CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 425 high point one can have a view of fifteen to eighteen miles in different directions. His farming interests he directs, having retired somewhat from actual toil. Politically he was a Republican until 1892, when he joined the Prohibition party, in which he is very zealous. He voted for William McKinley, however, while his sympathy was for prohibition. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, in which he has held offices for twenty years: was for a long time superintendent of the Sunday-school, and is now Deacon and musical director of the choir and Sabbath-school. In the Sunday-school his influence was marked, as the institution then had the greatest attendance it has ever had during its existence. In all his undertakings he has had success, and his dealings have always been honest. October 18, 1876, is the data of his marriage to Allah Fessenden, who was born August 31, 1855, in Twinsburg, Ohio, a daughter of John W. and Mary (Righter) Fessenden. They have an adopted daughter, born June 26,11884, who enjoys all the liberties and luxuries of an awn daughter. C. P. SMITH, proprietor of the Bedford News Register, which was established. at Bedford, November 27, 1891, by Mr. Smith, as an independent paper in politics, devoted to home interests, was born in Summit county, Ohio, June 8, 1858. His father, R. C. Smith, was born at Monkton, Vermont, and his mother, whose maiden name was Isabel Deist man, was born in Columbiana county. When a boy of five years his parents removed. to Bedford, and here Mr. Smith was educated. When a young man he became general agent for the Cassell Publishing Company, of New York, at that time conducting the largest publishing business in the world, and at Danville, Illinois, he located in 1883. Subsequently he returned to Bedford, and there, preparing himself for doing job printing, opened an establishment and continued at job printing with success; and in connection with the publication of the above named paper he still does a considerable amount of job printing. At one time he ushered into existence the Bedford Bee, a small folio which did not prove a success, and hence had but a short existence. Since 1891 Mr. Smith has been a Notary Public. He is a member of the order of Knights of Pythias, belonging to the uniform rank of that order; is also a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the uniform rank of that order; and a member of the Junior Order, United American Mechanics, and of the Sons of Temperance, of which order he was, for two terms, Grand Worthy Patriarch of the State of Ohio. CORNELIUS BURGESS, the senior conductor in age and point of service on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, was born in Oneida county, New York, near Boonville, November 27,1829. His father, William B. Burgess, was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, June 27, 1787, and died in Bainbridge, Geauga county, Ohio, No-. vember 9, 1849; and his father, Joseph L. Burgess, settled in Oneida county, New York, as early as 1800, in which State William B. enlisted for service in the war of 1812. He was a large, powerful man, a blacksmith and was among the first to anchor an anvil in Bainbridge, in 1832. He was an exemplary citizen, strikingly illustrating the traits of Christian charity and right conduct, was unfaltering in his devotion to duty, and in his patriotism as faithful as a Revere or as a Putnam. Tracing the genealogy back to the old country, it is ,ascertained that our subject comes of a line descending from Thomas Burgess of England, who settled in Lynn, Massachusetts, about 1630, and in 1637 received the assignment of a section of land in Duxbury, Massachusetts, where he trained his children in agriculture. One of his descendants, six genera- 420 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. tions removed, was Joseph L. Burgess, our subject's grandfather, who married Ann Metcalf, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and emigrated to New York State, as previously mentioned. William B. Burgess married Esther Williams, and had the following children: John Chandler, born January 9, 1811, and was a hotel-man in Hartford, Connecticut, and died October 23, 1879, at Scranton, Pennsylvania; Allen, born November 7, 1812, is a Geauga county farmer; Alvin, born February 10, 1820, spent his life in the ministry, was a prominent presiding elder, of wide acquaintance throughout the Erie Conference and western Pennsylvania, and died in the midst of his usefulness September 21, 1872; Joseph M., born February 6, 1822, and is a farmer of Solon, Ohio; Theodore, born January 1, 1824, who devoted his later life to railroading, and died July 20, 1890; Charles W., a farmer in Geauga county, born Novem ber 8, 1825; John W., born December 1, 1827, and died in Scranton, Pennsylvania, August 28, 1888; Cornelius, the subject of this sketch, born November 27, 1829; Dr. Franklin, born February 13, 1832, was a Lieutenant in the United States Army during the war and now a resident of Solon, Ohio; and two who died in infancy, namely: Ann Louis, born in 1816, and Norman, born in 1818. Mr. Burgess, our subject, was a farmer boy until 1849, when he came to Cleveland and secured work on the Cleveland, Columbus; & Cincinnati Railroad, where he remained until July, 1850, when he returned to Bainbridge and engaged again in agricultural work for one season. Then until the spring a 1853 he resided with an uncle, Lyman Williams, at Montville, Ohio; next he was employed, thy, his brothers in the Wyoming House at Scranton, Pennsylvania; and in March, 1856, he came to Cleveland and worked six months in what is now the Kennard House. 'During the following-autumn and winter he was an employe,: in the Neil House at Columbus, kept by Wheeler & Faling, and continued as a clerk there until 1857, when he went to Dubuque, Iowa; not succeeding there in finding employment he went to Dunleith, Illinois, where for a short time he was clerk in Argyle House. His next work was as brakeman on the Illinois Central Railroad until the spring of 1858, when, with a desire to re-engage in farming, he went to Wisconsin and followed the plow one season. December 29, 1859, he arrived once more in Cleveland, and January 19, 1860, he began work on the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad, where he has since remained, making a record for faithful service unequaled. December 26, 1859, is the date of his marriage, in Rockton, Illinois, to Miss Lucy, a daughter of Cushing Bowker, who was born in New Hampshire and died in Canada, whither he had removed. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess have four children: Abbie M., born May 26, 1863, died in April, 1868; Theodore, born September 5, 186P, is an engineer on the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad. The last mentioned married Isabel Gilmore, a niece of General Q. A. Gilmore; Edward S., born October 4, 1869, is a fireman on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad; Albert A., born October 27, 1872, is a clerk for Strong, Cobb & Co., wholesale druggists, of Cleveland. LLOYD A. DUNHAM, one of the rising young farmers of Bedford township, was born on the old Dunham homestead March 1, 1861, a son of Asa and Lucina (Ransom) Dunham. The father is one of the well-known and highly respected citizens of Bedford; the mother is not living. There were six children in the family. Lloyd A. passed a quiet and uneventful youth on the farm. He attended the public schools at Hiram, and later took a course in the Spencerian Business College at Cleveland. Following this came several years of active business experience, first as shipping clerk in a general store, as hotel clerk, as proprietor of a grocery business in Cleveland, and as commercial traveler. He was in CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 427 the employ of C. H. McCormick, of Chicago, and for two years was with the McCormick Company. His wide experience and native ability enabled him to command a most profitable class of custom. In 1885 he retired from the commercial world, taking up his residence on his farm; the land is in an advanced state of cultivation and all the buildings are of the most substantial style. Mr. Dunham was married in Cleveland, February 22, 1884, to Susie D. Murray, who was born in Washington, District of Columbia, a daughter of Douglass and Mary (Ringwalt) Murray; the father is deceased, but the mother survives, a resident of Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Dunham are the parents of two children: Lucinia M. and Lloyd C. Mr. Dunham adheres to the principles of the Republican party, but is in active sympathy with the Farmers' Alliance. He is a man of much more than ordinary intelligence, frank of manner and genial in disposition, withal one of the most popular men of the township. CHARLES W. D. MILLER, a representative citizen of Berea, was born in Lima, Portage county, Ohio, November 25, 1842, where he passed his childhood days. When he was but two years old his parents died, and at ten years of age he came with his mother's sister to Strongsville, Ohio, and made his home with an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey, for twelve years, excepting about a year. Two years he attended Baldwin University. November 19, 1860, he married Miss Vienna Pomeroy, a native of Strongsville, and engaged in farming in that township for two years. For four years he was engaged in sawmilling in Indiana, which business he disposed of and engaged again in farming and dealing in stock. Afterward he exchanged his farm for a store and a half interest in a stock of hardware in Berea, and conducted that store for about twenty years,—until January, 1893. He has also been interested in other business. He has been a director of the Bank of Berea for many years, and is largely interested in the Cleveland & Berea Electric Railway, being president of the company. He has held several public offices. Was instrumental in establishing the Middleburg township poor-house. As to the brotherhoods, he is a member of Oriental Commandery of the Knights Templar of Cleveland. He has five children, namely: Dayton C., Harriet K., Alanson P., Harlan D. and Harry D. HENRY FROEHLICH, Postmaster and proprietor of a general store at South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, was born in Independence township, this county, March 10, 1848. Jacob Froehlich, his father, a native of Alsace, France, emigrated to this country in 1837 and located in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, he being eighteen years old at that time and without any means save what he earned with his own hands. Here he was variously employed, among other things working on the Ohio canal. For his work on this canal he received his pay in " wildcat money," and thus lost the most of his wages. However, he was enabled to save some of his earnings, and as soon as he was able returned to France and brought his parents back with him. He was married in Cuyahoga county to Sophia Dentzar, a native of Bavaria, Germany, who had come to this country with her parents when she was seventeen years old. They were married by Esquire Lockwood, one of the very first settlers in the county and a man who is still living. After their marriage they located in Independence township, where they reared their family and spent the rest of their lives. She died at the age of sixty-eight years, and he was seventy-one at the time of his death. They were the parents of four children, three sons and one daughter, all of whom are still living, Henry being the oldest. 428 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. When the war came on Henry Froehlich was a boy in his 'teens, but before its close and when not yet fifteen years old he enlisted as a musician in Company E, One Hundred and Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Afterward, however, he became a private, being the young- est soldier in the company, and continued in the service two years and ten months, until the war closed. Although he was in numerous battles and often in the thickest of the fight, he never received a scratch. A braver and truer soldier' than young Froehlich never faced the enemy's fire. He was honorably discharged at Charleston, South Carolina, after which lie returned to his home in Independence township, this county. In 1867 Mr. Froehlich went to Independence, Missouri, where be had a class in music,, and was also the leader of a band. He remained in Missouri two years. It was during that time that General Grant first ran for the presidency, and throughout the campaign Mr. Froehlich and his band played in various cities in Missouri. His war experience and his life in Missouri had given him a taste for excitement and adventure, and in 1868, in company with a number of others, all well equipped with teams and provisions, he started for the Indian Territory. They visited Fort Gibson, Fort Smith and Baxter Springs, and on this trip had no little trouble with the Indians, the trouble arising through white outlaws and squatters. Their return was attended with many narrow escapes. Upon his return to his home in Ohio in 1869, Mr. Froehlich, feeling the need of a better education, began attending school. The following year we find him in Cleveland M orking at the tinner's trade. In 1871 he engaged in the hardware business in South Brooklyn, in partnership with his brothers. Subsequently their business was consolidated with that of C. Huhn. In 1880 Mr. Froehlich disposed of his interest in this establishment, and, in company with M. Hoehn, engaged in the wholesale implement business on Michigan street in Cleveland. They did a successful business until July of the following year, when Mr. Hoehn was accidentally drowned, and after his death our subject continued business alone, removing it in 1882 from Cleveland to South Brooklyn. In 1889 he took in as a partner Mr. Thomas Whittlesey. This partnership, however, was terminated a short time after by Mr. Whittlesey's death, Mr. Froehlich buying the widow's interest and a short time afterward selling the establishment to Huhn & Koch. Then from 1889 until 1893 he was engaged in farming at the old homestead, and in 1893 he again engaged in the implement business, taking back the stock he had sold to Huhn & Koch. In the meantime he was appointed Postmaster of South Brooklyn, under Cleveland's first administration, and has since served as Postmaster in connection with his other business. For two years Mr. Froehlich has been a member of the Board of Education of South Brooklyn, serving as president of the board, and was elected a member of the Council of the village in the spring, election. Fraternally, he is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., K. of P. and Foresters. Mr. Froehlich was married in 1877 to Eliza Huhn, a native of South Brooklyn, and they have five children, three sons and two daughters, namely: Alma, Carl, George, Edwin and Elsa. Carl died February 15, 1894, at the age of fourteen years. CHARLES MURFETT, a farmer of Orange township, Cuyahoga county, was born in England, in September, 1833, a son of Edward and Sarah (Gilbert) Murfett, natives also of that country. After coming to this country the parents located in Orange, where the ',mother died at the age of seventy-three years, and the father lived to the age of 100 years, dying January 24, 1894. He was a Democrat in his political, views, and was a mem- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 429 ber of the Christian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Murfett had six children, viz.: Edward, Charles, Mary Ann, Mathews (deceased), Emiline Harder, Sarah Knapp and Carrie Abell. Charles, our subject, came to this country when four years of age, and received his education in the schools of Orange. He was successfully engaged at the butcher trade for twenty years. In 1863 he came to his present farm of 209 acres in Orange township, where he has a comfortable residence, three good barns, one 30 x 80 feet, and many other improvements. In his political views Mr. Murfett is identified with the Republican party. He was married at the age of thirty years, to Ellen Abell, a daughter of Alvin and Almina (Reynolds) Abell, and they had one daughter, Mina, wife Charles Burton and was a popular teacher before marriage. Mrs. Murfett died in 1868. February 22. 1871, Mr. Murfett was united in marriage with Clara Corlett, a native of Warrensville, Ohio, and a daughter of William and Jane Corlett, natives of the Isle of Man, and among the pioneer settlers of Warrensville, Ohio. The father died in 1870, and the mother in 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Corlett had eight children,—Ellen, William, John, Robert, Jane, Thomas (deceased), Clara and Sylvenus. Mr. and Mrs. Murfett have seven children, viz.: Ada M., Charley C., (a graduate of the high school), Mable Belle, Alice Dora, Olive Clara, Edith Edna and John J. B. L. MARBLE is a member of the Marble & Shattuck Chair Company, and is recognized as one of the most progressive business men of Bedford. This company was organized in 1885 and the following year was reorganized as a stock company, when the firm of Klinger & Dodge of Akron was merged into the corporation. The entire plant belonging to this firm was destroyed by fire March 17, 1886; and although it was a severe blow to the business the buildings were replaced with characteristic energy, and operations were resumed the next July. As the plant now stands it consists of a brick engine-house, a factory, 40 x 154, three stories high, a finishing and ware room 40 x 160, two stories high, and an upholstery room, 24 x 100, two stories high. Ninety men are employed in this establishment, and a business of $140,000 per annum is transacted, the patronage being drawn from every quarter of the United States. In 1887 F. D. Hills purchased the stock owned by Mr. Dodge, and in 1890 S. S. McMillin became the owner of the stock formerly controlled by Mr. Shattuck. Mr. Marble is a native of the town which is the scene of his business successes. He was horn February 6, 1851, a son of Levi Marble. The father was born in the State of New York at Marbletown, in 1820, and at the age of twelve years came to Ohio with his father, Thomas Marble. He was married to Mary A. Richardson, a native of Vermont, and of this union four children were born: C. B., F. D., B. L., and one deceased. Levi Marble was engaged in business at Bedford for a number of years. He died at the age of seventy years. Politically he was identified with the Republican party; he was a member of the I. 0. 0. F. and at one time served the people of his township as Treasurer. 13. L. Marble was a youth of fourteen years when he began his career in the commercial world. For two years he was in the employ of the Purdy Chair Company, and was afterward with the B. J. Wheelock Chair Company. Going to Alliance, Ohio, he superintended the erection of a chair factory for the firm of Beeson & Hartzell, and had charge of the business one year. At the end of this time he returned to the B. J. Wheelock Company, but later went to Toledo, where he remained one year. He then came to Bedford in the employ of the Taylor Chair Company, and was foreman of this establishment until 1885, when he embarked in business for himself. Our worthy subject was united in marriage at the age of twenty-three years to Mary E. 430 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Matthews, a daughter of Joseph and Martha (White) Matthews. Mr. Matthews is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Marble are the parents of three children: Bessie L., and Linn Levi and Lloyd Joseph, twins. The family occupy a handsome residence where they are surrounded with all the comforts of this century of improvements and inventions. Mr. Marble is a Republican, and has served as a member of the City Council two years. He belongs to the Masonic order, having a membership in Bedford Lodge, No. 375 A. F. and A. M., Summit Chapter, No. 74, R. A. M., and Holyrood Commandry, No. 32, K. T. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias.D.   D. A. KEISTER, expert accountant, 405 Cuyahoga building, Cleveland, has been a resident of this city since the first of the year 1888, coming from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He is a native of New Haven, Gallatin county, Illinois, born July 22, 1863, son of Daniel B. and Anna E. (Hunter) Keister, who moved to this city in 1893. Both the Keister and Hunter families were among the oldest settlers of Western Pennsylvania, five generations ago. Temperance and longevity, as well as patriotism, have been prominent characteristics of the ancestry, several of whom were faithful soldiers in the Revolutionary war, the war of 1812, and the war of the great rebellion. They have been public-spirited in both church and State. During the late war Mr. Daniel B. Keister took an active part, not only using his voice upon the stump, but also aiding greatly in actual hard work.' He organized the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Indiana Cavalry, took it to the front as Captain, and served in the field for a year, when he resigned and received an honorable discharge. For a number of years he was engaged in the music business, but is now living a retired life. The subject of this sketch, the third of five children in the above family, was reared from his sixth year in Pennsylvania, on the old homestead near Pittsburg, and completed his -education at an Eastern college. At the age of fifteen he became bookkeeper at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and ever since then the science and art of keeping accounts has been his specialty. He has held many positions in the employ of prominent firms in Pittsburg, Mount Pleasant and Uniontown, Pennsylvania, New York city and Cleveland. At times he has done considerable special work, to which he now gives his entire attention. He is a true expert accountant and bookkeeper, and has proven himself an honorable and trustworthy man. In company with others, during the early part of last year, 1893, he organized the Cleveland Dress-Facing and Manufacturing Company, of which he was elected secretary and general manager, but September 23, following, a destructive fire consumed their entire business outfit, and since that time Mr. Keister has devoted his entire time to his profession, in which he so easily excels. He is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of Forest City. Lodge, No. 388. He was married in Pennsylvania, September 8, 1886, to Miss Fannie B. Britt, and they have two children,—Frank S. and Annie. Mr. and Mrs. Keister are members of the Presbyterian Church, and worship at the old stone church on the public square. The family residence is in the East End. J. A. FITZWATER, a representative citizen of Brecksville township, is a native of the same township, born July 12, 1838. For his ancestry see the sketch of Ira Fitzwater in this work. He was educated in the schools of his time and remained upon the farm until after his father's death. February 22, 1860, he married Miss Hannah C. Pratt, who was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, in 1840, a daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Eldridge) Pratt, who came to the village of Independence and kept hotel there. After marriage Mr. Fitz- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 431 water resided upon the old farm until 1873, when he and father and mother, his family and his brother William emigrated to White county, Tennessee, locating on land which they had purchased there. During their residence in that State of two years Mr. Fitzwater traveled over the distance between that point and Brecksville three times with team, being respectively twenty-three, twenty-six and twenty-four days on the journey. Their locality in Tennessee was an abandoned section and required a great amount of work to prepare it for cultivation. Mr. Fitzwater returned to his native Brecksville until 1891, when, for the sake of his wife's health he removed to the center, purchasing property where he now resides, enjoying a partially retired life. He owns 185 acres of excellent land, the greater part of which he has accumulated by his own hard work and economical management. His life therefore has been a successful one. Having some practical knowledge of carpentering, he occasionally does a little of his own work. In his views of national questions he is in sympathy with the Republican party. Was a member of Company B, One Hundred and Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. During the latter part of his career on the farm he was also engaged in the dairy business to some extent. His children are: Myron E., a farmer of this township; Lewie E., at home; •and Lilly J., who died at the age of eight years. ORFILA STEARNS, a farmer of Olmstead township, was born in this township, in 1840, a son of Elijah and Wealthy (Usher) Stearns; his father was a native of Vermont and his mother of New York. His father came to Olmstead township at the age of sixteen years, was married in Cuyahoga county, and remained a resident here until his death, in June, 1891, when he was eighty-five years of age. Our subject's mother died in 1851. In their family were eleven children, of whom seven are now living, namely: Asher, who resides in Olmstead township; Orfila, whose name heads this sketch; Elijah, Jr., who also is a resident of this township; Cassius, a resident of Olmstead township; Ferdinand, a resident of the same township; Orphelia, twin sister of the subject, is now the wife of George Stevens, of Ashtabula, who lived until recently in Olmstead; and Wealthy, wife of Thomas Hall, also a resident of Olmstead. A half-brother, named Myron Stearns, resides in Eaton township. Mr. Orfila Stearns, our subject, was brought up in Olmstead township. In September, 1862, he enlisted in the Fifteenth Ohio Independent Battery for three years or during the war, and, being in the Western army, participated in the siege of Vicksburg. Being afterward transferred to the Invalid Corps, he was stationed at Rock Island, Davenport and Milwaukee, and was also in the Provost Marshal's office at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He was discharged at Milwaukee, June 28, 1864, and returned to Olmstead township, Cuyahoga county. He settled upon his present farm in 1874, where he owns thirty-seven and a half acres of good land, and has prospered in agricultural pursuits. A good natural-gas well is on his place. In 1874 he married Miss Isabella Fitch, a native of Olmstead township and a daughter of Hudson and Abigail (Wilson) Fitch, natives of Connecticut, who came to Olmstead in an early day and now reside in Nebraska. Our subject and wife have two children,—Bertha and Gertrude. Mr. Stearns is a member of Olmstead Post, G. A. R., No. 634, and in his political views is a Republican. JOHN W. SYLVESTER, a young man in the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan J Southern Railroad Company, has risen rapidly to his present position as a result of faithful service. He was born at Port Clinton, 432 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Ottawa county, Ohio, December 13, 1854, received his school education in his native village, and spent two years in the course at Baldwin University, at Berea, this State. After teaching public school one winter, rather as a kind of -experiment, he ascertained thereby that the pedagogical profession would not be as pleasant to him as some other callings. He decided to try the more exciting business of railroading, which he commenced as baggageman at Port Clinton station. Two years later he began as a brakeman on a work train, and in time was made foreman of a gang, and at length conductor. -In this capacity he served five years, on the Norwalk division. Next he served for five years as through freight conductor, or until 18'39, when he entered the passenger service, in which he is still making a good record. He is a member of the 0. of R. C., for which he was a delegate to their national convention in 1892. He is also a Master Mason. The subject of this brief notice is a on of J. W. Sylvester, Sr., who was a prominent pioneer citizen of Port Clinton, and was born in New Jersey, in 1810. Being ambitious to take in more of the world 'than he could in the old plodding States of the East, he came in early youth to this State. He taught school, became Treasurer of Ottawa county, Postmaster of Port Clinton by appointment under President William H. Harrison's administration, and was Collector at the port of Port Clinton during the administrations of Presidents Grant and Hayes. When he first came to Ohio he was the main support of his widowed mother with fourteen children. Being a natural mechanic he began taking contracts for the construction of bridges, one of which was the old Ell bridge at Zanesville, which he, in company with his brother, Benjamin, built more than sixty years ago; that bridge is still in use. Previous to the war he was engaged in the boot and shoe business in Port Clinton, and since 1868 his attention has been devoted to the insurance business. He married Eliza Correll, a native of Pennsylvania, and is now aged sixty-five years. Of their six children only two are now living, namely: Miss Hattie, at Port. Clinton; and J. W., whose name heads this sketch., The latter was married in Port Clinton, May 30, 1876, to Miss Lucy A. Gates, a daughter of Henry Gates, who married Eunice Cornwall and had five children. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester, of this sketch, are the parents of William R., El-flora and Wallen J. DAVID S. GILMORE, Postmaster of Wilson's Mills, Ohio, is a veteran of the Civil war and is a man well known and highly respected in the community in which he lives. Of Mr. Gilmore's life we make record as follows: David S. Gilmore was born in Chester township, Geauga county, Ohio, July 19, 1839. The Gilmores are of Scotch descent. Ashbel Gilmore, the grandfather of David S., was born in Massachusetts, and was one of the earliest settlers of Chester township. His son, Silas Gilmore, the father of our subject, was born in Chester township. 4 sister of Silas was the first white child born in Geauga, county. The mother of David S. Gilmore was before her marriage Miss Lois Nichols. She was a native of Vermont and of English descent. About the time she was grown she came with her parents to Ohio, and in Chester township, Geauga county, she met and married Silas Gilmore. After their marriage they settled on the farm, in that township, on which they still reside. They are the parents of seven children, three sons and four daughters, David S. being the oldest child. He was reared on his father's farm, and attended the district school and also for a time was a student at Chester. Soon after the war he came to Cuyahoga county and entered into a partnership with General Willson, his father-in-law. They carried on the milling business together for one year. Subsequently Mr. Gilmore was in partnership for some time with Myron Willson. Ever since he came here CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 433 he has occupied a prominent place among his fellow citizens, filling various positions of trust and importance. He has served as Township Trustee, was for many years a School Director, and for the past twenty 'years has been Postmaster. He owns 100 acres of land in this vicinity. When the Civil war came on Mr. Gilmore was among the first to join the Union ranks. He enlisted July 10, 1861, in the Seventh Regiment Brass Band, and as a musician performed faithful service until May 9, 1862, when he was discharged on account of disability. The following year he re-enlisted, this time in the Third Brigade, Third Division and Twenty-third Army Corps; but on account of some mistake in the papers that were made out he was discharged.. Again he enlisted, this time under General Jack Casment, in the same corps, in which he served until the close of the war. His whole service was as a musician. He was discharged at Greensborough, North Carolina, was mustered out at the same place, and from there returned home. He is now a member of Sam Allen Post, G. A. R., of Kirtland, Ohio. Mr. Gilmore was married January 29, 1867, to Mary. C. Willson, daughter of General F. and Eliza (Henderson) Willson. She was born and reared at Wilson's Mills. They have two sons: George S., a conductor on the Cleveland street car line; and Charles W., at home.F. F. B. MANY, one of Cleveland's young, prosperous and influential business men, was born March 15, 1860, in this city, graduated at the high school here and entered the service of the Valley Railway Company, where he had charge of the purchasing and ticket departments for five years. In 1881 he interested himself in the oil business, as a member of the Harrison & Many Lighting Company, in which trade he is still interested. In 1886 this firm took the contract for lighting the suburbs of Cleveland. He is also interested in the following enterprises in the official relation named: President of the Cleveland Vitrified. Pressed Brick Company; president of the Atwater General Electric Company; director in' the Caravel Gold and Silver Mining Company; member of the firms of Harrison & Many and Harris & Many Lighting Company, as already mentioned; interested in the G. C. Kuhlman Cal Company; and dealer in paving brick, operating alone. As to fraternal relations Mr. Many is a member of Pearl Lodge, Uniformed Rank, K. of P.; of Prieu Chevalier Division, No 3, National Union; Ottawa Shooting Club on the Sandusky river, as Secretary of the Locust Point Shooting Club; the Cleveland Yacht Club; and the Cleveland Athletic Club. As to politics he is a Republican. John J. Many, father of F. B., was born in New York city, in. 1819, graduated at Mt. Holyoke (Massachusetts) College, and came to Cleveland in 1850, for the purpose of accepting' the auditorship of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad, and held that position for twenty-four years. Failing health caused him to resign, in 1876, and he died in 1876. The grandfather of our subject was James Many, and great-grandfather was Count Francis de Mona (origin of name), who was a native of France. He was one of the original Huguenots who emigrated to America. Be stood guard at Gouverneur's island in the war of 1812, furnishing his own provisions, but was afterward reimbursed by the Government. Be owned Blackwell's island and other estates, which now constitute the town of. Haverstraw, New York: the family permitted it to revert to the Government. Mr. Many's mother's name before marriage was Jane L. Brady. Her father, Philip Brady, was the son of Sir James T. Brady, of Ireland, whose coat of arms was the memorial sign to the name Brady, formerly " The barons of Loch Tee: Three empty purses and spend your money free." 434 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Mrs. John J. Many's paternal grandparents, Sir John and Lady Cordelia Johnstone, were natives of Scotland; and her maternal grandparents, George and Susana Little, owned three estates in Ireland, one of which was that of Ballagarrive Mr. Many, our subject, was married July 20, 1886, to Miss Ilda M., daughter of Henry and Frances (Perew) Dresden, of Cleveland and of American and French ancestry, and Mr. and Mrs. Many have one child, who is named Frank. M. J. HERBERT, an active business man of Cleveland, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, August 25, 1861, of Irish parentage. His father, Martin J. Herbert, born in county Clare, in 1827, emigrated to the United States in 1850, married in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Bridget O'Connell, moved some years later to St. Louis, Missouri, and was injured fatally while employed on the river there. Mrs. Herbert returned to Pennsylvania and there married Timothy O'Brien. M. J. Herbert, the youngest of his father's four children, secured a very scant education, and before his ninth year he became water carrier in Libby's Glass-house, in Pittsburg. His next employers were Oliver & Brothers & Phillips. For them he worked two weeks, receiving $1.50 at first and later $4 a week. Three years afterward he entered their rolling mills, at 90 cents a day, and remained three years, when he came to Cleveland. He was employed by the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company as heater and catcher till 1887, at which time he was forced into a strike and virtually became its leader, in consequence of which he incurred the displeasure of the superintendent, and to prevent the precipitation of another strike resulting from his discharge, he resigned. Since then Mr. Herbert has given his attention to accident insurance, first with the Equitable and for the past four years with the Standard. Mr. Herbert, became known to politics in 1887, when he was made the Democratic candidate for Alderman from the Second district. He was nominated without his knowledge and consent for the Legislature in 1887. In 1890 he was elected to the Council from the Twenty-sixth ward, but was legislated out of office. After having served one year he was again elected, under the Federal plan, for the term expiring in 1894. He was the minority candidate for President of the Council at its reorganization, 1893, and in consequence is chairman of the committee on Public Offices and Officers. In this position he rendered conspicuous service in securing the confirmation of the new cabinet and the approval of the Mayor's bond. Mr. Herbert is serving on the committees on Fire and on Printing. August 12, 1887, Mr. Herbert married Margaret Flaherty, a lady of Canadian birth. Their children are Margaret, Lawrence and Martin. Mr. Herbert is President of Branch No. 40, C. M. B. A., and Secretary of Division No. 3., A. 0. H. SAMUEL WALLACE, deceased, formerly of Brecksville township, was born in 1806, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and came to Brecksville in 1816 or 1817, and of course was brought up as a pioneer: was employed for a time on the construction of the Ohio canal, and saved some money, which he invested in a boat, that he ran for a time on that water-way. In the fall of 1838 he married Miss Emily Moses, who was born October 30, 1819, in the township of Victor, Ontario county, New York, a daughter of William and Phoebe (Minor) Moses, who emigrated to Independence in 1837, by way of the Erie canal, Lake Erie and the Ohio canal. Mr. Moses was a farmer by vocation. After marriage Mr. Wallace, our subject, located on River Road, in Brecksville township, where he owned a farm. He also owned the canal-boat Florida, which he ran that season, CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 435 and spent the winters on the farm. About 1844 he abandoned boating and resorted to farming along the river road, where he owned 160 acres, and lived there till his death, from consumption, in October, 1850, and was buried in Center cemetery. In politics he was a Whig, and in religion a Congregationalist. Was a thorough business man. By his death he left a widow and five children, in very comfortable circumstances. After his death Mrs. Wallace took charge of affairs and continued to reside on the old place till 1884, when she removed to her present farm. At that time it consisted of 150 acres: now there are 175 acres. Her capacity as a business woman has been tested, and she has proven entirely capable. She now owns altogether 330 acres of land, which she manages in a successful manner. But she has had a great deal of trouble in the loss of children, etc. One of the children lay fourteen months practically helpless. She is every way worthy of the beautiful home she occupies, and of the high esteem in which she is regarded by all who know her. She is a member of the Congregational Church. Her children have been: Mary, who died at the age of eighteen years; Susanna, now Mrs. Ed McCreery, of this township; William, who died aged thirty years; Eleanora, who died at the age of nineteen years; and Samuel W., deceased when thirty years old. WILLIAM KEHRES, a merchant and the Postmaster of Warrensville, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, July 13, 1855, a son of John and Minnie Kehres, natives of Germany. In 1847 the father located in Cleveland, where he was afterward married, and both still reside in that city. They were the parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters. William, the eldest child of the family, received a good education in the public schools, and afterward learned the cigarmaker's trade. In 1887 he located at Warrensville, Cuyahoga county, where he has since been engaged in the mercantile business, now occupying -a store room 20 x 46 feet. Through the efforts of Mr. Kehres the post office was established in this city, after having been discontinued four years, and in February, 1890, he accepted the position of Postmaster. In 1892 he was elected Clerk of Warrensville township, by the Republican party. At the age of twenty-four years, Mr. Kehres was united in marriage with Minnie, a daughter of John Lexzo. They have five children,—Arthur, Lizzie, Alma, Roland and Helen. In his social relations, Mr. Kehres is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, of Ohio. WILLIAM O. GORDON, one of the most enterprising and progressive citizens of Bedford, was born in the town which is still his home March 9, 1851. his parents were James and Elizabeth Gordon, na tives of Scotland; they emigrated to the United States, and passed their last days at Bedford. William O. is the fifth of a family of four sons and two daughters. He received his education in the common schools of his birth-place, and at. the age of ten years began his career in the commercial world. Having inherited many admirable traits from his Scotch ancestors he gave early evidence of the reliability and steadfastness that have marked all the years of his life. He was first employed by the old Wheelock Chair Company and there gained a thorough knowledge of all the details of this business. In 1873 Mr. Gordon went to Anderson, Indiana, where he was employed in a chair factory owned by Wheelock & Company. Later he entered the employ of the Taylor Chair Company and for thirteen years was associated with this corporation. The connection was severed in 1890, when the Bedford Chair Company was organized with our worthy subject as superintendent. A wiser choice could not have been made, as he is a skilled mechanic as well as a man of wide commercial experience, 28 436 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Mr. Gordon was married June 16, 1872, to Miss Hattie Robinson, who was born at Newburgh, Ohio, a daughter of Cornelius Robinson, and granddaughter of James Robinson, one of the well-known pioneers of her native place. Mrs. Gordon's mother was a Miss Caruthers, a native of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon are the parents of a family of six children: Ellen, wife of Lester Kingore, is the mother of one son, Kenneth; Kit B., William A., Sada, Frank, and Bert, who died at the age of ten months. The mother and two older daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The family occupy an attractive residence on Brown's Lane, where they are surrounded with all the comforts of this advanced civilization. Politically Mr. Gordon supports the principles of the Prohibition party; he has been for many years an ardent worker in the ranks of temperance reformers, and was a member of the Sons of Temperance and the Temple of Honor. He belongs to Bedford Lodge, No. 375, A. F. & A. M. As a member of the City Council he was a faithful guardian of the best interests of Bedford and did much to promote her welfare. JOHN G. SPEAR, a prominent farmer of Warrensville township, Cuyahoga county, is a native of that township, born November 28, 1852. His father, John Spear, a native of England, emigrated to the United States in 1845, locating in Cuyahoga county, a poor man. He was married in England, to Miss Ann Fry, also a native of that country, who died in Warrensville township,. this county, April 12, 1866, at the age of fifty-five years. He is stilt living, now aged eighty-two years. They had three children: Ann, wife of J. S. Stoneman; Elizabeth, who married Jacob Stoneman; and John G. The last mentioned was reared in his township, receiving a common-school education, at Chagrin Falls. He was married April 19, 1876, to Miss Jennie Brew, also a native of Warrensville township, and they have one son, by name George A. Mr. Spear has one of the finest farms in the township, comprising eighty acres and well improved. He also has a farm of seventy-two acres in Orange township. His farming operations embrace general agriculture, in which he has been very successful, being now able to lend considerable money of his own. For his residence he has a modern frame house, and for farm houses he has an excellent barn and other outbuildings. In his political principles Mr. Spear is a Republican, and as to religion he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. CHARLES BAYER, who is engaged in general farming in Brooklyn. township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, dates his birth in Darmstadt, Germany, June 19, 1839. John Bayer, his father, also a native of Germany, was born in 1808, and in 1849 emigrated to this country, coming direct to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and first settling in Parma township. In that township he remained until 1867, when he removed to the farm on which his son Charles now lives. His wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Steller, came with him to this country, and her death occurred October 25, 1868, the year after his removal to this farm. His death occurred July 13, 1880. They had four children, Charles being the only surviving member of the family. Charles Bayer was ten years old when he came with his parents to Cuyahoga county. He had attended school in the old country for four years, and after they came here he went to the Parma township schools for some time. After his father's death he came into possession of the old homestead, which comprises seventy acres of choice land. His whole life has been devoted to general farming and stock raising, and in this occupation he has been very successful. In CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 437 1881 he erected a fine brick house, at a cost of $4,000, it being supplied with all the modern improvements and conveniences. Mr. Bayer was married May 12, 1867, to Anna Reimer, a native of Germany. She was born July 21, 1847, and came to this country when she was seventeen years old. They have six children, four daughters and two sons: Anna L., Metta K., Emma M., William 0., Edward II. and Alma W. They lost five children in infancy. Mr. Bayer is a member of the Evangelical Church. THEODORE M. WARNER, accountant for the Society for Savings, is a son of the late Wareham J. Warner, a prominent man in the history of Cleveland. He was born in this city, February 10, 1844, given an education in the city schools, and at fifteen began work for Huntington & Brooks, queensware merchants on Water street. On leaving this firm he entered the Government service, as purser in the Quartermaster's Department, on the steamer Mustang, plying the Rio Grande river to furnish supplies, etc., to the Federal troops in that desert country. In 1864 Mr. Warner quit this service, after being out a year, returned to Cleveland and entered the service of George Sprague & Company, wholesale grocers on Merwin street, and remained with them five years. Next he was employed by the Worswick Manufacturing Company, and had charge of their office until 1877. That year he accepted a position with the Society for Savings, as bookkeeper. In 1883 he was promoted to the position of accountant, which he now holds. In politics Mr. Warner is a radical Republican, made more zealously so by the panic of 1893. He never fails to give loyal and hearty support to the nominees of his party, and does much good work in a quiet way. In 1876 he was elected to the City Council, which body was dubbed the "Centennial Council," He represented the First ward, and was three times re-elected, which fact alone speaks volumes as to the value of his services. He was chairman of the committee on Fire and Water, and in consequence was ex officio a member of the Fire Board. He retired in 1884, voluntarily, with a consciousness of hiving performed his duty as he saw it, and having repeatedly received the plaudits and public approval of his constituents. He is a member of To Kalon Council, No. 524, Royal Arcanum; Washington Lodge, No. 10, K. of P., and of Cuyahoga Council, No. 523, National Union. January 1, 1868, is the date of Mr. Warner's marriage, in Cleveland, to Miss Mice C. Kennedy, of Jackson, Michigan, a daughter of Thompson Kennedy, and lives in a fine residence at No. 258 Bolton avenue. HIRAM DAY, one of the oldest living settlers of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is the second son and fourth-born of a family of eight children. His parents were Benjamin and Nancy (Andrews) Day. The father was a native of New Jersey, but removed from that State to Washington county, Penn- sylvania, in 1811. In 1812, on the day of the battle of Put-in-Bay, September 10, he arrived in Cleveland, Ohio, and was greeted with the roar of the cannon not far distant. He and other settlers there had everything in readiness to " beat a hasty retreat" in case the Americans lost the day, William Hale and A. Crosby were among the number who were there on that eventful day. He purchased 333 acres of land, all of which was heavily timbered, and undertook the arduous task of reducing it to a state of cultivation. The bear, wolf and deer roved through the forest at will, and many Indians dwelt in the neighborhood. Here in these wild surroundings their children were reared and educated, with the exception of Phoebe, deceased, who remained in Pennsylvania with her 438 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. grandmother; she married James Hannah; Robert grew to manhood upon his father's farm, but chose the profession of medicine as his vocation; he became one of the prominent physicians of this State, and died at an advanced age; Hiram is the subject of this notice; Lavinia, deceased, was the wife of Abner Crosby; Catherine, deceased, was the wife of Hiram Mcllrath; Margaret, deceased, Delilah, who married S. McFarlin, of Cleveland; sand Florus, who died at the age of seven or eight years. The father died at the venerable age of ninety-four years, the mother having passed away some years earlier. Hiram Day was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1809, and was an infant of two years when his parents removed to Ohio. He assisted his father in the labors of the farm, and acquired his education in the primitive log schoolhouse of the frontier. He remained under the parental roof until lie had attained his majority, and during the seventeen years that followed he devoted his energies to placing the homestead under cultivation and clearing it of debt. He was married November 10, 1837, to Mrs. Catherine Bishop, who was born in East Cleveland. Two children were born of this union: George W., who died at the age of two years, and Joseph A., whose history is given elsewhere in this volume. Mrs. Day (lied with- in six years after her marriage. Mr. Day was married a second time, this union being with Deborah Albee, of East Cleveland. They are the parents of two children: Martha Adelaide, deceased, and Mercy, wife of Olney Crozier, who resides upon the homestead. Mrs. Day departed this life in August, 1882. After his first marriage Mr. Day settled upon 100 acres of land in the heart of the forest, and a second time performed the heavy labor necessary to render the land productive. In early days he gained a wide reputation as a chopper, and was equally famed for the number of rails he had split. He is now eighty-five years of age and retains his mental and physical vigor to a re markable degree. By unremitting toil he accumulated a competence which has, made his old age one of peace and comfort. For more than half a century he has been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. In the time of the Whig party he gave his support to that organization, but when its usefulness had passed into history he gave equal allegiance to the Republican party.H. H. E. GRESHAM, a representative young 1 business man of Cleveland, since 1888 has been manager of the interests of Mr. J. H. Wade, in the absence of that gentleman. He is a native of Sheffield, England, born in December, 1865, a son of Samuel S. and Emily (Hooton) Gresham, who are now residents of Cleveland, locating here in 1890, after spending two years in Canada. Mr. Gresham was reared in his native country and educated in the commercial schools of Sheffield. Learning the cutlery trade, in the works of Wheatley Brothers, he was made, within four years after he was employed there and before he was twenty-one years of age, manager of the pocket-knife department of the institution. Also, prior to his majority, he was Sergeant of the First Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment, in which he served three years, being promoted each year. His motto is to excel in all that he undertakes. In 1886 he came to America, locating first in Philadelphia, where he spent some seven months, entering the insurance business while there; then, after making a short sojourn at West Point, he came to Toledo, where he followed the insurance business a few months, and next went to Chicago, and was engaged by John Hunter for a short time in contracting, and finally came to this city and associated himself with Mr. Wade as his private secretary, which relation he now holds. Mr. Gresham is a gentleman of good, sound business ability, faithful and reliable. He is a CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 439 member of the Lake View Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., and vice president of the Keating Wheel Club. August 4, 1890, at St. John's Church, by Rev. F. M. Hall, he was married to Miss Alice Linley, daughter of Councillor Percy Linley, of Sheffield, England'. Mr. and Mrs. Gresham are the parents of one child, named Harry. They are members of St. Mark's Church, Protestant Episcopal, of this city, and in his political views Mr. Gresham is a Republican. CHARLES H. DUNBAR, a retired farmer of Brecksville township, was born March 31, 1817, in Brimfield, Hampden county, Massachusetts. His father, Captain John Dunbar, was born in Worcester, that State, and married Miss Lucy B. Bliss, a native of Hampden county, and had the following children: Charles H. (our subject), Thersa, Lucretia, Rebecca, John, Lucy, William, and Thomas. In the fall of 1g31 Captain Dunbar came to Brecksville township, this county, in a one-horse wagon, and bought a tract of eighty acres in the western part of the township, at $3 an acre. He also purchased seven fine horses, which he took back to the east, driving them by riding horseback, and sold them in Boston for a high price. May 21, 1832, his parents and their eight children hired a four-horse team and a two-horse team and started West, laying in a supply of goods at Albany and coming by way of the canal to Buffalo and the steamer Henry Clay to Cleveland, arriving in Cuyahoga county June 4. They found that the house and improvements on their place had been removed during the owner's absence in the East, and they temporarily occupied a log house at some distance from their work. After their arrival here the following children were born: George, Frank and Homer. Thersa died unmarried, at the age of twenty-two years; Lucretia is now the widow of Francis Adams, of Chicago, Illinois; Rebecca is the widow of William Wheeler, of Chicago; John is a retired hotel-man of Beloit, Wisconsin; Lucy is now Mrs. Burr Van Noate, of Brecksville township; William is a fruit-raiser in California; Thomas is a farmer at Gallatin, Montana; George is a resident of South Cleveland; Frank, of Gallatin, Montana; and Homer is a retired hotel-keeper of St. Joseph, Missouri. Their father died at the age of eighty-four years, and his wife at eighty-nine years of age, and they are buried in Center Cemetery. During his later years Captain Dunbar lived a retired life in Beloit, Wisconsin, but died at Brecksville Center. He was a successful man of business, having obtained the possession of 200 acres of good land. In polities he was a decided Whig and Republican, and anti-slavery. He never sought political office, but he held offices in the Congregational Church, of which Mrs. Dunbar was also a member. Mr. Charles H. Dunbar, whose name introduces this sketch, was sixteen years of age when he came to Ohio; and, being the eldest of the children, in frontier life, he had fewer advantages of school education. He took his sisters in a two-horse wagon to Oberlin, to attend school there. He remained upon the farm, working industriously in clearing, etc., until he was twenty-one years of age. September 17, 1839, he married Miss Harriet W. Storrs, who was born July 17, 1820, in Westport, Essex county, New York, a daughter of Elijah and Julia (Holcomb) Storrs, who came to Ohio in 1831, locating in Summit county. She attended school at Hudson, Ohio, and afterward taught school, at one time for a dollar a week, when a calico dress cost $3. After marriage Mr. Dunbar located first on rented land in Brecksville township, and then purchased fifty-six acres of land, going in debt for it. He followed agriculture there for sixteen years, and then moved upon his present farm, which in area was an addition to the tract of over 200 acres he already had. Since his location here he has been engaged in buying live stock, wool, etc., traveling throughout the Western States 440 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. and Canada. He and Mrs. Dunbar spent the winter of 1882—'83 in Florida. He is now practically retired from business, which is in charge of his son Charles F. They have rented property in Cleveland and have interests elsewhere. Mr. Dunbar has been a successful man in life, and his efficient wife has done her share toward his success. He is a man of strong constitution, determined disposition and of business-like habits, capable of filling many responsible positions. He was originally a Whig, and is now a Republican. Both he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, of which he was formerly Trustee, and Deacon for a number of years, but resigned on account of failure in the faculty of hearing. He is a great friend of the common-school system. His only child, Charles F., born May 30, 1841, if, living with him. W. H. PARK, auditor of the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railway Company, is a native of Ohio and of Scotch ancestry. His father, Robert Park, born at Carlton Hills, Scotland, emigrated to the United States in 1819, and made a temporary residence in Ithaca, New York, where he followed his trade, cabinet-making and carpentering, for about a decade, when he renewed his westward journey and settled in North Fairfield, Huron county, in 1830. The last years of his life were spent on a farm, and he died in 1855, at the age of fifty-three years. He was married at Ithaca, to Miss Margaret Lockhart, and they had the following named children: Mrs. Morfoot, wife of B. F. Morfoot, of Elyria, Ohio; Miss Eva Park; Mrs. D. P. Myers, of Hillsdale, Michigan; W. H. Park; Mrs. C. M. Casey, of Indianapolis, Indiana; and C. E. Park, also of Indianapolis. Mr. W. H. Park, whose name introduces this sketch, was educated primarily in the district schools. To prepare for his business career he completed a course in the well-known Poughkeepsie (New York) Business College, graduating May 2, 1865. He returned to the farm and remained until May, 1868, when he was employed by the “Big 4" at Greenwich station as a man of all work. In January, 1873, he came to the Lake Shore & Tuscarawas Valley Railway Company, now the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling, as agent at Canal Dover, where he remained until 1876. He was then transferred to Elyria, in the same capacity, and served there until July, 1877, when he was promoted to the positions of paymaster and traveling auditor. After filling those positions until. January 1, 1881, he was elected auditor for the company. He is a member of the Association of Railway Accountants. Joining the Masonic order in 1878, he now affiliates with the Cleveland City Lodge, Cleveland Chapter, Holy Rood Commandery and Lake Erie, Consistory. August 26, 1875, at Canal Dover, he married Miss Fannie, a daughter Of Hon. Edmund Burnett, whose original home was in Connecticut; and the children of Mr. and Mrs. Park are Robert, aged seventeen; and Ralph, aged fourteen. ALEXANDER HADDEN, son of the late Alexander Hadden, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was born in that city, July 2, 1850. When he was nine years of age his father's death occurred, and about that time his mother and the family removed to Euclid township, this county. His mother now makes her home with him. In Euclid township Mr. Hadden spent his youth, at work on a farm and in attending district schools. He also attended the high school at Collamer, and then went to Oberlin College, at which institution he graduated in 1873. In the same year he began reading law in Cleveland under the instructions of Spaulding & Dickman, the latter now being a judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio. In October, 1875, Mr. Hadden was admitted to the bar, and at oncp began the practice of law. In February, 1882, he was appointed Assistant CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 441 County Prosecuting Attorney, by Honorable C. M. Stone. In this capacity he served with credit and ability until 1885, in January of which year he became Prosecuting Attorney for the county, having been elected to the office in the preceding fall. In the fall of 1887 Mr. Haddon was re-elected to that office, in which he served a second term, which ended January 1, 1891. He then opened an office in connection with Mr. Sheldon Parks, and he has since remained in the general practice of his profession. He tried many important cases in court while Prosecuting Attorney, among which was the case of the State of Ohio vs. Otto Leuth, in which Leuth was indicted for the murder of Maggie Thompson, a child under seven years of age, in which case Leuth was convicted of murder in the first degree, and for which crime he was hanged. July 17, 1883, Mr. Hadden married Miss Frank Hawthorne, and they have two children, a daughter and son. DAVID BRATTON, a prosperous farmer of Brecksville township, was born December 6, 1818, in Stamford township, Bennington county, Vermont. His father, Robert Bratton, also a native of the Green Mountain State, was a farmer in humble circumstances, and married Mrs. Huldah (Knowlton) Butler, a widow, born in Massachusetts near the Vermont line. In 1827 Robert Bratton moved his family from Stamford to Shaftsbury across the mountain, the journey being an impressive one on the mind of young David. Disposing of his small farm of twenty-five acres, Mr. Bratton and his wife and seven children (the oldest not yet thirteen years of age) moved to Ohio, by way of the Erie canal and lake to Cleveland, and thence by a hired conveyance to Brecksville, the journey from Cleveland out requiring the time from sunrise to sunset. Here they arrived, with but $5 in money, and none of the children old enough to help to a considerable extent. Finding a temporary home in the southern part of the township, Mr. Bratton cultivated a farm the first Sear on shares. After living there one winter be moved further north. Later he purchased twenty-five acres of land southeast of where his son David now lives. In later years the parents and one son, Robert, and two daughters moved to Ashtabula township, Ashtabula county, where they continued to reside until their (the parents') death,—Mr. Bratton dying July 28, 1872, and his wife August 22, 1879, and they are buried in that vicinity. Their children are: David, the subject of this sketch; Lydia, who died unmarried; Sallie and Robert, who reside in Ashtabula county; Timothy, who (lied in 1832; Harry, now a resident of Ashtabula; Joseph, of New Lyme, Ashtabula county; and Alonzo, who died in infancy. Mr. David Bratton, belonging to a family in poverty, was brought up to habits of industry. When but ten years of age he began working for wages, at $3 per month, and afterward for a month, with the savings from which he paid for the home of his parents and purchased a yoke of oxen, at $45, and also contributed :$50 toward the improvements of his parents' place. Accordingly, in consideration of what he had done, he was given his time at the age of eighteen years. In February, 1847, he married Miss Laura Tuthill, who was born in New York in 1825, a daughter of Deacon Samuel Tuthill, who emigrated to Cuyahoga county in early times. Mrs. Bratton died September 14, 1888, and was buried in Royalton cemetery. She taught school several terms: was formerly a Baptist in her church relations. After his marriage Mr. .Bratton located where he now lives, and where re owns 156 acres of excellent land; and he has erected all the buildings now on his farm. By his own industry and economy he has accumulated a competence. Probably no man in the township has labored under so many and great difficulties as lie, and at the same time succeeded in doing so well. Politically he is a Democrat, 443 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. and has generally selected the best men in his township for county offices. His children are: Maria, now Mrs. William Evans, of Royalton township; Ernest, of Ashtabula, Ohio; Harvey T., on the home farm; besides an infant son who died unnamed. CYRUS C. BREEN, an honored representative of one of the oldest 'pioneer families of Brecksville township, was born January 2, 1841, in this township. His father, Joseph Breen, Jr., was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1808, and the father of the latter, Joseph, Sr., was a native of Ireland, born in 1765 and brought to the United States in 1770 by his widowed mother. He grew to manhood in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and in 1804 married Jane Clifford, who was born November 9, 1786. In 1808 he came to Youngstown, and in 1810 moved to Boston,. Summit county, Ohio, where he resided a few years. He moved to Brecksville township in 1818, into a log house he had built the preceding year, on the farm where Mr. Cyrus C. Breen now lives. In 1864 a frame addition was built, and in 1875 the old log portion was torn away by Cyrus C. Breen, who built a frame house on the same ground. The price paid for the farm was $2.18 per acre. The reader can imagine how wild the forest was here at that time: not a stick had been cut by white man, and the woods were rife with all the species of wild animals that ever roved in Ohio. The battle of Lake Erie at Put-in-Bay was distinctly heard by Mr. Breen, while he with others was at a "raising" in Independence township. This family were among the pioneers of Beaver county, Pennsylvania. The mother of Jane (Clifford) Breen, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Stoops,, was captured by the savages during their raid through western Pennsylvania during the latter part of the last century, and carried to the vicinity of Sandusky, Ohio, where she was rescued, single-handed, by a daring man named Brady, who was made famous by his great leap clearing the Cuyahoga river near Cuyahoga Falls. On the wilderness spot above referred to Mr. Breen lived until his death, August 10, 1829: his wife survived until June 5, 1865. Their children were: John G., Nancy, Joseph, Elizabeth, William, David, Cunningham, Edward, Sarah Jane, James and Cyrus C.,—all of whom are dead. Joseph Breen, Jr., the father of the subject of this sketch, was brought to Brecksville by his parents, and was reared on the farm now owned and occupied by our subject. October 10, 1839, in Northfield, Summit county, he married Betsey Hunt, who was born August 28, 1821, in that township, a daughter of Abner, Sr., and Betsey (Johnson) Hunt. He then located opposite where Mr. Cyrus C. Breen new lives, and continued there the remainder of his life, dying February 23, 1873. He was made a cripple for life by having, when a boy only five years of age, fallen over a log in the door-yard and breaking his thigh bone and dislocating his ankle: the latter injury, not being noticed, was not properly cared for. He learned the trade of weaver in his younger days, and in early life here in the forest wove the goods used by the family. His children were: Cyrus C., whose name heads this sketch; and William J., a farmer of Brecksville township. Their mother survived until May 21, 1892, and now lies buried in the Eastern cemetery beside her husband, which had been given by Granny" Timmons to the township; but, the deed being lost, it fell to Mr. Cyrus C. Breen and his brother, who deeded it to the township in the fall of 1892. Politically Mr. Joseph Breen was a Republican, and in religion his wife was a Methodist. The gentleman whose name introduces this sketch was brought up a farmer's boy, remaining a resident at the parental home until he was twenty-seven years of age. Being the eldest son, he was of considerable assistance to his parents. For a home he at first rented the CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 443 place where he now lives; later he bought a small tract of twenty-four acres, to which he added at different times, and now has 115 acres of land, all of good quality. In his political views he was formerly a Republican, but since 1866 he has been a Democrat. For fifteen years he was a School Director. All his life he has been a successful farmer and one of the most deserving pioneers. He was married December 29, 1867, to Mary R. Packard, who was born August 7, 1846, in Hinckley township, Medina county, Ohio, a daughter of I. S. and Betsey A. (Bellus) Packard. Her father was born in Franklin count, Massachusetts, and her mother in Franklin county, Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Breen's children are Joseph S. and Elmer C. Joseph S. Breen was married February 21, 1892, to Hattie Whitehead, and now lives on a part of the farm of the late Joseph Breen, Jr., deceased. M. F. BARRETT, of the Cleveland Bronze & Brass Works, was born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, April 21, 1863. Thomas Barrett, father of the subject of this notice, was an Irishman, a native of county Mayo, his birth occurring about 1833, came to Cleveland in 1859, and was for many years foreman for Rhodes & Company, but is now in the water department of the city's employ. He married Bridget Gallagher, and their children are: M. F.; Thomas S., a civil engineer on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad; and Hannah A. M. F. Barrett was educated in the parochial schools of this city, graduating at sixteen years of age, and spent some time in the private school of Prof. George Kelly before entering the Forest City Business College, where he took a diploma, completing his education. On taking up the realities of life Mr. Barrett apprenticed himself in the shops of the Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company, where he completed his trade and became a leading molder, remaining in their employ till October, 1892, when he formed a partnership with P. J. F. Tumney and engaged in the same business under the firm name of The Cleveland Bronze & Brass Works. They are building up a fine business, fully meeting the expectations of the proprietors. In 1890 Mr. Barrett became interested in politics, and the next year he was elected to membership on the Cleveland School Board, serving one term. In the year 1893 he was elected to the city council from the Eighth district, receiving a majority of 700 votes. He is chairman of the committee on Department Examinations, and a member of the committees on Taxation and Assessment and on Ordinances. Mr. Barrett is not married. EDWARD H. REED, an old and esteemed citizen of Strongsville township, was born in Cornwall, England, in St. Agnes parish, October 22, 1823. In 1837 he came to America with his father, Thomas Reed, now deceased, who married Mary Hichens; both the parents were natives of Cornwall. On their emigration to this country they settled in Strongsville township, where they lived until their death, he dying May 21, 1877, and she April 14, 1872. Of their thirteen children Edward H. was the sixth in order of birth. His boyhood days were spent in Cornwall, and he was brought by his parents to this country in their emigration hither, in 1837. For some six or seven years he was engaged in mercantile business in Albion, but farming and stock-raising have been his chief occupation, besides dealing in live stock to some extent. He is now the owner of 160 acres of land; once he had 300 acres. Of late years he has led a retired life. His first marriage was to Miss Hannah tole, in Strongsville township, and by that union there was one daughter, Florence H., who is the wife of H. K. W. Stebbins, of Youngstown. For his second wife Mr. Reed married Emeline 414 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. G. Snow, a native of Strongsville, and by this union also there was one daughter, who died when about four years of age. Mrs. Emeline Reed died in Strongsville township; and for his third wife Mr. Reed married Mrs. Harriet E. Strong, widow of J. C. Strong, who also died in this township. Mr. Reed has filled the office of township Trustee for many years, Treasurer for several years, and Assessor of the real estate of the township; and he has taken a very active part in all local affairs, as well as in general poitics, having been a Republican ever since the organization of the party. ARTHUR MANNING WAITT, general master car builder of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, October 24, 1858. He is a son of Robert M. Waitt, a sea captain in early life, who later retired from that and became a customs of icial, and finally in business in Boston. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1824. He is descended from three Welsh brothers who separated on landing in America, one settling in Rhode Island and one in Massachusetts, the location of the third being unknown: Robert M. Waitt married Ellen Hinckley, whose father, Matthias Hinckley, a sea captain, was descended directly from Governor Hinckley, one of Massachusetts' famous governors. Matthias Hinckley married Mary C. Cobb, a daughter of one of the first families of New England and related to the renowned James Otis. Arthur M. Waitt is the only living one of two children. He graduated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1879, taking the degree of S. B. in Mechanical Engineering. His railroad life began with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company in 1879 at Burlington, Iowa, as clerk in the office of the general superintendent, a temporary position, while waiting for an opening in the mechanical department. A change from this office placed him in the car and locomotive department of the road at Aurora, Illinois, where he remained two years. Becoming somewhat broken down in health, the next nine months were spent in travel and recuperation. On becoming able for daily duty again he took position as draughtsman in the car department of the Easton Railroad at Salem, Massachusetts. One year later he took the position of leading draughtsman in the locomotive department of the same road at Boston. In .1884 he was appointed general foreman of the car department of the Eastern Railroad. Eighteen months later this road became a part of the Boston & Maine system, soon after which consolidation Mr. Waitt was made assistant master car builder, which he held till February, 1888, when he took the position of assistant manager of the Pullman Palace Car Works at Pullman, Illinois. In October, 1889, he accepted the position of assistant general master car builder of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company, becoming chief of the office October, 1892, succeeding John Kirby. Mr. Waitt married, in Boston, Miss Maude, a daughter of. Roscoe and Sarah Gleason. One child is the result of this union, Weymer Hinckley. Mr. Waitt holds a membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and affiliates with the National Union. He is the present presiding officer of the Central Railway Club, composed of officials of railroads centering in the Middle States, and he is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. F. W. BOLTZ, the genial and popular commercial agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company for Cleveland and northern Ohio, was born in this city, December 8, 1862, and completed his education in the high school, graduating at the age of seventeen years. Soon after this he was em- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 445 ployed by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company as clerk in the freight department, where he remained eight years. He accepted next a position for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company as traveling freight agent, with headquarters in Cleveland, and was on the road until 1889, when be was invited to represent the company in the capacity of commercial agent, their freight business having grown so as to require the establishment of such an agency. In this position Mr. Boltz is doing his company valuable service by advertising the line and bringing it generally into notice of shippers, as a safe, swift and reliable company in the performance of its contracts. He is a very genial man, winning in his manners, and just the man for the place he now occupies. Mr. Boltz is a son of J. A. Boltz, a dealer in confectioneries, who was born in this city in 1841, a son of John Boltz, the first of the family here. The last mentioned came from Germany in 1835, and died in 1861, being then fifty-nine years of age. The mother of Mr. F. W. Boltz was named before marriage Catherine Meyers, and her father, Philip Meyers, also came from Germany. The children by that marriage were: F. W:; Edward G., with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company; and Charles A., in the service of the post office department. Mr. F. W. Boltz was married in Cleveland, June 2, 1886, to Lillian E. Cook, daughter of Charles E. Cook of this city, and they have one child named Raymond Quintin, now aged three and a half years. JOHN K. CULVER, deceased, for many years prominently identified with the agricultural interests of his township, and more than worthy of recognition in this volume, was born in Livingston county, New York, May 23, 1820, a son of John and Catherine (Goodrich) Culver, natives of the State of New York. T,he mother died in 1829, leaving a family of eight children with whom the father removed to Ohio in 1834. There he passed the remainder of his days, living to the age of seventy-five years. He was engaged in farming the most of his life, bravely bearing the burdens that fell to his lot as a pioneer. In early times he supported the Whig party, but as that organization passed into history he gave his allegiance to the Republican party. John K. Culver, a lad of fourteen years when lie came to the western frontier, was reared to the life of a farmer and received his education in the district schools. It was in 1852 that he located the land on which he made his permanent home, and he brought a tract of seventy-four acres to a high state of cultivation, thoroughly testing the resources of both soil and climate in the cultivation of fruit-trees. On this tract is one of the most extensive orchards in this locality, containing 1,600 trees, which embrace all the choice varieties that thrive in this latitude. Mr. Culver was united in marriage Tuesday, August 29, 1843, to Delia Caroline Allen. Miss Allen was one of the early educators of the State, a young woman of unusual intelligence; she received one dollar a week for her services and " boarded round." Her father was Enoch Allen, a man highly respected by the entire community. He was born in Hillsboro county, New Hampshire, December 8, 1788, and at the age of six years was taken to Windsor county, Vermont, where he grew to maturity. He removed to Troy, New York, in 1809, and five years later he settled in Onondaga county, New York. He was married July 9, 1815, and in 1817 he came to Ohio, and made his home at Newburg until he removed to Bedford in 1828. his death occurred there December 29, 1872. During his lifetime he had been a farmer, carpenter and cabinet-maker and had also kept a hotel. He was one of the charter members of the Masonic lodge at Bedford, and was one of the first members of the Disciple church at that place. He was a man of much force of character and was held in the highest regard. 440 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. He had a family of ten children, five of whom grew to maturity : Delia C., Buel, Harvey, Lucy and Amos. Mr. and Mrs. Culver were the parents or four children: Alfred is a resident of Parkville, Missouri; Pluma lives at Lakeside, Ohio; Frank is a citizen of this township; and William is still a member of his father's household. Mr. Culver died October 18, 1893, a highly respected citizen. E. D. BATTLES, a prominent old settler and successful farmer of Mayfield township, Cuyahoga county, is a native of Herkimer township, Herkimer county, New York, born July 22, 1820. Luther Battles, his father, was born in New Hampshire, October 17, 1792, and in 1800 he went with his parents to Montgomery county, New York, where he was reared to farm life. When he was twenty-one he entered the service in the war of 1812, and as a private served for a time. He was married in Herkimer county, in 1817, and after his marriage settled down to farming in that county. There he remained until 1834, when he came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and bought a farm in Mayfield township, to the improvement of which he at once devoted his energies. At the time he purchased this place there was a small log house on it, but there were no roads in this vicinity and b it few improvements had been made in the neighborhood. Here he spent the rest of his life, and at the time of his death was ninety years and three months old. In his prime he occupied a leading place in the community, being a man of influence and serving in various local offices. He was, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and during the latter part of his life was identified with the Republican party. His father, Deland Battles, was a native of New Hampshire, and was descended from both the Scotch and the English. The mother of E. a Battles was before her marriage Miss Arathusa Porter. She was born in Connecticut in 1796, daughter of Alexander Porter, a native of Connecticut and an officer in the Revolutionary war. His ancestors were Holland Dutch. Arathusa Battles died at the age of sixty-eight years. They were the parents of ten children seven, sons and three daughters, all of whom reached man and womanhood, their names being as follows: Zerviah, Edwin D., Mary, Sarah, Luther, Newton, Henry, Alexander, Lorenzo D. and John T. They were all reared in Mayfield township. Edwin D. Battles was in his fourteenth year when the family came to Cuyahoga county. He had attended school some in New York previous to their removal to Ohio, and afterward pursued his studies in various places, for a time being a student in the school in which Garfield was educated. Then he taught school for several years, teaching during the winter and spending the summer in farm work, chopping, clearing, etc. He also learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for some time. He built the house in which he now lives. Mr. Battles was married September 16, 1846, to Harriett N. Brainard,' a native of Lewis county, New York, who came to Ohio when she was fourteen years old. After their marriage they located on the farm on which Mr. Battles still lives. Mrs. Battles died May 2, 1893. She was the mother of four children, two of whom died in infancy. The other two are Orlin T., a resident of Euclid township, this county; and Martha 0., wife of Ethan V. Tinker, of Mayfield township, this county. Politically, Mr. Battles is a Republican. He has filled the office of Township Trustee. For several years he has had much to do in the way of settling estates for various parties, a business for which he seems to be especially fitted, and in the performance of which duties he has always rendered entire satisfaction, in both Cuyahoga and Geauga counties. He has also been guardian in many cases, in all of which he has given satisfaction to both parties. Mr. Battles CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 447 has long been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which for thirty-four years he has served as Recording Steward. The following testimonial is appropriate here: WHEREAS, This Quarterly Conference has learned with pleasure that Brother E. D. Battles, the present Recording Steward, has served continuously in that capacity for more than thirty-four years with painstaking care and accuracy; and WHEREAS, We have heard with heartfelt sorrow of the sore bereavement of our brother and faithful recording steward in the death of his beloved wife, who departed this life May 2, 1893; Resolved, 1st, That we, as a Quarterly Conference, recognize and appreciate the long years of unbroken service of our brother; and we return to him our thanks for the faithful and accurate performance of the duties devolving updn him in his office. Resolved, 2d, That we extend to our brother, in this the greatest affliction of his life, our brotherly sympathy, and pray that the great Healer may heal his wounded heart, comfort his bereaved and sorrowing spirit, and cheer him in his loneliness amid the infirmities of age. Resolved, 3d, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of this Quarterly Conference, a copy be forwarded to the Pittsburg Advocate and Chagrin Falls Exponent for publication, and also to Brother Battles. R. O. PAYNE. Committee. F. LLAINER, CAPTAIN GEORGE STONE has been a conspicuous figure in lake navigation circles since 1844, and has made a record worthy of inscription in this volume. He is a native of Canada, born at Normandale, county Norfolk, March 17, 1823, a son of John Stone, who was also a sailor for years. The paternal grandfather, John Stone, Sr., was captured off the coast of Long land by the British when a lad. He was forced into the naval department during the war of the Revolution, and after the close of this struggle was given a land grant in Canada, which he accepted; he took up a homestead in Charlotteville township, Norfolk county, where his family of thirteen children were reared. His ancestors were natives of Ireland. John Stone, Jr., was residing in Cleveland in 1824, and had the contract for carrying the stone used in the construction of the Government pier. He owned a small vessel, the Traveler, and brought the stone from Kelley's island. He was a native of Her Majesty's Dominion, but died in the State of Michigan. George Stone was reared upon the farm, but sometimes went sailing with his father. In 1844 he shipped as a sailor and for thirty-six years was on the lakes. Four years after he became a sailor he was made master of a vessel, the Napoleon, which he manned two seasons. He next had charge of the Tom Corwin, and a year later became captain of the New Haven, one of the largest vessels on the lakes at that time; he held this position five years. In 1857 he associated himself with Captain A. Bradley and the relationship existed until the death of Captain Bradley. Since that time he has been connected with the firm of M. A. Bradley & Company. During the time that he was with Captain A. Bradley he had charge of the building and sailing of the Wagstaff, Escanaba, Fayette Brown, Alva Bradley, Fay, E. B. Haile, and Henry Chrisolm. He also superintended the construction of numerous other craft. During his career covering a period of thirty-six years he never lost a vessel, although he braved some of the roughest seas. He has remained ashore since 1880, and has given his attention to the interests of M. A. Bradley & Company, of 'Which he is a stockholder and trustee. Captain Stone was married at Vermillion, Ohio, in the year 1845, to Emily Cuddeback, daughter of James and Hannah Cuddeback. Mrs. Cuddeback still survives at the age of one hundred and three years. The Captain and his 448 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. wife have two children: Captain Henry W., a resident of Cleveland, has been master of a vessel since his twentieth year; Marian J. is the wife of Dr. Gardner of Painesville, Ohio; she has been twice married, her first husband having been Captain Merwin Thompson, deceased. The Captain and Mrs. Stone are members of the East Cleveland Presbyterian Church. He is one of the Trustees of this church. He is a man of rare qualities: as a captain he had the entire confidence of his sailors; as a citizen he enjoys a reputation for the strictest integrity. ROBERT HUGHES, one of the leading florists of the Forest City, was born in Anglesea, North Wales, March 4, 1839. His parents were of Llanedwn, the home of Lord Poston, and where Mr. Hughes' great-grandfather and his maternal grandfather were gardeners for two generations. He was educated in the English national schools and entered the work of general floriculture at a youthful age, fourteen years. Was in the employ of Sir Buckley Hughes for five years, then was second gardener to the Marquis of Anglesea. At the age of twenty-four years, after a service of five years for the marqu s, he went to London to improve himself as florist in Vitch's nursery for a year. A desire to see the New World then wined complete control of him, and in response to it he embarked for the United States, the land of many opportunities, and arrived at New York in 1866. Proceeding to Peekskill, he attended Kregg's (Craig's?) private garden the first year, and the next ten years he spent as chief gardener for George W. McClain at Yonkers, New York. In 1877 he came to Cleveland and purchased a greenhouse on Euclid avenue, near Sterling, and was for many years eminently successful, furnishing plants and cut flowers for all historic occasions, and had the run of the best trade on the avenue. His inability to procnre a new lease on the expiration of the old one forced him to seek new quarters, and his location on East Prospect street and the building of his extensive houses followed. He makes a specialty of supplying weddings and other parties, and churches and dwellings with palms and flowering plants. Some of the greatest wedding parties in Cleveland have been supplied by him. His competency for his peculiar calling may be inferred from the fact that he was systematically trained, in the first place, in a country noted for thoroughness, and from the further facts that he is naturally painstaking and careful, and ambitious to excel all competitors in all departments of his business. He is devoting his whole life to the calling of his choice, and deserves the patronage of all the city and surrounding country. His father, Hugh Hughes by name, married Elizabeth Roberts, and they had seven children, only two of whom are now living: Mrs. Williams, of Anglesea, Potcrug, Llanedwn, and the subject of this notice. The latter married, in Erie, Pennsylvania, August 6, 1883, Miss Margaret Jones, a native of Dowlas, South Wales, and their children are Elizabeth, Robert R. and John R. L. J. RADWAY, who has long been a resident of Newburg township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and who is one of its prosperous farmers, dates his birth near Brattleboro, Vermont, September 7, 1832. He is a son of Richard Radway and a grandson of Jonathan Rad way. Richard Radway was born and reared in Vermont. He was a blacksmith by trade, at which he worked for some years in Vermont and for three years after he came to Newburg, Ohio. It was in 1841 that he emigrated to Ohio and settled in Newburg, from whence, three years later, he removed to the farm on which he spent the rest of his life. He died at the age of seventy-one. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Ann Stone, and who was also a native of Vermont, died here at the CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 449 age of sixty-five years. They were the parents of two sons and one daughter. Both the sons, A. L. and L. J., reside on the land which their father owned. The daughter, Olive, is now the wife of Daniel Marshall, of Cleveland, Ohio. L. J. Radway is the youngest of the family. He was a mere lad when they came to Ohio, and in the district schools of this county his education was received. He has been engaged in farming all his life, and now has 129 acres of land, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. December 28, 1854, Mr. Radway married Barbara Metzner, a native of Bavaria, Germany, born December 11, 1834. She came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, in 1852. Her parents, Michael and Barbara Ann (Schwinn) Metzner, were natives of Germany. Her mother died at the age of sixty-five and her father lived to be over ninety. Mrs. Radway is the youngest of their two daughters who grew to womanhood. Mr. and Mrs. Radway have three sons, Alfred Michael, George Stone and Charles Leavitt; and one daughter, Bella Mary Ann. All were born on the farm on which they now live. The only office Mr. Radway has ever held was that of Road Supervisor. In politics he is a Democrat. FRANK WARD, one of the progressive agriculturists of Bedford township, is entitled to more than passing mention in this connection. He was born on the farm which is still his home May 21, 1849. Joseph Ward, his father, was one of the conspicuous figures in the early history of this county. He was born in Yorkshire, England, and emigrated to the United States when a young man. He was united in marriage in 1832 to Emeline Folsom, a widow having two children. George Folsom, the only one surviving, is an engineer residing in Cleveland. He was one of the unfortunates in the great disaster at Ashtabula, Ohio. Mrs. Ward's maiden name was Gray, and her birthplace Buffalo, New York. Mr.Ward was engaged in the operation of a sawmill for twelve years, giving his attention to clearing his land during the summer season. He met all the hardships of pioneer life with steady purpose, and many years before his death had the satisfaction of owning one of the best improved farms in the township. He died at the age of eighty-one years; his wife at the age of fifty-two years. Politically he gave his allegiance to the Democratic party. He was a consistent member of the Disciple Church and a highly respected citizen. Frank Ward is one of a family of three children: Carrie Salisbury resides at Newburgh, Ohio, and Rolinda Tollzin lives in the city of Cleveland. He still resides on the old homestead, one and a half miles from Bedford. Many of the landmarks have disappeared, replaced by the modern improvements of the nineteenth century. In 1874, June 4, Mr. Ward was united in marriage to Ella Eddy, in Center township, Columbiana county. She was born at Warrensville, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, a daughter of Frank and Almeda Eddy; the father is deceased; the mother, whose maiden name was Skeels, was born in New York State, and is now residing in Medina county. Mr. and Mrs. Ward have two children: Eddy J., born February 26, 1877, and James W., born February 26, 1881. Adhering to the principles of the Democratic party Mr. Ward casts his suffrage with that body. He is a man of superior business qualifications, and is regarded as one of the most reliable men of his township. L. R. DUNHAM, one of the members of 1 the farming community of Bedford township, was born on the farm which is still his home December 25, 1858, the place having been in possession of the family many years. His parents, Asa and Lucina (Ransom) Dunham, were highly respected citizens of Bedford. They reared two sons: L. R., and Lloyd A.,