CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 375 formerly engaged in the study of art, but was obliged to abandon that occupation on account of his eyes, and is now the editor of the Jewish Review; Henry, nineteen years of age, is a pharmacist of Cleveland; Bernhard, who graduated at the Cleveland high school at the age of seventeen years, is now a junior in the Adelbert College, and is preparing himself for the University; Gertrude, fifteen years of age, is attending Miss Andrews' school; and Ernest, aged twelve years, is a pupil of the public school. In his social relations, Dr. Machol is a member of the Masonic order, Chicago Lodge, No. 443. He is a man of excellent scholarship and ability, of fine personal appearance, and is much respected wherever known. H. B. CODY, a dealer in real estate at 5 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, was born in Painesville, Ohio, October 12, 1866, a son of Lindus and S. Amelia (Farnsworth) Cody, of English ancestry. He was about four years of age when his parents moved to Michigan, whence after a year they removed to Lincoln, Nebraska, where they resided four years, and the father was engaged in the wholesale grocery trade. Since then our subject has been a resident of Cleveland. He graduated at Adelbert College in 1891, and previously had taken a course at the business college of this city. Being thus thoroughly equipped for business, he associated himself with his brother in 1889, succeeding their father in the real-estate business. Since that time they have made the following allotments: Arlington, now called Livingston, fifteen lots; Plymouth Place, about fifty lots; Logan Court and Woodard Place, sixty lots; Wade Park, 100 lots; Fenton & Cody Plat, near Madison street, off Cedar avenue, 100 lots; Beulah Park or Camp Lakewood, seventy-five lots, where Mr. Cody conducts the Camp Lakewood Hotel; the Cody allotment on Euclid avenue, seventy-five lots; and in connection with their father they opened the Cody, Hill & Spencer allotment on Euclid avenue, of 140 lots. They have also erected upward of 500 houses in Cleveland, and they are still constantly engaged in the work of building. Mr. Cody also owns lands in Michigan. Our subject has been one of the most successful young real-estate dealers in the city, being a man of thorough mettle. His father, Lindus Cody, was born in Davenport, Iowa, in 1840, the son of Philip and Harriet M. (Sherwin) Cody. Philip Cody died in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and his wife, Mrs. Harriet Cody, died here in Cleveland. Mr. Cody was reared principally in this city, as he was brought here from Davenport by his parents when he was four years of age. At the age of twenty-one he was engaged in gardening in East Cleveland for three years; was next employed in the lumber business in Michigan for four years; then he was a general merchant in Lincoln, Nebraska, two years, and two years in the wholesale grocery trade; next, returning to Ohio, he entered both the general mercantile and real-estate business in Collinwood, and seven years afterward he disposed of his merchandise and moved into the city of Cleveland to engage in real-estate allotments, building, selling, etc. He erected the reaper works in Rockport, the Sumner block on the lake front, a fine double dwelling on the corner of Lexington and Willson avenues, assisted in the erection of the New Philadelphia (Ohio) pipe works, was president of the company, and he is still engaged in building, In the line of gospel missions he has been a great worker. First he established the Congregational Church of Collinwood, where he started the mission, which finally grew into a self-supporting church; and he started the mission on Central avenue, now called the Gospel Union Church. In all, he has given twenty-five years to mission work. For twenty years he was associated with the Congregational Church, but now he holds his membership in the " Gospel Union " Church. He is proprietor of the camp grounds at Collinwood on the lake front. 376 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Being an active prohibition worker he has been placed in nomination by his party for various offices. Mr. Cody is a cousin of Colonel William F. Cody (" Buffalo Bill"), and was born in the same town as the celebrated sportsman of the " wild West." He was married in 1861, to Miss S. Amelia Farnsworth, a native of New York, and they have nine children, namely: Harriet E., wife of A. J. Marsh, a real-estate dealer; Lillie S., engaged in educational and journalistic work in New York; H. B. and F. L., dealers in real estate in Cleveland; Mary A., now studying for foreign mission work in Yew York city; Arthur P., a student of Hudson College; Ethel J., Belle G. and Gertrude. THOMAS WILSON.—Among the many prominent and representative citizens of Cleveland few are more favorably or widely known than Captain Thomas Wilson, who for years has been one of the leading and most successful navigators and vessel builders and owners of the city, and has been most closely identified with the ship-building industry and shipping interests of the Great Lakes. Captain Wilson was born on October 31, 1838, at Fifeshire, Scotland. He comes from a seafaring family, his father and both grandfathers having been sea captains. His father, Captain Thomas Wilson, Sr., was appointed as a customhouse officer at Gwedore, in the north of Ireland, when our subject was a child, and thither the family was removed and resided for several years. In 1854 the family came to the United States and located in Philadelphia. At Gwedore, where the early boyhood days of our subject were spent, the educational advantages were not of the best, and his opportunities of acquiring an education were limited. Yet by close application, led on by an ambition to gain knowledge, the young fellow became proficient in the common English branches, which was sufficient for all practical purposes, and this, added to his sturdy, sterling character, which had been fostered and nourished by good and devoted Christian parents, gave him a fair start in life, though not possessed of means. Immediately following the removal of the family to America young Wilson, then but sixteen years of age, following the natural bent of his inclination, adopted the life of a sailor, thus following in the footsteps of his ancestors. For three years he sailed the seas, beginning as a " ship boy." During this time he gained a thorough knowledge of seafaring, and his stock of general information was largely increased by a visit to numerous foreign ports. After three years' service upon the high seas young Wilson came to the Great Lakes, first as a wheelman, and soon advanced to mate and captain, and in the latter capacity commanded quite a number of lake steamers. Among navigators he was considered a safe and perfectly responsible captain, and his services were consequently always in demand. For as many as twenty-five years Captain Wilson's home, it might be said, was upon the lakes, and during all that time he was recognized by navigators and those interested in shipping as one of the most cautious and reliable captains on those waters, and his genial and hearty nature made him a general favorite among owners, sailors and the traveling public. Having been successful in accumulating some capital, and growing tired of continuous_sailing, in 1872 Captain Wilson built an excellent freight steamer, which he named D. M. Wilson, a name given to a son, whose birth at about that time had so gladdened the home of the Captain and his most estimable wife. The building of the D. M. Wilson proved a successful venture, and stimulated the Captain's ambition to become more largely interested as a vessel owner, and he built next the steamer Hiawatha and her consort the Minnehaha. Then followed the building of the Tacoma, Wallula and Kesota, and in 1886 the George Spencer. Later he built the Wadena, Missoula, Spokain, Yakima, the names of the vessels be- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 377 ing suggested by a trip the Captain made through the great Northwest and Pacific coast country several years ago. Each of the foregoing vessels were large and especially adapted tor service on the Great Lakes. As a navigator and vessel owner Captain Wilson has met with marked success, and his success may he solely attributed to his fidelity, his integrity and his perseverance. Besides his interests as a builder and owner he is, and has been since its organization, president of the Ship Owners' Dry Dock Company, president in 1893 of the Lake Carriers' Association, president of the Huron Dock Company, director of the American Steel Barge Company, and vice-president of the Central National Bank of Cleveland. He is also largely interested in Lake Superior iron mines. Among all of Captain Wilson's business associates, friends and acquaintances he is regarded as a man of remarkable force of character, and one glance at his robust physical proportions, his clear and intelligent eyes and rugged face, is sufficient to stamp him, even among strangers, as a man endowed with more than ordinary abilities, and one who has properly used the talents and faculties bestowed upon him by a generous Providence. The influence of the moral and religious training given him while a boy by his parents, added to the sterling worth imparted to him by his Scotch ancestors, caused Captain Wilson to grow up as a manly, conscientious youth, scoring everything low and mean, and early in life commanding the confidence of all who knew him. And these traits of character grew and expanded as he developed into a man, and with years were amplified to the broadest degree, and to-day his word is regarded as good as his bond, and in all matters, whether pertaining to business, religious, social or political affairs, he is looked upon as a man of vigorous and healthy opinions, and as possessed of the necessary courage to express and maintain his convictions. He is fair, just and kind, yet determined. He abhors hypocrisy, his belief and feeling being to picture and represent everything in its true colors, be they bright and pleasant or dark and gloomy. No principle he holds should be compromised, and no stop be made at an intermediate point. In taking a stand on any important question, be it moral, religious, social or business, he invariably reasons it from all directions and deliberately and calmly arrives at his conclusion, and from these conclusions it is difficult to shake him; yet at the same time he is not bigoted or self-important, but on the contrary is always open to conviction, and is unpretentious and modest in his bearing. Among the rich and influential he is respected for these sterling qualities, and among the poor he is loved for his charity. With all of his various and pressing business care Captain Wilson has found time and opportunity to discharge the religions and social duties of a man of his position in life. He is a firm and active friend of temperance, and has done much to promote that good and worthy cause. He has always been a friend to education, and has been for years a supporter of Christianity. He has been for years an official mem ber of the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, of which he has been a firm and valuable friend. His charity is unbounded and yet unostentatious. For a long time it has been his plan to place a liberal sum in the hands of his pastor at Thanksgiving and Christmas-tide for the purpose of purchasing delicacies for distribution among the poor of his church, strictly enjoining on Iris pastor that the source of these gifts should not be made known. In behalf of several benevolent organizations of this city he has rendered active assistance and given liberal cont ributions. Among these organizations may be mentioned the Seaman's Floating Bethel, of which he is president. In fact, Captain Wilson is always ready and willing to improve each and every opportunity of doing good unto his fellow man, and few exercise better judgment in rendering aid to the needy and distressed, both in bodily and spiritual comfort. 378 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order, being a Royal Arch Mason. In September, 1870, Captain Wilson married the daughter of Honorable David Morris, of Cleveland, and located in what is known as the " East End." Here he has ever since resided. One son and two daughters have been born in his family. In January, 1886, however, the son, when just budding into a noble and promising youth, possessing the sterling character of his race, passed away in death, at the age of thirteen years, sadly and irreparably breaking the happy family circle. ELIAS B. PIKE, a farmer of Orange township, Cuyahoga county, was born at Veteran, Chemung county, New York, June 30, 1822, a son of Sewall and Permelia (Beardsley) Pike, natives of Massachusetts and Connecticut, respectively, and members of prominent old families. The paternal grandfather or our subject was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; and the maternal grandfather, Elias Beardsley, took part in both the Revolution and the war of 1812. Sewall Pike died in Chemung county, New York, at the age of fifty-six years, leaving a wife and six children, viz.: Betsey, David, Lucy, George W., Francis and Elias B. Our subject is now the only survivor of the family. In 1840 two brothers, George W. and Francis, came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and two years afterward they were joined by the mother and Elias B. George W. was a blacksmith by trade, and for a number of years lived with the Shakers. The mother died in Orange township, at the age of fifty-one years. Mr. and Mrs. Pike were members and active workers in the Methodist Church. Elias B., the subject of this sketch, received his education in Chemung county, New York. He came to this county when it was -comparatively a wilderness, and was obliged to make his own roads. He now owns a valuable and wellimproved-farm of seventy-five acres, where he has a comfortable residence, 16 x 24 feet, with an L, 16 x 30 feet, has two large barns, and all other necessary farm improvements. In political matters, Mr. Pike affiliates with the Republican party, and has served his township as Trustee and as a member of the School Board. October 15, 1846, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Barns, who was born in New York, July 25, 1828, a daughter of William and Margaret (Doty) Barns, natives of Vermont. They came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, in 1842, and afterward removed to Illinois. The father died at the latter place at the age of forty years, leaving nine children: Myron, Harriet, William, Elizabeth, Thirza, Lorenzo, Margaret, James and Jeannette. The mother departed this life in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the age of eighty-five years. Both she and her husband were members of the Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Pike have three children, namely: Andrew S., a resident of North Solon, who has two sons, Archie E. and Wilson S.; George W., of Newburg, Ohio, who has one son, Eugene B.; and Eveline L., wife of C. C. Lowe, who has six children,—Victor E., Darwin E., Edith E., Clyde E., Grace E. and Chester C. Our subject lost two children by death,—Emma E. at the age of one year, and Edie J., aged three years. Mr. and Mrs. Pike are members of the Methodist Church. RICHARD WHITLOCK, a faimer of Orange township, Cuyahoga county, was born in Devonshire, England, February 22, 1838, a son of Elias and Mary (Stoneman) Whitlock, also natives of that country. They came to this country in 1843, and resided in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, until their death, the father dying at the age of sixty years, and the mother at the age of sixty-two years. They were prominent and industrious farmers, and were respected by all who knew them. Mr. and Mrs. Whitlock had eight chil- CUYAHOGACOUNTY - 379 dren, namely: Ann, Christopher, John, Mary, Fannie, Samuel, Richard and Grace. One child was drowned while crossing the ocean. Richard Whitlock, the subject of this sketch, came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, when five years of age, received his education in the district schools of Orange and Solon townships, and has resided in this neighborhood since his marriage. He now owns a valuable and well improved farm of 104 acres, where he has two good residences, fine barns, and a large dairy. Mr. Whitlock was married February 22, 1869, to Elizabeth Thompson, who was born, reared and educated in Solon, this county, a daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth (Forest) Thompson, natives of Yorkshire, England. The parents died in Solon, • Ohio, the mother at the age of sixty-four years, and the father aged seventy-two years. They had six children,—John, Robert, Sharlotte, Elizabeth, Rebecca and William. Mr. and Mrs. Whitlock have two children,—Minnie and Samuel, both at home. One child, Otto, died at the age of five years. Mr. Whitlock is independent in political matters. Both he and his wife are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church, in which the former holds the office of Deacon. ANDREW DALL.—Prominent among the leading contractors and builders of Cleveland is Mr. Andrew Dall, junior member of the well-known firm of McAllister & Dall. Mr. Dall is a native of Scotland, having been born in Markinch, in the year 1850, and is the son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Davidson) Dall. Andrew Dall, Sr., a native also of Scotland, served an apprenticeship of seven years at the stone-cutting trade, in his native country, was married, and in 1852 came with his family to the United States, locating in Cleveland. He was a skilled mechanic, ambitious and enterprising, and it was not a great while after coming to Cleveland before he was contracting and building on his own account. He was successful from the beginning and soon became identified with his adopted city as a leading contractor and citizen. Among the conspicuous buildings he erected were the Randall, Wade and Backus residences, the St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and the dormitory and Adelbert College. In partnership with his son, our subject, he erected the Euclid Avenue opera house. His death occurred in 1887, after a life of great activity and usefulness. His success may be gauged by the change in his financial condition during his life in Cleveland. He came here a poor man, but died possessed of a competency, leaving his family in comfortable circumstances. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Dall were six in number, only three of whom survive, they being Robert Dall, a contractor of Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. John Protheroe, of Cleveland; and our subject. The subject of this sketch was given a common-school education in the public schools of Cleveland. Following in the footsteps of his father, he served an apprenticeship at the stonecutting trade, making himself thoroughly familiar with all the details of that trade and becoming a most efficient workman. In 1874 he was taken into his father's business as a partner, and together they erected many buildings of note in Cleveland and neighboring cities. In 1877 Mr. Dall engaged in business by himself for a time, and erected among other buildings the Wilshire Building on Superior street, the Fairmount Pumping Station, the residences of S. T. Everett, the City Hall at Troy, Ohio, the Eaker buildings and Public School Library at Dayton, Ohio, and the post office and customhouse at Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1888 he formed a co-partnership with Mr. Arthur McAllister, and the firm of McAllister & Dall has taken rank as one of the most successful contracting firms in Ohio. Among the important buildings they have erected, and which will remain as monuments of their skill and proficiency, are the Society for Savings building, the Calvary Presbyterian church, the 380 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. residences of J. E. French, H. R. Hatch and S. F. Haserot, on Euclid avenue, and of Samuel Mather on the Lake Shore east, and the Erie County Savings Bank at Buffalo, New York, which is one of the handsomest and most substantially constructed buildings in the country, being of granite, nine stories high on one street and ten stories high on another, exclusive of attic and basement, and they rebuilt Euclid Avenue opera house. They also built the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Cleveland, which will itself be a lasting evidence of their handiwork. Mr. Dall was married in 1873 to Miss Alice,., daughter of John Bennett, one of Cleveland's old and well-known citizens, and once Chief of the City Fire Department. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Da11, as follows: Emma, who graduated at the Brown-Hathaway school in 1893; William, who is with C. F. Schweinfurth, one of Cleveland's leading architects; Elizabeth, John, Joseph and Irene. The above outline shows what Mr. Dall has accomplished as a contractor and builder, and when his age is considered his achievements have been great and far beyond those of the average contractor of his years. And as a man and a citizen he has builded in character as successfully as he has in stone and mortar, and he enjoys an enviable reputation as an enterprising, energetic and honorable citizen. He is a self-made man and owes his present position in the business world entirely to his own efforts. lie began at the bottom and climbed to the top, unaided save by his own energy, perseverance and pluck. He has a special skill in handling heavy material and attends to all the mason work of his firm. His executive ability is great and his success in handling men equal to that in handling matter. As a citizen Mr. Dall takes an active interest in the affairs and institutions of his city. Ire is an ardent Republican and renders his party aid, but has never consented to stand for office. He is a friend to the public schools, believing firmly in that system of education. A friend says of him: "His chief characteristic is his absolute reliability. He is a splendid mechanic, a successful builder, and a good man and citizen. He is broad and liberal in his views, enterprising and energetic, charitable, kind-hearted, and thoroughly consistent in all his actions." GEORGE M. HICKS, son of the late George B. Hicks, of Cleveland, was born February 20, 1859, in this city, attended the public school, and graduated at the high school of Cleveland in 1877, after which he attended Delaware College for a short time. In 1884 he began the study of law in the office of Burke, Ingersoll & Sanders, in whose office he remained two years, being admitted to the bar at Columbus in 1886, at which date his professional career began. In 1887 he became interested in real estate, and since that time he has handled a very great deal of real estate, and as a dealer in the same he has achieved more than ordinary success. In fact he has done but very little in general law practice, his time being mainly devoted. to the real-estate business. His plan has been to-purchase larger tracts of land, platting the same, and selling it in town lots. As a business man he is regarded as a very farseeing, shrewd and close calculator. He is of a progressive spirit and has a zealous interest in the growth and development of the city of Cleveland, in which he has always resided, and to the prosperity of which he has made liberal contribution. He is married, having wedded, in 1889, Miss Jennie King. Mr. Hicks' father, George B. Hicks, was born June 10, 1831, at Canton, St. Lawrence county, New York. At an early day he came to Ohio, and was one of the first telegraph operators of the country. In fact he became an operator when telegraphy was almost in its infancy. In 1860 he invented a repeater which is yet in use by the Western Union Telegraph Company. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 381 George B. Bicks was elected General Manager of the Associated Press, in which capacity he acted ten years. Later he became president of the Forest City Varnish, Oil & Naphtha Company, of Cleveland, and also president of the Cleveland Telegraph Supply & Manufacturing Company, and to the invention and manufacture of electrical appliances be gave much attention, and well succeeded. Unfortunately death came to him in 1873, when he was just in the noonday of his life. JAY PHELPS DAWLEY was born at Ravenna, Ohio, March 7, 1847, was brought up on a farm in his native county and graduated at the Ravenna union school in 1869. He then attended the Eclectic Institute at Hiram, of which James A. Garfield then had control as principal. Later young Dawley attended the Western Reserve College at Hudson, where he spent three years, completing the classical course. In 1871 he entered the law office of Hon. J. M. Jones of Cleveland, and pursued his studies until 1872, when he was admitted to the bar. He remained with Mr. Jones until he (Jones) was elected a Judge of the Superior Court in 1873, at which date Mr. Dawley and S. M. Stone became partners in the practice of that profession, and continued as such for about four years. In 1878, Mr. Stone having gone to New York, Mr. Dawley associated himself with Judge J. K. Hord, and still later. with Hon. Martin A. Foran. At present Mr. Dawley is alone in the practice, and in his profession he he has achieved more than ordinary success, and is esteemed both by his professional brethren and the public at large. In 1882 he (unsoliciting) was elected to the Board of Education for the Second Ward, and also a member of the Board of Library Managers, and in public life he has always appeared a progressive and sagacious character. He was one of the first in the counsel for the State in testing the constitutionality of a certain liquor law, in which case the opinion of a previous court was reversed. He appeared as counsel for the St. Clair Street Railway Company of Cleveland in several important cases, and was for some time an attorney for that company. In criminal practice he has achieved considerable success and did some brilliant work in the trying of one Moran for murder, he and his partner Hon. M. A. Foran defending the prisoner. In 1864 Mr. Dawley enlisted in Company C, Eleventh Infantry, Fourteenth Army Corps, and served until the close of the war, as a private, and Orderly at the headquarters of General Jefferson C. Davis. He was but seventeen years of age when he enlisted in the army service, and soon after his enlistment was detailed as orderly to the headquarters of General Davis, for the purpose of carrying dispatches from one quarter to another, all messages being oral, and consequently his work was an important as well as dangerous one. He was also a participant in all of the engagements of his command, and was one of those who made the famous march with Sherman to the sea. Mr. Dawley married, in September of 1873, Miss Iva G. Canfield, daughter of Harrison Canfield of Pennsylvania, and they have four children: William J., Arthur Addison, Frances Canfield, and Ruby Louise. A. G. FRISBIE, who has been engaged in the real-estate, loan and investment business at 5 Euclid avenue since March, 1889, is entitled to representation in this history of the leading men of Cleveland. He is a native of Geauga county, Ohio, born August 15, 1866. His father, Dr. Stephen Frisbie, a well-known physician of Geauga county, is deceased. The first twenty years of Mr. Frisbie's life was spent upon a farm, receiving his earlier education in the public schools; in connection with the common branches of the public school, Mr. 382 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Frisbie took a business course and also studied music. When launched out on the world for himself, he began by teaching music in the public schools of Painesville, Chardon and Fairport. After teaching three years in the above places, he accepted the position of head bookkeeper for George M. Hicks. One year later they formed the partnership of Hicks & Frisbie. They were associated four years, during which time they successfully handled the Orchard Grove Allotment. The partnership being dissolved, Mr. Frisbie opened his present office in July, 1893, doing a general business of real estate, loans and investments. His Euclid avenue allotment, consisting of fifty lots, he disposed of in thirty days. He has just purchased three allotments, comprising 500 lots, which with his usual success will certainly be disposed of in a comparatively short time. He is one of the most progressive members of business circles in Cleveland and is eve upon the alert to aid in the development of any possible resource in the State. Mr. Frisbie was married in 1890 to Miss Florence Johnston, one of Cleveland's most talented readers, a daughter of C. H. Johnston of this city. Two children have been born of this union, Esther L. and Charles Arthur. RICHARD E. GARRATY.—Probably no citizen of Brecksville township included in this volume has figured in so many positions in life as the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch, and who is a native of Montreal, Canada. His father, James Garraty, was a native of Maidstone, county of Kent, England, and was born in 1801, and the father of the last mentioned died in the Peninsular war, serving with honor in the English army. Our subject's great-grandfather lost his life in the battle of 'Trafalgar, under Admiral Nelson. Thus it will be seen that .Mr. Garraty, our subject, has descended from a line of military families. James Garraty was but four years of age when his father died, and he was brought up by the Duke of York, and the father's commission was conferred upon this young man: At Waterloo his youth deprived him of active work under the commission given him, and at his request the commission of Bugler was granted him. The evening before the great battle he was in a detachment of English soldiers who encountered a detachment of French cuirassiers in a cornfield seven miles from the renowned field of the battle of Waterloo, and with a force of 700 they came out with only seventy, and not an officer! He was present at the Waterloo engagement, officiating as Bugler. At the age of twenty-one years he received his commission, and he served thirty-one years in the British army, in various military and scientific positions. In 1841 he was sent to Canada to quell the revolt there, and was discharged from service with a pension, and was placed at the head of a noted seat of learning in Canada, a government institution. During the latter years of his life he purchased a beautiful homestead in the parish of St. Henri de Mascouche, where he resided for the remainder of his life. His homestead was a very pleasant and popular resort for all army officers and military men of note who resided in or visited Canada. He had married, in Dublin, Miss Anna Whyte, who was born in September, 1811, in Warwickshire, England, and they reared seven children, our subject being the first son and second child. He died in 1877, and his mother in 1860, and their remains now sleep side by side in the family vault, near the homestead in Canada. Mr. Richard E. Garraty, whose name heads this sketch, left home at the age of ten years, on account of the prospect of too severe a discipline in military life, etc. When thirteen years old he began to learn the blacksmith's trade, but left that before he completed his apprenticeship. Being somewhat of a roving disposition, he concluded to seek his fortune in the United States rather than remain at a good CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 383 home in the old country and be under a discipline so slavish and nonsensical as antiquated conservatism had conferred upon the present generation. Crossing the St. Lawrence river at Rouse's Point, he proceeded to Albany, New York, and found work at his trade, where he remained for a number of years. Ignored by his father, he never returned home except to see a dearly beloved mother in her last hours. Soon after coming to the United States he endeavored to enlist in the Federal army, but his youth prevented him. Having found friends in Albany, he remained and prospered, continuing in the employment of one man for seven years. From $5 a week his wages were finally raised to $3 a day. After the death of his mother, however, he did not immediately return to the United States, but went to his native city and found employment at his trade for two years in the Canada Marine Works. Next he was at Albany again for six months. In the spring of 1866 he came to Cleveland and for the first five years was employed at his trade in the shops of the Atlantic & Great Western Railway. May 28, 1868, he married Miss Pauline Kreckel, a native of Nassau, who was brought to the United States when a babe by her parents. Mr. Garraty then took up his residence at 74 Merchant avenue, Cleveland. Some time later, failing sight necessitated the abandonment of his trade, and he opened a general store, the business of which constantly increased and soon became profitable; but the "panic" of 1873 made the collections slow and business dropped off, so that in addition to the store he took an agency for the Sandusky Lime Company for a short time. He exchanged- his business and property in Cleveland for his present farm of 200 acres, in December, 1875, where he has since been engaged in general farming, devoting his attention principally to the rearing of horses, of which class of animals he is an ardent admirer. He seemed to adapt himself to farming as readily as to any of the other employments in which he has been engaged, and has reaped success. As a systeMatic, thorough farmer he ranks foremost in the township. In his political sympathies he is a Republican, and although a regular attendant at the elections he takes no further interest in the office-seeking efforts of any one. Both himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Being fond of reading he is well posted on scientific and general matters. His children are Alfred J., a graduate of l3erea University, and Wilhelmina B., a most interesting daughter receiving a thorough course of education. J. W. DERTHICK was born in Norton township, Summit county, Ohio December 14, 1840, a son of Ananias and Samantha (Squires) Derthick, natives of Portage county, Ohio. His paternal grandfather, James Derthick, was born in the State of Massachusetts, of English descent, and the mother's people were also from the old Colony State. The father died in 1861 but the mother survives and is a resident of Bedford. They reared a family of five children: James W., Huldah, F. A., H. A., deceased, who was a member of the United States Army, and J. W., the subject of this notice. Mr. Derthick was a chair maker by occupation. He was a zaalous member of the Disciple Church. Young Derthick acquired a good education by diligent study and wide reading at his father's fireside. He was reared to the life of a farmer and still devotes his energies to tilling the soil. He owns a tract of thirty-four acres in an advanced state of cultivation, and he has a good residence delightfully situated, commanding a fine view of the surrounding country. He was married in 1861, to Alicia Hubbell, a daughter of Dr. A. T. Hubbell, who was during his life one of the most prominent physicians of Bedford. In 1864 Mr. Derthick enlisted in the service of his country, becoming a nember of the One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in 384 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Tennessee in 1864, and went round by North Carolina, etc., with Sherman. He belongs to Bedford Lodge, No. 375, A. F. & A. M., is one of the active members of the Disciple Church, and takes a deep interest in the work of the Sabbath-school in which lie is a teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Derthick are the parents of a family of ten children, four dying early in life: Henry J., a graduate of the Bedford high-school class of 1891, is a successful scholar at Hiram College; Mary was a member of the high-school class of 1893; Paul and Pearl are twins; Lee and John, both graduates of the high school, died at the age of twenty years. EDWARD MEACHER, a farmer of Royalton township, was born in Buckinghamshire, England, December 1, 1834, a son of Thomas and Sarah (Woodman) Meacher. His father, a farmer by occupation, rented 700 acres of land from Lord Bridgewater for many years. In May, 1836, the family sailed from Liverpool to New York, and afterward came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where the father purchased 350 acres of timber land in Royalton township. His death occurred August 1, 1873, his wife surviving until January 5, 1881, and they were buried in the Royalton cemetery. In political matters, Mr. Meacher was a free silver man and abolitionist. Both he and his wife were members of the Baptist Church. Two children were born in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Meacher in England: Thomas, a farmer of Royalton township; and Edward, whose name heads this sketch. Two more children were added to the family in Royalton township, namely: Charlotte, wife of William Tompkins, of Benton Harbor, Michigan; and Charles A., who died in this township, at the age of thirty-one years. Edward Meacher, the subject of this sketch, was brought to America when a babe. He attended the district schools during the winter months, and was also a pupil of the old school located on Prospect and Erie streets, Cleveland, his parents having resided in that city two years. He declined further educational advantages. Soon after his marriage Mr. Meacher located on his present farm of 100 acres, where he erected a pleasant home in 1875, and has the farm under a fine state of cultivation. In addition to general farming, be has conducted a dairy for many years. In political matters Mr. Meacher was formerly a Republican, but has since joined the ranks of the Prohibition party. He was married December 5, 1858, by Rev. Silas Barnes, to Ann R. Rogers, who was born in Somersetshire, England, October 16, 1839, a daughter of Edwin and Rachel (Winsor) Rogers, who came on the Hindoostan from Bristol to the United .States in May, 1849, landing in New York after a rough passage of six weeks, and shortly afterward resumed the journey to Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Rogers purchased a small farm in Warrensville, and Mrs. Heather attended the common schools of that district. Mr. and Mrs. Meacher had one son, George E., born November 29, 1859, who died June 15, 1886, and was buried in the Royalton cemetery. For many years prior to his death he was Superintendent of the Baptist Sunday-school at Royalton Center. Mr. Meacher contributes largely to that church. JOHN WESLEY CHAMBERLAIN has been identified with the history of the township in which he resides since 1861 and is numbered among the most successful agriculturists of Cuyahoga county. He is a native of the State of Ohio, born at Twinsburgh, Summit county, January 31, 1832, a son of Hiram and Susan (Wilson) Chamberlain. The mother died when John W. was a child of four years, leaving three other children: Reuben, Anna and Sylvia. The father was married a second time, and by this union two children were born, Carrie and Asel. He still survives, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. John CUYAHOGA COUN1Y - 385 Wesley Chamberlain spent his boyhood and youth in aiding his father in the hard labor of the frontier farm. He attended the common schools of the neighborhood, making the most of the meager opportunities afforded him for acquiring an education. Leaving the parental roof he settled on a tract of fifty-two acres, known as the Asel Beeman farm; to this he has made additions until he now owns 200 acres, all of which is in an advanced state of cultivation. The improvements are all of the most substantial character, reflecting much credit upon the proprietor. A dairy of twenty-five cows presents some excellent specimens of the bovine species. Mr. Chamberlain was married February 28, 1861, to Maria A. Kenedy, a daughter of Mildrim and Clarisa (Wheeler) Kenedy. Mrs. Chamberlain was born at Aurora, Ohio, but was reared and educated at Solon. She was a woman of many admirable traits, and her death, which occurred June 11, 1891, was deeply lamented by her family and a wide circle of friends. Mr. Chamberlain has been uniformly successful in all business operations and has accumulated a competence. Employing only the most correct methods he has gained the confidence of all with whom he has had dealings, and has the respect of the entire community. Politically he supports the principles of the Republican party. WILLIAM STEFFEN, division superintendent of the Cleveland Electric Railway Company, was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, November 21, 1846. His father, Fred Steffen, brought his family to Cleveland in 1866, and young William secured work in a candle factory, next in Comstock's packing-house, later was teamster for Thomas & Butts, lumber dealers, and two years later entered the service of the East Cleveland. Railway Company as hostler. Afterward he was employed as driver, conductor and night watchman, and he was the first man as starter on Superior street. His next promotion was to the rank of foreman of Willson and Euclid avenue lines, remaining eighteen years, or until the late consolidation, when he was made division superintendent, having charge of Euclid, Wade Park and Cedar avenue lines. Mr. Steffen is a natural street railway man. He is competent, and is a favorite of the men under his charge. Fred Steffen married Miss Ebert, who bore him William; John; Fred Henry; Minnie, wife of Charles Koerck, near Hillsdale, Michigan; and Mary, single. The father died in 1880, aged fifty-eight years, and the mother is still living. William Steffen married December 2, .1870, in this city, Sophia Milling, of German birth. Their children are Georgie and Arthur. MELVIN P. EDGERTON, a farmer of Cuyahoga county, was born in Royalton township, this county, March 31, 1844, .1 son of Hiram Edgerton, who was born in Massachusetts in 1819. The latter drove from his native State to Ohio in an early day, purchased a tract of wooded land in Royalton township, Cuyahoga county, and was engaged in lumbering and farming. He followed the former occupation during the winter seasons, having hauled his lumber to the Ohio canal. At the time of his death he owned 135 acres of land. M r. Edgerton was married in Royalton township, to Wealthy Perry, a daughter of Caleb Perry, and they had two children,—Melvin P., cur subject; and Adelaide, now Mrs. John Coats, of Brooklyn. The wife and mother died in 1875, and was buried in the Center cemetery. Mr. Edgerton afterward married a sister of his former wife. His death occurred March 31, 1883, and his widow still resides at Center. In political matters, Mr. Edgerton was an active worker in the Republican party. Melvin P., the subject of this sketch, attended thy; schools of his district, and was early 386 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. inured to farm labor. In the spring of 1873 he located near where he now lives, and in 1874 came to his present place of 150 acres, where he is engaged in general farming and dairying. He has erected all his farm buildings, and the place is now under a fine state of cultivation. Mr. Edgerton was married May 11, 1872, to Salenda Raymond, who was born in Royalton township, Cuyahoga county, May 11, 1347, a daughter of Joshua and Harriet (Francis; Raymond, who came from Massachusetts t this State, and were among the pioneer families. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond had three children: Marshall, of Royalton township; Salenda, wife of our suuject; and Lettie, now Mrs. Addison Tibbals, of Center, this township. Mr. and Mrs. Edgerton also have three children: Howard L., who graduated at the Brecksville high school before seventeen years of age, and is now a clerk in that city; Arthur P., attending school; and Harley G., at home. Mr. Edgerton affiliates with the Republican party, and both he and his wife are members of the Disciple Church. HENRY COVERT, a resident of Wil1son's Mills, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is a representative of one of the early pioneer families of Mayfield township, this county, the Coverts being one of the first two families that settled here. James Covert, the father of our subject, was born in New York, and it was in the spring of 1807 that he came to Cuyahoga county and took claim to a tract of Government land in Mayfield township. This land he developed into a fine farm and on it he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring at the ripe old age of ninety-eight years and six months. James Covert's father, Thomas Covert, was a native of New York, and in that State passed the whole of his life. For his wife James Covert married Plicebe Sherman, a native of Massachusetts, who had come to Cuyahoga county when she was a little girl. She died at about the age of fifty years. They were the parents of seven children, four sons and three daughters. Henry Covert is the oldest of the above named family. He was born in Mayfield town-' ship, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, March 30, 1839, and here he was reared and educated. His whole life has been spent in general farming and raising of fine stock, also as an extensive dealer, and in connection with the latter occupation he has also done some shipping. His farm comprises 500 acres of land, all in one body, and is the largest and finest farm in the county. Mr. Covert was first married to Miss Sarah Willson, a native of thiii township, who died some years later. She was the mother of five children,—William H., James B., Martin, Martha and Andrew I. The last named died at the age of two years and a half. For his second wife Mr. Covert wedded Rosa Goodman, also a native of Ohio. She died without issue. For his third wife he married Henrietta Arndt, who was born and reared. in Germany. They have one son, Harry. In national politics Mr. Covert has all his life affiliated with the Democratic party, but in local politics he has been somewhat independent. He served two terms as Township Trustee, has been Judge of Election, and has filled various other minor offices. Fraternally, he has been identified with the Masonic fraternity for a number of years, having his membership in Willoughby Lodge, No. 302, Chagrin Falls, and in the Chapter. NORVIL McAFEE, one of the trusted employees of the Pittsburg & Cleveland Railway Company, has held the position of telegraph operator at Bedford since 1880. He has been connected with railroad business during the past thirteen years and has won the confidence and esteem of all the officials of the company. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 387 He is a native of the Buckeye State, born near Hudson, Summit county, June 30, 1858. Daniel McAfee, his father, emigrated to the United States from the Emerald Isle, and was united in marriage with Mary Huddleston. To them were born four children: Thomas, a resident of Gagetown, Michigan; W. J., a contractor living in Cleveland; J. D., a physician in Cleveland; and Norvil. The parents reside at Solon, Cuyahoga county. ,Mr. McAfee is a blacksmith by trade, but he also gives some attention to agricultural pursuits. During the late war he was in the service four years. In politics he supports the principles of the Democratic party, and he is a consistent member of the Disciple church. Norvil McAfee was reared at Solon and there received his elementary education; he pursued his studies further in the academy at Austinburg, and afterward engaged in teaching, meeting with gratifying success in this profession. December 25, 1884, Mr. McAfee wedded Miss Eliza Dnnbar, a daughter of Alexander and Mary (Trail) Dunbar, natives of Scotland; the father died in 1880, but the mother still survives, and resides at Bedford. Mrs. McAfee was born, reared and educated at Bedford. Our subject and wife are the parents of two children : Ethel Marie and Florence May. Mr. McAfee is a zealous worker in the ranks of the Democratic party: since 1888 he has been a member of the City Council, where his service has been most efficient. He is an honored member of the Royal Arcanum, No. 1067. J. M. GASSER, who resides on Lake avenue, West Cleveland; has been a resident of the Forest City during nearly his entire life and at the present time lre is identified with her business interests and has attained to a position of no inconsiderable prominence. He is a native of Switzerland, having been born in 1842, the son of Nicholas and Catherine Gasser, and one of the six children born to them. Of the children four are living at the present time. When our subject was yet a mere child his parents emigrated to the United States, locating in Cleveland in the year 1854, and .here passing the remainder of their days. The father was a contractor by profession; his death occurred in 1882, and that of his wife in 1884. Our subject received a good common-school education, and after completing his studies he entered at once into active business. He was employed in the Cleveittnd post office for a period of eight years. In 1872 he made his first business venture on his own responsibility, opening an establishment for the sale of stationery and confections and conducting the tame successfully until 1878, when he commenced operations in that line of enterprise to which he now devotes his attention,—that of floriculture. The undertaking on the start was one of modest order, but by careful methods and perseverance the business has been del-eloped and the range of operations extended until the enterprise is one of the most extensive of the sort in the State, Mr. Gasser holding distinction as one of the leading and most popular florists in the Forest City. His conservatories consistently take rank with the best in the State, being finely equipped and provided with all modern accessories for the successful propagation of all kinds of flowering plants. Mr. Gasser served loyally in the late war of the Rebellion, enlisting, in 1861, as a member of Company B, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and serving in the ranks until 1864, when lie received his honorable discharge, at Cleveland. He participated in many of the principal battles, prominent among which were those of Antietam and Cedar Mountain. He was wounded in the left arm and side, March 23, 1862, at Winchester, being thereby in: capacitated for active service for some time. Mr. Gasser was married, in 1867, to Miss Catherine Fox, a daughter of Andrew Fox, one of the early settlers and prominent residents of 25 388 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Cleveland. Our subject and his wife have one child, Rose B., who is now the wife of Riblet D. Knisley, who is an official in the Marine Bank. In his political adherency Mr. Gasser is identified with the Republican party, and fraternally is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, in which order lie has taken all the degrees. WILLIAM B. BOLTON, an attorney of recognized ability and occupying conspicuous official positions with certain of the most important enterprises of Cleveland, is the only child of John and Martha (McCune) Bolton, and was born January 7, 1853, being a native of the State of Pennsylvania. John Bolton, who is now well advanced in years, has devoted a long and useful life to the profession of school teaching, and is at the present time a teacher in the West high school of Cleveland. He has been ever zealous and devoted to his work, and has kept pace with the rapid strides made in the science of pedagogy, not content, as is true in the average case, to fall into any conservative rut and to finally be quite out of touch with the methods and progress of the later years. Professor Bolton is a man who is held in the highest esteem, not only by those who come under his influence as students, but by all who are permitted to gain recognition of his ability and culture with an appreciation of his genial and sympathetic character. He was for some time superintendent of the public schools at Portsmouth, Ohio, and after removing to Cleveland was retained as a teacher in the Central high school of the city. He has been a resident of the Forest Pity since 1872, and in his labors here has gained a high popularity and esteem. In his lineage he is of English extraction. His father served as a naval officer in the war of 1812. William B. Bolton was educated in the comin,m schools and graduated from the high school at Portsmouth in 1871, and entered the office of A. C. Thompson, ex-Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Congressman for that district, and under such -able direction began the study of law. In 1873 he removed to Cleveland and later continued his studies in the office of. Ingersoll & Williamson and was admitted to the bar in 1881. He is general counsel of The Brush Electric Company, of which corporation he is also a director. He holds a similar preferment with the Short Electric Railway Company and is local counsel for the General Electric Company, of New York. 'He was appointed assistant solicitor of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company in 1882, and upon the re-organization of that company, in 1887, he was appointed assistant general counsel, discharging the duties incidental thereto with much ability and discernment. The executive preferments which be has held are ample testimony of this acumen as a lawyer. His office is maintained at room 526, Cuyahoga Building. In his political adherence Mr. Bolton has ever been strongly arrayed with the Republican party and has taken an active interest in furthering the principles which that organization maintains. The marriage of our subject occurred in June, 1883, when he was united to Mrs. Lilyon Beamer, a daughter of Mr. George Beckett, of Cincinnati. To Mr. and Mrs. Bolton one child has been born, a son, whose name is John Donald. GEORGE CARTWRIGHT, a successful ( farmer of Cuyahoga county, was born in Royalton township, this county, July 24, 1839. His father, Richard Cartwright, was born in Berkshire, England, April 8, 1815, was reared on a farm, and after reaching a suitable age engaged in herding sheep. In 1836 he came to the United States, being seven weeks and three days in crossing the ocean, and he was obliged to borrow money to pay for his passage. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 389 After landing in New York he came to Royalton township, where he immediately secured work as a farm hand. He was soon afterward married to Harriet Pembrook, also a native of England, who came to this country on the same steamer as her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Cartwright had the following children: George, whose name heads this sketch; Henry, a farmer in Royalton township; Edward, deceased at the age of two years; Mary, deceased, who was the wife of Marcus Warner; Edwin, who died in infancy; Elizabeth, wife of Wayland Edgerton, of Royalton township; and William, a farmer of Cuyahoga county. After his marriage Mr. Cartwright rented land for a time, and then purchased a part of the farm on which George still resides. He added to his original purchase until, at the time of his death, November 25, 1857, he owned ninety acres. He was a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and held many township offices. Mrs. Cartwright survived until May 20, 1892, a member of the Baptist Church. George Cartwright, of this sketch, was early inured to farm labor, and after following that occupation for a time was engaged in butchering. In partnership with his brother Henry, he now owns 336 acres of fine farming land in Royalton township. They are industrious and successful farmers, as well as quiet, unobtrusive citizens. Mr. Cartwright made a home for his mother after her husband's death, and also cared for the younger children until they reached years of maturity. Politically, he is a stanch Republican, having cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. In religion his sympathies are rather with the Baptist Church. JOSEPH SMITH, one of the representative citizens of Royalton township, was born at this place, September 24, 1819, a son of John and Lucy (Sprague) Smith, natives of Vermont, the former born in 1792, and the latter in 1798. One child, Amanda, was born in this family in that State. When the daughter was six months old they came with ox teams to Ohio, where Mrs. Smith's father, Knight Sprague, had previously located. They named Royalton township in honor of their home in Vermont. Mr. Smith located on a part of his father-in-law's land, remaining there until death, June 19, 1824, which was caused by a falling tree while assisting in cutting the Anglin Road from Royalton to Bennett's Corners. Three children were born in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in Ohio, namely; Joseph, our subject; Eliza, deceased at the age of four years; and Sally, who died at the age of forty years, was the wife of Nelson Ferris. After her husband's death, Mrs. Smith married .Luther B. Bosworth, and she departed this life in 1859, at the age of sixty years. Joseph Smith, the subject proper of this notice, received a limited education, having attended school only about seven weeks in the year. At the age of twenty-five years he sustained an injury of the right knee, which made him a cripple for life. Thus compelled to aban don agricultural pursuits, Mr. Smith learned the shoemaker's trade, and followed that occupation until 1872. In that year he purchased a small farm in Royalton township, remaining there about sixteen years, and now lives a retired life at Royalton Center. Politically, he was formerly a Whig, his first presidential vote having been cast for William H. Harrison, and has been a Republican since the formation of ,bat party. He resigned the office of Justice of the Peace after forty-two years, and held the office of Clerk eighteen years. He was also Postmaster eight years. He was married September 24, 1843, to Louisa Gordan, who was born in Royalton township, March 20, 1824, a daughter of O. C. and Polly (Howe) Gordan, and they have had the following children: Mariah, now Mrs. Dinsmore; Bratton, a resident of Elkhart county, [ndiana; Mary H., wife of J. N. Webber, of Royalton Center; Orrin, deceased in infancy; John, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio; Sarah R., 390 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. wife of Ora N. Porter, of Parma township, Cuyahoga county; Dayton W., of Elyria; and Fred C., a resident of Collinwood, this State. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Disciple Church. Mr. Smith is one of the highly respected pioneer citizens of Royalton township, and is widely and favorably known. ABRAM COOK, a farmer of Cuyahoga county, was born in Monmouth county, New Jersey, December, 14, 1828, a son of John Cook, also a native of that State. While in his native State the latter was engaged as a fisherman during the winter seasons, and in the summer worked at farm labor. He was married in New Jersey, to Eliza Jones, and they had two children in that State,—Abram, our subject; and Deborah A., widow of Joseph Rumbaugh, and a resident of Brooklyn village, this county. In 1831, via the Erie canal and lake Erie, the family came to Ohio, having been accompanied by three other families. Mr. Cook spent the first winter in Strongsville township, where he was engaged in chopping wood, receiving two shillings per cord. In the spring of 1832 he purchased 100 acres of land in Parma township, paying $2 per acre, but was able to pay only a small amount down. His later payments for the place were made at Elyria. Mr. Cook found employment in a brick-yard at Brooklyn village during the summer seasons, and was engaged in clearing his farm during the winters. In that wait he soon satisfied all claims against his place, put the same under a good state of cultivation, and erected a brick residence, the brick having been manufactured on his farm. He subsequently sold that farm, and in 1845 bought 100 acres of land in Royalton township, to which he afterward added sixty acres. In addition to his general farming, Mr. Cook bought and sold large quantities of fruit. In early life he was identified with the Democratic party, but afterward became a stanch Republican. He attended the Free-will Baptist Church. Mr. Cook departed this life in 1871, and his wife survived him a number of years, dying in 1881, and both now sleep in the Royalton Center Cemetery. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Cook in Ohio are as follows: Alva D., deceased in infancy; Delos, a lawyer of Cleveland; Sarah, wife of Thomas Meacher, of Royalton township; and David, a retired policeman of Brooklyn village. During the residence of the family on their farm in Parma township, Abram and his sister Deba went into the woods one warm afternoon to gather mandrakes (May-apples), and on their return home they saw a bird at the edge of a corn-field, and Abram, as he picked up a stone to throw at it, saw two huge rattlesnakes, one black-spotted and the other yellow and white. He ran to the nearest house for help, and two men came and killed them. One measured five feet in length and the other six feet; one was three inches in diameter and the other four, and one had twelve rattles and the other fourteen. Abram Cook, the subject of this sketch, received a limited education, and was early inured to farm labor. Before reaching his twenty-first year he found employment at the old-fashioned mud-brick yard, in which his father had been so long engaged, afterward served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade under his brother-in-law, Joseph Rumbaugh, and then followed his trade at Cleveland. Some time after his marriage Mr. Cook located in Royalton township, Cuyahoga county, where he has ever since continued to reside, with the exception of one year spent near New Lisbon, Wisconsin. In the fall of 1862 he located on his present farm, where he has erected all his farm buildings, and has put the place under a fine state of cultivation. He followed the carpenter's trade for many years after locating in this eounty, but is now giving his attention principally to his farm. In political matters, Mr. Cook is a stanch Republican. He was married in the fall of 1852, at Cleveland, Ohio, to Eliza McRunnolds, a native of CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 391 Ireland, who came to the United States when young. They had one child, George A., now a contractor and builder of Brooklyn village. The wife and mother died July 6, 1856. Mr. Cook was afterward united in marriage, at Independence, with Mary J. McClelland, who was born April 29, 1839. Her parents were natives of the north of Ireland, of Scotch ancestry, and while emigrating to the United States a storm at sea drove them northward. Their vessel foundered off the coast of Newfoundland, and while thus shipwrecked Mrs. Cook first saw light, being one of six infants born on that vessel. She was given the title of " The Good Baby " by the crew, from the fact of her seeming inability to cry, which faculty the other five seemed to possess to a wonderful degree. She was brought to Ohio at the age of thirteen, raised by her uncle and aunt, Thomas and Jane McGrath. Mrs. Cook is a member of the Disciple Church of Royalton Center. SHARON P. INMAN, a prominent citizen of Brecksville township, was born May 9, 1847, in Parkman township, Geauga county, Ohio. His father, Henry Inman, was born March 6, 1814, in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, a son of Samuel Inman, a native of Scotland. The last mentioned was an early settler of Beaver county, and in 1816 came to Geauga county, locating in Parkman township, on a farm in the deep woods. Henry completed his school days at a select school kept by Rev. Ezekiel De Wolfe, a graduate of Yale College, who was once talked of as a candidate for vice-president on the ticket with James Buchanan. In later years he was Postmaster at San Francisco, California, under Buchanan's administration. At that school Mr. Inman made great advancement, where he was associated with Daniel R. Tilden, now of Cleveland, and David Tod, afterward governor of the State. For some years afterward he taught school at Parkman village. He was married in Bundysburg, January 23, 1838, to Miss Margaret Porter, who was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, September 16, 1815, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Glenn) Porter, who was born in Fort Ligonier, Pennsylvania, while her parents were taking refuge in that fort from Indians, who were then raiding that territory during the Revolutionary war. She received a good education and was an intelligent woman. Some years after his coming to Ohio Samuel Inman died, in Parkman township, and afterward his widow married Captain Henry White, one of the first settlers in Trumbull county, Ohio. After his marriage Mr. Henry Inman located on the old homestead, buying out the heirs, and remained there till the spring of 1860, when he removed to Mesopotamia township, Trumbull county, and one year afterward he came to Brecksville township and purchased a farm of fifty acres, which forms a part of the present farm of Mr. Inman, our subject. In 1855 Mr. Henry Inman had become surety for a brother-in-law, who died soon afterward and Mr. Inthan had to lose the whole amount he secured. Although this crippled him financially, be took heart and started in anew in life's precarious battle. He died after re-oving to Brecksville township, February 3, 1864, after a short illness contracted by waiting on the sick where putrid erysipelas prevailed, and he was buried at the Center cemetery. His wife died May 23, 1867, and was buried by his side. Mr. Inman was a proficient biblical scholar and a Master Mason of Western Phenix Lodge at Parkman, Ohio, for sixteen years, and attended several meetings of the Grand Lodge, which met at Columbus, this State. He was a Democrat of the Jacksonian type, and in former years contributed many articles, etc., to the Cleveland Plaindealer. He was well read in literature and general science and of powerful argumentative ability. In person he was six feet tall and of perfect build. His children were: Mary J., who was born December 5, 1838, and married first Henry 392 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Hoffman and afterward Daniel Gardner, who is now deceased; she is now a widow, living in Cleveland; Frederick W., who was born October 19, 1840, and is now a wealthy orange-raiser of Florida; Lucy A., born February 28, 1843, married Charles Allen and is now the widow of William Wheeler, of Connecticut; John II., born October 10, 1844, and at present connected with the Akron (Ohio) Stoneware Coinpany; Sharon P., whose name heads this sketch, was the next in order of birth: twin daughters, born February 13, 1849, died March 1 following; Sydney C., born June 29, 152, is carrying on the drugs and hardware business on a large scale in Akron, Ohio; Ida B., born June 13, 1854, is a resident of Akron; Alma A., born December 23, 1856, is now Mrs. Henry Nickerson, of Circleville, this State; Charles T., born September 21, 1859, ik also engaged in drugs and hardware at Akron. Mr. Sharon P. Inman, of this sketch, enlisted in the Union army September 15, 1862, at Cleveland, under Lieutenant Bailey, afterward Captain, in Hoffman's battalion, and was detailed to do guard duty at Johnson's Hand, but in a short time was rejected on account of his youth. Having lost his father at the age of seventeen years, when the estate was in debt, the care of affairs fell upon him and his brother John. Soon, however, our subject concluded to try military life again, and March 28, 1865, at Cleveland, he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Ninety-eighth Regiment, under Lieutenant Raynor, and was sent to Camp Chase. Directly the news of the fall of Richmond came and the company was disbanded. Then for a year Mr. Inman was traveling salesman throughout Indiana for G. G. Norris, of Cleveland. December 25, 1871, he married Miss Deitine E. Stocker, who was born in Boston township, Summit county, July 14, 1847, a daughter of Newell and Jane (Bailey) Stocker, farmers from New England. Since his marriage he has resided on the farm which he now occupies. He purchased the interest of his brother in this farm in 1880. Besides agriculture he has also been engaged in the lumber trade to a great extent. In his political sympathies he is a Democrat. Having an exceedingly retentive memory, he excels in the treatment of statistical matters, and when therefore he undertakes to make a point in an argument he is hard to match. In his religious views, as one would infer from the foregoing statements as to leis" mentalqualities, he is liberal, believing in practicing religion seven days in the week. FRANCIS H. CHESTER, an honored farmer of Brooklyn township, was born December 5, 1835. His father, Simeon Chester, Jr., a native of Groton, Connecticut, made a trip to Brooklyn on foot as early as 1822, selected and purchased a tract of eighty acres, and returned home the same way. August 23, 1823, he married Evaline Fish, also of Groton, and with a team of two yoke of oxen they emigrated to their new home in the wild West, bringing along with them also his parents, three sisters and a niece. He erected a log house for their habitation and proceeded to improve the farm. The pioneers of the southern part of the township had erected a log schoolhouse and desired Mr. Chester to teach for them, and to pay him for his services offered to clear off the timber on a part of his farm. This offer was accepted, and he became one of the first teachers in the only schoolhouse in Brooklyn township south of Clark avenue, and probably the only one in the county west of the Cuyahoga river, with the exception of a similar structure near the intersection of Clark and Jennings avenues and one in " Ohio City," where at that time there were only three frame dwellings. August 18, 1851, Mr. Chester died, in his sixty-second year, and September 19, 1859, his wife also died, in her sixtieth year. In their family were four sons and two daughters, all of CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 393 whom grew up and were married excepting one daughter, a teacher, who died January 8, 1851, at the age of twenty years. Of their children, Francis H., the youngest and the only one that was not born in the log cabin mentioned, has spent all his life here in his native town. At the age of twenty years he left the farm and learned and prosecuted for some time the carriage-making and carpenter's trades, but has , for several years past been a farmer, in which occupation he takes an intelligent interest. He has had an extensive experience in public affairs. During the war he was Enrolling Officer and Deputy Provost Marshal: also a member and secretary of the Eighth Independent Battery, Ohio National Guards, during its term of service. In 1864 he was elected Township Clerk, Treasurer in 1865, and re-elected in 1866, Clerk again in 1867, a member and Clerk of the Brooklyn Village Board of Education in 1869, and in 1871 he was elected a member of the Township Board of Education, in which position he has since served about twenty years, much of the time as its presiding officer. In 1874 he was appointed Treasurer to succeed the absconding treasurer, and was re-elected the two following years. In 1877 he was elected Trustee of the township. Concerning the long and faithful services of Mr. Chester in the educational field, the American School Board Journal of September, 1891, says: " Francis H. Chester has been connected with the Brooklyn, Ohio, school board for twenty years and served as its presiding officer for thirteen years. He is a well-informed man on all general topics, thoroughly alive to the needs of the public school system, progressive, watchful and able." As to the fraternal orders, Mr. Chester is a member of Glenn Lodge, No. 263, I. O. O. F., at South Brooklyn, of which he has been the Permanent Secretary for ten years and an active member for over thirty years. November 9, 1865, he married Miss Nancy A. Brainerd, the only daughter of Luther and Marcia (Sprague) Brainerd, and granddaughter of Demas and Nancy Brainerd, of East Haddam, Connecticut, and of Avery and Annis (Johnson) Sprague, of Keene, New Hampshire. She was born in the house where she now lives, December 16, 1842. Amos Brainerd, a soldier of the war of 1776, who settled with his family in the southern part of this township in 1815, was Mrs. Chester's great-grandfather. The pioneer schoolhouse above referred to was located on his farm, and it was upon this farm that the first furrow was turned, south of the Big creek, by his son Demas. Mr. and Mrs. Chester's children are: Burton S., born September 29, 1866; Marcia E., November 30, 1869; Simeon B., born November 4, 1873; Howard F., born July 20, 1879; and Ruth A., February 1, 1885,—all of whom are at home, and, including their parents, were all born in Brooklyn and have been continuous residents there. STANLEY G. STONE, deceased, was born April 16, 1822, in the township of Madrid, St. Lawrence county, New York, a son of Solomon and Nancy (Nash) Stone, who died in Lenawee county, Michigan. They owned a farm and reared a large family. Mr. Stone, our subject, came to Ohio in 1841, and worked as a farm hand, supporting his widowed mother, who had purchased a piece of land where his widow now resides. Returning to New York, he married, October 16, 1844, Miss Clarinda Jones, who was born February 10, 1823, in Madrid, and two weeks later came to Ohio, by boat and horse carriage to Niagara, thence by boat to Cleveland, and buggy to Brecksville township, where they located and ever after resided. At the time of their coming here Mr. Stone's mother, one sister and two brothers were living with him. A few years later he purchased the farm from his mother. At that time it contained sixty acres, but at the time of his death Mr. Stone had increased his acreage to 225. He died April 10, 1890, and 394 - CUYA11004 COUNTY. was buried in Brecksville cemetery. He R as an excellent business man, which quality he exhibited in the live-stock trade as well as in farming, etc.; and although he was a gnat reader and well posted he was not argumentative, and therefore was far more liberal than almost any one would give him credit for. He was very industrious,---indeed so much so that he over-worked and thereby hastened his death. In his political principles lie was a Democrat, and regularly attended the elections as a patriotic citizen. Since his death Mrs. Stone has continued to reside on the homestead and manages, through an agent, the extensive interests connected with it. B. W. JACKSON of Cleveland, a member of the City Council, was born in Lorain county, Ohio, December 28, 1862, a worthy son of Barnabas Jackson, who settled in Lorain county nearly forty years ago. Barnabas Jackson was born "away down in the State of Maine," in 1818. In 1836 his father, Joseph Jackson, moved his family West and located at Liverpool, Ohio. From this point Barnabas made his way West farther still on an investigating tour, penetrating the frontier as far West as some point in Iola. He was not long absent when he returned to Liverpool fully determined to make Ohio his home. He married, in the spring of 1849, Martha Farnam, and in the spring of 1853 he moved his family, including his widowed mother and a sister, to Lorain county. Here he purchased a fine farm and lived and died a prosperous and happy man. He invested in and improved property in Cleveland. and at his death August 8, 1889, he enjoyed nice income and left a valuable estate to his children. They are: Charles; Ellen, wife of A. L. Bingham of Lorain county; Sarah, wife of C. J. Keltner; F. H. Jackson, of Cleveland; Andrew, of Lorain; B. W. and James, of Cleveland. B. W. Jackson received a liberal education at the common schools of Lorain county and at Oberlin College, where he spent two years. He came to Cleveland on reaching his majority and engaged in the retail grocery business. One year later he became proprietor of a feed and sale stable, which he conducted seven years. While in this business, by falling from the mow to the barn floor, Mr. Jackson was so injured as to incapacitate him for vigorous physical exertion, and his, business has been confined since to dealing in hay in car-load lots. In the spring of 1889 Mr. Jackson was elected to the Council from the First Ward. His next election was from the First district, to represent which he was re-elected in 1892. In the present Council he is serving on the committee on Finance, of which he is chairman, and he is also on the. committee on Lighting. He is a faithful member and discharges his duties without fear or favor. June 1, 1884, Mr. Jackson married, in GarrettsVille, Ohio, Miss Blanche Nichols, a daughter of P. C. Nichols, a prominent farmer, ex-County Commissioner, and a pioneer of Portage county. His wife was Miss H. C. Younglove, and their children are: Carrie, wife of B. H. French; Merrell; Grace, wife of Arthur Haven; Blanche; Paul; and Lucy, wife of L. V. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have only one child, LeRoy Nichols, six years old. Fraternally Mr. Jackson is an Odd Fellow. C. CORLETT, a member of a most highly respected family of Newburg's pioneers and a popular conductor of the Erie Railroad, was born in Cleveland, September 25, 1846, and completed his school education at the Newburg high school, being once a pupil of A. J. Spencer, the venerable secretary of the Cleveland Fire Department. At the age of thirteen years he was employed by J. V. N. Tates as a stationary engineer, engaged in sawing stove wood. Next he was employed for four years by Poole & Johns, in their grocery; and then his railroad experience began, April 1, 1867, as a CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 395 brakeman, under Conductor H. Corlett, now depot master for the Erie Company at Cleveland. For five years he set brakes and was making himself familiar with the operations of trains. He was then made a train haggageman, where he remained until his promotion as freight conductor, and after five years of experience in that line he was made passenger conductor. Being a man of comprehensive grasp, an " all-around" man, he is occasionally placed in charge of a yard in cases of emergency: was yard and train master in the Cleveland yard nearly two years. In the twenty-seven years of his connection with the Erie, Mr. Corlett has probably lost not more than two months fiom duty. Through no neglect of his has any passenger ever been injured, or even employee, and no record of suspension stands against him. He is a conspicuous member of the O. R. C., serving in an official capacity, and is a believer in legitimate and worthy fraternities. His father, Daniel Corlett, is a retired resi• dent of Newburg, honored as an upright man. He was born May 25, 1820; and his parents, of the isle of Man, descended from Belgian French who settled on that island in the sixteenth century, in the parish of Ballaugh. Daniel Corlett, Sr., our subject's grandfather, was born in 1786; in 1848 he came to Ohio, and in 1873 died, on the farm which his son John had provided for him near Warrensville, Ohio. He married Margaret Corlett not a relative, and they had six children,—Daniel, Harry, John, Margaret, Jane and Kate,—all of whom located in Cuyahoga county excepting Margaret, who married John Corlett, not a relative, and moved to Lake county, Ohio. John, born in 1817, came to the United States in 1840, was a stone mason by trade, and died in 1888. He was in charge of the aqueduct in New York city when it was in progress of construction, and also of the building of the Boston water-works; and, had not misfortune, a stroke of paralysis, overtaken him at thirty, he would have made a national reputation. Harry, the next born, emigrated to the United States in the '40s, was a prominent farmer in Warrensville till 1859, when he went to California, prospected and speculated, gathering a snug sum, and returned to his home in Warrensville; Jane, the next, married M. Wolverton; Kate married William Brew, a railroad man ; Daniel Corlett came to this country in 1840, purchased the Quayle farm in Newburg, and divided his time between it and boiler-making until his retirement from business: he married Isabella Mollen, who was a native of Lagnacrave, county Monaghan, Ireland, and a sister of Christopher Mollen, Cleveland's first auctioneer. Daniel Corlett and wife were the parents of Henry; Christopher; Margaret, wife of Eli W. Cannon; and Jennie, who married A. G. Mitchell. Mr. C. Corlett, whose name heads this sketch, was married in Painesville, Ohio, October 5, 1876, to Miss Alice Jane Garrett, a daughter of John Garrett and one of the pioneers of Lake And Geauga counties. Mr. Garrett was born in 1820, a native of the isle of Man, and was married to Letitia Clague. Two children were born to them, namely: Alice and Josephine, the latter dying when two years old. Mr. Corlett's children are: John, born July 14, 1877, now a freshman in the Cleveland high school; Christopher, born January 23, 1879; Harry Winfield, November 3, 1880; Frankie, born July 16, 1882, died in 1884. JAMES AVERY, a well-known citizen and probably as good a mechanic in his line as Brecksville ever had, if not better, was born in Kent, England, in 1821, a son of George Avery. (See sketch of William H. Avery.) Early in life Mr. Avery learned the blacksmith's trade, and in the spring of 1841 came to the United States, with his brother George. Sailing from London, they arrived at New York after a voyage of six weeks and three days, and they finally reached Cleveland, by water, whence they walked out into Brecksville township. After his marriage in 1850, our subject located on a farm where he now lives. For a while he car- 396 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. ried on a blacksmith shop there, and then removed it and his residence to Brecksville center, where for twenty years he followed his trade. In 1882 he returned to his farm, where he has seventy-five acres of good land. He has been quite successful, both as a mechanic and as a farmer. As a Democrat he is intelligent and loyal to his party. January 2, 1850, is the date of his marriage to Miss Eunice M. Whitnall, who was born July 8, 1818, in Pompey, Onondaga county, New York, a daughter of Rev. Isaac and Eliza (Lewis) Whitnall. Her father, a native of Canterbury, England, was educated for the Baptist ministry in his native country, and after his arrival in the United States he adopted the doctrine of " free salvation for all mankind," and preached at various places during pioneer times -Strongsville, Cuyahoga county, as early as 1828. In traveling he rode horseback, through the wild forests. Notwithstanding his change of doctrine he was never excommunicated by his church. He was married in 1811, participated in the battle of Trafalgar under Commodore Nelson, and finally died in Royalton, Orleans county, New York, while engaged in pastoral duties. His wife died in Rockport, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Avery's children are: Hester L., born August 18, 1852, is now the widow of J. W. Rooks, of Brecksville township; Cassius C., born August 18, 1854, died September 20, 1855; and Cassius (second), born January 10, 1856, died August 12, 1861. I. B. STEPHENSON, a highly respected and representative citizen and extensive farmer of Brecksville township, was born February 4, 1828, in Richfield, Summit county, Ohio. His father, Hugh Stephenson, was born in Yorkshire, England, March 22, 1791; and his father, William Stephenson, came to the United States in 1803, locating at Kinderhook, New York, where Hugh was reared to manhood, and July 15, 1817, married Elizabeth Hopkins Holland, who was born May 22, 1789, in Columbia county, New York: she was a cousin of Martin Van Buren, President of the United States. Soon after his marriage Hugh Stephenson came West, in 1818, and located in Richfield township, Summit county, Ohio, which section was at that time a dense, wild forest. The old-fashioned, typical log cabin was his home for many years, but the farm gradually showed signs of improvement, under the persevering hand of the owner. He moved to Brecksville in 1831, where he lived until 1856, when he died ; and his wife died in 1865, and they both lie buried in Brecksville cemetery. These old pioneers shared all the hardships incident to pioneer times. Too much cannot be said in their praise as developers of comfortable homes in a wilderness despite innumerable obstacles. They were both for many years members of the Congregational Church of Brecksville. Their children were: John C., born May 3, 1818, died when three years old; Jane E., born September 6, 1822, married Charles Kellogg, and died in this township; William M., born May 19, 1824, and now a farmer of Linn county, Iowa; I. B., whose name introduces this sketch, is the next in order of birth; Maria I., born February 10, 1830, became a schoolteacher, and died at the age of thirty-six years, unmarried; and Frederick H., born October 28, 1832, is a farmer in Traverse county, Michigan. Mr. I. B. Stephenson, our subject, being brought up in the pioneer wilds of Ohio, of course had but little school advantages. He remained upon the parental homestead as a farmer's son until his marriage, December 10, 1866, to Miss Maria Marsh, who was born May 24, in Columbia county, New York, a daughter of Luther and Sarah (Rich) Marsh, who came to Ohio in 1831, locating in Brecksville township. Since his marriage Mr. Stephenson has still continued the farmer's life. His place now comprises 153 acres, two miles south of the center of the township. During the California gold excitement Mr. Stephenson, like thousands of others, started for CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 397 the source of the excitement, sailing on the ship Daniel Webster from New York to Nicaragua, and from the isthmus to San Francisco on the Golden Age. After spending a year and a half in the Golden State he returned by the same route, sailing from San Francisco to the isthmus on the Golden Gate, and thence to New York on the Illinois, and came to his old home in Brecksville township in 1855. During the summer of that year he went to Michigan and was employed in sawmills near Grand Rapids for a short time, returning to his old home. Excepting these absences he has been in the neighborhood of his birthplace. His children are: Rosa B., now Mrs. William Gosser of this township; Sarah M., who married William Noble of this township; and Frederick S. and Dwight C., both at home. In his political sympathies Mr. Stephenson is a Republican, taking great interest in public affairs and being a regular attendant at the elections. He is a successful farmer and a highly respected citizen. CHARLES A. KUZEL was born in Nevjezic, Bohemia, July 4, 1859, as the oldest son of Francis and Agness (Sykora) Kuzel. Both parents were born in Bohemia, where they were married. They came to. the United States in May, 1866, with a family of three children: one.child has since been born in their family. Of these only the three sons survive, the daughter having lost her life in 1869, by drowning. The parents came direct to the city of Cleveland, on their arrival in this country, and they have since lived here. The father followed his trade, that of tailor, up to about len years ago, when, on account of old age, he retired and spent his last days in rest from constant labor to which he was so long used. The subject of this sketch obtained a fair common-school education, but from early life he has been under the necessity of employing his time in earning a support. To the support of his parents and brothers he was called upon for contribution in youth, and hence a collegiate education has never been afforded Mr. Kuzel. He completed a course in bookkeeping at the Cleveland Business College, and at the age of seventeen years accepted a position in the County Clerk's office, where he has since been an employee, arising from the lowest to the highest position in the office. He has been in that office since September 19, 1876, and is regarded as being thoroughly well acquainted with the detail work of the office. While in this office lie has kept up his studies at night, and has thus become well-informed upon many subjects of interest, and has collected an excellent private library. Since early youth Mr. Kuzel has been very fond of books and study. He applied himself to the study of law and has continued the study at his opportunity for so doing while he has been in the office of the Clerk of Common Pleas. In June, 1884, he was admitted to the bar. In politics Mr. Kuzel is a stanch Republican, and as a citizen he is highly respected. June 20, 1887, he married Minnie A. Evans, of Cleveland, and they have two sons and a daughter. JAMES M. DILLOW, a retired farmer of Brecksville township, was born October 3, 1822, in Brecksville, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. His father, Andrew Dillow, was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1790, was reared a farmer and was married there, March 29, 1810, to Elizabeth Farrar, who was born December 29, 1787. His parents were killed by Indians, and he was taken by an old lady of the neighborhood to bring up, who took kind care of him. When yet a boy he came to Brecksville township, looked over the country, and returned to Pennsylvania, where he was married, and about 1830 moved here with his wife and two children, namely: Mary, who married Henry Stebbins and died here in Ohio; and George W., a farmer, who was mar- 398 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. ried twice, first to Uceba Russel and afterward to Pearliette M. Fenn, and died in Brecksville. Mr. Andrew Dillow located at Center and was employed in the old Wyatt gristmill for forty years, resigning when his health failed. About a year after his arrival here he purchased a tract of land, all woods, a mile east of Center, located upon it and made it his home for the remainder of his life. His children were: Jane, who married Miranda Peck and died in Brecksville; Peter, a farmer, who married Eliza Rinear and afterward Arminda Norville; James, whose name heads this sketch; Elizabeth, who married Francis Stebbins and died in this town; Catharine, who became the wife of Ira Fitzwater and died here; and Orlando, who died young. Mr. Dillow died November 16, 1877, and his wife April 9, 1865: both were buried in East cemetery. Mr. Dillow war; a Whig and Republican, and his wife a member of the Presbyterian Church. As to his physical frame he was large and stout, and during his life did an immense amount of hard work. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch, Mr. James M. Dillow, was reared upon a farm and obtained his modicum of education in the way characteristic of the wild period of pioneer times in Ohio. His father once willed the old farm to him if he would remain upon it; but this was both unsatisfactory to the other children and distasteful to him, and he surrendered the will and struck out in life for himself unaided. He had given all his earnings to his parents and assisted them in every way. April 22, 1847, he married Sarah J. Clifford, who was born April 20, 1830, in Northfield, Summit county, Ohio, a daughter of William and Eunice (Cranmer) Clifford; her father was from Beaver county, Pennsylvania. After his marriage Mr. Dillow lived a year with his father, then bought a farm from Theodore Breck, when he had not a dollar to pay for it! Mr. Breck was kind enough to lend him $75, and gave him as long a time as he wished to return it and pay for the land. One horse, hitched to a mud boat, was able to haul all his earthly possessions! but with a determination to succeed he set to work and paid the above debts before they were due! Soon afterward lie purchased ninety acres adjoining. He has been a farmer all his life. In later years he removed to the south of Center, to seek a more healthful location and afterward he moved to Center. In December, 1892, he moved to his present place, where he is enjoying a retired life. He has owned several farms, and still has 140 acres of land. His amiable wife, who has been of great assistance to him through all their struggles, is is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Dillow has been a man of exemplary habits, never having used tobacco or intoxicating liquor. Politically he was a Republican before the war, and since then a Democrat. He has been Constable four years, Judge of Election, etc. He has worked very hard all his life, and has never " worn out the seat of his pants." His children are: Andrew C., who died at the age of five years; Ella J., who is living at home; Julia E., who also died when five years old; George, who died young; Eddy J., who died when ten years of age; Clark J., a farmer of this township, who married Isabella Wallace, of Northfield, Summit county, Ohio; Myrton U., who died when two years old; and Frank H., who married May King, of Cleveland, and settled in that city. J. H. COATES, a merchant of Brecksville, is of English ancestry. His father, John Coates, was born in Yann, Yorkshire, England, in 1801; and his father, also named John, emigrated with his family to the United States in 1803, settling in Genesee county, New York, leaving England because of the domineering rule of the aristocrats. He was a wealthy man, and in 1815 exchanged his. Genesee county property for a tract of 3,300 acres of land in North Royalton, Ohio. In the winter of that year he and his son John came here on horse back, built a house upon the land and returned CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 399 home; and during the ensuing summer, with wagons and teams of horses the entire family moved here, arriving in North Royalton after a journey of six weeks. In November, 1827, John Coates, Jr., married Lucy Ann Weld, who was born in Guilford, Connecticut, in 1806, and they came and occupied the house at North Royalton. Mrs. Coates died in 1852, at the house before mentioned, and Mr. Coates in 1873, at Brecksville, not members of any church; he was a zealous Republican. Their children were: Edmund, born in 1828; James M., 1830; James H., whose name heads this sketch, born in 1832; Mary Weld, who died in infancy, was born in 1834; Mary A., now living at Brecksville, born 1837; Frank M., born in 1848, is a doctor at Berea; Louis W., born 1845, now at Lincoln, Nebraska; and William R., who was born in 1851, and is now mayor of Brooklyn, Ohio. Mr. J. H. Coates was born in the northeastern corner of Royalton township, this county, and when fourteen years of age entered the store of B. H. Wood & Company, of West Richfield, Summit county, this State, where he remained two or three years; next he was at Sharon three years; at Akron a year, employed in Old Stone Block for McCurdy & Michner, merchants; and finally came to Brecksville township. In 1855 he married Miss Maria L. Storrs, a native of New York State and a daughter of Elijah Storrs, who settled in Summit county in pioneer times. After his marriage Mr. Coates located in the village of Brecksville. In 1857, his health being poor, he moved to Grand Haven, Michigan, where he remained five years, a portion of which time he was in the lumber business, and while a resident there a daughter was born in the family, named Julia M., who is now the wife of H. C. King. He is a professor at Oberlin (Ohio) College, where she graduated in July, 1879. She has spent one year at Berlin, Germany, pursuing an advanced course of study. In 1863 Mr. Coates returned to Brecksville township, moved to the center and at once launched into mercantile business. In Brecksville township Ben E. was born, who also is now a merchant at the center. In 1893 he also made a journey abroad, being gone about six months. He is a leading business man of the place, being very popular, etc. When the subject of this sketch returned to Brecksville he opened a store in compliance with a request of a number of customers. His capital was limited, but his energy and good judgment enabled him to prosper, and he remained in business there until 1889, when he retired and left his son to continue the business, as head partner. For the entire time he has been merchant there he has also been Postmaster, and is now holding that position. The office is still continued in the building, which is now rented. Mr. Coates has always been a Republican. Has been Township Treasurer for thirty years, Township Clerk in 1850—'51 before his marriage. In all his public relations he has given good satisfaction, establishing a reputation that may be envied by almost any one. He and his wife and son are exemplary members of the Congregational Church, of which body he has been Treasurer for many years, and in which he has held other offices, and is now Deacon. He has a very pleasant home, north of the village. Is one of Brecksville's most highly respected citizens, influential in the community and a successful business man. CONSTANT ROOY, a prosperous farmer of Royalton township, was born August 21, 1840, in Holland, in the province of Seeland, the son of Adrian Rooy, also a farmer. Brought up to the same vocation, our subject had but fifteen months' schooling. With the aid of money sent him by friends in the United States, he was able to come to this, the land of opportunity, in 1868. Sailing on the ship Pennsylvania, in eighteen days he landed at New York. For more than a year he lived at