiser, and his door was always open to the stranger in need.
John Miller Wilcox, son of Stephen Miller and Margaret (Coates) Wilcox, was born at Royalton, Ohio, November 9, 1842. He was educated at the school in Brecksville and at the academy in Richfield. After leaving school he was for ten years principally engaged in teaching. In 1871, in partnership with P. B. Gardner, he bought and edited the Berea Advertiser. This partnership lasted for two years, when he moved to Cleveland and acted as deputy under Sheriff P. B. Smith. From 1874 to 1876 he was chief clerk of the probate court, under Judge Tilden. In the fall of 1876 he was elected to the office of sheriff and reelected in 1878, serving until January 1, 1881. He was elected sheriff at the age of thirty-three years, being the youngest man ever chosen to the office. Public interests were always near his heart and whether in office or out of it he was a fearless champion of any project or measure which he deemed of benefit to Cleveland. He worked hard in a fight against the gas company to lower the price of gas in this city and after winning in the contest was called upon to arrange the settlement with the company. This resulted in a certain per cent of the income of the gas company being set aside as a fund to improve the city hall and at one time this fund amounted to more than six hundred thousand dollars. In 1886 he returned to newspaper work, becoming editorial writer for the Cleveland Press. The Chicago Times-Herald said of him: "He was as manly and straightforward in his editorial utterances as in his private conversation, and conducted. the Press from a position of slight importance to a place of influence." The Cleveland Plain Dealer, commenting editorially, said: "John M. Wilcox was a man of strong character. Although he acquitted himself with honor in all the positions which he held, it was as editor that his services were preeminent. His pen was a power. He was a man of intense convictions and had the courage to maintain them." Mr. Wilcox continued as editor of the Press until 1893, when illness compelled him to retire from active service.
On June 9, 1864, Mr. Lcox was married to Julia V. Snow, daughter of Palmer and Harriet (Rogers) Snow, of Parma. Mr. Snow taught school in his younger days, later was a prosperous farmer, and held at the same time for many years the offices of justice of the peace and township clerk, his name being placed on both democratic and republican tickets. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox were born five children, namely: Winona, who is the wife of S. C. Payne ; Katherine; Augusta ; John Miller, Jr. ; and Mary, who gave her hand in marriage to C. W. McClain.
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The death of Mr. Wilcox occurred at Rose Island, Alexandria Bay, New York, August 18, 1895, but "the beauty of his better self lives on." He was of the highest type of the devoted husband and father and above all else his interest centered in his home. Dr. P. A. Knowlton said of him: "Active, self-reliant, with quick intelligence, a ready grasp of varied knowledge and a style of expression peculiarly his own, those who came in contact with him at once felt the activity and force of his strenuous nature. His very presence was a stimulus and even in the early days it was a dull mind that did not respond to the touch of his thought, to the play of his fancy. It was his nature and I think his purpose to invite others to mental activity and higher aims. . . . He might have differed with others regarding policies or the conduct of public affairs. Whatever mistakes he might have made, if mistakes there were, he was a man with clearly defined convictions, with honest purposes and as fearless as he was earnest." He was essentially humanitarian and believed in the innate goodness of mankind. The uplift of the race and the various ways by which it might be accomplished occupied his profoundest thoughts. His mind dwelt naturally on a high plane and considered his work in a large way. He was possessed of a fine prophetic vision that enabled him to foresee results that others failed to comprehend. He refused to be discouraged by disheartening details, and through the many obstacles met in his fight for better civic government as editor of the Press, he always maintained his faith in the final triumph of right. His taste in literature was catholic, and the authors he read were many and diverse. Philosophers ancient and modern were familiar to him, and he was fond of history and biography. Among the authors he most admired may be mentioned Spencer, Darwin, Huxley, Haeckel, Macaulay, Motley and Prescott. He read thoroughly all the great English poets, and in conversation made frequent use of quotations from their works.
Expressions of the deepest regret were heard on every hand when it was known that Mr. Wilcox had passed from this life and his death was noted by the press throughout the country. The Cleveland Leader said of him: "Mr. Wilcox was a man who endeared himself to his intimates to a great degree. He had a low voice and a calm manner. He was one of those who dined often with the Crank Club, among the members of which organization he numbered his warmest friends. He was a disciple of Richard Cobden and was one of the first, if not the first, to advocate founding a free trade club in this city."
Beautiful tributes were paid him by many distinguished men who were proud to call him friend. At the funeral service it was said : "The public labors and trusts that were given to him to bear, and they were neither few nor trifling, are over now. He met and discharged them every one with a zeal and faithfulness which leaves no need, no room today, for explanation or apology. His honesty was innate and needed not the spur of bond or statute to insure the most scrupulous and exacting compliance with his every duty. His sense of the way and manner in which a public labor or a public duty should be discharged would be a model for the maker of the strictest law of equity. No scheme or act of public wrong ever found in him a shield or defender, and every movement to correct or to destroy or to defeat an existing or threatened menace to the general good, found him its friend and his gifted speech and pen its ally. . . .
"He lived in all the past and in his books with all the good, and the literature of the wisest and best was his constant delight and enjoyment. He read for both enjoyment and instruction and meditation made him wise."
"With chivalrous nobility," said Judge White of Mr. Wilcox, "he ever championed the cause of the poor and of the unfortunate and the oppressed For the struggling submerged undercurrent of society he was ready to bestow his best service. His life was a success. Out of the struggle with small opportunities and difficult beginnings, he came finally into a field of broad and active influence and usefulness. He was in touch and accord with all good institutions and measures in the, march of human progress."
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"It is my most valued memory that he held me as a friend," said William E. Lewis. . . . "Manly as he was, his heart beat as gently as a woman's for humanity. I knew him for twenty years as a public man, as a private citizen and as a leader in his profession, and I never heard him utter a thought that was a discredit or express a view that was not an honor to his intelligence and his soul." The lines engraved on the tomb of Professor Huxley might fittingly be inscribed on that of John M. Wilcox :
"And if there be no meeting past the grave,
If all is darkness, silence—yet 'tis rest ;
Be not afraid, ye waiting hearts that weep,
For God still giveth his beloved sleep,
And if an endless sleep he wills, so best."
HENRY C. CROWELL.
Henry C. Crowell, a respected and prosperous resident of Cleveland, is well known in business circles as the president and treasurer of the northern Ohio branch of the Viavi Company. His birth occurred in Cleveland on the 17th of June, 1875, his parents being John and Elizabeth M. (Bresie) Crowell. The former was born at Warren, Ohio, in December, 1840, while the latter is a native of New York, her birth having occurred in that state in 1846. The paternal grandfather of our subject was General John Crowell, the eminent Ohio jurist, who was one of the pioneer settlers of Cleveland, becoming a resident thereof in 1852. In 1846 and in 1848 he was elected to represent Trumbull county district in congress, defeating Judge Rufus P. Ranney at both elections. At the time of his death one of the Cleveland newspapers said: "In 1846 John Crowell was unanimously nominated for congress as the whig candidate from Trumbull county and was elected by a large majority, his opponents being Rufus P. Ranney and Judge John C. Hutchins. In 1848 he was again elected over Judge Ranney. In congress Mr. Crowell was a member of the committee on claims and Indian affairs. He was a powerful speaker and made several speeches against slavery while he was in the house. He was also a stanch abolitionist when to be such was regarded as almost a crime. In 1852 Mr. Crowell removed to Cleveland and resumed the practice of law. In 1862 he was elected president of the Ohio State and Union Law College. He was also for some time chief editor of the Western Law Monthly, published in Cleveland, and he received the degree of LL. D. from the law college and the honorary degree of M. D. from the Homeopathic College, before which he delivered several courses of lectures. He served in the state militia for nearly twenty years and was elected major general. Mr. Crowell was always an earnest advocate of the common schools and looked upon Christianity as the true basis of civilization. He was not only a learned and accomplished lawyer but also ranked high as a classical scholar. He filled numerous positions of honor and trust, to which he was chosen, with marked ability and unwavering fidelity. His success in life was due to the high and noble qualities of his mind, to his untiring industry and sound judgment."
John Crowell, the father of Henry C. Crowell, was an honored veteran of the Civil war, having left Kenyon College to enlist for service in the Union army with the Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He acted as assistant adjutant general with the rank of captain on the staff of General W. B. Hazen. He was afterward a prominent member of the military order of the Loyal Legion. His profession was that of the law and he enjoyed an extensive and lucrative clientage as a patent attorney. For several years he was a partner of General M. D. Leggett and continued in active practice up to the time of his demise in
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1885. He was deeply interested in Glenville and its welfare, putting forth earnest and effective effort for its upbuilding and improvement. For many years he served as mayor of Glenville and his labors were most effective in the work of advancing interest along lines which were not only of present benefit but told largely upon the welfare of the future.
Henry C. Crowell obtained his early education in the public schools and afterward entered the Western Reserve University, completing the law course in that institution in 1897. The same year he was admitted to the bar and for a few years practiced his profession with gratifying success, while for a little over a year he was identified with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company. Subsequently he entered upon his present duties as the president and treasurer of the Viavi Company and in this connection has supervision over twenty-two counties in northeastern Ohio. The main office and laboratory of the concern are located at San Francisco, California. Mr. Crowell is a man of excellent business ability and keen discrimination-qualities which he daily manifests in his capable discharge of the duties devolving upon him in his official connection.
In 1901 Mr. Crowell was united in marriage to Miss Fannie A. Benham, of Cleveland, by whom he has two daughters, Elizabeth and Virginia. He belongs to the Young Men's Christian Association of this city and is also a member of the Cleveland Athletic Club. He has a wide and favorable acquaintance in the city where most of his life has been spent, for his strongly marked characteristics are such as commend him to the trust and friendship of his fellowmen.
BENSON McILRATH.
In the interesting and picturesque period of Cleveland's early development there stood 0n the Euclid Road a place of entertainment for the travelers 0f the day known as the McIlrath tavern, of which Abner Mcllrath was the proprietor, and covering the site of Euclid Beach was a farm which was the property of Thomas McIlrath and upon it the subject of this review spent his boyhood and youth. The McIlraths were one of the earliest families settling in Cuyahoga county, coming from Connecticut in the year 1803. Through the decades which have since been added to the cycle of the centuries representatives of the name have taken an active and helpful part in the substantial development and progress of this portion of the state. There are now over five hundred members of the family and all are noted for their large frames. On the first Friday of August each year for twenty-four years the family has held a reunion, at which gather many members of the clan, the occasion being made a most enjoyable one.
The parents of Benson McIlrath were Hugh and Marcia (Allen) McIlrath, who in 1878 established their home at Collinwood. They moved to Ohio from Erie, Pennsylvania, where the birth of Benson McIlrath occurred April 26, 1876. He was, therefore, but two years of age when the family came to Ohio and when a lad of about six summers he was sent to the public schools. He supplemented his high school course by a law school course in Baldwin University and a commercial course in Caton Business College, becoming thus well qualified for the onerous and responsible duties of life. His father is still living and is yet an active and energetic man, being the oldest engineer in the employ of the Lake Shore Railroad. The son started in business for himself as a real estate broker and has since continued in this field of activity, having a large clientage whom he represents in the placing of investments and the sale of property. He keeps thor0ughly informed concerning the real-estate market and with keen discrimination recognizes the possible rise or diminution in prices, so that the investments which he makes are wisely placed. He is seldom, if ever, at fault in matters of
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business judgment and in connection with his other interests he has also an insurance business.
Mr. McIlrath was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Barnett, a daughter of F. E. Barnett, of Collinwood. His fraternal relations are with the Knights of Pythias, his political allegiance is given to the republican party, his religious faith is indicated in his membership with the Church of Christ and his social nature finds expression in his connection with the Squirrel Hunters Club. He is loyal to his party, is an exemplary representative of his lodge, a genial and popular member of his club and a loyal supporter of his church.
CHARLES H. HENRY.
Charles H. Henry, who occupies a pleasant home at 13627 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, has for a number of years been actively engaged in advancing the real-estate interests of the city. He was born at Jacks Run, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, February 18, 1859. His father, Thomas Henry, was a native of New Jersey and his birth occurred near the historic city of Trenton. He was a springmaker and later during the excitement attendant upon the discovery of oil, became an operator of oil wells. About 1864 he came to Cleveland, where he engaged in the grocery business, but later moved to Lakewood, opening the Hopkins allotment of home sites there. The remaining years of his life were devoted to real-estate interests and he passed away in 1885. He married Miss Matilda Hopkins, an only daughter of Charles Hopkins, who came to the United States when Mrs. Henry was about four years of age. She was a descendant of an old English family and lived to an advanced age, her death occurring December 2, 1907.
Charles H. Henry attended the public schools of Cleveland and later a business college. Then he went to work upon his father's farm, remaining there even after the death of the latter, until 1891, when he decided to enter the real-estate business. To this he has since devoted his energies with a success that is well deserved. He has a keen understanding of land values, is able to exercise a discriminating judgment in regard to increase and depreciation, while his tactfulness in dealing with others has gained him a generous support among his fellow citizens.
On the 26th of July, 1893, Mr. Henry was united in marriage to Miss Mary Doan, a daughter of Norton Doan and a member of a family which has played no inconspicuous part in the life of Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Henry are the parents of two children : Dorothy, who at the age of fifteen is a pupil in the second year of the high school; and Norton, who is seven years of age and is attending school.
Mr. Henry is a man of great sagacity and, looking to advancement through upright acts and principles of honor, has found that his life has not been without its deserved reward, and he has the high regard of his associates in his private and business life.
NORTON DOAN.
With the death of Norton Doan, which occurred in 1903, Cleveland lost one of her native sons who had witnessed the city's growth from villagehood to a metropolitan center and had participated in and augmented the development which has transformed the character of the country. Himself occupying, during the years of his activity, a foremost position in the city, he was the son of a man who was equally conspicuous in the public life of this section: of the state.
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Timothy Doan, the father of our subject, was born in Chatham, Connecticut, April 7, 1787. During the war of 1812 he was a teamster, and when he came to the neighborhood of Cleveland became a farmer. He settled in what was then known as Euclid but is included within the boundaries 0f East Cleveland. A successful man, he was also a factor in the public life about him. Politically he was a strong adherent of the democratic party, by whom he was sent to the legislature in 1832 and 1833. He was twice married and his first wife was a member of the Episcopal church.
Norton Doan was born November 6, 1831. He was reared upon the homestead in East Cleveland and when he started out in life for himself engaged in agricultural pursuits. In the course of years he became prominent and influential in local affairs. He served as clerk of his village for a number of years, was an active member of the board of education, and was identified with every movement calculated to promote the welfare of his fellowmen. His judgment was highly regarded on many matters, and it was no infrequent thing for neighbors and friends to come to him for advice upon many different matters.
Mr. Doan was married, March 15, 1855, to Miss Lucy Ann Sawtell, who was born July 25, 1832, and died on the 9th of March, 1863. She had become the mother of four children. Emily Samantha, born September 25, 1856, was married, November 9, 1880, to Frederick King, who was born February 28, 1852. They have three sons : Herbert D., born March 12, 1882; Paul F., March 21, 1885 ; and Kenneth R., October 21, 1893. Mary Eliza, whose birth occurred September 28, 1858, became the wife of Charles H. Henry, as stated in the sketch preceding. Walter Sawtell, born August 29, 1860, was married on the 1ith of October, 1893, to Miss Ella Prentiss, who was born in 1862, a daughter of Zacharias Prentiss. They have a daughter Doris, who was born February 14, 1895. Lucy Ann, born February 6, 1863, was married, November 24, 1886, to William H. Sheppard, whose birth occurred November 9, 1858. They have three children : Nellie, born May 5, 1889; Amy, May 2, 1897; and Clark William, May 27, 1898.
FRANK KOTHERA.
The manufacture of soap has changed very materially during the past few years for the people are demanding a superior article scientifically prepared from pure products. However, there are some favorites on the market whose quality has been proven during years of use and whose hold upon the public continues for nothing better can be obtained. This is true of the soaps manufactured by The Buchan Soap Company, of Cleveland, of which Frank Kothera is president and manager, and John Buchan, who died January 2, 1909, was secretary and treasurer. Mr. Kothera was born near Praga, Bohemia, November 21, 1859, a son of Matthew and Josefa Kothera. Until he was thirteen he attended school in his native land and grew to manhood there.
In 1872, hwever, desiring better opportunities for advancement, he came to the United States, direct to Cleveland and found employment in the cooper shops of the Standard Oil Company for two years. For the next three months he was with the Ohio Woolen Mills and then entered the employ of Buchan & Murray Soap Company. This partnership was dissolved in 1886, and until 1901, Mr. Kothera continued alone, making the same quality and grades of soaps as the old company. In 1889 the Buchan Soap Company was incorporated, with Mr. Kothera as president and manager. Among their other specialties are : Forest City, Best Blue, Standard, German Mottled, German Olive, White Castile, Chemical Erasive, Ideal Floating, Tar and Toilet and Carbolic. The plant is located at the corner of Leonard and Hume streets, near Columbus street bridge. Here the company have a fine plant with all modern machinery and appliances,
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and as nothing but absolutely pure raw material is used the product is most excellent and meets with a ready sale wherever it is marketed. The success which has attended the company has been exceptionally gratifying.
On November 21, 1881, Mr. Kothera married Anna Krivanek, and they have two children: Joseph, twenty-four years old, is an agent for the company, He married Netti Vleck and they have one son about a year old. Mary, twenty-two years of age, is at home. The family are delightfully located at No. 3536 Woodbridge avenue.
Mr. Kothera is a member of the Knights of St. Vincent. Politically he is independent, preferring to vote for the man rather than for party principles. The closeness with which he keeps in touch with the details 0f his business has resulted to the advantage of himself and his trade. He is exceptionally fitted for his line of business owing to his long experience and is giving the public the same quality of service as he has always done, endeavoring to improve upon his product if posible and to make any changes which will work for ultimate good.
EBER W. GURLEY, M. D.
Dr. Eber W. Gurley is one of the successful specialists of Cleveland, having devoted much of his skill and knowledge to diseases of the genito-urinary organs, becoming one of the best known physicians of the county. Dr. Gurley was born at Oberlin, Ohio, August 16, 1875, a son of Eber and Lilla Gurley. The father was a retired farmer of Oberlin prior to his demise. After taking a common and high school course at Oberlin, Dr. Gurley entered the Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery, graduating with the class of 1898. Following this he took a post-graduate course in the New York School of Clinical Medicine, returning to Cleveland in 1898, where he opened an office at his present location, in January, 1899, being conveniently located at Nos. 814, 816, 818 Schofield building, while his residence is at 1125 East boulevard. From the beginning he has been very successful in his special line and has met with remarkable results in his work.
On September 21, 1898, Dr. Gurley married Lula Minor, of Cleveland, a daughter of Seth Minor, one of the oldest settlers of the vicinity, who secured possession of three hundred acres of land adjoining Cleveland Heights, which is now one of the most valuable pieces of property outside the city in the state of Ohio.
Dr. Gurley belongs to the Cleveland Yacht Club, the Lakewood Yacht Club, the Cleveland Motor Boat Club and the Cleveland Athletic Club, belonging also to the Knights of Pythias and the national Phi Alpha Gamma, medical fraternity. He is an earnest student, a splendid physician and a genial, sociable young man, who has friends everywhere in the city. Still with the best years of his life before him, Dr. Gurley has accomplished much and stands high in his profession and the estimation of his fellow citizens.
JOHN F. COLLINS.
John F. Collins, whose name is associated with some of the large business houses of Cleveland, notably as the silent partner in Babcock, Hurd & Company, wholesale grocers, is one of the leading men of this city. He was born in 1850 at Manotick, Ontario, Canada, but he came to Cleveland in 1865. His grandfather was Stephen Collins, who was born in 1773 near Burlington, Vermont, and died in Canada in 1852. His parents were divorced at the outbreak of the Revolutionary war, owing to differences in political opinions, his mother
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being a tory and his father a patriot. She removed to Canada, taking with her their only son, Stephen, and she petitioned King George for a grant of land for herself and son and was given the property. Stephen Collms had a son Walter Collins, the father of our subject, who was born in 1817 and died in 1893. He was married January 14, 1841, to Helen Blythe, who died in 1857.
Their son, John F. Collins, of this review, was fifteen years of age when he came to Cleveland and secured a position with P. P. Southworth, a wholesale and retail grocer, remaining with him for sixteen years. He left that position to accept another with Babcock, Hurd & Company, in whose employ he remained until January 1, 1889, when he returned to P. P. Southworth & Company as a member of the firm. In 1891, owing to ill health, he sold his interest in the business and for nearly a year was out of business altogether that he might regain his health. He then again entered the employ of Babcock, Hurd & Company, and in 1896 became a member of the firm, being now associated with McClellan Hurd in the active management of the business. This firm is one of Cleveland's largest wholesale establishments in the grocery business. The house is a solid, reliable one, and some of its best customers have continued with it throughout its history. Mr. Collins is also a director in the Union Savings and Loan Company, and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
On February 14, 1878, Mr. Collins was married to Miss Frances E. Compton, a daughter of Rev. Henry S. Compton, who was ordained to the ministry and lived at Trenton, New Jersey. Mrs. Collins was educated at Trenton Seminary and taught in the Trenton public schools for five years. They have one daughter, Mrs. Harvey Bingham, and a son, Trenton C. Collins, who at the age of twenty-three years is employed by Babcock, Hurd & Company. The family attend the Bolton Avenue Presbyterian church. Mrs. Collins is very much interested in the Young Poman's Christian Association and directs her charities through it.
Mr. Collins enjoys nothing better than a good game of baseball and is one of the best known fans of Cleveland, rarely missing a game when the Cleveland team is home, unless attendance will interfere with his business. The city residence is on the fashionable Lake Shore boulevard, Collinwood, one of our most beautiful suburbs. While giving close attention to his business affairs he manages to be active in the broader fields of public duty, and he is never found lacking when any measure is on foot to improve or benefit the city.
FRANCIS HARRINGTON GLIDDEN.
Attracted to Cleveland by the 0pportunities which the city offered in educational and business lines more than four decades ago, Francis Harrington Glidden has remained a resident of Cleveland since 1868 and as the years have passed has borne an unsullied reputation as an energetic, enterprising and progressive business man who, in extending the scope of his interests, has also contributed to the general welfare for the Glidden Varnish Company, of which he has been the president since its incorporation in 1880, is one of the important productive industries of the city. A native of Maine, Mr. Glidden was born in New Castle, May 24, 1832, and at the usual age set himself to the task of acquiring an education, attending the common schools and afterward an academy in his native village. In early life he followed the sea and while still a resident of New England he was married, in 1854, to Miss Winifred Kavanagh Waters, of New Castle. Her parents were James Sinclair and Margaret (Kavanagh) Waters. Her maternal grandfather was James Kavanagh, who in 1803 was the prime mover in the erection of St. Patrick's church in Damariscotta Mills, Maine, where he made his home. Mr. and Mrs. Glidden began their domestic life in New Eng-
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land, where they resided for about twelve years. Unto them were born eight children, seven of whom are now living and are residents of Cleveland.
In 1866 Mr. Glidden visited Cleveland and was so favorably impressed with the educational and business advantages offered by this thriving and growing city that he resolved to make his home here and in 1868 removed with his family to Ohio. Shortly after his arrival he became connected with the varnish trade here and in 1875 established the nucleus of the present extensive plant of the Glidden Varnish Company. Its growth has been along most progressive lines and the policy of continuous expansion inaugurated by its president has made it a most extensive concern and one of the most important productive industries of the city. Mr. Glidden has bent his energies to administrative direction and executive control. Possessing broad, analytical and practical-minded views, combined with an understanding of his own capacities and powers, he has wrought along lines of successful accomplishment and his enterprise at the same time has been a factor in the promotion of commercial progress in Cleveland. The Glidden Varnish Company today furnishes employment to a large force of workmen and the well equipped plant, supplied with all modern machinery, attests the progressive spirit of the men who are in control.
Aside from business relations Mr. Glidden is known as a public-spirited citizen and withholds his cooperation from no movement calculated to benefit the community at large. Phile his work of public service has always been done as a private citizen, yet the range of his activities and the scope of his influence have been far-reaching and he has done much toward bringing about purifying and wholesome reforms that have been gradually growing in the political, municipal and social life of the city. Mr. Glidden has traveled to some extent 'and is interested in art and literature, finding great pleasure in both fields. He is a fluent conversationalist, presenting clearly and entertainingly those points which have furnished him entertainment or have constituted a stimulus to thought. In his character and manner he combines much of the dignity, polish and courtesy of the old-school gentleman with the alertness and business energy of the modern man of affairs. He has been an active but unostentatious worker in church and charitable interests, seeking the greatest good for the greatest number. He has a clear realization of the object of life, has been guided in all that he has done by a definite purpose and as he has labored year by year, his work and his influence have been substantial factors in the promotion of commercial activity, in municipal progress, in intellectual, aesthetic and moral advancement. Neither is he unmindful of the social amenities of life and is therefore affiliated with several clubs and other social organizations.
THE REV. EMIL BURIK.
For many generations the Burik family has furnished priests to the Greek church, both in Hungary and the United States, and the Rev. Emil Burik of St. John's Greek church, of Cleveland, belongs to it, as did his father the Rev. Emil and his grandfather, the Rev. John. The latter died in Hungary, but the elder Emil Burik died in Bronswick, Pennsylvania, in 1885, but was born in the family home at Hvadiska, Hungary, in 1844. Here, too, his son, the subject of this review, was born, September 30, 1874. Having been dedicated to the service of the church, the lad was carefully educated in his native country and was ordained there in St. John's church on October 13, 1898, by Bishop Do John Valyi, and on October 27th of that same year was given his first charge.
Although many memories cluster about his old home, where his mother, whose maiden name was Emilia Gulovics, still lives, in 1905, the young priest came to the United States after eight years of faithful service and was stationed at St. Michael's church, Pleasant City, Ohio. For eight months
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he remained there and then was given his present charge in order to afford him a wider field of action. His parish has three hundred families and he has a school of one hundred children, presided over by one teacher. The church edifice is of brick and will seat three hundred people. Father Burik is an enthusiastic worker, thoroughly imbued with a love of his sacred calling and the mission he believes is his among the people of his faith and country in a strange land.
The Greek Catholic church permits marriage among its clergymen and on August 9, 1898, Father Burik married Helena Janiczki and they had three children: Annie, Nicholas and Stephen, but the last named died in infancy.
The good work Father Burik is accomplishing cannot be measured and must be seen to be fully appreciated. To the faithful of his church his ministrations are a part of the home forever left behind. To his parishioners, some of whom are ignorant and many not understanding a word of English, he is friend, priest and ruler and is called upon to settle many questions outside those relating only to their spiritual needs. Always faithful, fired with the zeal of the missionary, happy in doing good, Father Burik is greatly beloved by his people and esteemed by his fellow citizens.
CARL A. HAMANN, M. D.
Among those of the fraternity in Cleveland who, by concentrated and continuous effort for the advancement of medical science in both the fields of practice and teaching, have won recognition is Dr. Carl A. Hamann. He was born in Davenport, Iowa, January 26, 1865. His father was C. H. Hamann, a native of Germany, who came to America in 1855 and settled in Davenport, where he engaged in the manufacture of wagons until his death in 1897. His widow, Mrs. Marie (Koenig) Hamann, also a native of Germany, survives, still making her home in Davenport.
In the schools of his native city Dr. Hamann pursued his education through successive grades until he was graduated from the high school with the class of 1885. His professional training was received in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, where he won his degree in 1890. In the meantime he had engaged in teaching school for two years, from the time of his graduation from high school until his matriculation in the university in 1887. He served in 1890 and 1891 as resident physician to the German Hospital at Philadelphia. and was assistant demonstrator of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania from 1891 until 1893. In the latter year he came to Cleveland and accepted the professorship of anatomy in the Western Reserve University, which chair he has held to the present time. Since taking up the private practice of his profession he has devoted his attention exclusively to surgery and is visiting surge0n to the Charity, City and Mount Sinai Hospitals. He is a member of the Cleveland Academy of Medicine, of which he has been president, of the Ohio State Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the American Surgical Association, the Association of American Anatomists, the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists and of the Cleveland Medical Library Association and is directing librarian of the last named. He has written many articles for publication in the various medical journals on surgical and anatomical subjects.
Dr. Hamann was married at Wyoming, Ohio, October 31, 1900, to Miss Ella F. Ampt, a daughter of the late Judge F. C. Ampt, of Cincinnati. They have two children, Elizabeth and Carl A., Jr., aged respectively eight and one year. The family residence is at No. 2036 East Eighty-ninth street. Dr. Hamann is a republican, conversant with the leading questions and issues of the day, but not active. He is also a member of the Nu Sigma Nu fraternity and the University Club.
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Possessing the studious disposition characteristic of the German people and a devotion to his profession, he has made steady and unusual progress in the field of his specialty during his twenty years of practice and has won an enviable place among the foremost surgeons of this city.
WILLIAM B. GREENE.
William B. Greene, secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Palmers & DeMooy Foundry Company, was born in Lisbon, Ohio, in 1862, and in 1879 removed to East Liverpool, Ohio. He was then a youth of seventeen. The same year he became identified with the Potters National Bank as bookkeeper and teller and filled the position acceptably for eleven years. He withdrew from that institution in 1890 and removed to Leetonia, Ohio, where he engaged in the manufacture of pottery under the firm name of Cartwright & Greene, continuing in the business for six years, Mr. Cartwright being the practical man in the pottery, while Mr. Greene financed the enterprise. In 1896 he closed out the business and sought a still broader field of labor in Cleveland. Here he engaged with the Palmers & DeMooy Foundry Company as sales manager and after acting in that capacity for several years was, in July, 1903, made a director and general manager. In July, 1904, he was elected secretary and treasurer, also retaining the office of general manager, and is still so identified with the business. His advance in this field of labor has been rapid, for his resourcefulness and ability enabled him quickly to understand the demands of the trade and meet the duties devolving upon him, although he knew practically nothing about the business until he became connected with this concern, which is one of the pioneer foundry establishments of Cleveland. He is also financially interested with other business enterprises in the city and his judgment is a valuable factor in management, for his discernment is keen and his plans practical.
In 1885 Mr. Greene was married to Miss Belle Brunt, of East Liverpool, a daughter of William Brunt, a prominent citizen of that place and in fact one of the best known men of his section of the state. He was one of the pioneers in the pottery business and organized and became president of the Potters National Bank of East Liverpool. He was regarded as a substantial business man, his carefully devised and promptly executed plans winning him advancement. He was also prominent in public affairs and for a number of years served 0n the school board. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Greene has been born a daughter, Edna, who is now the wife of J. Burte Isham, a young business man of Cleveland who is secretary of the Auer Register Company. Mr. Greene enjoys outdoor sports, especially fishing and motoring, and is a member of the Cleveland Athletic Club and of the Cleveland Automobile Club. Phile his career has been less spectacular than that of the political or military leader, there is in it a stolidity and purpose that are commendable and have brought him to a substantial place in industrial circles.
WILLIAM H. QUINBY.
The mercantile interests of Cleveland are of immense magnitude affording employment for the brains and abilities of some of the best business men of the country. One of the men who is assisting in maintaining the prestige of the city in this line is William H. Quinby, proprietor of the well known dry-goods house of W. H. Quinby. He was born in Westchester county, New York, January 27, 1843, being a son of Thomas and Susan A. (Hunter) Quinby, all born
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in Westchester county, New York. The first American ancestors of the Quinby family were Quakers who came to New York state early in the 17th century.
After a public-school education, William H. Quinby worked on the farm with his father until he was twenty-two years old, when in 1865 he went to New York city and entered the employ of Calhoun, Robbins & Company, and, with the exception of a few years, remained with them until 1879, the greater part of the time as traveling salesman. In 1879, Mr. Quinby came to Cleveland as general agent for the Butterick patterns, and two years later he established the present business. From a modest beginning this store has developed into one of the largest of its kind in the middle west, Waling exclusively in women's furnishings. In 1899 the business had expanded to such extent that the present store structure was erected. One of the striking features m the building up of this business is the fact that it has been accomplished without the aid of advertising, relying rather on the quality of goods and service to stimulate its growth and to the cooperation of employes.
Mr. Quinby is a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and serves on the retail board of that organization. His political support is given to the men and measures of the republican party.
In 1878 Mr. Quinby was united in marriage to Janett Freeland in New York city. They have one daughter, May C. The family are members of the Second Presbyterian church and take an active interest m its work and charities. Their city home is Hill Crest, East Cleveland.
While throughout his long business career in Cleveland of over thirty years, he has given close attention to his business affairs, Mr. Quinby has also found time for activities in the broad fields of public duty and he is never found lacking when any measure is on foot for the improvement or benefit of his adopted city. Genial, generous, prosperous, he takes prominent rank among Cleveland's successful and prominent citizens.
CHARLES LINCOLN STOCKER.
Charles Lincoln Stocker, attorney at law in Cleveland, was born in Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, August 22, 1868. Gnadenhutten, the "Tents-of-Grace" mentioned in Longf ellow's Evangeline, was the scene of the early attempts of David Zeisberger and other Moravian missionaries to Christianize the western Indians in 1772, and the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, David Peter, teacher and merchant, accompanied these zealous men as an assistant, and, in 1798, opened the first store in eastern Ohio, his customers being the Delaware Indians of that region.
His father, Solomon Stocker, still lives on the old home place there. He was a non-commissioned officer in the Thirtieth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry and served for four years in the war of the Rebellion. Three times he was slightly wounded but continued with his command and at the expiration of his first term of enlistment reenlisted as a veteran, giving loyal support to the Union until victory crowned the northern army. For years he devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits, was a public-spirited and useful man in his community and now lives retired at the age of seventy-two years.
Under the parental roof, Charles Lincoln Stocker spent his boyhood days and in his native town acquired his early education, which was supplemented by study in Oberlin College. He was graduated from that institution in 1894 and afterward taught school for a year. On the expiration of that period he came to Cleveland and devoted three years to the study of law and to teaching in a night school of this city. In 1898 he was graduated from the law department of the Western Reserve University and at once entered upon the active practice
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of his profession, becoming in 1899 a member of the present well known law firm of Carpenter, Young & Stocker.
He has made for himself a creditable place in the ranks of the legal fraternity and is widely known for the care with which he prepares his cases. In no instance has his reading ever been confined to the limitations of the questions at issue ; it has compassed every contingency and provided not al0ne for the expected, but as well for the unexpected, which happens in the courts quite as frequently as out of them. His logical grasp of the facts and principles of the law applicable to them has been another potent element in his success, and his remarkable clearness of expression and precise diction may be counted among his conspicuous gifts and accomplishments. For nine years he acted as solicitor of Collinwood, a suburb of Cleveland.
Mr. Stocker was married at Collinwood, Ohio, October 6, 1900, to Miss Emma B. Parks, a graduate of Western Reserve University. They have four sons : Edgar Parks, Carl Joseph, Norman Arthur and Charles Lincoln, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stocker hold membership in the First Presbyterian church of East Cleveland, and Mr. Stocker is a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. His interest in community affairs is that of a public-spirited citizen who realizes the opportunity for reform, progress and improvement, and labors to achieve what may be obtained in this direction.
JOSEPH CARABELLI.
Joseph Carabelli is a representative of the industrial interests of Cleveland as proprietor of the Lakeview Granite Porks. He was born in sunny Italy, his birth occurring at Porto Ceresio, in April, 1850. His father, Charles Carabelli, was a stone-mason, who died in Italy in 1870 at the age of sixty-one years. The son pursued his education in the schools of that country and at the age of twelve years was apprenticed to the sculptor's trade, after which he attended school in the forenoon but devoted the afternoons to sculpture, while in the evenings he was instructed in drawing.
Learning of the advantages offered in America Mr. Carabelli took up the study of the English language with the hope of some day coming to the new world. His leisure hours were devoted to the mastery of this tongue and on attaining his majority he crossed the ocean, landing in New York in 1870. There he secured work at his trade, at which he was an expert and, after one year in Harlem, he secured a position with the contractors who were building the New York postoffice. He was then sent to the quarries at Dix island, where he was assigned the task of carving the statue, Industry, one of the six figures which decorate the exterior of the Federal building. He also carved one of the eagles for the entrance and was employed on the ornamental work of the postoffice for eight years.
During that time Mr. Carabelli accumulated some means and decided to invest in business on his own account. He spent several weeks in looking for a favorable location and finally decided upon Cleveland, m 1880 establishing here the Lakeview Granite & Monumental Works, now the largest of their kind and producing the highest grade of work in northern Ohio and west of the quarries. During the twenty-ninth year of his connection with industrial interests in this city his business has had steady and substantial growth, his patronage being of an important character and bringing gratifying financial return. Mr. Carabelli is a man of marked influence but while he maintains a deep love for the land of his birth he is equally loyal to the land of his adoption, where found the opportunities he sought. Here unhampered by caste or class the workman may continually advance until he reaches a position of leadership in the line in which he begins as a young tradesman. This Mr.
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Carabelli has done, being today numbered among the prominent and successful business men of his adopted city. He is a member of the Chamber 0f Commerce and the Builders Exchange. The republican party has always found in him a stanch supporter and in November, 1908, he was elected to the Ohio house of representatives, where he became author of the bill making October 12th a legal holiday in commemoration of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, which bill passed both houses of the Ohio legislature and was signed by Governor Harmon 0n the 17th of March, 1910..
MICHAEL J. ULINE.
The conditions of life are much the same and opportunity lies before every individual. It is the inherent and developed qualities of the man that differentiates him from his fellows, winning him success where others meet with failure. Earnest purpose and indefatigable effort are everywhere recognized as indispensable elements of progress and, endowed with those attributes, which he has cultivated in the course of his business career, Michael J. Uline has eventually become the head of a large and splendidly conducted enterprise operating under the name of the Colonial Ice Company, of which he has been president and general manager for eight years.
Mr. Uline comes of Holland ancestry. He was born in North Brabant, Holland, November 28, 1874, a son of John and Johanna (Van Kessel) Uline. The father's birth occurred in the same place on the 10th of August, 1842, and leaving his native country he engaged in general merchandising. Crossing the Atlantic to America, where he arrived on the 15th of October, 1891, he made his way direct to Cleveland and engaged with the Reader Stone Company. In 1903 he became connected with the Colonial Ice Company as yardman.
In the public schools of Holland, Michael J. Ulme pursued his studies to the age of fifteen years and then came to America with his father, at which time he sought employment in order to further the financial interests of the family and provide for his own support. For two years he was employed as driver by the East End Ice Company, after which he engaged with the Columbia Ice Company as foreman and driver for a year. Ambitious, however, to engage in business on his own account, he began dealing in ice, having a single horse and wagon. His close application and unfaltering energy enabled him to extend his trade as the years passed by until he is now the president and general manager of the second largest ice company in Cleveland, having been elected to the office in May, 1902. The main office of the Colonial Ice Company is at No. 2229 Woodhill Road and to facilitate the more rapid delivery of the product branches have been established at the corner of Woodhill Road and the Nickel Plate railroad tracks, at East Fifty-Second street and the Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad tracks, where is situated the ice plant, and on Marquette Road at the crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad tracks. In addition to ice which they manufacture, they handle the product from lakes in Portage county, Ohio, supplying about twelve thousand tons annually. Their daily output is two hundred and fifty tons, which is used principally in supplying private trade in the eastern section of Cleveland. The company handles coal as well as ice and utilizes forty-two wagons in the delivery of ice and sixteen for coal, while sixty-five horses are used in teaming. These are fine draft horses, unexcelled in the city, and all are gray in color. One hundred men are employed and the business is thoroughly systematized. They have at once the simplest as well as one of the most accurate accounting systems in the country and business men from all parts of the United States come to Cleveland to investigate the same.
On the 18th of June, 1895, Mr. Uline was married in Cleveland to Miss Caroline Eiermann. and they have two children, Myrtle and Hazel, who are attend-
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ing Catholic schools. The family reside at No. 2183 East One Hundred and Sixth street. They attend the Catholic church and Mr. Uline is a member of the Knights of Columbus. While his success has been truly remarkable, it has been the natural sequence of sound and judicious methods and has won for him recognition as a man of affairs—active, enterprising and resourceful.
HERMAN A. HARRIS.
Herman A. Harris, who has attained considerable distinction as a building contractor of Cleveland, having by perseverance and patience together with careful management, worked his way up to the prominent position he holds in the industrial and financial circles of the city, was born in New Hampshire, February 12, 1863. His father, Wilson Harris, was born in the same state, April 5, 1825, where he followed general contracting for many years, and upon coming to Cleveland in 1873 followed the same business until he retired. He now resides here in the enjoyment of the fruits of former labor. Our subject's mother, Sarah B. (Adams) Harris, was also a native of New Hampshire, born in September, 1829, and was married there in 1852, her family having been among the early settlers of that state. She still survives and lives in Cleveland.
The public schools of his native state afforded Herman A. Harris his early educational advantages and in 1873, removing with his parents to Cleveland, he continued his studies here, being graduated from the Central high school with the class of 1882. He made his first step in the business world as a clerk in the First National Bank, in which capacity he served for six years, when he became associated with his father in the general contracting business. Since 1889 he has had full control and, being a man of exceptional vivacity and also enterprising and industrious, his undivided attention to business has enabled him to attain wide popularity. He has done some of the most important work here, among the buildings which he has erected being the Lakeside Hospital, the Rose building, Unity church, East End Baptist church, together with a number of residences throughout the various portions of the municipality, and while he has executed contracts throughout various states his business is mostly confined to this city.
On September 6, 1899, Mr. Harris wedded Mrs. Edmund N. Snyder, a native of this city, by whom he has had two children : Adele S. and Marion S. Prominent in fraternal organizations, Mr. Harris belongs to the Masonic order, the Hermit and Euclid Clubs and is also a member of the local Builders Exchange. Being a man whose business transactions have always been conducted on the basis of honesty, he entertains the respect and confidence of all with whom he associates and is numbered among the substantial citizens of the community.
WILLIAM HANNA.
William Hanna, connected with the Brown Hoisting Company of Cleveland, was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, January 30, 1837. His parents were William and Ellen (Glass) Hanna, both of whom were natives of the Keystone state and the father engaged in business as an iron worker.
William Hanna was reared and educated in Pennsylvania and in 1869 came to Cleveland, where he began business in connection with heating and heavy iron work. In that field of labor he made steady progress as the result of his industry, perseverance and energy, and when he retired from that field after twenty-four years' connection therewith, he was superintendent of the rolling
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mills in Anderson, Indiana. He then returned to Cleveland but soon afterward went south for the benefit of his health, for he was suffering greatly from rheumatism. When that was accomplished he returned to Cleveland and began the manufacture of the medicine that had cured him. In that line of business he continued for seven years, after which he was appointed steward of the city hospital in Cleveland, in which capacity he continued for four years. At that time he was taken with heart failure and was given up to die by the most eminent physicians of the city. Upon the solicitation of his wife and as a last resort he tried Christian Science and after four treatments was again robust and strong. He then accepted a position with the Brown Hoisting Company, receiving all callers and still retains this place. He was only twelve years of age when he started in the business world for himself and since that time has been entirely dependent upon his own efforts.
Mr. Hanna is entitled to wear the Grand Army button for he entered the United States service in June, 1861, in defense of the Union and was honorably discharged in 1865. He was first on active duty with the Sixth Corps and afterward in General Murphy's Fifth Army Corps and at the time he received his honorable discharge was holding the rank of sergeant.
In April, 1861, Mr. Hanna was united in marriage to Miss Fannie M. Cook, of Kentucky, who died in 1867. Three children were born of that union : Ida Frances, who married Thomas Pinnington and resides at Lakewood with her little daughter ; Harry, of Pittsburg, who was married and has five children ; and Palter, deceased. For his second wife Mr. Hanna chose Ella M. Morgan, whom he wedded on the 22d of February, 1870. They reside at No. 8511 Wade Park avenue in a dwelling which Mr. Hanna owns. He is a member of the Christian Science church, while his wife holds membership in the Methodist church. His fraternal relations are with the Grand Army of the Republic and he takes delight in the camp fires of his Post. He is also a Mason of Halcyon Lodge. In politics he is an inflexible republican, stanchly supporting the party which was the defense of the Union in the dark days of the Civil war and has always been the party of reform and progress.
JOHN WILSON.
In the life of John Wilson has been demonstrated the ability of an individual to develop a business to large proportions and to carry it on profitably and honorably, patiently but surely advancing towards the goal of success. He is firmly established in a brick manufacturing business on Independence and Campbell streets, Cleveland. with residence at No. 3031 Stillson avenue, Southeast.
Mr. Wilson was born in the north of Ireland, February 12, 1848, a son of Samuel S. and Jennie (Gamble) Stuart. After a boyhood spent in attending school until he was twelve years of age and assisting his father on the farm, he came to the United States, after attaining his majority, Cleveland being his destination. Arriving here he engaged with his uncle James Gamble in the brick manufacturing business for five years. At the expiration of that time he entered into partnership with a Mr. Reid, but after two years dissolved this association and embarked in business on his own account on Independence road and the Ohio canal. He has since continued the business, manufacturing common building brick, and has a market for the full capacity of his plant.
On August 24, 1873, Mr. Wilson married Eleanor Harrison, and they have five children: William J., thirty-six years old, is an attorney located in the Williamson building; Margaret Jane, is now Mrs. Sykora; Sarah J., is Mrs. John McFarland ; James S., twenty-six years old, is manager of his father's brickyard ; and Margaret Knox is now Mrs. H. W. C0nway.
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Mr. Wilson belongs to Ellsworth Lodge, No. 505, A. F. & A. M., and to the Orange Order. He is a republican in politics and a United Presbyterian in religious faith. In addition to his other interests he is a stockholder in the Broadway Savings & Trust Company. He is one of the wide-awake, enterprising men of the city, and his success has certainly been deserved.
WILLIAM P. SOUTHWORTH.
William P. Southworth, deceased, was the founder of the wholesale and retail grocery establishment that bears his name and was one of the pioneer merchants of Cleveland. He was a thoroughly self-made man in all that the term implies, finding in limited financial circumstances in his youth the incentive for earnest, persistent effort, which led him to an important position in the commercial circles of the city.
He was born in East Haddam, Middlesex county, Connecticut, in 1819, and was a descendant of one of the oldest Puritan families, tracing the line directly back to Mrs. Alice Carpenter Southworth, who became the second wife of Governor William Bradford. She arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1623, sailing from England in the historic ship Ann. In 1628 she was followed by her two sons, Constant and Thomas Southworth, both of whom became prominent in the government of the Plymouth colony. Representatives of the family in a later generation settled in Connecticut, where the name has since been found.
William P. Southworth came west with his mother and two sisters in 1835 and spent one year in Twinsburg, Ohio, where he attended school. In 1836 he came to Cleveland, where his brother, Harrison Grey Otis Southworth, was living, and here he engaged in the contracting business and also operated a stoneyard as a member of the firm of Southworth & Williams. In 1858 a small grocery store came into his possession, which was situated on Ontario street opposite the site of the present business. For some years Mr. Southworth conducted this under the name of The People's Store. One price for everybody and cash payment were the principles of the business.
Mr. Southworth's business methods and his keen appreciation of the opportunities presented soon made themselves felt and he was successful from the first. Finding the first store too small for his increasing trade, he moved across the street and opened a wholesale and retail grocery house, which was conducted under his personal management until about 1889, when the W. P. Southworth Company was incorporated. He was elected president and his son, the late P. J. Southworth, was chosen vice president. The business was developed along modern, progressive lines, Mr. Southworth continually formulating new plans for its expansion and maintaining through all the same irreproachable reputation for commercial integrity. During the course of his business career he passed unscathed through several financial panics in which other firms met disaster, and he was often able to save a friend from financial embarrassment by his timely and wise assistance. The firm was the victim of a disastrous fire in 1882, razing the building to the ground. Undaunted by these circumstances, which would have seemed unsurmountable obstacles to others of less resolute purpose, he set to work to retrieve his lost possessions and wrought along lines that led to prosperity, while the public was as well an indirect beneficiary in that his business interests were a factor in the commercial activity and consequent up- building of the city. In addition to his commercial interests, Mr. Southworth at the time of his death was a director in the National City Bank and at one time, from January, 1873, to January, 1889, served as president of that institution.
Mr. Southworth was in many respects a very remarkable man. He possessed a forceful character that enabled him to accomplish what he undertook
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and when one avenue of effort seemed closed would seek out another path that would enable him to accomplish the result desired. Above all things he admired independence and that quality, rare in individuals, of an ability to mind one's own business. Perhaps no man was more generous and public-spirited who had so deep rooted an aversion to making this known. No benevolent or public- spirited act of his life ever came to the public notice if he could avoid it. About a year before his death he determined to give fifty thousand dollars to the Lakeside Hospital. Phen he had debated and decided the matter in his own mind he quietly sent for the Hon. George H. Ely, the president of the hospital trustees, and engineered the transfer so that had not a hospital trustee told the fact to an acquaintance in the presence of a friend of a daily newspaper the gift might ever have remained a secret. He always evinced a readiness to relieve genuinely needy people, many of whom benefited largely by his friendship and generous spirit. As a business man he was keen and discerning. He believed in giving the public the best service possible and by such a course built up the large business which today stands as a monument to his enterprise.
Mr. Southworth was married in 1855 to Miss Louisa Stark, who with four children survived him, but she died May 19, 1905, and William J. died in 1908. Mary L. is the wife of Dr. Henry S. Upron; Frances is the wife of F. H. Goff, an attorney and banker ; and Otis S. Southworth completes the family.
For a number of years before his death Mr. Southworth was an invalid but he retained his mental faculties unimpaired until his demise, which occurred August 13, 1891, his remains being interred in the Lakeview cemetery. At a large meeting of the Board of Trade on the day of his death the president, the late William Edwards, announced the death of Mr. Southworth and made extended and appropriate remarks, after which he appointed Solon Burgess, C. S. Smith and Charles Babcock as a committee to draft suitable resolutions. The report which was adopted read as follows :
WHEREAS, this board has just been informed by the president of the death of P. P. Southworth, an old and esteemed citizen and business man of this city, therefore:
Resolved, that by the death of our friend and fellow member, P. P. South- worth, this board loses a respected and useful member, and the business community one of its most active and successful business men. His long and eventful business career has been an entire success and conducted without a blot on his fair name, and we sincerely mourn his loss. His charities were free and open-handed, a worthy example to our citizens. Pe cannot forget his late magnificent gift to the Lakeside Hospital.
Resolved, that the secretary be directed to forward a copy of these resolutions to his afflicted family.
Otis S. Southworth, the only surviving son and the present head of the establishment, was born June 14, 1871, in Cleveland, and attended the public schools. He afterward entered his father's establishment and his entire business career has been spent there. He has been president of the corporation since the death of his brother. His wife was formerly Georgiana D. Lee, of Cleveland.
FRANK S. KITTINGER.
Frank S. Kittinger, a contractor, the extent and importance of whose business interests have closely connected him with the building operations of this city, was born at Canal Fulton, Ohio, July 25, 1864. His parents were Lewis and Susanna (Eckroad) Kittinger. His ancestors fought in the Revolutionary war and the family was also represented in the war of 1812 and in the Mexican war. One of the family was killed in the battle of Brandywine while.. aiding
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to establish American independence, and another was frozen to death when serving with Washington's army. The first of the family in America came from Switzerland in 1728 and settled in Reading, Pennsylvania. The military record of the family is certainly one of which they have every reason to be proud. Lewis Kittinger was a soldier of the Civil war and two of the uncles of our subject also wore the blue. One was a drummer boy with Sheridan, while the other was a captain in a regiment of colored troops.
Frank S. Kittinger acquired his early education in the public schools, his course embracing the usual branches of knowledge, but at the age of eighteen he put aside his text-books and began working with his father in the contracting business. They were associated for four years, after which Frank Kittinger went to Dayton, Ohio, where he engaged in business on his own account as a contractor for two years. He then came to Cleveland and was manager for the C. A. Case Company for seven years. On the expiration of that period he turned his attention to the jobbing business, which claimed his attention for two years, after which he joined his brother in a contracting business, the partnership continuing through the ensuing year. He then started upon an independent venture as a contractor, carrying on the business alone for five years. He next went to California, where he was identified with building operations m a most successful manner, erecting some of the largest buildings in the state. He then came to Cleveland and is engaged with John Grant & Company. Other business concerns claim his attention, for he is mterested in the Cleveland Asbestos Plaster Company and is also one of the owners of a tract of two thousand acres of land in Mexico.
Mr. Kittinger has been married twice. On the 25th of July, 1888, he wedded Margaret Edwards, a daughter of M. Edwards, a miner. He has two sons : Paul, twenty years of age ; and Edward, eighteen years of age. The former is a graduate of the North high school and is now employed in the office of the Cleveland Hardware Company. The younger, Edward, is now a student in the North high school. The wife and mother passed away in 1892 and in 1898 Mr. Kittinger was again married, his second union being with Edith Gould, a daughter of Isaac Gould, a mason contractor. There are two children of this marriage, Llis and Josephine, aged respectively ten and eight years.
Mr. Kittinger is a republican in his political views and has firm faith in the principles of the party. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and has taken the degrees in Thatcher Chapter, R. A. M., and in the commandery. His life has been one of unfaltering diligence and perseverance, in which success has been won along honorable methods, while his business probity has ever stood as an unquestioned fact in his career.
REV. WILLIAM STEPHENS KRESS.
Rev. William Stephens Kress, superior of the Ohio Apostolate, was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, February 15, 1863, a son of Nicholas and Mary (Stephens) Kress. The father was born in Fulda, Germany, in 1821, and died at Canton, Ohio, in 1894, having been retired for a number of years, although he had formerly lived at Pittsburg and Liverpool. His wife was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, September 14, 1823, but was brought to the United States at the age of three years. Her demise took place March 24, 1895. She was a daughter of Mathias Stephens. who was born in the grand duchy of Herren Grossbreitenbach, Germany, in April, 1786. He served in the war of 1812 and remained in the army for eight years and seven months, receiving an honorable discharge at the end of that time. Mathias Stephens was a son of Christian and Eva Elsaheth (Schmitz) Stephens.
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Father Kress was educated at St. Mary's school and at St. Vincent's school, also at St. Mary's Seminary at Cleveland, from which he was ordained May 26, 1888, by Bishop Gilmour. He said his first mass the following Sunday at St. Peter's church at Canton, and was then assigned as assistant priest for two years at Defiance and Toledo. Following this he took a post-graduate course at the Catholic university at Washington, D. C., in 1894 being made superior of the Ohio Apostolate, a missionary band, and has held this position since. His work consists in part in the holding of missions among both Catholics and non-Catholics. At present there are five members of the band.
Father Kress has contributed freely from his pen to church literature and one of his best known books is "Questions of Socialists and Their Answers," published in 1905. It is a volume of two hundred pages and a second edition was published in 1908, the demand being such as to require this. He also occasionally contributes to a number of publications, principally those of the church. When not holding missions, he is lecturing on religious subjects. The more prominent members of the Apostolate have been : Rev. Edward P. Graham; Rev. Ignatius J. Ponderly, now deceased ; Rev. John P. Michaelis ; Rev. Charles Alfred Marlin, author of several booklets, including "Cana," of which over fifty thousand copies have been sold, and a short history of religion, a new and more pretentious contribution from his pen ; Rev. John I. Moran ; Rev. James Reilly ; Rev. Robert Pratt, a convert from Methodism ; Rev. Thomas J. O'Hern ; and Rev. S. P. Lson, formerly pastor of Grace Episcopal church, Newburg, and rector of the Protestant Episcopal Mission of the Redeemer, Cleveland.
HON. CARLOS M. STONE.
Hon. Carlos M. Stone, a distinguished member of the Cuyahoga bar, who served f0r twenty years on the common pleas bench, was born in Str0ngsville, Ohio, March 27, 1846, a son of Montreville and Mary (Smith) Stone. Having attended the district schools, he continued his education in Oberlin College, which he entered at the age of seventeen years. In the meantime he had had military experience as a soldier of the Civil war, for, though but a youth in years, he ran away from home and joined the army, serving out his full term of enlistment, after which he was honorably discharged.
A mental review of the field of business, of the opportunities offered therein and of his own taste led Mr. Stone to the conclusion that he preferred the practice of law to any other professional or commercial course. Pith this end in view he carefully pursued his studies, supplementing his course in Oberlin College by study in the Ohio State University Law School and the Union Law College at Cleveland. He was granted his diploma in 1869 and immediately located for practice in this city. following his admission to the bar in the same year. Within two years after he had become actively connected with the legal profession he was elected city prosecutor and filled that office for two years. He then resumed private practice and from 1873 until 1876 was a member of the law firm of Brinsmade & Stone. In the latter year he became senior partner of the firm of Stone & Hessenmuller, when, in the fall of the latter year he was elected prosecuting attorney of Cuyahoga county for a term of two years. Again he was chosen to the office in 1881 for a term of three years and was the only incumbent of the 0ffice to hold a third term. On his retirement from the position, in which his course had been characterized by the utmost fidelity and ability, he again took up the private practice of law as a member of the firm of Stone, Hessenmuller & Gallup.
In the fall of 1885, however, Mr. Stone was again called to public service, being elected judge of the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county for a , term of five years. His decisions were strictly fair and impartial, being charac-
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terized by a correct application of the principles of law to the points in litigation. He served for five years upon the bench and upon the expiration of his term was reelected in the fall of 1889. He occupied the bench until 1906, making a most creditable judicial record, many important cases coming before him during that time. His legal learning was broad and comprehensive, and his power of analysis and his ability to see the relation of cause and effect made him one of the ablest representatives that had been upon the bench of the common pleas court. In his private practice he won wide reputation as a corporation lawyer, being thoroughly informed concerning the complex and involved legal principles which have sprung up as a result of the varied and intricate business conditions of the present time. Moreover, he was thoroughly interested in a number of electric railway projects and was president of the Toledo & Western Railroad Company.
In his political views Judge Stone was ever a stalwart republican and in the early period of his manhood he was chairman of the county republican central committee during the presidential campaign of 1884. After he was called to the bench, however, the etiquette, dignity and usefulness of his position did not permit of his active participation in political affairs and at all times he made his official duty his foremost interest.
On the 4th of December, 1872, in Oberlin, Judge Stone was married to Miss Jeannette Follett, and their children were Ruth F. and Katharine F. Mrs. Stone was a daughter of Eliphalet and Katharine (VanSickle) Follett, of Oberlin, Ohio, and a great-granddaughter of Eliphalet Follett, of Bennington, Vermont, whose name is one of those inscribed upon the monument erected to the memory of the men who fell in the Wyoming massacre.
The death of Judge Stone occurred September 21, 1908, at his home on Kenilworth Road, Euclid Heights. He was one of the veteran members of the Cuyahoga county bar, having been associated therewith for forty years and the community in his demise felt the loss of one widely known and beloved. Judge Stone for twenty years was a trusted and honored member of the bench. He was a conservative force thereon and stood in this community as a thoughtful, judicial and impartial administrator of the law. He listened patiently, deliberated slowly and carefully, and impartially reached conclusions, and as the dministrator of criminal law, tempered justice with mercy.
His life was at all times an exemplification of honorable, upright manhood and an embodiment of unfaltering devotion to the trust reposed in him. Citizenship was never to him an idle term, for his recognition of obligations called forth his best effort in every line to which he directed his energies, and his judicial record is one which reflects credit and honor upon the Ohio bar.
WILLIAM WAYNE CHASE.
At the age of fifteen years William Payne Chase was occupying a clerical position with the Lake Shore Railroad and since 1904 he has been the secretary and director of the White Sewing Machine Company. The intervening years chronicle his steady progress in the business world and his post-graduate work in the school of experience now places him in a prominent position as a representative of one of Cleveland's most important productive industries.
He is a son of Charles E. and Annette S. (Ellis) Chase, and was born in Bainbridge, Ohio, November 19, 1872. He supplemented his early education, acquired in the district schools, by study in the Dennison school and at fifteen years of age entered the service 0f the Lake Shore Railroad Company as a clerk. While thus employed, his evening hours were devoted to the study of law and in 1895 he was admitted to the bar and licensed to practice in the state and federal courts. In 1892 he became connected with the White Sewing Ma-
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chine Company as bookkeeper. He was then a young man of about twenty years and became the protégé of Thomas H. White, the president of the company, who showed him many kindnesses and to whom he manifests the deepest gratitude. He recognized, however, that not even the influence of Mr. White would avail to make him a strong force in the business world and that he must develop his own powers and talents by hard work and indefatigable energy. He applied himself closely to the mastery of every task which was entrusted to him and after three years' service as bookkeeper he was given a position in the legal department in 1895. Eventually he became retail superintendent of branch offices and when M. R. Hughes resigned the secretaryship in 1904, Mr. Chase was appointed to the vacant position, which he is still holding. He is also occupying his former position save that his work in the legal department now is only advisory. His present place is one of large responsibility and offers an excellent outlook for the future, for he now has voice in the control and management of one of the leading industries of Cleveland and has so acquainted himself with the trade that he is capable of instituting progressive measures of material benefit in its development.
Mr. Chase has been married twice. In 1893 he wedded Miss Edna E. Thomas, who died in 1905, leaving a daughter and two sons : Catherine, Russell and Charles. In 1907 Mr. Chase wedded Miss Reba Neff, a daughter of Orion L. Neff, a lawyer of Cleveland. There are two children of the second marriage, Elizabeth Ruth and June.
Mr. Chase belongs to the Sons of the American Revolution ; to Brooklyn Lodge, No. 454, A. F. & A. M.; and Webb Chapter, R. A. M. He is also connected with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and holds membership furthermore with the Cleveland Credit Men's Association and the Chamber of Commerce, organizations looking to the business development and improvement of the city. He votes with the republican party where state and national issues are involved but at local elections casts an independent ballot. He is a broadminded young man, imbued with the progressive spirit of the age and, while seeking personal success, is by no means oblivious to the duties which devolve upon him in the matter of citizenship or as a factor in the social life of the community.
ANDREAS ROBERT JOHNSON.
In January, 1908, Andreas Robert Johnson was appointed manager of the Cleveland branch of the Follansbee Brothers Company, extensive manufacturers of tin plate and sheet steel, with headquarters at Pittsburg. In this position he has proved most capable and under his direction the business at this point has been continuously increasing along substantial and satisfactory lines. A native of Maine, Mr. Johnson was born in Bath, November 10, 1877, his parents being Alfred E. and Ida (Otterson) Johnson. He was a pupil in the public schools of Dedham, Massachusetts, until his fifteenth year, and then prefaced his business career by a year's study in Bryant & Stratton Business College of Boston, Massachusetts. On the expiration of that period he entered the employ of Austin & Doten, an iron and steel company of Boston, whom he represented for seven years as office man and traveling salesman. Ambitious to engage in business on his own account, he became one of the organizers 0f the firm of Farnham & Johnson, sheet metal jobbers. A year later their interests were consolidated with Richards & Company, Inc., Mr. Johnson becoming a shareholder and director of the latter company, with which he was associated for five years, when he disposed of his interest to become treasurer of the Ridgway Furnace Company of Boston. A year later he removed to Cleveland to become manager of the local branch of Follansbee Brothers Company and his success amply jus-
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tifies the measure of confidence thus reposed in him. He has jurisdiction over a wide territory embracing all northern Ohio. The Follansbee Brothers Company controls one of the leading industries of its kind in the country, its Scott's Extra Coated Roofing, much used in this section, being one of its most celebrated outputs. As manager Mr. Johnson has carefully systematized the business, has familiarized himself with the conditions of the market and of the trade and by judicious use of publicity measures has not only brought the business to the attention of the public in his territory but has also created a large demand for the products handled.
On the 10th of July, 1903, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Kate Moulton Gardner, of Pest Roxbury, Massachusetts, who is now deceased. His present residence is at No. 45 Grandview avenue. He is an enthusiastic Mason, holding membership in Constellation Lodge, F. & A. M., at Dedham ; Norfolk Chapter, R. A. M.; Hyde Park Council, R. & S. M.; and the Cypress Commandery of Hyde Park, in the state of Massachusetts. He is also identified with Aleppo Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Boston, and he likewise belongs to Blue Hill Chapter of the Eastern Star. He is interested in athletics and all manly outdoor sports and holds membership with the Cleveland Athletic Club and the Dedham (Massachusetts) Boat Club. The republican party receives his warm and unfaltering endorsement and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Congregational church. He has come to be recognized as a young man of fine business talent and of social nature, possessing the energy, determination and keen
discrimination so essential to success in commercial fields, combined with those social qualities which win and retain friendship and regard.
JAMES D. CAREY.
James D. Carey, as president of the J. D. Carey Construction Company, needs no introduction to Cleveland's citizens, for his business interests have been of a character that have brought him a wide acquaintance. He was the pioneer in concrete construction in Cleveland and has ever been the leader in this department of activity, advancing step by step with the progress of the times in building lines and contributing to the improvement of the city as well as to his individual success.
He was born in Utica, New York, September 4, 1866, a son of Daniel F. and Julia (Cunningham) Carey. The father, a native of the Empire state, was an expert mechanic and foreman of a foundry. He died in 1903 and his wife, who was also born in New York, passed away when her son James was but two years of age. At the time of the Civil war the father put aside business and personal considerations and joined the Union army, serving at the front under General Thomas.
James D. Carey is indebted to the public-school system of Oswego, New York, for the educational privileges which he enjoyed. Completing his studies in his sixteenth year, he was apprenticed to the machinist's trade, working under instruction in Chicago and other places and afterward being employed as a journeyman for a number of years. In the meantime, however, he had been employed as a cabin boy in the revenue service, sailing on the Great Lakes and on several of the important rivers of the country until 1884, in which year he arrived in Cleveland and became connected with the tool and die industry, with which he was associated for about six years, having charge of that department for the Cleveland Hardware Company and also for the Standard Sewing Machine Company. In 1888 he withdrew from that department of activity and turned his attention to the cement business, establishing an independent venture. He had been connected with the enterprise but a short time when he
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recognized the wonderful possibilities in this line of work, which he realized was then in its infancy. In order that he might enjoy the opportunities offered in that field of endeavor he organized a company, which has since been engaged in cement construction. Mr. Carey was the pioneer in reenforced concrete construction in the central west. There are many notable examples of the work of the Carey Construction Company in this city and other places throughout the United States, practically fifty per cent of their business being out of the city. Their business has enjoyed continuous and substantial growth, having today an extensive patronage in the middle west as general contracting engineers and designers in concrete and reenforced concrete work.
In 1886 Mr. Carey was united in marriage to Miss Lorain Beatty, a native of Lancaster, Ohio, and unto them has been born a daughter, now Mrs. Elizabeth Feaga, of Cleveland. Mr. Carey holds membership in the Masonic fraternity and also with the Cleveland Athletic Club. He is particularly fond of outdoor sports, to which he devotes his leisure hours. He is, however, preeminently a man of affairs and in business circles and in citizenship justly merits the high reputation which he enjoys.
REV. IGNATIUS LOUIS PIOTROPSKI.
Rev. Ignatius Louis Piotrowski, pastor of St. Casimir's Catholic church, was born m Poland, Germany, January 17, 1875. His father, Michael Piotrowski, was born in the same place, October 24, 1833, and died on the 22d of February, 1901. He had come to the United States thirty years before, settling in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was a brick-layer by trade and conducted business in Erie as a brick-mason up to the time of his death. His wife, Mrs. Josephine Piotrowski, who was born in Poland in 1841, is still living in Erie, Pennsylvania.
The Rev. Ignatius Piotrowski pursued his education in the parochial and public schools of Erie and at St. Cyrillus and Methodius College at Detroit, Michigan, from which he was graduated cum lauda. He had been brought to the United States by his parents when four or five years of age and in his youthful days he determined to prepare for the priesthood. After completing his course in Detroit he continued his studies in St. Mary's Semmary in Cleveland, spending six years in that institution, where he mastered theology and philosophy, church history and the various branches which qualified him for holy orders. He was ordained by Bishop Horstmann on the 25th of May, 1902, and celebrated his first mass at St. Stanislaus church in Erie, Pennsylvania. Father Piotrowski was then assigned to the pastorate of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin at Lorain and also had charge of the Church of the Assumption at Grafton, Ohio. He remained at Lorain for eight months and afterward was pastor 0f the Church of St. Stanislaus at Youngstown, where he continued for five months. In 1903 he came to Cleveland, arriving in this city on the 1st of August to become pastor of St. Casimir's church, a Polish congregation. Here he has done excellent work. The building which has been erected in this parish served a twofold purpose and is known as a church school, the upper part being used for divine worship while the lower portion is divided into class rooms and is utilized as the parochial school. Father Piotrowski is a young, energetic priest and under his superintendence the church is making remarkably rapid progressive strides. Two hundred and fifty families are numbered among the congregation. There are seven teachers in the school, with three hundred and fifty pupils. The church has a seating capacity of six hundred and fifty and in addition to this property there is a frame parish house, a fine Sisters' house and a spacious hall. When Father Piotrowski assumed the pastorate of St. Casimir's its affairs were in a very unsatisfactory condition. He immediately began the work of renovating the property and fixing the financial attitude of the parish so as to enable him
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to liquidate some of the accumulated indebtedness of the community. From the time of his arrival in 1903 down to 1908 over fifty thousand dollars were expended in improving the parish property and about ten thousand dollars were paid on the mortgage.
It is Father Piotrowski's intention to begin the erection of a new church edifice as soon as he finds himself in a favorable position for the consummation of his project.
ANDREW DALL.
Andrew Dall enjoys a peculiar distinction as a prime factor in the mammoth building operations of the past few years, a period marked largely by an entire revolution in construction in this city. With interest in the city's architectural adornment as well as the remuneration which the business affords him, he has wrought along lines of general advancement and the nature of the contracts awarded him indicates the prominent position to which he has attained in his chosen field of labor.
Scotland numbers Andrew Dall among her native sons, his birth having occurred m Markinch in 1850, his parents being Andrew and Elizabeth (Davidson) Dall. After serving a seven years' apprenticeship at the stone-cutting trade in his native country the father was married there and in 1852 came with his family to the United States, establishing his home in Cleveland, where in a brief time his ambition had led him beyond the ranks of the employe and as a contractor and builder he was closely associated with the substantial improvement of his adopted city. The nature of his contracts changed materially as his ability was recognized and today many of the fine structures of Cleveland stand as monuments to his skill and workmanship, including the Randall, Pade and Backus residences, the St. Paul's Episc0pal, church and the dormitory and Adelbert College. He was also ass0ciated with his son and namesake in the erection of the Euclid Avenue Opera House. A life of great activity, of usefulness and of substantial success was ended in his death in 1887. Unto him and his wife were born six children, the surviving members of the family being : Robert Dall, a contractor of Toledo, Ohio ; Mrs. John Protheroe, of Cleveland , and Andrew Dall, of this review.
Brought to the United States at the age of two years, Andrew Dall was educated in the public schools of Cleveland and chose the occupation of building as his life work. He entered upon his varied duties with admirable equipment. He was "to the manner born," learning his trade in his youth under the capable instruction of his father and carrying out his projects with such industry that he was awarded the erection of many buildings in this city. These are among the prmcipal ornaments of their respective neighborhoods, pleasing to the eye and constructed with conscientious regard for real utility and solidity. In 1874 he was admitted to a partnership by his father and together they erected many buildings of note in neighboring cities as well as in Cleveland. In 1877 Mr. Dall began as an independent contractor and while thus engaged erected the Wilshire building on Superior avenue, the Fairmount pumping station, the S. T. Everett residence, the city hall at Troy, Ohio, the Aker buildings and public school library at Dayt0n, Ohio, and the post office and custom house at Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Following the organization of the firm of McAllister & Dall in 1888, the senior partner being Arthur McAllister, the firm immediately took a place in the front rank among those prominently identified with building operations in Ohio. To them were awarded contracts for the erection of the home of Samuel Mather and the building of the Society for Savings in Cleveland, while outside the city they have done equally important work, including the erection
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of the Erie County Savings Bank at Buffalo, New York, which is one of the most beautiful buildings in the country, being erected of granite, ten stories in height. The firm of McAllister & Da11 also rebuilt the Euclid Avenue Opera House and were the builders of the fine soldiers' and sailors' monument, which is one of the attractive architectural adornments of the city. At the present writing Mr. Dall is engaged in the construction of the new court house being erected on the lake front.
Mr. Dall laid the foundation for a happy home life in his marriage in 1873 to Miss Alice Bennett, a daughter of John Bennett, at one time chief of the city fire department, an old and much respected Cleveland citizen. The family now numbers three sons and three daughters : Emma, William, Elizabeth, John, Joseph and Irene. One who knows Mr. Dall well says of him : "His chief characteristic is his absolute reliability. He is a splendid mechanic, a successful builder, and a good man and citizen. He is broad and liberal in his views, enterprising and energetic, charitable, kind-hearted and thoroughly consistent in all his actions." In his political views Mr. Dall is an earnest republican, doing all in his power as a private citizen to insure the adoption of the party principles, yet political office has no attraction for him. He is a stalwart champion of the cause of public education and in fact is interested in all that pertains to the city's progress in all progressive lines. Viewed from the personal standpoint, he is a strong man, strong in his honor and his good name, honored for his business integrity and for attractive social qualities which win him many friends.
THOMAS H. GEER.
The name of Thomas H. Geer is not only widely known because of the extent of the clientage which he has secured in the conduct of a general insurance business, but also because of the honors that have been conferred upon him in his election to office in the various organizations whose membership is formed of those connected with the insurance business. Starting upon life's journey on the 3d of September, 1840, his boyhood days were spent in Ledyard, New London county, Connecticut, the place of his nativity, where resided his parents, Captain Nathaniel Bellows and Julia (Davis) Geer. For him, their oldest son, they provided excellent educational advantages and after receiving a good foundation in the educational training of the public schools of his native town he entered Irving Institute at Tarrytown, New York. Later he became a student in the State Normal School at Westfield, Massachusetts, from which he was graduated in 1859. At that time he regarded the teacher's profession as his life work and began teaching in the Haskell grammar school, at Pest Gloucester, Massachusetts, meeting with unqualified success both as an instructor and as a disciplinarian. In 1860 he was elected to the principalship of the high school at Rockport, Massachusetts, and in the spring of 1862 became a teacher in Burlington College at Burlington, New Jersey, where he remained for three years. Close application to study and his professional duties undermined his health and he was obliged to give up his school work and seek some other avenue of usefulness.
It was about that time, in April, 1866, that Mr. Geer turned his attention to the insurance business, becoming special agent in Massachusetts for a life insurance company. So well did he meet the demands of the position that in the following October he became resident agent for the company at Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1876 extended the scope of his labors to include fire insurance, since which time We has continued in business in this city in general insurance. He has built up one of the largest agencies in Cleveland, representing a number of the oldest and most reliable companies. Mr. Geer is one of the best known local agents in the country, and has always been interested in associations organized
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for the benefit of the various branches of insurance. He has been secretary and president of the Cleveland Life Underwriters Association, secretary of the Life Underwriters Association of the State of Ohio, and acted as president of the Cleveland Board of Underwriters in 1894-5, of which he had previously been treasurer and vice president. He was active in the organization and served as first chairman of the executive committee of the Ohio Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents for three years. In 1903 he served as president of the National Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents, having previously served as vice president of that body.
Politically Mr. Geer is an uncompromising republican, deeming the principles of the party as sufficient to meet the demands of good government. At the age of eighteen he was confirmed in St. James Episcopal church at Poquetanuck, Connecticut, by the late Rt. Rev. John Williams, bishop of Connecticut. During his residence in Cleveland he has been a communicant of Trinity cathedral and for many years a member of the vestry and cathedral chapter. He takes an active and helpful interest in the church work and its charities.
On the 30th of June, 1868, Mr. Geer was married at Poquetanuck, Connecticut, to Miss Fanny Halsey Brewster, a daughter of the Hon. John and Mary Esther (Williams) Brewster. To this marriage was born a daughter, Mrs. Mary Brewster (Geer) Thurston, who has one son, Thomas Brewster Thurston. In spite of the fact that for more than four decades Mr. Geer has been a resident of Ohio, he still has a great love for the home of his youth, to which he is a frequent visitor. Success has attended his efforts and today he stands at the head of his profession, honored and respected as a man whose word is good and whose character is above reproach.
CHARLES T. RICHMOND.
There are few things more gratifying to a man active in the business world than a recognition of his abilities and the opportunity for the larger exercise of them. Charles T. Richmond, who is a consulting engineer with the National Carbon Company of Cleveland, started upon his business career with the determination to learn the minutia of the business of every firm with which he was connected and has the satisfaction of knowing that in the course of years his policy has been well rewarded.
He was born in Johnsonville, Rensselaer county, New York, June 13, 1856. He is eligible to become a member of the famous Order of Cincinnatus for his great-grandfather was an officer in the Revolutionary army under Pashington and he is the oldest son of the oldest son in the direct line. His father, Theodore C. Richmond, now deceased, was also a native of Johnsonville, New York, and was a farmer and commission merchant, who played no inconsiderable part in local affairs. He espoused the cause of the republican party and during the eighty-five years of his life voted at seventeen different presidential elections. His wife, who was Miss Caroline Baucus, was born in the same town as her husband and son and died at the age of sixty-nine years.
Charles T. Richmond received his preparatory education at Greylock Institute, South Williamstown, Massachusetts, and then entered Yale College. He was graduated from that institution in 1878, a member of the same class as President Taft, but he had taken the scientific course, while the President had pursued the academic. Mr. Richmond also somewhat resembles his illustrious classmate and has on several occasions been mistaken for the latter. Phen he received his degree from Yale Mr. Richmond entered the First National Bank, of North Adams, Massachusetts, in order to familiarize himself with the banking business. He accepted no salary and in the six months he remained there filled every position from messenger to cashier. Then he became local manager of an
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iron mine at Mineville, New York, but after two years' service resigned his position in order to become a deputy collector of internal revenue in the tenth district of Massachusetts. In June, 1885, he was deposed by President Cleveland, being of opposite political faith, but, far from considering this a calamity, Mr. Richmond regards it as one of the best thmgs that ever happened to him. Thereupon he went into the carbon business, then an entirely new industry, in association with his cousin, at North Adams, Massachusetts. In 1889 they severed their partnership and sold their interests to the Thompson-Houston Carbon Company of Fremont, Ohio, Mr. Richmond joining this latter concern, becoming its president and general manager. He held this position until about 1893, when the firm was consolidated with the National Carbon Company, of Cleveland, and Mr. Richmond came to this city. In 1896 he was made superintendent of the National Carbon Company of New Jersey, filling that office for the next ten years. In 1906 he was appointed consulting engineer of the same company, in which capacity he is still serving. He is also interested in other industries but devotes his time mostly to the manufacture of carbon products.
On the 28th of January, 1891, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Richmond and Mrs. Addie Noble, who is a daughter of Frank W. Gallagher, of Fremont, Ohio. He was a large wholesale tobacco merchant there. Mr. Richmond has one stepson, twenty-five years of age, who is now engaged in insurance brokerage and in general contracting business in New York city.
Through his membership in the Chamber of Commerce and the Athletic Club Mr. Richmond exhibits the sincere public spirit which is ever exerted in behalf of his fellow citizens. He is a man who has devoted his life conscientiously toward advancement and as he has held to high standards of upright manhood he enjoys the respect and esteem of those who have come in contact with him. He resides at No. 3111 Prospect avenue.
DR. DAVID LONG.
The first physician to settle in Cleveland was Dr. David Long, a son of a physician and Revolutionary soldier. Born at Hebron, Washmgton county, New York, September 29, 1787, he studied m Massachusetts with an uncle, Dr. John Long, and afterward graduated from a medical school in New York city. The village of Cleveland presented in 1810 only a prospect to a physician, a prophecy of development, with sufficient physical ills to engross the time of a practitioner. In seeking to attract such professional skill into their midst, leading citizens showed how a young man, equipped for medical practice, might teach school or till a piece of ground for partial support.
Dr. David Long came to Cleveland in June, 1810, and at once identified himself with the interests of the place. The following year he married the daughter of Judge John Palworth, whose earlier home had been in Aurora, New York. Judge Walworth had come to Cleveland as a civil engineer employed by the state of Connecticut to lay out northern Ohio mto counties. The young physician and wife were in full sympathy with the struggles of the early settlers, and their home was a refuge for the suffering, for whom no hospital existed. He was a surgeon in the army during the war of 1812 and the battle of Lake Erie brought wounded soldiers and sailors to their doors, and the gratitude of the convalescents was quite as much for the gentle nursing of Mrs. Long as for the surgical skill of her patriotic husband. At the time of Hull's surrender, the doughty Doctor brought the good news from Black river to Cleveland, a distance of twenty-eight miles, in two hours and fourteen minutes. The news was most welc0me, there having been fear of an Indian uprising at British instigation.
Dr. Long's medical practice extended over a territory of fifty miles. professional calls taking him by day and by night, with saddlebags on horseback, over
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almost impassible roads. Upon one occasion, after midnight, he crossed the deep gorge of Rocky river in response to a call. In 1823 Dr. Long and a Mr. Sears drove from Sandusky in a one-horse sleigh. A heavy rain caused the sudden disappearance of the snow, and so the travelers started homeward on the ice of Lake Erie. After many thrilling experiences, the sixty miles were traversed and the sleigh entered safely the mouth of the Cuyahoga river.
The first home of this pioneer physician was on Water street near the site of the old lighthouse, but soon residence was taken in a double log house back of the present American House. This log structure had been erected by Governor Huntington. At that time Dr. Long was also proprietor of a dry goods and notions store on Superior street, John P. Walworth managing the business.
Later Dr. Long built a brick house on that site and afterward a stone house at the southeast corner of Superior and Seneca streets, where he had his residence and office, In 1836 he removed to what was Kinsman Road, but afterward Woodland avenue, where at the corner of Linden street, he had constructed a stone residence, afterward occupied by Erastus Gaylord, Esq., but at the present time a carriage-shop. The final residence of Dr. Long was on Woodland, corner of Longwood avenue, now East Thirty-fifth street.
Dr. Long was a public-spirited citizen. His election as county commissioner brought the county courthouse to Cleveland instead of the proposed site in Newburg. Like many 0ther citizens, he suffered financial reverses in c0nstructing a section of the Ohio canal, an enterprise of considerable benefit to Cleveland. Hon. Harvey Rice said of this pioneer physician : "He was a generous, kind man and a friend to every one. He was a leading business man and his position in the community and church was an influential one."
ALBERT M. ALBRECHT.
Albert M. Albrecht, a very successful florist at No. 811 Prospect avenue, this city, while a product of Cleveland, comes of good old German stock, inheriting from his father those sterling traits of character which have made the fatherland famous for so many years. Mr. Albrecht was born in Cleveland in April, 1868, being a son of Herman and Thresa (Rebman) Albrecht. The father was born in Baden, Germany, and served in the army there for eight years. About 1865 he came to America and located in Cleveland, where he soon built up a good business as a contracting stone-mason, pursuing his calling until his death April 13, 1893. His wife was also a native of Baden, Germany, and she still survives.
Albert M. Albrecht was educated at St. Joseph's school in Cleveland and began working in boyhood with the Cleveland Paper Company. Later he entered the Spencerian Business College and was graduated therefrom when eighteen years old. Having thus obtained some knowledge of business methods, he engaged with C. M. Wagner, the florist, when only nineteen and continued with him for fourteen years.
By this time Mr. Albrecht had thoroughly mastered all the details of the business, and in September, 1908, he organized the firm of Albrecht & Smith, florists, on Erie street. On January 1, 1909, the business was moved to the store now occupied by Mr. Albrecht. On August 1 of this same year, he purchased the interest of his partner and is now alone. Although the business is yet in its infancy, being but a year old, he has been very successful, even beyond his highest expectations. His store is the most elegantly equipped of its kind in the city, and Cleveland may well be proud of such an establishment, which in its arrangements and decorations reflects the artistic ideas of the proprietor. Mr. Albrecht supplies the retail trade with cut flowers and set pieces and has a splendid line of customers.
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Mr. Albrecht was married in August, 1900, to Katie Becker, daughter 0f Charles and Catherine (Fiedler) Becker, of Cleveland. They have two children : Albert Carl, aged seven' years, and Alice Louise, aged three years. Mr. Albrecht is a member of the Tribe of Ben Hur, the Royal League and the Royal Arcanum. He is very fond of the country, and during the summer he has his family on a farm at Pest Richland, Ohio, and spends as much time with them there as his business duties will permit. His business career as an independent business man has but commenced, although from the beginning of his work he has shown his worth and made friends everywhere. However, as he possesses indomitable courage, a thorough knowledge of the business and true artistic perceptions, the future appears bright for him and the successful continuance of his business.
REV. JOHN THOMAS CARROLL.
Rev. John Thomas Carroll, pastor of the Holy Name church of Cleveland, Ohio, through whose efforts and Christian zeal the parish has been placed in its present prosperous condition, was born in New York city, August 17, 1852, a son of Michael J. Carroll, a native of Ireland, whose birth occurred August 15, 1824, and Mary (Coughlan) Carroll, also a native of the Emerald isle, born in 1823. They passed away in April, 1902, and January, 1903, respectively. The father emigrated to the United States when a boy and about the year 1855 came to Wooster, Ohio, from New York state, for the purpose of managing a large farm, which he operated for some time. He then purchased land, upon which he engaged in agricultural pursuits until he retired, living in the city of Wooster until the time of his death. He was prominent throughout the county both as a business man and politician and was twice elected to the state legislature, in which honorable body he acquitted himself with great distinction and won an enviable reputation for his administrative ability. The old homestead is still in possession of the family and occupied by a son William. The mother had a brother, the Rev. William Coughlan, who was a priest, having charge of a congregation in New York, while a nephew, Father Morton, is also a priest and pastor of the church in her native village. She also had another brother who is living on the old homestead in Ireland and in 1908 celebrated his one-hundredth birthday, the entire family being noted for the longevity of its members.
To Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Carroll were born : the Rev. John Thomas ; and Martha, a nun in Ursula Convent, in Youngstown, Ohio. Rev. Carroll also has a cousin, Sister Scholastica, a nun at St. Michael's Convent in Toronto and Sister Scholastica, another cousin, who is studying in a convent in Ireland. The family is prominent in ecclesiastical circles, its members being noted for their devotion to the church, many of them being members of the priesthood.
Rev. John Thomas Carroll acquired his early education in St. Mary's College, Chicago, Illinois, later attending St. Mary's Seminary at Cincinnati, Ohio from which he was graduated and on July 5, 1876, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Gilmour. He said his first mass on July 9, of the following week, at St. Mary's church in Wooster, Ohio. Following his ordination he was appointed assistant pastor to Father Brown in Youngstown, Ohio, whom he assisted for about one year, when Father Mears succeeded to the pastorate of the congregation and Rev. Carroll remained as his assistant for three years. He was then assigned as pastor of St. Mary's church, at Berea, Ohio, in which church he officiated for seven years. Phile pastor of that congregation he remodeled the church building and purchased property for school and residence purposes, completely furnishing both the school buildings and parsonage, and bought a large tract of land to be used as a cemetery. He attended a mission at Olmsted Falls near Berea, this organization being an adjunct of St. Mary's
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church, and he left the congregation entirely out of debt and with money in the treasury.
On February 14, 1886, Father Carroll assumed' his present pastorate. This parish is one of the most prominent in Cleveland, having been organized and the first church building erected about 1854. A new church edifice had been started when Rev. Carroll took charge, but was far from completion and, upon assuming his duties here, he entered at once enthusiastically into the work of the parish, his first endeavor being to complete the building. He has since been instrumental in erecting an elegant parish residence, an auditorium with a seating capacity of one thousand, and he also remodeled and refurnished the old school building and built a new twelve-room school. In addition to this work his activities have gone much farther and he has succeeded in erecting a chapel beside the main church building and also in having constructed eight buildings including a large store, all of which are equipped with the latest improvements and are rented with great advantage to the exchequer of the church. The church building proper is one of the finest in the city, its seating capacity being twelve hundred. The parishioners number about three thousand, while nine hundred children attend the parish schools, which are presided over by fourteen teachers. The parish is in excellent financial condition, Father Carroll having performed remarkable work since taking charge of the congregation. The parish is thoroughly organized, among the organizations being the Knights of St. John, the Catholic Foresters, Knights of Columbus, three divisions of The Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Holy Name Society. There are more than five hundred men among these organizations
Father Carroll is a man of remarkable executive ability, being at the same time a zealous and enthusiastic Christian, beloved by the members of his congregation and in fact by the entire community. Being a forceful orator, he has often been called upon for addresses at dedication ceremonies of the churches of his denomination. His energies and activities have reached outside of his particular congregation and eleven years ago he initiated the work of St. Catherine's church and purchased nine acres of land, upon which he was instrumental in erecting a church building, which was burned down three months after its completion, but he immediately rebuilt the structure together with a hall. He looks after the spiritual interests of the Catholic inmates at Northern Ohio Hospital for the Insane. About three years ago he began regular services at Bedford, adjoining his parish, and erected a church and school building for the accommodation of the congregation there. His immediate congregation is one of the largest in the city, requiring the assistance of two priests. Father Carroll aside from the spiritual duties incumbent upon him as pastor of the congregation, has taken a deep interest in that portion of the city in the vicinity of his church and was one of the original promoters of the park system and is one of the most active members of the South Cleveland Improvement League, of which he is president. He is one of the most telling factors in the spiritual and moral uplift of the city and is not only highly esteemed by the members of his immediate church but is well known and beloved for his earnest Christian zeal and exemplary character throughout the entire city.
CHARLES F. DIETZEL.
Charles F. Dietzel, who since January 1, 1909, has been a partner in the Cleveland Couch Company, with which for more than two decades he has been associated in the line of his trade-that of upholstering—was born in Cleveland, on the 30th of September, 1873, and is a son of Charles and Katharine Dietzel. As the name indicates, the family is of German descent. The paternal grandfather was a school teacher in Germany and after coming to the United