600 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. railway work, being made secretary and purchasing agent of the West Side Street Railway Company in 1883. Upon its consolidation with the Woodland avenue line he was elected to the same office, and again succeeded to it upon the consolidation with the Cleveland City Cable Railway Company in 1893, forming the Cleveland City Railway Company. In January, 1894, lie was elected to the office of treasurer also. He is a stockholder in the road. Mr. Hanna has been treasurer of the Ohio State Tramway Association since 1885, and secretary and treasurer of it since 1889, and has been active in the interests of street railroads throughout the State. He is a Republican in politics and is very active in local campaigns, but never has time to devote to politics as a business. He is unmarried. HON. RICHARD C. PARSONS, a prominent lawyer and citizen of Cleveland was born October 16, 1826, at New London, Connecticut, of distinguished Puritan ancestry. After having received a liberal education he began the study of law, in 1846. In 1845 he came to Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in Cuyahoga county in 1851. Be was elected to the City Council in 1852 and in the spring of the following year was made president of that body. In this official capacity began his public career, which has been distinguished by earnestness, integrity and sincerity of purpose, and which has been so abundantly filled with honor. In 1857 he was elected to the Legislature of the State of Ohio as a member of the newly founded Republican party, and was re elected in 1859, being chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was scarcely thirty-three years of age when he was elevated to this responsible and distinguished position, where he acquitted himself as a legislator of marked ability and wisdom. When President Lincoln took his office he appointed Mr. Parsons as Minister to Chili, which appointment Mr. Parsons declined, and accepted the Consulship to Rio de Janeiro, remaining in that capacity one year, when he resigned and soon thereafter was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue at Cleveland, and still later Marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, which position lie held from 1866 to 1872. In 1872 he was tendered by President Johnson the position of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury or Governorship of Montana, both of which he declined. In the latter year another honor came to Mr. Parsons in his election to Congress from the Cleveland District. In Congress he distinguished himself as one well fitted for the office he held. He was directly instrumental in securing the Life Saving Service at the Cleveland port, also the lighthouse for the Government pier, and the commencement of the work of building the Cleveland breakwater. From early life Mr. Parsons has displayed remarkable literary taste and ability, and from 1877 to 1880 was editor and principal owner of the " Cleveland Herald," but disposing of the same he resumed the practice of law, in which he has also gained an enviable reputation for himself. He has always been conspicuous as an active and progressive Republican in politics, and was among the anti-slavery men of 1848, in resisting the spread of slavery into the Territories of the United States. Some of his literary speeches and lectures have been gathered together and published, and have been read with unusual interest by a wide circle of readers. PROF. JOHN W. LANGLEY, of the Chair of Electrical Engineering in the Case School of Applied Science at Cleveland, is a native of the city of Boston, born in 1841, one of the, three children of Samuel Langley, who was an active business man, as well as literary, and an early stockholder in the Boston Atheneum; he was also a collector of choice notable books. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 601 The subject of this sketch graduated at Harvard in 1861, as a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, and was ajtutor there for six months. He then entered the United States Navy as assistant surgeon,' in which position he continued until 1864, when:he resigned to travel and study his favorite branches in Europe, where he spent a profitable year. Next he was professor of chemistry and physical science at Antioch (Ohio) College until the reorganization of that institution in 1867. After further study in Boston and Cambridge he was appointed professor of natural philosophy in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, where he remained two years, resigning in 1872 to take a business position; but after a short time he was appointed professor of chemistry and allied sciences at Western (Pennsylvania) University, which place he held until 1875, when lie was called to the chairs of chemistry and physics in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, in 1875. This place he resigned to become consulting electrician and metallurgist at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and thence he was called in 1892 to the chair he now occupies, mentioned at the introduction of this sketch. On his arrival here the department of Electrical Engineering was created, which, by putting in an ample system of equipments, he has rapidly brought up to a standing equal to that of the other departments. From the University of Michigan Prof. Langley has received the degree of Ph. D. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Science, is honorary member of the Society of Engineers of Western Pennsylvania, of the Society of Civil Engineers of Cleveland, of the Electric Club of Cleveland, and a corresponding member of the British Society for the Advancement of Science, and is the author of a number of scientific papers. In 1871 he married Miss Martica, a daughter of Don Jose Carret, of Cuba, and has four children: Mary W., Martica J., Annie W. and Samuel P. The Professor's ancestry on the British side were participants in the war of our Revolution in 1776; his mother's father was engaged on coast defence during the war of 1812; and his father died in Barton in 1888, at the age of seventy-seven years; his mother is still living. ORION L. NEFF, a well-known member of the Cleveland bar, was born May 15, 1848, at Winchester, Preble county, Ohio. (For history of the family see biography of W. B. Neff.) In August, 1861, at the age of thirteen years, Mr. Neff enlisted as a drummer boy in the Thirty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. During his service in the war there were three generations of his family in the ranks,—himself, his father and grandfather. As a drummer boy he passed through the campaigns conducted by General Thomas against Zollicoffer in Kentucky, and Generals Grant and Sherman in Mississippi and Tennessee, in which the battle of Shiloh was fought, the siege of Corinth was conducted and the march from Corinth to luka, Mississippi, and Tuscumbia, Alabama, was made. After a service of thirteen months the young patriot was severely injured, and was discharged. In 1863 he entered Oterbein University at Wellsville, Ohio, and later was a student in Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. After some time spent in the law office of I. N. Alexander at Van Wert, Ohio, he entered the Law School at Cincinnati, Ohio, as a member of the senior class, with which he was graduated in 1875. On the fifteenth of May following he came to Cleveland to engage in the practice of the law with his brother, W. B. Neff; this partnership was continued with success until the election of the brother to the office of prosecuting attorney in 1890, and since that time Mr. Neff heti been practicing alone. He is a member of Brooklyn Post, No. 368, G. A. IL, of which he has served as Commander for two years. To his exertions, as much as to 602 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. those of any other member, is due the success that attended the erection of a Memorial Hall, which was constructed at a cost of ten thousand dollars, and is without exception the finest property owned by a G. A. R. post in the Western States. In politics Mr. Neff adheres to family tradition and practice, giving his undivided support to the Republican party. But while he takes an active interest in affairs of State he has never sought nor held public office. He was united in marriage July 3, 1877, to Miss Frances R. Dodge of Beverly, Mass., the daughter of Joseph Dodge, deceased. Two daughters and a son have been born of this union. Young Milton Dodge Neff has the proud distinction of having laid the cornerstone of the G. A. R. Memorial Hall, above mentioned, at the age of six years, and of having contributed the first money to the erection of this building. ADELBERT N. RUSSELL, physician and surgeon; Collinwood, Ohio, was born in the State of New York, at Toddsville, Otsego county, May 20, 1850, a son of Levi N. and Philina (Joslyn) Russell, natives of New York State. The paternal grandfather of Dr. Russell was Gideon Russell, a native of Massachusetts, descended from English ancestors; the great-grandfather was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and lost his life in the struggle. The maternal grandfather, Elezerian Joslyn, was also of Puritan stock. Dr. Russell is the oldest of a family of six sons and one daughter. His youth was an uneventful one, the monotony broken only by the change of seasons which brought a change of occupation. He assisted his father in the cultivation of the farm, and attended the sessions of the seminary at Cooperstown until he finished the literary course of that institution, afterward following teaching for five years, and in the spring of 1871 he began the study of his profession, Dr. J. K. Lening acting as his preceptor for three years. In the meantime took three winter courses of lectures in the medical department of the University of New York, and in the spring of 1874 was graduated with the degree of M. D. He immediately engaged in practice with his preceptor, and during the two years following acquired a valuable experience. The next four years were spent in this vicinity, and in 1880 he came to Collinwood, where his efforts have met with most gratifying results in making many warm friends and building up a lucrative practice. Dr. Russell was married July 30, 1873, to Miss Anna Miller, who survived three years, her death occurring August 8, 1876. His sec. and marriage was to Miss Anna Butlei, a native of Otsego county, New York, and a daughter of William and Vanchie Butler, who descended from English ancestors. One child has been born by this union, a daughter named May. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Thatcher Lodge, No. 439, Webb Chapter, No. 14, and Oriental Commandery, No. 12, Cleveland; he is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, of Lakeside. The residence he occupies is fitted up with all modern conveniences, such as extensive water privilekes, with power for extinguishing fires and irrigation of lawn, and natural gas from a private well on the premises for lighting and heating. The furnishings are most harmonious, showing the cultivated and refined taste of the family. A. McK. MORISON, brother of Honorable David Morison, mentioned in another place in this volume, was born in this county July 8, 1846. He was reared and educated here and began life independently in 1871, when he purchased a tract of land at Put-in-Bay Island and was engaged for about three years in grape-raising and wine-making. Following his disposition of this property Mr. Morison returned to Cleveland and CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 603 has since devoted himself to speculative investments in real estate. He is also employed by Morison & Massey, looking after their Glenville allotments. Mr. Morison's life has been very quiet and unpretending, having no ambition beyond that of being a patriotic and progressive citizen. He was married August 22, 1890, at Elyria, Ohio, to Miss Annie L. Sturdevant, a daughter of S. R. Sturdevant, of Ravenna, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Morison have one child, Fanny Amanda, born February 2, 1892. W. F. GOLLING, M. D., is a native, of the Buckeye State, born at Twinsburg, Summit county, July 21,1860, the son of William M. and Anna Golling. The Doctor's father, William M. Golling, was born in the city of Muelburg, State of Baden, Germany, and served in the German Revolution of 1848, being a Corporal in the. Artillery Pioneer when he was but eighteen years of age. He and his wife Anna landed in the city of New York in 1854, remained there two years, then removed to Ohio, where he has resided ever since, following his trade, blacksmithing. The Doctor's mother, Anna, was born in the town of Grosbeiberaw, State of Hessen. Dr. Golling was two years old when his parents moved to Bedford, Ohio, and there he grew up to years of maturity, attending the public schools during the regular sessions, and being employed through the vacations in a chair factory, where he was well disciplined in habits of promptitude and industry. When he had begun the study of medicine in 1883 it was under the instruction of Dr. C. W. Hains, of Bedford, now a resident of Kent, with whom he continued a student three years. In the winter of 1884-'85 he took his first course of lectures in the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College: this institution is now known as the Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery. There Dr. Golling was graduated, a member of the class of 1887, and immediately thereafter began his practice at Bedford. At the end of twelve months he went to Windham, Portage county, Ohio, where he resided until 1889, returning then to Bedford. Here he has established a large practice, which has resulted satisfactorily, professionally and financially. Ambitious of attaining superior excellence in his profession, he has been a close reader of all the medical literature of the day, and is thoroughly well informed upon all the discoveries of science and the improved methods of the leading practitioners of the world. He also holds a certificate of surgery granted him by the surgeons of Huron Street Hospital of Cleveland, Ohio. He prefers surgery rather than the general practice of medicine, and in a few years hopes to practice it almost exclusively. His success in obstetrical surgery has been unparalleled by any young physician in this branch of the science. He has a wide patronage, including a number of the surrounding towns and villages. Although deeply engrossed in his practice, the Doctor finds time for social obligations, and is one of the honored members of Bedford Lodge, No. 375, F. & A. M., and Summit Chapter, No. 74, R. A. M. Dr. Golling was united in marriage, November 6, 1886; to Miss Etta M. Ozmun, a daughter of Levi and Emily L. Ozmun, of Boston, Summit county, Ohio, the birthplace of Mrs. Golling. The Doctor and his wife have a son, named Herbert F. FRANCUS M. CHANDLER.—In 1637 William Chandler and his wife Annis came from England and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Their numerous descendants are to be found in all portions of the United States. The names of many of them are prominent in the history of the country, among whom ::re numbered the late Hon. Zachariah Chandler, President Rutherford B. Hayes 604 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. and Hon. George Bancroft, the maternal ancestors of the two latter having descended from this puritan stock. Captain Thomas Chandler, son of William and Annis Chandler, married Hannah Brewer, of Andover, Massachusetts. Ensign Henry Chandler, son of Captain Thomas and Hannah Brewer Chandler, married Lydia Abbott of Enfield, Connecticut. Nehemiah Chandler, son of Henry and Lydia Abbott Chandler, married Mary Burroughs, of Enfield, Connecticut. Hon.. Joel Chandler, son of Nehemiah and Lydia Abbott Chandler, married Abigail Simmons of Alstead, New Hampshire. Captain Joel Chandler, son of Joel and Abigail Simmons Chandler, married Sophia Smith, at Alstead, New Hampshire. Joel Alonzo Chandler, son of Joel and Sophia Smith Chandler, was born in Alstead, New Hampshire, May 30, 1824, and came to Ohio in 1835 with his parents, who first iettled in Cleveland but later moved to Richfield, Summit county, Ohio, where he was married to Martha M. Buck, daughter of Homan and Polly Buck, who came from New York State to Ohio in 1830. Of the seven children born to Joel Alonzo and Martha Buck Chandler, but three survive, the subject of this sketch, Francis M. Chandler, being the eldest, whose paternal ancestry is given above. In 1888 Joel Alonzo Chandler returned to Cleveland, where he resided until his death, which occurred August 6, 1893, leaving his wife, two sons and one daughter surviving. Francis M. Chandler was born in Richfield, Summit county, Ohio, May 3, 1851. He received an academical education at the Richfield Academy, and on leaving school engaged as a clerk in a store at West Richfield. In the fall of 1874 he came to Cleveland, where he has since resided. Two years later he was appointed a Deputy Clerk of the Cuyahoga County. Court of Common Pleas, and held this position until he resigned in 1883. Meanwhile he read law under the tutorship of August Zehring, and in 1883 was admitted to the bar. In the same year he entered into a partnership in the practice of law with F. N. Wilcox, which continued until 1886, when he was appointed Deputy County Recorder. In February, 1888, he resigned as Deputy Recorder to accept the appointment as Chief Clerk of the Probate Court. Mr. Chandler has twice been married. His first marriage was in 1876, to Effie M. Barney, who died in 1888, leaving a son, Clare DeForest Chandler. His second marriage occurred in 1891, to Mary G. Mahon, by whom he has one son, Francis Mahon Chandler. In politics Mr. Chandler is a stanch Republican and stands high in the local councils of that party. He is a pleasant, unassuming gentleman who enjoys a wide and favorable acquaintance throughout the city and county, and is a popular and highly respected citizen. E. WYLLIS OSBORN, manager of the Cleveland Press, is a native of this city, born June 23, 1860. His parents, L. T. and Elizabeth Dane (Dodge) Osborn, were natives of Ohio. His mother's parents, Herry and Angeline Dodge, were pioneers from New England to Ohio, where they brought up and educated their children,---five sons and one daughter. The daughter, now aged fifty-six years, is now residing with Mr. Osborn, the subject of this brief account, and is a devout Christian woman, a member of the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church. Mr. L. T. Osborn was the only son of Timothy Osborn, and settled in Cleveland many years ago. He had two children, namely: Angie, and E. Wyllis, above named. The latter was educated in this city, in the public schools, and entered business early in life, following various mercantile pursuits. In 1879, being recommended for the position. of general office man for the Britton Iron & Steel Company, of Cleveland, he was chosen for that place and soon became partner and director in the concern, and at length secretary and treasurer, which position he resigned in 1886, after CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 605 a seven-years service, to accept the business management of the Cleveland Press, an influential newspaper. Since his connection with this paper it has more than doubled in size and circulation. Mr. Osborn is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Union, Athletic and Roadside Clubs, and First City Troop Cavalry Company. It may be said that he is very fond of horses and is considered a good horseman. The mental equipment for the responsible position which Mr. Osborn now holds has been obtained by his own perseverance, in spite of all obstacles, and this fact shows that he has a strong mind and energetic disposition, inherited by nature. Having nothing to start in business life with for his own maintenance, he has honestly and industriously made his way to an influential and responsible position, where he is giving satisfaction to all parties he serves. A greater future evidently awaits him. DAVID S. BRAINARD, deceased, was for many years a well-known and highly respected citizen of Cuyahoga county, Ohio. He was born on the farm where his widow now resides, at the corner of Scranton and Brainard avenues, Cleveland, July 27, 1815, son of Ozias and Mary (Strong) Brainard, both natives of Connecticut. They were married in Connecticut, and all their family were born there, with the exception of David S., whose birth occurred two years after their arrival in Cuyahoga county, Ohio.. He was the second white child born in this township, Isaiah Fish being the first. In their large family five reached adult age, their names being as follows: Indiana, wife of Irad Akin; Betsey, wife of Marvin Brainard; Noah; Laura, wife of William J. Case; and David S. David S. Brainard was reared on his father's pioneer farm, and early in life proved himself to be the possessor of more than ordinary ability. In addition to carrying on his farming operations, he also dealt in stock, and was interested in railroad and various other enterprises. And whatever he undertook he gave to it his undivided attention, success in his enterprise usually being the result. Aside from his own business affairs, he found time to fill the various local offices to which he was called. For many years he served as township Clerk and Treasurer, and also as a member of the School Board. Indeed, few men in this part of the county were better known or more highly esteemed for their true worth than was he. Mr. Brainard was married in 1838, to Miss Catherine E. Prame, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Stisser) Prame, who were born, reared and married in New York, and who came with their family to Ohio in 1833, Mrs. Brainard at that time being sixteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Prame subsequently removed from this county to Wisconsin, where they died, she in 1845, aged sixty-six, and he in 1848, aged sixty-nine. Both were born in 1779, his birth occurring on the 27th of March, and hers on the 30th of the same month. They had a family of four, namely: Peter H. Prame, a millwright by trade, who died in Wisconsin, aged seventy-two years; Margaret, wife of James Starkweather, she and her husband both being deceased; Mrs. Brainard; and Reuben, who resides with his sister. Mr. and Mrs. Brainard had two children: Mary E. and Susan C. The latter was the wife of J. M. Curtis, of Clark avenue, Cleveland. She died, leaving an only child, Ruth. Mr. Brainard departed this life in 1880. HONORABLE CARLOS M. STONE, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, was born at Strongsville, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, on March 27, 1846. He was educated at Oberlin College, graduated at the Ohio State and Union Law College at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1869, and was admitted to the bar in the same year. 606 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. He began to practice his profession in 1870, and in 1871 was elected Prosecuting Attorney for the city of Cleveland, for a term of two years. From 1873 to 1876 he was a member of the law firm of Brinsmade & Stone; from 1876 to 1879, a member of the law firm of Stone & Hessenmueller. In the fall of 1879 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Cuyahoga county, for the term of two years, and in 1881 re-elected to the same office, for a term of three years. Retiring from this office after five years' service, he again took up the practice of law, as a member of the law firm of Stone, Hessenmueller & Gallup. In the fall of the same year, 1885, he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga county, for a term of five years, at the expiration of which he was reelected, in the fall of 1889, for a second term. In politics Judge Stone has always been a Republican. He was chairman of the County Republican Central Committee during the presidential campaign of 1884, but since his election to the judgeship in the Court of Common Pleas, the etiquette, dignity and usefulness of his position have not permitted aim to take an active part in politics. In 1872, Mr. Stone and Miss Jeanette Follett, daughter of Eliphalet Follett, of Licking county, Ohio, were united in marriage, and their children are Ruth F. and Katharine F. H. L. SEXTON, M. D., a resident physician of West Cleveland, Ohio, was born at Elsie, Michigan, a son of Charles and Nancy (Lewis) Sexton. His father is a native of Connecticut and his mother of New York State. They both reside in Michigan. In the common schools of his native town, Dr. Sexton received his early education, and for a time he attended Hillsdale College; leaving college he came to Cleveland, where he embarked in the drug business. He acquired a thorough and practical knowledge of pharmacy, so indispensable to the successful practice of medicine. He took up the study of medicine in the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College and later continued his studies of medicine at the Cleveland Medical College, a diploma from which institution he holds. He gained considerable experience by practice in the Huron street hospital, from which he also holds a diploma. Here, under competent supervisors he was enabled to make practical application of his knowledge of medicine. He began the practice of his profession in West Cleveland, and has already gained a very desirable practice. He is a member of the Carroll Dunham Medical Association. He is progressive and active in his vocation, .and keeps abreast with the advance of his profession. JOSEPH E. STUBBS, D. D., LL. D.— Holding preferment as the official head of a notable institution of learning, a man of erudition and ripe scholarship, honored alike for his ability and worth of character, it is manifestly most consonant that in this work there be incorporated a resume of the life history of Dr. Stubbs, President of Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio. The son of Colonel J. D. and Mary J. (Gray) Stubbs, the subject of this review was born at Ashland, Ashland county, Ohio, March 19, 1850, being reared to man's estate in his native town. His father, who is now living a retired life at Ashland, was for many years a prominent business man of that place, where, in his declining years, he rests secure in the esteem and good will of the entire community to whose best interests he has ever been devoted. During the progress of the late war of the Rebellion Colonel Sttibbs was very actively identified with the valiant work of the Union forces, having been in service for eight years and having served much of this time as a member of the staff of the late lamented General James A. Garfield. After the close of the war CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 607 his services were enlisted for some time as superintendent of the military railroads in the South. The wife of Colonel Stubbs is a daughter of the late Rev. David Gray, a prominent figure in the early annals of Ohio church history. Colonel and Mrs. J. D. Stubbs had six children, concerning whom we offer the following brief record: Elizabeth, the eldest, became the wife of Jacob I. Dorland, of Ashland; David D. is secretary of the corporation operating the Oriental & Occidental Steamship Line and has his headquarters at San Francisco, California; John J. is vice-president of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and is also a resident of San Francisco; Joseph E. is the subject of this sketch; Mary N. is a teacher in the Ashland high school; William M. was the agent of the Standard Oil Company at Sacramento, California, where he died in 1886. Joseph E. Stubbs completed the work of the common schools in Ashland, and after graduating at the high school entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, where be graduated in the class of 1873. The year prior to his graduation he was elected as tutor in Latin and Greek at the university and filled that position most acceptably for three years, when he was obliged to resign, by reason of impaired health. He thereupon purchased the Ashland Times, of which he continued editor and publisher for a term of six years. Within this time he also held the incumbency as Superintendent of the Ashland public schools, manifesting marked business and executive ability. In June, 1886, Dr. Stubbs was elected to the important and exacting position which he now holds,—that of President of Baldwin University. That he was ably qualified for the effective discharge of the onerous duties of this office was a fact recognized by those through whom came the preferment, and his administration of affairs has proved beyond cavil that the trust could not have been assigned to better keeping. The Doctor has spent one year (a portion of each 1890 and 1891) in Berlin, where he pursued a special course of study. April 26, 1894, he received and accepted an e ection to the presidency of the State Univers ty of Nevada at Reno, Nevada, and he will r.3tire from Baldwin University August 1, 1894. He was united in marriage, at Ashland, Ohio, July 10, 1873, to Miss Ella A. Sprengle, eldest daughter of L. J. Sprengle, who had been editor and proprietor of the Ashland Times for more than a quarter of a century. Mrs. Stubbs is also a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University. The Doctor and Mrs. Stubbs are the parents of four children: Theodore W., Elizabeth S., Ralph S., and Ruth G. Baldwin University, which, in its methods, discipline, facilities and corps of instructors, takes rank with the best of the modern institutions of higher education, was founded in 1846 by the late John Baldwin, of Berea, Ohio, who has left this most noble monument to his practical philanthrophy and public spirit,—an onduring memorial and one that will cause his name to be held in perpetual honor. Mr. Baldwin was born in Branford, New Haven county, Connecticut, October 13, 1799, and his death occurred in Louisiana, December 28, 1884. The present average number of students enrolled at the university is 220; the buildings, grounds and permanent improvements of the institution are valued at $125,000, and its maintenance is assured by an endowment fund of about $160,000. MAJOR CYRUS H. DE FOREST, assistant accountant for the Society for Savings, was born in Cleveland, May 30, 1835, a son of a prominent pioneer of this city, the late Tracy R. de Forest, who cast his fortunes with the metropolis of Ohio as early as 1834. Tracy R. was born in Chenango county, New York, and was by trade a millwright. 608 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. One of the first extensive manufacturing concerns in this city organized about that time was the Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company, in which Mr. de Forest was employed as superintendent from its inception, and to the success of which his efforts were directed until the firm of Kennedy, De Forest & Randall was organized in 1867, being the successor of Parish & Knight, a well remembered and substantial concern. This new firm and its successor, Kennedy, De Forest, Parsons & Company, did a large business in sheet-iron and copper work for boats, which business patronage was drawn largely by reason of Mr. De Forest's extended acquaintance among vessel owners and marine men generally, resulting from his long connection with the Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company and a service of many years as -United States Inspector of Marine Boilers. Mi. De Forest was thoroughly well informed on all matters pertaining to steam boilers, and by reason of this ability he was appointed in 1855 by the Secretary of the Treasury United Statei, In-specter of Marine Boilers, being the first for the port of Cleveland. He resigned his office in 1873 and devoted the remainder of his life to his private interests; and his death in 1887 closed a prosperous and useful and honorable career. The De Forests of America descended directly from the De Forests of Avesnes, France, the Avesnes family from the De Forests of Cambresis, and they from the Sires de Trith of the First and Fifth Crusades. Of the Avesnes family there were four brothers living in Leyden, France, in 1606, one of wh"om, Jesse, had a son, Isaac, born in 1616. On October 1, 1636, Isaac de Forest sailed from Amsterdam in the yacht Rensselaerwyck, Captain Jean Tiebkins, for New Amsterdam, New York. Isaac de Forest was married in New Amster dam, June 9, 1641, to Sarah du Trieux. From them and through their son David, and through David's son Samuel, and through Samuel's on Joseph, descended Gideon de Forest, the latter the father of Tracy R. and the grandfather of Major Cyrus H. Gideon de Forest and his three brothers, Samuel, Abel and Mills, were all born under the same roof in Stratford, Connecticut, were all soldiers in the Revolution, all received pensions, and, in 1835, when the youngest was over seventy years of age, held a reunion at Edmeston, New York, when they came together for the first time during more than half a century. Gideon de Forest was married to Hannah Birdseye in 1794, and in the following year moved to Edmeston, Otsego county, New York. He died December 9, 1840, in his seventy-sixth year. Of Gideon's eight children but one, the youngest, Mrs. Harriet Fuller of Sherburne. New York, is now living. Tracy R. de Forest, next older than Harriet of Gideon's children, was born February 2, 1811, and was married at Black Rock, now part of Buffalo, New York, on May 22, 1833, to Julia Ann Sutherland, and their children were Cyrus Henry, our subject; Louis Germain, who served during the Rebellion, first as Adjutant of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, afterward as Captain in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in 1870 from disease contracted in the service; Julia Ambrosia, who became the wife of Rev. Dr. Edward P. Ingersoll and died in 1865; Charles Lee, who died at Jacksonville, Florida, in 1888; Maria Louise, who died in 1865; Albert Wright, a resident of this city; and Mary Frances, with whom the mother, in her eighty-second year, is now living. After receiving the best education afforded by the public schools of Cleveland, Cyrus II. entered the service of the O'Reilly Telegraph Company as messenger boy, and soon thereafter became an operator, serving as such in Cleveland and Massillon. He was among the very first to read by sound, and in fact he never used the paper ribbon. Surveying, however, was his chosen profession, and, with a wider field in view, he went West in 1856, locating in Omaha, then a frontier town in the early days of its existence. There he was in government employ surveying public lands, laid out CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 609 town sites, etc., until the discovery of gold at Pike's Peak (really at Cherry Creek, the present site of Denver), when he with a party of five others, with two wagons, started for that region. The party made the trip in twenty-one days, “footing it " the entire distance, and it was considered a quick trip in those days. He remained in the mountains, prospecting and mining with varying success, until the Civil war came on, when Governor Gilpin of Colorado, commissioned him as Second Lieutenant of Company A, Second Colorado Cavalry. He, with Captain James H. Ford, soon raised a company and was mustered into the service at Fort Garland, Colorado, December 21, 1861; was promoted First Lieutenant, January 5, 1862, as Captain of Company C, August 24, 1864, and brevetted Major United States Volunteers, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious service in New Mexico. After a year's field service in New Mexico and Northern Texas, and participating in the battles of Glorietta and Peralta under General Slough and Canby, respectively, Lieutenant de Forest was appointed Aid-de-Camp to General Carleton, who succeeded General Canby in command of the Department of New Mexico, and served in that capacity as Acting Assistant Adjutant General of the Department upon the staffs of Generals Carleton, Sykes, and Getty, successive department commanders, until his final muster out of service, September 30, 1867. Before Major de Forest was finally mustered out and upon a reorganization of the regular army, he was appointed Second Lieutenant of the Thirty-fifth Infantry, United States of America; but, the military service having no charms for him in times of peace, he declined the commission and entered the Surveyor General's office at Santa Fe, New Mexico, as chief draughtsman, where he remained until 1870, when he returned to Cleveland. Here he became Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court, and upon its demise Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, serving under Clerks Cogswell, Hinman and Kitchen until 1884, when he entered the employ of the Society for Savings, where he is now the assistant accountant. In politics Major de Forest is uncompromisingly Republican. He was a member of the Centennial Council from the then Second ward. Two measures of special importance received favorable action by this body, namely, the Central Viaduct ordinance, and an ordinance leasing the canal bed to the Valley Railroad Company, both of which received Major de Forest's support. ORRA A. KINNEY, foreman for the Cleveland Stone Company, was born in Medina county, Ohio, January 29, 1846. His father was S. E. Kinney, a farmer by occupation, and young Orra was reared on his father's farm, where he remained till he became of age, and received a common-school education. After leaving home he spent some three years in New York on a farm, and in 1872 came to Berea, soon after taking up the stone business. In 1876 he became connected with the Berea Stone Company as foreman, and when the Berea Stone Company consolidated with the Cleveland Stone Company Mr. Kinney still continued in the capacity of foreman, which position he has since In 1884 he went to California, where he spent one year, during which time he lost his first wife, Mrs. Lora (Crocker) Kinney, to whom he was married in Berea, January 29, 1872. She. died in California, January 5, 1884. He was again married in Berea, January 29, 1886, to Mrs. Anna Bixby, of Chicago, a lady of fine business ability and many accomplishments. Mr. Kinney has been a member of the Council of Berea, and has been connected with the Baptist Church, but in 1887 became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with his wife. He has taken quite an active part in temperance work and has been interested in all that tends to promote the welfare of the community in which he lives. 610 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. His father, Sanford E. Kinney, was born in Madison county, New York. He taught school for many years, although the last years of his life were spent in farming. He died at his home in Litchfield, Medina county, Ohio, a sincere Christian. His wife, nee Sarah Chace, was born in New York State. She died at Litchfield, five weeks previous to her husband, in 1892, and both lie buried in the num grave. They had three children who lived to grow up, —Orra A., Matilda and Alora. JONES S. DICKLE, junior member of the J. L. Hudson clothing firm, Cleveland, and general manager of their business, is best described by the word " hustler." In the eighteen years or more since his advent in the clothing trade he has made for himself a name and a place seldom reached by men of his age; for his company ranks among the foremost in their line in America, the volume of their sales probably exceeding that of any retail clothing house in any city of similar size on the continent. Mr. Dickle's first essay in business life was in the clothing trade, when he was en ployed by the noted house of C. R. Mabley, of Detroit, while he was yet a lad. Later he occupied responsible positions in J. L. Hudson's various branch establishments at Sandusky and Toledo, Ohio, and Jackson, Michigan. When in 1885 Mr. Hudson made his great deal in Cleveland and bought out the Excelsior clothing house, Mr. Dickle, then in his twenty-eighth year, was elected its manager. Cleveland offered a large field for an enterprising man like him, especially when backed by Mr. Hudson's great capital, keen judgment and shrewd foresight, and the opportunity was well improved. The c ty already had large clothing houses, but none of them had ever been run in the manner which Mr. Hudson made so successful in Detroit and elsewhere; his methods were of the " booming" kind,—buying great lots at cut prices, advertising extensively and selling at prices that would insure ready transactions. And Mr. Dickle was just the sort of man to inaugurate these methods in this city. He entered into the execution of them with " heart and soul," and some of the most brilliant advertising in the clothing line ever done in Cleveland was done by Mr. Dickle. He has always been a strong advocate of special sales, working for the multitude and not for the few; and he has also been a believer in the policy of low prices and quick movement of goods. Consequently the Cleveland public soon ascertained that the announcement of a great sale at the Excelsior meant low prices and exceptionable values. The Hudson establishment has always had the reputation of being willing to buy anything that could be bought right, and Mr. Dickle stands shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Hudson as an advocate of this policy. The store is a gents' clothing-house, but it is quite within possibilities that they would buy a train load of coffins, a cargo of shoe-pegs or a dozen elephants if the prices were low enough with the certainty that the proper advertising would insure their quick sale at a profit. So far as we know, however, Mr. Dickle has not yet speculated in these articles last mentioned, but more than once has he sailed in and handled large quantities of ladies' goods, such as cloaks, etc., that he had bought at a bargain ; and on one memorable occasion he drew such a flock of ladies to the store that it became his turn to say " No," close the doors and temporarily keep back the crowd! One of his great purchases, some time ago, was of the salvage remaining from the fire of Klein, Goodhart & Koch, said to be valued at $200,000; it was bought by Hudson & Dickle in just one-half hour from the opening of negotiations. Mr. Dickle's face is one of the most familiar at the New York clothing markets, known to all his customers as characterized by black hair, brilliant black eyes, fine physique, commanding in appearance and pleasant and genial to all. He is an excellent example of what ambition, self-reliance and intelligence ill wdo for a young man. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 611 His advent into the clothing trade was unique. He straggled into Detroit not many years ago, badly in need of a job. Entering Mabley's establishment, of which J. L. Hudson was then the manager; he asked whether they needed any help. It was just prior to a big fair; the town would soon be full of people, and indeed more help was needed. "Can you sell clothing?" asked the manager, looking the applicant over. " I think I can," was the modest reply. " Well, come around Monday and I will see what you can do." Mr: Dickle departed and entered the clothing store next door. " I want to get some clothes," said he to the clerk. He was hard to suit. He questioned the clerk sharply about the merit of the goods. The clerk; expatiating, pulled down suit after suit, going through the whole stock, but could not make a sale. Mr. Dickle went out and entered another store, going through the same performance, and ere long he had examined every clothing stock in Detroit, and knew as much about the business as any ordinary salesman could tell. So, on Monday he returned to Mabley's, according to agreement, was placed at work, and soon proved to be one of the liveliest and most efficient salesman the house ever had. Mr. Hudson's keen judgment of men came into play when he started in business for himself, and Mr. Dickle was one of his first selections, who has proven himself one of the most successful of his assistants. Mr. Dickle is of German ancestry, a Pennsylvanian by birth, a Presbyterian in religion, active in all the general business interests of the city, a member of the Board of Trade and of about all the secret and social organizations of the city. His success in business and accumulations of wealth have been such as to enable him to invest $50,000 in stocks, etc., outside of his business as a clothier. He became a partner in the business in 1889. The J. L. Hudson clothing house in Cleveland succeeds Stein, August & Garson, who opened the " Excelsior" clothing house in 1883, and failed on account of inefficient management; Mr. Hudson took the management in 1885, and under the management of Mr. Dickle the business has proven a decided success from the very beginning. This great Cleveland establishment is known throughout the country, and is said to be one of the finest clothing stores in America. It comprises two floors 90 x 175 feet, where they employ upward of 100 clerks. The stock is complete in its various departments, presenting a clean and fresh appearance. A most noticeable feature of this fine store is a show window 2S x 40 feet, which is probably the largest in the world. The establishment is one of nine similar concerns conducted by Mr. Hudson, located at the following points: Cleveland, Detroit, Errand Rapids, St. Paul, Buffalo, Norwalk, Toledo, Sandusky and St. Louis. In addition to fie above he has a large clothing manufacturing establishment at Lansing, Michigan. ALFRED KELLOGG.—Among the well known citizens of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is Alfred Kellogg, of No. 624 Scranton avenue, South Side, who was born in this county, in November, 1820, and is the son of Martin Kellogg, who was one of the pioneers of Ohio and was a prominent man of the South Side half a century ago. The latter was born February 16, 1793, in East Hampton Parish, Chatham, Middlesex county, Connecticut, of Irish parents. He was the son of Martin Kellogg, who was a native of Marlboro, Connecticut and was born about the year 1765. His wife, nee Rachel Hosford, was the daughter of Dudley Hosford, of Marlboro, and she bore him six children. He died in 1825, and his wife in 1850. Martin Kellogg, father of our subject, was reared on his father's farm and received a common-school education. In 1817 he came .to Ohio, ,with three young men companions, but remained only one summer, returning to his old home, and on June 2, 1818, he was married to Laura Adams, the daughter of Benjamin Adams, of 39 612 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. West Chester, New London county, Connecticut. In company with the families of Judge Barber and Messrs. Watkins, Branch and Ansel Young, Mr. Kellogg and his young wife set out on the return to Ohio, and made the entire journey by ox team, consuming forty days, and arriving in Cleveland in July, 1818. He settled in Brooklyn, on a farm which is now within the city limits of Cleveland, a portion of which is owned by our subject and upon which stands his present handsome and substantial residence on Scranton avenue. He at once began clearing the land, and, although beset with all the trials and hardships of the pioneer, never once became discouraged or disheartened, and at the and of a few years had a comfortable home for his family and was doing nicely. In 1856 his wife died, and on March 8, 1860, he was married to Miss Laura Walker, who died July 17, 186:3. His death occurred on the 25th of August, 1863. He was the father of four children: Alfred, Horace, Charles M. and Sandford B., all of whom are now deceased except his first born, our subject. He was a man of stanch integrity and high moral courage, an enterprising citizen and one who took an active part in forwarding local improvements and the best interests of the community. He was originally an old-line Whig, but upon the birth of the Republican party he became a stanch adherent of that organization. Although taking an active interest in political and public questions, he never sought or held office of any kind. Alfred Kellogg was reared on the farm, and received his education, as is commonly expressed, by holding the plow. His attendance at school was limited to a few months during the winters, and even this ceased as soon as he was large enough and old enough to make a "full hand" at work on the farm. But he made the best of his limited opportunities and secured a good practical education, which was supplemented with native shrewdness and keen judgment, industry and integrity, and his success in life has been in no wise hampered by the want of a better education. He followed in the footsteps of his father and became a farmer, and, as his friends and neighbors say, a "good one at that." He carried on farming until 1870, tilling the soil of the old homestead on the South Side; but about that time, the city having grown rapidly and encroached upon his farm, he decided to plat and sell the remainder of the old farm, and in a few years' time had reduced it to about two acres, which he retained for a residence and grounds. For several years Mr. Kellogg was engaged in the packing business, but was succeeded in that business by his son Horace, since which time he has lived retired, taking the world easy, surrounded by his family and enjoying the fruits of a well spent and active life. On the 22d day of March, 1843, Mr. Kellogg was married to Louisa E. Ackley, daughter of Asa Ackley, a pioneer of Cuyahoga county, who settled on a farm near the infirmary. She bore him three children and died in 1885. The following year he was married to Elizabeth A. Plumb, whose family were among the pioneers of Wayne county, Ohio. The children of Mr. Kellogg are as follows: Edward M., deceased, born in 1845; Horace, born in 1849, and now engaged in the packing business in the firm of Kellogg and Jenkins; and Frank, born in 1854. GENERAL MORTIMER D. LEGGETT, of Cleveland, Ohio, has for years been prominently identified with the interests of this country and has distinguished himself in more ways than one. Volumes might be written upon the early life, army service and subsequent career of this well-known man, and yet much be still omitted. To give even the most succinct narrative of his life requires much more space than can be given on these pages. General Leggett's early days were spent in New York and Ohio, and amid the best social and educational influences. His parents, Isaac and Mary (Strong) Leggett, were residents of CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 613 Ithaca, New York, where the son, Mortimer D., was born April 19, 1821. The family removed to Montville, Geauga county, Ohio, in 1836. The life of the son was that of the farmer boy of his day, and if no means of rare culture or expansion of mind were open to him in the small, back country town, he was given that which was of more use,—enough physical exercise to give him a strong, hardy frame, and such moral and religious surroundings as to make him a true-hearted and earnest man. Such time as could be taken from the farm work was given to his books, of which he was very fond; and in his home education he was aided by his parents and older sister. When eighteen years of age he attended a teachers' seminary or training school, where he graduated at the head of his class. After this he immediately gave his attention to teaching, not with the purpose of making it his life work, but as one of the stepping-stones to the profession he had marked out for himself—that of the law. His success in the schoolroom was such as to warrant the statement that had he continued in that line of labor he would long since have become eminent as an educator; but as soon as his means would permit he began the study of law. He passed a creditable examination and was admitted to the bar in 1844. About that time be became greatly interested in the public-school question, and in the new cause he and others stumped the State. The result of the movement was the passage of the experimental law applicable to Akron, in 1846, out of which grew the grand common-school system of Ohio. In the meantime Mr. Leggett had been still further preparing himself for his chosen profession, with the intention of entering upon its practice at once. With the passage, however, of the Akron school law he was pursuaded to take charge of the organization of the schools thereunder. His signal success at Akron made his services in demand at Warren, where he also rendered efficient service. The value of his labor during those experimental days can hardly be overestimated, In 1850, relinquishing his school labors, he opened a law office at Warren, and was rewarded with a good practice from the start. Ever in love with educational work, he found time occasionally to still pursue it, and in 1856'57 we find him holding the responsible position of Professor of Equity, Jurisprudence and of Pleading and Practice in the Ohio Law College. In 1857 he was led to change his residence, going to Zanesville, where he continued in practice and at the same time had general supervision of the public schools. Here he remained until the breaking out of the Rebellion. Mr. Leggett had a personal acquaintance and friendship with George B. McClellan. When the latter took command of his troops and moved into Virginia, Mr. Leggett accompanied him as a volunteer aid, without pay, and was soon convinced that the war was to be a lengthened contest that no three months' campaign would end. Returning to Ohio, he was commissioned by Governor Dennison, in the latter part of 1861, to raise and organize the Seventy-eighth Regiment of Ohio Infantry. He enlisted as a private, being the first man to place h s name upon the roll of the regiment. He went at his work with tireless devotion and energy, and in the short space of forty days had enlisted the full number of 1,040 men. As Colonel of the regiment he went South with it and reported for duty to General Grant at Fort Donelson. It is a matter of regret that we must of a necessity pass hastily over his army life; indeed, to give it in full would be to write a history of the war, and that is not the purpose of this work. Suffice it to say that in less than three years he made the phenomenal stride from private to Major-General; nor was his promotion the result of favoritism. It was based upon true merit. A born commander of men, and with natural military genius, it would have been a strange combination of adverse circumstances that would have kept him from promotion. In the battle of Shiloh he received his first wound, but did not leave the field. May 16, 18627 while in command of the ad- 614 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. vance on Corinth, he had one horse killed under him and another wounded, he himself escaping uninjured. At Champion Hills he received a severe flesh wound in the thigh, in the beginning of the fight, but "he concealed the wound even from his staff, and remained on the field, commanding his troops throughout the battle." But it was at Vicksburg that he most distinguished himself. The morning after the fight, although severely wounded in the left shoulder, right side and elsewhere, he was helped to mount his horse, and rode into the city at the head of his brigade. For 'hese and other meritorious services he was fittingly rewarded. He was with Sherman on that memorable march to the sea, and his last engagement was in South Carolina. "At the grand review of the armies at Washington, at the close of the war," says one writer, "no general officer was more warmly or cordially received in the President's pavilion than was Genoral Leggett, or congratulated with greater warmth and heartiness by the President and Secretary of War. He was on that day recognized as one of the heroes of the land." So high an authority as Whitelaw Reid says, in his "Ohio in the War," of General Leggett: "He is strictly a moral man, never drinks anything that will intoxicate, never smokes cigars, never chews tobacco, never use$ profane language, and never plays cards, and drinking and card-playing were always prohibited at his headquarters. His services lasted from the beginning to the close of the war; they were always honorable, often arduous, and sometimes distinguished, so that in the end he came to command the trust of his superiors, the admiration of his soldiers, and the gratitude from the country which all deserve who add capacity and skill to their personal devotion." The war over, he resumed the practice of law at Zanesville, Ohio. Again and again he was urged to try his fortune in the field of politics, but as often declined. During the war a warm friendship had sprung up between him and General Grant, which friendship still continued, and when the latter was elected to the presidency he proffered more than one position to his old companion-in-arms. They were all declined by General Leggett, with one exception, that of Commissioner of Patents. For this position he was particularly adapted, and in it served most acceptably for a term of four years, from 1871 to 1875. At the expiration of that time he resigned his office and removed to Cleveland, where he has since resided. Here he opened a law office, but made patents his specialty. His tastes ran naturally in that direction, and his experience in Washington had given him an insight into the business that no other form of preparation could have afforded. Soon he commanded a very large business in this direction, and practiced in all the United States courts throughout the entire country east of the Rocky mountains. General Leggett has been of practical usefulness to the manufacturing and business interests of Cleveland and the West in more ways than one. He was one of the organizers of the Telegraph Supply Company, which was succeeded by the Brush Electric Company. Of the latter he was president until 1884. He was also president of the Cummer Engine Company, formed in 1881 for the building of steam engines. He was vice-president of the Cowings Steel Casting Company and of the Walker Manufacturing Company, and has also been interested in other important enterprises needless to mention here. In 1884 his desire for rest led him to take a trip to Europe, and before going he resigned the presidency of the Brush Company and the Cummer Engine Company, but he is still a member of the board of directors of each corporation. In 1880 he was elected a member of the Board of Education of Cleveland, and two years later was chosen a member of the Board of Managers of the Cleveland Public Library, in both of which positions he rendered valuable service. Politically, he affiliates with the Republican party. July 9, 1844, he married Miss Marilla Wells, daughter of Absalom Wells, of Montville Cen- CUYAGOHA COUNTY - 615 ter, Ohio. She died in 1876. Remarkable for her intelligence, charming grace and cheerful dispositio'n, she was loved by all who knew her. They had five children, only one of whom is living, namely, Mrs. H. A. Seymour, of Washington city. The other four were W. W. Leggett, a lawyer of Detroit, who died in 1892; Mortimer Leggett, who died at Cornell University in the fall of 1873; L. L. Leggett, engaged in business with his father, and died suddenly of apoplexy, April 2,1894; and one that passed away in infancy. The General was married in 1879 to his present companion, Miss Weltha Post, daughter of II. C. Post, of Sandusky, Ohio. SHERLOCK J. ANDREWS, a jurist learned and distinguished, and one of the foremost of the brilliant lawyers who have made the bar of Ohio famous, was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, November 17, 1801, and died in Cleveland, February 11, 1880. His father, John Andrews, was early in the present century a distinguished physician and a citizen of great prominence in Connecticut. His son, the subject of this sketch, was prepared for college in the Episcopal academy at Cheshire, and after a thorough course there was sent to Union College at Schenectady, New York, where he graduated with high honors in the class of 1821. Soon afterward he became the professional assistant of Benjamin Silliman, Sr., the eminent scientist of Yale College, and intimate friend of Dr. Andrews; and for several years he filled the position to the great satisfaction of the distinguished professor, who took him into his family and gave him a father's care; and who, in his private journal, subsequently published, speaks of his young associate in the highest terms of praise and affection. Having early chosen the law as his profession, Mr. Andrews, during his residence in New Haven, studied it assiduously, and after attending lectures at the law school there was, in 1825, admitted to practice. In the same year he severed his relations with Prof. Silliman, and, following the example of many young men of that period, came to the Western Reserve and located at Cleveland. Soon afterward he became the partner of Judge Samuel Cowles, with whom the relation continued until 1833, whet' the latter retired, and the firm of Andrews & Foot was formed, which subsequently became Andrew, Foot & Hoyt. Very early in his professional life Mr. Andrews gained prominence. His brilliant talents, marked industry, and social qualities made him a leading man in the community. In 1840 he was elected to Congress, where he served with honor. In 1848 he was appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Cleveland, which was afterward legislated out of existence by provision of the Ohio constitutional convention, of which Judge Andrews was a conspicuous member. On the bench he displayed eminent talent, and maintained there, as in every other official position, an irreproachable reputation as a public servant. Upon returning to practice, Judge Andrews, warned by failing health, partially retired from active life, and thereafter was only engaged as counsel and advocate in important cases. In 1873, chosen by both the Republican and Democrat parties, he was again a member of the State constitutional convention, where his long experience, wisdom and ability gave him a commanding position, and he was made chairman of the Judiciary Committee, having declined a nomination, and certain election, as presiding officer, tendered him by his Republican colleagues. During his entire professional career of more than forty years, Judge Andrews held front rank. Logic, wit, sarcasm and pathos, all reinforced by a well disciplined and cultivated mind, stored with wide and varied learning, were at his command in rich profusion. There were others who equaled him in technical pleading; but, where he was supported by his convictions 616 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. of right, no other advocate in his day was so irresistible before a jury, or was more successful. In every phase of his professional life he commanded the universal respect of both bench and bar. In politics he was first a Whig and then a Republican. He was not, however, an extreme partisan, and freely condemned party measures which he deemed wrong. In 1828 Judge Andrews married Miss Ursula Allen, of Litchfield, Connecticut, daughter of Hon. John Allen, a former member of Congress from that State, and a leader of its bar. Five children survive him, namely: Misses Sarah J. and Cornelia B. Andrews, Mrs. Ursula M. Herrick and Mr. William W. Andrews,—all residing in Cleveland; and Mrs. Harriet S. Whittelsey, of Wallingford, Connecticut. Judge Andrews was a Christian gentleman, a faithful friend and an affectionate husband and parent. He passed away ripe in years and wisdom and universally beloved and admired, and will be remembered as representing the best type of American manhood,—able, pure, lovable and accomplished. The announcement of his death was received by the public with great sadness. The courts in Cleveland immediately adjourned. Upon their records were spread the appropriate resolutions of the bar, and the Supreme Court in entering those tributes upon its journal paid very unusual honor to his memory as a distinguished lawyer. His death ended an honored and blameless life, and found him prepared for immortality. HENRY H. JOHNSON, a real-estate dealer and broker of stocks and bonds, Cleveland, is one of the eminently successful young business men of the city, whose career is now fairly begun. His business life had its beginning in this city about fifteen years ago, when, after completing his education at Soula's College at New Orleans, Louisiana, he became his father's agent to transact any business pertaining to his real estate and other property interests. In 1882 he engaged regularly and permanently in the real-estate business, handling it as an investment. His efforts have been directed toward the improvement of what may be termed suburban property, by laying out allotments and putting them on the market at popular prices, and by erecting business and other blocks in the vicinity as an inducement to homeseekers and speculators and as evidence of his faith in the future of this city. He is a stockholder in the Cleveland City Railway Company, and handles its stock and bonds as its agent. He was one of the five incorporators of the Permanent Loan Association, in which he was made a director. He built the Johnson block in 1892, and is interested in a fine block now being erected. In business Mr. Johnson acts with much deliberation. He is a student of the real-estate and stock markets, and is therefore "well up" on the values. When he decides on an investment it is certain that the profits will drop into his money-box. His counsel and advice are frequently sought and carry much weight. He was a member of the committee of the Cleveland Athletic Club to select arid purchase a site for the organization, and he is a member of the Forest City, Roadside and Union Clubs. Mr. Johnson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 14, 1860. His father, William C. Johnson, the pioneer and popular general superintendent of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company, was born in Connecticut, in 1814, and was married in that State to a lady of the same surname. He came to this city in 1836, and when the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad was constructed he was appointed shop foreman or superintendent, and some yea" afterward was promoted to the position of general superintendent. He was an employee of the company about thirty years, and invested his earnings in the stock of that road, and of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad and in Cleveland real estate; consequently when he resigned his office he was worth a good sum. He was one of the first CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 617 men to take stock in the Society for Savings early in its history. He was always an active, restless man, not content without employment; and his determination to spend his last years in retirement and rest was probably his death sentence; for his enforced idleness worried him so that he died in two years, being then seventy-two years of, age: his wife followed two years later. February 10, 1891, Mr. H. H. Johnson, our subject, married Miss Helen Hathaway, a daughter of Charles Hathaway, whose history appears in this volume. REV. JOHN J. WALKER, pastor of St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church in the city of Cleveland, is a native of Germany, where he was born October 10, 1850. His parents, John J. and Anna (Besch) Walker, were residents of the kingdom of Wurtemberg, and there at Sondelfingen occurred the birth of our subject. When he was a child of six years his father, who was a shoemaker by trade, emigrated with his family to America. He settled in Kent county, Michigan, near Grand Rapids, locating in a section that was not at that time reclaimed from the wilderness. There he developed a fine farm and became recognized as one of the prominent and successful farmers of that portion of the Peninsular State. In the work of the farm he was greatly assisted by his son, our subject. He died in 1886, at the age of sixty-seven years. He, as well as his worthy wife, was a life-long member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rev. John J. Walker is the second in a family of four children, namely: Katie, the wife of Andrew Schantz, of Michigan; John J.; Hannah, wife of Henry Ruehs, of Michigan; and Julia, wife of Michael Heier, a resident of the same State. Our subject attended the public schools in the vicinity of his parental home in Michigan, and was thus enabled to secure a fair common-school education. The reading and writing of German were taught him at home by his parents, who were quite thorough German scholars. In his youth and early manhood Rev. Walker's summers were passed in farm work, while in the winters he was enabled to attend school. Subsequently he was a teacher in a parochial school at Lisbon, Michigan. In 1870 he entered Concordia College, a theological seminary of the Lutheran Church, at St. Louis, Missouri, and there graduated in December, 1872. He then became pastor of a German congregation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Jefferson City, Missouri, where he also taught a parochial school in connection with his church work. There he remained until the summer of 1875, when he accepted a charge at New London, Wisconsin. Here he cared for six different congregations, scattered in two different counties, and during his stay here he organized three new congregations. And in addition to this he also assumed the burden of teaching the parochial school, giving this work his personal attendance for a period of ten years, and teaching both German and English. During his stay in Wisconsin he made several missionary tours into the copper and iron regions of the Lake Superior district, which resulted in the establishment of a new pastorate for this district at Marquette, Michigan. In 1885 he accepted a call from the congregation of St. Matthew's Church, of Cleveland, and in this field he has ever since labored zealously and effectively. When he accepted the pastorate of this church the representation of families in the congregation was 140; the number has been increased until at the present time the membership comprises 275 families. The parochial school maintained by this congregation originally employed one teacher, the pastor assisting in teaching until the second teacher was called. At present three teachers are retained, teaching both German and English, and the school has increased in membership as rapidly as has the congregation. The pastor 618 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. now confines his duties in connection with the school to a general supervision of the work. He is a member of the German Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States. The Rev. Mr. Walker was married May 19,' 1873, to Miss Kate Freyermuth, daughter of John and Caroline Freyermuth. She is a native of Huron county, Ohio, but her marriage to Mr. Walker was consummated at Grand Rapids, Michigan, near which city her parents are still residing. She is the second in a family of five children. Mrs. Walker's parents, John and Caroline Freyermuth, were born in Germany, and came with their parents from the fatherland to America, when he was nine and she five years of age. In 1865 they settled in Lowell, Kent county, Michigan. Our subject and his estimable wife are the parents of five children: John C., who holds a position as clerk in a large wholesale establishment of Cleveland, and who is a young man of good habits and much promise, respected and esteemed wherever he is known; Henry W. is at present a student in Concordia College, at Fort Wayne, Indiana; Louis F. died in the fourth year of his life; Katie is in school; and Lucy, the youngest, is but a few months old. Rev. Mr. Walker is a man of more than ordinary ability as a clergyman, having been a close student and a practical worker. He has collected a very valuable library and has a very broad general information. He has long since reached a position of distinction in his profession and is a conspicuous figure in the work of his church. He is beloved as a pastor and esteemed as a devout Christian, and his life work has resulted in much good to his fellow-men. REV. JOSEPH LE HALLE, Rector of St. Ignatius' College, Cleveland, Ohio, Superior of the Residence and Prefect of Studies, was born in Germany, in the Rheinish Provinces, January 3/, 1845. He was educated in Prussia, Belgium and Austria. He then went to England and there became a priest. He labored for a short time in different missions, then went to India and worked there for eight years, as professor in St. Xavier's College in Bombay. For several years in succession he was appointed Examiner for the University degrees in classical languages. Next he served as secretary to the Archbishop, who is at present Archbishop of the island of Mauritius, at Port Lewis. Father Le Halle's health failing, he was compelled to leave India. He then went to Holland, and after a short stay came to Buffalo, New York, arriving in 1886, and for seven years was Professor and Prefect of Studies there in the Canisius College. He came to Cleveland in June, 1893, and was at once elected to his present position. The school numbers about 200 students. It was founded about seven years ago, and is in a flourishing condition. It is incorporated and has the full rights and privileges of a university. The last graduating class numbered about ten. The curriculum of the college is extending and growing more varied, and will continue so to do. President Le Halle is a man of broad culture and ripe scholarship, and of an experience gained by travel and an extensive acquaintance with the ways and doings of many different parts of the world, and varied phases of human life. He is most eminently qualified for his high position, and will doubtless prove himself the right person in the right place. He is genial, pleasant and companionable. VICTORIAN SHEPPARD was born in Bavaria, February 14, 1848. He began his studies in Augsburg, Germany, where he continued for eight years. He then entered the order of the Jesuits in Gorheim, Hohenzollern. After two years he left the college for Munster, Westphalia, to study humanities and rhetoric. He then spent three years in the study of philosophy, when he went to college in Feldirk, Austria, remaining one year. He was ordained priest in 1881, in Ditton Hall, Lancashire, England, by Bishop O'Reilly, of Liverpool. He CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 619 then became missionary to Jamaica, going in 1882. There he spent four years of missionary life, but was obliged to quit the country on account of ill health. He came to New York in 1886 and spent several months in the hospital, recruiting his health, and then went to Buffalo, New York, where he served as professor of commercial law. He remained there four years, when in 1890 he was transferred to Cleveland, where he teaches the same study, in St. Ignatius' College. HENRY H. COIT, deceased.—The State I of Connecticut has furnished excellent men as pioneers on the Western Reserve, but perhaps none are more worthy of an honorable mention in connection with the early settlers of Cuyahoga county than the subject of this memoir. He was born in Norwich, that State, in 1791. His father, Daniel Lathrop Coit, was a member of the Western Reserve Land Company. At the delivering up of the Connecticut Land Company's lands, the whole of the township of Liverpool, Medina county, 1,000 acres in Euclid (now East Cleveland) and about as much in Lorain county, belonged to D. L. Coit, a member of the company; and as an agent for him Colonel H. H. Coit, almost a boy, from a counting-room in New York, came to Liverpool about 1814, when there were only seven families in the township, and established salt works and a country store and cleared a large farm, all of which he sold about 1830. He then came to Euclid (now East Cleveland), bought a place at Collamer village on Euclid road, and soon after began to improve his 1,000-acre tract on the lake shore, where Mr. Coit's present residence is, five miles east of Cleveland and surrounding "Coit Station " of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad. Mr. D. L. Coit made salt at Salt Springs before the Erie canal was built, and at that time salt was very expensive, selling frequently for over $20 per barrel. He did an extensive and paying business for many years, encountering all the hardships and deprivations incident to Ohio pioneer life. In order to convey his salt kettles, for which he paid $60 apiece, he was obliged almost to build the road from his residence to Pittsburg. He subsequently sold his entire salt works. Colonel Coit and a Mr. Stanislaus were instrumental in importing a German colony to Liverpool, Medina county, many of whom are still honored and respected citizens of that locality. At a later date Mr. Coit gave the agency of the Connecticut Land Company into the hands of Mr. Stanislaus, who was an enterprising, worthy and respected resident of Medina county. About 1828 Colonel Coit located in Euclid township, now East Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, and purchased the beautiful farm where he lived many years. Having a natural taste for horticulture and floriculture, his farm and, grounds were soon the admiration of the people of the surrounding country. He not only set forth a good and worthy example in making the desert blossom as the rose, but, by industry, intelligence and thrift, raised the standard, inducing others to do the same, which noted change added greatly to the appearance of the neighborhood. He introduced and cultivated the very best fruits and vegetables of all kinds. Later, Mr. Coit purchased the splendid property on the lake shore, which is still in the possession of the family. This property has become the most desirable summer resort on the lake, and has been the leading attraction of the city for many years. Mr. Coit took special pride and pleasure in ex tending the courtesies of his mansion and beautiful grounds to his friends. He was a man of chaste life and habits, efficient in service, of irreproachable character, and of a gentle and loving disposition. He departed this life at Newark, New Jersey, while on a visit to his daughter, October 15, 1870, at the age of eighty years. His wife, Mary (Breed) Coit, died March 18, 1856, aged sixty years. She was a warmhearted Christian, a woman of rare intelligence and of great devotion to the wants 620 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. of her family and friends. All who knew her cherish her memory with grateful affection. Mr. and Mrs. Coit had five children; namoly: Charles B., the eldest in order of birth; William H., a resident of Euclid township, now East Cleveland, was married in 1856 to Miss Harriet B. Fairfield; Elizabeth, also of that township, is the widow of Samuel H. Kirby, formerly a merchant in New York city, and later in Cleveland; Maria, deceased in 1876, at the age of forty years, was the wife of a Mr. Kirby; and Mary, wife of Rufus C. Holmes, of Connecticut. Mr. Coit was generous in thought, liberal in word, prompt in action, which, combined with an easy adaptability to circumstances and a kind, good nature, ingratiated him into the good will of those who had the good fortune to know him. CHARLES B. COIT.—Among the beautiful and elegant places of resort along the banks of the lake, surrounded by the many luxuries of life which suggest not only the wealth but the rare taste and culture of the owner, is the home of our subject. He was born in Medina county, Ohio, in October, 1820, a son of Henry H. and Mary (Breed) Coit, natives of Norwich, Connecticut. After arriting at a suitable age Charles and his brother, William Henry, were sent to Connecticut, where they attended the common schools for a time at Norwich. After returning to Ohio, they entered the Western Reserve University, also Shaw's Academy. After completing his education, Mr. Coit spent several years in traveling, having made a trip to Iowa on horseback. He finally returned to this State, located on a farm five miles east of Cleveland, cleared a tract of eighty acres where he now resides, beautified his grounds, and his place soon became thronged with visitors in summer seeking a cool and shady resort. In 1876 he erected a hotel to accommodate those who might come, but the building was afterward burned. In 1886 he built his present hotel, which is beautifully located, being less than a quarter of a mile from the lake, and less than one-half a mile from the terminus of the St. Clair street car line. There are few places on Lake Erie so well located or with more lovely scenery and surroundings, or with better accommodations than is afforded in this summer resort. Mr. Coit has made a practical application of the most intelligent methods in the raising of ornamental shade trees. In political matters, our subject casts his vote in accordance with the principles of the Republican party. Religiously, he is a member of the Presbyterian Church. As a worthy and enterprising citizen, aiding in every way the improvement and development of his chosen county, Mr. Coit occupies a prominet place. REV. NICHOLAS A. MOES, Rector of St. Mary's Theological Seminary of Cleveland, was born in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg in 1844, a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Sand) Moes, natives of Germany, where the father was a teacher for many years. The father died in 1879, at the age of seventy-four years, his wife having preceded him in death a few years, in 1873. The subject of this sketch received his early education in Germany, at the College of Luxemburg, and in 1860 he came to America, settling in Cleveland, where he continued his classical education in St. Mary's College. Later he finished his theological education in St. Mary's Seminary at Cleveland, completing the course in 1866. He was ordained priest in Cleveland in 1867. He had charge of a parish on Kelley's Island for one year; he was then located at Napoleon, Henry county, Ohio, where he remained until September, 1870, when he accepted his present position, as described in the outset of this brief sketch, and which position he has since held with marked acceptability. St. Mary's Theological Seminary, of Cleveland, was established by Bishop Rappe in 1849, CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 621 and from that day to this the school has always been attended with success. The object of this school is the preparation of priests for the different parishes, and workers for the different departments in this, the Cleveland Diocese of the Catholic Church. The number of students varies, but the school has been of much value, and much good has been accomplished in the preparation of those intended to do church work, and its object has been fully met. Rev. Moes has proved himself a man well fitted for the position of rector of this school, and much valuable work has been done by him in this position. He is recognized as a scholarly gentleman, as a successful educator and in every way an accomplished man. He is assisted by three professors, namely: Rev. J. A. TePas, Rev. J. T. O'Conner and Rev. M. Murphey. In 1878 the Rev. Moes returned to Germany, where he visited for two months. In his native land he had two brothers, who were priests in Luxemburg, they being Rev. Michael and Rev. John Moes. They were able and zealous priests, and though long since deceased are yet held in affectionate remembrance. J. T. SMITH, physician and surgeon, Collinwood, Ohio, was born in Hartford county, Maryland, November 30, 1830, the son of Rev. John T. and Esther S. (Cheney) Smith, natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania respectively. The father was a minister in the Christian Church from early life, and was associated with Alexander Campbell, and other notable lights of that faith. He emigrated to Ohio with his family in 1842, and became widely known as a faithful and efficient missionary. He died at the age of fifty-seven years, his funeral sermon being preached by the Hon. James A. Garfield, who was then State Senator. Esther S. Smith died at Hiram, Ohio, in 1874, aged sixty-five years. She was a woman of rare traits of character, and to her zeal is due much of the success that crowned her husband's efforts. They reared a family of seven children: Edith, widow of David Rol; iris; Dr. J. T., the subject of this notice; William H., who served in the late civil war, was taken ill at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and finally died in August, 1863, aged thirty years; Frances Cheney was for a number of years matron and nurse in the Children's Hospital, Staten Island, New York; she accompanied Mrs. Dr. Lukens to Europe as private secretary, filling the position with great tact and judgment; Hettie J. is the wife of Dr. Clark of Youngstown; John H. served three years in the late war, enlisting in 1861; he returned home August 4, 1863, and September 4, 1864, passed to the unknown country; Rev. Clayton C. is an able clergyman, now secretary of the board which has for its object the education and evangelization of the colored people of the South. Dr. Smith received his elementary education in the common schools, and began the study of his profession under the guidance of Dr. Justin Hayes at Shalersville, Ohio. He afterward entered the medical department of the Western Reserve University, at which he was graduated in 1855, and immediately thereafter engaged in practice in Kent, Ohio; thence he removed to Warren, where he was residing when the dark war cloud spread like a pall over this land. He enlisted in 1861 as assistant surgeon of the Second Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and in May, 1863, was promoted to the position of surgeon of that regiment. In July, 1864, he was detailed surgeon-in-chief of the Second Brigade of the Third Division Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac, and in the spring of 1865 he was promoted to the position of Surgeon-in-chief of the Third Division of Cavalry of the Middle Military Division, which he filled until the close of the war. He was thus a member of General Custer's staff, as the latter was in command of the division. He returned to his home and was engaged in practice, but afterward returned to the South for the purpose of raising cotton. In 1869 he 622 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the Second District of Mississippi, an office he held four years. During this time he was appointed and commissioned Brigadier General of the Militia of Mississippi. He was connected with the Mississippi Valley & Ship Island Railway Company as president for two years. In 1875 he returned North and located in Collinwood, where he has resided with the exception of fourteen months in Arizona, and seventeen months in California. He was married December 13, 1855, to Miss Maria A. Ramsay, a daughter of John S. Rain-say. Mrs. Smith died March 26, 1894, leaving three children: C. W., John Claton and Mattie. She was a member of the Christian Church from girlhood, while Dr. Smith belongs to the Church of God; he was a member of the Christian Church until 1877. He belongs to the A. O. U. W., the G. A. R., Brough Post, and in politics is a Republican with strong prohibition tendencies. Dr. Smith was in the prime of life when our nation was making history. He was a conspicuous figure in the Reconstruction period in the South, and was prominently identified with that phase of history. The following from Lucius P. Woods, Acting Staff Surgeon of the U. S. Army, Surgeon in Chief of the Third Cavalry Division, is a glorious tribute to his worth. It says: " Headquarters Third Division Cavalry Corps, January 7, 1865. I have known Joseph T. Smith, Surgeon of the Second Ohio Cavalry and Surgeon in Chief, First Brigade of this Division, intimately since his regiment joined this command last May. He is a gentleman and a superior medical officer: He has performed more duty for the benefit of the sick and wounded of his command, during the time he has been connected with the division, than any other medical officer; while as an operating surgeon, I know of no one more skillful in the use of the knife than he. " I can heartily recommend him as being in my opinion capable of satisfactorily perform ing the duties of any position in the medical department of the army, in the field or in the U. S. hospitals. " The subject of personal bravery is one rarely mentioned in papers of this character by me, but I do not praise when I say that this officer has always done his duty, and he has so done the same under fire, and during the many engagements of the past campaign, as to deserve and receive commendations from the commanding generals and other officers of the Third Cavalry Division." Under the same date Major-General J. D. Cox gives testimony of equal force and merit to the above, showing the high esteem in which Dr. Smith is held by those who know him best. LEONARD FISH, a gardener and an honored resident of Brooklyn township, was born in this township, on the farm where he now lives, September 5, 1834, the seventh of the eight children of Daniel and Matilda (Chester) Fish. He graduated at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, making his home with his parents until he was twenty-one years of age, when he went to Minnesota and entered 160 acres of land from the Government in one county and eighty acres in Brown county of the same State. After remaining there about five months he sold his land, to good advantage, and went to Wisconsin and attended college there three months. Returning to his native place, he engaged in gardening, on the old homestead, where he now lives and owns a fine residence, which he built in 1873, at a cost of about $3,000. He also owns property in Brooklyn village. December 24, 1863, he married Miss Clarissa Brainerd, a native of Brooklyn township, born March 26, 1842. Her father, Willard Brainerd, a native of Connecticut, was an early settler in this county. Her mother, whose name before marriage was Harriet Young, was also a native of Connecticut and was only one year CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 623 old when her parents moved to this county; and she is still living. Mrs. Fish is the sixth of their seven children, and a twin of Carlos, who died when an infant. Mr. and Mrs. Fish are the parents of three children, namely: Edith May, who died at the age of six years; Hattie, who is now attending Baldwin University; and William E., the eldest child, now resides in Brooklyn township. Mr. Fish has a nice little farm of thirty-six acres near the city corpoi.ation line; is a Republican, and has been a member of the I.O.O.F. ever since he was twenty-one years old; being a zealous temperance man, he is also a member of the I. 0. G. T., and having had an army experience, he is a member of Brooklyn Post, Cr. A. R. He was in the Eighth Independent Battery, Ohio National Guards, serving six months as a private, being a No. 1 man on the gun. REV. PETER F. SCHNEIDER, Treasurer and Financial Agent of the German Wallace College at Berea, Ohio, was born in Hohensolms, Prussia, October 12, 1825. He came to America with his parents in 1834, landing at Baltimore, Maryland, and came in a wagon to Wheeling, West Virginia, from Wheeling to Mansfield, Ohio, and thence to Crawford county, this State, where his father, John Schneider, bought 160 acres of timber land, which he cleared. He was reared to manhood in Crawford county, near Galion, attending the common schools, until he was sixteen years of age. His father was an educated man and he taught his children in the evening. From his father young Schneider received his German education, as there was no German school in that section at the time. In 1848 he commenced preaching as an assistant to Rev. C. H. Hoevner, a very able Methodist minister connected with the Delaware and Galion mission of the Ohio Conference. After one year thus engaged he labored for a year in the Lower Sandusky mission, and the year following was put on the Woodville circuit, embracing the city of Toledo, where he served one year. He bought the first German Methodist church building in Toledo and organized the church, with sixteen members. From Toledo he was sent to Sandusky City, Ohio, for one year; and thence to Cleveland, where he remained two years; from Cleveland to Detroit, Michigan, where he remained six years, four years of that time serving as Presiding Elder, on the Michigan district; thence to Delaware, Ohio, for two years, when he was returned to Toledo, where he built a new church and parsonage and remained three years; then was stationed at Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, three years. He was next stationed at Evansville, Indiana, for three years, and was Presiding Elder of the Louisville District for two years. In 1873 he came to Berea and most of the time since has been pastor of the German Methodist Church. From 1873 to 1883 he was vice president and treasurer of the German Wallace College, and since 1883 has been financial agent and treasurer. Mr. Schneider was married in Tonawanda, New York, September 4, 1851, to Louisa Ackerman, by whom he had eleven children, six of whom are living, namely: William H., John W., Edward F., Franklin H., Charles A. and Kingsley C. T. Mrs. Louisa Schneider died in Berea, Ohio, January 30, 1876. Mr. Schneider was again married in Toledo, Ohio, to Mrs. Mary C. Bohrbaser, by whom he has two children, Estella C. and Arthur L. REV. J. C. GRIMMELL, editor of Der Sendbote, Wegweiser, Der Muntere Saemann, Unsere Kleinen and Lesson Leaves, —all monthly periodicals except the first, which is weekly,—was born in the city of Marburg, Germany, May 30, 1847, a son of Jeremiah and Margaret Grimmell, who were among 624 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. the first Baptists in Germany. His father, as a layman, was very active in missionary work. He organized a Baptist church in Marburg, and also in this country, one in Williamsburg, and one in Wiltriington, Delaware. After suffering persecution and imprisonment in the Fatherland, and losing all his property, for being a Baptist, he came to America in 1851, and died in 1871, at Wilmington, Delaware, while on a visit there, at the age of sixty-two years. His wife, an honored resident of Cleveland, resides with her son, the subject of this sketch, and is now aged seventy-five years. Jeremiah Grimmell and wife had thirteen children, seven of whom are still living,—all in this country. Rev. J. C. Grimmell, whose name introduces this sketch, was the fifth in the above family. He was educated at Rochester, New York, and Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1867, when he became pastor of the First German Baptist Church at Buffalo, New York. In 173 he became pastor of the First German Baptist Church of Brooklyn, same State, in which he remained for twenty years, with an interitis sion of two years spent as general missionary and corresponding secretary of the German Baptist Home Missionary Society, whose office is in New York city. When Mr. Grimmell went to Brooklyn in 1873 he found but seventy-two members there, without a church home; at the end of his pastorate there were 350 members owning valuable church property free from debt. They also hi ve two flourishing missions, which he founded, besides having sent out two flourishing churches. Mr. Grimmell was editor and publisher of the 4 6 Mitarbeiter" (Co-worker), an illustrated mon thly journal, from 1874 to 1879. He is the writer of several well known hymns. A collection of hymns which he compiled and publisl ed under the name of Die Weckstimme had seven editions. He was unanimously elected to his present position as editor, etc., in 1893, by the General Convention of the German Baptists held in Chicago, in September, 1892. He is also a platform lecturer, both in the German and English languages. He is talented and eloquent, and has been the means of leading many souls to Christ. In his personal manner he is genial, showing in his conversation that he is a scholar and every way worthy of his high and responsible position. He is one of the leading ministers of his denomination. He is chairman of the Educational Board of the Rochester Theological Seminary, German department. In 1870 Mr. Grimmell married Miss Helen L. Weimar, of Buffalo, New York, a daughter of John G. and Agnes Weimar, of that city, and they have six children, namely: Bertha R. and Edith Martha, teachers in the public schools of Cleveland, and are graduates of the high school and of the State Normal of New York; Rowland W., at present attending the University of Rochester, New York, and in the freshman year; Helen, Walter and Clara, in the public schools of Cleveland. The wife and children are also members of the German Baptist Church. Mr. Grimmell has been a Republican, and during the last war, when Lee invaded Pennsylvania, he, at the age of seventeen, served in the army of the United States during that emergency. REV. S. P. SPRENG, editor of the Evangelical Messenger, the English organ of the Evangelical Association, at No. 265 Woodland avenue, Cleveland, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, February 11, 1853. His parents, Christian and Julia (Grimm) Spreng, were natives respectively of France and Bavaria. His father was a farmer all his life, excelling in that vocation; but his chief activity, other than farming, was his religious work as an official in his church. He came to America in 1831, settling in Wayne county, Ohio, and is now seventy-eight years of age, retired, an honored resident of Cleveland, whither he moved in 1892. His wife, now aged seventy years, is a devoted member of the same church, and has