400 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Cincinnati, in the employ of a milk dealer, and later was employed in the chemical works there, the managers of which sent him to Cleveland in their service, in which capacity he remained until the spring of 1874. He then purchased a tract of land, with a view of farming, but was unfortunate in the bargain, as the land proved too poor, and in 1879 he located upon his present place of 196 acres, where he is prospering by his industry and good management. His energy and economy are characteristic of his nationality. He votes with the Republican party. April 22, 1871, he married Miss Christina Hasseloo, who was born in Holland, in the province of Gelderland, October 25, 1845, and came to the United States with her widowed mother and children. Mr. and Mrs. Rooy commenced housekeeping in Cleveland, and during life have had the following children: Adrian; Johanis, at home; Herman, who died October 2, 1893; William and Jennie G., also at home; Josie, who died young; and Annie C., who is an inmate of the parental home. The parents are members of the Lutheran Reformed Church of Cleveland, and are highly respected citizens. JOEL B. CAHOON. deceased, was in his life time an honored citizen of Dover Township. He was born in Herkimer, Herkimer county, New York, August 28, 1793. His father, Joseph Cahoon, was born in Rhode Island, married in Massachusetts, and removed to Herkimer, New York, and. after residing in various places settled in Vergennes, Vermont, where he lived until he emigrated with his family to Ohio, settling in Dover township, Cuyahoga county, in October, 1810. His wife, whose maiden name was Lydia Kenyon, wag; a native of Massachusetts. Joseph Cahoon and wife died in Dover township. The subject of this sketch, Mr. Joel B. Cahoon, came with his parents to Cuyahoga county in 1810, when he was seventeen years of age. He remained on the farm with his father until he enlisted, in March, 1813, in Captain D. Mills' company of Ohio militia, and served in the war with Great Britain until its close. After spending a short time at home he engaged in contracting for public works until 1842, when he returned to Cuyahoga county, and continued to reside in Dover township until his death, September 28, 1882. He was married in Frederick City, Maryland, July 14, 1831, to Mrs. Margaret Van Allen, nee Dickson. She was the widow of John D. Van Allen and a daughter of John Calhoun Dickson, and was born in Washington, District of Columbia, February 8, 1810. Mr. and Mrs. Cahoon became the parents of eleven children, viz.: Thomas H., J. Joseph, Lydia E., D. Kenyon, Oscar, Laura E., Martha W., Leverett J., J. Marshall, Mary E. and Ida M. JOSEPH FETZER, Township Trustee of Warrensville township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, dates his birth on the river Rhine, Germany, in the year 1843. His parents, Frank and Elizabeth Fetzer, were Mai ves of that country, and there he spent the first eighteen years of his life, receiving a good education in his native language. At the age of eighteen the subject of our sketch emigrated to the United States, locating first in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and a year later coming to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and settling in Bedford. He is now the owner of 115 acres of choice farming land, upon which in 1888 he erected an elegant residence, at a cost of $2,800. He has two barns, one being 40 x 60 feet, and the other 30 x 60 feet, with rock basement. In connection with his farming operations, he also deals in stock, and in both has met with marked success. Among his stock is found a fine dairy. Mr. Fetzer was married at Bedford, Ohio, in 1867, to Miss Mary Friennd, who was born and reared in East Cleveland, this county, her CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 401 father being Valentine Friennd, a native of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Fetzer have four children,—Edward, Lewis R., Gust and Katie. The oldest son is engaged in farming near home. Politically, Mr. Fetzer is identified with the Democratic party and is one of its active workers here. As Township Trustee he is performing faithful and efficient service. Mrs. Fetzer is influential in religious work. FRANCIS H. WAGAR, a prominent farmer and horticulturist of Lakewood Hamlet, Cuyahoga county, has passed his entire life in that section of the Buckeye State where he now resides, his birth having occurred March 15, 1827, in Rockport township, as the district of Lakewood Hamlet was then known. He was the youngest son and the fifth in order of the six children of Mars and Katurah (Miller) Wagar, who were pioneer settlers in Rockport township, and concerning whose lives a more detailed mention is made in connection with the sketch of their son, Adam M., as appearing elsewhere in this volume. In the locality where he still abides, an honored and useful citizen, the subject of this review was reared to manhood, receiving such educational advantages as were afforded and profiting duly by the same. Reared to the pursuits of the farm he has ever continued his connection with that most important industry, bringing to the work progressive methods and a careful supervision of all details, thus attaining to the full measure of success in the enterprise, which has yielded the most prolific returns as rewarding his industry and well directed efforts. He has devoted no little attention to horticulture. and in this branch of his work he has met with particularly felicitous success. He has erected a fine residence on Detroit street, Lakewood, where he is surrounded by the comforts and luxuries of life. His fine farmstead comprises 100 acres, most of which is situated in Lakewood Hamlet. On the 22d of September, 1853, Mr. Wagar was united in marriage to Miss Serena Tucker, s native of Richland county, Ohio, where she was residing at the time of her marriage. The (late of her birth was February 11, 1833. Of the seven children born to our subject and his wife five are living, namely: Mars E., married Miss Rosa Slaughter, who died November 12, 1891; he was again married in November, 1893, to France Grant, of Pomeroy, Ohio; Lee H., who married Miss Caroline Woodbury; Forest H.; Hattie M.; and Effie S. The two deceased are Ida and Carl, both of who died in childhood. In political matters Mr. Wagar holds independent views. He has never been an office seeker, but such is his personal popularity and such the confidence reposed in him by the residents of the community that he has been called upon to serve in various executive capacities, having filled the offices of Township Assessor and Constable most ably and acceptably. In his religious views our subject holds to the broad, liberal spirit, being neither aggressive nor intolerant. THOMAS JAMES, of Parma township, Ohio, was born on Staten island, New York, January 26, 1831, a son of the late Matthew and Mary (Moles) James, who emigrated from Staten island in the spring of 1841, and settled in the township of Parma, where they lived till their death. The father died April 28, 1876, and the mother died November 13, 1877. They had ten children, six sons and four daughters, of whom Thomas was the third. He was ten years old when he came with his parents to Ohio. After remaining at home until 1854, he went to California for the purpose of mining, remaining in the mines till' 1858, when he returned to Ohio and purchased the farm where he now lives, on York street, in Parma township. Since that time he has been 402 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY engaged in agricultural pursuits. His farm, consisting of 100 acres, is in a fine stale of cultivation and well furnished with the required equipments. As to public station, Mr. James has served as School Director. He was married in Trumbull county, Ohio,. October 27, 1864, to Miss Ann Bratten, who was horn in Chester county, Pennsylvania, September 11, 1836, a daughter of James and Jane (Hamilton) Bratten. Her parents, who died in Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, had eleven children, of whom Mrs. James was the sixth. She came with her brother John to Warren, Ohio, in 1854. Mr. and Mrs. James are the parents of four children, three of whom are living: Loa E., Lettie E. and Eva. The deceased child, Maggie, died in infancy. J. W. EDGERTON, of Royalton, Cuyahoga county, was born May 19, 1845, a son of John Edgerton. The latter was born in Massachusetts in 1804, but in 1838 came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, in company with several brothers. John Edgerton was married in Massachusetts to Philena Perry, a native of the town of Savoy, that State, and they had the following children: Mary, George, J. Wayland, Lucy, Almon, Carrie and Clarence. The latter died in infancy. Mr. Edgerton was a successful farmer, and a well-known and respected citizen. In political matters, he was a stanch Republican. His death occurred November 11, 1883, and his widow resided in Royalton township until her death, which occurred February 21, 1894. J. W. Edgerton, the subject of this sketch, received his education in the schools of his native county, his first teacher having been Cornelia Elliott. He remained on the home farm until eighteen years of age, then wor]:ed for Rufus Perry in Kankakee county, Illinoi3, spent one year in Ohio, and then, in company with his brother George, returned to Illinois. While there Mr. Edgerton farmed on rented land one year, and then came to Ohio and served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, under S. N. Nelson, having worked for that gentleman three years. After his marriage he followed his trade two and a half years in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1870 he came to this township and purchased his present farm of John Simpson, and four years afterward erected a wagon repair shop on his place, to which he has since added blacksmithing, conducting business under the firm name of J. W. Edgerton & Son. In 1885 our subject erected one of the finest residences in the township. January 1, 1868, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Cartwright, who was born November 17, 1848, a daughter of Richard and Harriet (Pembrook) Cartwright. By this marriage there are three children: George S., engaged in business with his father; and Nellie and Emery, at home. In political matters, Mr. Edgerton votes with the Republican party, and has served as Township Trustee for four years. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, in which the former holds the position of Deacon. ECKSTEIN CASE, a prominent resident of Cleveland and a member of a distinguished family, and, holding a position of conspicuous order as secretary and treasurer of the Case School of Applied Science, is particularly deserving of attention in this connection. He was born at Carlyle, Clinton county, Illinois, July 9, 1858, and there he was reared to mature years. His father, the late Zophar Case, was a native of Ohio and a brother of the late Leonard Case, Sr., one of the most prominent business men of Cleveland for many years. The father of our subject was born at Warren, Trumbull county, January 5, 1804. He removed from his native State to Illinois about the year 1829 and located at Carlyle. In his later days he resided in Cleveland, where he died, August 2, 1884, his remains being taken CUYAGOHA COUNTY - 403 for interment to Carlyle, where he had lived for so many years and where he had attained a position of unmistakable prominence. He had been an ardent and active supporter of the Democratic party, and was conspicuous in the political affairs of the community in which he lived, having held many of the more important county offices. He was a prominent Royal Arch Mason and also an active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Mary Ellen Halstead, who died in 1882, at the age of sixty-four years. They became the parents of thirteen children, eight of whom are living. They were of German and Holland descent respectively, their ancestors having come to America about the middle of the eighteenth century. Mrs. Case was a lineal descendant of Governor Richard Nichols, of New York. The subject of this review attended school in his native town until he had attained the age of fourteen years, and in 1878 he gained a cadetship at West Point Military Academy, where he remained for two years.. He left West Point to engage in the study of law, commencing his course of reading at Carlyle, Illinois, in the fall of 1880. In July of the succeeding year he came to Cleveland and entered the law office of Judge J. E. Ingersoll, with whom he remained one year, after which he continued his studies for an equal length of time in the office of Ranney & Ranney. In the fall of 1883 he entered the senior class of the law school of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and graduated at that institution in March, 1884, at which time he was admitted to practice at the Michigan bar. Returning to Ohio, he was admitted to the Ohio bar, at Columbus, in May of that year. He forthwith engaged in the practice of his profession in Cleveland, devoting his attention principally to the settlement of estates. In this line of practice he appeared chiefly before the probate court, though his general practice was of some extent. In July of 1887 he accepted the position as secretary and treasurer of the Case School of Applied Science, to the discharge of the functions of which incumbency he has since devoted his attention. The school, whose work is one of great practical value, was endowed by his cousin, Leonard Case, and the institution holds high rank among those of similar province in the Union. Politically Mr. Case is a Democrat. He is a thirty-second-degree Mason, and from 1887 to 1890 held the position as Secretary of the Scottish Rite bodies of Cleveland. He is a member of the Greek fraternity, the Phi Delta Phi. Mr. Case is a man of fair education, having graduated at Ann. Arbor with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and having been closely identified with the Case School of Applied Science lie has done much effective work in advancing the cause not only of science but of education in general. D. M CALKINS.—One of the oldest employees of the 4, Big Four " Railroad Company, located at Cleveland, is its general baggage agent, D. M. Calkins. He became a railway employee as early as 1854, as brakeman on the Cleveland & Sandusky Railroad, now a part of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad system. He broke one year on a mixed train from Cleveland to Sandusky, and then secured a regular run from this city to Toledo, as train baggageman, remaining four years, retiring in 1857 with S. F. Tinney, master of transportation, and entering the service of the St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad as train baggageman. In the fall of 1858 Mr. Calkins returned to Cleveland and began railroading again, this time for the Cleveland & Columbus Railroad as freight brakeman, which he continued till the breaking of his arm by accident at Shelby one year later. Recovering, he was made check recorder at the old passenger depot in Cleveland, and served till just about the close of the war, when he was appointed depot baggage agent. In this capacity he rendered service until 1876, when Ile was promoted as general baggage agent of the Cleveland, 26 404 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad, since made the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chieago & St. Louis Railroad, or more familiarly the " Big Four." Mr. Calkins was born in Jefferson county, New York, June 16, 1836. His father, Amos Calkins, was a farmer and instructed his son in the husbandman's art until 1852, . when he brought his family West and located them in Cleveland, where our subject attended the St. Clair school for about two years. Amos Calkins returned to New York in 1880 and died in Jefferson county, New York, in 1888, at the age of seventy-two. He married Susan, the daughter of Mark Adams, originally a New Englander from Connecticut. Mrs. Calkins died in 1851. She was the mother of three children, two of whom lived to maturity, D. M. and' Mrs. Mary Nichols, who died in New York in 1889. September 1, 1860, D. M. Calkins married, in Mentor, Ohio, Maria M. Fenton, whose father, Horace Fenton, was a builder of this city. Two children were born of this union, a son and a daughter: Jay Bert, a clerk of the general baggage agent; and Nellie. Fraternally Mr. Calkins is P. M. of Cleveland City Lodge, No. 15, A. F. & A. M., a member of Webb Chapter, No. 14, and of Holyrood Commandery, No. 32, Knight Templars. C. H. BUSHNELL.—The Bushnell family trace their ancestry to 1639, and number among its members many noted people. William Fitch Bushnell was born at Lisbon, Connecticut, November 13, 1793. He was married in 1815, to Jane Parish, who died in 1829, leaving him with six children. He was married to Betsey Wood, in 1830, by whom he had two children. In 1836 they came from Rome, New York, and located on a farm two miles southwest of Independence, Ohio, on which a small clearing had been made. After arriving at Independence they spent the night in a small log cabin, which was located on land now included in the cemetery, and Mr. and Mrs. Bushnell were afterward buried almost on the same spot. He died November 20; 1877, and Mrs. Bushnell survived until 1885. Of his eight children, the first, Dr. Andrew L. Bushnell, sleeps in an honored grave in Cincinnati, the beloved physician, the earnest advocate of education, temperance, and the friend of the poor. The second son, Albert, was a missionary to Africa for thirty years, and died on the Guinea coast. His third son, William A., was connected with P. T. Barnum, olso accompanied Jennie Lind in her tour of this country. He was married to Catherine Hayes, and now sleeps in his lonely grave in the south of France. Francis Wright, who had an honorable name in Oberlin as a Christian, early entered into rest. His fifth son, Simeon Martin,. will long be remembered as the friend of the slave. For rescuing one he suffered long in prison, his health was impaired and he died in 1861, at Oberlin. His daughter, Mrs. Jane E. Fitch, is now living at Brooklyn, New York; George C. is still living on the old homestead in this county. The youngest son, Charles Henry, was born May 29, 1840, and died March 12, 1892. He received his education in the common schools, and at Oberlin College, after which he taught for a number of years. September 12, 1862, he enlisted for services in the late war, entering the Hoffman Battalion, which was afterward merged into the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was stationed at Johnson Island to guard the Rebel prisoners. At the close of the war he returned home and was engaged in school-teaching until he embarked in the mercantile business. He was Deputy County Treasurer of Cuyahoga county for twelve years. September 14, 1861, lie was united in marriage with Jerusha C. Kinsley, a daughter of Prentice Kinsley, who was born September 5, 1801, and who came from Middlebury, Vermont, to Vienna, Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1832. He traveled over the Western Reserve as a Methodist minister. In 1863 he embarked CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 405 in the grocery business in Cleveland, but in 1869 engaged in the same occupation at Independence. He afterward sold his store to Mr. Bushnell, with whom he made his home until his death, November 20, 1887. He was married January 12, 1824, to Ruby M. Aiken, who was born at Barnard, Vermont, February 28, 1803, and died at Independence, Ohio, June 1, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Kinsley had three children: Ruby A., Alma S. and Jerusha C. Mr. and Mrs. Bushnell had two children: Mary L., who was married December 1, 1886, to Fred W. Merkle, and Jennie E., who was married September 30, 1891, to Leonard Merkle, who now owns the store, representing the third generation. Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Merkle also have two children: Florence Bushnell and Charles Henry. Mr. Bushnell was a Republican in political matters. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church. LEWIS FORD, formerly a farmer and I later a gardener, and residing at 51 Mayfield street, Cleveland, was born in Cummington, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, February 20, 1806. His parents, Hezekiah and Huldah (Cobb) Ford, were both natives of the Bay State: the father, a farmer, died at the age of eighty-nine years, and his father, also named Hezekiah, lived to be ninety-one years old. Mr. Ford's mother died September 11, 1835, at the age of seventy-one years. Mr. Ford is the youngest of nine children, five of whom died in early life. Ansel, who was born in 1788, died December 21, 1858; Darius and Cyrus, twins, burn May 16, 1790; Darius died April 6, 1859, and Cyrus, the father of Horace and Francis Ford, died April 13, 1864. These sons all emigrated to Ohio previous to 1853. Mr. Lewis Ford, the only one of the family now living, was a farmer in Massachusetts, a Selectman (Trustee), taught school some five terms, in which calling he succeeded well, as one of his pupils (his wife) can testify! He was married September 11, 1832, to Miss Christia B. Lyman, daughter of John C. and Susan (Burgess) Lyman, of Massachusetts. She was born in May, 1805. Their children were: The first-born died unnamed. John, who died at the age of sixteen months. John (second), born November 19, 1835, is the only one still living. He married Nancy Phillips, of East Cleveland. Lewis, born July 1, 1837, died June 7, 1854, from an injury received on the railway. Frank James, born August 2, 1839, died June 26, 1876. He married Letitia Smith and had one child, Ida, now the wife of Alfred Plant. Orville D., born October 2, 1840, died October 6, 1879, in Colorado, on his way home from Utah, where he had mining interests. He married Elizabeth Maxwell, and their three children are Lyman A., and Florence E. and Flora A., twins, who died at ten years of age. Ellery C., born April 27, 1842, died January 31, 1888. He married Miss Julia Prentice, and Clara, wife of Charles Nesbit, is their only child. While a student at Oberlin College, in 1861, Ellery C. enlisted as a private and served during the war, in the infantry, and returned from the field a Colonel, having been promoted because of conspicuous acts of gallantry on the field of battle. After leaving the army he was appointed to a clerkship in the Geneial Land Office at Washington, District of Columbia, ultimately becoming Chief of the Mineral Division, some years ago resigned and entered on the practice of law, in connection with land cases, and had great success, being an expert in land matters, and finally died in Le Droit Park, in Washington, from disease having its origin in army life. He was a prominent Mason, attaining to the highest honors in the gift of his brethren: he was an exceedingly popular man. Frank James also enlisted for the war at the same time, also as a private, being previously a member of the Cleveland Grays, and was promoted from rank to rank until he became Major. He served during the war and died from disease contracted in the army. Ida Plant has one 406 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. child, Frankie, who is now (1893) four yours of age; she is the great-grandchild of the subject of this sketch, and the only one. The mother of these children died July 29, 1864, and Mr. Ford, for his second wife, married, April 7, 1871, Mrs. Florintha Bates, widow of the late Isaac Bates, of Massachusetts, and daughter of Jacob and Olive Whit-marsh, of the same State. She had two children by Mr. Bates, who died September 22, 1862, at the age of fifty-two years; these children are Theodore M., who married Olive Cozad and has four children,—Clifford W., Rosamond, Stanlee T., and Russell C.; and Newton W., who married Gertrude Cassell. Mrs. Ford's first husband was Veren Dawes, and by her first marriage she had two children,—Martha L. and Charles W.: the former died in 1888, aged fifty years, and the latter is a resident of Cummington, Massachusetts. Mr. Dawes died November 28, 1843. Mr. Ford, our subject, and his wife are both members of the Congregational Church. He is an ardent Republican, and one of the Lest of men. Being nearly eighty-eight years cf age, he is becoming blind, but his mind is deli' and is as jovial as most men are at forty. HERMAN L. MORGAN, a farmer and stock dealer, was born in the house where he still resides, No. 221 Union street, November 4, 1832, a son of Youngs L and Caroline (Thomas) Morgan, natives of Connecticut. The founder of the family in America, lames Morgan, came from Wales in 1640, and Located in Connecticut. Our subject's grandfather, Youngs L. Morgan, and his wife's grandfather, Major Minor Spicer, were from the same locality in Connecticut. The two families, also the Fish family, came in covered wagons to Ohio in 1811, and were thirty-six days on the road. Y ,ungs M )rgan and his suns purchased three farms from General Perkins, the agent of the Connecticut Land Company, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Youngs L. Morgan, Jr., the father of our subject, was born in Connecticut, October 3, 1797. In September, 1811, he came to Ohio, locating on the farm where our subject still resides. Occasionally, from 1814 to 1818, he cut and sold wood where Long, Champlain and Michigan streets are now located, which he exchanged for hoots, shoes and clothing-. He assisted in clearing Broadway, and was foreman of 200 men during the construction of the Ohio canal. In 1822 Mr. Morgan engaged in the fur trade with John Jacob Astor, went to the Lake of the Woods, where their sleds were drawn by dogs, also traveled 500 miles on snow shoes without seeing a white man! They were obliged to kill their dogs for food, and afterward gave $50 for a bushel of corn! Mr. Morgan was a cousin of Senator Edwin Morgan, who will be remembered as having come to the rescue of Senator Charles Sumner when brutally attacked by Senator Brooks, of South Carolina. Mr. Morgan was a warm friend of Garfield, and the latter partook of his hospitality while preaching or speaking in campaigns in Ohio. Youngs Morgan was married September 25, 1828, to Caroline Thomas, a daughter of Anthony and Mary Thomas. The father died in New York, and the mother in Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan had five children, three of whom died young. One son, C. C. Morgan, is engaged in the real-estate business in Cleveland. Youngs Morgan died June 22, 1888, aged , ninety-one years. His widow still resides in this city, aged eighty-five years. Herman L., the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm, and received his education at Hiram College. After leaving the college he returned to the old homestead, remaining there until it became a part of the city of Cleveland, and has since been engaged in the real-estate business. For the past six years he has been Trustee of Hiram College, and is also a mem- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 407 ber of the Cleveland Disciple Union, which as-. sists in the establishing and care of churches not self-supporting. Mr. Morgan was married September 30, 1857, to Miss Sarah H. Smith, who was born in Akron, Ohio, November 28, 1838, a daughter of Warren H. and Lydia Smith, members of old Connecticut families. The father was born in that State, and came to Ohio with his parents, Moses and Sarah Smith, in 1826. The mother came to this State in 1811, and is still living, aged eighty-three years. Mr. and Mrs. Smith bad two children. Their son, Harrison D., is a well-known wholesale confectionery manufacturer of Cincinnati. He married Kate Bevis, a member of an old family of that city, and they have two daughters,--Eleanor and Catherine. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan have had five children, ,three now living: Cora M., wife of Noyes P. Gallup, who was born and raised in the same locality in Connecticut as the Morgans, and is now an insurance agent of Cleveland; Alice M., wife of W. Guenther, an attorney of this city, and they have one son, P. Morgan; and Julia Katherine, at home. Two sons died in infancy. The family are members of the Christian Church, in which both Mr. Morgan and his father have held the office of Elder. In political matters, Mr. Morgan votes with the Republican party. M. M. SPANGLER, a malt manufacturer, Nos. 28, 30 and 32, Michigan street, Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Stark county, this State, October 6, 1813, son of Michael and Elizabeth (Miller) Spangler. His father, a native of Pennsylvania, came by wagon from York county, that State, to Ohio in 1800, and was among the early pioneers of the Western Reserve. He followed farming until 1819, when he came to Cleveland, at that time a town of about 200 inhabitants; and became proprietor of the tavern known as The Commercial, on Superior street, where the Miller block now stands. This tavern he conducted until lie retired from active labor, when he purchased a farm in East Cleveland, where he spent the closing years of his life, and died in 1838, at the age of fifty-six. His wife was born in the State of Maryland, and lived to the advanced age of ninety-one years. She died in Cleveland in 1880. They were the parents of six children, namely: Margaret, who married Joseph K. Miller; Catharine, wife of William Lemon; M. M., our subject; Captain Bazil L.; Mary, wife of Thomas Lemon; and Harriet, unmarried. M. M. is the only one of this family who is now living. Bazil L., a merchant by occupation, was a Quartermaster during the late war. His death occurred in 1885, at the age of sixty-nine years. M. M. Spangler followed the hatter's trade for a number of years. In 1837 he engaged in merchandising at Monroe, Michigan, and subsequently returned to Cleveland and entered the coal trade. During the years 1841—'42 he served as Treasurer of Cleveland township. He was City Treasurer two years, Chief Engineer of the Fire Department three years, and a member of the Council from the Third ward. Although a stanch Republican, he was elected from a strong Democratic community. Nor are these all the public positions he filled. In 1854 he was made Sheriff of Cuyahoga county, which office he held two terms. It was during his incumbency that Parks was hung for the murder of a man in Summit county. Since retiring from that office, Mr. Spangler has been engaged in the manufacture of malt. Mr. Spangler was married, November 29, 1839, to Miss Debora Ann Potts, who was born at Niagara, Canada, in 1820, daughter of Richard Potts. She is a member of the Epiphany Church, of Cleveland. Fraternally, Mr. Spangler is identified with the F. & A. M. and the I. O. O. F. George M., the only son of M. M. and Debora Ann Spangler, was born in 1842. He attended the public schools of his native city, Cleveland, and afterward the Hnmiston In- 408 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. stittite on the Heights. After completing his education he was employed as clerk in a wholesale shoe store. He was just merging into manhood when the war broke out, and May 26, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company E, Eighty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served on picket and garrison duty at Harper's Ferry for three months. In May, 1864, he re-enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Fiftieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and wris appointed Third Sergeant of his company. He was in the fortifications at Washington when the Rebels attempted to take the city, and was with his regiment on guard from the Potomac to Georgetown. After his 100-day service expired, Mr. Spangler returned to Cleveland. He continued to clerk until 1869. That year he received an appointment in the Assessor's office, and subsequently was in the Internal Revenue office of this city. Four years later he resumed the position of clerk in Captain Paddock's itore. In 1878 'the firm of Holly & Spangler was formed, and for two years did a successful business, dealing in hats, caps and furs. At the end of that time Mr. Spangler disposed of his interest in the store, and has since been engaged with his father in the manufacture of malt, under the firm name of M. M. & George M. Spangler. George M. Spangler was married in 1868 to Miss Ella A. Kinney, a native of Rensselaer county, New York. They have two sons: Kinney M., who married Clara Belle DeForest, of Rensselaer county, New York; and George M., Jr., a student in the Spencerian Business College. WILLIAM AIKEN, deceased, was for many years a prominent farmer and highly repected citizen of Cuyahoga county, Ohio. He was born in Middlesex county, Connecticut, May 6, 1808, and when four years of age was brought by his parents, George and Tamson (Higgins) Aiken, to the county in which he spent the rest of his life and died. It was in 1812 that they came here, and their settlement was at what is now Brooklyn. George Aiken was born August 4, 1766, and departed this life February 18, 1844; and his wife, born November 7, 1768, lacked one day of. being ninety-one years old at the time of her death. Their children, all now deceased, were as follows: Serel, Jerad, Irad, Julia, Lury, Caroline and William. William Aiken and his brother bought 114 acres of land in the vicinity of the Infirmary, the ground occupied by that institution also being included in the tract, the purchase price of this tract being ten shillings per acre. Sixty acres of this land were sold in 1891 for $60,000. Indeed the whole tract has been sold and is now occupied by beautiful homes, forming one of the most delightful portions of the city. Here the subject of our sketch spent nearly the whole of his life. His death occurred April 16, 1875, aged sixty-seven years. He was well known throughout the county, and all who knew him respected him for his many sterling qualities of mind and heart. In politics he took little interest, and never sought or accepted office, but his vote was always cast with the Republican party. Mr. Aiken was married March 6, 1832, to Miss Betsey Clark, who was born May 17, 1812, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Cole) Clark, natives of Connecticut. Her father died in that State in June, 1831, aged sixty-four years; and her mother passed away in 1833, also at the age of sixty-four. Mr. and Mrs. Clark were the parents of ten children, viz.: Joseph, who married Clarissa Dickinson ; Corey, who married Mary Skinner; Diodate, who married Caroline Aiken, a sister of William Aiken; Mary, wife of Joseph Brainard; Phebe, wife of Warren Ely; Lydia, wife of Sylvanus Brooks; Hannah, second wife of Sylvanus Brooks; Ruth, wife of Isaac Robinson; Maria, wife of Erastus Smith; and Betsey. Mrs. Betsey Aiken is the only one of this family who survives. She is the mother of seven children, as follows: Andrew, further mention of whom is found in an- CUYAHOCA COUNTY - 409 other sketch; Harrison, who married Hattie Bets and has two children, is engaged in farming in Portage county, Ohio; Hannah, wife of Hubbard Hill, Wisconsin, has nine children; Caroline, wife of Harrison James, Cleveland, has three children; George, who has been twice married—first .to a Miss James and after her death to Jane Cowen—has seven children, his home being in Cleveland; Eugene, whosis married and living in the West; and Nellie. One son, Irad, died at the age of two years. Mrs. Betsey Aiken represents the. old Clark family in honor of whom Clark avenue, in Cleveland, is named. She is growing old gracefully, and although she has now reached her eightieth mile-post she is still young in feeling and sympathy. Her circle of friends is as large as her circle of acquaintances, and as one of the most worthy of pioneer women of Cleveland she is held in the highest esteem. HENRY P. FOOTE, a farmer of Dover township, is a son of the late Ransom Foote, who was born in Lee, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, February 15, 1803, and was brought by his father, David Foote, in 1815, to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, who settled in the northwestern part of Dover township and lived there until his death. On arriving at the estate of manhood Mr. Ransom Foote married, March 28, 1824, Miss Catherine Porter, who was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, November 16,1806, and whose father, Asahel Porter, emigrated to this State in 1810, settling also in Dover township. Mr. Ransom Foote continued to reside on the old homestead of his father until his death, which occurred October 11, 1846. His wife died April 6, 1886. They had twelve children, namely: Lavias H., deceased; Betsey, deceased; Ransom; Angeline, deceased; Laura, the widow of Alfred G. Bright; Emeline, the wife of Thomas Liggett, of Cleveland; Asahel; Catharine; Maryette, widow of David Miller; Statira, deceased; Henry P., our subject; Abigail, the widow of Thomas Niles. Mr. Foote, whose name heads this sketch, was born in Dover township April 21, 1844; was reared on his fathers farm, and has all his life resided in his native township excepting the seven years he lived in Berea. He attended Baldwin University at Berea three years. Farming is his occupation, and he owns eighty-eight acres of the old homestead. He has been active in local offices, as well as in official relations in the Methodist Episcopal Church. ROBERT LAW, one of the prominent and well to-do farmers of .Mayfield township, Cuyahoga county, is ranked with the self-made men of the county. Mr. Law was born in Belfast, Ireland, July 4, 1824, son of David Law, also a native of that place. David Law was a miller by trade, which he followed on the Emerald 'Isle for several years. About 1835 he emigrated to. America, and located on a frontier farm in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and here in the midst of the forest he built a log cabin and settled down to agricultural pursuits. His wife, nee Alice Willis, was also a native of Ireland. Both died a few years after coming to this country, he at the age of fifty-four years, and she at forty-five. They were the parents of nine children, five sons and four daughters, all of whom reached adult years, Robert being the sixth child and youngest son. As above stated, Mr. Law is a self-made man. When he was fourteen years old he started out to make his way in the world as a sailor, and ere long was promoted to the position of chief mate on a sailing vessel, running between New York and China. He also ran between other ports, and followed the sea for a number of years, up to 1851, when he came back to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and located in Mayfield township. Here he bought the farm upon 410 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY which he now resides, it being but little improved at that time. Here his earnest efforts have been attended. with success, and while he has been successful he has also met with misfortunes. • In 1879 he was burned out and sustained a loss of about $10,000. Previous to this time he had for twenty-two years run a large cheese factory, making as high as a thousand cheese one month and no less than 9,000 pounds of butter. His farm comprises 233 acres of choice land, and its improvements are among the best in the township. He built his commodious and elegant residence in 1889, at a cost of $4,000. Mr. Law was married in 1852 to Henrietta Clark, a native of St. Lawrence county, 1\ ew York, who came to Ohio when she was quite young. They had nine children, seven daughters and two sons: Ida, wife of A. A. Jerome, of Mayfield township, this county; Florence, at home; Eudora, wife of Fred Silsby, of East Cleveland; Carrie, wife of George Tinker, of Manville, Ohio; Hattie, at home; Arthur, deceased; Willis, deceased; Fannie, deceased; and Nettie, wife of John Thompson, of Green Oak, Michigan. All were born on the farm on which Mr. Law now lives. Mrs. Law departed this life August 10, 1890. She was a woman of many sterling qualities, was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was loved by all who knew her. Mr. Law and his family are also members of the Methodist Church. Politically, Mr. Law was a Democrat before the war, but since then has been identified with the Republican party. SAMUEL GYNN, a representative farmer of Brecksville township, was born September 20, 1835 in Huntingtonshire, England, in the town of St. Ives. His father, James Gynn, was a brickrnaker by trade, and married Mary A. Hard, who also was a native of the same shire. Mr. Gynn, our subject, received a common-school education and learned the trade of his father. At the age of nineteen, in the spring of 1854, he emigrated to the United States, sailing from Liverpool, England, on the ship De Witt Clinton, and landing at New Yorky and being seven weeks on the ocean. His brother had previously come to this country, locating in Cleveland, and, accompanied by another brother, Henry, he came on to this city. Samuel secured work in the brickyard of William Mail, which was in Irwin's Gull, and continued there two years. Then he and two brothers, Henry and John, struck out in the brick-manufacturing business for themselves, near the site of the old paper-mill, where they continued for three years. Samuel next started in business for himself, at the corner of Clark and Burton avenues, on the West Side, in Cleveland, and continued there for thirteen years, enjoying good success. From being a poor boy he has reached a competence. His long cherished desire to become a farmer at length prompted him to purchase a farm, and in 1873 he came to Brecksville and purchased 211 acres of John Bramley, at a cost of $7,500, moved upon the place and has ever since occupied it, enjoying success in his favorite calling, the most honorable of all. His pleasant residence is situated on a considerable elevation above other dwellings in the neighborhood, and from bis beautiful place an inspiring view of magnificent distances can be had. He has made all his property by his own efforts, as when he first came to Cleveland he had not a cent. In his views of national issues he sides with the Republican party, taking great interest in the nation's welfare, although he is no seeker of office for himself. He and his estimable lady are members of the Congregational Church. May 6, 1850, in Cleveland, he married Martha Bramley, who was born May 7, 1839, in Nottinghamshire, England, a daughter of Matthew and Sarah (Aldershaw) Bramley, who emigrated to this country in 1844, being fourteen weeks on the ocean: the vessel was report- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 411 ed as lost with all on board. Mr. Gynn's children are: Sarah, now Mrs. William Palmer, of 'Cleveland; Mattie, who married William Kennedy, now also of Cleveland; Samuel, Jr., Julia, Arthur, Asa and Nellie. Samuel married Winniefred Star, of Brecksville. All the unmarried children still make their home with their parents. ARTHUR ADAMS.—Few if any of Brecksville's old citizens are better known than the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. His long residence in the township, with his many dealings with the public, has given him a wide and favorable acquaintance. He was born April 18, 1831, in Richfield township, Summit county, Ohio, which joins Brecksville township, this county. His father, Augustus Adams, was born in Litchfield county, Connecticut, where lie received a meager education and was partly reared on a farm. In his youth he began to learn the blacksmith's trade, at Torrington, Connecticut, and nearly completed his apprenticeship. In 1814, he bought the remainder of his time as apprentice for $50, giving his note, went to New Haven and worked a while in a Government factory there, where they manufactured cannon carriages; next lie went to Goshen and "set up shop" awhile, and then started for the "far distant West," arriving in Richfield township, Summit county, Ohio, to seek broader fields of opportunity for his fortune. He traveled with a wagon and one small horse, bringing his tools. His journey was a tedious one, beset with many obstacles and disappointments, which disciplined his wit and patience. Just before reaching his destination he found it necessary to cut down trees that stood defiantly in the way of his little horse and wagon. Arriving at his destination in Ohio, he " set up shop " and prospered in his work. The next important event in his life was his choice of a wife, namely, Miss Polly Farnham, a native of Connecticut who had come to Richfield with her parents, John and wife. Her father "took up" 1,200 acres in that township. But Mrs. Adams died in 1846, being laid at rest in Richfield township, after she had become the mother of four children, namely: Mary, who married Dr. Monson and died in Independence township, Cuyahoga county; Phoebe, now Mrs. John Noble of Brecksville township, and Arthur, the subject of this sketch; besides Eliza, who died in infancy. After the death of his wife Mr. Adams returned to Connecticut and married a widow, Mrs. Anna Barber. In 1833 Mr. Adams moved into Brecksville township, purchasing over 325 acres of timber land, in its primitive State, and located in the southern part of the township. Naturally a a blacksmith-shop was among the first improve-ents upon this property, and in a short time he was known far and near as a good workman and of absolute necessity to the wants of the growing pioneer community. He had therefore a large and prosperous business. To obtain the iron required in his work he made a trip to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, which required many days to accomplish, the iron being brought by canal. In later years he abandoned his trade and gave his attention to farming, which he followed during his active life. After he quit manual labor at the anvil he assumed the part of director of the work there. His death occurred in 1884, and he now sleeps in Center cemetery. Politically he was a Whig and Republican, being well informed and decided in his views, and was a regular attendant at the elections. He was bitterly opposed to the use of intoxicants, and never would even allow any of them to be used at " bees," or industrial gatherings. He was a zealous member of the Congregational Church. At his trade he had few equals and no superiors: was a highly respected citizen every way, and was a self-made roan in every sense of the word. After his death his widow survived a number of years, and died at Urbana, Ohio, in 1889. Mr. Arthur Adams, whose name introduces this sketch, attended Twinsburg (Ohio) Acad- 412 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. cademy two years, when Professor Samuel Bissell was at its head. Naturally a mechanic, he exhibited a great degree of aptitude at the trade of carpentry, and by practice developed a thorough knowledge of the trade. After his marriage he located on the farm which he now occupies and owns, and followed agricultural pursuits, in addition to some carpentry work. He has erected many braidings in his neighborhood, and some even beyond the limits of his community; but in 1870 he abandoned this trade and has since given his attention more exclusively to farming. His farm comprises 108 acres, and lies two and a half miles south of Brecksville Center. For himself he erected one of the largest barns in the township. Re is a good and successful farmer. In politics lie is a stanch Republican, and in religion tooth himself and wife are members of the Congregational Church. January 1, 1863, he married Miss Diana E. Green, who was born January 24, 1843, in Illinois, a daughter of Harvey and Catharine (Parker) Green, who came to Independence township when their daughter was a child. Air. and Mrs. Adams' children are: Harvey A., of Atlanta, Georgia; Arthur G., at home; Grace, of Painesville (Ohio) Seminary; Earl F., a school-teacher; and Ruba J., at home. FRANK RIELEY, president of the Brooklyn Building & Loan Association, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, December 11, 1842, son of Hugh Rieley. The elder Mr. Rieley, a maltster by trade, came to this citf from Buffalo, New York, in 1838. He was born in Ireland in 1813 and died in Cleveland in 1882. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, four of whom survive, viz.: Mrs. Alfred Tilton, Cleveland; the subject of this sketch; Hugh, Colorado; and T. A., Cleveland. Frank Rieley remained with his father until he was sixteen years of age, when he began learning the trade of carriage painter. When the Civil war came on lie joined the Union army, becoming a private in Company I, Third Ohio Cavalry, and with the Army of the Cumberland saw service in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, being a participant in many of the prominent engagements of the war. He was taken prisoner at Lexington, Kentucky, by Morgan's men, but made his escape on the field and rejoined his regiment. At the close of the Atlanta campaign, in which he was engaged, he returned to Louisville, Kentucky, for horses for the army. After some other special service he joined his regiment at Macon, Georgia, from which point he was sent North and was mustered out August 15, 1865. During his service he was promoted from the rank of private to that of first sergeant. After leaving the army Mr. Rieley was for eighteen months engaged in work at his trade. Then he turned his attention to the grocery business, and a few months later to the coal business, under the firm name of Ackley & Rieley. Two years after this, in company with Charles Geib, he engaged in the carriage business. The following year brought about a change whereby Mr. Rieley engaged in malting, which he continued five years, or until he was elected Street Commissioner in 1879. He served as Street Commissioner four years, and was at the same time a member of the Board of Improvement. In 1883 he engaged in contracting, paving and sewering in partnership with Luke Brennan, which business relation existed until 1890, when Mr. Rieley became interested in the Northern Ohio Paving & Construction Co., as superintendent. He resigned his position in the spring of 1891 to accept the office of Deputy Director of. Public Works for the city, being appointed as such by R. R. Herrick, and serving under him until May, 1893, when a new administration brought about change in office. He has since been engaged in contracting. In 1878 Mr. Rieley was elected to the City Council from the old Twelfth ward, on the Be- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 413 publican ticket, and while a member of that body rendered most efficient service. He resigned from the Council to accept the office of Street Commissioner. Mr. Rieley is a real-estate owner in the city, and is president of the Walworth Run Foundry Co. He was married December 25, 1869, to Mary A. Pritchard, of Geneva, Ohio. Their children are Charles F. and Oliver R. Mr. Rieley is a member of Army and Navy Post, G. A. R. GEORGE A. SCHLATTERBECK, a leading member of German circles in this city, is justly entitled to the space that has been accorded him in this volume. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, September 7, 1829, a son of John M. and Rosina Schlatterbeck. His boyhood and youth were passed in his native land, where he received a good education in the common schools. Ambitious to make a place for himself in the world he came to America at the age of twenty-three years, and after landing on these shores proceeded directly to Cleveland, Ohio, where he has since resided. Being without means on his arrival in Cleveland, he embraced the first opportunity to earn a livelihood by carrying brick up the building at the corner of Water and St. Clair streets, then in course of construction. He then worked in a brickyard, where the Standard Oil Works are now located, until cold weather set in, when he obtained employment on a farm in Newburg. In November, the same year, he obtained a position with P. M. Weddell, in this city, for whom he worked for eighteen months. He then commenced to work at the carpenter trade, and worked for the same contractor on house work for over six years, when he went into the Cleveland & Pittsburg car shops, where he stayed over five years, and after some six months' work in the shops of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad he started out as a contractor. He conducted an important and extensive business until 1874, when he was elected County Commissioner on the Liberal Democratic ticket. Himself a Republican in politics, he was afterward elected to the office by his own party, serving fifteen years in this responsible position. He is a man of broad public spirit and discharged his duties with rare fidelity. He continued to carry on his private business upon a diminished scale, but the demands of the office increased from year to year until all personal enterprises were abandoned. Retiring from public life in 1890, he turned his attention to fire insurance. He has other interests in this city, and has met with well-merited success in all of his ventures. Mr. Schlatterbeck is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Concordia Lodge, No. 345, F. & A. M., and to Webb Chapter, No. 14, R. A. M. He has belonged to the I. O. O. F. thirty-five years, was its treasurer for eight years, and has passed all the chairs of the subordinate lodge and the encampment. For six years he represented his order at the Grand Lodge. He has been associated with the Knights of Pythias, and has always taken an active interest in social affairs. He is secretary of the German Pioneer Association, of which he has been a member from its organization. He was married in this city August 5, 1859, to Miss Wilhelmina Steinbrenner. They have two children: Elizabeth, wife of E. C. Carter, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Rose, a competent teacher in the public schools of this city. LUTHER BATTLES, who was for many years a conspicuous figure in agricultural circles, is a worthy representative of one of the oldest families of Cuyahoga county. He was born in Herkimer county, New York, April 29, 1826, the fifth child of Luther Battles, Sr. When he was a child of eight years his parents removed to this county, and settled upon an unimproved farm in Mayfield township, 414 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. where he grew to years of maturity. His early education was received in the primitive log schoolhouse which fostered the budding intel. lect of many an aspiring youth; while pursuing his more advanced studies he was a pupil at Kirkland Flats, attending the sessions held it the old Mormon Temple, and also attended the seminary at Chester, Geauga county, for on( year. At the age of twenty years he begat teaching, the first school of which he was mas ter being on Chagrin river near the Falls. II( afterward went to Indiana and for a year taught in Kendallville, returning to Mayfield at the end of twelve months. He was married December 1, 1847, to Mist Catherine H. Mapes, a daughter of Rufus and Abigail (Allen) Mapes. Mr. Mapes was Lon] in New York State April 3, 1795; he was soldier in the war of 1812, and in 1816 was married to Miss Allen, who was a descendant of Ethan Allen, born in the Province of Milne before it was a State. They emigrated to ̊hie in 1818 and settled in Mayfield township, where they passed the remainder of their lives; they were the parents of seventeen children, fifteen of whom grow to maturity. In 1868 they celebrated their fiftieth marriage anniversary. Mr. Mapes died March 8, 1874, while his wife survived until January 13, 1882. After his marriage Mr. Battles located on seventy acres of heavily timbered land, for which he had paid eight dollars an acre; after clearing twenty-five acre( he sold out for double the amount expended, and bought a tract of partially improved land. Later he purchased the old homestead on which his father had settled in 1834, and to this he added until the farm comprised 375 acres; here he carried on a general farming business, gaining an enviable reputation in the breeding and raising of live stock. In 1877 he retired from active pursuits, purchasing his present residence where he and his family are surrounded with the comforts of the nineteenth century civilization. Mr. and Mrs. Battles are the parents of five children: Franklin, born June 6, 1849, died August 20, 1859; Alpha B., born June 28, 1855, is the wife of L. W. Stevenson; Eugene, born November 14, 1857, married Miss Mary Hill; James E., born April 24, 1861, is mentioned elsewhere in this volume; Hilliard, born April 5, 1863, married Miss Annie Wisenbach. Mr. Battles and wife have been for many years members of the M. E. Church. He has served the township as Trustee, discharging his duties with that zeal end fidelity which have marked all his dealings in life. Luther Battles, Sr., deceased, was born in Swanzy, Cheshire county, New Hampshire, October 17, 1792; the date of his death was January 14, 1883, in Mayfield. He was descended from English and Scotch ancestors, and at the age of eight years was taken to New York State; his parents settled in Herkimer county on the banks of the Mohawk river, where his father was drowned in 1809. Mr. Battles was married in 1817 to Miss Arathusa Porter, his most beloved companion for forty-seven years. She was of German descent. Her father served throughout the Revolutionary war, as quartermaster. She was born in Tolland county, Connecticut, October 4, 1796, and died in Mayfield, March 18, 1864. In 1834 Mr. Battles was carried by the tide of western emigration to Ohio, and located in Cuyahoga county in Mayfield township. At that time there were no roads made, and the school districts were not organized. Possessed of a most remarkable physique, he performed the heavy labors that fell to the pioneer, faced the hardships and privations, and in the end overcame all obstacles. His unusual vigor attended him to the close of his life. He was a man of firm convictions, honorable in all his transactions, conscientious in all the amenities of life and in every way worthy of the confidence reposed in him. He had ten children: Zervirah, born December 18, 1818, married James E. Keyte, of Geauga county; Edwin D., born July 22, 1820; Mary, born February 22, 1822, died January 24, 1888; Sarah, born December 23, 1823, died November 28, 1856; Luther, subject of this CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 415 sketch, born April 29, 1826; Newton, born May 10, 1828, died December 20, 1861; Henry, born September 18, 1830; Alexander, born January 11, 1833, died November 19, 1873; Lorenzo, born October 1, 1836; and John I., born November 14, 1839, died March 31, 1893. Newton was a soldier in the late Civil war, a member of the Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in Camp Wickliffe, Kentucky, and was buried on the old homestead here in Cuyahoga county. Henry resides in Geauga county; and Lorenzo D. lives on the old homestead. The eighth animal reunion of the Battles family was celebrated September 8, 1888, at the old homestead, now owned by Lorenzo Battles, Mayfield. Meeting called to order by the president, John Battles. Mary Ann Battles, historian, then read a collection of family history, extending back some 200 years, after which Luther Battles closed with the following address: "Relatives and Friends: Impelled by an irresistible impulse of love and respect, we meet today to renew our friendship and commemorate the lives and death of our father and mother. There is no place so sacred to our hearts as the home of our childhood. If it was humble it was our home, and until life is with us no more it will he a place where our memories will never cease to linger, and on their consecrated altars its fires will never cease to burn. So the events of to-day are to live; they will go down into history to be read by generations yet unborn; it is for them to know who we are, where and how we have lived, and where we came from. " It is now fifty-three years since our father and mother with their eight children started from Herkimer town and county, New York, for their comparatively wilderness home in Ohio, Cuyahoga county, situated on the east bank of the Chagrin river, in the town of Mayfield, and now known as a part of the East Hill. They came from Utica to Buffalo by canal, and from Buffalo here in a wagon drawn by a pair of gray horses,—to our long-talked-of home. With little or no money, strangers among strangers, with no revenue save the products of their own industry, they depended upon their own efforts for everything. They did not expect manna to fall in the wilderness for them, flor loaves to come to their baskets, or fishes to their nets, without an effort of their own; so they taught us that we could not reap if we did not sow. Now they corn menced the long and weary struggle for life anew; hardships were encountered on every hand, but they had an indomitable will that never deviated from their main object, which was to conquer the wilds of nature and provide for the wants of their household; and whatever measure of success crowned their lives was the direct result of their own vigorous efforts; out of the storms of effort came forth sunshine; out of the bitter came forth sweet. " I ask, who was the great central figure and loving sympathizer in all our trials and vicissit udes, our griefs and disasters, our hopes and fears, who heard every cry and felt the throbbings of every heart ? None but mother. To provide for our wants was the highest ambition of her life, her only pleasures were ours, her only bliss our care. Early every Sunday morning it was her delight to dress us neat and clean for church. She directed our feet in the path of wisdom, and for us to honor God was her daily precept; love for her children was the guiding star of her life. No tongue or pen or crafty art Can tell the love of a mother's heart. " At our new home two more children were born, making ten in all. At a proper time we were all married, but one. Mother was at our marriages to make merry and glad. Another htep on in the march of life finds her sharing our bitter griefs over the graves of our children. She sipped at every cup of our sorrows; she clothed our sighs with her smiles and tears; she was a rock and refuge of strength, and in her we did safely trust. She lived to see two of her children consigned to their final place of rest, but 5n this she gracefully submitted to the decree of her God. She sacrificed her boy at the shrine of liberty, then bowed her head with patriotic 416 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. fortitude at his sad, lamented fate. If ever a mother fulfilled her task, and drained the cup of life and duty to its utmost limit, it was she, our mother. If in all the world there was another like her, it was my wife's mother, now sleeping by her side. "The moral fortitude of our parents and industry of their hands crowned their lives with a living success. All through their days of plenty, their hearts were full of human sympathy, and their hands were open to deserving charity. No one knows the true heart of parents better than their children; and what I say I say from knowledge, and what I say is true. Our father and mother have gone; long and weary was the road they trod, cheerfully bearing life's burden on their way; their work is done, and to-day we pay tribute to their memory. We can look beyond their graves and say all is well. Their Christian lives and virtues, love of home and children, are now blended into one, and as long as these hearts of ours continue to throb, their lives should be an altar on which our memories should never cease to linger. "And now a word to ourselves. What an awe-inspiring lesson is here reflected for our mutual consideration! Now we realize there is nothing left to us but their memory. We read their names on the cold marble that marks their place of rest. If we should call, they would not answer; their hands have ceased to administer; their voices have ceased to chide. Their memory warns us to renounce the vain phantoms of this life and cling more and more devotedly to the sanctity of our homes and virtue of our children. It is for us to keep their memories sacred, nor let it end at the grave. When we look back we behold lengthening shadows mark our pathway; time is slowly weaving our shrouds and spreading our palls. We die, and from that austere and mystic fate we cannot claim relief. Our past lies before the world as an open book, known and read by all. Our future is a tale untold, but it is left for us to say what that tale shall be; if good, then we live for a purpose; if bad, we live in vain. It matters not how long we may live, but how well; our lives are not measured by the years we live, but by the good we do. " Who gets the most out of this life? It is not always the rich, neither is it the poor, but it is he who lives for himself, and lives for others as well. One becomes a benefit to others, for humanity's sake, and another for immediate honor or future rewards. The selfish man never sees himself as others see him; he would have everybody serve his purpose. The conceited man is much the same. He flatters himself that he is a special favorite here, and expects to be hereafter. Such when weighed in the balance are found wanting. In general a man is lauded for his gold, but the time hurries on when he will only be known for the good he has done. The angel of mercy that cares not for gold hovers around with tireless wings to record, if any, the good deeds of justice, mercy, charity and love which have adorned their lives. It is not self, and self alone, and vain conceit, nor gold, nor formal prayers, nor empty ceremonies, nor sacrificial blood that will be of any avail to us in the great beyond. The happy man here and hereafter is he who applies justice to himself and benevolence to others. " In conclusion, I would say that the religion of our parents was confined to narrow limits, owing to the age in which they lived. If they were living to-day they would denounce the belief that the sin of Adam brought death and condemnation into the world, and that sin necessitated the crucifixion of Jesus as the only way whereby the human race could be saved. They would have reasoned in this way: If Jesus died for the sins of the world, then the debt is paid and the sinner is free and needs no pardon. But this is not so. Jesus has paid no man's debt of sin. All have to pay their own. Jesus died a martyr to the cause of justice and mercy, not as a sacrifice for sin. We are to look for a savior within ourselves, and know that punishment is inevitable to him who violates the laws of justice, love and mercy; and to avoid punishment we must avoid the act, making man CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 417 his own mediator; and the measure of his happiness depends entirely on his efforts for good, conscience sitting in judgment on every act. Merit will ever determine destiny; we never can expect benefits that we have not earned, neither need we fear punishments which we do not deserve. "The day is not far away when the only religion will be that of man's humanity to man; the only atonement will be that of restitution; the only object of life will be that of happiness; and the only redeemer will be the practice of virtue, justice, love and truth." ELIJAH STEARNS, a farmer and fruit grower of Olmstead township, was born in this township, in 1843, a son of Elijah and Wealthy (Usher) Stearns, who settled in this township in 1826. Our subject was brought up and educated in Olmstead township, and has always been engaged in farming. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union service for three years, in the Fifteenth Ohio Independent Battery, was assigned to the Western army and participated in the battle of Holly Springs and in the siege of Vicksburg. Taking sick, he next spent a time at home on furlough, and then rejoined his regiment at Cairo, Illinois. He made the trip to the sea under General Sherman, and returned through the Carolinas, and participated in the grand review at Washington, and was honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, in July, 1865. He purchased his present farm in 1873. It contains twenty acres, three acres of which are in grapes and two acres in other fruit. He is a member of Olmstead Falls Post, G. A. R., No. 634, of which he has been Officer of the Day for five or six years. In politics he is a Republican. He was married in Middleburg township, in November, 1880 to Miss Oella C. Pa Delford, a native of New York and a daughter of William and Desire (Tourgee) Pa Delford; her father was a native of Massachusetts, and her mother of Saratoga county, New York. They came to this county in 1859. Mr. Pa Delford's death occurred in Dover, March 3, 1893, and Mrs. Pa Delford's March 3, 1886, on her seventyfiqh birthday. It is a coincidence worthy of note that they both died on the same day of the year, but seven years apart. The seven children whom they reared are: William T., who is married and resides in Denver, Colorado; Catharine Amanda, dying in infancy in New York; Frances Mary, married and residing in Forestville, Chautauqua county, New York; Bernard Wellington, living in Chicago; Augusta Rebecca, wife of Heman Perry, of Dover township; Oella, now Mrs. Stearns; and Lydia Ophelia, who married John Morris Ford, of. Olmstead township. Mr. and Mrs. Stearns have two children, namely: Percy Pa Delford and Bernard Augustus. Mrs. Stearns was a member of the Baptist Church at Chautauqua, New York. HARRIS BRAINARD, deceased, who was for nearly two decades an honored resident of Parma township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, was born in Middletown, Connecticut, January 2, 1804. In his native State he spent the first ten years of his life. Then his parents removed with their family to Massachusetts, from whence a year later they came out to Ohio. After residing in Cleveland one year they settled in Brooklyn township, Cuyahoga county, and in this county spent the rest of their lives. Subsequently, however, they made two moves, going from Brooklyn township to Strongsville and from there to Royalton township. At the latter place Warren Brainard, the father of our subject, died some time in the '50s. His wife, Sally Brainard, survived him until January 1, 1875, when her death occurred in Michigan. Harris Brainard continued to reside with his parents, with the exception of a period of three years, until the time of his marriage, which 418 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. event occurred in Brooklyn township, April 26, 1832, the lady of his choice being Hester Ann Storer. She was born in Maine, March 14, 1811. After their marriage they settled on a farm in Brooklyn township, where they continued to live until the spring of 1842. At that time they removed to the northwestern part of Parma township and here they spent the residue of their lives. His death occurred December 15, 1860, and his good wife passed away September 26, 1889. They had a family of ten children, of whom we make record as follows: Abigail, who died at about the age of fifteen years; Webster S.; Edward P.; Sarah, widow of Sitneon Byrum; George W.; Anna E.; Franklin, who lived only a year and a half; Dwight, who died at the age of thirty-four years; William; and Charlotte. Both Mr. Brainard and his wife were active members of the Congregational Church, and for many years he was a Deacon. His whole life was devoted to agricultural pursuits. Honorable and upright in all the walks of life, his many estimable traits of character won for him the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. ANDREW PIKE, a farmer of Solon township, Cuyahoga county, was born in Orange township, this county, May 27, 1850, a son of Elias and Elizabeth (Barnes) Pike, pioneer settlers of Orange township. They have three living children: Andrew, our subject; Evelyn, of this county; and George W., a resident of Cleveland. Andrew Pike was reared on the old homestead, and received his education in the public schools. In January, 1881, he was appointed United States mail clerk, under President Garfield, from Syracuse, New York, to Cleveland, and served in that position six years. In 1882 he located on his present place of forty-one acres in Solon township, then known as the Dan Morse farm, and situated two and a half miles from Randall. January 25, 1870, Mr. Pike was united in marriage with Sarah Harper, a daughter of James and Sarah (Lee) Harper. To this union have been born two sons: Archer Elias, a commercial traveler of Cleveland; and Wilson S., also of that city. In his social relations Mr. Pike is a member of Bedford Lodge, No. 375, F. & A. M. CHARLES J. SWIFT, who has been a resident of Cleveland since December, 1892, and who has secured recognition as among the more progressive and enterprising of the younger business men of the city, is a native of the old Keystone State, having been born at Corry, Erie county, in December, 1866. His father, Charles J. Swift, was a well-known and prominent merchant of that Pennsylvania town, having there been engaged in the hardware business for many years. In politics he was a thorough-going Republican, and was more or less conspicuous in the councils and work of his party, having held local official preferments of importance. He was identified with the Masonic order, having been a Sir Knight, and both he and his wife were devoted members and communicants of the Protestant Episcopal Church, to whose cause they lent their most active support. The death of the father occurred in 1886 and that of the mother in 1868. As already noted, the subject of this sketch came to Cleveland in 1893, the change of residence being made in order that he might assume charge as business manager for the Ford-Washburn Store Electro Company, an office for which he was particularly qualified by reason of his advanced business methods and executive ability. He had prior to that been engaged in the shipping of coal, salt and builders' supplies, and had carried the enterprise successfully forward. The Store Electro Company failed in January, 1894, and since then Mr. Swift has been engaged in the insurance business. He CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 419 was once also secretary and general manager of the Duplex Electro Company, Limited. He had been thoroughly equipped for an intelligent directing of any enterprise with which be might become identified, his practical business training having been antedated by the careful theoretical education secured at college. Supporting the principles advanced by the Republican party, Mr. Swift had occupied a position of no little prominence in a political way at his old home in Pennsylvania. In his fraternal affiliations he is identified with the Knights of Pythias. Though yet a young man he has proved his extraordinary qualifications as a business man, is of pleasing address, an interesting conversationalist, and one who has gained an unmistakable popularity during the time of his residence in the Forest City. Mr. Swift took unto himself a wife in the year 1888, being then united to Miss Maud L. Hammond, a daughter of Thomas Benton Hammond, a well-known resident of Pennsylvania. They are the parents of one child, Alice, who was born in 1889. Our subject and his wife are communicants in the Protestant Episcopal Church, and are earnest and devoted in their support of the same. OWEN PAYSON SNOW, a highly esteemed citizen of the farming community of Brecksville township, was born September 15, 1823, in Piscataquis county, Maine. His father, Russ Snow, was born in New Hampshire, May 21, 1789, and was reared on a farm; and his father was Benjamin, a graduate of Dartmouth College, who taught school and was an officer in the Revolutionary war. After the death of his father, Russ Snow moved to Maine, with his widowed mother. In New Hampshire, August 12, 1792, he married Ruth Hibbard, and while living, in that State they had two daughters: Charlotte L., who married Alexander J. Snow and lives in Carroll county, Illinois; and Jane E., who died at the age of eighteen years. In Piscataquis county, Maine, Mr. Snow located on a piece of new land and built a house and barn, and followed farming, and while a resident there had the following children: Owen P., our subject; Henry H., a farmer of Brecksville; and Orpha P., who died at the age of thirty-three years, unmarried. In the spring of 1835 Mr. Russ Snow came to Cleveland on his way to Indiana; but, finding an old acquaintance in Brecksville township, he purchased 240 acres of land in the southeast corner of the township, at $5 an acre, and during the ensuing autumn his family came on, arriving after a six weeks' journey, including a week's visit at the old home in New Hampshire. Coming on the State road, they found their way to their destination, a mile and a half distant, by the aid of blazed trees. Their first residence in Ohio was a log house, that had been erected by the former owner of the place, who had also cut down the trees on five acres around it. In 1845 the old log house gave place to a good brick residence, which still stands. During those times their milling was done at Boston, Summit county. On that. farm Mr. Snow continued to reside until his death, January 8, 1875, when he was making his home with his son, our subject. His wife had died some years before, that is, April 30, 1858, and they are both buried in Richfield township. In person Mr. Snow was six feet tall and weighed 190 pounds, and was proportionally strong and enduring. In his younger days he received an academic education and taught school some. and on arriving here he went in debt for his land; but his energy and good judgment enabled him to " come out all right" and prove himself to be a successful man among life's vicissitudes. In politics he was a Whig, then Republican, and finally Prohibitionist; he was a prohibitionist from principle from the beginning. For a period he was Trustee of his township. In Maine he was Captain of militia. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was twelve years • old when he came to Ohio. 27 420 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. As he grew up he attended the academy at Richfield, Ohio, for a term, and has always been a farmer, and in former years also conducted a dairy. After his marriage he first located upon the old homestead, where he has since resided. He now has 180 acres of good farm land, and raises horses and sheep and some other Live stock. In politics he is a Republican, but no office-holder or office-seeker. October 22, 1852, he married Miss Frances C. Fay, who was born August 18, 1835, in Geddes (now Syracuse), New York, a daughter of Horace and Rosana (Eaton) Fay, who came to Ohio in 1836. Mrs. Snow was but four months old when her mother died, and she was taken care of by an uncle, Origen Eaton, who had been a soldier in the war of 1812 and lost an arm at the battle of Lundy's, Lane. He owned a farm in the northern part of Brecksville township. Mrs. Snow taught school belore she was sixteen years of age. Their children are: Emma R., now Mrs. C. 0. Bartlett, of Brooklyn village; Edwin F., who died when two years and nine months old; Charles A., who died when nine months old (these two children died within three days of each other, and are buried in the same grave); Fannie E., who married Dr. Knowlton, of Cleveland; Karl F., a machinist and millwright, of Brooklyn village; Minnie B., an educated young lady who attended school at Oberlin, Ohio, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is now teaching physical culture in Mansfield, Ohio; Ned P., a, farmer of Brecksville township; and Frank K., attending school. TITUS N. BRAINARD, a retired farmer of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, was born at the place where he now resides, 1640 Pearl street, Cleveland, July 15, 1825. His parents, Marvin and Betsey (Brainard) Brainard, were both natives of Connecticut, and although they bore the same name they were not relatives. They were married in Brooklyn, Ohio. Marvin Brainard came to this county in 1814, when this part of the country was new and its chief inhabitants wild animals, and here he spent his whole life in agricultural pursuits. He was born February 9, 1799, and died in 1853. He and his wife had five children, namely: Mary, born September 11, 1822; Titus N., the subject of this article; Betsey Adelia, born May 27, 1828; Jeptha 0., born January 2, 1831; and Marvin B., born September 6, 1833. Titus N. Brainard is the only one of the family now living. His life, like his father's, has been devoted to agricultural pursuits, and his whole career has been characterized by honesty and industry. The brick building which he has remodeled and which he occupies was built by his father and grandfather. He has never been an office-seeker, nor would he ever accept official position. On one occasion he was elected Supervisor, but paid his fine and declined to serve. Mr. Brainard was married in 1857 to Miss Clarissa Thompson, a native of Canada and a daughter of Francis and Hannah (Ford) Thompson, her father a native of New York State and her mother of Canada. They came to Cleveland about 1839. Of their nine children, only four are now living, viz.: Mary, wife of William Bly, Cleveland; Mrs. Brainard; Dr. F. L.. Thompson, Cleveland; and William L. Mr. and Mrs. Brainard have had five children, as follows: Ella, widow of Mansfield Mower, resides with her father, her two children being Hazel B. and Jennie C.; Marvin A., a young man of twenty-two years, who was accidentally shot October 19, 1882, his death resulting instantly; Bettie C., wife of Harry Farnsworth, Cleveland; Jennie D., wife of G. S. Barnett, died in 1886, aged twenty-two years, leaving an only child, Harley B.; Frank J., teller in the Brooklyn Savings & Loan Association. Mrs. Brainard is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church: also her five children and grandson, Harley B. Barnett. During his long life in the vicinity of Cleveland Mr. Brainard has seen the wilderness CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 421 cleared away and has marked the growth of a beautiful city; and he has not only been a witness to this growth and development but he has also done his part toward bringing about the change. Titus avenue in Brooklyn Village was named in honor of him. A. A. JEROME, ex-County Commissioner and a prominent farmer of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, dates his birth in Orange township, this county, August 16, 1842. His father, Asahel Jerome,, a native of New York, came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, in 1835, and located in Orange township, where he passed the residue of his life and died, being seventy-eight years of age at the time of his death. He was a man of many sterling qualities and occupied a prominent place in the pioneer community in which he lived. Many of the township offices, including that of Justice of the Peace, he filled with credit to himself and to the people who elected. During the latter part of his life he was identified with the Republican party. He was a deeply pious man and for a number of years was a worthy member and officer of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His father was of French descent and had died when Asahel was fourteen years of age. The mother of A. A. Jerome was before her marriage Miss Lavina C. Sabin. She was born and reared in Connecticut, and lived to be seventy-two years of age. They were the parents of four children, two sons and two daughters, all of whom reached adult years. A. A. is the older son and third child, the others being as follows: Eliza A., deceased; Olive L., deceased; and Horace F., of Huntsburg, Geauga county, Ohio. In his native township A. A. Jerome spent the first eighteen years of his life. When the war came on he enlisted, in April, 1861, in Company A, Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private; was promoted as Sergeant; and was in the service four years and two months. His service was under McClellan and Sheridan. Twice he was wounded,—first by a piece of shell at New Berne Bridge, secondly by a ball at the battle of Winchester. This last wound was in the cheek bone and resulted in the loss of his eye. He remained in the ranks until the war was over, when he was honorably, discharged, June 5, 1865, at Cleveland. After his return from the army, Mr. Jerome settled down to farming, and in this occupation lie has been engaged ever since. He now owns over a hundred acres of fine land in Mayfield township, and is regarded as one of the prominent and prosperous farmers of the county. His political affiliations are with the Republican party, and he has held most of the township offices. In 1885 he was elected County Commissioner, which office he filled satisfactorily for a term of six years. A veteran of the war, he is, of course, a member of the G. A. R., his membership being with the L. N. Norice Post, No. 141. Mr. Jerome was first married in 1866, to Miss Hattie Henderson, a native of Orange township, this county, who died a few years later, leaving one daughter, Blanche, who is now the wife of Silas Cathen, of Newburg, Ohio. In 1872 Mr. Jerome married Ida E. Law, a native of Cuyahoga county, and they have three daughters—Hattie E., Henrietta L. and Florence E. J. N. VEBER, a merchant of Royalton Center, is a son of Elihu Veber, who was born July 12, 1822, in the township of Bucklin, Massachusetts. The latter was a son of John Veber, of the same State, who died in 1832. After that event the home was sold. Then Elihu Veber, with an older brother and guardian, Rensselaer (married), removed to St. Lawrence county, New York, where Rensselaer lost his wife by death, and in 1834 moved to Ohio, settling in Royalton township, Cuyahoga county. Here they purchased a tract of new 422 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. land and cleared a portion of it, and then exchanged it for a place farther north, which they divided, Elihu taking his widowed mother to support, at the age of eighteen years, and his guardian giving him his time. After his mother's death he made his home at his brother's. February 22, 1844, he married Miss Clarinda Gibbs, who was born March 15, 1822, in Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, a daughter of Benjamin and Peedee (Thayer) Gibbs, who. settled in Geauga county, Ohio, in 1884, and in 1838 in Royalton. After marriage Elihn located near where his widow now lives. He assisted in cutting out the first road south of where he afterward lived toward Hinckley, Medina county. He followed agricultural pursuits many years, and at length became a carpenter, and still later a stone contractor, and built many stone culverts for the county. His health finally began to fail, and after seve.al years of suffering died, September 6, 1886, and was buried in Royalton Center cemetery. Politically he was a Republican, and he held township offices, as Trustee, Assessor for six years. and Real-estate Assessor one year. He was a well known, highly respected, determined, thoroughgoing, persevering man. Since his death his widow has resided at the old homestead. She is a member of the Disciple Church. Their children are: James N., the subject of this sketch; Ellen, now Mrs. Eugene Riley, of Medina county, Ohio; Charles, a farmer of this township; and Juliet, now Mrs. Fred Ellsworth, of Royalton township. Mr. J. N. Veber, whose name heads this sketch, was born February 18, 1847. In February, 1865, he enlisted in Company B, Second Ohio Cavalry, which was first ordered to Columbus and • thence to Harper's Ferry, and afterward was stationed in and around Washington for a time. Next it was sent to Springfield, Missouri, and to St. Louis, same State, where it was mustered out, and Mr. Veber was honorably discharged September 11, 1865. Returning home he opened out in the butchering business and sold meat to a wholesale market in Cleveland for some time, making his headquarters at his father's home. After his marriage, in 1870, he located in the southern part of Royalton township, and in 1872 settled at the Center, engaging in mercantile trade, in which he still continues, moving his goods into the present building in 1882. He is a successful business man, of uniformly fair dealing and strict uprightness of character. He owns a nice little farm of sixty-five acres. He is a decided Republican, and has been township Treasurer for nine years. He attends the Methodist Episcopal Church. February 22, 1870, is the date of his marriage to Miss Mary H. Smith, who was born January 19, 1846, in Royalton Center, a daughter of Joseph and Louisa (Gordon) Smith. Their children are: Daisy L., a school-teacher; Lelia R.; and Bert W. OTTO DOEHN was born in the city of Cleveland in 1868, a son of H. W. and Charlotte (Kohlman) Doehn, and both parents are residents of Cleveland. The father was born in Germany, town of Mecklenburg, and there was reared and educated. He entered the German army, and for a number of years served as an officer in the same. He early in life turned his attention to painting, frescoing and decorating. Perfecting himself in this line of art lie then came to America, locating in Cleveland in 1865, direct from the fatherland. He married in this city and became the father of two children, the subject of this sketch, and a sister, whose name is Alma. In the public schools of Cleveland young Otto secured a liberal common-school education. Under his father he served an apprenticeship of two years, after which he entered the drug business, in which he remained four years. Then he became interested in photography, and after learning the business embarked in the same for himself. He is now conducting a very important and paying business in CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 423 his profession, in which he is thoroughly well up and informed. He keeps apace with all the later improvements for doing work in his profession, and owns one of the best equipped galleries in the city. Here in the studio are executed the finest of photographs and portraits of all kinds. From the alpha to the omega of his profession Mr. Doehn has passed, having gained a practical knowledge as well as theoretical, and to the operating department in his studio he gives his individual attention. He is a Christian gentleman, being a member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and has been upon its reception committee for the last three years. He is a member of the Cleveland Vocal Society, one of the prominent musical societies of the city, which had the honor of an invitation by the World's Fair Musical Department to furnish music upon the Exposition grounds. He is also a member of the Singers' Club. Much of his spare time is given to elocution and music. From boyhood days has been interested in elocution, and in the last year and a half bas been studying under Prof. A. T. Saunders, and at present is a pupil of Prof. J. G. Scorer. Mr. Doehn is also a member of the Elocutionists' Club," which is comprised of the best talent of this city. He is also a member of the Chautauqua Circle, of the Young Men's Congress, of the Cleveland Art Club, and of the National Photographers' Association. He is a member of the Willson Avenue Presbyterian Church, being founder and president of its choir. H. HOLLAND SNOW, an influential farmer of Brecksville township, was born 3 March 31, 1827, in Piscataquis county, Maine, and was eight years of age when he came to Ohio. (For sketch of his ancestry see in this volume the account of Owen Payson Snow.) In his school education, besides attending the common district schools, he attended one term at Brooklyn village, when Professor Churchill, now of Oberlin College, was at the head, and afterward he taught school in Brecksville and Richfield townships. He married, October 22, 1851, Mary J. Lockert, who was born June 2, 1835, in Richfield township, Summit county, a daughter of James Lockert, a farmer. Mr. Snow remained an inmate of the parental home until 1864, when he located where he now resides, which was a portion of the home farm. He now has about 200 acres of excellent farm land, and he is still a farmer, prospering in his vocation, and is an influential citizen. Politically he first voted for the Free-Soil candidates, then was a Republican until Horace Greeley ran for the office of President, since which date he has been independent. He has been a Trustee of his township nine years. His children are: Ida M., born August 15, 1854, and is at her paternal home; Jessie F., born June 5, 1857, is now Mrs. F. N. Wilcox, of Cleveland; Amanda J., born June 29, 1859, is now Mrs. Elwin Carter, of Royalton township; Harry W., born September 25, 1862, is a farmer of Brecksville; and Charlie C., born August 29, 1864, is a clerk in the City Auditor's office; besides a son who died in infancy. M. S. RUDGERS.—William S. Rudgers, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born March 24, 1804, in Newburg township, Orange county, New York, a son of Daniel Rudgers, Jr., who was a son of Daniel Rudgers, Sr., who died before the birth of the son mentioned, his widow afterward marrying John Case. Daniel, Jr., was a tanner and currier by trade, but in later years was a farmer. He married Nancy Purdy, who was born in Orange county, and their children were: Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Mehitabel, Jane, Elizabeth, Esther, William S., Charles, Daniel, Isaac C., Thomas and John. Of these Isaac C., William S., John, Elizabeth and Esther are yet living. 424 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY William S. Rudgers; the father of the subject of this sketch, was brought up to the tanner's trade until the age of sixteen years, when he found work on the farm. February ,23, 1826, he married Miss Maria Corser, who was born July 27, 1808, in Vermont, a daughter of Thomas and Mercy (Bennett) Corser, who located in Genesee county, New York, where Mrs. Rudgers was brought up. At the time of his marriage Mr. Rudgers had "only the coat. on his back" as the totality of his worldly possessions. The first season he worked on shares, and later he took up a piece of will land in Genesee (now Wyoming) county, and lived there three and a half years, when he moved to Chautauqua county, same Stat, and resided. there four years. In 1831 he visited Cuyahoga county . and looked over the land, and February, 1835, when sleighing was good, he moved his family here, which then comprised wife and four children. They first settled in Royalton township, and Mr. Rudgers afterward purchased land in Brecksville township,—seventy-five acres,, at $10 an acre,--where he now resides with his son. For the land he had to go in debt", which required much labor to discharge. When he first settled here there was a log cabin on the place and. a few improvements commenced, Wild 'game and', dangerous. animals were plentiful. All the clearing and other improvements now seen upon the farm have been accomplished by him. He has always been a farmer, and successful in his calling. He was at first a Jackson Democrat, then a Whig and Republican, and he has faithfully attended the elections, missing but one Presidential election since he became a voter. He has never been a politician or office-seeker, In religion be was once a Methodist local preacher, being a member of that denomination for forty years; but he is not a member now. Mrs. Badgers died March 17, 1892,, after a -married life of sixty-six years, and was buried at the center of the township. She was a Congregationalist. The, children of Mr. and Mrs. Rudgers were: Carrie, now Mrs. Herschel Welton, of Cleveland, Ohio; Daniel, a farmer of Brecksville township; John W., who died in Michigan; George H. was killed in Girard, Ohio, by' the accidental bursting of a cannon during the civil war, when they were celebrating the final victory of the great struggle; Elizabeth, who died at the age of eighteen months; Charles W., who died at .the center of the township; Thomas J.; and Micah, whose name heads this sketch. Mr. M. S. Badgers, undertaker at Brecksville, was born January 1, 1845, in Brecksville township, and completed his school days at the "center" when Messrs. Geary and Allen were teachers there. He was brought up a farmer's son, but, being of a mechanical turn of mind, he picked up some of the elements of carpentry, which trade he completed under the instructions of A. D. Kent, of Cleveland. Returning home he took contracts on his own responsibility, the first being for Henry Perry at Brecksville Center. Afterward he purchased land of Luther Marsh near the center and laid out lots, streets, etc.; and built houses. Later he purchased more land of Theodore Breck and erected more houses, thus being the principal builder of the little village. Afterward he did considerable work at Akron, this State, in which city he at one time owned considerable property: owns some there even yet. After his marriage in 1876 he settled at the center of Brecksville, where he had opened out in the undertaking business, which he still conducts; and he still owns several houses in the place. In 1883 he moved to Akron and lived there two years, returning then to Brecksville. Previously he owned a farm of 100 acres, which interest he purchased from the Cole and Judd heirs, and established his residence in a very unassuming dwelling, upon it, a mile and a quarter south of the center, the same season. In 1886 he erected one of the finest dwellings in the township, and on the highest elevation, where there are the most pleasant surroundings, and this residence he now occupies. From this