700 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY BENJAMIN ROUSE.—Without extended notice of the life and character of that pioneer philanthropist, the late Benjamin Rouse, a biographical record of the city of Cleveland, the county of Cuyahoga or the Western Reserve of Ohio would be incomplete. The Rouse family traces its ancestry direct to Sir Robert Le Rous, Knight Baronet under Edward, the Black Prince. Sir Anthony Rouse, the seventh in descent from Sir Robert, was the father of Francis Rouse, the Speaker of the "Little Parliament" under Cromwell, in 1653. The subject of this notice was the son a Joseph Rouse, who was born June 22, 1773, ti e second son of Benjamin Rouse, Sr., who was born in England, June 25, 1736, and the second in descent from the Francis Rouse of Cromwell's day. Benjamin Rouse, our subject, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 23d day of March, 1795. His parents died when he was but six years of age, after which he found a home, first with an aunt and later with his maternal grandmother. His opportunities for gaining an early education were to a certain extent limited, but being possessed of great native ability he acquired rather an extensive knowledge of subjects of general interest. W hen but seventeen years of age he served in the war of 1812, and at its close he became a building contractor in association with Peter Osgood of Boston. He was married August 12, 1821, to Rebecca Elliott Cromwell, and in 1824 removed to New York city, where he successfully followed the occupation of contracting and building. During his business career in the city of New York certain circumstances brought about radical changes in his plans for the future. Possessed of all the elements of a good business man, he nevertheless was not disposed to devote the whole of his time and attention to the accumulation of wealth. Being liberal-minded and benevolent, and having a true spirit of Christianity, he became deeply interested in the cause of Sabbath-school work among a certain neglected class in the great city of New York, and to this work he devoted his time and energy with such success that to him was drawn the attention of the American Sunday-school Union. This organization urged him to become its agent for the Western Reserve in Ohio. Accepting this appointment, he came to Ohio with a commission to open a depository and organize Sunday-schools and missionary work there, although this change entailed many personal sacrifices. Mr. Rouse, while very practical, was full of sympathy, generosity and enthusiasm, and his young wife, although of a more quiet and less demonstrative temperament, was none the less earnest and devoted and ready to go wherever the cause of their Divine Saviour might require. Accompanied by his family, Benjamin Rouse arrived in Cleveland on the 17th day of October, 1830, and found it a village of 1,075 people, with small promise of becoming the great manufacturing center of Ohio, now far exceeding in population the New York city of that day. He took up his residence on the northwest corner of Superior street and the Public Square, the location of the present Rouse Block, which he built in 185'2 and which still remains in the possession of the family. Here he opened a Sunday-school book depository and for many years traveled through northern Ohio, holding religious meetings. and accomplishing a great amount of good. From the very first he threw his whole soul into the work he had come to do, and among the results of his devoted labors were the organization of a tract society, a Seamen's Friend Society, and over 200 Sunday-schools. He was also one of the constituent members of the First Baptist Church in the city of Cleveland, organized in the year 1833, and for forty years thereafter was one of the most zealous workers in that church, in which he was Deacon all the while. Many years were allotted to him to lead a useful life, which ended on the 5th day of July, 1871. Great was the strength and firmness of his religious faith and force of will power. He was CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 701 a lion in the line of duty, never shirking any task placed upon him, never losing courage. He was a man of sterling qualities; he was a man in every sense of the term, strong against temptation and zealous in whatsoever work he engaged. Assuring himself he was right, condemning wrong, he steadfastly and firmly remained in what he felt to be his path of duty. To illustrate, we will give the reader the benefit of an oft repeated story by himself: "Shortly after coming to Cleveland," said he, "I had just settled my little family in a house and bought a horse and buggy, and one fine morning I took a quantity of Sunday-school books and tracts and started for Lorain county to organize a Sunday-school. I had crossed the Cuyahoga, and was well on my road to Rocky River, when suddenly some one spoke to me. The voice seemed to say, 'Well, Benjamin Rouse, you are pretty fellow! You, a strong young man, in the prime of life, with a fine young family, giving up a great business in the city of New York, selling your property for little or nothing and corning into this wilderness with a horse and buggy for the purpose of peddling tracts and Sunday-school books in the woods! A pretty fellow, indeed, Benjamin Rouse!' "At the thought I stopped my horse and turned around as if some one were there, and said aloud, 'Satan, begone! Did not Rebecca and I pray about this all night, and didn't the Lord tell us to come? and am I not here because God sent me? Yes, He did send me and I shall hold on to my work and trust Him to the end; and now, begone, you. Tempter!' Then the fierce trial passed forever, and I went on my way rejoicing. I established several Sunday-schools in the younger settlements; returned to Cleveland, and a few days afterward the Lord opened to me an opportunity to buy my corner on the Public Square and Superior street for $1,200, and I can see the Lord's hand in ordering my whole life." Mr. Rouse was a man richly endowed for the work he had taken up in early life, and to which the whole of his manhood was devoted. He was one of the most kind-hearted men. He was generous, charitable, quick to act and certain in his course. He carried with him that enthusiasm necessary for the infusion of zeal in others. His greatest joy was found in doing good unto others. No other so well came living up to the golden rule, "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." REBECCA ELLIOTT ROUSE.—Of all the women of Cleveland, past and present, who by their noble works have won for themselves a conspicuous place in the history of the city, none are more deserving of notice than the late Mrs. Rebecca Elliott (Cromwell) Rouse, who in her quiet and unostentatious way did more to promote the growth of organized Christian work during the pioneer days of the Western Reserve than any other one woman. This woman, so remarkable for her intellectual and spiritual gifts, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on the 30th day of October, 1799, and died in Cleveland on the 23d day of December, 1887. Her father, John Cromwell, died when she was but a child, her mother surviving until during the '30s. Her childhood was spent in affluence, and to a liberal education was added the refining influences of extensive foreign travel. At the age of eighteen years she was married to Benjamin Rouse, and in 1825 removed with her husband to New York city. Always of a deep Christian and benevolent nature, Mrs. Rouse was not long in becoming interested in. and identified with the benevolent and charitable work of the metropolis, so that five years later, when her husband was urged to go to Ohio, as the emissary of the Sabbath-school Union, she cheerfully abandoned the comforts of her eastern home to devote herself to missionary work in the Western Reserve, then in a primitive state, where the work was urgent and the laborers few. Mrs. Rouse's first work upon coming to Cleveland was to make a personal visitation into every house in the village, and her success 702 -CUYAHOGA COUNTY. was such that a church was soon organized, she, with her husband, being one of the seventeen original members of the First Baptist Society. When the infant church was in swaddling clothes, she was its nursing mother; she blessed it with her prayers and tears, and surrounded it with her loving anxiety. It was her greatest joy to see it grow and thrive and become strong. In the wider realm of philanthropy her influence as a leading spirit was everywhere felt. She was the organizer and the president of the Martha Washington Society of 1842, one of the earliest of Cleveland's benevolent societies, out of which grew the Protestant Orphan Asylum, the oldest of the Protestant benevolent institutions of the city, and of which Mrs. Rouse was for years the managing director. She was also a leading spirit in many other benevolent organizations of the city during her active life, giving freely of her time, talents and means to further philanthropic work of all kinds. Many there are "who shall rise up and call her blessed." Not a few of these are the Ohio "Boys in Blue" of the war of the Rebellion. Never will they forget the continued self-sacrificing labor this great-hearted woman gave for five years, when she was instrumental in collecting and distributing millions of dollars' worth of supplies for the gallant sick and wounded lying in military hospitals.. The call to arms was sounded on April 15, 1861. Five days later the "Soldiers' Aid Society of Cleveland, Ohio," was formed, and to it belongs the great and lasting honor of being the first society of -women that met and organized for the noble work of bearing a people's love to the people's army. As president of this society, Mrs. Rouse became widely known and much beloved. To her wise administration of its affairs was largely due the success of an enterprise which achieved a national reputation. Although most unassuming, she was pressed into making some highly effective addresses which aroused the sympathy and patriotic, interest of the women of northern Ohio in the great relief work of those eventful days. On several occasions she went to the front, in connection with supplies sent, and visited the soldiers in military hospitals. At one period, when more buildings and supplies were rendered necessary to shelter and relieve the soldiers passing through Cleveland, so heavy had been the drain upon the resources of the citizens that some of the business men said that the money could not be raised. Her quiet and characteristic reply was, "It must be raised;" and it was. She possessed in a very large measure that genius of common sense, that breadth and boldness of conception and wonderful executive ability, which met and mastered difficulties as they arose, and which was adequate to each emergency. In honor of her great work in behalf of the soldiers, and in grateful memory of the woman, a bronze figure of Mrs. Rouse has been placed on the south side of, and her name inscribed within, Cuyahoga county's magnificent Soldiers' Monument, which has been erected in Cleveland's Public Square. Though of delicate appearance, Mrs. Rouse possessed great strength of mind and body, patience and endurance, and a will-power and courage that knew no such word as fail. Her deep religious nature, with all its earnestness, was turned into a patriotism which considered no sacrifice too great to save the country. Humble, unostentatious, heroic, self-sacrificing, noble-hearted woman and devoted Christian, she "rests from her labors and her works do follow her." She was universally loved and her name was a household word throughout the community. Her memory is loved and revered by thousands who came directly, or through the medium of loved ones, under the influence of her Christian spirit and benevolent works. Her resting place is a sacred spot. The following tribute to Mrs. Rouse is from the author of "Men and Events of Half a Century:" "A hundred years hence, when the census shall credit the beautiful city with a million of people, the ladies of Cleveland will celebrate the virtue and heroic devotion of the CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 703 noble men and women whose names are embalmed in the historic record of the great sanitary fair of the Civil War and wonder that their ancestors could have done such mighty works; and the antiquarian will search among the moss-covered tombstones of Lake View, Woodland and Riverside for the names now familiar to us, and find his delight if, happily, he shall be enabled to decipher and slowly spell out the name of Mother Rouse." EDWIN COOLIDGE ROUSE, Insurance President of Cleveland, the second son of Benjamin and Rebecca Elliott (Cromwell) Rouse, was born in New York city on the 12th day of August, 1827. During the period beginning with ante-bellum days and ending with his death on the 1st day of February, 1877, he was a well known and prominent figure in the commercial and insurance history of Cleveland. Mr. Rouse was but three years of age when his parents came to Cleveland. Here he was reared and educated and began his business career as a member of the wholesale dry-goods house of Clark, Morgan & Company. A man of more than ordinary capabilities, he commanded success in all his undertakings and was not long in making his way to the head of the firm of Rouse, Post & Company. While engaged in mercantile pursuits his methods were conspicuous as being most correct and honorable. When the firm with which he had been connected dissolved, in 1856, Mr. Rouse became identified with the insurance business, and to this vocation the best years of his life were devoted, excepting for a period of three years that he served as Assistant Treasurer of Cuyahoga county, and a few months spent in military service as Captain of Company F, One Hundred and Fiftieth Ohio National Guard, commanding Fort Totten, one of the defenses of Washington, District of Columbia. In 1865 he resumed the insurance business, and upon the organization of the Sun Fire Insurance Company of Cleveland he became its secretary and treasurer, and in the spring of 1875 he was elected president of the company to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Stillman Witt, and which office he held up to the time of his death. For several years he was manager of the Ohio business of the Continental Insurance Company of New York, and for five years was the president of the Cleveland Board of Underwriters; he was a member of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, and a member of its executive committee from its organization until his death. He was also the first president of the American District Telegraph Company. In these varied positions of trust there were presented to him many opportunities for advancing the interests of all underwriters and for elevating the standard of the fire-insurance business,—opportunities which he never failed to embrace. He uniformly commanded the respect of all who knew him, even where he failed to win the concurrent judgment of his professional associates. He was logical in his habits of thought, and as free from the fear of reckless competition as he was from the influence of personal greed. Possessed of a warm, generous nature, he was charitable in his judgment of others, stanch and true in his friendships and worthy of the affectionate regard in which he was held. Mr, Rouse was united in marriage, at Cleveland, August 12, 1850, to Mary Miller, daughter of Joseph K. Miller, who was the son of William and Hannah Miller. Joseph K. Miller was born January 12, 1802, and was brought in his childhood by his parents from their Maryland home to Ohio. He was married February 14, 1826, to Margaret Spangler, who was born June 18, 1809, at Canton, Ohio, a daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Spangler. Mr. Miller died at the age of thirty-six, and his wife, a woman of many admirable traits of character, ended her long and active life, replete with many acts of benevolence and charity, on Sep® tember 26, 1891, 704 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Mrs. Mary Miller Rouse died January 13, 1884. She was a lady of great beauty of character and amiability of disposition, possessed of much artistic taste and an innate love of the beautiful. She and her husband were alike lovers of music and were united in their religious life in song, giving more than twenty-nine years of their time and service to the conduct of the choir of the First Baptist Church, of which they were both devoted members. HENRY CLARK ROUSE, financier and railway president, only son of the late Edwin C. and grandson of the late Benjamin Rouse, was born on the 15th day of March, 1853, in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, where as a youth he received his academic education, graduating at the age- of eighteen. Following this he continued his studies under private tutors for two years, and then went abroad, spending some time in foreign travel. When twenty-one he entered his father's office and there obtained a thorough business training, by reason of which he was able to assume with ease, at the age of twenty-three, the entire business of his father upon the latter's death in 1877, thus becoming at once conspicuous as the youngest insurance manager in this country. His administration of the affairs of this office was most successful, but the development of superior powers for broader organization and execution five years later led to his giving up his active interest in under-writing to engage in other pursuits. The record of the business achievements of Henry C. Rouse during the past ten years speaks volumes for his ability as a financier and man of affairs. Cleveland's first large apartment house, "The Lincoln," was the work of his brain, and in 1882 was operated by him as the managing director of the Lincoln Apartment House Company. About this time the marked executive ability and general business talents of Mr. Rouse began to attract attention, and during the business depression of 1883 his services were enlisted in behalf of the Joel Hayden Brass Company, of Lorain, Ohio, a large concern then verging on bankruptcy. He thus became identified with the brass-manufacturing business of the country, and in the following year he was made president of the " Hayden Company," which corporation was operating large brass works at Haydenville, Massachusetts. Following this he became president of the United Brass Company, of New York, then the leading brass-manufacturing company of the country. Thus at the age of thirty we find Mr. Rouse, through his ability as a financial manager, the youngest officer of the corporation of which he 'is president, though representing the largest interests in the brass-manufacturing industry. At this time Mr. Rouse also held official positions in a number of Ohio enterprises of greater or less importance, among others the Britton Iron & Steel Company, of Cleveland, and the Lorain Manufacturing Company, both of which, together with all his interests in brass manufacture, have been wholly abandoned within the last three or four years, his time now being entirely devoted to the administration of railway properties. In 1885 Mr. Rouse was brought into relation with a western railroad enterprise, and joined a syndicate for the construction of the Chicago, Wisconsin & Minnesota Railrod, an extension of the Wisconsin Central System, from Milwaukee to Chicago. Previous to this he had devoted considerable attention to the study of railroad interests, in pursuit of which he traveled extensively over a great portion of this continent, visiting every State and Territory in this country and all the provinces of the British Possessions in America. The fund of general information thus obtained pertaining to the vast material resources of the country, and their relation to trade centers and the avenues of commerce, admirably adapted him for entering upon the broad field of practical railroad administration that has since been opened to him. It CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 705 is in this direction that he has achieved his greatest success, as in it he has found an opportunity to develop the unusual organizing and administrative abilities inherited from his paternal grandmother. On June 1, 1887, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company defaulted in payment of mortgage interest and the road passed into the hands of receivers. In 1891 a reorganization of this company was effected, and in June of that year Mr. Rouse was offered the position of chairman of its board of directors. He accepted the position and the company's property was turned over to him by the receivers July 1, 1891, since which time be has made rapid strides in the railway and financial world, and is to-day recognized, both in this country and abroad, as one of the rising men in railway circles in America. Under his skillful direction the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company has been rescued from its bankrupt condition and placed upon a sound physical and financial basis, and has attained an important place among the great railway systems of this country. Recognition of Mr. Rouse's successful administration has come each year since 1891 in the way of his continued re-election as chairman of the board of directors, and by his election as president of the company as well in May, 1893. With his first election as president of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company, Mr. Rouse became the youngest railway president in this country. Another recognition of Mr. Rouse's abilities came in 1893, when, on the 15th day of August of that year, he was appointed receiver of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, a position he also holds at the present time. In January, 1894, an application was made to the courts by adverse parties actuated by selfish motives for the removal of Mr. Rouse and his associates from the receivership of this railroad, but the court passed upon the application fully exonerating Mr. Rouse from all charges, sustaining him as receiver and confirming his appointment. Besides being at the head of two of the largest systems in the United States, aggregating 7,000 miles of railroad, Mr. Rouse has many other collateral interests, being officially connected with a score or more of railroad and kindred enterprises. As an illustration of the breadth of the man and his capabilities, and the wide scope and ramification of his interests, extending through fifteen States and Territories, the following list of the official positions he holds is here given: Chairman of board and president, Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway System ; receiver of the Northern Pacific Railroad; chairman of the board of the Missouri, Kansas & Eastern Railroad Company; president of each of the following companies: Boonville Railroad Bridge Corn pany, Northern Pacific & Manitoba Railway Company, Winnipeg Transfer Railway. Company, Limited, Coeur d'Alene Railway & Navigation Company, Helena & Jefferson County Railroad Company, Fargo & Southwestern Railroad Company, Southeastern Dakota Railroad Company, Northern Pacific & Cascade Railroad Company, Central Washington Railroad Company, Washington Short Line Railroad Company, Rocky Fork & Cooke City Railway Company, Sanborn, Cooperstown & Turtle Mountain Railway,. Tacoma, Orting & Southeastern Railroad Company; and director in each of the following companies: Kansas City & Pacific Railway Company, Denison & Washita Valley Railway Company, Southwestern Coal & Improvement Company, Osage Coal & Mining Company, Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Chicago & Calumet Railroad Company, St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway Company, Spokane Falls & Idaho Railway Company, Spokane Falls & Palouse Railway Company, Little Falls & Dakota Railway Company, Northern Pacific, Fergus & Black Hills Railway Company, Duluth & Manitoba Railway Company, Northern Pacific, LaMoure & Missouri River Railroad Company, James River Valley Railway Company, Jamestown & Northern Railway Company, Rocky Mountain Railroad of Montana, Helena & Red Mountain Railway Company, Jamestown & Northern Extension 706 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Railway Company, Duluth, Crookston & Northern Railway Company, Clealum Railroad, Northern Pacific & Montana Railway Company, and Montana Union Railway Company. It is a characteristic of Mr. Rouse, in connection with the many enterprises with which he has been identified, that he has manifested an intimate knowledge of the resources and possibilities of his undertakings, and has demonstrated his power of readily applying the most practical expedients at the proper time. His capacity for acquiring minute information and his unusual powers of observation and concentration of details has caused his services to be greatly sought for where intricate and difficult problems are encountered in the conduct of large enterprises. Although of a conservative nature, once a determination reached, he plan}, broadly and boldly, and executes with celerity and confidence. Personally Mr. Rouse possesses most attract ive characteristics. Although a man of very positive views and unequivocal expression, he is of most agreeable address, kind and courteous. easy of approach and of decided personal magnetism. He has traveled so extensively, both in this country and in Europe, that his circle of acquaintance is very large both at home and abroad, and he possesses the varied accomplishments of the thoroughly trained man of the world. He is a member of the Union, Roadside and Athletic Clubs of Cleveland, and the Country Club of Glenville; of the Metropolitan, Riding, Raquet and Tennis, and Lawyers' Clubs, the Seawanhaka-Corinthian and New York Yacht Clubs, and the Down Town Association of New York city. At his home in Cleveland, where he occupies the old family homestead, a beautiful residence on Euclid avenue, Mr. Rouse is thoroughly appreciated by his friends and fellow townsmen, all of whom consider him a good citizen, and class him among the ablest railroad presidents and financiers of the country, and take a personal pride in his achievements, regarding his success as a compliment to the city. JOHN G. REITZ is a son of the late George P. Reitz. His mother was Barbara (Lehr) Reitz. The parents were born in Germany, emigrating to America late in the '40s, living for a short time in Cleveland and then settling in Rockport township, where the father died in 1856. John G. was the youngest of a family of ten children. He was born in Rockport township December 16, 1855. Here he was brought up and received a common-school education. He was married in Rockport township, February 14, 1882 to Miss Mary Barthelman, daughter of John Christopher Barthelman, who died in Rockport township, December 16, 1877. Mrs. Mary Reitz are the parents of four children,—Henry G., Frederick W., Anna K. and John C. Mr. Reitz was elected one of the councilmen of Rockport Hamlet in April, 1893. He has been school director for several years. Farming has been his life work, and he owns the old homestead which formerly belonged to his father, consisting of eighty acres. Mr. Reitz and his wife are members of the German Protestant Church. H. H. PARR, manager of the Ohio Oil & Grease Company, was born in Cleveland, May 16, 1870, a son of Thomas W. and Caroline (Hattersley) Parr, natives of England and Cleveland, respectively. The father came to this city in 1865, when he engaged in contracting and building, and later succeeded his father-in-law, Henry Hattersley, in the gunsmith store. He is now engaged in the coal business on South Woodland avenue, Cleveland. The family residence is located at 35 Platt street. Mr. and Mrs. Parr had four children, namely: H. H., our subject; William J., secretary of the Cleveland Window Glass Company, married Miss Ella Chapin, of this city; Katherine and Caroline, attending the city high school. CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 707 H. H. Parr received his education in the public school of this city, and also in the Spencerian Business College. After leaving school he was employed as clerk for the Manufacturers' Oil Company for seven years, and then, in 1892, assumed control of the Ohio Oil & Grease Company. The oil is manufactured in Cleveland, and is shipped to all parts of the United States. The company send out 250 sample cases, and employment is also given to many in handling and shipping. Mr. Parr was married in August, 1893, to Miss Georgia Hunt, a daughter of the late William Hunt, of northeast Maryland. He was a prominent manufacturer, and also had a large business in Philadelphia. Mrs. Hunt is still living, an honored resident of Cleveland. She is a member of the First Baptist Church. Mr. Parr is a member of the East Madison Avenue Congregational Church, and his wife of the Baptist Church. SAMUEL A. RAYMOND.—Specific capability coupled with fidelity to any important trust imposed or conferred will eventuate in the average case in something more than the mere subjective satisfaction that must come when one's duty is fulfilled. There will be a reward extraneous to this, while yet its natural sequence. Thus it is in the case of the thorough executive and honored business man whose name constitutes the caption of this paragraph. He is a native of the same county of which he is now a resident and was born August 27,1845. His parents were Samuel and Mary (North) Raymond, the former of whom was born at Bethlehem, Connecticut, in 1805, and the latter in the State of New York, in 1811. Samuel Raymond was one of the pioneer merchants of Cleveland, coming from New Britain, Connecticut, in 1836 and at once opening a dry-goods establishment in the Forest City. This enterprise, which in its importance and range of operations kept pace with the growth and development of the city, was continued by its inceptor up to the time of his death, in 1866. He was widely and favorably known as one of the leading merchants of Cleveland during those early years of her history. He was a prominent member of the first Presbyterian Church and was one of the trustees of the Cleveland Medical College (as it was then known), contributing largely to the success of the institution when it was endeavoring to establish itself upon a firm and permanent basis. As a business man lie was duly conservative, ordering his affairs with careful discrimination and gaining a reputation for irreproachable integrity and honesty of purpose. His death was of tragic order: he was on board the ill-fated Mississippi river steamer, W. R. Carter, which was demolished by the explosion of her boilers, near Vicksburg, in 1866. More than 200 persons met death as the result of this accident, and Mr. Raymond was one of the victims. He was drowned and his body was never recovered. He was making a pleasure trip in company with his wife and the latter was saved from death, though one of her limbs was fractured at the time. The widow survived for six years, but never rallied from the shock and bereavement entailed by the fearful disaster. She died in 1872, at the age of sixty-one years. Samuel A. Raymond was the fourth of a family of five children, two of whom died in infancy. Of the three who attained to mature years Henry N. is the eldest and is a well known resident of Cleveland; our subject is next, and the loved sister, Mary Louise, died at Aiken, South Carolina. in 1872, a month prior to the demise of her m )ther, with whom she was travelling for the beneit of the latter's health. The subject of this brief review completed his education at Yale College, having pursued a classical course with the class of 1870. After graduation he engaged in the dry goods business in Cleveland, continuing the enterprise successfully until 1879, when he became the private secretary of Mr. Amasa Stone, whose name is familiar to the majority of the residents of 45 708 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. Cleveland. From his intimate knowledge of the functions and affairs of the estate in view of the implicit confidence in which he was held by Mr. Stone, it was but natural and consistent that upon the death of the latter he should be appointed as agent of the estate,—a preferment which was accorded him and which he has ever since retained, proving a most discriminating and faithful executive. Mr. Raymond holds a position of no little prominence in the business (tittles of Cleveland and he is the incumbent in several positions of trust and responsibility, aside from the management of the large estate already referaed to. He is vice president and director in the Van-Cleve Glass Company, is secretary and director of the Children's Aid Society, secretary of the Board of Trustees of the First Presbyterian, Church, of which he is a Deacon and both he and his wife devoted mem hers, and he is also trustee of the University School. The marriage of Mr. Raymond was celebrated on the 20th of January, 1875, when he was united to Miss Emma E. Stone, of Philadelphia. Both parents entered into eternal rest many years since. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond have an interesting family of five children, namely: Mary, Hilda, Henry Augustine Julia and Samuel Edward. While in no sense a politician in the modern acceptance of the term, our subject maintains a lively interest in the affairs of city, State and nation, casting his ballot with the Republican party. HON. MILAN GALLAGHER.— Conspicuous among men of public affairs in the city of Cleveland, the subject of this sketch takes appropriate rank. He was born in this city September '23, 1855, a son of Aaron A. and Catharine E. (Moran) Gallagher; the parents. were pioneers here. The father died October 13, 1862, at the age of thirty-three years. By calling he was a contractor and mover of buildings, was a clever and respected gentleman, and in his politics was a strong Abolitionist. The subject of this sketch, the only surviving child, was reared and educated in Cleveland. After gaining a liberal education in the public schools of the city, he read law for two years, in the office of Allen T. Brinsmade. His inclination and environments drew his attention to a business career upon which he embarked, first as a grocer on Detroit street, where he continued in business for seven years. He then became interested in the business of the Sun Vapor Lighting Company, with which he is yet connected, being its manager for the West Side. As a business man, Mr. Gallagher has given evidence of enterprise, thrift and push. As a man of public spirit and affairs he deserves no less praise. In 1890 he became " Sealer," which position he held for two years, and was known as the most popular city sealer Cleveland has had for twenty-five years. In 1891 he was elected a member of the lower house of the General Assembly of the State. of Ohio, and in that body his services were such as not only won the confidence and esteem of his fellow members, but also made him a popular representative among the people. He was very active in the Senatorial contest of 1892, in the interest of Senator John Sherman. In the legislature he is a very enthusiastic and sagacious worker, introducing many measures and serving on any important committees pertaining to municipal, railroad and telegraphic affairs. Among many other measures, he introduced, and materially aided in passing, House Bill No. 1180, designated the " Park and Boulevard Bill," which provides for a board of park commissioners having control of parks and their development. The commission is one of great importance, and its influence in the development of public parks for the city of Cleveland has been perceptibly felt. There have been parks beautified and beautiful boulevards and drive-ways pro- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 709 vided for already, and much important work is yet pending before this board of park commissioners, which consists of five members, two of which shall be the mayor of the city and the president of the city council; and said members are appointed by the trustees of the sinking fund of the city. This bill provided such expediencies as will eventually result in the adequate development and maintenance not only of beautiful and well arranged parks but also of drive-ways and well improved and extended boulevards, and will thus add to the beauty and attraction of the already beautiful Forest City. The introduction of this bill and its passage is due to a very commendable course on the part of Mr. Gallagher. To him is also due the credit for the erection of the magnificent manual training school building on Cedar avenue, of which the city of Cleveland may well be proud, as he was the author of the bill which gave the school director and the school council authority to build said structure. The school will be open to the public September 1, 1894, with the latest improved machinery. Mr. Gallagher was also very active in getting the " Federal plan " bill for the government of the public schools of Cleveland through the House of Representatives, as he is a stanch friend of the public schools. In a political way, Mr. Gallagher has been one of the stanchest Republicans. He has been a member of the County Central Committee for over twelve years, and has also served upon the executive and financial committees. He has been a delegate to every county and State convention of his party since 1876. He was president of the Gardner Republican Club six years, and is also a member of the Tippe canoe Club, and is now president of the Foraker Club. Was a delegate to the national Republican clubs held at Buffalo, New York, in September, 1892, at Louisville, Kentucky,. in May, 1893, and at Denver, Colorado,. in June, 1894., Fraternally, he is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., K. of P., and of the National Union. Besides having other business interests, Mr. Gallagher is engaged in the real-estate and insurance business, being agent for several important fire insurance companies, as the Ameri- can Casualty, the Insurance Company of Baltimore, etc. December 10, 1877, Mr. Gallagher married Miss Inez Phillips, who was born in Amboy, Ashtabula county, Ohio, a daughter of S. D. and Marietta (Wait) Phillips. Mr. Gallagher's children are Mabel Everett, Grace Inez, Chester Arthur and Daphne Sherman. JOHN ROSE, one of the highly respected citizens of Dover township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, dates his birth in Norfolk-shire, England, September 25, 1816. He is a son of Clark and Betsey (Bush) Rose, natives of that country. His father died in England, and some time afterward the mother became the wife of Robert Moore. They emigrated to America in 1831, first settled in Cleveland, Ohio, subsequently removed to Warrensville township, Cuyahoga county, and still later took up their abode in Dover township, where they spent the residue of their lives. The subject of our sketch landed in America in 1831 with his mother and her husband, and the greater part of his life has been spent in the township in which he now lives. Here he cleared and developed a fine farm of 125 acres, and farming has been his life occupation. Mr. Rose was married in Dover township, November 24, 1838, to Miss Ellen Kelly, who was born on the Isle of Man, December 21, 1815, and they have had eight children, a record of whom is as follows: Ellen, who is the widow of Asahel P. Smith; Lucy, decased wife of Sylvester A. Phinney; Andrew K., served three years in the late war, in which he was Sergeant: he married Sarah Beardsley; Kate L., wife of Sylvester A. Phinney; Eliza J.., wife of Chipman L. Williams; Fred J., carpenter and 710 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. builder, who married Miss Emma L. i ramley; Jennie L., an artist, and Clara I., who are still living at home. Politically, Mr. Rose affiliates with the Republican party, and takes an active a id commendable interest in all public affairs. He has filled important township offices and has served three terms as Township Trustee. Both he and his wife are earnest and active members of the Congregational Church, and by the r many estimable traits of character have won the respect and esteem of all who know them. Such, in brief, is a sketch of the life of one of Cuyahoga county's leading and influential men. JAMES J. BARTLETT, Trustee of Strongsville township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and one of the well-to-do and highly respected men of the township, forms th subject of this article. Mr. Bartlett was born in Brunswick Medina county, Ohio, March 13, 1845. His father, Frederick R. Bartlett, came from Denvonshire, England, to this country in 1831, accompanied by his family. After remaining in N nv York city for some time, he located in Ut'ca, New York; two years later removed to Cleveland, Ohio, and for four years made his home in that city; thence to Medina county, Ohio, first settling in Liverpool and afterward removing to Brunswick; and from the latter place he came to Strongsville, Cuyahoga county, in January, 1852. Here he spent the residue of his life and died, his death occurring in 1814. His good wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Brown, died in Strongsville in the fall of 1886. James J. is the youngest in their family of seven children, and was seven years old at the time they came to Strongsville. Her 3 he was reared and here he has resided ever since, with the exception of two years and a half when he was in Cleveland. He has been engaged in stone work and bridge-building for sev wet years and has also carried on farming operations, he being the owner of a fine farm of 165 acres, upon which he has erected a set of good buildings. Mr. Bartlett was married in Strongsville, January 25, 1868, to Miss Mary J. Hendershott, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, July 15, 1850. Her father and mother, Abner A. and Angeline (Drake) Hendershott, came from New York to Cleveland at an early day, and in that city passed the greater part of their lives and died, her death being in 1860, and his in October, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett have five children, namely: Stella A., wife of A. L. Sanderson; Edward J., who married Nettie A. Killian; Edith E.; Luella M.; and Mary M. Mr. Bartlett has all his life taken a commendable interest in public affairs, has filled numerous minor offices, and since 1884 has been one of the trustees of Strongsville township. He is a member of Forest City Lodge, No. 388, F. & A. M., and of Oriental Commandery, No. 12, of Cleveland. H. HURD, a dentist of Cleveland, was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, November 18, 1833, a son of Joy and Nancy (Hudson) Hurd. The latter is descended from the family after whom Hudson Bay and river were named. The father was a native of Hartford, Conn., and of Holland extraction. In 1807, accompanied by his wife and seven brothers, he crossed the Allegheny Mountains in a cart, and came to the Western Reserve, locating on a farm near Warren. He afterwards moved to Geneva, Ashtabula Co., and still later came to Cleveland, where he died at the age of eighty-five years. Mr. Hurd served as drum-major during the war of 1812, went from Cleveland to Detroit On foot, but arrived after Hull's surrender. The Ohio troops regained the fort. Mr. Hurd owned one of the largest farms in the county, and was well known as an honest, worthy and respected citizen. Both he and his wife CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 711 were members of the M. E. Church. Mrs. Hurd departed this life fifteen years before her husband's death, at the age of sixty-seven years. They were the parents of eight children, six now living,—H. R., G. H., C. S., Henry, all of whom are dentists by profession; Nancy, wife of H. B. Hunt; and Henrietta, now Mrs. Elisha Dorman. Henry Hurd, our subject, attended the common schools, and graduated at the Cincinnati Ohio Dental College in the class of 1892. He practiced his profession at Vincennes, Ind., three years, was then at Evansville, that State, next went to Memphis, Tenn., and in 1873 came to Cleveland. Mr. Hurd afterwards spent five years in Detroit. He was married in 1878, to Miss Mary, a daughter of Elizabeth Stormoth, both natives of Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Hurd have one son living, Henry, a pupil of the city schools. Mrs. Hurd is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Our subject is independent in his political views. REV. B. ROSINSKI.—The stamp designating true nobility of character must ever find its ineffaceable tracery on the brow of one who sets himself apart from " the madding crowd's ignoble strife " and dedicates his life to the uplifting of his fellow-men. A more than superficial investigation is demanded when one essays to determine the mental struggle and the spirit of unselfish devotion that must animate the man who gives all that he is and all that he hopes to be to service in the great vineyard of life, seeking reward only in that realm " where moth and rust do not corrupt and where thieves do not break through and steal." Preparation for and labors in the priesthood are perforce 'exacting, demanding an ever ready sympathy, a broad intelligence and an unswerving fidelity. Scoffing cynicism and careless irreverence would often be silenced if only the inner life Of those who minister in holy places might be laid open for inspection. Honor is due and honor will be paid when once there comes a deeper understanding of the truth. The subject of this sketch is the priest in charge of one of the largest and most important parishes in the diocese, that of St. Stanislans (Polish), on Forman street, Cleveland. He was born in Poland, March 20, 1860, his parents being Sylvester and Caroline (Lewandowska) Rosinski, both natives of the province of Posen. Poland. The venerable father is still living, and, at the age of three-score years and ten, has crossed the ocean from his native land for the purpose of visiting his sons (1893). He is a cooper by trade, and now, after a long life of usefulness, is enjoying a richly merited rest. His wife died about 1881, at the age of sixty-six ;.rears. He has been a life-long member of the Roman Catholic Church, as was also his devoted wife. To them were born a family of five children, three of whom are still living. Ignatius, the eldest living son, is a resident of Cleveland, the next in order of birth being our subject, and the third being Frank, who is also a resident of the Forest City. Our subject pursued his education for five years at the gymnasia of Gnesen and Kulm, in his native country. His theological discipline and training was secured at St. Mary's Seminary, where he was under the tutorage of Dr. Moss. His ordination to the priesthood occurred in 1887, the late Bishop Gilmour officiating. He was sent to Sandusky, where he served for nearly three years as assistant at St. Mary's Church. He was then placed in charge as pastor of St. Adalbert's Church at Berea, Ohio, the congregation being of Polish constituency. In this charge he remained for two years, assuming the duties of his present pastorate in June, 1892. During his stay in Berea he effected many improvements in the equipments of the parish, among others being the erection of a fine school-house, which is the best in the place. In his present congregation Father Eosinski has nearly 1,300 families, his church being the largest in the diocese. The 712 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. church building has an extreme length of 200 feet, the width in transept being 107 feet while the width of the nave proper is eighty-six feet. The twin spires which adorn the imposing structure are 232 feet in height. The parochial school maintained is one of representative and efficient order. There are nine schoolrooms and the corps of instructors comprises ten individuals, all save one being Sisters of St. Francis, from Rochester, Minnesota, One male instructor is employed. A few statistics from the parish records for the year 1S93 will be of interest in the connection: the number of baptisms within the year was 531; marriages, 90; deaths, 218; confirmations, 147. The work of the parish is ably directed and is in a healthful condition. Father Rosinski is a man of high literary attainments, being thoroughly conversant with the Polish, Bohemian, German and English languages and also well versed in the classics. He preaches in the Polish tongue, and from time to time in the German, as that race has a number of representatives in his congregation. He has had an assistant in his work for some time. The subject of our sketch is a man of fine personal appearance, of genial and gracious address and of scholarly attainments. A true pastor to his flock and faithful to the most responsible trust that has been placed in his keeping, he merits and retains the high esteem and affection of his parishioners and the respect of all with whom he comes in contact. PHILLIP GRAF, railroad conductor, was born August 4, 1853, in Brooklyn township, where now stands the village of Lindale. His father, Jacob Grid, was born in Uhlmit, Germany, February, 9, 1813, and died in Cleveland, February 2, 1889, at the residence of Senator Herrman, and was buried in the Riverside Cemetery. He was never sick until about three days before his death. He came to this country in 1846, landing July 19th at the point now occupied by the Cleveland Milling Company. There being, no wharf then, a plank was thrown out for the landing of passengers. The senior Graf lived first in Lindale, and then purchased twenty-one acres of land in Middleburg township, and lived there until his wife died, May 11, 1886, from which time he lived with his daughter, Mrs. Herrman, until his death. During his life he was never called into a court of justice, always living at peace with his neighbors. He married Katherine Myer, a sister of Nicholas Myer, and had the following named children: Jacob, Peter, Catherine, Fred, Margaret; Carrie, Mary, Phillip, Susie and Emma,--all of whom are residents of this city excepting Carrie, who is living near Toledo; and Peter, who died in the late war. As a private in the twentieth Ohio Battery, he was crossing the Cumberland mountains one night, riding the leading team, when the gun carriage slipped down the mountain and three men were killed and the rest injured. The next morning the wounded were started in an *balance toward Nashville, but on the way were captured and sent to Richmond, and finally to Anderson-via, where Mr. Graf died, September 26, 1864, after having been a prisoner about eighteen months,and was buried in grave No. 9,813, in the national cemetery. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch, after having received the usual common-school education, at the age of eighteen years entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company as yard brakeman, and afterward was promoted as yard conductor and yard master, and he is now running the train carrying employees between Cleveland and Nottingham. It was named the "Bug Run" train by Mr Conch, superintendent of the eastern division. He has two dwellings, adjoining each other, on Laurel street, in Collinwood. With reference to national issues he votes the Republican ticket. His parents were members of the Protestant Evangelical Church, and were very lib- CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 713 eral in religious matters. He- was married October 12, 1875, to Maggie Breem, who was born in Cleveland, in March, 1856, a daughter of Irish parents. Mr. Graf's children are Fred, John P. and Alice C. Mr. Graf has taken great interest in educational matters. He came here in 1874, and to his best recollection there was one district school building, with two ungraded school rooms, and no superintendent; and the schools were under management of three supervisors, namely, George Elton, George Hooper, and Joseph Parks. They continued under that management until 1878. Then Collinwood was incorporated as a village and the schools were put under the management of a school board, consisting of six members, namely, Joseph Parks, Dr. Badger, Joseph Day, George Elton, D. M. Alvord, and L. A. Hall. The schools were increased from year to year till 1890, when Dr. Badger died: Mr. Graf was elected to fill the vacancy by the Sehool Board. Mr. Graf has served as a member of that Board up to this time, which now consists of Dr. John S. Wood, Dr. A. L. Waltz, Attorney F. B. Garrett, Joseph S. Bauder, Allen Tyler, besides himself. When the village was incorporated, in 1878, the School Board then employed a superintendent,—Mr. Burns,—and authorized him to grade the schools. In 1890, when Mr. Graf became a member of the board, C. A. Hitchcock was the superintendent of the schools. Three years' high-school course was then added, which proved to be a great success, and also a great benefit to the school. Then the schools outgrew their accommodations, and the question was put before the board to erect a new school building. It was decided by a vote of the people at a regular election to erect a school building not to exceed $25,000. The board decided to appoint a committee to consult an architect in regard to erecting a school building, and the committee consisted of Phillip Graf, Dr. J. S. Wood, Joseph Parks, and they decided to erect an eight-room school building with all the latest improvements, and have the structure fronting on Clark avenue, which they now occupy with eight full rooms. At the present time the schools are superin. tended by E. E. Rayman, assisted by Miss Cora L. Swift, of Oberlin college. The grammar teachers are, Miss Counts, Miss Mamer and Miss Alexander; and the primary teachers are: Miss Counts, Miss Howell, and Miss Throssell. Mr. Jeff Blackwell, a faithful colored man, is the janitor. There are also three other rooms, two of which are north of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, taught by Miss Sherman and Miss Stevens. The third room is situated in the old brick school building on Collamer street, taught by Miss Alice Calhoon. The school census of 1894 showed a total of 692 school children. WILLIAM CORLETT, one of the prominent men of Warrensville township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, was born at Newburg, this county, October 25, 1827. William Corlett, Sr., the father of our subject, was a native of the Isle of Man and was one of the early settlers of Cuyahoga county, Ohio. After living in Newburg for seven years he removed to the farm now occupied by his son William, and here he spent the residue of his life and died in 1866, being sixty-nine years of' age. By trade he was a tailor, which he followed for several years, but during the latter part of his life gave his attention to farming. He built a log house upon his farm, some years later replaced it with a more pretentious frame one, and otherwise improved and developed the place. His good wife, whose maiden name was Ann Kinley, and who was also a native of the Isle of Man, survived him a short time, her death occurring in 1867, when she was seventy-three years of age. Both were devoted Christian people and were worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had a family of seven children, whose names are as fol- 714 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. lows: Jane Clark, deceased; William, the subject of this article; Thomas, a resident of California; John, deceased; Daniel, of Iowa City, Iowa; Kate Nichols, of California; and Josiah K., of Iowa City. William, the second born in the family, was reared on his father's farm, and the limited Education he obtained in the typical log school- house of that day he supplemented by a knowledge gained in the practical school of experience. The home farm which he owns and operates comprises 117 acres, and is well improved and under a high state of cultivation. Its two-story residence is located on a natural buildIng site and is surrounded by an attractive lawn. The commodious barn, 30 x 80 feet, has a stone basement and affords ample shelter for stock. Indeed, everything about the premises is conveniently arranged. Mr. Corlett has a wide acquaintance throughout the township, and is as popular as he is well known. Mr. Corlett was married in August, 1855, to Elizabeth 'Kneen, a native of the Isle of Man and a daughter of William and Ann (Quail) Kneen, both natives of that isle. Her parents had eight other children,—Thomas, William, John, Ann, Phillip, Edward, James and Kate. Mr. and Mrs. Corlett have five children, viz.: Edwin Howard, of Cleveland; Emma E.; Walter W., of Cleveland; Kittie A., of Cleveland; and Hattie E. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he is a Republican. I. H. MOSES.—The surname which initiates this review is one that has been conspicuously identified with the civic history of Ohio from the early pioneer days, and the immediate subject to whom these paragraphs are devoted bears well the honors of an honored name, being a prominent business man of the Forest City. He was born in Euclid township, Cuyahoga county, in 1851, the son of Henry and Margaret Moses, being one of their three children. The father was engaged in the ship-timber and contracting business, and was one of the prominent and influential residents of the county. He owned some 900 acres of land, was exceptionally endowed with business qualifications and held a high position in the esteem of a large circle of acquaintances. His life was cut short just in his prime, his untimely death occurring in 1861, when be had attained the age of only thirty-four years. He was broad and liberal in his views, and was public-spirited to the highest degree. The Moses family is of French origin. The mother is living and in good health. It is worthy of incidental none that an uncle of our subject, Captain Moses, served under the celebrated Commodore Perry, was shot in the memorable battle, dying from the wound and being interred in the Public Square of Cleveland. Two other uncles were engaged in shipbuilding in Cleveland, and conducted the most extensive enterprise of the sort in the city. I. H. Moses was reared in Cuyahoga county, and engaged in the lumber business at Collin-wood, conducting the enterprise very successfully for a period of twelve years. In 1887 he came to Cleveland, and for three years was engaged in the real-estate business. In 1890 he purchased a one-half interest in the electrical supply business conducted by A. B. Lyman, and two months later he purchased his partner's remaining interest and assumed full control of the enterprise, which has been advanced to a representative position, being one of the most extensive of the sort in the city. The business, when he assumed control, represented about $5,000 as the sum total of its annual operations; he has widened the range and built up a trade which now reaches an annual average of $50,000. He deals extensively in all lines of electrical supplies, manufacturing the major portion of the same. He also holds the agency for the New York Safety Wire and Electrical Company. Mr. Moses put in the fine electrical appliances in the magnificent new steamboat, "Menominee," and has filled a number of other CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 715 important contracts of like order. His is the only establishment where telegraph instruments are manufactured in the West, with the exception of manufactories in Chicago. In 1874 Mr. Moses was united in marriage to Miss Anna A., a daughter of Alonzo Chesbrough, of Niagara Falls, and late of Toledo, Ohio, where he conducted one of the most extensive lumbering enterprises in the city. Our subject and his wife have two sons: Alonzo and Sylvester. Mr. Moses is a member of the Congregational Church, as is also his wife. Taking a consistent interest in the political issues of the day, Mr. Moses is quite actively identified with the Republican party, and it is worthy of note that he held official preferment in the year he attained his majority, serving very acceptably as Constable. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having passed all of the chairs in the same. HENRY M. WHITNEY, of Strongsville township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is a I son of the late Flavel Whitney, one of the pioneers of this vicinity. Flavel Whitney was born in Marlborough, Vermont, September 30, 1804, and in 1816, when twelve years of age, emigrated with his father, Guilford Whitney, and family from the Green Mountain State to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, their settlement being in Strongsville township. Here Guilford Whitney passed the rest of his life and died, and here his son Flavel grew to manhood, had an active and useful career, and died, honored and respected by all who knew him. His death occurred October 29, 1877. Flavel Whitney was married several times and reared a family of children to occupy honorable and useful positions in life. He was first married in Strongsville, July 2, 1828, to Clarinda Tuttle, whose untimely death occurred July 14, 1830. November 14, 1830, lie married Electa Harvey, who passed away on the sixth of October n the following year. On the fourth of November, 1832, lie wedded Aurelia Allen, who was born in -Norwich, Connecticut, September 16, 1812, and by whom he had four children who reached maturity, namely: Watson H., a resident of Berea, Ohio; Henry M., whose name appears at the head of this sketch; John F., a railroad engineer; and Electa, wife of William Humiston, of Berea. The mother of these children departed this life August 22, 1843. March 28, 1844, Mr. Whitney married Mrs. Catherine A. Barnes, and some time after her death he was married to Lucy A. Cole, who died in November, 1889, his last wife having, survived him several years. Henry M. Whitney was born in the township in which lie now lives, December 2, 1835, and here, with the exception of one year spent in Wisconsin, he has ever since resided, his chief occup it ion being farming. He owns over eighty acres of good land and carries on his farming operations by the most approved methods. Mr. Whitney was married in Strongsville, May 29, 1862, to Sarah J. Haynes, who died September 10, 1864, leaving an only child, Gertrude S. His second marriage occurred in Litchfield, Medina county, Ohio, April 18, 1866, to Miss Mary Cole, who was born in Bethel, Connecticut, November 17, 1836. They have two children, Williston 0. and Edith M. Mrs. Whitney is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Whitney takes a commendable interest in public affairs. ZIBA S. HALL, one of the prosperous farmers of Dover township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is a native of this place, born November 23, 1830, fourth in the family of Charles and Lucy (Seymour) Hall, pioneers of the county. With the exception of about six years, he has been a resident of this township all his life. When he was eighteen he spent a few mouths in Ashtabula county, Ohio; a year 716 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. later was in Michigan about six months, and not long after that went to East Cleveland, where he learned the trade of painter and where he worked at that trade five years. With these exceptions, his life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits in Dover township, where he owns an excellent farm of one hundred acres, all well improved. Mr. Hall was married in Euclid (now Collinwood), Cuyahoga county, Ohio, December 19, 1855, to Sarah E. Hale, who was born there August 14, 1835, daughter of John A. and Nancy (Craney) Hale, both natives of that place. Mrs. Hall is the oldest of their eight children, three sons and five daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have had six children, two of whom died in infancy. The others are Metta S., who died at the age of eight years; Charles A , who lived only two years; Pearl E. and Ruby S. Mr. Hall has taken an active part in the affairs of his township. He has served as School Director, and for seven years was Treasurer of the Dover Township Agricultural Society. He and his wife are identified with the Congregational Church, in which they are active working members. Mr. Hall is also a member of Olmsted Post, G. A. R., No. 634. During the war he was a member of Company I, One Hundred and Fiftieth Ohio National Guards, he having enlisted May 2, 1864, in the one-hundred-day service. JOHN W. WILLIAMS, who stands distinctively as one of the representative men of Rockport hamlet, is a native of Rockport township, the date of his birth being August 9, 1849. His father, the late William J. Williams, was a native of Wales, and his mother, whose maiden name was Polly M. Alger, was born in Rockport. They were married in Cuyahoga county and settled on a farm in Rockport township, where they continued to reside until their death. The mother died December 14, 1857, and the father met his death about the middle of December, 1868, at Cleveland, as the result of an accident on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad. He died in the hospital at Cleveland. They had two children: John W., the subject of this review, and Lucy S., who was the wife of Henry Wilde, and who died in Cleveland. Philani Alger, sister of Mrs. Polly M. Williams, was the first white female child born west of the Cuyahoga river. John W. Williams grew to maturity in Rockport township and has ever since continued his residence here. He received a good common-school education and has ever been closely identified with the farming operations of the locality, proving a capable, intelligent and successful business man. In connection with general farm work he has given special attention to dairying and has derived very satisfactory results from this enterprise. His fine farms of 183 acres gives evidence in itself that the owner is a man of energy and progressive methods. August 23, 1871, Mr. Williams led as a bride to the altar Miss Maria Herbeson, daughter of the late Matthew Herbeson, who was one of the pioneer residents of Rockport township, where his death occurred in January, 1889. Mrs. Williams was born in New York city, in 1851, and died suddenly January 11, 1894; and her funeral was the largest ever attended in that community. Our subject and his estimable wife have five children, by name as follows: William W., Matthew G., Royal J,, May I. and Ruth L. In his political proclivities Mr. Williams espouses the cause of the Republican party, and in local affairs he has taken an active interest and somewhat prominent part. He held the office of Township Trustee for three years, and discharged the duties of the position most ably and acceptably. He is a zealous member of the Congregational Church, as was his wife, and takes an active interest in the work of the local society of that denomination, contributing willingly and liberally to its support. Upon men of such CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 717 thorough rectitude of character and such substantial and honest worth does the stable prosperity of our nation largely depend, and the independent yeoman, looking across his broad and fertile acres, need envy no man. GEORGE S. IDDINGS, dealer in real estate, has been a resident of this city since 1854. He was born in Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, May 23, 1851, a son of Hiram and Mary (Clark) Iddings. His father died in October, 1863, after having been a resident of this city for about nine years. When he (the father) first came here in 1854, the firm of Edwards & Iddings was formed, and they continued in business under that name until Mr. Iddings' death, when it was merged into that of William Edwards & Company, who conducted one of the largest wholesale establishments of the city. Mr. Hiram Iddings was a prominent citizen of Cleveland, a member of the Board of Trade, etc. Mr. George S. Iddings, of this sketch, completed his schooling at a private establishment in the East, and at the age of sixteen years entered the employ of George Cooper & Company, hardware merchants, where he was employed for three years. He then opened the first stone quarry, on Euclid creek, which he operated for some three or four years. Next he was engaged in the grocery trade at Nottingham; later in the oil business, and still later in the brokerage business, which he conducted on an extensive basis. This be closed in order to organize the Cleveland Automatic Refrigerator Company, which is now the Cleveland Artificial Ice Company. With some others he became interested in an ice invention, to which he gave some considerable time, and which he finally sold to good advantage. Then he was one of the organizers, in 1893, of the American Eucrasy Company, the outgrowth of the Eucrasy Company. This company has the territory of the whole world for the treatment, by a certain method, of inebriety, the morphine and opium habit and all diseases of a like order. The treatment is such that no confinement is necessary, and no sanitarium required but home. To this business Mr. Iddings now gives his entire attention, and his success is marked. In politics he is an active Republican, and he is a member of Thatcher Lodge, No. 46, F. & A. M., of Webb Chapter, and of Oriental Commandery, No. 12. He was married at Euclid, April 23, 1882, to Miss Elizabeth Dille, daughter of Sanford W. Dille, and they have two children living: Paul Allen and Elizabeth Corinne. The residence is at Euclid. Mr. Iddings' ancestry is traceable to Wales on the paternal side, while on his mother's side it is of Quaker stock. His grandmother Iddings was born in Philadelphia, daughter of Mr. Lewis, of Revolutionary stock. EDWIN W. CHRISTY, manager for the United States Life Insurance Company of New York for the State of Ohio, was placed in charge of this office in 1891. He came to this city from Warren, Ohio, where he was born, November 29, 1864, a son of Matthias and Jane (McMullen) Christy. He was reared in Trumbull county, this State, educated at the public schools of Warren, one year at Hiram College, and finally graduated at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, in 1887. He then associated himself with the Equitable Life and the Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Companies, representing the latter as special agent for Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. This position gave him a thorough knowledge of the business, fitting him for the duties of ghneral manager for such a State as Ohio. In 1888 he began operations for the United States Life Insurance Company of New York, at Warren, Ohio, taking charge of the eastern half of the State. About five months later lie came to Cleveland and assumed the 718 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. management of the entire State. Before he took control the largest amount of business reached was about $100,000; during his first year he increased this to $1,300,000, and he has continued to increase the amount ever since. He has placed upward of 300 men in the field, adopting a system that has given a healthy impetus to the work; is a member of the Cleveland Fire Underwriters' Association, and is thoroughly imbued with the spirit of business, and is " up to snuff " on all points in his line. His office is located at 106 Euclid avenue. He is also a stockholder and one of the directors in the Standard Brick Company of Cleveland, which is one of the largest plants of the kind in the State. He was married in Warren, Ohio, to Miss Jennie E. Bassett, daughter of H. P. Bassett of that city, and they have a son, named Taylor B. Their residence is at 95 Bell avenue, in the East End. M. ROBINSON SWIFT, of the dry-goods house of William Taylor, Son & Company, Cleveland, has been associated with this house for the past four years, beginning in 1889. He is a native of New York city, born January 6, 1861, a son of Edward L. and S. R. Swift, both of whom were from the oldest New England families, dating their American history as far back as 1635. The father was an extensive sugar-refiner. Mr. Swift of this sketch at the age of seven years began to attend school in Vermont, completing his schooling at the age of seventeen. Then he became salesman for John L. Bremar & Company, dry-goods commission merchants of New York city; and continued with them for ten years; then, in 1889, he came to Cleveland as above stated, took an interest in the business of the house and assumed the management of the wholesale department. He is a resolute young man, of thorough business capacity and reliability, perfectly adapted to his position, to which he gives his entire attention. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, of the Union and Athletic Clubs and of the Presbyterian Church. Public-spirited, he is destined to make a permanent mark in the social and business circles of Cleveland. ALLEN B. WARD, one of the Trustees of Dover township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, was born in Brighton, Lorain county, this State, November 11, 1846, son of Abram and Electa (Simmons) Ward, natives respectively of the town of Ashfield, Franklin county, Massachusetts, and the town of Perrington, Genesee county, New York. His parents were married in Olmsted, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and soon after their marriage settled in Brighton, Lorain county, where they lived a few years and from whence they came to Dover township, Cuyahoga county, where they have since resided. They had four children: Abigail, Allen B., Leroy and Frances. Allen B. Ward was quite young when his parents removed to Dover township, and here he was reared and educated and has since remained. For sixteen years he was engaged in the sawmill business, and since then has carried on farming and has also worked at the carpenter's trade. He owns ten acres of land, upon which he has erected good buildings, and where he has a comfortable home in which he and his family reside. Mr. Ward was married in Dover township, July 28, 1872, to Miss Helen Barry, who was born in Rockport township, this county, June 12, 1850, daughter of John and Ruth (Jordan) Barry. Her parents, both natives of New York, were married in the Empire State, and from there moved west to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, at an early day, and settled in Rockport township, where they lived for several years and from whence they removed to Dover township. Here her mother died in November, 1887. Her father CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 719 is still living. They had eight children, of whom Mrs. Ward was the seventh born. Mr. and Mrs. Ward have one child, Florence B. Mr. Ward's political affiliations are with the Democratic party. He has served his township as its Trustee, Assessor and Clerk, the duties of all of which offices he has performed with the strictest fidelity. Personally, he is frank and cordial, and both he and his family have hosts of friends here. GEORGE R. McKAY, Justice of the Peace, Cleveland, is a native of this city, born December 12, 1862, a son of Robert G. and Mary J. (Greenlees) McKay, natives of Scotland and both deceased. After his marriage, in his native land, the father became a sailor and was a navigator both on the ocean and on the lakes of America for a number of years. He settled in Cleveland in 1860, where he followed the occupation of machinist and millwright; and in 1870 lie went to Chicago and was employed in the South Side rolling mills as machinist, where he was killed July 2, same year, leaving a wife and three children: Mary J., wife of L. J. Wortan, formerly of Cleveland, who died in Pittsburg in 1892; Nellie, who Married Edwin D. Dean and died May 16, 1892; and George R When a lad of twelve years Mr. McKay was employed at the rolling mills at Newburg, and continued there until he was twenty-one years of age, meanwhile pursuing a course of study under the instructions of Miss Trobridge. Then, in 1883, he entered the Western Reserve Academy at Hudson, and graduated there in 1885; then spent a year in special studies in higher branches at Oberlin College and at Ada, this State. Striking out into business, he entered the employ of the Otis Steel Company, is assistant shipping clerk; in the spring of 1891 he became bailiff for the county sheriff, and during his service here he read law at night, under the supervision of the firm of Sherwood & Dennison; a year afterward he entered the United States marshal's office as deputy, where he remained until he graduated in law, June 6, 1889, when he was admitted to the bar at Columbus. Then, entering the law office of his former preceptors, he practiced there until he was el.cted Justice of the Peace in Cleveland, the only Democrat elected in the county, and that, too, when he was but twenty-six years of age, the youngest man ever elected to this office in this county. He entered upon his duties as Justice November 14, 1889; and November 7, 1893, he was re-elected to the office. All the spare time lie has during the intervals of his official duties he devotes to the practice of his profession. After his term expires as Justice :le expects to devote his whole time to legal practice. In his society relations Mr. McKay is Past Grand of Cataract Lodge, No. 295, I. 0. 0. F., of time Cleveland Athletic Club, and of the Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery. He was married November 8, 1893, to Miss May Kimberley, daughter of D. H. Kimberley, ex-County Treasurer, and they reside at 51 Belle avenue. CHARLES WESLEY, proprietor of the Weddell House, Cleveland, has been a resident of this city since 1874, when he and his father took the management of this houiie, succeeding R. Gillett. He was born in Cazenovia, New York, in 1849, a son of George W. and Jane (Gee) Wesley, both of whom died in 1888. Five years prior to his death the elder Wesley purchased a country seat on the lake shore, where he died, having retired from active business some time before: he has been a resident of Cleveland fourteen years. Mr. Charles Wesley was brought up in hotel life. When a lad of fifteen years he had charge of the office of the Bancroft House in Indianapclis,Indiana, and afterward of the Bates House 720 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. in the same city, and ever since 1883 he has had full control of the Weddell House. In 1883 he thoroughly remodeled the building, placed upon it an additional story, enabling him to accommodate 300 guests. He makes his home in the hotel. He has now been a hotel proprietor in this city longer than any other hotel or livery man here. He is vice president of the Cleveland Transfer & Carriage Company, a director of the Cleveland National Bank. He was initiated into Masonry in 1871, and has taken the thirty-second degree of the Scottish rite, and he is also a charter member of the Mystic Shrine, of the Cleveland Chapter, Holy Rood Co-mandery, Forest City Consistory and Alkoran Temple, N. M. S. He is also a director of the Roadside Club, member of the Union Club, vice president of the Cleveland Hotel-keepers' Association, member of the National Hotel-keepers' Association and of the Hotelmen's Mutual Benefit Association. In 1870, in Saginaw, Michigan, he married Miss Hester Jerome, and they have two children,—Grace and George; the latter expects to enter Yale College next fall (1894). M. A. HANNA.—Outside of political circles it is a rare thing to find a man whose reputation extends over so wide a scope of country as does that of M. A. Hanna of Cleveland, who is one of the city's most prominent, influential and deservedly honored citizens, and one of the foremost men of the Buckeye State. The business interests of Mr. Hanna are not confined to Cleveland or to Ohio, but are distributed over a wide territory, reaching into at least half a dozen different Stat,s, and are as diversified and important as they are extensive. For half a century the Hanna family has been most closely identified with the commercial, financial, and industrial history of Cleveland, and its members during that time have contributed as much as those of any family to ward the building up of the city and its many industries and institutions. Mr. Hanna's father, Dr. Leonard Hanna, was a leading citizen of New Lisbon, Ohio, until his removal to Cleveland in 1852, when he at once took rank with the prominent men of this city. He was one of the founders of the wholesale grocery house of Hanna, Garretson & Company, which was one of the largest and most important firms in that line in the city at that time, the partners being his brother Robert Hanna and Hiram Garretson, both of whom were then and later very prominent among the leading business men of the Forest City. This firm continued-in successful business until 1863, and among the many ways in which it aided in building up the trade of Cleveland was the establishment of a line of vessels between this city and the then opening iron regions of Lake Superior. M. A. Hanna is a native of Ohio and by birth and nature is in full accord with the best forms of Western Reserve thought and sentiment. He was born in New Lisbon, Columbiana county, on the 24th day of September, 1837, and it was in that county that his early boyhood was spent. He attended the schools of his native town, and upon his removal to Cleveland was given the full benefit of the city schools, and to the thorough public-school education he there obtained was supplemented a season at the Western Reserve College. His business career began in 1857, when he became an employee of the firm of which his father was a member. He continued with that firm and its successor, Robert Hanna & Company, until 1867, and during that time originated the Buckeye Oil Company, which he managed in connection with his other duties, thus giving evidence at that early age of the splendid business talents and capacity which have been so fully developed in later life. On the 27th day of September, 1864, Mr. Hanna was married to Miss C. Augusta Rhodes, daughter of. the late D. P. Rhodes, -and three years later when the great pioneer iron and coal firm of Rhodes & Card retired from business, he became a member of its successor, the firm CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 721 of Rhodes & Company, the other members of which were .Robert Rhodes and G. H. Warmington. They were heavy dealers in coal and iron and for a number of years did an extensive business, their mines being located in the Tuscarawas valley, while their trade extended all over the country. This firm was dissolved in 1885, being succeeded by that of M. A. Hanna & Company, of which Mr. Hanna became the senior member. This firm is still in business, and is one of the largest dealers in coal, iron ore and pig iron in Ohio, and as large as any in the West. While Mr. Hanna's labors were for a number of years given to this great enterprise, he was and is interested in many ways in other lines of commercial and business activity. In 1872 he organized, in connection with other leading capitalists, the Cleveland Transportation Company, which built a line of steamers and their consorts for the Lake Superior iron-ore trade, and of this he has been a director from the first and was for several years its general manager, resigning the same when the other business interests grew to such an extent as to demand the most of his tittle. In 1881 he organized the West Republic M fining Company of Marquette county, Michigan, and was elected its president, which position, with that of director, he still holds. In 1882 lie organized the Pacific Coal and Iron Company, with headquarters at St. Paul, Minnesota, was elected its president, and continues in the same position. He was a director in and vice-president of the Hubbell Stove Company of Buffalo. In 1882 he purchased a controlling interest in the West Side Street Railway Company, and with his usual enterprise and courage put money and management enough into it to make it a success. He was elected president of the company, and has remained at the head of that enterprise during its changes and consolidations. Mr. Hanna is a director of the Globe Iron Works, one of the largest shipbuilding concerns in the country, and to him as much as to any one man is due the credit of making Cleveland the largest shipbuilding point in the United States. He was one of the founders of the Union National Bank in 1884, and was elected one of its directors and president. This bank is one of the largest in the State, with a capital of $1,000,000, and its stock-holders comprise solid business men and capitalists of Cleveland. The people of Cleveland are indebted to Mr. Hanna for one of the handsomest houses of amusement in the West, as he is the builder and present owner of the Euclid Avenue Opera House, the leading theater of the city. In 1880, Mr. Hanna purchased an interest in the Cleveland Herald, a Republican newspaper which had been experiencing hard times for a number of years, and was chosen president of the Herald Hublishing Company. His connection with this enterprise closed with its sale in 1885. He is also interested in various enterprises and institutions in Cleveland and elsewhere, needless to mention here, as sufficient have been enumerated to show the extent and ramifications of his important business connections. Mr. Hanna has always been a Republican and a believer in a tariff for the protection of American industry. He is one of those who believe that every business man should exercise the right influence in the conduct of affairs, believing in personal effort as a matter of right and duty, and he has been active in the politics of Ohio for a number of years, not a seeker after office but a seeker after good government administered by the best men. He is recognized to-day as one of the political leaders of the State, his advice and counsel being sought on all important occasions by those having in charge the various campaigns; and in this connection it may be said in the language of one of his friends, "M. A. Hanna is a power in Ohio politics, and he has always stood for clean and honest methods." In 1884 he was one of the delegates at large from the Republican State Convention to the National Convention in Chicago, and during that and the following years served in the Republican State Executive Committee of Ohio. In August of 1885 be was appointed by President Cleveland as one of the Govern- 722 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. ment Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad, a position unsought but accepted because it was an honorary one to which no salary was attached, and in which he could serve the public without the charge of personal motive. In the fall that year he was summoned to the West by reason of the labor troubles along the line, and gave several weeks to a careful and proper settlement of the question at issue, in connection with other directors of the road. In 1888 he was delegate to the Republican National Convention, and supported Senator John Sherman's candidacy before that convention. He labored zealously for the success of Senator Sherman, who is his warm personal friend, and to whom that gentleman owes, probably more than to any other man, his last election to the United States Senate. He is also one of Governor McKinley's warmest friends and advisers. The best estimate of a man's powers and qualities can be found in the work he has done and in the repute in which he is held by those who know him well; and judged by these standards Mr. Hanna must be set down as a business man who has commanded the highest success while in the prime of life. He has done much for himself and his posterity, but more for Cleveland and her future. He aided in making Cleveland the largest ship-building city save one on the globe; he was instrumental in establishing one of her largest lines of lake vessels; he gave the city one of her best systems of street railways in the whole country; he gave her prominence in the coal and iron markets; he founded one of her largest and most substantial banking houses, and in a thousand ways has contributed to the growth and development of the city and her enterprises. He is one of the city's most public-spirited citizens, and is always to be found on the side of progress and in the front rank of all movements of a public and beneficial nature. His reputation as a financier is equal to that of the best in the State. He is bold and courageous in his moves upon the commercial chess-board, yet at the same time is sound and conservative. His honesty and honorable methods of business have never been questioned, and the association of his name with any enterprise gen erally secures the success of the same. Mr. Hanna is an ideal citizen. He takes an interest in all that pertains to the city and her people; keeps himself in touch with all public and social questions. He is very charitable by nature and gives liberally to organized charity and to the poor and needy individually. He takes a great interest in hospital work, and is president of the Huron street hospital, to which he gives his personal attention. Personally he is pleasant and sociable in disposition, open to the approach of any one, and is a warm and steadfast friend. He is fond of company and is a magnificent entertainer, being in the height of his pleasure when surrounded by his guests. A. H. BRAINARD, secretary of the National Union Photo-Engraving Company of Cleveland, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, September 21, 1867, a son of Henry and Sarah (Hinkley) Brainard. His father died in 1883, and his mother is still living, a resident of Hazlehurst, Mississippi. During his boyhood the subject of this sketch was a resident of several places, but educated mainly in the public schools of Brooklyn village, Cuyahoga county. At the age of fifteen years he went to Mississippi, where his father was living, the owner of a large plantation. The following year the latter came North, and died in Minnesota. Mr. A. H. Brainard managed the plantation four years, when he also began to entertain a desire to come North, namely, to Cleveland, at which place he arrived in 1887. In August of the next year he accepted a position as collector for the National Bank of Commerce of this city, and remained in connection with the bank for three years. He then purchased an interest in the National Photo-Engraving Company of this city, whose business was then Owned by himself and W. A. McLaughlin until January 11, 1893, when they CUYAHOGA COUNTY - 723 formed a stock company, capitalized at $50,000, with W. A. McLaughlin president and treasurer, William Backus, Jr., vice president, and A. H. Brainard secretary. Their office is located on the corner of St. Clair and Ontario streets, where they employ a large force of men and turn out the finest class of photo-engraving, relief-line and half-tone work. Although still a young man, Mr. Brainard has already become a well known figure in the business circles. of Cleveland, is resolute, executive and in all his dealings honorable. In his fraternal relations he is a Royal Arch Mason, and in respect to religion he and wife are members of the Congregational Church. They reside in Brooklyn. Mr. Brainard was married December 28, 1892, to Miss Pearl B. Prescott, daughter of William Prescott of this city. JOEL M. MONROE, manufacturer of electrical goods, Cleveland, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, September 4, 1851. His father, Colonel Jonas Monroe, was a nephew of President Monroe, was in the frontier military service for eighteen years, including the period of the Seminole war, and was commissioned by General Winfield Scott as Colonel for the Mexican war, as commander .of the Twenty-second Regiment of the National Guards of New York. Being an able attorney, he was for a time a member of the prominent law firm of Monroe, Wilkins & Korse of New York. He was the author of some of the best books published on the game of chess,—one, " The Success and Art of Chess," was published by the Scribners; and he also wrote a number of other works, one of the most important being unfinished when he died: its publication would probably have made him distinguished. He was educated at William and Mary's College,. a classical scholar and a great linguist: was an able contributor to-many of the leading journals cf his time. He died in August, 1862, at the age of forty-two years. At the armory of the Twenty-second Regiment of New York is to be seen a life-sized portrait of him, taken when he was Captain of Company K, Sixth Infantry, and the late Lieutenant-General W. S. Hancock was his lieutenant. This is pointed out as indicative of the high esteem in which he was held by members of that regiment. He was of English and Scotch lineage, his ancestors corning to Virginia in the early part of the seventeenth century. He married Virginia Martin, a native of Massachusetts and a daughter of Dr. Martin, distinguished as a United States Army surgeon. She was educated at Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts, her instructress in the classics being Miss Lyon, and she was a lady of sterling qualities of mind. She and her husband were members of the Episcopalian Church. Their son, whose name heads this sketch, was educated in the public schools of New York, and then was engaged in the insurance business in New York city until 1871, after which he was trrveling salesman until 1891-, when he became interested in manufacturing in Cleveland, as general manager of the Steel Bolt Company, but aLerward became the partner of Herbert S. Gray in the electrical manufacturing business. In his political principles Mr. Monroe is a Republican, and in his fraternal relations he belongs to the orders of Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and American Legion of Honor. He is also president of the Rialto Club of New York city, a member of Company I of the Twenty-second Regiment of New York, S..N. G., and of the Cleveland Grays. DR. FRANK DOWD, dentist, No. 50 Euclid avenue, was born in Chautauqua county, New York, September 23, 1847, a son of Benjamin H. and Rhoda (Norton) Dowd, the former a native of Vermont, and the latter of New York. The father, a carpenter contractor and 1-milder, came from Vermont 46 724 - CUYAHOGA COUNTY. to New York in 1824, thence to Tioga county, Pennsylvania, and from there to Chautauqua county New York, in 1837. He was a pioneer in his business in that part of the State. He was a member of the Baptist Church for many years, dying May 3, 1879, at the age of seventy-one years. He was a useful man, extensively known and highly respected as a most worthy citizen. As a skilled workman in his line, no less than as an honored representative citizen, his death was mourned as a loss to the family, the community, and the church of his choice. His father, B. Dowd, took part as a faithful soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was one of three brothers who came from England and settled in Vermont in the latter part of the seventeenth century. Our subject's mother, still living, was born in 1812. She is an honored resident of Cleveland and has been a lifelong member of the Baptist Church. She bore her husband eight children, of whom four are now living, namely: Thirzah, widow of Chester Tanner, a farmer of Chautauqua county, New York: she has three children,—Arthur A., Rhoda and Rosabel; William E., a resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, connected with the mail service in that city: he married Julia Wheeler, and they have three children,—Edwin, John and Ada; Frank, our subject; and Dr. J. C. Dowd, of Cleveland. The gentleman whose name introduces this sketch, was educated in Chautauqua, New York. He studied dentistry for several years before entering the dental college at Indianapolis, Indiana, at which he graduated in the class of 1885. He has practiced since 1872, for the most part in Jamestown, New York. He was demonstrator in the Indianapolis Dental College for some time. Dr. Dowd came to Cleveland in 1885, and has been a successful practitioner here ever since. He is a skillful workman of much natural genius and is classed among the best dentists of the country; is thoroughly posted in his profession, is progressive in his views and in every way a good and enterprising citizen. Socially Dr. Dowd is a member of the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias. He is Colonel of the stair of General Carnahan, who is Major-General commanding the Uniform Rank of the K. of P. of the world. Dr. Dowd is a member of the Second Regiment of the Ohio Brigade, U. R. K. P. Dr. Dowd was married January 6, 1877, to Miss Mary Campbell, daughter of Alexander and Agnes Campbell. The father died about 1873, at about fifty-five years of age. His wife died at about forty years of age. They were born, reared and married in Glasgow, Scotland, and came to the United States in 1858, settling in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Mary Campbell Dowd is a native of Scotland. There were seven children in the Campbell family, two of whom died in early childhood. The living are; Alexander, a fruit-grower of North Carolina; Mrs. Dowd; Lizzie, wife of E. T. Newkirk, residing in Buffalo, New York; Don, residing in Baltimore, Maryland, connected with the Standard Oil Company; and Agnes, wife of E. F. Spalsbury, a resident of Bath, New York. Dr. J. C. Down, dentist, of Cleveland, Ohio (brother of Dr. Frank Dowd), was born in Chautauqua county, New York, December 21, 1852, attended the select school in Panama, that State, completing a course in Mayville, same State. He attended a medical college two years, and pray tired under a license of the State. In Cleveland he has practiced for seven years with very good success. Dr. J. C. Dowd was married in 1873,-to Miss Ella Rockwood, daughter of Deacon Rockwood of Union City, Pennsylvania. Dr. Dowd and his wife have five children, viz.: Fred E., a student in. the city schools, Bennie, Frank C., Roy and Mabel. Mrs. Dowd is a member of the Baptist Church, and. Doctor of the Disciple. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias (the main lodge), also of the Maccabees; and he has been a member of several other societies. In politics he is a thorough Republican.