CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 175 tains all the modern improvements. The home is supported principally by voluntary contributions. The executive officers are: president, Adolph Freund, of Detroit, Michigan; vice-president, Samuel Grabfelder, of Louisville, Kentucky; treasurer, Jacob Mandlebann; chairman of local board, Myer Weil; secretary, M. A. Marx, of Cleveland; superintendent, S. Friedman; physician, N. Weidenthalent. This is one of the few institutions of the kind in the State, and a visit through the different departments is a convincing proof that the home is in good hands, and that the superintendent and matron are the right persons in the right place. Mrs. Friedman, the matron, is a cultured lady, of pleasing presence, and is the ideal mother of more than a score who are very much her senior in age. Mr. Friedman, the subject of this sketch, was married in 1872, to Miss Ernestine Webber, a sister of Fanny Webber and a daughter of Jacob Webber, natives of Hungary. The father still resides at his native place. Mr. Friedman is a member of the I. 0. B. B., the American Legion of Honor, the First Hungarian Society of New York, and has passed all the chairs in the I. 0. 0. F. SAMUEL J. BAKER, County Surveyor of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and was brought to Cleveland by his parents when only three years of age. After receiving an education in the grammar and high schools of the city, he entered the city civil engineer's office, at the age of sixteen years, under Charles H. Strong, and served successively as chainman, rod man and level-man in various kinds of field engineering work, and then for several years as transit-man and assistant with Charles A. Walter, the assistant city engineer in charge of surveys, being engaged on all kinds of surveys for the city, including that for the Superior street viaduct, and gaining knowledge and experience in all kinds of city engineering work. On the death of Mr. Walter in 1881, he was placed in charge of his work, and made fourth assistant city engineer, by the city engineer, B. F. Morse. He continued to act as engineer, having special charge of surveys; from that time to May 20, 1893, when he was retired by John H. Farley, the newly appointed Democratic director of public works, in order to make room for one of the latter's political supporters. This was done after he had served twelve years at the head of the survey department of the city, under Engineers B. F. Morse, C. G. Force-, W. P. Rice, and Director of Public Works R. R. Herrick, his salary having been raised three times during this period. He was made third assistant engineer by Director Herrick, but no particular change was made in the nature of his duties. While filling the above positions, he in person made the surveys for the Kingsbury run viaduct, and Central viaduct routes, and prepared all the deeds, resolutions, ordinances and descriptions necessary for the purchase or appropriation of the land for the same, costing over $200,000, and also made the survey and prepared similar papers for the opening, by appropriation, of Walworth street, in the .valley of Walworth run, from Scranton avenue to Gordon avenue, a distance of about two and a half miles, which cost over $100,000. He also made or directed all other surveys by his department, such as those for defining old streets and opening new ones; for dock lines; to define city property, etc. He examined and reported to the chief engineer upon all the plats and maps subdividing lands, and laying out new streets within the city, that have gone on record during the past twelve years,—some 325 in all. In this work he corrected many errors and doubtless saved much litigation, that would otherwise devolve upon future generations. In 1880 he was one of the founders of the Civil Engineers' Club of Cleveland. In 1885 he was elected treasurer of the club, and was 176 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. re-elected four times, serving five years. He also served one year as corresponding secretary and one year as a director. In August, 1884, he prepared and read before the club a paper entitled " The Original Surveys of Cleveland," which was published in the Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies for that month, with accompanying maps. This paper has since been frequently in demand by surveyors and others interested in the early history and survey of the city. Soon after leaving the city's employ, Mr. Baker entered the race for the nomination for County Surveyor on the Republican ticket, and in September, 1893, received the nomination, defeating five other candidates, and having a plurality of the popular vote, and a final delegate vote in the convention of 269 out of a total of 386 cast. In November following he was elected County Surveyor by a majority of nearly 9,000 over his Democratic opponent. He took possession of his office on January 1, 1894, and has already executed a large amount of work for the citizens of the city and county. With a complete force of expert assistants and an equipment of the latest and most improved instruments, he is prepared to make all kinds of surveys and do a large class of engineering work. The brief mention of his official career and public work outlined above demonstrates his competency for his present position and for the kind of work he advertises to do. With all the superior advantages possible, therefore, he is prepared to locate uncertain or disputed property lines, to survey and lay out subdivisions, street lines, lots, farms, roads, drives and private grounds, to prepare maps, descriptions and deeds, and do all the engineering work required for grading, curbing, paving, severing, etc., of new streets, with plans and estimates of cost. Mr. Baker is unmarried, and is now residing on Prospect street. His parents are dead, his father, the late Robert Baker, who was for many years the Secretary of the City Infirmary Board, having died in January, 1891, and his mother six months later. His only immediate relative living is his sister, Mrs. George H. Foote, of this city. He is a member of the Ohio Society of Surveyors and Civil Engineers, and also a member of the Cleveland Athletic Club. In politics he is a Republican, and has been so since his first vote. Though never a politician, he takes an active interest in the success of his party, and is a member of both the Tippecanoe and Cuyahoga Republican Clubs. REV. AUGUST GERARDIN, pastor of the Annunciation Catholic Church of Cleveland (French), was born in France, May 4, 1844, a son of J. E. and Theresa (Toussaint) Gerardin, both parents being natives of France. The father was a life-long teacher, and taught for the greater portion of his life in Riche. Here he taught for thirty years and here he died. He taught in the county of Meurthe, France, and as a teacher he was distinguished. He died in 1863, at the age of sixty-four years. His wife's death preceded his one year, she dying at the age of sixty-two years. Both of these parents were life-long and faithful members of the Catholic Church, and the excellency of their precepts were telling upon the character of their son, whose name introduces this brief sketch. Rev. Gerardin is the youngest of seven children, of whom three still live. In 1864 our subject came to America and direct to Cleveland, where he completed his theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary under the tutelage of Rev. Saleune, now at Long Branch, New York, and Dr. James Stremler, superior. His preliminary education was obtained in France at Pont-a-Mousson. He was ordained priest in Cleveland, December 16, 1867, by Bishop Rappe. Rev. Gerardin's first work as a pastor was at Upper Sandusky. He was next sent to Galion, Ohio, where he became pastor in 1868 and served until 1877. During the period he was CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 177 at Galion, Ohio, he built what is now known as the St. Patrick's church of Galion, a large, commodious building, and also completed a building and inaugurated what is now a large school. From Galion Rev. Gerardin came to Cleveland in 1877. The parish in Cleveland was inaugurated in 1868 by Father A. San vadet, and is known as the Annunciation, of which Rev. Gerardin became the second rector. At the time he became director there were 125 families in his congregation, and the number of families has been increased two-fold. His church is in a healthy condition and is growing. Rev. Gerardin has been very successful in church work, his success being due to his diligence, his watchful care and his ability as an organizer. He is highly esteemed and beloved. REV. WILLIAM YOST, treasurer of the Missionary Society of the Evangelical Association, Cleveland, Ohio, dates his birth in Womelsdorf, Berks county, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1830. His parents, John and Margaret (Lauer) Yost, were natives of Germany. John Yost was a cooper and farmer by occupation; lived to the advanced age of ninety-two years, and died in Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1887. His wife died in 1850, at the age of fifty years. Both were members of the Evangelical Association. They came to America in 1823 and settled in Pennsylvania, where they spent the rest of their lives, honored and respected by all who knew them. William was the fourth born in their family of six children, four of whom are living. One son, Fred, went out to California in 1848, and is now a well-to-do citizen of Stockton. William Yost was educated in Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; but on account of failing health was compelled to leave the college before he completed his course. He was then employed for a short time as bookkeeper in Reading. At the age of twenty-two he entered the ministry of the Evangelical Association, and for eleven years was a circuit preacher, spending two years at each appointment, all the time the regulations of the church would allow. For the past thirty years he has been one of the officials of the church. He was elected corresponding secretary of the Missionary Society of the Evangelical Association in 1863, which position he held for sixteen years. Then for eight years he was one of the managers of the Publishing House of the Association. He was elected to his present position in 1887. For four years, in addition to his other duties, he served as one of the editors of the Missionary Messenger, and at present is also general statistical secretary of the Evangelical Association. Mr. Yost was married, March 9, 1855, to Miss Maria H. Gish, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth Gish, of Northampton county, Pennsylvania. They have five children, namely: Ella, Howard, Emma, William B., and Bessie. Ella is the wife of Robert 0. Preyer, a lumber dealer of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. They have four children, Anna, Willie, Allen and Helen. Howard, bookkeeper for the Society for Savings, resides in Cleveland. He married Miss Kate Wyant, of this city, and they have three children, Malcomb, Ransom and Harold. Emma is the wife of Dr. M. J. Blien, of San Antonio, Texas, and their children are Marion and Howard. William B. married Miss Florence Yost, of Twinsburg, Ohio. He is a traveling salesman for a wholesale hardware company of Cleveland. Bessie, the youngest, is attending the Cleveland high school. The family are all members of the Evangelical Association. Rev. Yost is favored with a goodly portion of sound practical sense, which is enlivened with a very ready and almost inexhaustible amount of mother wit. His temperament being rather lively, the result is that he is nearly always in good humor and is a kind and pleasant cornpanion. His perceptive powers are acute and always on the alert. His slender form is well proportioned and is wiry and tough, and, being 178 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. quick and supple in his actions, he is able to do a great deal of work with comparatively little exertion. In the discharge of his official duties he is punctual and reliable. In finances he is "quite at home" and hence makes a first-class treasurer of the Missionary Society and the Orphans' Home of the Evangelical Association. Indeed, in every position -to which he has been called, he has discharged his duty with the strictest fidelity. As a preacher of the gospel, Mr. Yost hat met with eminent success. He studies his texts well, presents the truths contained therein earnestly, gracefully and effectively. While he served as preacher on circuits and stations he was everywhere successful in leading souls to Christ and building up the church. Besides the various official positions which he has filled, he has been a member of a number of General Conferences, and assisted materially in shaping legislation for the church by that body. Mr. Yost is without doubt one of the most useful men in his church, an honor to its ministry, and as a member of the church leading a blameless and exemplary Christian life. A. M. MOZIER, superintendent of transportation of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio and the Chicago & Erie Railroad Companies, comprising all their lines west of Salamanca, New York, was born in Morrow county, Ohio, May 31, 1843. Like most men who are guiding spirits in the destinies of prosperous corporations, he was once a country lad, being a son of L. D. Mozier, a farmer who settled in Morrow county, where Edison now is, in 1835. Mr. Mozier's best educational advantages were the high schools of Mount Gilead, Ohio. He became a telegraph operator at Delaware, Ohio, for the "Big Four" Railroad Company, served as operator and ticket agent at Crestline, Ohio, for the same company, and at this juncture he decided to undertake a merchandising venture in the same city, but one year's experience found him again ready to resume railroading. He was made operator for the Pennsylvania Company at Rochester, Pennsylvania, and soon after was transferred to the Panhandle as train dispatcher, and was made chief dispatcher and manager of telegraph, remaining with the company ten years. He then returned to the "Big Four" Company as chief train dispatcher and soon afterward was promoted to train master of the Indianapolis & St. Louis Division, completing seven years' service with them. Mr. Mozier came to the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio in 1888, as superintendent of the Third and Fourth Divisions, with headquarters at Galion, Ohio. January 1, 1891, he was promoted to his present office, where he has since served with the exception of seven months, during the reorganization of the Chicago & Erie Railroad, when he was detailed to act as its superintendent. Besides being active in the operating department of the several roads with which he has been connected, Mr. Mozier has been very much interested in the subject of switches and signals, for the improvement of which he has invented and patented devices that are absolutely safe, and which are being quite generally adopted on trial. For the manufacture of these devices a plant is in operation at Galion, of which Mr. Mozier is president, the institution being known as the 46Mozier Safety Signal Company." They turn out the "Mozier Three-Position Semaphore" and the "Mozier Safety Signal," for use in connection with the "Mozier Block System," or as train order signals. Mr. Mozier's father was born in Vermont, came into Morrow county, Ohid, when a youth, and died there in 1885, aged eighty-four years. In early life he was a prominent school-teacher, but devoted his later years to the farm. He married Abbie Louisa Harrison, of the same stock as the two presidents Harrison. Joseph Harrison, the father of Mrs. Mozier, married Miss Crane in New Jersey, settled in Morrow county early in its history, and was a merchant. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 179 An uncle of our subject, Joseph Mozier, is the famous American .sculptor. He studied in Italy and remained there, being one of the first of our artists to achieve a reputation in foreign countries. On his visit to England he was crowned by the Queen as a token of her approbation of his work. His masterpiece was one of the rare marbles on exhibition at the World's Fair. L. D. Mozier was the father of seven children, viz.: Joseph W.; William H.; D. C., a deceased banker of Mount Gilead, Ohio; A. M.; G. W., of Kansas City, Missouri; Mary L., wife of 0. A. Dodge, of Valparaiso, Indiana; and Charles R., of Edison. A. M. Mozier married in 1865, at Crestline, Ohio, Miss Marianne, a daughter of William H. &tie, from near Cumberland, Maryland. The children of this union are Marion Lee, train dispatcher at Huntington, Indiana, on Chicago & Erie Railroad, and Edna Louise. ELBERT IRVING BALDWIN.—The late E. I. Baldwin, who died on the 27th ---1 day of January, 1894, was one of Cleveland's most prominent business men and deservedly honored citizens. As the founder and head of the well-known dry-goods house of E. I. Baldwin, Hatch & Company, he was for over forty years identified with the commercial interests of the city, and during that period he built up one of the largest mercantile houses in the State of Ohio, and established a most enviable reputation both as a merchant and as a man and citizen. Mr. Baldwin was a native of Connecticut, having been born in New Haven on the 13th day of May, 1829. He spent his early life in his native city, and received excellent educational advantages. At the age of nineteen years, health being none too robust, he decided upon a more active life and began his mercantile career by entering the establishment of Sandford & Allen, a leading dry-goods house of New Haven. In order that he might learn the business thoroughly and gain practical experience, he took a subordinate clerkship and passed through all the grades to the position of confidential clerk. From New Haven he went to New York city, and entered the house of the old firm of Tracy, Irwin & Company, and there remained until the year 1853, when he removed to Cleveland. When Mr. Baldwin came to Cleveland he found the field well occupied, there being a very large number of dry-goods houses in the city, most of them doing business on the old fashioned credit system, and failures of course common. The outlook was not favorable: the store he had engaged was said to be on the "wrong side " of the street; older merchants prophesied a speedy failure; and competition was strong, going so far in its efforts to injure the young merchant by circulating false reports concerning his credit. In October, 1853, Mr. Baldwin opened business under the firm name of E. I. Baldwin &.Company, in the new block on the corner of Superior and Seneca streets, and contrary to predictions succeeded from the very beginning. He commenced with a stock valued at $16,000, and at the end of the first year the sales amounted to over $43,000. This was an encouraging result. The history of the firm from that time to the present has been one of continued success and progress; every year witnessing a marked increase over the former. From the beginning the firm possessed the entire confidence of the largest and best merchants in the East, and having conducted their business in a strictly honorable manner and selling only good articles, and at reasonable profits, and allowing no misrepresentations, has retained customers from year to year, in many instances keeping their trade for a period of twenty years. The first direct importation of foreign dry goods to a Western city was made in 1857; by. E. I. Baldwin & Company, and to this firm is largely due the introduction of modern and improved methods of conducting business,. which 12 180 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. are now very generally adopted by all good merchants. The rapid growth and expansion of their retail business some years since decided them to abandon the general jobbing trade and devote more attention to the distribution of goods among consumers, a 'stroke of policy which proved eminently successful. Perhaps no business requires greater talent to prosecute with profit than the management of a large emporium of dry goods. Natural ability, self-reliance, good judgment and quick perception are necessary, and must be supplemented by close application and unswerving integrity. All these qualifications were possessed to an eminent degree by Mr. Baldwin, combined with a kind and courteous nature and charitable disposition, which made him not only a successful business man but also endeared him to all with whom he came in contact, both in the store and in the outside world. The career of Mr. Baldwin demonstrates that an establishment for the sale of merchandise can be so conducted as to prove a pecuniary benefit to a city and means of elevating the tastes of a community, besides giving permanent and useful employment to large numbers of persons, who are surrounded by good influences and instructed to regard honesty as not only the "best policy" but as abolutely -essential to the holding of any position in the house. During the first three years of the existence of the firm, Mr. Silas I. Baldwin, father of E. I., was associated with it in a financial way, and upon his retirement Mr. Henry R. Hatch, brother-in-law to the head of the firm, was admitted to a partnership. In 1863 Mr. W. S. Tyler, an employee, was given an interest in the business, and in late years Messrs. W. S. Jenkins, G. T. Schryrer, P. Deimer and A. E. Hatch were taken into the firm, and in 1887 the firm was changed to E. I. Baldwin, Hatch & Company. To meet the demands of their trade the firm in 1863 purchased a piece of land on Superior street, whereon stood at that time part Of the city braidings, and erected the elegant store now occupied by them, which at that early day was one of the finest in the city, and to-day compares favorably with' the leading business houses, notwithstanding the great progress of late years in architecture and building. Mr. Baldwin never enjoyed vigorous health, but until within a few years of his death was able to carry his full share of the burden of the large business of his firm, and had a thorough knowledge of its details. Of a naturally retiring disposition, and with a distaste for publicity, Mr. Baldwin would never permit himself to be drawn into political matters, contenting himself with his business, his family, friends and acquaintances. He found much pleasure in books and in travel in his own and foreign countries, having returned from an extended visit to Europe only about two weeks before his death. He was an Elder and Trustee of the Second Presbyterian Church, and was ever ready to lend his aid and influence to the promotion of every useful and philanthropic enterprise, and benevolent institutions were ever welcome to his hearty and liberal charity. Mr. Baldwin was a warm friend and supporter of Oberlin College, and erected at that institution Baldwin Cottage, at a cost of $30,000, and at his death left the cottage a bequest of $25,000. Mr. Baldwin was married in 1855, to Miss Mary Jeannette Sterling, daughter of Oliver L. Sterling, of Lima, Livingston county, New York. DR H. C. EYMAN.—Among the leading physicians in the treatment of nervous diseases in the State of Ohio, and particularly those in which insanity is involved, is Dr. H. C. Eyman, the efficient superintendent of the Cleveland State Hospital, at Newburg. This gentleman was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, September 13, 1856, the son of a farmer in fair circumstances, having been in earlier life a school-teacher. The subject of this sketch completed the prescribed course at Fairfield Academy, taught school for a time, and then began to prepare himself for his life calling, that of medicine. Entering the Columbus CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 181 Medical College in 1877, he graduated there three years later, and since then has made neurology and diseases of the brain and nervous system his great specialty. His first location for practice was in Tarlton, Pickaway county, Ohio, where failing health at length forced him out of practice, and within two years after locating there he entered the drug business in Lancaster, this State. He became assistant physician at the Athens Asylum. in 1884, and in July, 1887, was appointed assistant superintendent of the asylum at Toledo, aiding in the opening of that institution. His ability in the treatment of the unfortunate inmates there be came so well known that when the Newburg Asylum needed a new man at its head Dr. Eyman was selected; and so well fitted is he for this important work that, although he is a Democrat in politics, and officials in those places fluctuate with each new State administration, he has been retained by the present Governor. To Dr. Eymau belongs the credit of banishing from the hospitals of the State the last of the devices for mechanical restraint. Two years ago, when he was promoted from the position of assistant superintendent at the Toledo Asylum to his present place, of the 70Q patients his predecessor had to deal with, forty on an average were secluded every day, and an average of twenty-six were daily subjected to mechanical restraint, principally by the use of the muff or the straight-jacket; and besides this nineteen cribs were in constant use. It is said that if even a well man were fastened in a crib two days he would be on the verge of insanity it' indeed not wholly demented; yet it was assumed that such a contrivance had some value in treating those who are mentally diseased! Since the abolishment of all these barbarous devices Dr. Eyman manages a larger number of patients, and more satisfactorily and far more humanely, than were before treated. The Doctor is also professor of mental and nervous diseases in Wooster College. He was chosen to the lecturership in this institution in 1891, and to the chair above mentioned in 1892. He is a member of the American Medico-Psychological Association, before which he read a paper in 1892 entitled "The Effects of Ignorance and Superstition on the Treatment of Mental Obliquities." He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the new Massillon Asylum. The founder of the Eyman family in Ohio was the Doctor's grandfather, Henry Eyman, who, a farmer, settled in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1800. Henry Eyman, the first, settled in Virginia over 200 years ago, and his grandchildren aided in the contest for American independence. Each succeeding lineal descendant from Henry the original to Henry the Ohio pioneer had. only one son. The latter had two sons, viz.: H. B., the Doctor's father, and W. S. H. B. Eyman taught school several terms before he finally settled down on the farm. He spent the last ten years of his life in New Salem, Ohio, serving the city as Mayor. He died July 5, 1893, aged seventy-four years. He married Mary A., daughter of Christian Baker,—who was a prominent Democrat and in 1850 a member of the State Legislature,— and a niece of Daniel Keller, another prominent politician and legislator. Mr. Baker was a large land-owner and wealthy farmer who came from near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about 1800. He had been a soldier in the war of 1812, attaining. some' rank, and died in 1875, aged eighty-four years. For his wife he married Magdalena Ruffner, of Fairfield county, and their children were six in number; one of whom was Emanuel, a member of the Legisla- tune ture in 1876 and once the Democratic candidate for Secretary of State. Mr. H. B. Eyman had eight children, namely: D. S., of Fairfield county; Samantha, now Mrs. Aaron C. Henderson; Maggie, wife of T. J. Spitler, a wealthy farmer of Fairfield county; C. B.; Frank P., a railroad man on the Chicago & Northwestern line; Dr. H. C., our subject; Louis E., a druggist of Lancaster, Ohio; and H. E., train dispatcher on the Northern Pacific Railroad at Stephens, Minnesota. 182 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Dr. Eyman was married September 12, 1880, in Fairfield county, to Miss Lestia, a daughter of Warren Dern, a stock dealer-of New Salem, Ohio, and a native of Pennsylvania. DJr. and Mrs. Eyman have an only child, Ethel, born August 23, 1881. C. D. ELLIS, M. D., a physician and surgeon at No. 433 Pearl street, Cleveland, was born in Christian county, Kentucky, August 6, 1860, a son of William and Anna, (Harrison)rllis, natives respectively of Maryland and Kentucky. In early life the father was engaged at the tailor's trade, later, at the breaking out of the late war, opened a general supply- store at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, which he continued until 1878, and in that year became owner and manager of the Hopkinsville Flouring Mills. The latter was destroyed by fire in the fall of 1882. Mr. Ellis then became the first manufacturer of artificial ice in that part of the State, which business is still conducted by his son, F. L. Ellis. During the late war, he was a stanch Union man. He has served as Councilman of Hopkinsville eight terms, and is in every way a most worthy and highly esteemed citizen. He is now eighty-three years of age. Mrs. Ellis died in 1885, at the age of sixty-four years. C. D. Ellis, M. D., the youngest in a family of four children, all now living, attended the public schools of Hopkinsville, completed the studies in the Hopkinsville high school, and graduated in the class of '1883. After spending eighten months in the practice of medicine at Emporia, Kansas, Dr. Ellis came to Cleveland in 1885. In addition to his general practice, he is professor of Osteology and Minor Surgery in the Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery, also Visiting Physician and Secretary of the Advisory Board in the Homeopathic Hospital, a lecturer in the Training School for Nurses, and President of the Hahnemann Society. Surgical clinic is held by the Doctor every Friday afternoon at the college throughout the .year. He was married in 1883, to Miss Effie Cahoon, a daughter of Thomas and Lizzie Cahoon, Who reside at 374 Franklin avenue, Cleveland. His father has been Councilman of this city. Mrs. Ellis died in 1888, at the age of twenty-seven years, having been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. In 1890 the Doctor was united in marriage with Miss May B., a daughter of Capt. George and Mary Warner, of this city. Mrs. Ellis is a member of the St. John's Episcopal Church. In his social relations, the Doctor is a member of the Royal Arcanum, the Golden Chain, the Homeopathic Round Table Club, and was formerly Treasurer of the State Homeopathic Medical Society, of which he is now a member. In political matters, he is identified with the Republican party. DR. STANLEY L. THORPE, a physician land surgeon of Cleveland, was born in Sandusky, Ohio, February 28, 1851, a son of Dr. Frederick S. and Mary (Kilbourne) Thorpe, natives of Granville, this State. The father followed the practice of medicine in Granville and Sandusky for many years, was a man of wide and favorable reputation as a physician of the allopathic school, was acquainted with the trials and hardships of Ohio pioneer medical practice, and was a most worthy and esteemed citizen, as well as a skillful practitioner. He was a Republican in political matters, and during the latter years of his life held the Government position of chief clerk in the census office at Washington, District of Columbia, His death occurred in 1862, at the age of forty-five years. Dr. Thorpe was a beautiful singer, and thus rendered the churches in Sandusky and Washington valuable service. Mrs. Thorpe died in 1872, at the age of forty-nine years. .Stanley L., the youngest of three children, and the only one now living, received his edu- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 183 cation in Sandusky, Cleveland, and in the Seville Academy. After practicing dentistry for a few years, he began reading medicine with Dr. H. F. Biggar, and graduated at the Homeopathic Hospital College in Cleveland in 1882. He also took a course in the New York Post-Graduate School. Since that tune Dr. Thorpe has been engaged in the practice of medicine in this city, and of late years has made a specialty of throat and lung diseases. He has served as Physician in the Homeopathic Dispensary one year. He is a member of the Ohio State Homeopathic Medical Society, of the Round Table Club of Cleveland, of the Masonic order, is Examining Physician for the Sons of St. George, and was a Physician for the National Union. Politically, he votes with the Republican party. Dr. Thorpe was married in 1873, to Miss Lavina, a daughter of the late Isaac Culp. Mr. Culp was a prominent merchant of Medina for many years, and died at the age of seventy-five years. Dr. and Mrs. Thorpe had six children, four of whom still survive. Mrs. Thorpe attended the Seville high school, and afterward pathic Hospital College of this city, in the class read medicine and graduated at the Homeo of 1883. She followed her chosen occupation for a number of years, but owing to delicate health has retired from active practice. Dr. and Mrs. Thorpe are members of the Woodland Avenue Congregational Church. HENRY S. BLOSSOM, one Cleveland's prosperous business men, was born in Willoughby, Lake county, Ohio, February 2,1852, a son of Henry C. Blossom, who was a native of Chardon, Ohio, born in 1822; and the latter was a son of Orrin Blossom, of English ancestry. Mr. Henry C. Blossom at the age of sixteen years began as a clerk in a general store in Painesville, this State, where he remained five years. Coming to Cleveland in 1843, he be came a clerk in the hardware store-of W. Bingham, which was located near the present site of the magnificent retail department of the W. Bingham Company's stores. He soon became a partner in the business, which grew enormously under his successful management. In this trade he remained until his death, which occurred in August, 1883. He was one of the leading prosperous business men of Cleveland, always taking an active interest in charitable institutions and movements. Politically he was a Republican. His mother, whose maiden name was Emma Louisa Nash, was a daughter of Rev. Alvan Nash, for many years a Presbyterian minister, famous in the Western Reserve and founder of the young ladies' seminary at Willoughby, Ohio. He graduated at Williams (Massachusetts) College, and came to Ohio in pioneer times. Mrs. Emma Louisa Blossom's mother, whose maiden name was Abiah Sheldon, was a native of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Mr. Blossom, whose name introduces this memoir, graduated at the high school in Cleveland and completed his school education at Brooklyn (New York) Polytechnic Institute, in 1870. In the autumn of this year he entered the employ of. W. Bingham & Company, and was admitted as a partner in 1875; in 1888 a stock company was formed to be known as the W. Bingham Company, and Mr. Blossom was elected secretary, which position he still occupies. Since he has had this place business has grown from small proportions to one of the largest establishments of its kind in the United States, carrying On both a wholesale and a retail business. The location of the establishment is on Water and Superior streets. In 1877 Mr. Blossom was married to Miss Leila Stocking, a daughter of Zalmon S. Stocking, and they have had five children, viz:: Dudley Stuart, Carl Woodruff, Henry Sheldon, Pelham Hooker and John Theodore. Henry S. died at the age of two and a half years. Mrs. Blossom died in April, 1892, and in June, 1893, Mr. Blossom married Eva Gillam Pin- 181 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. son, of Atlanta, Georgia, a daughter of the noted physician, Dr. Lewis M. Gillam of Georgia. Mr. Blossom is one of the directors of the Chamber of Commerce of Cleveland, in politics he is a Republican and in religion a member of the Episcopalian Church. WILLIAM R. COATES, Deputy County Clerk of Cuyahoga county, was born in Royalton, this county, November 17, 1851, a son of John and Lucy (Weld) Coates. Soon after his birth his parents moved from their log-cabin home to Brecksville, where he was reared and received his education, which he continued at Oberlin College. At the age of seventeen he began teaching district school in the township of Brecksville, and continued for several years in connection with the management of a farm. Subsequently he taught high school at Independence, Ohio. Also he was a member of the Board of Education for seven years, and was influential in establishing the graded school of Brecksville---the first in the county outside of a village or city. He was also instrumental in establishing township superintendency, his township being the first in the county to adopt it. During the twelve, years he was in the teachers' profession he did much institute work in this county, holding various offices and being twice its president. In 1884 he received the appointment of Deputy County Clerk, under Dr. Henry W. Kitchen, and continued there until after his election to the Sixty-seventh General Assembly. For member of this body he received his nomination unexpectedly,—indeed it was a great surprise to him. At that time he was secretary of the Republican Central Committee, in which office he had gained a wide acquaintance as well as popularity,—a popularity probably much greater than he was aware of. In the election he ran considerably ahead of his ticket. While in the Legislature he was chosen secretary of the Cuyahoga county joint delegation, and was a member of the standing committees on Schools, Fees and Salaries, Temperance and Enrollment; and in all his relations here he did efficient work in the interests of the public. Since his term in the Legislature expired he has continuously filled the office of Deputy County Clerk. He has been very efficient in his labors for the political welfare of his county, State and nation. He is a member and Clerk of the Board of Education in Brooklyn village. Was active in his advocacy of the annexation of that suburb to the city of Cleveland, and was on April 2d elected Mayor by a large majority over a popular competitor. He was married in Brecksville, this county, in 1872, to Miss Lettie White, daughter of Julius and Harriet (Stone) White, and they have two children,—Herbert J. and Mary Weld,—and are members of the Congregational Church. The residence is on Greenwood avenue in Brooklyn village. JOTHAM POTTER, president of the Buckeye Electric Company, Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the most prominent and enterprising of the younger men of the city. Some mention of his life is therefore appropriate in this work, and is as follows: Jotham Potter is of Welsh descent. His ancestors settled in Connecticut in the seventeenth century. Later, his forefathers removed to the neighborhood of Morristown, New Jersey, where the family has held the same-property for eight generations, and furnished several distinguished officers of the American army in the war for independence, and the war of 1812. Mr. Potter is a native of the State of Ohio, and a son of the Rev. Dr. L. D. Potter, of Glen- dale, near Cincinnati, a man widely. known in educational circles throughout the country. Our subject graduated with honors from Princeton College in 1877, and later received the degree of- M. A. from the same institution. He CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 195 had a strong taste for the natural sciences, and was selected by competitive examination as a member of the scientific expedition sent out by the Princeton Museum in 1877. For several years he was master in the noted Lawrenceville school, and subsequently read law, but prior to admission to the bar determined to engage in commercial affairs. He became identified with Cleveland and its industries in the fall of 1881, when he made an engagement with the Brush Electric Company, to take charge of his business in Japan, China and other Oriental countries. After several months of practical preparation in the Cleveland factories and in Mr. Brush's laboratory, he sailed from San Francisco for Japan in April, 1882, having been married in December, 1881, to Miss Ireton Cary, eldest daughter of the late John E. Cary, of Cleveland. Although several English and French manufacturers had endeavored to get a foothold in the Orient, Mr. Potter was, in fact, the pioneer of the electrical industry in that part of the world. He made his residence in Yokohama, Japan, and within a year had built up a large and lucrative business. He made extensive contracts with the Japanese Government for lighting docks, arsenals, warships, etc., and established the first central station electric lighting plants in Japan and China. Mr. Potter's operations in oriental countries resulted in handsome profits to himself and his company, and as a result of the marked ability for affairs which he displayed, he was, in 1884, recalled to Cleveland to take the offices of treas. urer and director of The Brush Electrical Company, returning via India, Egypt and Europe, and thus completing the circuit of the globe. He was an incorporator of the Swan Lamp Manufacturing Company, and of the Short Electric Railway Company, both of Cleveland, and became vice-president of the former and president of the latter. Until 1893 he took a prominent part in the management of the affairs of these and their subordinate companies, and especially administered their finances, becoming prominently and favorably known in financial circles in Cleveland and New York. After the formation of the Electrical Trust in New York, he sold, in 1893, his interests in the various enterprises with which he had been prominently identified and retired from their management. At the close of the same year, however, he became president and a large stockholder of The Buckeye Electric Company, one of Cleveland's prosperous manufacturing concerns. He is also interested as a stockholder in Cleveland banking institutions and various manufacturing companies, being a director in several. Mr. and Mrs. Potter are members of the Euclid Avenue Presbyterian Church. They have two children, Mildred Day and Sheldon Cary. Mr. Potter is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, the Union and Country clubs, the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, the University Club of New York, and President of the Cleveland Alumni Association of Princeton University. PROF. J. ADAM RIMBACH, President of the Vorschule of Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Elyria, Ohio, October 6, 1871. His parents were Heinrich and Elizabeth (Brandau) Rimbach, natives of Hessen, Germany. The father was a cabinet maker by trade and located in Elyria in 1852, having come to the United States in 1851. He lived and died at Elyria after settling there. He died in 1878 at the age of fifty-four years. His wife died in 1881, at the age of forty-eight years. They were members of the Reformed Church while they lived in Germany, but on coming to Elyria they joined the Lutheran Church. They had a family of nine children, three of whom died in early life. Three brothers, Henry, Ernest and George are residents of Elyria. John resides in Chicago. Anna, the wife of C. F. Freitag, resides in Elyria. 186 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Professor Rimbach was educated in Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he graduated in the class of 1890. He then attended the Concordia Theological Seminary of St. Louis, Missouri, where he completed a course in June of 1893. In September following he came to Cleveland, where he was ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church and assumed charge of Vorschule, which had been established a year previously, and is really in its infancy ; however, it gives promise of success. The object of the school is to prepare students for entering the various colleges of the synod of .Missouri, Ohio and other States. Professor Rimbach is assisted by Rev. 0. Kolbe, who was formerly a pastor of the Newburg Evangelical Lutheran Church. In this school the pupils pursue all the preparatory studies, including Latin, English and German. Professor Rimbach has added to his duties English missionary work in Cleveland. He is a member of " The German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other States." Professor Rimbach is a gentleman of pleasing' address and easy manners. He is a thorough student and has much aptness for his chosen profession. He has established a school in Cleveland which will prove one of importance to his church, and already there are evidences that the school will be of gratifying success. JAMES S. STEVENS, one of Cleveland's prominent and successful business men, is a native of Cambridgeshire, England, where he was born in the year 1843, the son and only child of Alfred R. and Mary A. Stevens. His parents emigrated to America in 1850 and located in Cleveland, where their son received his educational training in the public schools. The father died in 1880 at an advanced age, but the mother still survives, being a resident of the Forest City, where the major portion of her life has been passed. Alfred Stevens was a contractor and builder, and a skilled operative in the line of his profession, which he followed for many years in Cleveland. Our subject devoted himself for some time to the line of work in which his father was engaged, becoming familiar with the details of the same under the effective direction of the latter. He later served an apprenticeship at the printer's trade, in the office of the Plaindealer, but subsequently his attention was again directed to mechanical pursuits, for which he manifested a marked aptitude and distinctive genius. For a time he was engaged in manufacturing, and while thus employed he gave evidence of his inventive genius,, by the designing of special machinery for the manufacturing of cable lightning rods, with which products the establishment supplied stock to George A. Baker, who was at that time one of the most successful and most widely known lightning rod manufacturers and dealers in the Union. Mr. Stevens was identified with manufacturing interests in the city of Cleveland for a period of four years, after which he went West. After a period of two or three years' unsettled location in that section of the country, he finally made a permanent location in Missouri, where he remained for three years, within which time he conceived the idea which 'eventuated in the inventing and patenting of the "Stevens Dishwasher," upon which unique and valuable device he received letters patent July 20, 1886. This machine he has since materially improved until it now stands at the point of maximum excellence as accomplishing' the work for which it was designed. Cognizant of Cleveland's position as a manufacturing and trade center, and realizing the advantages to be gained by a location here, he returned to the city in 1887, and at once effected the organization of a stock company for the manufacturing of this dishwashing machine, which was soon thereafter placed upon the market, meeting with a ready demand, and eventually proving so popular as to extend the business of the company into the most diverse CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 187 sections of the Union, and even into foreign countries. Mr. Stevens is president of the company, whose business affairs he has brought into a most prosperous and substantial condition. In addition to this conspicuous enterprise, Mr. Stevens has also devoted much attention to the upbuilding of the city, no one man probably having done more to bring about the substantial improvement of East Cleveland. Upon his own responsibility he has secured land in that section of the city, has platted and subdivided the same and carried vigorously forward the work of erecting dwelling houses of the better Class, the cost of the same ranging in price from $2,000 to $20,000. Within the past six years he has individually erected an annual average of thirty-six houses in East Cleveland. Having perfected all improvements upon the various pieces of property, he places them on the market, his efforts in the line redounding greatly to the benefit of the city. In this important enterprise, Mr. Stevens constantly retains in his employ somewhat less than 100 skilled mechanics. Aside from the conspicuous interests already noted, he has other important business relations, being a stockholder in each, the East End and Woodland Banks, the Union Building & Loan Association, and the Permanent Building & Loan Association. These several interests are pointed out as being indicatory of the fact that Mr. Stevens is an active, successful and progressive business man. In the year 1866 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Champ, who died, leaving one child, Alfred J., who is now connected with the Cleveland Grease & Oil Company. In 1872 our subject consummated his second marriage, being then united to Miss Ellen V. Anderson. They have had five children, two of whom, George and Helen, are deceased. The three living are Bertram J., Ernest L. and Dorothy. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject is a man of unassuming nature, devoted to his family, averse to public or po- litical notoriety, and yet, withal, is a genial, social spirit, whose friends are in number as his acquaintances. He is a lover of field sports, being acknowledged as one of the best wing and field shots in the city of Cleveland. The attractive homestead of the family is located on Amesbury avenue, and Mr. Stevens has also a fine country seat, at Willoughby, the same being a farm of 120 acres. Here the family are wont to pass a portion of each summer. HENRY REYNOLDS HATCH.—Few, if any, of Cleveland's representative men and honored citizens occupy a more prominent position than does Mr. Henry R. Hatch, head of the large dry-goods house of H. R. Hatch & Company, successors to the well known firm of E. I. Baldwin, Hatch & Company. Mr. Hatch was born in the year 1830, at Grand Isle, Vermont. His father was Abijah Hatch, a native of Highgate, Vermont, and his mother was Abigail Lyon, who was born at Charlotte, Vermont, and was the daughter of the Rev. Asa Lyon, who represented one of the Vermont districts in Congress for two years. Mr. Hatch was reared upon his father's farm until he reached his fifteenth. year, at which age he entered the store of John Brown, at North Hero, Vermont, he baying had from childhood a desire for a mercantile life. But upon being installed in this his first position he found it not altogether a desirable one, and so returned to the farm, where he remained two years, all the time on the lookout for another mercantile position, and then secured a situation in the store of C. F. Staniford at Burlington, Vermont, promising his father, however, to return and assist him during the busy seasons on the farm as a compensation for time, as he was still under age. The embryo merchant remained With Mr. Staniford one year, receiving as compensation for his services $40 and his board. Next he 188 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. was employed by S. L. Herrick, a dry-goods merchant of the same city, at a salary of $125 and board, and making his home with his employer. After spending about eighteen months with Mr. Herrick, and although perfectly satisfied with his work and surroundings, and having every reason to believe that he was entirely satisfactory to his employer, as he was offered an interest in the business,—Mr. Hatch determined to come West, being imbued with the idea that here he would find greater opportunities for working out his future. Accordingly he purchased a ticket for St. Paul, Minneapolis, and on the 22d day of March, 1853, he started on his long journey. Upon his arrival at Cleveland, en route, and having an acquaintance living in this city, whom he met, he was persuaded to remain over a day or two, and during his stay his friend's employer—Mr. Sackrider of the firm of Palmer & Sackrider, —accosted the young traveler with: "I believe you are seeking business, Mr. Hatch. Allow me to introduce you to a young man who is just embarking in business, Mr. E. I. Baldwin." After a brief conversation between the two young men, during which ideas were exchanged, and a mutual admiration formed, Mr. Hatch entered into an agreement by which he was to render his services to the firm of E. I. Baldwin & Company, at a salary of $500 a year, and his journey farther west was terminated then and there. Within three months Mr. Hatch was made head clerk of this thriving house, and at the end of two years and seven months was offered and accepted an interest in the business. The amount of business transacted by the firm at that time (1856) was about $275,000 a year. The following year was the first of the noted financial panic throughout the country, and Mr. Hatch found, in company with his partner, a heavy weight upon his young shoulders, but he stood firm and passed through successfully. About 1860 the city of Cleveland began to secure a number of manufacturing concerns, and soon after that, the war breaking out, business began to revive, and the financial prospects of the young merchant began to brighten. As early as 1866 the firm of E. I. Baldwin & Company saw that the future would bring a great reduction in values, and at once began to reduce the stock in their wholesale department, which by hard pushing was brought down to almost nothing. The judgment and foresight of the firm was amply demonstrated in a comparatively short time afterward, and redounded to to their credit and round standing both at home and abroad. In 1867 Mr. Baldwin, the head of the firm, on account of failing health was compelled to go abroad, and this threw the burden of the entire business upon Mr. Hatch. In 1856 Mr. S. I. Baldwin, father of Mr. E. I., who was interested in the firm financially, withdrew from the same, and then E. I. Baldwin and Mr. Hatch constituted the firm of E. I. Baldwin & Company until during the '70s, when Messrs. W. S. Tyler and G. C. F. Hayne entered it, and the firm name was later changed to E. I. Baldwin, Hatch & Company. The above gentlemen subsequently withdrew from the business on account of failing health. The business continued to grow meanwhile, until it reached the magnitude of almost a million dollars annually, and other partners were admitted. For several years prior to his death the health of Mr. Baldwin was such that he was unable to give much of his time and attention to the business in general, and the details of the same were left to Mr. Hatch and the junior partners. Upon the death of Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Hatch assumed all the responsibilities of the firm of E. I. Baldwin, Hatch & Company, taking Mr. Baldwin's interest and retaining all the junior partners with the exception of N. S. Jenkins, who was compelled to retire on account of failing health. It is Mr. Hatch's aim and purpose in assuming the business to conduct it upon the same high plan which brought such worthy success to the old firm, and to increase and extend it as the needs of the growing city of Cleveland CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 189 require. Mr. Hatch has not confined his attention altogether to the business of his firm, but has been and is at present connected with several well-known and successful institutions of the city. He was a corporate member and for several years one of the finance committee of the old Savings Society; was one of the original stockholders and directors of the Cleveland National Bank; one of the the original members and one of the finance committee of the Savings and Trust Company, and is Vice President and Trustee of Lake View Cemetery Association. He is also an active member of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hatch is and has been for several years an Elder of the Euclid Avenue Presbyterian Church. He is Vice President of the Humane Society, and in this direction has rendered valuable and lasting service to humanity. In 1890 he purchased ground and on the same erected a permanent building for waifs at a total cost of $20,000, which is a memorial to his deceased wife and is known as The Lyda Baldwin Infants' Rest. He was one of the original members of the Associated Charities of the Bethel, and continued to hold the membership therein for many years, and was active in securing the it building for that Institution. He is also Trustee of the Young Women's Christian A' sociation. He is of a sympathetic and char table nature, and his donations to charity ha ever been generous alike to organized institu tions and to individuals. As a citizen he is progressive, wide and liberal in his views, and is always to be found on the sound and conservative side of all public movements, lending his aid and influence to all worthy enterprises having for their object the welfare and building up of his adopted city and losing no opportunity of advancing and increasing her commercial, industrial and social importance. Mr. Hatch has spent two years and six months in Europe traveling with his family, during which time he visited all the points of interest upon the continent and the British isles and the Mediterranean countries, his travels extending out of the ordinary bounds of tourists, particularly of business men, he visiting parts of Russia, Norway, Sweden, Egypt, Palestine and Greece. In October, 1857, Mr. Hatch was married to Miss Lyda Baldwin, of New Haven, Connecticut, who was a sister to the late E. I. Baldwin, and was a most estimable woman, and much beloved by all who knew her. Her death occurred in May, 1886. Six children were born to this union, four dying in infancy. The living children are Alice G., wife of Charles L. Peck, of Cleveland, and Miss Anna L. In November, 1888, Mr. Hatch was married to Mary Cummings Brown, of Newark, New Jersey, and to their union one daughter has been born, Esther. A. T. HILLS, attorney at law, Cleveland.— Like most Americans, Mr. Hills is unable to trace his ancestry through many generations to some remote and distinguished personage. He is a descendant in the fifth generation from one Charles Hills, who, coining from England, settled in New York city during the latter part of the seventeenth century. The family remained in New York State until our subject's great-grandfather, also bearing the name. Charles removed to Ohio, Settling in the southwestern part of the Western Reserve, in the year 1820, with a portion of his family, including Thomas, grandfather of A. T. Charles Hills married Elizabeth Frost, who had come with her parents from Holland about 1760. Charles and Elizabeth Hills had nine children, of whom Thomas, the fourth, was born in the year 1794. He was married in 1822, to Susannah Aumend, whose father, Adam Aumend, had come from Holland, and whose mother, nee Christina Albright, was a native of Wittenberg, Germany. These parents were married in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and later resided in Huntingdon, same State until 1820. Christina was a descendant of the family from 190 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. whom the religious sect of Albrights took its name. Adam and Christina Anmend removed to Ohio, settling in 1820, in the northern part of Richland county, Susannah being then twenty-eight years old and the eldest child. Thomas Hills resided upon a farm in the vicinity of Plymouth, Richland county, which he entered from the Government in 1826 and cleared of its dense forest. Of their six children, George Albright Hills, the second born, was the father of A. T., whose name introduces this sketch. After attaining his majority Mr. George Hills remained with his parents, caring for them in their declining years, and succeeded to the homestead, which he still owns and occupies at the age of sixty-eight years. January 5, 1854, Mr. George Hills married Sarah A. Jones, of Scotch and Welsh descent, her ancestors having come to this country during the Colonial period and actively engaged in the Revolutionary war. George and Sarah Hills had seven children, namely: Adin Thomas, our subject; Florence Elizabeth, Watson James, Artie Susannah, Mary Frances, Carrie Bell and Andrew Jackson, all of whom—both parents and children—are still living excepting Andrew, who died in 1890, at the age of twenty-two years; Florence and Carrie are unmarried and reside with their parents on the farm; Artie married James Gibson and lives in Salt Lake City; Mary is likewise unmarried and resides with Artie; Watson James is married and is a resident of Laramie, Wyoming, where he is practicing law and speculating in land. Mr. A. T. Hills, the eldest of the family, was born on the old homestead, October 20, 1854, and, like his brothers and sisters, was brought upon the farm, where he remained until of age. He completed his school days at the high school of the village of Plymouth, Ohio, during the winters when he was twenty and twenty-one years old, and thereafter taught a district school in the neigborhood for one term of six months. Determining to attend college he began preparation by studying Latin and Greek, under the instruction of Rev. Howard S. Stough, now professor of languages at Midland College. He entered Wittenberg College at Springfield, Ohio, in 1876, and graduated in 1880, having completed a full classical course. In the following August he commenced the study of law in the office of Dirlam & Leyman at Mansfield, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in May, 1882. In August he came to Cleveland and began the practice of his chosen profession, opening an office at 219 Superior street, where he remained until the spring of 1884, when he formed a partnership with M. B. Gary and N. A. Gilbert, under the firm name of Gary, Gilbert & Hills, located at 243 Superior. street. In 1885 Mr. Gary retired from the firm, since which time the firm name has been Gilbert & Hills. Mr. Hills has pursued a general practice, and has had charge of a number of important cases. He has met with success as an attorney, and has secured a firm place at the bar, being regarded one of the leading young members. He was one of the first attorneys in the celebrated Reason Glass will forgery case at Ashland, Ohio. He wrote a small treatise, " On Commercial Law," for use in schools and business colleges, which was published in 1893. Mr. Hills was married in June, 1886, to Miss Sarah C. Tucker, daughter of J. A. Tucker, M. D., a physician practicing at Plymouth, this State, and they have three children,—Homer, Myra and Harold. Mr. Hills is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church. REV. PHILIP STEMPEL, formerly pastor of the Protestant Evangelical Church at West Side, Cleveland, Ohio, was born at Lambsheim, Germany, July 2, 1824. His parents, David and Frederica (Staehler) Stempel, died in the old country; they had three sons and two daughters, of whom the subject of this sketch was the youngest and the only one who came to America. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 191 Mr. Stempel was educated at Kaiserslautern, Germany, and came to America in 1849, settling at Brighton, Cuyahoga county, where he was a teacher and a pastor at the same time for four years. Desiring a broader field of work he removed to Cleveland, in 1853, where he was pastor of a congregation which met in a small frame building on Kentucky street. The corner-stone of the first house of worship belonging to this society was laid November 28, 1853, and the corner-stone of their next building was laid September 18, 1859; and the corner-stone of the present church edifice, where Rev. William Angelberger is pastor, was laid July 28, 1866. Mr. Stempel built and served in these three churches an aggregate of twenty-two years. He was a very successful minister, industrious in the caused his Master. In 1875 he accepted a call to Hamilton, Ohio, where he served until some time in the spring of 1889, when, owing to ill health, he determined to spend the remainder of his nib among the scenes of his first labors. During his ministry he baptized 5,301 persons, buried 5,242, married 4,402, confirmed 2,770 children, and administered communion to 11,992 people. As a citizen he won the esteem of all who knew him. He was a man of large ability and an earnest Christian worker. In the Conference of the German Protestant Evangelical Church he was a prominent figure. Previous to his sickness, he had taken the deepest interest in everything which was designed for the advancement of the public good, especially in church channels. He was married October 25, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Gerlach, daughter of Henry and Catherine Gerlach, natives of Germany, and at that time residents of Cleveland. In the family were four daughters, namely: Katie, wife of George Rupp of Hamilton, Ohio, whose living children are Nettie E., George S. and Waldo J.; Jennie, a graduate of Hope Seminary, Indiana, and is a teacher in the public schools of Cleveland; Anna, who married Prof. Jesse Blickensderfer, resides at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, having two children,—Jesse and Raymond; Elise, now Mrs. W. Dringfelder, residing at Hamilton, Ohio, and has two children,—Louise and Willie. All the family are members of the church of their noble parents. REV. WILLIAM ANGELBERGER, pastor of the United German Evangelical Church, corner of Bridge and Kentricky streets, Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Welschnenreuth, Baden, Germany, October 20, 1844. His birthplace is located only a short distance from Karlsruhe, the capital of Baden, which was originally a French colony of Protestant people who had been expelled from France at the time the edict of Nantes was repealed, in 1685. His parents, honored residents of that place, were Johann and Magdalena (Durand) Angelberger, both of whom are now deceased. Our subject received his education partly in his native home, partly at Basel, Switzerland. Jacob Angelberger, grandfather of the subject of this review, was for many years Rathschreiber, or clerk of the town board in the colony noted., His maternal grandfather, John Durand, was a school teacher of that place for a long term of years, and afterward held the position as principal of the school in one of the neighboring towns, Eggenstein. A number of his pupils are residents of Cleveland at the present time. The father of our subject was a fresco painter, an artist in his line and a man honored and esteemed by all. He died in 1871 at the age of fifty-five years, and three years later, his wife died, aged fifty-six years. William Angelberger is the second in a family of five children, namely: Minnie, director of a kindergarten at her native village; our subject; Henry, who came to this country in 1872 and died in Wisconsin, at the age of forty-one years; Carl, who is a contractor in Cleveland ; and Fred, who is Mayor of his native town of Welschneureuth. It 192 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. is worthy of incidental note that the father held a distinctive preferment in this village, having been a member of the Church Council, which was a position of much responsibility, whose tenure was a significant voucher for the ability of the official and for the confidence in which he was held in the community. Rev. William Angelberger received his theological education at Basel, Switzerland, and was ordained to the ministry of the Lutheran Church at Weier, Alsace, by Inspector Buechsenschuetz, who was inspector of the diocese of Luechselstein. In 1870 our subject came to America, having been sent hither by the missionary society of Basel. He located in the nothern part of Illinois, whence he later removed to southern Wisconsin, thence to the State of New York, and finally, in 1880, to Cleveland, where he accepted charge of his present congregation, working arduously and faithfully. His church was organized in 1853 by Rev. Philip Stempel, who remained in pastoral charge until about the year 1876, when he accepted a call from Hamilton, Ohio. After his removal the church fell into unfortunate desuetude. When the present pastor assumed charge four years afterward, he had thus a heavy burden to bear, a herculean task to ac- complish, in rehabilitating the church and infusing new vigor into the work. In accomplishing the desired ends he was altogether successful, bringing about the upbuilding of a good, strong and progressive church organization. The church is the second oldest of its denomination in the city of Cleveland, and its membership represents about 350 families. The admirable success of the popular pastor of the church has been due to untiring energy and well directed effort, with the enlistment of the hearty support of a kind and liberal-hearted people. On coming to America Rev. Angelberger united with the Evangelical Synod of North America, to which he now belongs, being of the Ohio district. He was married in 1871 to Miss Lena Engel, daughter of George and Maggie Engel, who came from Alsace, Germany. Rev. and Mrs. Angelberger are the parents of three interesting children: Minnie, Lillie and Lenchen. Two children, Willie and Carl, are deceased. The subject of this review is in nature and temperament much of an optimist, cheerful in disposition, courteous and scholarly and popular with all who know him. He has traveled extensively, has seen much of the world and is broad and progressive in his views, standing as a most worthy representative of the church of his choice. REV. EBENEZER BUSHNELL, D. D., a Presbyterian minister of Cleveland, was born at Granville, Ohio, November 18, 1822, now the only child living of Thomas H. and Charlotte (Bailey), Bushnell. The senior Bushnell was a civil engineer and surveyor, following his vocation until his death in 1838, at the age of forty-nine years. He was noted for his painstaking accuracy, in which he had great ambition, and this talent and disposition he had inherited from his father, a graduate of Yale College. He was a prominent man both in his profession and society: The gentleman whose name heads this sketch has been a minister of the gospel ever since 1850. As a Pastor he had one place twenty-five years, namely, Fremont, this State; and he was pastor at Burton, Geauga county, Ohio, seven years; at present he is preaching only occasionally, having left the pastorate in 1882, on account of failing health. He graduated in 1846, at Western. Reserve- College, afterward named Adelbert College, of which he is now secretary and treasurer, when that- institution was at Hudson. To defray his expenses at college he learned the carpenter's trade, taught vocal music, etc. Toward the last of his school life he was principal of the preparatory school and then tutor in the college. On the organization of Western Reserve University in 1884, he became a Trustee and Secretary and Treas- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 193 urer of that cluster of institutions, having been a Trustee of Western Reserve College since 1861. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and the Delta Kappa Epsilon societies. In his political principles he is a Republican. He had an uncle in the war of 1812, and a brother in the great war of 1861, and he himself assisted in the raising of soldiers for the last war, and during the last year of this struggle he was in the service of the Christian commission in the Army of the Potomac. In 1850 he married Miss Julia E. Baldwin, a daughter of Sylvester Baldwin, of Hudson, and they had four children, namely: Eliza, wife of William A. Byal, of Findlay, Ohio; George B. of Cleveland; Albert, a clerk in the general Post Office Department at Washington ; and T. H., a lawyer of Hurley, Wisconsin. Mrs. Bushnell died in September, 1856, and in 1858 Mr. -Bushnell married Miss Cornelia Woodruff, of Mansfield, this State, and a daughter of Rev. Simeon Woodruff, and by this marriage there are three children,—Annie, Charlotte and Edward. Mrs. Bushnell has been very prominent in the church missionary societies. Mr. Bushnell's remote ancestry were English, and one of his forefathers was prominent in the early history of Norwich, Connecticut, and another invented a torpedo for the destruction of war vessels. REV. G. HEINMILLER, editor of the Christliche Botschafter, the German official organ of the Evangelical Association, was born in Albany, New York, October 15, 1853. His parents, Henry and Helena (Reich) Heinmiller, natives of Germany, were married in Hesse, and came to the United States in 1852, settling in Albany, New York, from whence they subsequently removed to Howard county, Iowa. Their removal to Iowa was in 1869. Henry Heinmiller was a recruit in the German army, but was in no wars. After locating in Albany he worked at the trade of cabinetmaker, and upon going to Iowa he settled down to the quiet life of a farmer. He is still living, now in his seventy-fourth year, he having been born in 1820. His good wife passed away in 1892, at the age of sixty-eight years. Hers was a lovely Christian character and she was a devoted member of the Evangelical Association. Mr. Heinmiller has for many years been a member of this church. He is now retired from active life. They had a family of ten children, all of whom are living except two. The oldest, Jacob, who was a journalist in Albany, New York, died at the age of thirty-eight years; and the youngest, Emma, died at the age of fourteen. After attending the public schools in Albany, New York, and in Iowa, the subject of our sketch entered the Northwestern College at Naperville, Illinois. He also taught school one term, and while attending and teaching school he began the work of the ministry. In 1878 he went as a missionary to Europe, and was at Dresden, Strassburg, and Reutlingen, having his home longest at the last named place. He was engaged as teacher in the seminary of his church for a period of six years, this institution being a missionary seminary in Wurttemberg. In 1891 Mr. Heinmiller was elected to his present position for a term of four years, by the General Conference of his Church, and was recalled from the old country. Altogether he spent thirteen years in Europe, six years as teacher and seven years as an itinerant minister. In the mean time, in 1883, he returned to America as a delegate to the General Conference at Allentown. He was also a delegate to the General Conference of 1891, at Indianapolis. Rev. Heinmiller is an imposing figure, of a stately physique and fine cut features, which, in connection with his genial disposition, brings him in favor with all who cultivate his acquaintance. He is a deep thinker, and has always applied himself with untiring energy to the 194 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. study of abstruse problems, and thus has gathered a rich treasury of knowledge in many branches of science. He is particularly well versed in the diversified phases of dogmatics, and is perfectly conversant with ancient and modern literature and thought. He has served the church in various relations, such as Presiding Elder, editor of European publications, teacher, etc., and at this writing is editor of the Christliche Botschafter, the oldest, largest and most widely circulated religious weekly publication in America. His sermons are logical, full of thought, delivered in elegant language and a forcible style, and carry with them the force of conviction. As a writer, he wields a fluent pen, and has the happy faculty of saying much in few words, always to the point and just what he means. In his private intercourse, he is rather backward and modest, which explains the reason why he had to be brought for th and pushed to a front position in his church. A man of deep piety and profound sincerity in all his relations with his fellowmen, he has before him the prospects of a grand future which waits to crown with success every character of merit. GEORGE G. MULHERN, superintendent of the Cleveland City Railway Company, is a most familiar figure in the ranks of Cleveland business men. He came to this city thirty-two years ago from Cornwall, Ontario, almost a beardless youth, and secured work as a day laborer on the street railroad, being then built on Ontario street. His next job was as a lumber piler for Mr. Sturtevant, then a large dealer on the river. A grocery clerkship next offered itself to Mr. Mulhern, and at this business he remained until 1863, when he became a street-car conductor on the West Side, and in 1867 was promoted to the position of superintendent of the line. In 1870 Mr. Mulhern was elected superintendent of the Rocky River steam railroad, and when it was sold out to the New York, Pennsylvania, & Ohio; eight years later, he returned to the West Side line in the same capacity. Mr. Mulhern is a thorough railroad man. Many and wonderful changes have been wrought in rapid transit for Cleveland under his progressive regime. He has developed a great system of roads from a few small lines covering what are now down-town streets. He is a man whom experience educated. The common schools put him in possession of a frail form, and work and experience braced it up And filled in the necessary material to produce a practical and competent man. In 1889 "Mr. Mulhern was elected unanimously a member of. the Board of Education, to fill a vacancy. In politics he supports his friends for office, but on questions of State and national importance he is Democratic. In September, 1869, George C. Mulhern married Mattie, a daughter of W. B. Smith, from Linden, New. York, who for sixty years was a resident of Cleveland, and in later life engaged in the undertaker's business. Two daughters are the only children of Mr. and Mrs. Mulhern: Mabel, a graduate of the Cleveland high school; and Maud. EDWARD A. MERRITT, auditor and assistant treasurer of the Cleveland Stone Company, is a native of Marquette, Michigan, where he was born February 12, 1862. He is a son of Daniel H. and Harriet L. Merritt. Both parents are residents of Marquette, Michigan, where they have resided since 1857. For a period of about five years the father resided in Cleveland. He was in the employ of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railway Company. He followed the railroad business until 1875, since which date he has been interested in the iron business in the Lake Superior district CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 195 The subject of this sketch was reared in Michigan and educated in the high schools at Marquette. He attended Racine College, Racine, Wisconsin, for a period of five years, and graduated at the preparatory school in July, 1879. In October of that year he came to Cleveland and took a course in the business college of Bryant & Stratton. He then returned to Marquette, Michigan, and in 1880 engaged in business with his father, with whom he was associated until July, 1888, when he came to Cleveland and engaged with the Cleveland Stone Company as auditor and assistant treasurer, also taking stock in the business, and since the above date Mr. Merritt has given his entire attention to the interests of this company. He was elected a director of the company in January, 1889, and still holds the same position. Mr. Merritt is a thorough and practical business man, and is well adapted for the position he now holds. December 15, 1886, Mr. Merritt married Matilda, the daughter of John Huntington, of Cleveland. HON. A. M. BURNS, of Cleveland, is a son of the late Rev. Andrew Burns, of Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga county. He was born February 27, 1840, in Richland county, Ohio. He attended the common and academic schools in the vicinity of his home, and, after several terms of school-teaching, began the study of law at Mansfield, Ohio, in the office of his uncle, the late Hon. Barnabas Burns, and Judge Moses R. Dickey, now of Cleveland. He was admitted to the bar April 8, 1861, at Columbus, Ohio. The Civil war being then at hand he enlisted as a private in the Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers, April 17, 1861, and served in the campaign of that year in the operations in Cheat River valley, and the battles of Phillipi and Rich Mountain, which resulted in driving the enemy out of that portion of Virginia; assisted in recruiting anti reorganizing 13 the regiment for three years' service in August and September; was appointed First Lieutenant and marched into Kentucky in October, 1861; served for a time on the staff of Brigadier General A. McD. McCook as aid-de-camp; commanded his company in the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, being twice slightly wounded, and was promoted as Captain April 30, 1862, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Shiloh; and took part in the siege of Corinth, Mississippi, being almost daily under fire until its capture, May 29, 1862. On June 8 he started on the long march to Chattanooga, Nashville and Louisville, where the army arrived in time to save from the enemy the rich military stores in that city, and to head off the threatened invasion of Indiana and Ohio; thence to Lawrenceburg, October 6; Dog Walk, October 7; and Perrysville, Kentucky, October 8,—on each of these days being engaged in battle with the Confederate corps of General E. Kirby Smith. The march, now a pursuit, continued- to Cumberland Gap, and ended November 7, 1862, in front of Murfreesborough, Tennessee; and here the battle of 196 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Stone River was fought, beginning on December31, 1862, and ending January 3, 1863, in complete defeat of the enemy in one of the fiercest battles of the war. Mr. Burns rendered such services, in rallying and reforming the broken organizations and resisting the sweeping charge of the enemy on the first day of the battle, as to elicit the commendation of General Sheridan on the field in presence of the troops. The hardships and exposures of this campaign and battle prostrated him in a long and dangerous illness, causing his resignation and honorable discharge on March 23, 1863. The interval to May, 1864, he spent, E0 far as health permitted, in the recruiting service and in assisting to organize and drill the One Hundred and Sixty-third Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers, with which he marched to Washington, District of Columbia. Here he served on staff duty as Assistant Adjutant General and Inspector in the Twenty-second Army Corps until, being ordered to the front with his regiment, he arrived at Deep Bottom Bridge, Vir ginia, about June 14, 1864, and took position in front of Petersburg at Fort Walthall, on the Appomattox river; was again detailed on staff duty as Assistant Adjutant General and Chief of Staff of the First Brigade, Third Division, Tenth Army Corps, Brigadier General Gilman Marston commanding. He rendered meritorious services in the campaign of that year in front of Petersburg, Virginia, being engaged in many of the battles and skirmishes in that vicinity, and was tendered an appointment as Assistant Adjutant General of United States Volunteers with rank as Major, but declined, and was honorably discharged from the service about October 1, 1864. At the close of the war he was tendered and declined the commission as Brevet Brigadier General of the United States Volunteers, "for faithful and efficient services during the war." After his return from the army he located at Mansfield, Ohio, and there began the practice of law. He was elected City Solicitor for Mansfield in 1865, and again in 1867. In politics Major Burns has always been an ardent Republican, and as such was elected to the State senate in 1873, and again in 1875, from the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-ninth joint Senatorial Districts of Ohio. His legislative career extended from 1873 to 1877, and during this period he was also a member of the Republican State Central Committee, of which committee he served for a time as chairman, and in 1876 was elected one of the Republican Presidential 3lectors for Ohio. While a member of the Senate of Ohio, he was distinguished as a legislator. He is the author of what is known as the "Burns municipal law" of Ohio, which law concerns municipal indebtedness, and has in its results given evidence of his wisdom and legal ability. In his annual message of 1879, Mayor William C. Rose spoke in reference to this law, saying, "The Burns law is an excellent auxiliary to effect the reduction of the municipal debt." A few years later Mayor R. R. Herrick referred to this law as having "saved the city of Cleveland from bankruptcy." Among the several bills which Major Burns introduced in the General Assembly, and which were passed and are still statutes of the State, reference is made to the law respecting bequests in wills to artificial persons, which has been effective in preventing disinheritance of natural heirs, in favor of artificial persons by unduly influenced testators. In 1877 Major Burns as agent for the United States Treasury went to England, taking with him $18,500,000 of four-per-cent. United States bonds, which were exchanged at the Rothschilds Bank in London, for seven-and-three-tenths-percent. bonds. Thereafter he served eight years, until the inauguration of President Cleveland, as special agent of the United States Treasury, Department of Customs, having charge of the district including the five great lakes, the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers, with head-quarters at Cleveland. He also had charge of the administration of the United States navigation laws, embracing the above mentioned territory. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 197 On the day of the first inauguration of President Cleveland, Major Burns resigned this Government office, "believing that Republicans should not hold office under Democratic administrations, nor vice versa; that such holding is undignified and not conducive to the highest public good." He resumed the practice of law, and in 1889 was appointed first assistant City Solicitor for the city of Cleveland, and in this capacity he conducted with distinguished ability many very important cases on behalf of the city. On January 5, 1891, he was appointed City Solicitor and served as such until April 21, 1891. Retiring from this office Major Burns again engaged in the private practice of law, in which he stands amongst the most successful practitioners of the Cleveland bar. REV. MATTHEW A. SCANLON. — Prominent among the able clergy of the Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland stands the subject of this brief review. He is a man whose life work has been a power for good, and in view of what he is as a man and of what he has accomplished it is particularly consistent that he find representation in the volume which has to do with the worthy residents of the city which has been and is the scene of his effective labors. Father Scanlon, who is rector of St. Edward's Roman Catholic Church, located on Woodland avenue, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, January 13, 1830, the eldest in a family of three children, one of whom was killed in the battle of Williamsburg, May 10, 1862. While he was still in infancy his parents removed to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and there the early years of his life were passed. Here he secured his preliminary education. He attended several select schools while he was a boy and finally entered a printing office to learn the details of the "art preservative." While thus employed he embraced every opportunity afforded him for prosecuting his studies. He attended evening schools, secured special instruction in the classics and began the study of German and French. He pursued his collegiate studies at St. Vincent's Abbey, near Beatty's Station, Pennsylvania, and at Cleveland completed his theological course. While thus at work he also devoted a portion of his time to teaching, and a number of his former pupils are still residents of the city, and occupy positions of honor and trust. It may be noted that he came to Cleveland in 1856, and after remaining here for a period of three months he began teaching in the cathedral school, continuing to be thus employed for six months, after which he returned to his theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary, on Lake street. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Rappe, June 26, 1859, in the Cathedral of Cleveland. Father Scanlon's first work as a priest was performed at Akron, Ohio, where he remained for a period of fifteen years, his labors being prolific in goodly results and the permanent advancement of the holy cause which he had espoused. He then assumed a charge at Niles, Ohio, going there in 1873 and there continuing his labors until 1880, within which time he brought about the erection of the school building of the parish. In 1880 Father Scanlon returned to Cleveland and at once set about the work of building the present St. Edward's church and the rectory. Over this parish he has since remained in charge, a power for good and loved and appreciated by liberal and worthy parishioners. He has brought about many valuable improvements, and in no way has the work of the parish been allowed to flag. His devotion and earnest zeal will live long in affectionate memory, for the results are of more than mere fleeting and transitory order. There are represented in the parish of St. Edward's 350 families. The record of the last year (1892) shows the number of baptisms in the parish to have been 128; marriages, twenty-eight; and deaths, ninety-six. The church building, which is 125 x 65 feet in dimensions, 198 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. is provided with all the necessary accessories, and is architecturally of classic design. The parochial school shows an enrollment of 400 pupils, and six teachers, Sisters of Humility of Mary, are retained. There are five departments in the school, and the work accomplished therein reflects much credit upon Father Scanlon and upon the very capable instructors. In the exercise of his priestly functions and as a man among men Father Scanlon is held in high esteem for his many excellent qualities of mind and heart, and it is clearly demanded that honor be paid him in reverting to the work of the church militant in Cleveland. REV. PETER RITTER, manager of the German Baptist Publication Society, was born in Bavaria, Germany, March 28, 1837, a son of George and Mary Ann (Gindling) Ritter. His father, born in 1800, and a member of the Catholic Church, died in 1865, in the fatherland, his wife surviving until ninety-two, remaining also in the old country all her life. Of their twelve children only three are now living. George, our subject's brother, is a bookkeeper in Frankfurt-on-the-Main; and Margaret, his sister, is the wife of Jacob Heilmann and resides in Rochester, New York. Mr. Peter Ritter, whose name begins this memoir, is the youngest of the children mentioned. After receiving the usual public-school training in his native land he came to America, alone, at the age of seventeen years, stopped in New York a few months, worked on a farm a few years more, and then attended the theological seminary at Rochester, from 1864 to 1867. His first pastoral charge was the German Baptist Church at Folsomedale, New York, three and a half years, then a similar congregation in Cincinnati, Ohio, five years, next the one at Rochester, New York, from 1875 to 1892, en-- joying eminent success in the city of his alma mater, his church more than doubling its membership and dividing into two self-supporting congregations. He came to Cleveland in 1892, being elected to his present position by the General Conference of the German Baptist Churches. At present this publishing house employs twenty-two hands, and sometimes more than this number. The office is at 959 Payne avenue, where the house publishes The Sendbote and the Jugend Herald, and does all kinds of job work in the printing line. The building is three stories high and furnished with all the modern equipments required. In regard to national issues Mr. Ritter has always been a Republican and a " protectionist." In 1857 he married Miss M. Maurer, in Morganville, New York; she died in September, 1891, at the age of fifty-six years, a member of the German Baptist Church, November 1, 1892, Mr. Ritter married Miss Clara Maef of Rochester, New York, and also a member of the same church. She is a graduate of the Ladies' Seminary at Le Roy, New York, and later in France, in languages and literature: was afterward, in France, governess for a time in the household of a nobleman. She has had much experience, and is proficient in music and well advanced in general scholarship. By the last marriage there is one child, Paul by name, —the joy and pride of the household. THOMAS ROBINSON , attorney at law, Cleveland, is a native of New York city, where he was brought up and educated. At an early age he began the study of medicine, and graduated at the New York Medical College. After practicing medicine about six years, in New York city, he commenced the study of law, and graduated in the law department of Columbia College, New York, and immediately thereafter began the practice of his life's profession. Following this in New York until 1872, he went to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was soon afterward elected to the bench of the municipal court, which he resigned after a time, as he' had determined to CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 199 change his residence. Since 1883 he has been an honored resident of Cleveland. He finds that his knowledge of medicine is of great use to him in his legal practice. He has been acting police Judge on two different occasions, and has already become one of the leading attorneys of the city. His office is room 23, No. 91, Public Square. Being a gentleman of esthetic appreciations and of high artistic talent, he started a movement for the incorporation of the Cleveland Art Club, drew up the articles of incorporation, and became one of the incorporators. Of this club he has been president three years, being the first to occupy the executive chair after its incorporation: he is now vice-president. He has given much time to art, sketching and painting in both water and oil colors. Much of his knowledge in this line he obtained from the great Harper's Weekly caricaturist, Thomas Nast. Enthusiasm in the art grows with his age. He has been president several terms of the Avonian Shakespeare Club, an organization composed of critical lovers of the poet. Both himself and wife are members of the Emanuel Church, Protestant Episcopal, of this city. He was married in New York city, to Miss Ella J. Price, of that city, and they have one child, named Alice. Mrs. Robinson is prominently connected with the day nurseries and kindergartens, and has been for several years upon the board of management. J. C. WALLACE, vice-president and manager of the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company, is a native of the city of Cleveland, where he was born in 1865. His father, Robert Wallace, is the subject of a sketch which appears elsewhere within these pages. In the city of Cleveland the subject of this sketch received a fair education. Following the career of his father he very early in life tool up the trade of machinist, spending three years at this work, and then was placed in the drawing room of the Globe Iron Works, where he remained another three years. He next took charge of the drafting room for the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company, was promoted to the position of assistant manager for this company, and subsequently to his present position of vice-president and manager. Mr. Wallace is an active and progressive young business man and gives promise of a very successful business career. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., belonging to the Thatcher Chapter. In 1886 Mr. Wallace was married to Miss Elizabeth LaMarche. His home has been blessed by the birth of two children, namely, James L. and Lydia L. THOMAS BRADLEY & SON.--The late Thomas Bradley, Sr., of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, engaged in the grocery trade in this town thirty-three years ago. He came to Cuyahoga county in 1856, where he afterward resided until his death. He was born in Birchington, England. He married Sophia Young and had six children, five of whom are now living, viz.: Frank, H. T., Alice, Helen and Thomas, Jr.; the other child, Minnie, died in her ninth year. The father died April 12, 1892, at the age of seventy years. He was a successful business man, and accumulated a good property. Politically he was a Republican. The mother is still living, at Chagrin Falls, at the age of seventy. H. T. Bradley, senior member of the present firm, was born at London, England, April 9, 1856. He was a babe when his parents came over the sea to this country and settled in Chagrin Falls. Here he was reared, receiving his education in the public schools of the town. At the age of fifteen he went into the store to assist his father, has grown up in the trade and has become a successful business man. The Bradley Block, built in 1893, is commodious