CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 625 consistently sustained this relation for over fifty years. They celebrated their " golden wedding" in 1892. Their children are: John E., a manufacturer of agricultural implements at Ashland, Ohio; Emma, the wife of Rev. S. J. Gamertsfelder, assistant editor of the Messenger; and Rev. S. P., whose sketch we proceed now to give further in detail. After attending college several years at Naperville, Illinois, he began in the ministry, in 1875, at Bellevue, Ohio, where he served eight months, receiving fifty persons into the church; next he was pastor of the Calvary Church on Woodland avenue and Perry street, Cleveland, for three years; then for a time at Napoleon, Ohio; next he was sent to Columbus, this State, and then to Circleville, also this State. In 1883 he was elected Presiding Elder of the Columbus district, in which position he served until the autumn of 1886, when he came to Cleveland as pastor of Trinity Church on East Madison avenue, where he served but one year, his pastorate terminating in the fall of 1887, by his election, at the General Conference of this church at Buffalo, New York, to the editorship of the Evangelical Messenger. In 1891 was re-elected, at Indianapolis, for a second term, expiring in 1895. In 1885 he wrote a book entitled Rays of Light, and in 1888 the Life of Bishop John Seypert, besides editing a number of other works, and he has been an extensive contributor to the periodical press. In 1883 he was elected a delegate to the General Conference of the church at Allentown, Pennsylvania, and served as the English secretary of the conference. Again, in 1887, he was again elected and served in the same capacity. In 1891 he was ex-officio member of the General Conference. In 1883 he was elected by that body a fraternal delegate to the General Conference of the United Brethren Church at Fostoria, Ohio, sitting there in 1885. Besides, Mr. Spreng has had the honor of being one of the editors of the Standard Dictionary now in process of publication; and he is the author of the History of the Evangelical Association, issued by the American Society of Church History of New York city, under the general editorship of the late Dr. Philip Schaff. Mr. Spreng was married in September, 1878, 10 Miss Maggie Beck, daughter of George and Margaret Beck, old settlers of Cleveland, first residing on the south side. Mr. Beck was a grape-grower, and died about 1874, aged about fifty years; and his widow survived until 1891, dying at the age of eighty-two. Both were life-long, devout members of the Evangelical Church. They were well known as early and worthy settlers on the south side. Mr. and Mrs. Spreng have had five children, namely: Edmund G. C., Harrison N., Lillian Ethel, Ralph Waldo Emerson and George B. All the family are members of the Evangelical Association, and take much interest in moral questions and the enterprises that promise any amelioration of the human family. This brief review of the eventful life of Mr. Spreng should conclude with at least some further notice of his personal characteristics, as in the following paragraphs, gleaned from those who have long been acquainted with him. The appearance of Mr. Spreng, whether in the social circle, the office or the pulpit, indicates a man of culture and dignity, not however of the austere type, for he is as pre-eminent for kindliness as for culture, having a warm heart in happy combination with superior intellect. Naturally and easily he draws to himself admiring friends, of whose confidence he proves himself increasingly worthy. He brings light and life to every gathering graced by his presence. In the pulpit he is mighty and magnetic. His voice is clear, strong and musical, and always under perfect control, which adds emphasis to a forceful delivery. The skill with which he manages his voice and places his emphasis enables him to give peculiar effectiveness to every part of his pulpit work. When once warmed with the progress of his subject he becomes sometimes dramatic, animated and surpassingly 626 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. eloquent. As a writer he is distinguished for vigor of thought and a nervous energy and beauty of style. From the very beginning his rise in the ministry was rapid, as shown by his appointment to the most important churches, his early election to the presiding eldership and subsequent elevation to the editorship of the English organ of the church, the Evangelical Messenger, one of the best and most influential Christian family weekly papers in the land. At the last General Conference his practically unanimous re-election was the best possible evidence of the wide appreciation of his eminent ability as a writer and ecclesiastical leader, aside from the flattering vote given him for the office of Bishop. Erect, of medium height, fair complexion and a decidedly intellectual cast of countenance, he is a man of attractive presence, while his genial spirit and brilliant ministerial and editorial career has made his name a household word throughout the church. A. I. TRUESDELL, who occupies a conspicuous position as secretary of the Cleveland Fire Underwriters' Association, has been a resident of the Forest City for thirty years, having come hither from the State of New York in 1864. He was bora near Binghamton, Broome county, New York, September 9, 1842, and was there reared to mature years, receiving a thorough common school and academic education. Early in life he became a teacher, devoting his attention to pedagogic labors for some time prior to his emigration to the West. Coming to Cleveland in 1864, as already noted, he secured an engagement as a solicitor for the State Fire Insurance Company, later securing the preferment as secretary of the Midas Insurance Company, which subsequently was merged into the Forest City Fire Insurance Company. With this association he remained for two years, after which he resigned to engage in business for himself, opening a local office as an insurance agent. In 1878 he became secretary of the Cleveland Board of Underwriters, and since that time has continued in the tenure of the office, having been re-elected from year to year as his own successor and having discharged the exacting duties of the position to the satisfaction of his associates, who have thus manifested their appreciation of his discriminating technical ability and their approval of his methods. For about one year Mr. Truesdell was engaged in other business, having resigned his position for the purpose; but, after a brief interim, was again called to the position in which he had proved so capable and acceptable an executive. That he enjoys the confidence and esteem of the members of the association is beyond cavil, while during a long residence in the city he has not failed of gaining a marked general popularity. He has been actively identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church since fourteen years of age. His membership is with the Epworth Memorial Church, in which he has served in all the official capacities to which a layman is eligible. Mr. Truesdell's marriage to Miss Louise M. Wellsted was consummated in 1866, she being a daughter of the late Joseph Wellsted, of Cleveland, Ohio. She died in 1869, leaving one child, Clara L., who became the wife of Samuel G. McClure, now on the editorial staff of the Cleveland Leader. In the year 1872 Mr. Truesdell was united in marriage to his present wife, who was Miss Carrie Patton, a daughter of William Patton, Esq., of Medina, Ohio. Our subject's parents. were Harvey and Sarah (Parker) Truesdell, both of whom were natives of the Empire State and descendants of prominent old New England families, the father being of English and the mother of Scotch extraction. Harvey Truesdell was a farmer by occupation and was one of the earliest and most ardent abolitionists. For many years he was a steadfast worker in the cause of freeing our nation from the blot of slavery, and successfully operated a station of the famous underground railroad," by which so many slaves were assisted CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 627 to freedom. He and his wife were devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had twelve children, of whom the subject of this review was the sixth in order of birth. Eight of the family are living, three having died in childhood, and one later in life. The paternal grandfather of our subject participated in the war of 1812, and Emery P., a brother of the latter, served as a private in General Custer's cavalry during the late civil war, enlisting in 1862 and remaining in the ranks until the close of the sanguinary struggle, having been only sixteen years of age at the time he enlisted. He is now a travelling represent. ative for the well known and extensive agricultural implement concern of the Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Company. His twin brother, Emri H., entered the Methodist Episcopal Conference in New York, early in life, subsequently retiring by reason of impaired health. The other surviving members of the family are concerned in agricultural pursuits. LEVI E. MEACHAM, formerly Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Cuyahoga county, was born in Parma township, this county, September 5, 1846. His parents were Levi E. and Lucinna B. (Emerson) Meacham, the former a native of New York and a son of Isaac and Sophia Meacham, who moved from that State to Ohio in 1820, settling in Parma township.' At that date the father of the subject of this mention was a mere child. The name of the parent tree of the Meacham family in America is not known, but there is well founded reason for the statement that he was of the Mayflower crew; and it is authentically stated that the paternal great-grandmother of Levi E., Jr., was a granddaughter of the celebrated Miles Standish. Lucinna B., nee Emerson, mother of Levi E., was one of the first white children born in Parma township, Cuyahoga county, where her parents, Asa and Sallie (Small) Emerson, settled in 1818. The father was a native of Maine and she a native of Massachusetts, both being of Puritan stock. Both the paternal and maternal grandparents of the subject of this sketch were early and well known, as well as prominent and respected, pioneer settlers of Parma township. When Levi E. Meacham, the senior, married Lucinna B. Emerson, she was the widow of Charles Nicholas, by whom she had had two children; and to her second husband she bore one child, whose name introduces this personal sketch. The latter was but two months old when his father died; but his mother, being a woman of of sterling qualities, remained upon the old homestead in Parma township, where she still resides, being seventy-three years of age, and there brought up her children, giving them the advantage of such schooling as afforded in the district schools. For a third husband she mararied Joshua Whitney, now deceased. In religious faith she is a consistent member of the Baptist Church. This good woman deserves more than a passing notice. In November, 1861, her sons, Oscar Nicholas and Levi E. Meacham (the latter being then but fifteen years of age), enlisted as privates in Company G, Sixty-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Oscar remained in the army service till 1864, after which time he was disabled by a severe wound received in battle. Levi E. remained in the service to the close of the war. We now wish to speak of the noble part the mother took in the struggle of the civil war. The company in which her sons enlisted was made up largely of young men and lads from Parma township. In the spring of 1862 much sickness distressed the camp of this company, who sent home for aid. Mrs. Meacham at once set out for the camp, which she reached during the latter part of that spring, and thereafter till the close of the war she remained upon the battlefield and in the hospital, doing all that kind and motherly hands could do in nursing the sick and wounded. 40 628 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Levi E. Meacham, the immediate subject of this personal mention, after the war attended and taught school alternately for a period of four years, upon the close of which he (his health failing him) bought a small farm and began farming, in which he continued until 1880, when he became a deputy in the office of the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, where he was promoted from less important desks to that of chief clerk, or first deputy. In the fall of 1887, as the Republican candidate, he was elected Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, two which office he was re-elected in tie fall of 1890. Mr. Meacham is a member of the Army and Navy Post, G. A. R; he was originally a member of the Memorial Post. He is also a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the I. 0. 0. F. and K. of P. In 1873 he was united in marriage with Miss Lina Biddulph, and they have a son and a daughter, Roland and Florence. FRANK H. BILLMAN, one of the progressive members of the bar of C uyahoga county, has been engaged in legal practice in the city of Cleveland since 1891, and has already attained enviable prominence. His parents, Alexander and Elizabeth Billman, are of Scotch ancestry; the father is a resident of Cuyahoga Falls, retired from active business; the mother is deceased. Frank H. was born. March 31, 1866, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and there passed his boyhood and youth. He was educated in the University at Wooriter. In 1888 he began the preparations for his professional career, entering the law office of Judge Rufus P. Ranney and the Hon. Henry McKinney, as a student. He read under the direction of these experienced practitioners. until 1891, when he was admitted to the bar of Cuyahoga county. In 1891 he opened an office in Cleveland, and is surely gaining a permanent place among the able lawyers of the county. He is retained as counsel for several corporations in and near the city. He gives his support to the Republican party, taking an active interest in the leading political events of the day. He is a highly esteemed member of the Presbyterian Church, his efforts in behalf of that society having met with gratifying results. KARL RIEMENSCHNEIDER, Ph. D.— A well known and prosperous institution of learning is the German-Wallace College, located at Berea, Ohio, and occupying a position of importance and honor as the chief executive of the same, stands the subject of this sketch, the able President of the college. Dr. Riemenschneider is a man of scholarly attainments and broad intelligence, and he has directed the destinies of the institution over which he presides to the goal of maximum excellence as applied to the full exercise of the functions in its province of accomplishment and opportunity. Dr. Riemenschneider was born in Louisville, Kentucky, May 14, 1844, the son of Rev. Engelhardt Riemenschneider, who was sent as a missionary to Germany when our subject was seven years of age. The latter was thus reared to manhood in Germany and there received his education, which was one of a most comprehensive order. He prosecuted his studies at Bremen, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Zurich (Switzerland); and at the University of Tubingen. He was an instructor in the theological seminary at Bremen for a year and a half, after which he returned to the University of Tubingen, where he completed his collegiate course at the age of twenty-two years. His marked capabilities had already secured him prominent recognition and soon he received a call to return to his native land and accept a professorship in the German-Wallace College at Berea, Ohio. This proposition he accepted, returning to America in 1868. Subsequent preferments in the institution came as the natural result of his erudition and pro- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 629 nounced executive ability. About 1881 he was chosen as Vice-President of the college, and in 1892 he was made its official head, becoming President of the same. The college was founded in the year 1864, from which year Dr. William Nast held the presidency until he was succeeded by Dr. Rietnenschneider, in 1892. The college is in a flourishing condition, has an excellent corps of instructors in all technical and special branches, and its particular province is defined in the preparing of young men for the ministry. Special attention is devoted to the teaching of the German language, and the institution affords an exceptional opportunity for the thorough acquirement of the same. The college has an average enrollment of 150 students, the majority of whom are Germans. Dr. Riemenschneider was united in marriage, at Manchester, Iowa, July 7, 1870, to Miss Amelia Smith. They have five children, namely: Ernest, Albert, Oscar, Karl, and Clara. M. E. COZAD was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1846, a son of Andrew Cozad, one of the early settlers of this county. The father emigrated with his family from Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1807, and located upon land which is now covered by the prosperous city of Cleveland; then there were not a dozen families living . in this locality. He became prominently identified with all the progressive movements that were inaugurated as the country became more thickly settled, and held many of the local offices. Education and temperance reform were matters of equal moment in his estimation and commanded his most earnest consideration. In him were combined many qualities of rare excellence, and his name was held in the highest esteem. He died at the age of seventy-two years.. His wife, whose maiden name was Sally Simmons, bore him nine children, five of whom grew to maturity: Justice L., Dudley A., deceased, Henry deceased, Sarah L., and M. E., the subject of this notice. Mr. Cozad enjoyed the educational advantages afforded by the Western Reserve College, being graduated from that institution, in 1870. He afterward studied law in the office of Otis & ..idams, Cleveland, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in 1872. He practiced his profession in this city four years and then turned his attention to the abstract business, organizing the firm of Cozad, Beltz &, Bates. He also established the first abstract office in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, removing to Pittsburg in 1876, where he had charge of the business eleven years. IIe organized the Title Insurance Company of Pittsburg, and afterward sold his other interests to this company. Somewhat broken in health he became identified with a life insniance company; through the outdoor exercise his health was regained and he was also very successful from a business standpoint. He has since represented different large and important companies, and till recently was in charge of the interests of the New York Life in Ohio. He is at present supervisor of agents in Ohio and Indiana for the National Life Insurance Company of. Vermont. During the inflation times of 1869, 1870—'73, he had large investments in real estate in this city, losing heavily in the transaction. Although he has had many business cares he has found time to devote to the work of the church and Sabbath-school. For a number of years he was a member of the Board of Education, laboring earnestly to improve the facilities whereby the youth of this city were fitted for the battle of life. A Republican in politics he has represented that body in convention where his opinions have been given due weight. Mr. Cozad was married in 1872 to Miss Maggie S. Wagner, a daughter of John- Wagner of Ravenna, Ohio. They have two children, Henry O. and Ellen. In the first convention of Life Underwriters held in Boston Mr. Cozad was a delegate from 630 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY, Cleveland, and in the second convention held in Detroit he performed the same duty. His wide experience, ready speech and genial manner assure him a welcome in all gatherings of a social character, and his presence is especially prized where a response is called by tt e toastmaster. HENRY H. LYON, a well-known Democratic politician of Cuyahoga county, — Ohio, is a resident of Strongsville township. He was born in this township, June 10, 1838. Mr. Lyon's father, Danforth S. Lyon, who was born in Stafford, Connecticut, in 1806, came at the age of twelve years to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, with his father, Liakim Lyon, and settled in Strongsville township. That was in 1818. Here the elder Lyon died at the age of seventy-five years. Danforth S. Lyon also spent the rest of his life and died here, his death occurring December 20, 1878. The latter was married in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1835, to Miss Caroline Lewis, who was born in Shoreham, Vernont, in 1809. After their marriage they settled on a farm, and be was interested in agricultural pursuits all his life. He held various township offices, and during the administration of James K. Polk was Postmaster of Strongsville Center. Mr. Caroline Lyon died in this township in April, 1870. They had four children who reached adult age, namely: Henry H., whose name appears at the head of this article; Lewis C., a member of Company E, Sixty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, died of disease at Cumberland, Maryland; Delia A., wife of Frederick J. Brennis, died at Mitchell, Dakota; Edwin E., a farmer of this township. Henry H. Lyon, the oldest in the above named family, was reared in his !Wise township and has resided here all his life, with the exception of the three years he was employed in a ship chandler-store in Cleveland, and with this exception has been engaged in farming all his life. He owns one hundred acres of fine farming land, located two miles of south of the center of the township. Mr. Lyon was married in Strongsville township, November 25, 1860, to Miss Ellen M. Meacham, who was born in Greenfield, New York, February 24, 1841, daughter of Almon and Polly (Kelly) Meacham. Her father was a native of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, and soon after this marriage settled here, where he was for man years well known as an extensive farmer and cattle dealer. Both he and his good wife continued to live here up to the time of their deaths. Mr. and Mrs. Lyon have had six children, viz.: Clara M.; Carlos II., who married Miss Mary Thorburn, resides in Strongsville; Herbert N.; Nettie E., who died at Lakeside, Ohio, at the age of fifteen years; and Claude C. and Ruby E., who died of diphtheria, at the ages of eleven and five years respectively. Mr. Lyon is prominent in political circles. He has been Deputy Sheriff of Cuyahoga county since 1887, and for eleven years served as Constable. In the fall of 1893 he was the candidate of his party for the Legislature. Mrs. Lyon is a member of the Congregational Church. W. B. NEFF, who came to Cleveland in 1876, and entered upon a professional career as a lawyer, was born at Winchester, Preble county, Ohio, April 30, 1851. His parents are Cornelius and Eliza (Reinhart) Neff. His father is a native of Ohio, and his mother a native of the Old Dominion State. Their marriage was consummated in Germantown, Ohio, and they had but one child other than the subject of this sketch, namely, O. L. Neff, a successful practitioner of law in Cleveland. W. B. Neff was reared at Winchester and educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, which institution he left when he was in his senior year. His taste leading him into the CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 631 profession of law, he entered the office of Alexander & Satzgaber at Van Wert, Ohio, where he read law for two years, and then he entered the law school at Cincinnati, graduating there in the spring of 1876, when he was also admitted to the bar, in that city. In May, 1876, he came to Cleveland and entered into a partnership with his brother, O. L. Neff, in the practice of law. This partnership continued until Mr. Neff was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Cuyahoga county in the fall of 1890. As a lawyer Mr. Neff bears an enviable reputation, and as Prosecuting Attorney for the county he has displayed marked ability and met the most sanguine hopes of his friends. June 22, 1876, Mr. Neff and Miss Lizzie Hyer were united in marriage. Mrs. Neff is a graduate of Delaware College, Ohio, and is an accomplished lady. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Neff has been blessed by the birth of two children, namely: Horace, now fifteen; and Amy, now twelve years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Neff are members of the Meth. odist Episcopal Church, and he is a Master Mason, while in politics he is a stanch Republican. MISS F. JENNIE DUTY, a prominent philanthropist of Cleveland, is a native of this city, the daughter 3f Daniel W. and Mary (Mason) Duty, natives respectively of New Hampshire and New York. Her father was brought to Ohio in 1808, when but four years of age, reared in Ashtabula county, and in 1828, two years after his marriage, came to Cleveland. Here he engaged in the furniture business for a number of years, in company with a Mr. Vincent, and later with D. A. Gardner. For years also he had, in addition to the furniture trade, the undertaking business. Probably no man in the city had more warm friends than he, and this fact alone demonstrates all the peculiar tr.aits of his char. acter and the fact that he was a good citizen He was one of the original members of St Paul's Church (Episcopal), of which he was Senior Warden at one time; had much to do with public enterprises, and was a gentleman of broad mind and liberal spirit. He died April 13, 1887, and his wife died in October, 1888. They had six children: William, now a resident of Dayton, Ohio; John, deceased; Andrew, of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania; Mary, deceased in 1884, wife of P. R. Spencer of Cleveland; Charlotte M., a teacher in New York city; and the subject of this sketch. Miss Duty, whose name heads this sketch, completed her school days at the Episcopal Female Seminary in this city, then taught for three years in the Ohio Female College at Cincinnati, and two years at De Pauw College in Indiana, being the preceptress there, and one year was principal of the Wheeling College for women. She then returned home to take care of her parents during their declining years. Up to this time she had taken some interest in missionary work, but not publicly until the great crusade on the saloons began, in which she became one of the leaders. Naturally she has drifted with her co-adjutors into the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, in 1874 becoming one of its members. She helped establish the Central Friendly Inn, of which she was made chairman, and missionary leader, a position she has held for nineteen years. During this time she did a large amount of charitable work which the public know not of, besides much that was conspicuous in its effects upon public opinion and public welfare. First connecting herself with the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union, nonpartisan, she was elected Secretary of that society, in which position much hard work necessarily devolved upon her; and every one knows that the Secretary of any association is obliged to do a great amount of work for which there is no pecuniary compensation. She is at present a vice-president of this Union. She was also Recording Secretary, and Secretary of the old State Union for eight years. When the non-partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union was formed in 1890, she was made General 632 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Secretary, and held that position for two years. She was also officially connected with tbi old National Woman's Christian Temperance Ilnion for several years. She is thus a veteran in this greatest of philanthropic causes, and is still as active, zealous and efficient as ever. She has made her influence felt in the various fie ds of work, often speaking in public; was instrumental in securing the enactment of some laws which were for the special benefit of her sex, although she is not technically a " woman's-rights " partisan. She has been an angel of mercy among fallen humanity. When a little girl she was confirmed by Bishop McIlvaine, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, but later she connected herself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she is still a faithful member. Realizing, in 1893, the need of something to assist mankind in putting down alcoholism, she secured an interest in " Eucrasy," a cure for inebriety, in which field she is doing a good work. Her resi fence is on Arlington street, where she has a Cosy and very attractive home of her own. A. G. HOPKINSON, a graduate of Dartmouth College in the class of 1851, and a gentleman eminent in educational circles in Cleveland, has been a resident of of this city, with but a little interruption, ever since 1852. He is a native of Limington, Maine, and his father was a farmer. On arriving here he took charge of the grammar school in Ohio City. In 1854 he was elected superintendent of the Ohio City schools, and oil the annexation of that suburb to the main city the same year he was superseded by Andrew Freese, who was already superintendent cf the Cleveland schools. In 1856, his school h wing attained the high-school grade, the branch high school was organized, afterward changed to the West high school. Of this he continued as principal until 1865, when protracted ill health compelled his resignation, and he returned to his native State. After recruiting his health for more than a year, his friends proposed him for the position of superintendent of the Cleveland schools, and lie came "dangerously" near being elected, lacking but one vote! He has always been glad that he did not get that vote. He was then reelected to his old position as principal of the West high school. In 1870, his health beginning again to suffer, he resigned to go into more active business,—into work that would lead him more into out-door life. Accordingly, he formed a partnership with Mr. T. C. Parsons in the insurance business, which continued for twenty years. Under their joint energies they had at one time the largest fire-insurance business in this city. In connection with his school and insurance work, Mr. Hopkinson has occupied many positions of trust, having been member of the City Council for several years, of the Board of Education two years, declining reelection, and a member of the Board of School Examiners for many years, closing his labors with this body, of which, for several years he was president, in 1893. For a time he was also a member of the Public School Library Board. He is a director in the Wick Banking & Trust Company. He has been president, vice president and treasurer of the Cleveland Board of Underwriters. For many years he has been a member of the First Congregational Church, in which also he has filled various offices. Was Sabbath-school superintendent for years, and he has ever been a zealous worker in the cause of practical Christianity. He was one of the leading factors in the erection of the new church building, and everything for the public good has always had his hearty support. As to general politics he has ever been a true Republican. He has represented his ward in various relations, but has never aspired to political honors. All the offices he has had have been thrust upon him. He was married in Massachusetts, in 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Cook, of Blackstone, that State, who died in 1855, leaving no children. In December, 1856 Mr. Hopkinson married CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 633 Miss Harriet Farrand, a granddaughter of the old Revolutionary hero, Jared Farrand, who died only a few years ago, at the advanced age of nearly 107 years! (See a reference to him in the sketch of A. J. Farrand, in this volume.) Mr. and Mrs Hopkinson have two sons, namely: Harry G., superintendent of surveys for the Board of Fire Underwriters of this city; and Charles W., an architect, at No. 50 Euclid avenue. Financially, Mr. Hopkinson is comfortably situated, having a handsome summer residence in a beautiful grove on the lake shore, besides his pleasant home on Franklin avenue. MRS. MARTHA A. CANFIELD, A. M., M. D., a physician and surgeon at No. 24 Streator avenue, Cleveland, was born in Freedom, Portage county, Ohio, September 10, 1845, a daughter of Henry and Eliza (Brown) Robinson, natives of Berkshire county, Massachusetts. They were among the early pioneers of Portage county, Ohio, where they remained until 1888, and since that time have resided with their daughter in Cleveland. Our subject prepared at Hiram College, but graduated at Oberlin College, in the class of 1868. She then read medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. Charles Morrill, of Cleveland, and graduated at the Homeopathic Hospital College in the class of 1875, winning the highest honor. Dr. Canfield immediately began the practice of medicine at 149 Prospect street, remained there three years, and during that time was physician to the Open Door, an institution for friendless women. She has since resided at her present location, where she has erected a private hospital for the medical and surgical treatment of women, making a specialty of diseases of women in addition to her general practice. The Doctor is a member of the National Scientific Association, the Woman's Intercollegiate Club, the Woman's Press Club, the Cleveland Sorosis, Professor of Medical Diseases of Women in the University of Medicine and Surgery, Professor of the Diseases of Women in the Western Reserve School of Oratory and Physical Culture, President of the Woman's International Provers' Union, a member of the staff of the Woman's Dispensary, the Maternity Home, the Training School for Nurses in the Huron Street Hospital, a member of the Executive Board of the Maternity Home, Vice-president of the Women and Children's Dispensary, a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, and the Ohio State Medical Society. Dr. Canfield writes for numerous medical journals. In 1869 she was united in marriage with H. W. Canfield, an attorney of Cleveland, and they have four children: Elmo. C., Mary Alice; Hiram and Charles Morrill: the latter died at the age of two years. The family are all members of the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church. Our subject was one of the twelve (and the only lady) Homeopathic physicians and surgeons appointed to deliver addresses at the World's Congress of Homeopathic Physician, and Surgeons at Chicago, June 13, 1893 Among the twelve were noted men from Germany, France and England. Dr. Canfield's subject was the " Progress of Medical Science Through Homeopathy." REV. JOHN W. MALECHA is the pastor of St. Adalbert's (Bohemian) Catholic Church of Cleveland. He was born in Bohemia, June 23, 1861, a son of Thomas and Theresa Malecha, both natives and still residents of Bohemia. The father is a Bohemian farmer and lives in the village of Dinin. He was born about 1837, and his wife in 1839, and are respectable citizens and faithful members of the Catholic Church. The oldest child, Mary, is the wife of Joseph Pribyl, a resident of Chicago. The other members of the family are residents of Bohemia. Our subject, the second of seven children, was educated in Bohemia, in Budweiss College, 634 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. which in Bohemia is called "gymnasium." His theological education was obtained in Si-. Mary's Seminary of Cleveland, under the efficient Rev. Nicholas A. Aloes. July 3, 1886, he was ordained priest by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Gilmour, then of this diocese. At Elmore, Ohio, Rev. Malecha did his first work as a priest. There he remained for two years, at the close ,-)f which he was transferred to his present work. In his church work and in the work of upbuilding the school of his parish, he has been very successful. His parish and church was established by Father A. Hynek. When Rev. Malecha took charge of this parish he had about 100 families; now there are over 200 families. His schools are taught by four Notre Dame Sisters. There are ten societies connected with the church. The church building is a nice, well-Equipped place of worship. Rev. Malecha is a man of excellent scholarship, of pleasing personal appearance and is one of the most popular priests of Cleveland. J. C. ALEXANDER, a member of the Board of Commissioners for Cuyahoga county, has been for many years a prominent figure in Bedford township. He was elected to the office he now holds in the fall of 1891, and took his seat January 1, 1892. The year of 1893 was one of marked activity for the board, $85,000 being expended upon macadam roads and $170,000 in building Brooklyn Bridge, $225,000 for the Central Armory, besides sums for other public improvements. Mr. Alexander was born fifty-one years ago in Bedford township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, a son of Andrew Alexander who emigrated to the county in 1833; the father was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1813, a son of James Alexander, a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish descent. James Alexander was one of the first settlers of Columbiana county, Ohio, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was a blacksmith, by trade, and owned one of the best sawmills in the county; he was a man of excellent business qualifications and was very prosperous. Andrew Alexander was reared and educated in his native county, and there married Hannah Hope, who was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, and died in 1882. In 1855 he built "Alexander's Mills" (flouring) in Independence township, this county, and now has operated them for thirty-five years, for years under the firm name of A. Alexander & Son. Our subject was a mere lad when he went into his father's flouring mill, where he received a thorough training in all the details of the business; for thirty years he was his father's trusted partner, conducting the business with marked ability. He owns a fine farm two and one.half miles South from Cleveland, all of which is under cultivation; the improvements are most substantial and the entire place has an air of thrift and prosperity. In 1876 he was elected superintendent of the Clewell Stone Company, and built and operated their large flagging mill at Independence station. Mr. Alexander was married in 1874 to Nettie Logue, now deceased. Mrs. Alexander was a sister to Judge Logue of Cleveland. The second marriage occurred at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, when he was united to Rachel Gibson, daughter of Charles Gibson. Two children have been born to, them, Grace Elizabeth and Charles Andrew. Mr. Alexander is a Republican and is one of the most ardent workers in his party. He and his wife are consistent members of the United Presbyterian Church and are held in high regard by all who know them. HON. CHARLES L. SELZER was born in Cleveland, Ohio, October 6, 1859. At the age of five years his father, Jacob D. Selzer, removed to the village of Brooklyn, at which place he received a good school education, and later he attended the CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 635 West High School of Cleveland, where he pursued his studies for a period of two years. He then took up the drug business for six years, during which time his attention was called to a certain law case that greatly interested him and which virtually created within him a taste for the profession of law. This led him to that study and to enter the law office of John W. Heisley in Cleveland in the year 1882 During the time he studied law he was engaged in various forms of work in order to gain t, support and to enable him to further prosecute the study of law and his preparation for the profession. In 1883 Mr. Selzer, in company with H. M. Farnsworth, established a newspaper at Brooklyn village known as The Cuyahogan, which they published as a weekly issue with success for a period of four years. At the close of that time they sold their publication for a good consideration. The building up of this paper and the work of publishing the same, necessitated loss of time in his study of the law, and thus he was prompted to end his newspaper career. In 1886 Mr. Selzer was admitted to the bar and without a partner he immediately begari the practice of his profession in Cleveland. He has since engaged in general practice, and has gained the reputation of an able lawyer and forcible advocate. Mr. Selzer was scarcely twenty-one years of age when he entered the political arena by being elected City Clerk of Brooklyn, in which capacity he served two years. He was elected Township Clerk of Brooklyn township, in which position he served two years. In 1899 he was unanimously elected Mayor of Brooklyn, and 1892 was re-elected to the same office in which he is the present incumbent. The several positions and circumstances under which Mr. Selzer has held them are pointed out as evidence of that great estimation and confidence on the part of his fellow citizens which he enjoys. On January 1, 1884, Mr. Selzer was commissioned by Governor Foster as First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Fifth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, with headquarters at Cleveland, and with his regiment participated in suppressing the famous Cincinnati riots of that year. Mr. Selzer was nominated by the Democratic party as a candidate for State Senator in 1893, but was defeated with the rest of the ticket by the political landslide in the autumn election of that year. January 1, 1894, he formed a partnership with Echo M. Heisley, son of his former preceptor, Hon. John W. Heisley, for the general practice of law under the firm name of Heisley & Selzer, with spacious offices at No. 219 Superior street, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Selzer is prominent and active in the Masonic and K. of P. orders of Cleveland. It was in November, 1886, that he was married to Miss Ida M. While, of Brooklyn, daughter of Joseph While, Esquire. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Selzer has been blessed by the birth of two children, sons, aged six and four years respectively. NORMAN E. WRIGHT, M.D., Berea, was born in Copley, Summit county, Ohio, March 18, 1834. His father, the late Orris C. Wright, was a farmer and also a miller by occupation, and died at Johnson's Corners, that county, when sixty-seven years of age, from the effects of an injury which he had received some time previously. Norman E. remained on his father's farm till he was seventeen years of age, afterward assisting his father in a flouring mill at different periods for some ten years, and then engaged in wood turning and other occupations till he began the study of medicine at Olmsted Falls. In 1874 he graduated at the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College, where he received his diploma. Previous to his graduation, however, in 1871, he located in Berea, where he has since followed his chosen calling. 636 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Dr. Wright is one who takes a fairly active part in local affairs, and especially in re igious work, and for many years he has been a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Chu rch of Berea, Ohio, although for eighteen year previous he was connected with the Congregational Church at Olmsted Falls, in which body 'le was for nine years the Sunday-school Superintendent, and filled various other offices. Be has been a member of the Board of Education of Berea, is an active worker in the cause of temperance, and is universally respected and esteemed by his fellow-townsmen. He was married to Miss Julia Bradford, of Olmsted Falls, who died May 17, 1873. For his present wife he married Mrs. Lizzie A. Smith, at Berea, April 9, 1876. Dr. Wright's children are as follows: Willis N., who is ft, resident of Indianapolis, Indiana; Myron T., Cora E., Orris C. and Minnie I. FRANK LYNCH, passenger engineer on the C. C. C. & St. L. Railroad, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 22, 1848, son of William Lynch. The latter was born in Boston, and came to this city in 1844, where he died in 1852. He was a contractor by occupation. He and his wife, nee Elizabeth Harrison, had the following children: Helen; William; Mary, wife of E. E. Hudson, a master mechanic on the Big Four Railroad; Frank, our subject; Harrison, an engineer on the C. L. & W. Railroad; and Elizabeth, wife of Ed Spatts. Frank Lynch attended school until he was fourteen years of age. He then secured the position of brakeman on the C. C. C. & St. L. Railroad, and four years afterward was promoted to conductor, but at that time received an injury which eaused him to suspend work lifor awhile. He returned to the road as locomotive fireman, under engineer William Kirwin. March 27, 1872, Mr. Lynch was promoted to the position of locomotive engineer. He remained in the yard about eighteen months, was then in the freight service until 1886, and since that time has been engaged as passenger engineer. His work has been most satisfactory to the company, he has been at his post whenever called, and he has never injured a passenger or employe or in any way by negligence caused the company a pecuniary loss. His record is indeed one of which he may be justly proud. His faithful service has at different times won for him commendation from the press. On one occasion Mr. Lynch ran a special train, consisting of six coaches, from Cleveland to Columbus, a distance of 138 miles, in three hours and eight minutes, his train dashing along up grade and down, while the operators along the line almost held their breath as the rapid progress of the train was noted on the wire. At another time as he was speeding along toward Cleveland at a rate of fifty miles per hour, with his regular train, an incident occurred, which, as showing the material of which Mr. Lynch is made, should be noted here. "The coaches were crowded, and the train was a few minutes behind time. Old reliable eight-wheeled engine 398 was pulling the train, and Engineer Lynch, one of the best men on the road, grasped the throttle. The train approached Iberia curve, a short distance below Galion, at the same great speed. Suddenly there was a crash on Lynch's side of the cab, the windows were wrecked, the seat on which the engineer was sitting was torn to pieces and Lynch was thrown with terrific force through the cab door and back into the tender. He was partially stunned and bruised considerably, but in a moment he recovered himself. The engine was plunging and rocking forward, and at once Lynch learned that one of the side-rods connecting the drive-wheels was broken. He knew that unless the train was stopped at once a wreck and perhaps great loss of life would occur. He sprang to his feet but was again thrown down by the fearful plunges of the engine. Again he rose up and again was thrown CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 637 down. After several similar experiments, Lynch managed to enter the fireman's side of the cab, and apply the air-brakes. The train came to a standstill, and the passengers, frightened and wondering, piled off' to ascertain the trouble. The rod connecting the forward drive-wheels was broken into two pieces, one of which could nowhere be found. Lynch promptly disconnected the rod on the forward wheels on the other side of the engine, and again mounted the foot-board and pulled the throttle for Cleveland. He was over half an hour late at that time, but still with his crippled engine, only four drive-wheels being used, he ran into Cleveland on time. His escape from instant death seems almost miraculous, and the passengers can thank their lucky stars that Lynch's heroism saved them from death or maiming." Mr. Lynch was married in Cleveland, in 1872, to Christina, daughter of Adam Kam. They have six children, viz.: Harry, a fireman on the Big Four Road; Frank E. and Maud, attending the high school; and Arthur, Lulu and William, at home. In his social relations, Mr. Lynch is a member of the B. of L. E. and of the Knights of Pythias. B. M. BARR, a prominent business man of Cleveland, was born near the city of Cincinnati, in 1864, a son and one of the two children of James A. Barr, of that city, who was a Lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth Ohio. Volunteer Infantry in the late war. Mr. Barr's ancestors came to America about 1773, locating in New Jersey. The Barr family, a prominent one, settled early in Cincinnati, Major William Barr, the paternal great-grandfather of Mr. Barr, being one of the first settlers of that city. The paternal grandfather of Mr. Barr was John Barr, in his time a prominent merchant of Cincinnati. The subject of this sketch received a liberal education and early became interested in electricity, beginning business in 1883 as an electrical salesman for the Edison Electric Manufacturing Company, remaining with that company in the successive capacities of manager of their business in the States of Iowa and Missouri, and later of the State of Ohio, with headquarters at Cleveland until the Edison and Thomson-Houston Companies were merged in the General Electric Company. Mr. Barr came to Cleveland from St. Louis in 1890, and though a young man has gained a prominent position in his chosen field, and is in every way an active, progressive and sagacious business man. In 1885 he was united in marriage with Miss Louise Little, daughter of William Little, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and they have two children, B. M. and Louise. While in no way active, Mr. Barr is a pronounced Democrat in politics. A. W. BISHOP.—One of the distinctly representative business men of Berea, Ohio, and one who has done much to further the advancement of the place and conserve its stable prosperity, is he whose name initiates this brief review. By virtue of his position as one of the substantial capitalists and progressive citizens of Cuyahoga county, it is imperative that he be accorded due attention in this connection. Mr. Bishop was born in Orleans county, New York, July 1, 1833, and in October of the same year his parents removed to Medina county, Ohio, where the father was engaged in the milling business for some time, finally disposing of his interests in this line and devoted his attention thereafter to farming. Our subject was reared on the farm, in Medina county, securing a thorough common-school education, and at the age of nineteen years he engaged in school-teaching in Lorain county, Ohio, being thins occupied during four winters and working on a farm during the summers. About this time he invented an animal poke, which was 638 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. the first contrivance of the sort ever invented in the United States. In this connection it may be incidentally noted that since our subject originated this valuable device more than one hundred other designs have been inv ented, patented and placed on the market. It is certainly interesting to thus trace an article now in such common use back to its original type. Realizing that his invention was one of practical utility, Mr. Bishop began manufacturing the pokes at Medina, continuing the enterprise at that place from 1865 until 1871, when he removed his business to Berea, where he erected a factory and resumed operations upon a much larger scale. The industry, which is now one of much importance, has been carried successfully forward and represents at the present time one of the representative manuficturing enterprises of the State. Mr. Bishop has perfected several improvements upon the original design of the poke, which is yet recognized a's one of the best, if not the best, on the market. He has also invented a unique machine for pl ming rubber and an apparatus for cleaning boilers. His business interests in Berea include varied enterprises aside from the one noted, anc it is doubtful if there be another single individual who has done more to advance the prosperity of the town along the normal avenues of enterprise than has our subject. In the way of municipal improvements he has maintained a lively interest and has practically made the cause of the little city his own. He actually built the Front street extension in Berer and was notably instrumental in locating the Union Depot where it now stands. He has sought, in more ways than one, to improve the town and has contributed ungrudgingly of his means with this end in view. Public-spirited to a pronounced .degree. Mr. Bishop has always taken a very active part in local affairs, is a member of the Common Council and is universally recognized as one of Berea's most enterprising and wogressive citizens. February 5, 1857, he was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Doane, a sister of Josiah Doane, a prominent resident of Columbia, Lorain county, Ohio. Our subject and his wife had two children, a son and a daughter. The latter, Lunette, died at the age of six and one-half years; the son, Frank L. is engaged in the oil and gas business at Muncie, Indiana. Mrs. Lydia Bishop, the devoted wife and mother, entered into eternal rest, in Medina county, in the year 1867. December 31, 1869, Mr. Bishop consummated his second marriage, being then united, at Medina, to Miss Zora Harrington. Of this union two children have been born: Mary L., the wife of Frank M. Kuederle, and Leo A. Mr. Bishop was the projector and has been actively interested in the construction of the Cleveland & Berea electric railway and is the superintendent of the system at the present time. In company with others he built the street railroad at Sandusky, Ohio, and also the one at Mt. Clemens, Michigan. In the way of securing local improvements, it may be noted that he was foremost in establishing at Berea the gas wells and pipe line which supply the city. Conducting individual enterprises which are of incalculable benefit to Berea, ever ready to contribute of his time and means to such objects as conserve the best interests of the place, a thorough and discriminating man of business, respected and honored by the community with which he is closely identified, Mr. Bishop richly merits the slight recognition of his ability and worth that has here been accorded. CHARLES A. UHINCK, one of the successful farmers and highly respected citizens of Parma township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is a descendant of German ancestry and from his forefathers inherits the thrift that is so characteristic. of the German people. As one of the representative men of the township, the following record of his life is appropriate in this connection. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 639 Charles A. Uhinck was born in Parma township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, December 13, 1853, son of William and Margaret (Boyer) Uhinck, both natives of Germany, the former born January 12, 1825. Soon after their marriage they emigrated to America and settled in the township in which their son Charles A. now lives. That was in the year 1848. Here the mother died March 6, 1887. The father is still living. They had six children: 'William; John; Margaret, wife of H. R. Henninger; Charles A.; Katie, who died in childhood; and Jacob L. All are residents of Parma township. In this township our subject was reared and educated. for several years he was engaged in the butchering business, and aside from that his whole life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits. He owns sixty acres of fine farming land, all of which is well improved with good fences, buildings, etc. Mr. Uhinck was married in Parma township, February 20, 1877, to Miss Emma Henninger, a native of this place, born June 29, 1850, daughter of Philip G. and Sophia (Orth) Henninger. Her father died in this township, July 15, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Uhinck have three children living, namely: Henry Robert, Eda and Elsa. Their son Rubart died in infancy. Mr. Uhinck affiliates with the Republican party and takes a commendable interest in political affairs. For a number of years he has served as School Director. Both he and his wife are active workers in the Presbyterian Church. JAMES F. J. DAVIS, Sergeant at Arms of the City Council, Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Orleans county, New York, August 6, 1839, son of Paul H. and Caroline (Leland) Davis, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of New York. Paul H. Davis was seven years old when he went with his parents, Joseph and Dolly Davis, to Orleans county. That was in 1820, and there he has since remained, all these years being spent on the same farm where he now lives retired. Joseph Davis bought his article for this land in the old Holland purchase. The great-grandfather of our subject, Sergeant Paul Davis, served five years, nine months and eighteen days in the war of the Revolution. His discharge, dated June 8, 1783, is now in the possession of Mr. Davis. It bears the signature of George Washington. At the early age of three years Mr. Davis was deprived of a mother's loving care, her death having occurred when she was twenty-five. Upon reaching young manhood, Mr. Davis turned his face westward, and in Michigan spent the winter of 1857—'58 in teaching school. Following that experience he entered the employ of a Government contractor in the Territory of Nebraska, with whom he remained about a year. Then he was in railroad employ for some months, next went to Memphis and from there to Wisconsin. The winter of 1860 he spent in the pineries of Wisconsin, and was there when the war broke out. He enlisted in May, 1861, for three years, and as a member of Company G, Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, went to the front, his regiment becoming a part of the Army of the Potomac. He served until February, 1863. At the battle of Antietam he was seriously wounded, and from the time of that battle until his discharge 'lie was in hospital. Previous to the engagement at Antietam he was in several other battles, in all of which he acted the part of a true and patriotic soldier. After his recovery Mr. Davis located in Cleveland, Ohio, and since March, 1863, he has been a resident of this city. For eleven years he was in the employ of the Adams Express Company. Then he looked after the city trade for the Marion & Morgan Paraffine Company for eleven years. Since April, 1892, he has served in his present official position in the City Council. Mr. Davis was married in June, 1861, to Miss Annie Benbow, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Benbow, natives of England but resi- 640 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. dents of Beloit, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have had five children, namely: Frank Annie, wife of Dr. K. B. Waite, of Cleveland, Ohio; Elizabeth C., who died at the age of twenty-four years; James H., who died at the age of twenty-two; Herbert, who married E n ma Cushman and resided in Cleveland; and Burt, a student in the Cleveland high school. In Knight of Pythias circles Mr. Davis is well known. He has passed through al i the chairs in the lodge and Endowment Rank, and has represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge three terms. He is also a member of Winorial Post, No. 141, G. A. R., Cleveland, his name being on the list of charter members, and in this organization he has also held official position. JARED FARRAND, a soldier of the Revolution.--Among the early settlers of Cnyahoe county were the Farrands. Jared Farrand, the senior member of the family, came to this country in 1832, locating in Dover township, where he purchased land and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was born at Norwich, Connecticut, in the year 1756. While he was a boy his father, Thomas Farrand, moved with his family to Vermont, and settled in Bennington county. Here the elder Farrand commenced to hew out for himself and family a home in the wilderness, and here young Jared grew up. In these early days the woods were alive with wild game, and the boy never lost an opportunity for a hunt, and thus became, in the language of the times, a crack shot with the rifle. He bore the distinction of being one of the number that were required to pay double price for a shot at the turkeys, at shooting matches, and then was only allowed to aim at the head of the bird. It is said that he could drive a nail with a bullet at a hundred paces, three times out of five. It was these wonderfully accurate marksmen that finally became a terror to the officers of the British army during the Revolution. Just as he was emerging into manhood the war for Independence burst on the country. The people went wild with excitement. Such turbulent spirits as Colonel Ethan Allen and Seth Warner did their full share in arousing the people of that section to take up arms in resistance to the tyrannical spirit manifested by Great Britain toward the colonies in America. A scheme was soon set on foot for the capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. Ethan Allen rallied around him a band of as brave and fearless men as ever followed a gallant leader to victory. Young Farrand caught the war fever, ran away from home, joined Colonel Allen's expedition, and thus received his first lesson in war at the capture of Ticonderoga. Soon after this he joined an independent company of militia, called the Rangers. Later on he was employed by General St. Clair, as scout. Early in the spring of 1777 he and a companion by the name of Myron Pangburn, dressed in the garb of backwoods hunters, and with a birch-bark canoe, skirted the shores of Lake Champlain to its lower end, and as far down the Richelieu river as St. Johns, taking note of the preparations going at that place, and picking up all the information possible in regard to the threatened invasion of the colonies by a British army from Canada, which was to ascend the Richelieu river to Lake Champlain. From information that had been received from various sources, the people of that section were convinced that an invading army would soon be in their midst. Vigorous preparations were soon set on foot, for collecting arms and ammunition and enlisting men for defense. It was at this time that Mr. Farrand enlisted in Captain Joseph Safford's company, the " Green Mountain Boys," which became a part of the first regiment of regulars raised in Vermont for the Continental Army. This regi- ment remained in service until the close of the war. He was with Stark at the battle of Bennington, also took part in the engagement at Bemis's Heights, and was severely wounded at the battle of Saratoga. After recovering from CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 641 this wound he rejoined his regiment, and was promoted to be First Sergeant of his company. During these eventful years of the Revolution he had many thrilling experiences. Especially was this so while he was acting as scout. Some of these incidents may not prove uninteresting in this connection. It is related that on one occasion, early in the summer of 1777, while west of Lake George watching the movements of Burgoyne's army in that direction, he suddenly found himself surrounded by a band of Mohawk Indians, and was made prisoner. Watching his opportunity, he contrived to make his escape at night. His absence being discovered, he was hotly pursued by the savages, but from his knowledge of woodcraft he managed to elude his pursuers for two days, finally reaching the shore of Lake George almost worn out with fatigue and famished from hunger. Fortune favored him. Concealed in the bushes near the lake, he discovered a canoe containing a spear and paddle. He lost no time in setting it afloat, and his new-found treasure was soon cleaving the waters of the beautiful lake, but not a minute too soon, as his pursuers were almost immediately on the shore, only to see their prisoner beyond their reach. He crossed the lake in safety, and reached Fort Castleton without further molestation. At another time he was sent to learn something, if possible, of the movements and designs of the force under Colonel St. Leger and Joseph Brant, chief of the Mohawks, who were known to have a large force of Tories and Indians under their command. Night coming on, he put up at a tavern near the Hudson river. He had just seen that his horse was stabled and fed, and had ordered supper, when it seems, as chance would have it, a British officer and a Tory who was acting as guide rode up to the same tavern to stop for the night. As they were passing by the dining-room on their way to the stables, the Tory saw Sergeant Farrand eating his supper, and, as they had been well acquainted before the war, recognized him at once. The Tory made haste to inform the officer that the man inside eating his supper was a noted scout from Gates' army. Highly related, the British office immediately began to concoct some plan to effect his capture. In this it seems they were successfu1. Early next morning they set out with t eir prisoner toward their destination. Sergeant F rrand took his capture in a very philosophical r anner: appeared to be perfectly unconcerned about its results. We may well infer, however, that his mind was not idle in weighing every circumstance that might afford an opportunity for his escape. Such an opportunity must have presented itself, for a few days later he came r ding into camp on his own horse, his holsters bristling with horse pistols and leading two other horses. When asked where he got his horses he merely remarked that a certain British officer and a Tory of his acquaintance had given im so much trouble that he had concluded to take their horses to get even with them! There are many more interesting adventures connected with his long and eventful life, which, if well written up, would make a first-class romance, but we have not time to recount them I ere. After the war for independence had been brought to a successful close, Sergeant Farrand returned to his old home in Vermont. In 1783 he married Miss Hannah Evans, of Bennington, and they settled in Chittenden county, Vermont. Sere he engaged in the manufacture of lumber with an old-fashioned sawmill run by water )ower, and in the cutting of the largest and tallest pine trees for shipmasts. These were made into rafts and floated by way of Lake Champlain and the Richelieu river to St. Johns, where they were sold for masts and spars of vessels. A few years previous to the war of 1812, he moved with his family to a place called Dun-ham's Flats in Canada. Here he purchased some very fertile land in the valley of the Sorel river, and commenced farming. He was just getting comfortably fixed and doing well when the second war with Great Britain came on. Canada demanded an oath of allegiance from all 642 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. her citizens. Mr. Farrand, not being willing to take this, returned to Vermont, leaving his property in Canada, which was confiscates. He was now compelled to make a new start in life, and in addition had a large family of children to support. In this dilemma he set up in the business of shoemaking. He had learned this trade when a young man, and it now stood him well in hand for a support for himself and family. He finally opened a store at Essex, Vermont, where he lived until 1832, when he joined a party of settlers going to Ohio. He had raised a family of fourteen children,—eight boys and six girls. At this time they were nearly all married and gone for themselves. When he came to Ohio he was accompanied by two of his sons, William and Jared, Jr., and his youngest daughter, Polly. At this time he was nearly seventy-five years old, but well preserved and vigorous. He was a man of mark among men; stood six feet two inches in his stockings, was powerfully ') and possessed a fine physique and noble presence. He was a good type of the class of men that made American liberty possible. He ,possessed great muscular strength and endurance, and had a strong will and indomitable perseverance. When a centenarian, he went out and constructed a section of rail fence, and did many other things equally remarkable for a m An of that age. On his one hundredth birthday his neighbors gave him a surprise party. It was participated in, and highly enjoyed, by the old settlers round about the country, while the young folks had as lively a break-down a. had been seen in these parts for many a day, the grand old man causing much merriment by himself leading in the dance. Mr. Farrand's first wife, Hannah, died in Middleburg, Cuyahoga county, November 5, 1844, aged seventy-six years. He married again in 1846, a Mrs. Emma Gallup, of Rockport township, this county. At the time of his second marriage he was ninety years old, and his bride sixty-five. Even at this time of life he seemed quite well preserved, and she was the brightest and spriest little woman of her age in all the country. The old gentleman caused considerable merriment at his wedding, especially among the young people of the place, by remarking to the minister that he thanked God that he had got such a young wife! They lived very happily together for thirteen years, when she died August 14, 1859, aged seventy-eight years. Mr. Farrand made Cuyahoga county his home until his death, which occurred June 28, 1862, his age being 105 years and seven months! He had always been a man who took a keen interest in public affairs. In politics he was a straight out and out Andrew Jackson Democrat. He had voted at every presidential election from Washington to Abraham Lincoln. He claimed that the South had committed a grievous wrong in firing on the flag at Fort Sumter, and thought they should be punished for it. In religion he was a Methodist, of which church he had been a member for more than half a century. He was a man strictly temperate in all things, very regular in his habits, never seemed to be in a hurry or excited, always ready with a good story, and no one liked a good joke better than he. Possessing this even disposition, he lived on enjoying his pension, and often "fighting his battles over again" for his great-grandchildren. His mind appeared to be clear until a short time before his death, and he seemed to enjoy himself to the end of his long and eventful life. Captain Jared Farrand, Jr., one of the sons of Jared Farrand, the old Revolutionary soldier, that came to Cuyahoga county in 1832, was born in Chittenden county, Vermont, in 1804. He was reared to farming and the lumber business. In 1827 he married Miss Sarah Randall, of Colchester, Vermont, and they soon after settled in Burlington, same State. It was about this time that he and his brother bought a lumber vessel, and were engaged for several years in carrying freight between the ports on Lake Champlain and Whitehall. In 1832 he came with a party of emigrants to Ohio. These set- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 643 tlers stopped first in Buffalo, and then at Ashtabula, but finally decided to come to Cleveland. Soon after arriving here, he bought land Dover township, this county. Here he lived until 1841, when he sold his farm in Dover to Dr. Jason Bradley, and bought again in Middleburg township, this county. The writer of this article, Addison J. Farrand, after an absence of more than forty years, took occasion in the summer of 1893 to visit the old place in Dover where he was born, and reports as follows: "I found a daughter of Dr. Bradley (who is now a Mrs. Van Gelder), living on a part of the old homestead. She had in her possession the old deed showing the conveyance of my father's farm to her father, which bore date of 1841. She was then only a school girl, but is now seventy years old. She said she remembered Jared Farrand, the old soldier, very well, as he was at that time living next door to her people. She told me that soon after my parents moved to Middleburg my father and mother came to Dover after her to go and teach their district school. It was settled that she should go and they were to set out on the journey as soon as a horse could be procured that she could ride. They had to go on horseback, as there was only a path cut through the woods a part of the way, which was a distance of about eight miles. She remembered being much frightened before the e.nd of the journey was reached, as it began to grow dark and there was such a wild, deep shadowy forest all around her; she began to feel lonely, and was startled by every slight noise she heard, as the woods at that time were full of wild animals. She boarded with my parents and told me more about those early times than I had ever known." Mr. Farrand followed the occupation here that he had learned at hoMe in Vermont,—that of farming in summer, and cutting the timber off his land in winter for lumber. He made Middleburg his home until his death, which occurred in 1853. Being in Buffalo, New York, on business, he was taken suddenly sick with cholera, and died there. His wife, Sariah, had preceded him four years, she having died in 1849. She was a very exemplary pious woman, zealous in all good Christian work. She had belonged to the Baptist Church for many years, and her whole life testified to the sincerity of her convictions and the reality of her faith. Mr. Farrand had always been an active citizen in all public affairs. In politics he was a Whig. He took quite an active part in the log-cabin and hand-cider campaign of 1840, which resulted in the election of William Henry Harrison to the presidency. During the agitation of the question in regard to war with Mexico, he raised a company of militia, and was commissioned Captain, but never entered on active service in the war. He had always been a man of strict integrity, a good neighbor, a warm, ardent and faithful friend, and highly respected by all who knew him. Jared Farrand, Jr., reared a family of six children, as follows: Hannah, who married George O. Bliss, of Euclid township, this county, now deceased; Harriet, wife of A. G. Hopkinson, a prominent business man of Cleveland, Ohio; Addison J., real-estate dealer, La Fayette, deceased; Mary, wife of William Buchholz, a merchant of Cleveland, Ohio; and George A., now a retired Baptist minister and living on a farm in Rockport township, this county. The descendants of Jared Farrand, the only Revolutionary soldier, are now living in almost every State in the Union, and followed various occupations and professions. Addison J. Farrand, oldest son of Jared Farrand, Jr., was born in Dover township, Cuyahoga county, in 1840. His parents soon afterward moved to a farm in Middleburg township, where he grew up. His mother died when he was nine years old, and his father four years later. He then went to live with Luther Moses, one of the old shipbuilders of Cleveland, where he remained five years, attending school most of the time. At the age of eighteen he became a teacher in the public schools. After teaching sew ral terms he changed his occupation to that 41 644 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. of clerking, and later to bookkeeping, which he followed until May 26, 1862, when he enlisted in Company D, Eighty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The duty assigned to this regiment was to guard the country between Harper's Ferry and Cumberland, and to disperse or capture the various marauding bands of guerrillas that were engaged in taking wagon trains of supplies, arms and other munitions of war from Maryland to the rebel army, by way of the Shenandoah valley. Company D, to which he belonged, spent much of the summer of 1862 in Virginia in this service. The Eighty-fourth was mustered out at Camp Delaware, Ohio, September 20, 1862. May 5, 1864, Mr. Farrand enlisted again, this time in Company G, One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment, Ohio National Guard Volunteers. They were stationed in the fortifications around Lie national capital. They took part in the battle of Fort Stevens with the forces under General Early, when he made his attack on the defences of Washington, July 11 and 12, 1864. Mr. Farrand was mustered out of service at Cleveland, Ohio, August 23, 1864. After his army service he was engaged in life and tire insurance for five years. He then entered the mercantile business, opening a store at Akron, Ohio, millinery, notions and fancy goods being his specialty. At another time he had a store in Fremont, Ohio, and still later he opened a store in Cleveland, where he remained until 1888, when he sold out his store and retired from mercantile life. He has since interested himself in mining and real estcite. In religion he is a Congregationalist, both he and his wife belonging to that church. He is a member of Memorial Post, No. 141, G. A. R., also a member of Halcyon Lodge, No. 498, F. & A. M., and a charter member of the Western Reserve Society, Sons of the American Revolution, and also belongs to several patriotic orders. On January 8, 1866, he married Miss Amelia C. Bausch of Akron, Ohio, and they have but one child living,--Walter Cleveland Farrand. George A. Farrand, youngest son of Jared Farrand, Jr., was born in Middleburg, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, November 10, 1846, and received his education in the Cleveland schools, and at Oberlin. In the early part of 1864 he enlisted in the quartermaster's department at Nashville, Tennessee, to serve six months. When discharged he again enlisted, September 17, 1864, this time in Captain Theodore Price's Company G, Fourth Regiment New York Heavy Artillery. They were sent immediately to the front and assigned to the first division of the Second Army Corps. He was with General Grant's army in all the fighting around Petersburg and Richmond, and at Appomattox Court House when General Lee surrendered. Was mustered out of service at Albany, New York, in July, 1865. In January, 1866, he received a commission as missionary, under the auspices of the American Missionary Society, and was ordered to report to Major Buckley, at Montgomery, Alabama. From there he was sent as Superintendent of the freedmen's schools, with headquarters at Gainesville, Alabama, where he labored nearly a year. July 4, 1867, at a mass meeting of about 5,000 people, held at the county seat of Sumter county, Alabama, he delivered the first Republican speech made in the State of Alabama after the close of the Civil war, and revolvers were drawn on him three times during his talk of something more than an hour. He then became an active organizer of the Union League in the Southern States. While in the midst of this work he received a commission from General 0. 0: Howard as agent in the Freedmen's Bureau. Soon afterward, being attacked by fever, he was obliged to come North to regain his health. In 1869 lie was ordained pastor of the regular Baptist Church at North Hampton, Ohio. He followed his chosen profession for a number of years with commendable results, until failing health compelled him to change his occupation, at least for a time. He is now turning his attention to fruit and grape culture on a farm in Rockport township, in this county. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 645 LEWIS L. DIBBLE, of Cleveland, Ohio, is descended from one of the early pioneer families of this place. He is a son of Lewis Dibble, who was brought to Cleveland by his father, in 1812, from some point on the river Raisin in Michigan, he and his family having been driven from that place by the hostile Indians. Elisha Dibble, the grandfather of our subject, was born in New York State. He married there and about 1809 took his family to a frontier home in Michigan, they being among the first settlers on the river Raisin. After locating in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, he left his family in Newburg township while he raised a company for service in the war of 1812. Of this company he was chosen captain. He took his men to Toledo and reported to General Harrison for duty. He did not remain in the service long, however, for he was attacked by malaria which was so prevalent here at that time, and was forced to retire to his family, then residing on what is now Woodland Hills avenue. He took up his life-long occupation, that of farming, and cleared up a small tract of land in advance of almost any other person. In the work of clearing this land Lewis Dibble rendered efficient service, and remained at home until he was eighteen. He then began sailing on the lakes. After seventeen years spent on the water, he retired, and some time afterward took charge of the Marine Hospital, as superintendent. He remained in this position eight years, and, with the exception of lighthouse. tender, which place he filled four years, he held no other political office. He was a stanch Jackson Democrat. Believing in the future greatness of Cleveland, he invested some in real estate, which is now most valuable. In 1826 he purchased fifty feet on Euclid avenue, next to the Opera House, paying for it $100: this is now worth $75,000. In 1839 he bought fifteen acres on Norwood avenue, which he afterward platted. It is now well built up, and is a beautiful residence portion of the East Side. Seventy-nine years of his life were spent in Cleveland, and at the time of his death, in 1891, at the age of eighty-three years, he was the oldest pioneer in the city. He was a vigorous and robust man and during his whole life here he never required the attendance of a physician until his final sic:mess. He married in this county, Mary Amock, the daughter of a pioneer, who came here in 1830. Of their six children we make record as follows: Phebe, wife of Samuel Thompson, is deceased; Minerva is the wife of Join J. Shepard, of Cleveland; Lewis L.; Charles E., deceased; Anson, deceased; and Florence, who was the wife of a Mr. Kenny, is deceased. Lewis L. Dibble, whose name heads this article, learned the machinist's trade under the instructions of Dennis Holt, of Cleveland, beginning in 1861 when he was eighteen, the date of his birth being November 30, 1843. During the summer season for a number of years until 1885 he was employed as a lake engineer, then worked at his trade for a short time, and since then has followed no vocation. When Ohio was invaded by Southern troops during the Civil war, Mr. Dibble joined a company of "Squirrel Hunters" for the defense of Cincinnati against General Morgan, and served until the company was disbanded. April 17, 1865, he married Josephine, daughter of Michael Cogan, who came to 'Cuyahoga county from New Haven, Connecticut. Their children are as follows: May, Lewis, Edith (wife of Harvy Fuller), Harvey, Lillian and Norma. CHARLES F. BRUSH.—To trace the specific outcome of practical genius must ever prove an indulgence fecund in interest and value. It is conceded, however, that the mere subjective possession of this almost indefinable attribute will not of itself insure either success or an application of practical value to the world. There must be a mentality that will direct genius into fields where good may be accomplished and prevent digression 646 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. and the turning of the power into abnormal or clandestine channels. To even briefly outline, then, the salient points in the life history of one who has been granted the intellectual acumen to bear his native talent onward to the goal of success, must prove profitable in every case. Born in Euclid township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, March 17, 1849, it is grateful to note that the subject of this review has in his native county attained to a position that has made his name conspicuous in the most diverse sections of the civilized world. Charles F. Brush is a son of the late Colonel I. E. Brush, being one of a family of eight children. He is of purely English lineage, his parents' early ancestors—both notable families—having come from England to this country about the middle of the seventeenth century. Mr. Brush's early years were passed on his father's farm and in attendance at a neighboring school, at Wickliffe, Lake county, Ohio. While still a mere youth the natural talents and proclivities of the future inventor began to manifest themselves: at home and in school he prosecuted individual experiments that indicated his special taste and aptitude for chemistry, physics and engineering, being precocious and yet thorough in all of his studies and early investigations. At the age of thirteen years he entered the Shaw Academy, at Collamer, Ohio. While at this institution he made his first experiments with static electrical machines and batteries, all of which he manufactured himself. In 1864 he became a student in the Cleveland high school, from which he was graduated with honors in June, 1867. While in attendance at the high school he became much interested in microscopes and telescopes, making a number of each for himself and companions. It was characteristic of the youth, as it has been of the wan, to trace any subject or line of investigation back to its basic elements, making all knowledge thorough to the degree rendered possible by the opportunities and facilities offered. In the matter of the instruments just mentioned, it is worthy of note that he constructed every part utilized, even to the extent of personally grinding the lenses. Within the same year lie evolved and perfected the scheme of igniting and extinguishing the gas of street lamps by the use of electricity. Thus it may be seen that there was a practical bent to all of his experiments even at an early date, his intellectual comprehension of practical values dominating the inherent ability which in the average case would have directed its efforts to perhaps diverting but valueless experimentation. He also became interested in photography, and executed some excellent work by means of the dry-plate process, which at that time was practically but incepted. Incidental to his course in the high school he passed a very rigid examination in physics, his knowledge of which branch of science had been gained by personal application alone. He made marked progress in the line of chemistry, in which he was deeply interested. During his senior year the physical and chemical apparatus belonging to the school was placed in his charge. About this time Mr. Brush did his first distinctive work along that line in which he has won distinction, high honor and incidental success. He constructed an electric motor, whose field magnets and armature were excited by the battery current. He also produced the first arc light, with a lamp and battery 'of his own manufacturing. The most consistent subject of his commencement oration was: " The conservation of force," the line of thought having been inspired by the then recent work of Wilde, with his dynamo-electric machine and single electric light, in England. In the autumn subsequent to his graduation at the Cleveland high school, Mr. Brush entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he took up a course of study and research particularly suited to his tastes, and by diligent and discriminating application thereto, graduated with the degree of Mining Engineer in 1869,—one year in advance of his class. Having completed his theoretical and technical training he was not slow in putting his CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 647 knowledge to practical use. In 1873 he formed a partnership with Mr. C. E. Bingham, of Cleveland, for the purpose of marketing Lake Superior pig iron and iron ore. While thus concerned Mr. Brush still pursued his electrical investigation and experimentation, and in 1876 he constructed his first dynamo electrical machine. This machine was of a new and original type, and embodied the first of Mr. Brush's series of brilliant inventions which have brought him renown and representative wealth. In 1877 the partnership between our subject and Mr. Bingham was dissolved, after which the former devoted his entire attention to the increase and development of his electrical inventions. At that time he entered into a contract with the Telegraph Supply Company, by the provisions of which that corporation was to manufacture his patents, place them on the market arid pay him a consistent royalty. In 1881 the corporate title of this company was changed to the Brush Electric Company,—a name which is known the world over. In 1877 Mr. Brush constructed his first commercial arc light, which, with one of his dynamos, he exhibited at the Franklin Institute, where the two inventions attracted much attention and secured all the honors. To Mr. Brush is due the credit for perfecting the inventions that have made possible the commercial arc lighting from central stations. All of the various systems in use at the present time in the line of arc lighting are based upon his inventions, a circumstance which, when fully taken into recognition, places his name among those of the great inventors whose work has been of incalculable benefit and value to the entire world. At an early date Mr. Brush completed what is undoubtedly his most wonderful and valuable invention, the fundamental storage battery, consisting in the mechanical application of the active material to the electrodes, and after tour years of litigation in the patent office he finally secured recognition and letters patent. He has the honor and the control of all the modern forms of storage battery, and he may most congruously be designated as the father of the are lighting industries of the world. He secured foreign patents upon many of his early inventions, and eventually sold them to an English syndicate, known as the Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Corporation, Limited. From this corporation he received in exchange for his patents a pecuniary consideration of about $500,000, and from that time his magnificent inventions have continued to yield the most gratifying returns, securing to Mr. Brush a position as one of the representative capitalists of the Union. He has at no time courted notoriety having early adopted the policy of keeping out of print, preferring to give to the world the actual and practical embodiment of his inventions rather than to devote his time to the discussion of his investigations. Mr. Brush stands forth conspicuously as possessing that great desideratum, "a sound mind in a sound body," being one of the finest mental and physical specimens of the human race. He is of magnificent physique, six feet and two inches in height, broad of shoulder and of chest, and with figure ever erect, the easy grace and dignity of conscious strength and health being manifest in his very bearing. It is almost tautological to say that his mind is a storehouse of original and acquired knowledge, and that his conversation affords great pleasure and satisfaction to scenists as well as others to whom comes the privilege of an acquaintanceship with him. He is ever active and busy and is concerned in a capitalistic and executive way with many representative manufacturing and commercial corporations. His efforts have enriched and benefitted the entire world, and the crown of maximum success has not been denied him. The Michigan University conferred upon him the degree of Mining Engineer, as already noted, and the Western Reserve University invested him with the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy. At the former institution he was made a member of the well-known Greek 648 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. fraternity, the Delta Kappa Epsilon. In 1881 he was decorated Chevalier of the :Legion of Honor, by the French Government. Mr. Brush was united in marriage, October 6, 1875, to Miss Mary E. Morris, of Cleveland, and they are the parents of three children. The beautiful fam‘ ily home is located on the best part of Cleveland's famous Euclid avenue, and is surrounded by a private park of nearly seven acres. In his political adherency Mr. Brush supports the principles and policies advanced by the Republican party. In religious faith he is. a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of Trinity parish. He is a very liberal contributor to the church of his choice and to charitable institutions and societies, as well as other worthy objects. A man of high endowments; successful in the highest sense of the term, and licking not to himself all the honor, having due cog nizance of nature's favors and of all incidental elements which have contributed to his sui:cess. Mr. Brush stands forth as one whose example is worthy of emulation and whose life offers both lesson and incentive. EDMUND C. STROUD, deceased.—It is most fitting that in this connection there --I be incorporated a record memorial to one who passed nearly his entire life in Cuyahoga county, Ohio; one who gained to himself, as the result of his integrity and unswerving rectitude of character, the respect and esteem of all; one -whose ability and well directed efforts brought him recognition as one of the truly representative men of the community in which he lived his useful and active life and in which death came to him in the fullness of years. Edmund C. Stroud was born in the State of New York, June 7, 1818, and came with his parents to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, when he was fourteen years of age. They settled in Middleburg township; and there the parents died. Our subject continued to reside in Parma township until he was married, in 1842. About 1845 he settled in Middleburg township, where he resided most of the time until the hour of his death. For a number of years he operated a flouring and saw mill in Rockport township, this line of enterprise, together with that of farming, constituting his chief occupation. He was a most thorough and discriminating busi- ness man., upright in all his dealings, public-spirited to a degree, and a man of influence in his community. He brought his excellent farm into a high state of cultivation, and improved the same with convenient and substantial buildings. At the time of his death he owned fifty-six acres. He was married February 24, 1842, to Miss Elizabeth Michener, who was born in Ohio, and who survives her lamented husband. They had a family of eight children: Alonzo; Nancy, who became the wife of Lorenzo Frost, and who died in Cleveland; Thomas, who married Maggie Fry, now deceased; Lucy, who is the wife of William Ohle; Adelia, the wife of Wesley Blackburn; Jennie became the wife of William E. Widdow, her death occurring in April, 1891; Sallie, who died in childhood; and Morris H., who is one of the prominent and progressive young farmers of Middleburg township. Morris H. Stroud was born in the same township of which he is now a resident, February 14, 1865, standing as the date of his nativity; he was reared to manhood on the old homestead, receiving a thorough common-school education, and ultimately turning his attention to agricultural pursuits, a vocation for whose successful carrying forward he is eminently qualified both by inclination and long association. April 5, 1882, at Cleveland, Ohio, he was united in marriage to Miss Katie Becker, who was born in Rockport, Cuyahoga county, November 30, 1862, the daughter of Fred and Margaret Becker, who were prominent residents of Rockport township. Mr. and Mrs. Morris H. Stroud are the parents of four children, namely: William C., Florence L., Ernest L. and Emery B. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 649 Edmund C. Stroud, the immediate subject of this memoir, lived to see his efforts crowned with success, to see his children well established in life, and to attain a venerable age, his death being the consistent end of a long and well-spent life. He died at the old homestead in Middleburg township, April 11, 1893, regretted by all who had known him and gained in appreciation of his noble attributes of character and unassuming dignity of bearing. He had long been a devoted member of the United Brethren Church, of which his widow is also a zealous adherent. EDWARD V. SPRING, engagel in the grocery business in Collinwood, also ex-Postmaster of this city, was born in Euclid township, Cuyahoga county, June 5, 1836. His parents were Virgil and Mary (Richmond) Spring, natives of Massachusetts. The father came from his native place to Richmond settlement, Euclid township, this county, in June, 1817. The mother's people settled in the same locality in March, 1815. Mr. and Mrs. Spring were married November 25, 1825, and lived to celebrate their golden wedding in 1875. Three persons, a brother, sister and brother-in-law of the bride, were the only ones present who attended the wedding in 1825. Mr. Spring was a conscientious, painstaking and trustworthy man. For thirty years, twenty-seven of which were successive years, he served as Township Trustee. A manly character only could have inspired such confidence, and only a faithful service could have secured its continuance for so long a period. Both he and his wife were of Puritan stock. Mr. Spring died February 5, 1887, at the age of eighty-eight years. The wife departed this life in August, 1877, aged seventy-eight years. She was a life-long member of the Congregational Church. In political matters Mr. Spring was first a Whig, and after the organization of the Republican party was ever afterward in harmony with the principles of that party. Mr. and Mrs. Spring had six children, viz.: Julius, born in 1827, died in 1871; Aurelia M., born in 1829, married Hezekiah Wenban, was the mother of six children, and died in April, 1892,; Fidelia E , who married Clark H. Leslie, and after his death became the wife of Milo J. Tilden, of Euclid, Ohio; Albert, born in 1831, died in 1855; Edward V., our subject; and Addle H. Edward V. Spring, the subject of this sketch, receive] his education in the common schools of Euclid. He afterward assisted his father on the farm until 1857, and from that year until 1861 was employed in making hand-rakes. April 23, of the latter year, lie enlisted in the Continental Rifles, but afterward became a nnnnber of Company A, Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served principally in the Army of West Virginia. Mr. Spring's first battle was Carnifex Ferry; afterward did scouting and guarding until September 14, 1862, when he took part in the battle of South Mountain, September 17, of the same year; participated in the battle of Antietam; did scouting and guard duty in the Army of West Virginia, in Kanawha valley, until. May, 1864, then moved South; May 9, of that year, fought in the battle of Cloyd's Mountain, later at New River Bridge; crossed the Alleghany mountains to Staunton, Virginia; took part in Hunter's celebrated raid, in which they suffered, from thd want of food; returned to Kanawha valley, thence to the Shenandoah valley, and was with Sheridan's forces. Mr. Spring was wounded in the left thigh at Cedar creek. He took part in the battles of Kernstown, Opaquan creek, Fisher's Hill and Cedar creek. He was then in the hospital at Philadelphia until February, 1865, when he returned home on a six weeks' furlough. Returning to the regiment in West Virginia, he was honorably discharged August 2, 1865, having served four years, three months and nine days. As he was guarding trains on tie Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, he could not take part in the grand review. The war closing, Mr. Spring followed farming on the bank of Lake Erie for the following