500 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. ter of Waitstill and Lydia (Hendrick) Avery. Mrs. Avery died in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Her husband died in Wellington, Ohio, in October, 1845. They had three children, of whom Mrs. Gates was the second. She was horn in West Stockbridge, August 14., 1821. Mr. and Mrs. Gates have one daughter, Lydia A., born in Brooklyn, November 22, 1845. In 1853 Mr. Gates settled in Parma township, where he erected a steam sawmill and conttinued to reside until November, 1870, when he sold his farm and mill and removed to Cleveland, Ohio, remaining in the city eight years. During that time he, in connection with his brother, built the Star Elevator in Cleveland. In 1878 he was obliged to take back his farm, and so returned to it, where he has since resided. He owns 138 acres, and has erected a fine system of buildings. Mr. Gates was the pioneer in using natural gas in the house, drilling a 1,000-foot well as early as 1862, which has furnished gas for heating, cooking, lighting and power to blow a steam whistle for calling hired help on the farm to their meals. Mr. Gates has filled the office of Justice of the Peace, and also that of Township Trustee. He formerly voted with the Republican party, but is now a Prohibitionist. He has led an active life and has done his part in improving the community where he lives. SIDNEY HOWE SHORT. There is undoubtedly no one line of material progress along which so varied and brilliant advances have been made within the past decade and a half as that of the practical application of electric force, and there must naturally be a particular interest attaching to those men who by their study and experiment have lent their aid to the magnificent movement. Ho whose name initiates this review has been an ardent worker in the electrical field and has accomplished much, bringing to bear a thorough knowledge of both theoretical and practical order. He is vice-president of the Short Electric Railway Company of Cleveland, and is thoroughly identified with the development of the system which bears his name and whose sudden rise into marked popularity stands as the strongest evidence of its excellence. He has been untiring and progressive as an inventor and personally is a worker of the most pronounced type, while to his faithful industry and tireless patience, combined with his native genius, may his notable success be consistently ascribed. Mr. Short was born at Columbus, Ohio, in 1858, one of the five children of John and Eliza Short. His father was concerned with railroading enterprises, having been for five years superintendent of the Miami Railroad. He was afterward engaged in the manufacture of genenral machinery and gained considerable prominence in that field of endeavor, operating one of the largest machine shops in the capital city of the State, where he is now living a retired life. He was born in England in 1825, coming to America at -the ,age of twenty years. He and his wife are communicants and devoted members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Afforded excellent educational advantages and possessed of a natural mechanical taste, our subject very early in life, even when a boy in kilts, became interested in electricity. His mother states that one rainy day she found him in the yard, holding the upper part of a severed lightning rod away from the lower and watching the play of electricity across the intervening space. He prosecuted his studies in the Capi tal University and later in the Ohio State University, graduating at the latter in 1880, after five years of study. His graduation was delayed one year, owing to the fact that he filled the position of laboratory director in the institution during the first year of the absence of Professor Mendenhall, who had accepted a call to the University of Tokio, Japan. While a boy in school it is worthy of note that Mr. Short manifested a quite decided inclination to neglect other work than that per- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 501 taining to electricity, and his time out of school was passed in contriving unique devices from old wire and batteries which he purchased from the Western Union Telegraph Company. All the money he could earn in an incidental way he deflected toward purchases in the line mentioned and his ingenious appliances were duly insinuated into the domestic economies. of his home. Atone time all the house clocks were connected by a device by which they could be wound simultaneously from one place. This appliance was retained until a stroke of lightning ruined it and at the same time all the clocks. A system of electric burglar alarms was extended through the house and served to create no little excitement on several occasions, though its efficiency was never tested, save inadvertently by members of the family or by friends. At one time the young man had his bed decorated with telegraph sounders, attached to the head and foot boards, with wires running into the room through the windows. While attending the Centennial Exposition in 1876, he carefully examined the Bell telephone of that date and discovered that he had already constructed, in the laboratory of the Ohio State University, a device which embodied practically the same principles. His apparatus, however, had been utilized merely for the transmission of sound, and probably no attempt was ever made to transmit articulate speech by its medium. On his return from Philadelphia to Columbus he perfected and patented a long-distance telephone transmitter, which patent was subsequently sold to the Gold Stock Telegraph Company. Later on he secured letters patent upon an original type of arc lamp (patent No. 29,625), but no use was ever made of the invention. The fascination exercised over him by Professor Mendenhall, by reason of the latter's ability and enthusiasm, caused Mr. Short to continue his researches and experiments at the State University after the professor had accepted the chair of physics in that institution. A higher opportunity was thus afforded him for close and serious work as a student. He passed almost his entire time, day and night, in the laboratory with Professor Mendenhall, who has long since gained recognition as one of the most able and popular scientists in the Union. After graduation Mr. Short went, at the end of the summer vacation, to the Colorado State University at Denver, and there became vice-president of the institution and professor of chemistry and physics. He held the combined chairs for a period of two years, by which time the work had so increased in extent as to render imperative the securing of an assistant. In his work Professor Short attained no little prominence, and his connection with the university resulted in much permanent benefit to the institution, contributing greatly to its prestige and substantial advancement. He resigned the chair of chemistry, in 1883. Notwithstanding, the manifold demands placed upon his time and attention he had in the meanwhile worked up his plan for an electric railway, constructing his first road, a single track with turn-outs, in the large basement of the university building. The miniature system was put into operation in the spring of 1885, and by its novelty attracted many visitors. It is safe to say that hundreds of people in Denver were transported round and round the old basement of the university in the crowded car operated by the first Short motors. Mr. Short wound both the motors and the dynamo in the laboratory, doing the work himself. In 1885 his interest in practical electric railway work and his confidence that he could succeed in the same proved sufficiently potent to induce him, to resign his position at the university. He immediately commenced work upon a surface road conduit system on Tremont street, in Denver. His next work was in the laying of an electric line, built with a conduit on Fifteenth 'street, running to Capitol hill in one direction and to North Denver in another. The road, despite the almost insuperable obstacles opposing the operation of a conduit systern, was operated with some success for several months by the United States Electric Company, 502 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. now known as the Denver Tramway Company, series motors being utilized. The success of the series motors in connection with the conduit system, while encouraging to Mr. Short as an electrician, was of not sufficient importance to induce him to remain in Denver. In 1887 he returned to Columbus, Ohio, and entered into partnership with N. B. Abbott, of the Abbott Paving Company, one of the representative business men of the State, the firm title being S. H. Short & Company. The first work of the firm was in the construction of a short line in Columbus, the trolley device being utilized in connection with series motors and practically identical appliances to those used in Denver. Leaving this road partially completed Mr. Short went to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1888, and constructed a trolley system on South Broadway. Although operated for more than a year with success, this system was eventually displaced by an extensive cable system which ramified into all important quarters of the city. Mr. Short then went to Huntington, West Virginia, coming to Cleveland in June, 1889, since which time he has continued his residence in the Forest City. He here organized the company which bears his name, the Short Electric Railway Company, the Brush Electric Company taking a large share of the stock and contracting to do the manufacturing. It is worthy of note at this junction that he has recently invented and patented an electric motor which does away with the gear attachment to the car. The device has been placed in practical use on the Euclid avenue line and is a marked and valuable improvement. In the spring of 1893 Mr. Short sold his interest in the Short Electric Railway Company to the General Electric Company, but did not sever his connection with the company till the first of October. In February of 1891 lie took charge of the new electrical department of the Walker Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, a much larger plant and one especially fitted for heavy machine work. They are now in the field with an entirely new line of electric generators and motors for direct and alternating work, of any capacity desired, and Mr. Short feels that be has never been better prepared to do first-class work than at present. Mr. Short is a Fellow of the American Society for the Advancement of Science and has the degree of Bachelor of Science from the State University. He is identified with the Cleveland Electric, the Union and the Country Clubs, and was a member the Electrical Commission of the World's Columbian Exposition. By his associates and employes he is held in the highest esteem and the reason is patent: he is singularly unassuming and kindly in manner, and has that self-control which withstands the annoyances and disappointments that invariably beset the inventor. JAMES M. WORTHINGTON is president of the Cleveland Stone Company, which company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio in July, 1886. It has a paid up capital of $2,250,000, and commenced business August 1, 1886, when it purchased the quarries and business of the following concerns: Berea Stone Company, J. McDermott & Company, Clough Stone Company, Worthington & Sons, James Nichol, Nichol & Miller, Columbia Stone Company, the Ohio Building Stone Company, O'hio Grindstone Company, and the Berea & Huron Stone Company. Since that time the company has bought the quarries of L. Haldeman & Son, Atlantic Stone Company, Lake Huron Stone Company and several smaller concerns. For about a year after its organization the following were its officers: William McDermott, president; J. M. Worthington, vice-president; George H. Worthington, secretary and treasurer; and James Nichol, F. M. Stearns and Michael McDermott, superintendents. In the latter part of 1887 the McDermotts and Mr. Stearns retired from the company and since that time James M. Worthington has been the presi- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 503 dent, while John Huntington---who died in 1892—was vice-president until his death, and then he was succeeded by J. V. Painter. George II. Worthington is secretary and treasurer, while James Nichol is general superintendent, C. W. McCormick assistant secretary and E. A. Merritt is auditor and assistant treasurer. The general offices of the company are in the Wilshire Building, Cleveland, Ohio, and there are employed twenty-eight persons, including cashier, purchasing agents, accountants, bill clerks, stenographers, telegraph operators, city agents, etc. The Berea quarries were first opened in 1836. For ten or fifteen years nothing but grindstones were produced. The business has steadily increased ever since, until at the present time they are the largest sandstone quarries in America. In 1871 there were about fifteen different companies engaged in the business, and in that year they were all merged in the Berea Stone Company with the exception of J. McDermott Si Company: these two concerns, becoming owners of all the available quarry property in Berea, continued in business until the Cleveland Stone Company was formed, and bought them out. Since that time the latter has purchased fifty-six acres of quarry land that adjoins the property previously quarried. The Cleveland Stone Company now operate eight quarries at Berea, with railroad tracks running into all of them. Within the fifty-seven years that these quarries have been operated about seventy-four acres have been quarried out. The Cleveland Stone Company now owns 150 acres of stone on which no quarrying has yet been done. Up to the year 1889 the depth of rock usually taken out was only twenty-four feet. In that year it was discovered by boring that there were sixty-three feet of good, merchantable stone below the level to which the quarries had before been worked. From these facts it will readily be seen that the Berea quarries are inexhaustible. The product of Berea quarries consists of building stone, sawed and split flagging, curbing and grindstones. In these quarries there are at present employed 775 men, 46 steam derricks, .46 steam hoisters, 19 boilers, 16 engines, 12 channeling machines, 18 steam drills, 11 steam pumps, 6 grindstone turning lathes, 1 saw-mill, containing 6 gangs of saws, 1 containing 18 gangs and another containing 15 gangs (ten of these gangs have screw feeds and the rest box-balance feeds), 1 forty-six turbine water wheel, 1 grindstone frame factory, complete electric light plant for illuminating all the mills at night, and a large machine shop, containing lathes, planers, shapers, etc. At West View, Ohio, on the main line of the ," Big Four" and about fourteen miles west of Cleveland, is situated quarry No. 2, which was opened about 1874. Here the company owns twenty-three acres, of which two acres have been quarried out to the depth of thirty-five feet. The depth of rock is about sixty-three feet. The product of this quarry consists of grind-. stones used in the manufacture of plows, files, etc. There are employed in this quarry fifty men, who operate well equipped machinery for quarrying. At Columbia, Ohio, the company have their quarry No. 3. This quarry was opened about 1870, and here the company owns about 105 acres, of which two acres have been worked out to a depth of about fifty feet, and the depth of the rock is about seventy-five feet. Here are employed eighty-five men. Quarry No. 4 is situated at Olmsted Falls, on the main line of the Lake Shore Railroad, and about fourteen miles west of Cleveland. This quarry has been operated since about 1873. The property comprises eleven acres, of which about two acres have been quarried out to a depth of from twenty to thirty-five feet. The product consists of large grindstones used in the manufacture of plows, files and axes. Here are employed twenty-five men. Quarry No. 5, at Nickel Plate, Ohio, extends over an area of 220 acres, of which five and a half acres have been quarried to a depth of twenty-two feet. The entire depth of the rock varies from fifty to sixty feet. The product consists of building stone, curbing, flagging and grindstones for farmers' use. In these quarries 504 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. 170 men are employed, and here the company maintain a general store for the accommodation of the employees.   In Lorain county are situated quarries Nos. -6 and 7, and the property comprises about 151 acres, about five acres of which have been quarried out to a depth varying from seventy-five to ninety feet. The depth of the rock is about 110 feet. The output consists of building stone, curbing, sawed flagging and grindstones used in the manufacture of edge tools.   Quarry No. 9 is situated about two miles northeast of the village of North Amherst, and comprises about thirty-five acres, of which five acres have been quarried out. Here the depth of the rock varies from forty to eighty feet, and the product consists of building stone, sawed flagging and large grindstones used in the manufacture of edge tools.   There are employed in quarries Nos. 6, 7, and 9, 550 men.   The company own quarries No. 10 at Brown-helm, about thirty-six miles west of Cleveland. These quarries were opened in 1847. The property comprises about sixty-two acres, of which eight acres have been quarried to a depth varying from thirty to sixty-five feet. The product is building stone, and here are employed thirty-five men.   Quarry No. 11 is situated in Erie county, was opened about 1881 and comprises about fifty acres. The rock is twenty-five feet deep. The product is building stone, and here are employed about twenty men.   The Lake Huron quarries are situated at Grindstone City, Michigan, and extend about two miles along the shore of Lake Huron. The quarries were first opened in 1850, and have been steadily worked ever since. The whole property comprises about 600 acres. About twenty acres have been quarried out. The product consists of building stone, small grindstones for farm use, scythestones and -large grindstones used in the manufacture of cutlery, tobacco knives and very fine edge tools. In these quarries are employed 150 men. Upon this prop erty the Cleveland Stone Company also own and operate a seventy-five barrel roller process flouring mill, built of stone and said to be the best mill of its size in the State. Here the company also maintain a large general store.   In Peninsula, Ohio, are situated quarries known as No 15, and these were acquired by the company in 1891, and comprise seventeen acres. The product consists of grindstones used mainly in the manufacture of wood pulp. Here thirty-five men find employment.   In the city of Cleveland the company has a large number of stone yards, from which it supplies building stone for local building business. It occupies a dock on the river which is used for shipping by water and receiving stone from lake quarries. The company has depots in Chicago, Boston and New. York, where it carries large stocks of scythestones and grindstones. The company has also branch offices in Pittsburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in Rochester, New York, also in Toronto, Canada. It employs a large number of traveling salesmen.   All of the various quarries are connected with the general office in Cleveland by telegraph and telephone wires. The business of the Cleveland Stone Company has steadily increased every year since it was organized. In 1891 their shipments were 29,736 car-loads of stone, of which over 2,000 cars were grindstones. The business of 1892 showed a material increase over that of 1891.   JOSEPH W. SMITH, deceased, was for many years a well-known and highly esteemed citizen of Cuyahoga county, Ohio. A brief sketch of his life is herewith presented. Joseph W. Smith was born in New York State, July 21, 1837, the eleventh ion in the family of twelve children of Doton and Fannie (Worden) Smith. He was eight years old when he came with his parents to Cuyahago county, Ohio, and located on the farm where his widow now resides. When a young man he was for   CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 505   some time employed as deputy in the Chagrin Falls post office. The greater part of his life, however, was devoted to agricultural pursuits. In politics, he was a Republican and he filled most acceptably some of the township offices. Fraternally, he was a Royal Arch Mason.   Mr. Smith died February 13, 1892, after a life of useful activity, and was buried by the Masons, the order he loved and of which he was an honored member.   JOHN BUSCH, a well. known farmer of Brooklyn township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, was born in Darmstadt, Germany, July 24, 1837.   Detrich Busch, his father, also a native of Darmstadt, Germany, emigrated to America in 1840 and came direct to Cleveland. He was a tailor by trade, which he followed for a number of years in the old country and for three years in Cleveland. After that he located on a farm in Brooklyn township, this county, and devoted the rest of his life to agricultural pursuits. He died there at the age of sixty-one years. The mother of our subject, nee Catherine Reidle, a native of Germany, died in 1845. They had a family of three children, one son and two daughters, the daughters, Catherine and Rachel, being deceased. Thus John Busch is the only member of the family now living. He was three years old when he came with his parents to America, and much of his youth was spent on a farm in the township in which he now lives. His education was received chiefly at what is now South Brooklyn. All his life he has been engaged in general farming, and in this occupation has been very successful. He owns sixty-one acres of land in Brooklyn township. He has one of the most pleasant and attractive residences in the neighborhood, it having been erected in 1891, at a cost of about $2,000.   Mr. Busch was married in 1859 to Hellen Braun, who was born in Lorain county, Ohio, September 29, 1839, daughter of Lewis and Catharine (Henninger) Braun, both natives of Germany. Mrs. Busch was the third born in the family of seven children--five daughters and two sons—and was left an orphan when she was about ten years old. She was reared in Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Busch have five children, two daughters and three sons, namely: John H., Gustave H., Lewis E., Emma and Clara. Emma is the wife of Jacob Hoehn, and resides in Cleveland.   In national politics Mr. Busch votes with the Democratic party, but at elections for local officers he usually votes for the best man regard- less of party lines. A friend to education and religion, he has given liberally to the support of both. He is a member of the Evangelical Church, and has held various official positions in the same. He is also a member of Glenn Lodge, No. 362, I. 0. 0. F.   JAMES H. CLARK, of Cleveland, was born in England, in 1832, a son of Robert and Eliza (Neat) Clark, natives of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, the former barn in 1802, and the latter in 1803. They were brought to Cleveland, Ohio, by our subject and his brother in 1860. The father followed agricultural pursuits. Both he and his wife were members of the established Church of England. Mr. Clark died in 1887, at the age of eighty-five years, and his wife survived until 1890, dying at the age of eighty-seven years. They were the parents of ten children, namely: Charles, M. B., Alfred and Eliza, deceased; Alfred, James II., the subject of this sketch; Eliza, now Mrs. Miller, and resides in California; Fanny, now Mrs. Reynolds of this city, whose husband is a State Senator; William T., of Cleveland; and Worthy, of Chardon, this State.   James H. came to America in 1852, locating in this city and began the oil business on a small scale in 1862. He has continued that occupation through his career of business life.   506 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY.   His first partners in the business were John D. Rosafellow and Samuel Andrews, and his brothers M. B. and Richard are members of the firm of Andrews, Clark and Company. The firm was later known as Clark Brothers and Company, consisting of Richard Clark (now deceased), Worthy Clark and H. W. Payne, but no relation of Colonel Payne. Colonel Payne subsequently became a member of the firm, which was then known as, Clark, Payne and Company. In 1872 the firm consolidated with the Standard Oil Company, but of which organization he took no active part. In 1879 the partnership of Clark, Childs & Company was organized, which was later merged into Clark Brothers & Company, consisting of the same members as before with the exception of a son of our subject. The business was bought by the Standard Oil Company in 1886. Since then Mr, Clark has been in no active business. He has had a large and varied experience in the oil business, in which he still owns large interests. He was engaged in that occupation before the days of cars, when the oil was moved by "pond-floods." In addition to his other interests, Mr. Clark was also formerly engaged in the hardware and copper ore business. He handled masses of copper which weighed from seven to nine tons, and which would render from eighty to ninety per cent. of pure copper. It was mined from the National and Cliff mines, of Lake Superior.   In 1867 he bought eighteen acres of ?and on Cedar street in East Cleveland, for a home for his parents. This property has proved a splendid investment, being located in one of the most beautiful parts'of the city. The parents had a happy home there for many years, and celebrated their Olden wedding in 1872, and- kept up the celebrating for thirteen years annually. The streets Harriet and Eliza were laid out on this tract of land, the latter named in honor of Mr. Clark's mother, and the former for his wife Harriet. James street, named in honor of himself, had to be changed, as there was one in another part of the city of that name.   Mr. Clark has invested in many other enterprises of the city, and has been very successful in all his ventures, which is due to his great energy and good business sagacity. Both as a business man and citizen lie is widely and favorably known for his energy, generosity, uprightness, enterprise and public spirit.   In 1855 Mr. Clark was united in marriage with Miss Harriet Lancaster, a daughter of William Lancaster, of Cleveland. They have had seven children, viz.: William E., who married a Miss Foljambe and resides in this city; Charles A., a resident of Elyria, married Miss Landon; James H., of Cleveland, married a Miss Clark, but no relative; Wallace N., of this city, has just returned from Germany, where he was pursuing a course in chemistry; and Hattie and Jennie, twins, the former the wife of Dr. Foljambe, of this city, and the latter the wife of G. W. Gender. The wife and mother died in March, 1892, at the age of sixty years.   ELI FAY.—The grandfather of Ely Fay was the late Benajah Fay, who came from Lewis county, New York, with his family, to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, in 1816, and settled in Parma township, where he died when about eighty-five years old. The father of Eli Fay was Benajah Fay, Jr., who was born in " York State in 1806, and consequently was ten years old when he came with his father and the family to Cuyahoga county. His youth was spent in Parma township, and here he was married to Miss Lois Hodgman, who was born in Boardman, Lincoln county,a Mine, in 1808. They first settled in Parma township, where they lived for some time and then removed to Brooklyn township, where they resided till their death. The father died with the cholera in 1849. The mother lived until November 27, 1877. They had a family of four sons and one daughter.   Our subject was the eldest of the family. He was born in Parma township, April 22, 1828.   CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 507   He was quite young when his parents moved to Brooklyn township, where he grew to manhoodand remained till he came to Middleburg township. He was married in Middleburg township to Mrs. Huldah Taylor. She died in Middleburg township in 1865. Mr. Fay was married to his second wife, Miss Betsey E. Dunham, April 4, 1866, in Rockport township, this county. She was born in Middleburg township April 2, 1842, as a daughter of Almond and Eunice (Corbin) Dunham. Mr. Dunham died in Middleburg township May 20, 1892. His wife died in Rockport township, November 24, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Fay have one son, Ira E., who married Ida West.   Mr. Fay has not been an office seeker. In 1847 he went to Cleveland and learned the blacksmith's trade, which he has followed in connection with farming. He owns fifty-six and a half acres, which he has improved, and whereon he has erected good buildings. Mrs. Fay is a lady of education and intelligence, a member of the Congregational Church.   CAPTAIN WILLIAM G. JONES, whose name is inseparably associated with those brave and stalwart masters who have sailed through the storms and calms of the Great Lakes for more than three decades, is a native of the State of New York, born at Orleans, Jefferson county, May 15, 1828. His parents, Gardner and Eunice (Thompson) Jones, were natives of Massachusetts and New Hampshire respectively; the maternal grandfather was William Thompson. After his marriage Mr. Jones removed to New York State, where he followed agricultural pursuits and carpentry. Here he died at an advanced age; his wife survived him, passing away March 11, 1894, in her ninety-ninth year. William G. Jones is one of a family of seven children, six of whom are living. He spent his boyhood and youth on the old homestead, taking advantage of the opportunities that were offered him for acquiring an education.   At the age of eighteen years his career as a sailor began on Lake Ontario. He was a sailor before the mast on the schooner E. G. Mulich, with a cargo of merchandise from Oswego, the first vessel that ever entered Milwaukee harbor, and was in the same schooner at Chicago when there was but one hotel there, the Lake House, on the north side of the river. They had to wait three weeks for 1,500 bushels of wheat to be hauled in by the farmers. Showing great reliability and steadfastness of character, he was promoted from time to time until he was made master of a vessel, the brig Powhatan, on Lake Erie; he afterwards commanded the brig Ramsey Crooks, the schooner Whitney, the brig McBride, the steamer Diamond, the Grace Greenwood, the brig General Worth, the schooner George Washington, the schooner S. G. Andrews, the schooner Wild Rover, the C. H. Johnson, and the bark Vanguard. During a period of thirty-five years he sustained without wavering a reputation for fidelity and courage that will ever be a source of pride to posterity.   In 1876 Captain Jones left the water and came to Glenville, where he embarked in mercantile pursuits. He has conducted a very successful trade in groceries, flour and feed, adding materially to the competence he accumulated as a seaman.   He was united in marriage in 1846 to Miss Chloe Gore, of Cape Vincent, New York, and of this union one child was born, Mrs. Isabelle C. Winter, wife of John. P. Winter. Mrs. Jones died in June, 1889, and since that time the Captain has made his home with his daughter.   In politics our worthy subject gives his allegiance to the Republican party; for six years he has been a member of the Town Council, and for two years filled the office of Mayor, discharging his duties with a promptitude that has won the confidence of all classes of citizens. In 1848 he became a member of Erie Lodge, No. 27, I. 0. 0. F., and afterward one of the charter members of Mayflower Lodge, No. 679. He   508 - GUYAHOGA COUNTY.   and his wife have been associated with the Christian Church for many years: they donated the lot on which the church is built, and contributed liberally to its construction.   JOHN W. SPENCER, a prominent member of the Board of Trustees of Rocky River Hamlet, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and one of the representative farmers of that section of the State, was born in Rockport township, June 30, 1841. His parents were John P. and Electa M. (Beach) Spencer, the former of whom was born in Brookfield, Madison county, New York, May 24, 1805, and the latter in Norfolk, Litchfield county, Connecticut, May 21, 1811. The father came to Cuyahoga county about the year 1829, and the mother had come to Lorain county with her parents when she was but a child, her father, the late Junia Beach, having been one of the pioneer settlers of Lorain county. The marriage of John P. Spencer and Elects, M. Beach was consummated in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, March 13, 1832. They settled in what is now known as Rocky River Hamlet, and there passed the residue of their lives, her death occurring February 24, 1890, and that of her venerable husband only a few months later, August 12, of the same year. They had six children, four sons and two daughters, of whom we make record as follows: Henry B.; Mary R, who with the wife of James A. Potter, died in Rocky River Hamlet, November 7, 1890; Hannah is the wife of Frank W. Mastick, of whom personal mention is made elsewhere in this volume; Amos B.; John W. and Frank J.   Our subject was born and reared on his father's farm, and remained at home until the outbreak of the late civil war, when he was moved with patriotism and determined to take up arms in defense of his country's cause. Accordingly, on the 22d of January, 1861, he enlisted in the Fifteenth Ohio Independent Battery, with which he served three years and five months. After serving for two years he re-enlisted as a veteran and as such retained his active connection with the Union forces until the close of the war. He then returned to the parental home and once more became concerned with the peaceful pursuits of the farm. He continued his residence at the old homestead until the time of his marriage. This important event was celebrated December 24, 1866, in Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, when our subject wedded Miss Deborah Goldwood, who was born in Coeymans, Albany county, New York, November 25, 1840, the daughter of John and Julia A. (Brown) Goldwood. The parents emigrated from their home in the State of New York and settled in Medina county, Ohio, where they passed the remainder of their lives. The mother died in April, 1842, and the father July 12, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer have one child, Charles H., who married Sophia A. Whitmore, of Cleveland, December 16, 1890.   Prior to 1872 Mr. Spencer was engaged exclusively in farming, but in the year noted he entered quite extensively in the manufacture of tile and brick, which enterprise he still continues very successfully in connection with his farming operations.   He was elected as one of the Trustees of the hamlet in the spring of 1892, and has proved a most discriminating and capable official, discharging the incidental duties to the satisfaction of all.   In the line of fraternal associations Mr. Spencer is one of the active and prominent members of Olmsted Post, No. 634, Grand Army of the Republic.   GEORGE GOODING, who is engaged in gardening in Glenville, Ohio, and is one of the prosperous and substantial men of the town, was born in England, March 14, 1841, and when seven years of age came to Cleveland, Ohio, with his parents, Esau and Mary Gooding, both natives of England. Esau Gooding was by trade an engineer, and while in   CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 509   the old country had charge of a stationary engine. After coming to America he first worked at boiler making and later was employed by the King Bridge Company, superintending the erection of bridges, and being with that company for a number of years. He served one term as Councilman of Glenville, and for many years was identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he was a Trustee and Class Leader. His religions life was well rounded, never demonstrative, but constant and firm; and all who knew him valued him for his sterling character. He died March 5, 1888, in his sixty-ninth year. His wife had died when our subject was twelve years old. They had four children, namely: George; Sarah, wife of Henry Boneham ; Martha; and Charles, who married Fanny Hicox.   George Gooding early in life turned his attention to gardening, and in this business he has been engaged ever since. He first began on Wilson avenue, Cleveland, with Mr. G. H. Lodge, and after working there for three seasons came to Glenville, where he has remained since 1863. At one time he cultivated as much as fifteen acres, but at this writing his garden covers only seven and a half acres. He raises a great variety of garden produce and some fruits, all of which are of the best quality and bring the highest market prices. His home is beautifully situated and is indeed one of the most delightful places in Glenville, its surroundings giving every evidence of taste and refinement.   Mr. Gooding was first married, in Glenville, in 1870, to Miss Marietta Ladd, daughter of Ezekiel H. Ladd. She died November 29, 1874, and in 1883 he married Miss Victoria Shotwell, a native of Harrison county, Ohio, and daughter of Arrison and Mary (Dickerson) Shotwell, of Glenville. Her father died June 26, 1893, aged eighty-one years. She is one of a family of six children, namely: Lizzie; Victoria; A. J., a resident of Colorado; J. T., of Deadwood, South Dakota; Austin, of Boulder, Colorado; and Fremont, of Glenville. Mrs. Gooding was reared in the Baptist faith, her parents being members of that church, but she and Mr. Gooding belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, he being Trustee, Steward and Treasurer of the same. Politically, he is a Prohibitionist.   JOHN H. TONSING, whose name is prominent among the agriculturists of his community, was born in Independence township, Cuyhoga county, Ohio, January. 4, 1855. His father was Frederick Tonsing, one of the early settlers of this county: he was a native of Hanover, Germany, and was a youth of sixteen years when he bade farewell to his Fatherland and crossed the seas to America. He married Eleanor Bochning, also a Hanoverian by birth, who was a lass of fourteen when she came to this country. He was a shoemaker by trade and followed this occupation several years in Cleveland. When he had saved sufficient means he invested in land and turned his attention to farming. He had a tract of 126 acres under excellent cultivation and all the surroundings indicated the thrift and prosperity of the proprietor. Mr. and Mrs; Tonsing had thirteen children, four of whom are now living: Frederick, who remains upon the old homestead: John H., the subject of this notice; Anna, who is the wife of John Meilander; Marie, who married Michael Manke; Henry, a popular teacher educated at Oberlin College, who died at the age of twenty-seven years; Louis, who died at the age of twenty-seven; William, who died at the age of nineteen; Martin, who was sixteen years of age when the Pale Visitant again entered the household; the other children died in infancy. The father passed away at the age of sixty-one years, in November, 1886. He was a most active member of the Lutheran Church, to which he gave a liberal support. In politics he adhered to the Democratic party. Mrs. Tonsing survives her husband, and still resides at the farm.   John H. Tonsing passed an uneventful youth, attending the common schools of the township   510 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY   and assisting in the work of the farm. At the age of twenty-four years he married Elizabeth Schreiber, a daughter of Carl Schreiber, who was also born, reared and educated in New burg township. Mr. and Mrs. Tonsing are the parents of six children: Arthur, Laura, Rose, Walter and May, twins, and Viola.   The farm on which Mr. Tonsing resides with his family is well improved, the buildings being of modern style and conveniently arranged. He is one of the most reliable men of the township, and employing only the most correct methods in all his business operations commands the confidence and respect of all with whom he has any dealings.   Politically he gives his allegiance to the Republican party. He is an active member of the Lutheran Church, being one of the Deacons.   VARNUM R. GRAY, one of the most highly respected citizens of Middleburg township, was born in this township, September 10, 1845, where he passed the early years of his life. His father was Hosea Morgan Gray, who was born in Euclid, this county. His mother, Helen Gray, died about 1850. The father of Hosea Morgan Gray, was William Gray, who was born in Jamestown, Virginia, and removed from Kentucky to Ohio, settling in Cuyahoga county, first in Euclid, then in Rockport, and finally in Middleburg township. He died in Berea early in the '70s, at an advanced age. He was a direct descendant of the "F. F. Vs."(First Families of Virginia), as their ancestor, it is said, came over from England with Captain John Smith, settling Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent settlement in America.   Hosea Morgan Gray spent his early life in Euclid, and for ten years followed the lakes; he then purchased a farm in Middleburg township, where he erected a sawmill, which he operated in connection with his farm until the most valuable part of the timber on his land was exhausted. He then gave his attention to farming until his death, which occurred in Middleburg township in June, 1889. Hosea Morgan Gray was the father of two children by his first wife: a daughter, who died when five years old, and the subject of this sketch.   At the breaking out of the war, Varnum R. Gray, although young, enlisted, in May, 1861, in the Twenty-third Ohio Regiment, but served only a short time when he was discharged on account of sickness. In July, 1862, he again enlisted, in Battery A, First Ohio Light Artillery, and served till August, 1865, when he was mustered out of service. At Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, he was taken prisoner, but was soon afterward paroled. He was engaged in nineteen battles and skirmishes. Somewhat, broken in health, he now resides with his family near the farm where he was born. On leaving the army he returned to Middleburg township, and soon afterward was employed by the Lake Shore Railroad Company for about one year. He then purchased a farm in Lenawee county, Michigan, where he lived for nearly fourteen years, when he returned to Middleburg towship, where he has since resided.   He was married in Middleburg township, July 7, 1868, to Miss Emma Pilgrim, daughter of the late Robert Pilgrim, an old resident of this township. Her mother was Hannah (Rider) Pilgrim, who survives. These parents were natives of England. The father died June 4, 1893. They had nine children, four of whom are living. Mrs. Gray is the second of the family, and was born in Attleboro, Norfolk county, England, January 3, 1848. Robert Pilgrim was born in Besthorpe, Norfolk county, England, December 17, 1820, was married October 23, 1845, came to America in June, 1855, lived in Rockport till 1858, and finally moved to Middleburg township, where he died. Mr. and Mrs. Gray are the parents of five children: Florence G., wife of John Wooldridge; Morgan J., Robert V., Hannah E. and Helen Blanche.   Mr. Gray takes an active part in local affairs: is a Trustee of his township, and in 1890 was Census Enumerator for the district where he   CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 511   lives. In politics Mr. Gray has taken a prominent part, as a Republican. Both himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Berea. Fraternally Mr. Gray is a member of the G. A. R., Post No. 543, of Berea; the Knights of Pythias, Berea Lodge, No. 276; the Good Templars, Berea Lodge, No. 73, and the Ohio, No. 3105, P. of I. He is a Past Chancellor Commander in the Knights of Pythias, and has filled several of the offices in the G. A. B. He has filled many positions of trust both in military and civil life, and in all, it can be truthfully said that he has endeavored to do his duty.   EDWARD KING BRECK, deceased, for many years a prominent farmer and stock raiser of Brecksville, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, was born in Huntsburg, Geauga county, this State, in 1834, son of Dr. Edward and Clarissa (King) Breck, natives of Northampton, Massachusetts; His parents came to Ohio at an early day and were among the pioneer settlers of Geauga county. Dr. Breck was for some years a prominent physician of Hunts-burg, later of Detroit, Michigan, and still later of Brecksville, Ohio, the last town having been named in honor of our subject's grandfather, John Breck, who, with his three sons, one of whom was the Doctor, came to Ohio at an early day. The other two were Theodore and John Adams. Theodore did the most work for the town and is still living there. After a useful and active life, Dr. Breck passed away in 1866.   Edward K., the subject of this article, spent his whole life in the country, and gave much of his attention to the stock business, making a specialty of horses and cattle. His operations were for the most part attended with success.   He married Miss Mary Louisa Oakes, daughter of Francis and Lois (Church) Oakes, natives of Massachusetts. Her father came with his parents, Cary Oakes andwife, to Ohio when he was three months old, and was reared on a farm in the vicinity of Brecksville, where he died in 1887, aged sixty-five years. His wife died in 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Breck became the parents of two children, Theodore and Alice. The latter died November 6, 1866, aged seven years. Theodore was born December 1, 1867; is a graduate of Amherst College, Massachusetts, class of 1891, and also of the medical department of Wooster University, Cleveland, Ohio, class of 1894, and is now practicing at Brecksville.   Edward K. Breck died August 15, 1876, at the age of forty-two years, and his wife passed away October 8, 1876, aged thirty-three. His life was one characterized by honesty and industry. He had a wide acquaintance not only in the vicinity where he lived but also throughout many different localities, and by all who knew him he was held in high esteem. Politically, he was a Republican, as also is his son.   FRANK P. BELLE, one of the oldest market-gardeners of Cuyahoga county, was born in Bavaria, Germany, near the river Rhein, December 14, 1836. Peter and Barbara Belle, his parents, emigrated to the United States in 1846, arriving in the city of Cleveland on the 8th of August of that year; they were accompanied by four sons and one daughter. Mr. Bell purchased a tract of land in Independence township, consisting of fifty-six acres which he placed under excellent cultivation. He had crossed the sea to a strange country and a strange people hoping to make life an easier thing to himself and children, and in this ambition he was wholly successful. He and his wife are members of the Roman Catholic Church. His father was a Roman Catholic while his mother was a Protestant; they had three sons and three daughters; the sons embraced the religion of their father, the daughters that of the mother, all living in peace and harmony. Each accorded the privilege he asked, the right of choice in his faith. Peter Belle died in 1879 at the age of seventy-seven   512 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY   years; his wife died in 1857, aged fifty-two years. They were the parents of five children: Adam, who died soon after coming to America, Frank P., Peter, deceased, John, and Elizabeth, wife of Paulus Keck.   Mr. Belle came to East Cleveland township in 1861, and for thirty-three years has been engaged in market-gardening, raising all fruits that grow in this latitude and many varieties of vegetables. He has served four terms as a member of the village council, devoted to the highest interests of the citizens and good government. Possessing many admirable qualities of both head and heart, he has won the highest regard of his fellow-townsmen.   He was married the 26th day of May, 1863, to Miss Sophia Murman, a daughter of Jonas and Mary Ann Murman. They have had born to them three daughters and three sons: John and Frank P., Jr., deceased; Elizabeth, wife of J. N. Wagner, is the mother of four children,—Frank, Matthias, Joseph and Irene; Rosa, John F., and Anna. The family are devout members of the Roman Catholic Church.   Jonas Murman emigrated to America in 1859. He is the father of six children: Margaret, a Sister of Charity; Mrs. Belle; August; Rosa, wife of Frank Andrus; Michael; and Josephine, wife of Louis Tinger of Cleveland   RODNEY J. HATHAWAY, one of the substantial and highly respected citizens of Bedford, was born in Independence township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, April 30, 1836. Silas Alden Hathaway, his father, was a native of. Vermont and a son of Zephaniah Hathaway, a native of Taunton, Massachusetts, of English descent. The grand father emigrated from New England to Independ- ence township at a very early day, and here passed his life, which closed at the end of ninety-four years. Silas A. Hathaway was but a boy when he came to the new home on the western frontier; here he grew to manhood, receiving only that education which came to him by becoming inured to the heavy labor incident to placing wild land under cultivation. At the age of twenty-seven years he was united in marriage to Anna Varney, a native of Vermont. To them were born five children: La Fayette, deceased; William, a resident of Independence township; Annette, wife of L. D. Benedict, of Cleveland; R. J., the subject of this biography; and Edwin, deceased, a member of the Sixty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The father died at the age of sixty-one years, and the mother survived to the age of seventy-one. Mr. Hathaway was a consistent member of the Disciple Church, of which he was an official. Politically he was an Abolitionist, and later affiliated with the Republican party.   Rodney J. Hathaway passed his boyhood in Cuyahoga county, but enjoyed educational advantages superior to those afforded his father, beginning in a log schoolhouse. In 1855 he entered the Michigan State University and was graduated at that well known institution with the class of 1859. This course finished, he engaged in teaching, but when the war broke out he sacrificed his personal ambitions, enlisted in the Sixty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G, and in September, 1861, went to the front. He continued in the service three years, participating in many of the noted engagements of the war. July 19, 1863, he received a Lieutenant's commission, and afterward was made Adjutant of his regiment, a well deserved honor. He was slightly wounded in the service, but was never disabled. When the war was closed and peace was declared, Mr. Hathaway turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, giving especial attention to the culture of fruit. He has one of the finest orchards in northern Ohio, consisting of twenty-one acres in apples with one thousand bearing trees; eight acres in pears, two acres in peaches and one in plums. One season he harvested 7,000 bushels of apples.   October 4, 1865, Mr. Hathaway was united in marriage to Miss Albina D. Dunham, a   CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 513   daughter of Ambrose and Susan (Hollister) Dunham, natives of New Hampshire and Ohio respectively. The paternal grandfather was John Dunham, who emigrated to Cuyahoga county in 1818. Mrs. Dunham was a daughter of Enos and Elizabeth (Bidwell) Hollister, natives of Connecticut. Mrs. Hathaway is one of a family of seven children: Hon. Fred Dunham is a resident of Kansas; Mary Rathburn also resides in Kansas; Estella Lyle lives in Portland, Oregon; and Maria, Levi and Royal are deceased. The last named was a soldier of the Rebellion, a member of the Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and lost his life in the service. The Royal Dunham Post, G. A. R., of Bedford, is named in his honor. Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway are the parents of three children: Oriana, wife of C. L. Hoover; Adda M., a teacher of music in Southern Christian Insti- tute; and Fanny A., a student at Hiram College.   Politically our subject is an ardent supporter of the Prohibition party, and has been an indefatigable worker in the ranks of this organization. He is a consistent member of the Disciple Church, and in this cause has also labored with characteristic zeal.   HON. THEODORE E. BURTON, an em. inept lawyer of. Cleveland, is a native of i Jefferson, Ohio, born December 20,1851, a son of William and Elizabeth (Grant) Burton. His father was a native of Orange county, Vermont, and his mother of Holbrook, Litchfield county, Connecticut. It is supposed that the Burton family is of English origin; the parent tree of the family came from England and settled in New London, Connecticut; while the Grant family from which Mr. Burton descends traces its origin to Matthew Grant, a native of England who came to that State as early as 1637.   Rev. William and Elizabeth Burton were remarkable characters. They were married in 1836, in Ohio. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1815, and came to Ohio in 1825, a Presbyterian clergyman, and preached at Circleville, Jefferson and other places in this. State. He finally died at Austinburg, Ashtabula county, Ohio, at a ripe old age, in 1858. He was a bright scholar, a devout Christian and able divine, still well remembered as a good man and consistent minister of the gospel. His wife, a college graduate of Ipswich, Massachusetts, came to Ohio in 1833 for the purpose of teaching school, and while engaged in her profession here she married Mr. Burton.   The youngest of their ten children was subject of this sketch, the greater part of whose early childhood was spent in the village of Austinburg. At the age of thirteen years he went to Grinnell, Iowa, where two of his brothers were residing, and attended Iowa College to the end of the sophomore year, and then went to Oberlin, where he graduated in 1872, and afterward was a teacher for two years in the same institution, his specialty being Latin. Next, he went to Chicago for the purpose of studying law, under the guidance of the noted Lyman Trumbull, once one of the most prominent United States Senators. In due time he was admitted to the bar and at once began the practice of law at Cleveland in 1875. His career as an attorney and counselor has been marked by phenomenal success; in the law he is an adept; as an advocate he is persuasive and eloquent; and for the last several years he has been prominent in the the arena of politics, as well as in the profession of law.   The first elective office which he held was that of City Councilman, elected by the Fourth ward, and served 1886—'88, accomplishing some of the most important work concerning public measures that he has ever done, and, as the annals of the political history of the city of Cleveland give ample evidence, gaining popularity as his work became known. Being a Republican, he was selected by his party to represent this (the Twenty-first) district at Washington, and accordingly he was elected, in November,   514 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY.   1888. During his term of service he met the most sanguine hopes of many stanch friends. In 1890 he was renominated, but by this time the State had been so re-apportioned that his district was made Democratic, and he was consequently defeated.   Mr. Burton is a very pleasant-mannered and affable gentleman, communicative, modest and dignified, is a close student of works of high literary character, being especially fond of the classics. He is a member of several literary associations of high order, and upon certain subjects he has delivered several well received lectures.   DR. HORACE BLACK VAN NORMAN, 289 Pearl street, Cleveland, Ohio is one of the eminent physicians of the city.   He was born in Nelson township, Halton county, Canada, March 11, 1834, son of William and Gills (Black) Van Norman. His father, a native of Canada, and a prosperous farmer, died February 8, 1849, while in the prime of life. The mother of our subject, a native of New Brunswick and a daughter of a Scotchman, William Black, lived to the age of seventy-three years, her death occurring in 1885. Both were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Van Norman served as an officer in the church and as Sunday-school superintendent for many year& The Doctor is the oldest of their nine children and is one of the six who are still living, the other five being as follows: Minerva, wife of B. W. Wetmore, Geneva, Ohio; Dr. E. V. Van Norman, San Diego, California; Elvinda, widow of B. W: Sabin, Berea, Ohio; Marinda wife of Dr, H. H. Bartlett, Orange, California; and Bertha, wife of Dr. E. B. Sabin, Church's Corners, Michigan.   Dr. H. B. Van Norman obtained his literary education in Baldwin University, at Berea, Ohio, receiving the degree of A. B., and. subsequently that of A. M. He began the study of medicine in Cleveland, studying under Drs. Sanders, Wilson and Boynton, and entered Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College, of which institution he is a graduate with the class of 1864. Having completed his medical course, he entered upon the practice of his profession in Warrensville, Ohio. In 1866 he removed to Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1871 came from there to Cleveland, and here he has since conducted a successful practice. Both as a citizen and a physician, he occupies a leading place. He was elected to the professorship of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the Woman's Homeopathic College, in which capacity he served for some time. Afterward he was employed as lecturer on Sanitary Science and Hydropathy in the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College. He was Curator of this college for several years. The Doctor, besides having written numerous articles for medical journals, reported on bureaus and read many papers before the different societies of which he is an honored member; he is a member of the Cleveland Academy of Medicine, the East Ohio Medical Society, of the American Institute of Homeopathy, and the Medical Society of the State of Ohio, being vice-president of the last named organization. He is also a member of the Masonic order, the I. 0. 0. F., Royal Arcanum, Chosen Friends and Royal Templars of Temperance. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.   Dr. Van Norman was married in 1855 to Miss Jane R. Hoadley, and, while they have. had no children of their own, an adopted daughter was for many years the light and joy of their home. This daughter is now the accomplished wife of Dr. W. E. Wells, of Cleveland.   Mrs. Van Norman was born in Lorain county, Ohio, May 21, 1836, daughter of Samuel B. and Jemima R. (Hickcox) Hoadley, natives of Connecticut. Samuel B. Hoadley came to Ohio as early as 1826, and settled in Lorain county, where he was a merchant and farmer. He died in 1847, aged thirty-seven years. In 1831 he married Miss Jemima R. Hickcox, daughter of Eri Hickcox, whose father, Jared Hickcox, and   CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 515   his family, were the first to settle in Middleburg, Ohio, they having come hither from Connecticut with teams, and having remained in their wagons until the first house there was built. Eri Hickcox was born in 1790, and died January 21, 1564; and his wife, Alma Hoadley, whom he married February 22, 1813, was born in 1795, and died February 27, 1864. They had six children, two of whom are still living—Mrs. Hoadley and Alma H., wife of Dr. D. G. Wilder, Oberlin, Ohio. Mrs. Hoadley has been a resident of Cleveland for the past twenty-two years, her home being with her only child, Mrs. Van Norman. She is. a member of Franklin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church.   THOMAS BIDDULPH, deceased, was an early settler and prominent farmer of. Brooklyn township. Born in England, March 17, 1821, he was brought to Cuyahoga county by his parents in 1833, in their immigration to this country, locating upon unimproved land in this township. He was an industrious farmer, a good citizen and became well known in the county. Politically he was a Republican. He died August 25, 1889; and his son Joseph E., yet unmarried, now carries on the farm, residing with his mother on the old homestead, which comprises sixty-five acres. The son also is a zealous Republican in his political principles and a highly respected young man. He was married at the age of nineteen years, in 1840, to Miss Hannah Dutton, who was born in England, August 2, 1819, and came to Cleveland at the age of thirteen years, and still resides on the old homestead. Her father, Edward Dutton, a native also of England, settled in this county in early times, and remained a. resident here until his death. Mr., and Mrs. Biddulph were the parents of eleven children, ten of whom grew up to the age of maturity. The names of all are: Emma, deceased; Stephen W.; Mary A., the wife of Thomas Heffron; Harriet, deceased; Belle, the wife of Joseph Sarver;   33   Joseph E.; Maria, who married Warren Herrington ; Lina, the wife of Levi Meacham, who is the County Clerk of Cuyahoga county; Ella, who married Hiram Goodale; Thomas, Jr., and Matilda, the wife of William Langrell.R   REV. GEORGE W. PEPPER, ex-Chaplain, ex-Consul to Milan, author, lecturer, etc., resides at 1021 East Madison avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. He is a native of Belfast, Ireland, born November 25, 1836. , His parents were Nicholas and Rachel (Thornburg) Pepper, natives of county Down, Ireland. He was educated at a royal academic institution in his native city. While still a resident there, he wrote to the celebrated Neal Dow of Maine, inquiring into the particulars of the new liquor law introduced by him, and after obtaining them attended as a delegate a convention of leading temperance reformers at Manchester, England. On his return home lie wrote a series of letters for the Belfast papers, explaining the temperance movement then in progress, and urging the propriety of introducng something like the " Maine liquor law" in his native city. At length he called a public meeting, which was addressed by leading members of the different churches, and this laid the foundation for the United Kingdom Alliance, for the suppression of the liquor traffic, which became the -nucleus of the greatest temperance organ in northern Europe.   Mr. Pepper came to the United States in 1854, attended Kenyon (Ohio) College a year,. and then entered the North Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is still a minister. His 6 6 circuits," or fields of service, in succession were; Mohawk Valley, Coshocton county, one year; Chesterville, Morrow county, three years; Wellington, one year; and then for three years he was Chaplain of the Fortieth Regiment of United States Infantry, under General Nelson A. Miles, now commanding at Chicago. While serving in this capacity he was appointed by General Howard to visit   516 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY   every county in the State of North Carolina, to look after the freedmen and establish schools for them. In July, 1867, he accepted an invitation from the citizens of Raleigh, that State, to deliver the Fourth-of-July oration for that year, in which he pleaded for the Southern soldiers, now that the war was over, and that the North and the South should be bound together in the bonds of everlasting brotherhood. The Southern press spoke very kindly of the address.   When passing through Richmond with Sherman's army, he had an interview with General Lee, in which that noted Southern general related the following incident of the surrender of the Confederacy to General Grant: He, Gen ral Lee, had ordered his adjutant-general to surrender the horses as well as the munitions of war; whereupon General Grant turned immediately and said, " No, General Lee; keep the horses; the poor people will need them to tend the spring crops." General Lee shook like a leaf and wept. " General Grant," said he to Mr. Pepper, " instead of thinking of his victory, was thinking of the poor people of the South."   One of the proudest recollections of his life, is that when the Union was threatened by its own ungrateful‘ children, and the sceptered tyrants of the Old World were rejoicing in the prospective overthrow of the American Government, on the first Sunday after the firing on Fort Sumter, at Keene, Coshocton county, Ohio, Mr. Pepper preached on the national struggle, its sanctity and grandeur, from the text, " Out of the South cometh a whirlwind." At the conclusion of the service, while singing the " Star-spangled Banner'," he recruited 100 men, of which company (H) he served as Captain. .   After the close of the war, Mr. Pepper wrote " The personal Recollections of Sherman's Campaigns," with reference to which General Sherman afterward wrote him a letter saying that it was the best work of the kind that had been written.   In 1870, Mr. Pepper resumed the pastorate. His first station then was Wooster, Ohio, where he remained three years, the extreme limit as yet allowed by the general law of the church; then in succession Galion three years, Mount Vernon three years, Bellevue three years and Sandusky one year. Then he made a tour abroad visiting Ireland, France, Germany and Italy. In 1882 he was returned to Wooster, where he again served three years, after which, in 1884, he participated in the campaign for Blaine for President of the United States, making his first speech in Cooper's Institute, New York city. This speech was occasioned by an incident of his visit to Ireland. While in that country he delivered a speech in his native city, wherein he spoke of the queenly position of women in America, stating that every mother who reeked the cradle was a queen, and that they were more refined in their feelings than any queen who ever swayed the English scepter; that he had in his congregations in Ohio, more than 500 such queens, any one of whom could run the government of England, for $500 a year, as well as Queen Victoria, who filched from the people $2,500,000 a year. The policemen who were there and other detectives informed the chief of police of this " disrespectful, reference to the queen," and the next day two policemen went to the place where Mr. Pepper was stopping and threatened to arrest him; whereupon he presented his passport signed by James G. Blaine, Secretary of State, and said to the gentlemen, " If you arrest me, I will cable Mr. Blaine, and in forty-eight hours he will hold the British ambassador a hostage until my release." The policemen immediately apologized and departed. Mr. Pepper then said, " If Mr. Blaine ever becomes a candidate for President of the United States I will take the stump ;" and this he did, in 1884. This story he related in a public oration at Mansfield, Ohio, when Senator Sherman presided, and presented that city with seventy acres of land for a park.   After the conclusion of that political campaign, Mr. Pepper was stationed at Ashland,   CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 517   Ohio, where he remained four years, the general rule of the church allowing a longer pastoral period than formerly. A year later he was visiting his daughter at Washington, District of Columbia, on whose invitation he called upon Mr. Blaine. The latter asked, " Why were you not here sooner? What country do you want to go to?" Mr. Pepper replied, " I want nothing, have asked nothing, and expect nothing. I have no letters or recommendations from any one." Mr. Blaine,- insisting, offered him the consulate at Milan, Italy, adding that he was a minister and needed rest and a change, etc. The daughter desiring to go abroad, Mr. Pepper, in order to gratify her, accepted the position, and set sail in April, 1889, and returned in January, 1893, and now, at this writing, he is engaged in the lecture field, which he will continue until next fall, when his conference meets, to whose advice he will be subject. Mr. Pepper is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.   In Ireland, in 1853, Mr. Pepper married Miss Christiana Lindsey, daughter of Samuel Lindsey, Esq., and by this marriage there were six children, namely: George, who is superintend superintendent of the Ninth Railway Mail Division, from New York to Chicago; Samuel Arthur, who is superintending a ranch and mine, at Miles City, Montana; Charles M., who for seven years has had charge of the Chicago Tribune, Washington correspondence; Lena, an artist, who pursued her studies at Milan; May, a writer for magazines and a correspondent of the press; and Carrie, who lived in Washington and was a brilliant writer and correspondent for a syndicate of newspapers; her death occurred in 1889, when she was aged twenty. four years, at the home of her brother in Washington. She was frequently a guest at the White House, and Mrs. Harrison paid a handsome tribute to her memory. Mrs. Senator Ingalls, from Kansas, sent a letter of condolence, in which among other things she said that Carrie was her " ideal of a perfect lady." All the children living are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and all graduates of the University of Wooster excepting the eldest.   After the death of his daughter, Mr. Pepper returned from Italy, to visit the heart-broken mother, who returned with him to the land of sunshine, art and song, and died there in 1891, of typhoid fever. She had been a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her remains were brought to America, and buried beside her daughter in Lakeview cemetery.   Mr. Pepper was in Italy during the excitement caused by the Italian massacre at New Orleans, Louisiana, and he reports that the citizens of northern Italy generally approved of Mr. Blaine's disposition of that unpleasant affair. His popularity in Italy was very great.- The leading papers there said little or nothing about the New Orleans trouble, knowing, perhaps better than the Americans themselves, what kind of desperadoes those Italians at New Orleans were. As a consul, Mr. Pepper was diligent in looking after the interests of his people. Milan, as is well known, is the musical center of the world, attracting thither many young ladies from America. While abroad,   518 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY.   Mr. Pepper made a tour through Egypt, the Holy Land, Turkey, Greece and other countries of Asia and Europe.   Chaplain Pepper is an orator of national fame. The titles of his lectures are: Sherman's March to the Sea, England and the English, Old Rome and New Italy, Labor's Problem (Communism or Monopoly?), Orators and Oratory, Froude's Ireland from a Protestant Standpoint, The Humors of the Pulpit and the Pew, Curran and Irish Eloquence, O'Connell and his Times, The Slaughtered (Temperance), Luther and the Reformation, George Stephenson (Father of Railways), Home, Marriage and Divorce, Ireland and the Irish; America and the Americans, The Ireland of To-day, Italy, Egypt, Constantinople, Greece, etc.   Concerning Mr. Pepper's lectures, we have before us hundreds of favorable press notices, from which we quote a few, as specimens: "The Rev. George W. Pepper delivered a lecture last evening in Music Hall before a large audience. In closing the reverend gentleman eloquently urged his hearers to unite."—Boston Herald. "Straight and wiry, eagle-eyed and sharp-featured, Mr. Pepper speaks with a force and earnestness that rarely fails to carry conviction. He spoke nearly two hours, ably and eloquently, and created a most favorable impression."—New Haven Union. " The second lecture filled every seat in the spacious building. Earnestness is a marked feature of his eloquence, which, however, is set off with ornate and studied phraseology, afine voice and a good presence."—San Francisco Chronicle. " The lecturer possesses rare forensic powers. The lecture was replete with historical events, biographical sketches, etc. The eulogium upon Robert Emmet was a rare piece of word-painting, and the peroration was full of genuine Celtic fire."—Virginia City (Nevada) Enterprise. " Rev. G. W. Pepper lectured last evening at Mercantile Hall. About 500 persons were present, including many of the wealthy and influential citizens of the city. For nearly two hours the lecturer kept the audience spell-bound by his eloquence. Any thing short of a verbatim report would fail to do justice to the lecture. He concluded with an eloquent peroration. The lecture was frequently applauded, and will long be remembered by those who were present."—St. Louis Republican. " Rev. George W. Pepper, of Ohio, lectured last evening at Guard's Hall before a large and enthusiastic audience. His stage appearance was good, his command of language ready almost to a fault."—Denver Tribune. " Never before in the history of Lincoln, was there an audience assembled which contained citizens of more distinguished and higher standing than the one gathered last night. We give a verbatim report of Rev. Mr. Pepper's eloquent lecture. As the speaker finished, the applause, which had been frequent and extended throughout the evening, broke forth in deafening rounds, forcibly expressing the audience's appreciation of the logical and eloquent address."—Daily State Democrat,. Lincoln, Nebraska. " In a captivating and thrilling strain did he dwell on the career of O'Connell and his contemporaries. With a pathos so deep and effective did he picture the dark shadows which surrounded his life and beset his path that the eye moistened at their recital; and when the chains of young Emmet were made to clank, and the murderers of Ireland, their hands reeking with blood, were held up to the execration of mankind, the audience burst by common consent into long and loud continued cheers at the names of those who had offered themselves as a holocaust on the altar of their country; and louder and louder became the enthusiasm as the lecturer related a standing toast in the Shears family, ' May Ireland never want a Shears to clip the wings of tyrants!' We never had the pleasure of listening to a More finished oratorical effort."—Irish Canadian. " The Rev. Captain Pepper delivered his popular lecture in this city on Tuesday evening last. The lecturer met us in that free and easy manner that generally pleases and wins our sympathy at once. He gave a clear and interesting description of the Irish character, as being earnest, impulsive,   CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 519   witty, patriotic and eloquent. At times the eloquence of the lecturer was extraordinary."—College Transcript, Delaware.   Concerning Mr. Pepper's personal character and his book, " Sherman's Campaigns," we add the following testimonials: 4C George W. Pepper, Captain Eightieth Ohio Volunteers, engaged at the battle of Farmington, Inks, Corinth; Chaplain of the same regiment; engaged at the battles of Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Kenesaw mountain, Atlanta, Sherman's Georgia and Carolina Campaigns; Aid-de-camp in the above engagements; Chaplain Fortieth United States Infantry; in the Freedmen's Bureau, and Assistant Superintendent of Education."—Colonel Henry, in his "Military History of Civilians in the Regular Army." " For gallant and meritorious conduct in the war, I recommend Chaplain George W. Pepper, formerly Captain Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for brevet promotion."—E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. " I am well pleased with your book. Hundreds of officers and soldiers will prize it, and peruse it with pleasure, because it groups all those events in an interesting and attractive style, easy of reference and intelligible to all."—W. T. Sherman, General.   OSWALD KAMM, Treasurer of Rockport hamlet, and Postmaster of Kamms post-office, was born in Switzerland in September, 1845. There he grew to manhood and lived till February, 1867, when he came to America. His parents were Jacob and Mary Kamm. The father was a school teacher for thirty years, and was also in the employ of the Government for many years before his death, which occurred in Switzerland July 4, 1888.   Of a family of twelve children our subject was the second. On arriving in America in February, 1867, he came direct to Cleveland, where he lived about eight years, and then removed to Rockport hamlet, where he has since been a resident. He was engaged in the grocery business in Cleveland, and has followed the same business in Rockport. He was appointed Postmaster of Kamms postoffice under President Cleveland's first administration and has held the office since.   He was married in Cleveland, Ohio, September 25, 1873, to Miss Lena Klaue, daughter of Charles and Adelaide (Colbrunn) Klaue. Mr. Klaue died in Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Lena Kamm was born in Rockport township, January 16, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Kamm have had six children,--Jacob, Frederick, Louisa, Lena, Oswald and Dora. Dora died when about two and a half years old.   S. R. HAYES.—It has been said that he is handicapped who is the son of a distinguished man, from the fact that during his career invidious comparisons will be drawn. The subject of this sketch, who is the son of President Rutherford B. Hayes, needs, however, fear no comparison, for in the field of usefulness to which he has turned his attention and effort he has met with unqualified success.   One of five children, S. R. Hayes was born in 181'1, at the family homestead in Columbus, Ohio. He received 'a thorough education, and upon completing his studies at once entered upon an active business career.   From 1889 until 1892 he held a position in the counting-room of the First National Bank of Fremont, Ohio, after which he accepted a position with the Thompson-Houston Electric Company at Cincinnati, Ohio, which incumbency he resigned to accept the office of manager of the Cleveland offices of the General Electric Company, of Boston, assuming the duties of the responsible office in 1893. March 1, 1894, he resigned his position with the General Electric Company to accept a position as traveling salesman for the Sperry Electric Railway Company, of Cleveland.   Mr. Hayes is a member of the Greek college fraternity, the Delta Kappa Epsilon, and has   520 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY.   also been prominently identified with the order of Sons of Veterans, in which organization he held for some time the position of Captain.   Enjoying a marked popularity in both business and social circles and recognized as a capable, discerning and conscientious young business man, Mr. Hayes well merits the attention accorded him in this connection.   HENRY PARKER, M. D.—We are now permitted to direct attention to one of 1 the most widely known and popular residents of Berea, a man held in the highest estimation for his marked professional ability as well as for his his character and bearing as an individual. Dr. Parker was born in Brunswick, Medina county, Ohio, April 8, 1824. His father was the late Henry Parker, a native of Wallingford, Connecticut, where he was born June 4, 1792, and where he lived until 1815, when he emigrated to Ohio and settled in Brunswick, Medina county. On the 16th of March, 1816, he was married to Miss Malinda Harvey, and they are said to have been the first white couple to wed in the town of Brunswick. Henry Parker, Sr., died about the year 1826, when the subject of this review was about two years of age. The mother was afterward married to Abraham Conyne, of Strongsville, Cuyahoga county, a miller by trade and occupation. The family removed to Strongsville in 1830.   Dr. Parker's early life was passed chiefly in assisting his stepfather in his mill and he received a somewhat limited common-school education. He continued to live in Strongsville until 1844, when he left home and went to La Porte, Indiana, where he followed the occupation of a painter about one year and then returned to Cuyahoga county, finding employment at minimum wages in a woolen mill at Berea. The young man was ambitious and aspiring and had formulated plans for the directing of his future life upon a broader plane of thought and action. Accordingly in 1846 he began the study of medicine, and in 1854 graduated at the American Medical College, at Cincinnati, Ohio. He then located in Berea, March 10, 1849, where he has since enjoyed an extensive and representative practice, not only in the city but in a wide extent of country adjacent. Since 1871 he has been a member of the Ohio State Medical Association and has held the honorable preferment as president of that organization, and in 1872 became a member of the National Eclectic Association.   November 23, 1874, Dr. Parker was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Sherwood, daughter of Solomon and Aurilla Sherwood, of Royalton, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, who were among the early settlers of that town. Mrs. Parker was born August 18, 1824. Dr. and Mrs. Parker became the parents, of four children, one of whom died in infancy. Henry E. was born November 20, 1851, and is now a physician in practice at Lorain, Lorain county, Ohio; he was married at Montville, Medina county, Ohio, March 15, 1878, to Miss Cora McConnell. James M. was also a physician and was engaged in practice at Vanlue, Hancock county, Ohio. where he died on January 21, 1883, soon after locating there; he was born in Berea October 13, 1853, and was married, at Attica, Seneca county, Ohio, September 2, 1880, to Miss Hittie Gilmer, who, with one child, survives him. Charles W., the youngest son, was born August 22, 1860, and was married, in Chicago, Illinois, December 15, 1885, to Miss Fannie Frayer.   Dr. Parker was one of the orginators of the Berea Savings & Loan Association. He has never been a seeker after public or official .preferments, although he has been elected to fill various township and village offices, the duties of which he has discharged to the satisfaction of all. In 1862 he was appointed by Dr. J. S. Newbury, of Cleveland (who was general manager of the Western Sanitary Commission) to perform the duties of Camp and Hospital Inspector, receiving his commission from the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, and Surgeon-   CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 521   General Hammond. He served in this capacity two and one-half years, until Sherman's campaign to Atlanta, to the satisfaction of the Government and the soldiers as well. He was located during the service in .West Virginia, with the Army of the Cumberland and the Fourteenth Army Corps, under General Sherman.   The Doctor stands forth pre-eminently as a type of the self-made man, has achieved distinctive success and honor in his life work and is one who is most clearly entitled to representation in this volume, which has to do with the leading citizens of that portion of the State of Ohio in which he has so long lived and labored.   REV. THEOPHIL LEONHARDT, pastor of the United Evangelical Zion's Church of Cleveland, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, February 8, 1853. His parents were Louis and Barbara (Boehringer) Leonhardt. His father, a merchant, died in 1873, aged seventy-three years, and his mother died the same year. Both were lifelong members of the Evangelical Church.   The subject of this sketch is the third in a family of four children, all living, namely: Mary, wife of David Mailer; Louis; Theophil and Catherine, wife of Christian Seitz. Mr. Leonhardt was educated in the Mission College at Basel, Switzerland, in the Seminary at Nurtingen, Germany, and in America spent two years in a theological course in Marthasville, Missouri. Before coming to America young Theophil was in the Servian army—in 18761877—for thirteen months, in a war with Turkey. He came to America in 1880, and was in the orphan asylum a few months as teacher, until the next school year began, when he began his studies in Marthasville, Missouri. He was ordained in Cleveland in the church where he now has charge, in the year 1883. He was here first as vicar, then was made the pastor, in March, 1884, and has served as such since that time.   Under Mr. Leonhardt's care the church has inoreased one hundred per cent. in numbers, having now 300 active and 400 passive members. The Sabbath-school numbers over 900. The small building in which the congregation worshiped is now used for a school and a beautiful and commodious edifice has taken its place. This has sittings for 1,500 people, and is sometimes filled so that extra seats have to be provided. The congregation is made up of good and appreciative German people.   Mr. Leonhardt is a very hard worker, adding to his other duties the superintendency of the Sabbath-school. His well directed efforts have been a great benefit to the church and community. The church has been most fortunate in his pastorate.   Mr. Leonhardt was married. September 30, 1884, to Miss Anna Remelius, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Bower) Remelius. Her father was born in Germany and came to Cleveland in 1848, where he has since resided. He is a car inspector at the Union depot, and is sixty-three years of age. His wife died April 14, 1890, aged fifty-nine. She, with her husband, was a member of their son-in-law's church. M r. and Mrs. Remelius had seven children, three dying in early childhood. The living children are these: Louis, residing in the West; Louisa, wife of Gordian Duffner, residing on Lorain street, Cleveland; has three children,—Frederick, Alma and Elmer; Mrs. Leonhardt; Charles, residing in Cleveland, a machinist in the electric power house; married Mary Clark.   Mrs. Leonhardt is a lady of culture, easy and pleasing manners, and a great help in the arduous and important labors of her husband. They have five children, viz.: Theophil D., Louis C., Thusnelda E., Carl F. and Armin E. Mrs. Leonhardt and the children are members of the Zion Church.   Mr. Leonhardt, while in Germany, was a teacher for three years and a half in a school founded by Gustav Werner. Here 1,300 children and old people of various classes—the poor, the vicious, the crippled—have been   522 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY.   taught and cared for, This was one of the noted institutions of that part of Germany. Mr. Werner originated the plan, collected the money and brought about the organization of the institution: He died in 1886, at seventy-six years of age. His death was greatly lamented.   While in the war Mr. Leonhardt was in eight battles, and ten or twelve dangerous skirmishes. In 1876 he was wounded by the bursting of a shell, a Hinder of which struck him on the left side of his face, knocking him senseless. He was carried to the hospital, where he remained three weeks, and then returned to his command. that wound he will carry, while he lives, a large scar on his neck and face. He held the commission of Second Lieutenant, which be was afterward obliged to resign on account of impaired health, the result of a prolonged attack of yellow fever. On leaving the army he returned to his home, and came to America in 1880.   Mr. Leonhardt is a man of fine personal appearance and of easy, pleasing manners. His tine scholarship and extended acquaintance with the world, his generous and affable ways, added to a pleasing presence, have ever been helpful in his church work. He is an honored citizen of whom his community may be proud.   A. T. MITCHELL, a leading business man of Newburg, Ohio, and a member of the popular firm of Mitchell Brothers, dealers in hardware, was born in Ravenna, Portage county, Ohio, November 22, 1856, and removed to Newburg, Ohio, with his parents in 1860; was educated in the grammar and high schools of Newburg, and on leaving them, in order to become more familiar with business forms, entered the Spencerian Business College, and took his diploma in 1874. He then launched out on his successful career, first as an employee of of his father, and soon afterward as a member of the firm of R. Mitchell & Son. This firm continued in business until R. Mitchell reached his sixtieth year, when upon his desire to retire a reorganization was effected, and the firm of Mitchell Brothers came into existence, composed of A. T. and R. T. Mitchell.   In its infancy this business was cooped up in one end of a dwelling with a capacity of about 500 square feet, with a tinshop as the chief attraction; now two buildings are required to accommodate their immense stock of hardware, stoves, implements, tiling, etc.,—one 100 x 21 feet and two stories high, and the other 50 x 100 feet, a wareroom, besides a large storeroom in the yard. This popular house was founded in 1860 by R. Mitchell, the venerable father of the subject of this sketch. He is the pioneer hardware merchant of Newburg. His first business in this State was in Ravenna, where he located in 1856 and became a member of the firm of Beckley & Mitchell, for four years. His first attempt at business in the -West was in Beloit, Wisconsin, where he was employed as foreman of a tinner's shop for two years.   He was born in Washington county, New York, thirty miles north of Troy, January 30, 1827. His ancestors on the father's side were of Scotch origin: his grandfather, John Mitchell, emigrated from Scotland to America during the last years of the eighteenth century. By trade he was a slater, and while engaged at this vocation in New York city, he fell from a building and died from the effects of the injuries. He left only one child, a son, John, the grandfather of A. T. Mitchell, who remained with his mother in New York city till he was fifteen years of age, when he and his mother and stepfather moved to Washington county. There young John learned the trade of carpenter and builder, married and became a contractor of some note. In 1833 he moved to Oswego county, where he was an active business man, a manufacturer of stoves, being the first to turn out the Hathaway cookstove, with a descending flue, producing an article equal almost to the more modern stove. He made also the Clute iron-moldboard plow, among the first in existence with a metal moldboard, and contin-   CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 523   ued to prosecute his business to the time of his death, in July, 1853. His affliction was cancer of the stomach, and he was taken away prematurely, being only fifty-nine years of age. He married Lois Hall, a New England lady, a native of Connecticut, who died in 1831, leaving four children, as follows: Thomas, who died in 1891, in St. Joseph county, Michigan; Abigail, who married a Mr. Row and secondly a Mr. Coats, and is now a widow residing in Wayne county, New York; Nancy, now Mrs. Shaver, also a resident of Wayne county; and Robert.   The last named was "bound out" in the old-fashioned way, at ten years of age, to Daniel G. Merriman, a tinner of New Haven, Oswego county, where lie was to serve an apprenticeship of eight years at the tinner's trade, receiving three months' schooling each winter, his board and clothes and his usual two suits of clothes on becoming twenty-one; but his health failed because of the confinement, and he was released from the trade at the end of three years. He returned to his father and remained with him till he reached his majority, engaged in farm work. At twenty-one he renewed his acquaintance with his half completed trade and made it his business ever after.   He married, in Ontario, New York, October 29, 1853, Catherine Melissa Cain, a native of the Isle of Man and a daughter of William Cain. The children by this marriage were: Mary Eliza, who died in 1888; A. T., the subject of this sketch; Robert T., and Kate Lois.   Mr. Mitchell schooled his sons in the business to which he gave the best years of his life to establish, and at sixty years of age turned it over to them and retired from active business pursuits.   Mr. A. T. Mitchell is a director in the South Cleveland Banking Company, in the Ohio National Building & Loan Company, and, in conjunction with H. Nason, was one of the originators of the latter. He is secretary of the Meade Lumber Company, and president of rho Mitchell Brothers Company, who were incor porated on April 5, 1894, for the purpose of conducting a general hardware, stove, tinware, etc., business, with a capital of $15,000. He has passed the chairs in the local lodge of the I. 0. 0. F., and is a trustee of that lodge.   He was married June 12, 1890, to Jane E. Corlett, a daughter of Daniel Corlett, a history of whom will be found in this volume.   JOHN CARLISLE.—Conspicuous among the men of prominence in Cleveland, whose enterprise, business sagacity, upright methods, liberality and public spirit have contributed to the growth of Ohio's metropolis, rendering it a leading factor in the advancement of the State and county, stands the name of the subject of this sketch, who, although having gone to his reward, has left a legacy rich in good influences which will endure for many years to come.   Mr. Carlisle was a native of Chillicothe, Ohio, born October 29, 1807. His parents were John and Betsy (Mann) Carlisle, the father a native of county Tyrone, Ireland, and the mother of Pennsylvania. Our subject made the most of limited educational advantages, such as were afforded in the schools of those early days. He began for himself as a shoe merchant, under the firm name of "Carlisle & Fisk." At a later date he sold out to Mr. Fisk, and Mr. Carlisle was appointed toll collector on the Ohio canal at Chillicothe, which position he held for some years. Subsequently he was engaged in pork-packing, time firm being "Carlisle & Reid." Their brand of pork and hams was well established throughout many of the States. His next adventure was in coming to Cleveland in 1850. This city about that time was considered a fine opening for business ventures, being then, as well as since, the commercial center of a large and attractive territory. Accordingly he, with others, ,took toward Cleveland. 11` Arriving safely, lie established himself in the forwarding and commission busi-   524 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY   ness. His location was on Merwin street, near the business place of R. T. Lyon, who was among the early few who are still left. Mr. Carlisle was a man of good business methods, of strict integrity and great industry. His generous impulses and kind heart induced him to keep himself back in trying to help others along. He did an extensive business and succeeded well.   He was married in Gloucester, Massachusetts, October 29, 1835; to Miss Mary Beach, dangle-ter of William and Mary Beach, all natives of Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle had nine children, viz.: William B., who died August 9, 1885, at the age of forty-seven years; John, who died December 17, 1885, at the age of forty-six years; Andrew, born in 1841; Amelia B., born in 1843; Henry N., who died March 14, 1857, aged ten years and six months; Gertrude A., born in 1849; Mary Belle, who died September 27, 1852, aged one year and three months; Irwin C., born in 1853; and Charles F., born in 1856.   Dr. Irwin Carson Carlisle, the eighth child of John and Mary (Beach) Carlisle, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, February 28, 1853. He was educated in the Cleveland public schools, read medicine under Prof. H. W. Kitchen. and graduated in the medical department of the Wooster University, class of 1875. Since 1876 he has been a continuous practitioner in Glenville, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Carlisle has been the attending physician to the hospital for convalescent children—"Rainbow Cottage",—from its organization in 1891. He has been a member of the Board of Health since its organization in the village of Glenville.   Careful judgment and integrity of purpose have characterized his professional career, and he has been eminently successful, and has gained not only financial prosperity but also that other most valuable and necessary requirement, the respect and esteem of his fellow-men. The Doctor is prompt to aid any enterprise tending to benefit his community and is justly recognized as a liberal-minded and progressive citizen. He was married December 20, 1880, to Miss Ella, daughter of William and Lydia A. (Barber) Phillips, of whom see elsewhere in this volume. The home of the Doctor and wife has been blessed in the birth of one child, Mary Antoinette. Dr. Carlisle and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. His parents were members of the Presbyterian Church for more than a generation, his father a Deacon in his church (the Westminster) for many years.   The Doctor is a member of the Cleveland, the Cuyahoga County, and the Ohio State Medical Societies. He is also a frequent contributor to the medical journals of the day. In politics Dr.. Carlisle is an ardent Republican.   Mr. John Carlisle's death occurred December 28, 1868. His wife is still living, with her son, in St. Louis, Missouri, at the advanced age of seventy-eight years. As mother, companion, Christian and friend, no language can speak her praise too warmly. She is all these fine words imply. Mr. Carlisle was for many years a citizen of Chillicothe, Ohio, and the following tribute from the Cleveland Leader attesting his worth as a husband, a father, and a citizen will find a responsive echo from all who knew him here. The Leader says:   " We have to record the death of another prominent citizen of Cleveland, John Carlisle, Jr., who was during the early part of his business life a resident of Chillicothe, where quite a number of his relatives still reside. For some eighteen years past, with but a brief interval of absence, he has been well known in the forwarding and commission business in Cleveland, Ohio. After forty years of more or less active business life, marked by industry, fidelity and honesty, he has departed from the scenes of his business associations and from the midst of his many friends in private life at the still prime age of sixty-one.   "Few business men in our country were better known for simplicity of character, singleness of purpose, or sterling honesty in dealing. He was too modest to claim distinction, and too