(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 1050 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND months. Mr. Van Nest was postmaster and justice of the peace continuously for a period of thirty-five years. Edward S. Fisher, father of our subject, was born in Wooster, Ohio, in 185o, and when he reached manhood became a machinist by trade and a builder of engines. For a period of eighteen years he traveled throughout the United States selling the product of the Mansfield Machine Works, until he became a member of Roderick Lean Company, of Mansfield, manufacturers of agricultural implements. In 1874 he was united in marriage to Miss Arabelle Van Nest, who was born in Rowsburg, Ohio, in 1854. Three sons and one daughter were born unto them, but only two of the sons now survive. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher are also living, making their home at Mansfield, Ohio. Dr. Ralph E. Fisher attended the common and high schools of Mansfield, Ohio, graduating from the latter in 1898. He then engaged in the study of medicine, a preference for which he expressed very early in life, first under the direction of Dr. J. A. McArthur, of Mansfield, for a year and a half, after which he entered the Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons, receiving his degree from that institution in 1904. The next two years Dr. Fisher spent in post-graduate work in the Cleveland General Hospital, in 1906 engaging upon his private practice in the office in which he i6 now located, No. 946 Rose building. He has made a specialty of surgery, although he engaged in general practice, meeting with a deserved success in both fields of his work. Dr. Fisher has always been very fond of and is a strong advocate of athletic sports, in which he has himself attamed some degree of proficiency for he holds a record of sixteen and one-fifth seconds for the one hundred and twenty yard hurdles. He belongs to the Cleveland Revolver and Rifle Club and fraternally is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a member of the Cleveland Medical Society, of the Ohio State and American Medical Associations. He is a republican in regard to national issues but in local affairs votes independently of party allegiance, giving support to the most worthy man or cause. He has taken no active part in public life but his interest is ever vital in promoting the welfare of his fellow citizens. CLARENCE L. BARTSHE. Clarence L. Bartshe, whose intense and well directed energy has gained him favorable recognition among the prosperous and enterprising business men of Cleveland, has been manager of the Western Reserve Condensed Milk Company since the 1st of January, 1909. His birth occurred in Litchfield, Ohio, on the 7th of March, 1872, his parents being Johnson and Mary Bartshe. He attended the public schools of Kent, Ohio, until seventeen years of age and then secured employment as a clerk in a grocery store at that place, being thus engaged for one year. Subsequently he came to Cleveland and entered the service of the wholesale grocery firm of S. F. & F. H. Haserot & Company as an employe in the shipping department, while later he was made department manager and salesman for the Haserot Company, as the concern was then known. Afterward he was elected vice president and sales manager of the company, thus remaining an active factor in the control of the enterprise until he severed his connection therewith, to become manager of the Western Reserve Condensed Milk Company. He entered upon the duties of his present position on the 1st of January, 1909, and his sound judgment and excellent executive ability have already contributed in large measure to the success of the concern which he represents. He is also manager of the Cleveland Mercantile Company, wholesale brokers and operators of the Cleveland Warehouse. In September, 1893. in Kent, Mr. Bartshe wedded Miss Addie Louise Minnick. Their union has been blessed with three children, namely : Glen E., thirteen years HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1051 of age, who attends the public schools; Dorothy M., a little maiden of eight, who is likewise a public school student ; and Ruth H., who is five years old and attends the kindergarten. The family residence is at No. 1763 East Ninetieth street. Mr. Bartshe gives his political allegiance to the republican party and in religious faith is a Methodist. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and also holds membership relations with the Cleveland Commercial Travelers, the Cleveland Athletic Club and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In business life he has displayed that close application and unremitting diligence which constitute a safe basis upon which to build the superstructure of success. CHRISTIAN GIRL. Christian Girl, president and general manager of the Perfection Spring Company, with offices at No. 2414 Superior avenue, Northwest, is a son of Joseph and Catherine Girl, of Elkhart, Indiana, both of German lineage. He was born on his father's farm at Elkhart and in the district schools acquired his preliminary education, while later he continued his studies in the high school. He came to Cleveland in 1895 and accepted a position as letter carrier, serving in that capacity until 1906. He then organized and became president of the Auto Livery Company at No. 92 Ontario street, and when he sold out that business he organized the Perfection Spring Company, manufacturers of and dealers in auto springs. This business has since been successfully conducted and the house enjoys a large trade. On the 15th of September, 1909, Mr. Girl was united in marriage to Miss Hettie A., a daughter of John and Alvilla (Green) Schottler, of Eldred, Florida. Her mother is now deceased but her father is still living near Eldred where he has a pineapple plantation. Mr. Girl is a member of the Cleveland Auto Club and the Cleveland Athletic Club. He is also a charter member of the Cleveland Areo Club and a member of the Chamber of Industry. He attends the Unitarian church and is interested in all that pertains to the progress and development of the city along intellectual, moral, material and political lines. In his business affairs he has manifested a ready adaptability that has enabled him to use each opportunity as it has been presented and the passing years have brought him a success which places him among the substantial business men of Cleveland. ARTHUR C. ROGERS. Arthur C. Rogers has long been known in the military circles of Cleveland, a city which has every reason to be proud of her military organizations. He was among those who responded to the call for troops in the Spanish-American war. He is, perhaps, even better known in connection with business interests, having from January, 1899, been actively engaged in the advertising business. He was born in Maysville, Kentucky, January 26, 1864, a son of John Gassaway Rogers, a grandson of George W. Rogers and a great-grandson of Charles Rogers. one of the pioneer settlers of Kentucky. The family came originally from Virginia, and the first homestead was built of bricks hauled over the mountains from the Old Dominion. George W. Rogers was united in marriage to Charlotte Carrel, a daughter of Sanford and Jane (Byers) Carrel. This family is a branch of the same family as that of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. John G. Rogers, the father of Arthur C. Rogers, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and served in the Union army during the Civil war, becoming a captain in the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry, and later lieutenant colonel of the Fifty-fourth 1052 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND Kentucky Mounted Infantry. For a time he commanded the military post at Lebanon, Kentucky, and saw much active service in the mountains of east Tennessee and western Virginia as well as in his native state. He took an active part in the defense of Cincinnati during General Bragg's invasion of Kentucky and also aided in the pursuit of Morgan's raiders. He was in command of the Fifty-fourth Kentucky at the third and successful raid on Saltville, Virginia-an expedition famous for continuous fighting and extreme suffering from cold. He was officially complimented on numerous occasions for acts of conspicuous gallantry. He died in 1865 as the result of his army service. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sallie Arthur, was a daughter of George W. and Lydia (Hunt) Arthur, and died in 1880 at the age of thirty-eight years. Arthur C. Rogers began his education in the schools of Maysville, Kentucky, but came to Cleveland in 1871 and here attended the public schools until fifteen years of age, when he returned to his native city and entered the Maysville high school, studying under Professor Richeson, who had been General Grant's instructor in the old Maysville Academy. Returning to Cleveland in 1881, Mr. Rogers began business life as office boy with the Standard Oil Company. He organized the printing department of the company, conducting it until 1890, when he resigned to enter the printing business on his own account. In this he continued until 1898. At the beginning of the Spanish-American war in that year he volunteered with the First Ohio Cavalry, and was appointed regimental adjutant with the rank of captain. He had previously served for six years with Troop A, and was second sergeant of the troop when it was mustered into the United States service. During part of the war he was acting assistant adjutant general of the Second Provisional Cavalry Brigade of the Fourth Army Corps, and when the war was brought to a close was mustered out in October, 1898. He retained his membership in Troop A, serving to the end of his enlistment in 1900, and during the latter part of the term he was first sergeant. In 1899 he was complimented by appointment to a captaincy in the Forty-seventh United States Volunteer Infantry, which appointment he declined, however. On the 3d of February, 1886, Mr. Rogers was married to Miss Lauretta Raymond Plumer, a daughter of DeWitt Clinton and Lauretta (Raymond) Plumer, of Franklin, Pennsylvania. She traces her ancestry to the Plumers of Massachusetts, who were first represented in that state in 1635. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers reside at No. 2077 East Eighty-eighth street. Mr. Rogers belongs to the Euclid, Hermit and Cleveland Advertising Clubs, having served as president of the last named. He also belongs to the Military Order of the Loyal Legion and to the Military Order of Foreign Wars. In politics he is an independent republican. He finds pleasure in golf, in music and in books, and has some very rare and beautiful editions. He is widely known in military, business and club circles, and his salient qualities are such as have brought him the high regard and warm friendship of the great majority of those with whom he has been brought in contact. JAMES W. FRAZIER. James W. Frazier, a member of the firm of Frazier & Fox, consulting engineers of Cleveland, was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1870. His parents, George G. and Sadie B. (Smith) Frazier, were both natives of Pennsylvania, the former having been born in Butler, and the latter in Pittsburg, both of that state. The father was for many years a well known and successful contractor of Pittsburg but died October 13, 1909. The mother passed away August 5, 1873. James W. Frazier attended the public schools of Pittsburg and Allegheny until sixteen years of age and then worked for his father for a short time. HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1055 Subsequently he entered the Rensselaer Polytechnic Intitute at Troy, New York and won the degree of Civil Engineer in 1894. He then became engineer for the Federal Street & Pleasant Valley Railway Company of Allegheny and Pittsburg, acting in that capacity until 1896, when he entered the service of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company and remained with that corporation for a year. On the expiration of that period he became identified with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as engineer in the offices of the Chief Engineer, holding that position until 1899. In the fall of that year Mr. Frazier came to Cleveland, Ohio, as engineer for the Brown Hoisting Machinery Company, having charge of the estimating and designing of coal and ore handling machinery until 1905. On severing his connection with that concern he formed a partnership with J. H. Fox under the firm style of Frazier & Fox and they have since conducted an extensive and profitable business as consulting engineers. Mr. Frazier has made steady progress in his chosen field of labor, continually broadening his efficiency by investigation and experience until he is largely regarded as authority upon questions of civil engineering. He is vice president pf the Cleveland Engineering Society, and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and the Cleveland Athletic Club. In 1895 Mr. Frazier was united in marriage to Miss Jennie H. Van Dusen, of Troy, New York. They now have two daughters, Ruth and Helen. Mr. Frazier is a consistent and devoted member of the Euclid Avenue Congregational church. His interests are thoroughly identified with those of the city and at all times he is ready to lend his aid and cooperation to any movement calculated to benefit this section of the country or advance its wonderful development. CORDIE R. DE LAND. Cordie R. De Land was born in Syracuse, New York, May 18, 1874, a son of 'Jerome S. and Mary U. (Barnes) De Land. His parents are both living and are residing in Syracuse, New York, where for a number of years the father conducted a boiler shop. His mother is a hairdresser of that city, having followed that occupation more or less since ten years of age. On his mother's side he is descended from an old English family, some members of which came to this country about eighty years ago. Cordie R. De Land entered the public schools of his native town but he attended only until he was twelve years of age, when he went to work in the Syracuse Boiler Works as an apprentice at fifty cents a day. He remained there about three years and then became assistant engineer to his father, who at that time was engineer of the Bee Hive building in Syracuse. Later he became engineer in the Clean Towel Supply Company, remaining there about two years. The next year he spent working upon his grandfather farm, after which he accepted a position in the Syracuse Plaster Mill, which he held for about two years. Then he removed to Fayetteville, New York, to work in a furniture factory, but after thirteen months he found employment in the Stewart Iron Works as iron ram worker. A few months later he returned to the plaster mill, working there until ten years ago, when he entered the service of the H. E. Mills Manufacturing Company with which he is now associated. Soon afterward he was made superintendent of the Syracuse plant and in October 1, 1907, was transferred to Cleveland and made general manager of the Cleveland plant. In the past two years he has fulfilled his duties with honor and credit to himself and to the complete satisfaction of his employers. He has recently returned to Syracuse to take charge of a more modern plant than the one in Cleveland, belonging to the same company. On the 1st of November, 1904, Mr. De Land wedded Miss Mildred G. Haffenden, a daughter of George Haffenden, a farmer and butcher of Syracuse, New 1056 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND York. She was but sixteen and a half years old when she married and is now the mother of two sons; Cordie Edward, and an infant. They lost a daughter at the age of seventeen months. About eleven years ago Mr. De Land was enrolled as a member of Fayetteville (N. Y.) Lodge, No. 578, A. F. & A. M., and about the same time at Syracuse joined the Order of American Mechanics, Salt City, No. 72. He is a man, however, who is sincerely devoted to his home and finds his greatest relaxation from work in the companionship of his wife and sons, and he was also devoted to his mother during the years in which she needed his care. COLONEL LOUIS SMITHNIGHT. Colonel Louis Smithnight, for fifty-nine years a resident of Cleveland, is widely known throughout the state in connection with its military interests, having been the organizer of its artillery forces, which he represented for five years. Since enlisting at the president's first call for troops in 1861, he has been active as a representative of army life and his military bearing still gives evidence of the service which he has performed for his country. In Cleveland he was long prominently known as a druggist and is still owner of a store, the management of which, however, he leaves to others. He was born in Saxony, Germany, December z6, 1834, his parents being Frederick and Aurelia (Woolford) Smithnight, also of that country. In his youthful days he was a pupil in the public schools and at the age of fifteen he crossed the Atlantic to the western world, being sixty-one days on the voyage.' For a time he resided in Columbus, Ohio, and in 1850 came to Cleveland. His lack of financial resources rendered employment an immediate necessity and he secured a clerkship in the wholesale dry-goods house of A. J. Wenham on Mervin street, there remaining for seven years. On the expiration of that period he went to Pike's Peak, Colorado, attracted by the discovery of gold. This was in 1858, and after making the long and arduous trip, he was unsuccessful in his search for the precious metal and returned to Cleveland to seek his fortune in the slower but surer methods of trade. He opened a drug store on Woodlawn Road and there conducted business until 1892, when he removed to his present location at No. 2511 East Ninth street. He still owns this store but has placed it in charge of a manager, while he is practically living retired, enjoying a rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves. In 1861 Mr. Smithnight placed his business in the charge of a friend and enlisted for service as a private in the Cleveland Light Artillery but became the corporal. He participated in many engagements of the war and captured the first rebel cannon taken during the conflict. He was honorably mentioned in the report for the silencing and capturing of this first gun taken in the Civil war, the piece of artillery being now seen in the Cleveland public square. After three months' service Mr. Smithnight returned to Cleveland and was soon afterward appointed a captain of the Twentieth Ohio Battery of Light Artillery and again went to the front in January, 1862, with the Army of the Cumberland, under General Rosecrans. He paricipated in the battle of Stone River and in many skirmishes, during one of which he was seriously disabled by being thrown from his horse. He did not wish to resign, however, while the country still needed the aid of her loyal sons and was appointed chief of the artillery at Fort Rosecrans, Murfreesboro, Tennessee,. where he had charge of seventy-two cannon. Because of disability, however, he resigned in 1863 and returned home, after which he resumed the management of his drug store. His interest in military affairs has never abated and in 1873 he organized the Cleveland Light Artillery and was made commander of this organization, which was later called Battery A. He served in that organization for fifteen years and subsequently organized all HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1057 the artillery in Ohio into one battery and was elected its colonel, holding that rank for five years. He was then reelected but declined to serve longer on account of his age. He was long one of the most prominent representatives of military interests in the state and had the respect and admiration of all who served under him as well as of the public in general. Colonel Smithnight was likewise the organizer of the Ottawa Shooting Club, which was formed in 1871 and incorporated in 1873. He was elected its president and has so continued since. The club has a membership of fifty and owns over ten thousand acres of land near Sandusky, Ohio. Colonel Smithnight also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, to Concordia Lodge, F. & A. M., in which he was tyler, and to the Grand Army of the Republic. He was revenue inspector of the United States for two years with jurisdiction in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, and for three years acted as United States inspector of oil. He was appointed state inspector of oil by Governors Foster and Foraker, serving for five years, and has discharged every political duty with the same fidelity and loyalty, care and precision which marked his military service. In politics a stalwart republican from the organization of the party, he has acted as a member of the republican county central committee for forty years, was nine times its chairman and also chairman of the executive committee. He has also been a member, of the state central committee and chairman of the congressional committee of the twenty-first district. His opinions have carried weight in the councils of his party, for he has ever kept well informed on the questions and issues of the day, has desired the best interests of the country at large and in the management of political affairs has shown the same keen sagacity and executive ability which have made him a successful business man and a prominent military officer. In Cleveland, in 1866, Mr. Smithnight was married to Miss Nettie Kingsley, who died in May, 1906. His daughter, Julia, married Alexander Caine, chief disbursing officer of the United States at Washington, D. C., who died in June, 1909, and she now makes her home with her father. His son, Louis M. Smith- night, is deceased. CHARLES THAYER PRATT. Charles Thayer Pratt, whose intense and well directed energy has gained him a place of distinction among the successful and enterprising business men of Cleveland, has since 1891 represented the Brown Steamship Company in the capacity of secretary and treasurer. His birth occurred in this city on the 16th of November, 1863, and in both the paternal and maternal lines he comes from old New England stock. His father, David Upham Pratt, who was a native of Reading, Massachusetts, came to Cleveland in the early '5os and first engaged in the furniture business as a member of the firm of Pratt, Brown & Company. Several years later he embarked in the tanning business and subsequently became a dealer in asbestos covering, being thus engaged until the time of his demise, which occurred in 1875 when he had attained the age of fifty-seven years. He was widely recognized as a highly respected, substantial and enterprising citizen and his loss was deeply mourned by all who knew him. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Anna W. Thayer, was a native of Portland, Maine, and a daughter of Charles G. Thayer, a vessel owner and ship chandler of Boston, where he resided until his death. Mrs. Anna W. Pratt was called to her final rest in January, 1909, when seventy-seven years of age. Edward Upham Pratt, an older brother of our subject, died in Cleveland, July 21, 1905. He was for twenty-five years with the William Bingham Company and was one of the best known men in the hardware trade in Cleveland. 1058 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND He married Arline Webb, of Massillon, Ohio, who survives him, with two children, Anna Catharine and Edwina Thayer. Charles Thayer Pratt attended the public schools of this city until seventeen years of age and then entered the office of Harvey H. Brown & Company, dealers in iron ore and pig iron. As the years passed by and he demonstrated his capability and faithfulness in the discharge of the duties entrusted to his care, he received promotions from time to time until in 1891 he became secretary and treasurer of the Brown Steamship Company, as the concern was then known. In 1906 he was made assistant treasurer of the Brown Hoisting Machinery Company, and during practically his entire connection with this concern has acted as private secretary to, Harvey H. Brown. He is a man of keen discrimination and sound judgment, and his excellent executive ability has brought to the enterprise with which he is connected a large degree of success. On the 19th of April, 1888, in Cleveland, Mr. Pratt was united in marriage to Miss Kate A. Gleason, a daughter of E. W. Gleason, an old resident of this city. They are now the parents of three children, as follows : Katharine, twenty years of age : Margaret, a young lady of seventeen ; and Harold Gleason, who is thirteen years old. The family residence is at No. 1878 East Ninetieth street. Mr. Pratt manifests a public-spirited interest in political affairs and gives his allegiance to the republican party. He belongs to the Union Club and is the president of the Glen Valley Country Club at Brecksville, Ohio, where he resides during the summer months. He is a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and was one of the charter members of the Singers Club, in which he has always taken an active interest and to which he still belongs. He has been a member of several church choirs at different times and is now a trustee of the Church of the Unity and the chairman of its music committee. He was likewise a member of the Cleveland Vocal Society during its existence and has ever been a lover of music, finding therein his chief source of recreation. In the city where his entire life has been spent he enjoys a most wide and favorable acquaintance and has long been numbered among its prominent business men and representative residents. FRANK F. GENTSCH. One of the more successful among the younger representatives of the legal fraternity in Ohio is Frank F. Gentsch. He was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio, July 22, 1874. His paternal grandfather, John Conrad Gentsch, was born in Thurgau, Switzerland, and coming to the United States cast his lot with the pioneer residents of Cleveland, where he engaged in shoemaking. Later he became proprietor of a hotel in New Philadelphia, Ohio, where he maintained his residence until called to his final rest. He attained considerable prominence among the early Swiss and German settlers of Ohio and his name appears in the first directory issued in Cleveland in 1837. In that year he was a warden of the German church and in the same year his was the first name that appears on the standing committee of the German Society, of which he was chairman. His son, Dr. Daniel C. Gentsch, was born in New 'Philadelphia, November 18, 1844, and is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. He won his M. D. degree from Georgetown University and in his practice has specialized in the treatment of diseases of the eye, nose and throat. He formerly took a very active part in the medical associations of the state and was chief of the special examination division of the pension department at Washington, D. C., from 1885 until 1889 and was its assistant medical referee from 1893 until 1898. He married Elizabeth Holly Powleson, a daughter of Richard and Celinda (Neighbor) Powleson, who was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio, December 25, 1847. Her father was a native of New York and her mother was born in HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1061 German Valley, New Jersey. The maternal family name was Anglicized from the German Nachbar. At the time of the Civil war Dr. Gentsch responded to the country's call, enlisting in the Eighty-eighth Ohio Infantry, but after three or four months became ill. Thus unfitted for active duty he afterward served as a civilian in the commissary department. Frank F. Gentsch was educated in the public and high schools of New Philadelphia and Washington, D. C., being graduated with the class of 1892 at New Philadelphia. He had previously spent three years as a pupil m the public schools of Washington, D. C., and after graduation he did three years' special work in Georgetown University preparatory to his law course. He attended the Columbian University Law School, from which he was graduated in 1895 with the LL. B. degree, while the following year that institution conferred upon him the degree of Master of Law. Entering the government service he was employed in the law division of the United States pension bureau, having charge of the disbarment of attorneys and criminal prosecutions for violations of the pension laws. In 1896 he was transferred into the field as special examiner for the pension bureau at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, and also at Columbus, Indiana. There he remained until July 1, 1898, after which he located in Cleveland and entered upon the practice of law in the office of L. A. Russell, with whom -he remained until the first of April, 1901. On that date he joined L. Q. Rawson in organizing the firm of Rawson & Gentsch, and they have since engaged in general practice gradually drifting into corporation work. Mr. Gentsch has thoroughly qualified for his labors in this connection by comprehensive study and is regarded as an able advocate and safe counselor. Aside from his profession he is a director of a large number of corporations and is interested in real estate, owning considerable property in Cleveland. On the 11th of June, 1902, Mr. Gentsch was married to Miss Jane F. McClean, a daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Fribley) McClean of New Philadelphia, and their children are Elizabeth M. and Frank F., Jr. Mr. Gentsch belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity, the National Union and the Woodmen of the World. He is also a member of the Automobile Club of Cleveland and was president of the County Cabinet of the National Union in the year 1906. He finds rest and recreation in motoring and in pleasant association with the members of the different fraternities with which he is associated. Mr. Gentsch has become somewhat favorably known as an amateur rose grower and gardener, the greater part of his spare time during the spring and summer being devoted to his roses and garden and it is his boast that his roses come as early and bloom as profusely as any and that only the rigors of cold winter make them cease. This taste for flowers and the beautiful, he inherits, especially, from his maternal grandfather, who was of old Holland Dutch stock, whose old house at New Philadelphia was the pride not only of his heart but of New Philadelphia as well, it being truly said that from the time the crocus shot its head through the snow in the early spring, all through the long summer and fall until the snow fell again, his large garden was never without its profusion of bloom, and it is this example that Mr. Gentsch is naturally following. His home is always filled with flowers and he is rarely, if ever, seen without a choice rose on his lapel. Recognizing the fact that close study must be the basis of legal knowledge and the latter the foundation upon which is built professional success, he has carried his investigation far and wide into the realms of jurisprudence and is well versed on principle and precedent. He is well known in connection with the work of the democratic party in Ohio, has been a leader and delegate in various state conventions for many years and was a member of the state central committee from 1900 until 1902. He was an ardent follower of W. J. Bryan in 1896 and 1900 and during the latter campaign especially, in both the state and national conventions exerted all of the powers of his indomitable will and energy to secure the renomination of Mr. Bryan. He served on the board of 1062 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND elections from 1904 until 1908, and during the first two years of that time was president of the board. In Cuyahoga county during the days of the supremacy of the so called "Kid Democracy" he was one of its leaders and earned a reputation of being bold and fearless in a fight, a good counselor, and prizing above all an undeviating loyalty for his friends. His opinions carry weight in the councils of his party, for he is thoroughly informed concerning political principles and is contindally studying out new methods for the ultimate advancement of the principles in which he believes. Since his retirement from the board of elections, he has given his time almost exclusively to the practice of law, participating in politics only so far as the demands of good citizenship required. BARNEY J. SCHWARZER. Barney J. Schwarzer, a member of the insurance firm of Scherer & Schwarzer, was born in Cleveland, March 6, 1871. His father, Hugo Schwarzer, was a native of Breslau, Germany, born April 1, 1836, and in 1868 came to America. He was the first watchmaker and jeweler on the west side of Cleveland, the place of his business being for many years on Lorain avenue. He was a prominent and influential member of leadmg German societies and was one of the foremost representatives of his countrymen in the section of the city in which he lived. He died July 16, 1905, and is still survived by his widow, who bore the maiden name of Caroline Beetcher and was born May 6, 1846. She is a member and active worker in the German Reformed church. Barney J. Schwarzer pursued his education in the Orchard school and the West high school. He served an apprenticeship to the machinist's trade with the Cleveland Twist Drill Company and remained at machinist's work through the succeeding ten years. He is now a member of the insurance firm of Scherer' & Schwarzer, in which connection he has become well known, the firm having developed an extensive insurance business in Cleveland. At an early day Mr. Schwarzer took an active interest in local political affairs and in September, 1904, received the nomination for councilman, to which position he was elected from the fourth ward. While serving in the city council he was chairman of the committees on streets, on charities and corrections and on appropriations and was also largely interested in the Warrensville farm, being largely responsible for many wise retrenchments in handling the city appropriations. He opposes everything like a useless exenditure of the public funds and at .the same time stands for progress and improvement along any beneficial public line. He is an advocate of the theory that the city streets belong to the people and believes in the vehicle tax, thinking that those who use the streets should bear the burden of repairs. He is a firm believer in Cleveland's future, feeling that it is sure to be one of the largest cities in America and at all times laboring for this end. He was the prime mover in the establishment of the new west side market and cooperates in any measure which he deems beneficial to the city at large. He was greatly responsible for the abolition of railway grade crossings and the promotion of the new viaduct and bridge projects. His public services received strong endorsement, for in 1908 he was reelected by the largest majority ever given a candidate from the fourth ward. He has been instrumental in securing the property at Thirty-eighth street, Bailey avenue and Chatham avenue, which will be used as a municipal playground and will be one of the finest in the city. His ideas of public affairs are of a most practical nature and his labors have been of direct benefit to the city in many ways. On the 5th of October, 1897, Mr. Schwarzer was married to Miss Minnie Gassner, a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Stemmyer) Gassner. They have HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1063 two children, Vida and Richard, who are with their parents at No. 2221 West Thirty-second street. In his leisure hours Mr. Schwarzer enjoys hunting and fishing. Fraternally he is -connected with the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and Eagles, while his religious belief is that of the German Evangelical Protestant church. Over the record of his public service there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil and the fact of his election by the largest majority ever given in his ward is an indication that he has the confidence and trust of many who usually vote with the opposition party. He has given many tangible evidences of his public spirit and with such men in office the subject of graft, of useless expenditures of public moneys, of neglect of municipal duties could never be raised. SIMON PERKINS. Simon Perkins, an Ohio pioneer who aided in planting the seeds of civilization in the Western Reserve, was born in Lisbon, Connecticut, September 17, 1771. He was a representative of one of the oldest Puritan families of New England, tracing his ancestry back to John. Perkins, who came to the new world with Roger Williams in 1631. His father was a captain in the Revolutionary war and died in camp in 1778. His mother, Olve (Douglas) Perkins, was a descendant of William Douglas, a member of the colony from Boston that founded New London, Connecticut. Two of her brothers were officers in the American army in the war for independence. Owing to the death of his father the estate, consisting of a mill and farm, came under the charge of Simon Perkins when he was yet very young. The farm was a part of the land purchased by his ancestors when they settled in Connecticut in 1695. In 1795 he removed to the "far west," locating at Owego, New York, where he remained for three years, occupied with large land agencies and matters incident to opening a new country. In 1795 the .state of Connecticut sold to the Connecticut Land Company the Western Reserve except "the Firelands," and in 1797 the proprietors of that company residing in Windham and New London counties united the stock which they held in the original company and formed the Erie Land Company. Through their trustees they proposed that Mr. Perkins should go to New Connecticut, explore the country and report a plan for the sale and settlement of the lands. He accepted the proposition, closed his business at Owego and in the spring of 1798 proceeded through the wilderness of western New York and by way of the lakes of Cayuga, Ontario and Erie entered Ohio on the 4th of July, accompanied by James Pumpelly. Mr. Perkins established a camp near the mouth of the Grand river, explored the lands and examined into the character and prospects of the country, returning to Connecticut in October. The next spring he assumed entire control or agency of the lands of the Erie Land Company and for several years spent the summers in the Western Reserve. To him were committed the management and sale al more lands by non-resident proprietors than to any other man in Ohio. In 1815 the state tax paid by him as agent and owner was a seventh of the entire amount collected •in the state. Warren was then the county seat of Trumbull county, which embraced the whole Reserve, and when he and his wife came to make it their home on the 24th of July, 1804, it contained sixteen log houses. It was on the 18th of March previous that Simon Perkins was married to Miss Nancy Bishop, of Lisbon, Connecticut, and unto them were born four sons, Simon, Joseph, Jacob and H. B. Perkins, all surviving the father. In 1801 the first mail route northwest of the Ohio river was established from Pittsburg to Warren and Mr. Perkins was made postmaster October 24, 1801, holding the office until October, 1829. He rendered great aid to the post- 1064 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND master general in establishing country postoffices and in December, 1807, was sent to Detroit by Postmaster General Granger and there brought about between the Indians and Governor Hull at Detroit the treaty which was signed at Brownsville in November, 1808, by which the Indians ceded lands for a road from the Western Reserve to the Miami of the Lake. Mr. Perkins also figured prominently in military ranks in the early days. He was elected brigadier general of the First Brigade, Fourth Division of the Ohio Militia, being commissioned May 31, 1808. On the 22d of August, 1812, he issued his brigade order to the colonels under his command. His campaign during that war is a matter of history. When the term of service for the militia had expired and General Harrison had been reinforced by sufficient troops, he retired from service. In his official communication to Mr. Perkins dated Fort Meigs, February 26, 1813, General Harrison said : "In this my last official communication to you, I cannot avoid expressing my high sense of the zeal and ability with which you have performed your duty since you have been under my orders, and I beg you to believe that upon all occasions and in every situation I shall be, with great truth, your friend, William H. Harrison." Mr. Perkins was solicited by General Harrison and others to accept a commission as colonel in the regular army but his duty to his family, with increasing private business and extensive trusts for others, obliged him to decline, although he found military life very congenial. Mr. Perkins organized the Western Reserve Bank and was its president from its organization November 24, 1813, until he resigned on account of ill health April 5, 1836. The standing of the institution is indicated by the fact that "as good as a Western Reserve bank bill" became a common saying of the time. He was one of the men to whose care was committed that extensive system of canals adopted and entered upon by the state of Ohio, and the state credit was intrusted to the "canal fund commission" almost without restraint. During seven years they issued and sold state bonds to the sum of four million, five hundred thousand dollars and at an average premium of nearly six per cent. This commission was largely instrumental in establishing the canal waterways system which proved the great highway for travel and commerce ere the introduction of the railroad. Mr. Perkins was appointed a member of the board February 7, 1826, by legislature and was reappointed from time to time, regardless of party, until the legislature passed an act to loan credit to railroads, turnpikes and other corporations. He then resigned his office February 13, 1838. Mr. Perkins was a regular attendant at church services and with his sister, Mrs. Kinsman, endowed a professorship in the Western Reserve College at Hudson. His work was of a most important character as a factor in the early development Of the state, he being numbered among those who laid broad and deep the foundation for the present progress and prosperity of this great commonwealth. WILLIAM ALVAH PHILLIPS. Public opinion accords Professor William Alvah Phillips recognition as one of the most eminent medical educators and scientists of Cleveland. The story of his life if left to himself would be most modestly told, but the public and the profession recognize the fact that he has done much for mankind. He was born in Ohio, July 28, 1840, and his parents were of Knickerbocker stock. His early education was acquired in the public schools of Elyria and later he attended the Baldwin University of Berea, Ohio. Broad literary training served as an excellent foundation for preparation for a professional career and with the determination to make the practice of medicine his life work, he entered the Missouri Homeopathic Medical College, at which he was graduated in due course of HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1067 time. He was also graduated at the University of Medicine and Surgery in Cleveland and holds, in addition, a certificate attesting a course of instruction in the New York Ophthalmic Hospital. In the years of his work as a practitioner, educator, editor and author, he has risen to distinction, his work being of vital significance; for his investigations into the realms of science have enabled him to apply many valuable truths which have been of inestimable benefit in checking the ravages of disease and in the restoration of health. He belongs to the American Institute of Homeopathy and is a member of the Homeopathic Society of Ohio, of which he was repeatedly reelected secretary, while in 1896 he was chosen its president. He was also a charter member of the Homeopathic Eye, Ear and Throat Society and was one of its early presidents. A few years ago the Pennsylvania Homeopathic Society elected him an honorary member of that body and in 1894 he was unanimously elected dean of the Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery, which office he continued to hold for several years after this institution was merged with the "Cleveland Medical College. Since 1875 lie has held the position of professor of ophthalmology and otology in Cleveland. He is a member of the staff of the Huron Road Hospital and a member of the board of trustees of the college. In addition to conducting his special line of practice, he has been a frequent contributor of papers of recognized value to different medical journals and societies. In all of his practice and in his work as an educator and writer he has been actuated by a spirit of helpfulness that is one of his strongest characteristics. His desire that his work should benefit humanity has made his efforts of peculiar usefulness, prompting him to delve deeply into the realms of science and to keep in close touch with the ideas advanced by the most eminent representatives of the profession. He is today one of the distinguished specialists of Cleveland and has the deepest respect and admiration of his fellow physicians. In manner he is most modest and free from ostentation, never at any time seeking publicity. JACOB PERKINS. Jacob Perkins, born in Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, September 1, 1822, was corning into the full powers of his manhood when, the great questions of secession and slavery were prominently before the people, and as a public speaker he did much to influence thought and action at this momentous period in the history of the state and nation. Later through business lines and in other ways he contributed largely to the upbuilding of the commonwealth. He was next to the youngest son of Simon Perkins, one of the earliest pioneers and most prominent business men of the Western Reserve, who came from New York to Ohio as one of the agents of the Connecticut Land Company and owned extensive tracts of land in this state. There were still many evidences of frontier life during the period of Jacob Perkins' boyhood and youth. He possessed a studious disposition, manifesting special aptitude in mastering any line of thought, and indeed displayed a very passion for reading useful works. He pursued his preparatory course of study in the Burton Academy, then under the direction 'of Professor H. L. Hitchcock, later president of Western Reserve College, and completed his preparation at Middletown, Connecticut, in a school conducted by Isaac Webb. In 1837 he entered Yale and while there was distinguished for the elegance of his literary style and the wide range of his literary acquirements. He delivered the philosophic oration at his junior exhibition and was chosen second editor of the Yale Literary Magazine. Ill health, however, in his junior year prevented his graduation until 1842. He then entered the office of his father at Warren, where he was busily employed in the conduct of affairs until his father's death two years later, when he became one of the executors of the estate. 1068 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND During his residence there Mr. Perkins occasionally appeared before home audiences as a public speaker and his fame as an orator spread abroad. In politics he early adopted and freely advocated anti-slavery principles which were then unpopular. Without solicitation on his part he was nominated and elected a member of the convention that framed the present constitution of Ohio and took an active part in forming the organic law of the state. He was one of the senatorial presidential electors for Ohio on the Fremont ticket in 1856, and at all times was deeply interested in the vital political questions, kept well informed on the issues of the day and offered strong arguments in their behalf, his oratory being of a most convincing character. Mr. Perkins was also deeply interested in the upbuilding of the schools and colleges of the state and his labors and influence were far reaching and effective in that direction. He first suggested and urged President Pierce to adopt the conditions of the present "permanent fund of Western Reserve College," and with his brothers made the first subscription to that fund. He was associated with Hon. F. Kinsman in founding Woodland cemetery at Warren and various matters of public concern received his endorsement and cooperation. Soon after his return from the constitutional convention he became interested in the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad and was the most influential factor in obtaining the charter and organizing the road. He was elected its president and became almost the sole financial manager. The line was constructed from 1853 until 1856 and his strenuous work in conducting the enterprise at a time of financial panic and bringing it through numerous threatened failures to ultimate success undermined his health so that he was obliged to resign the presidency soon after the completion of the road. On the 24th of October, 1850, Mr. Perkins was married to Miss Elizabeth 0 Todd, a daughter of Dr. J. I. Todd, of Milton, Trumbull county, Ohio, and in 1856 removed his family to Cleveland. His wife died on June 4 of the following year, leaving three children, but only one son, Jacob Bishop, now survives. After a long illness Mr. Perkins passed away at Havana, Cuba, January 12. 1859, and his remains were interred in Woodland cemetery at Warren, Ohio. His name is inseparably interwoven with the history of the state in various lines of material, political and intellectual progress, his record constituting an important chapter in the annals of Ohio. JOHN H. ORGILL. The records of the Ohio courts in recent years indicate the prominence to which John H. Orgill has attained as an attorney at law. He has been connected with the defense or prosecution in many important cases, many of which have involved legal principles of far-reaching importance or of established precedence. He came to the bar in 1902 and in the intervening years has made continuous and substantial progress along professional lines. Mr. Orgill was born in Staffordshire, England, March 3, 1879, and was but two years old when brought to the United States by his parents, Thomas and Sarah A. (Turner) Orgill, who made their way direct to Ohio. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Orgill, Sr., never left his native land but was employed in the rolling mills of England up to the time of his death in 1858. His son and namesake was born in April, 1846, and is now in the employ of the Union Rolling Mills Company of this city. His wife was born in March, 1848, and also survives. At the usual age John H. Orgill became a pupil in the Cleveland public schools, wherein he continued his studies until he was graduated. He afterward spent one year in the Western Reserve Law School, at the end of which time he turned his attention to newspaper work to which he devoted a twelve month. He entered for the senior year the Law School of Baldwin University and was gradu- HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1071 ated in 1902 with second honors in a class of thirty-eight, receiving at that time the Bachelor of Law degree. Locating for practice in Cleveland, he became a member of the firm of Hobday, Mathews, Orgill & Quigley, and so continued until 1904, when the present firm of Mathews & Orgill was organized. While he engages in the general practice of law he specializes to a large extent in real estate and probate law. The firm were attorneys for Mike Ryan, who was arrested in 1906, charged with election frauds, it being alleged that he voted for dead men and men who had moved away. This case, which is now pending in the supreme court, attracted much attention. The firm were also attorneys for parties to enjoin the use of the voting machine in Cuyahoga county and this case was decided in favor of their clients by the supreme court. Mr. Orgill was attorney in a case which involved the question that in the instance of the insanity of a married person no divorce by the same party could be obtained on account of inability to obtain service on an insane person in divorce proceedings. The lower courts so held and an appeal was taken to. the upper court, where was established the new rule of law that such service could be made and the proceedings could be continued as in other cases. Mr. Orgill was also connected with the case which established the principle that where a bank or individual does business with a person who has just reached majority that bank or individual is bound to see that such person has proper advice and is not influenced by former guardian or other persons. The special instance was that of a girl who became of age, inheriting at such time property, the bank making a loan to her on property the day after she became of age, the money being given to her father, her former guardian. In this instance the note and mortgage was canceled. Mr. Orgill was also attorney for parties that succeeded in obtaining the passage of a law in the legislature, whereby a city having a population of less than five thousand could surrender its corporate rights as a city and become a village, following this plan for the purpose of lowering taxes. He was also with the other members of the firm retained for the defense of parties on trial in the United States court for the counterfeiting of Austrian money. The Austrian government has been trying for three years to extradite offenders for trial but Mr. Orgill and his partner are so defending them that they are still in this country. The Austrian government has now taken up the matter with the department of justice in Washington and international complications may arise. On the 2d of July, 1903, Mr. Orgill was married to Miss Lillian M. Rodway, a daughter of Edward and Jane (Jones) Rodway, of Cleveland. They are members of the Congregational church and Mr. Orgill is connected with the Delta Phi Delta, a fraternity of the Western Reserve University, with the Western Reserve and Tippecanoe Clubs, the Foresters and the Knights of Pythias. His political allegiance is unfalteringly given to the republican party and from 1903 to 1907 he was a member at large of the city council. He. is now deputy state supervisor of elections for Cuyahoga county, his term extending until April, 1912. He has been a delegate to the city, county, state and judicial conventions, attending in almost every instance since attaining his majority. He has figured actively in public affairs in many ways and at all times is actuated by a devotion to the general good that makes him a loyal and progressive citizen. CHARLES PERCIVAL RANNEY. Cleveland and other districts of Ohio as well are largely indebted to the efforts of the Ranney family for the maintenance of the political and legal status of the state and the promotion of its industrial and commercial development. It is in the latter field that Charles Percival Ranney has become well known, having for almost a quarter of a century been closely associated with the iron industry, which finds one of its chief centers in the Forest city. He was born 1072 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND October 7, 1847, in Warren, Ohio, a son of Judge Rufus Percival Ranney, of whom mention is made on another page of this volume, in which connection is also given the ancestral history of the family, which was founded in America by Thomas Rany—f or so the name was then spelled—from whom Charles Percival Ranney is a descendant in the seventh generation. His grandfather was Rufus Ranney, while his grandmother was Dolly D. Blair, a grandniece of General Warren, the hero of Bunker Hill. The mother of C. P. Ranney was Miss Adaline Warner, a daughter of Judge Jonathan Warner, a native of Connecticut, who removed from Chester, that state, to Jefferson, Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1804. The journey was made by ox teams across the Alleghany mountains to Buffalo and from that point across Lake Erie on a raft propelled by Indians. In that manner they reached the Ashtabula river. On one occasion the raft was driven ashore by storms and the family lost many of their household effects. Judge Warner was the second resident of Jefferson and was closely identified with its pioneer development. At the time of his arrival Ohio was largely covered with its native forests, through which roamed the deer and bear, while wild game of the feathered variety was to be had in abundance. He bore an active part in shaping the history of Jefferson and Ashtabula county during its formative period and served as judge of the county court. He also bought and cleared and placed under cultivation extensive tracts of farm land. Charles Percival Ranney was united in marriage on the 12th of February, 1873, to Miss Alice Benedict, and to them were born four children: Rufus Percival, who is mentioned on another page of this work ; Cornelia, the wife of John N. Stockwell, a member of the general assembly, also represented elsewhere in this work ; Constance Ethel, who was born March 6, 1882, and died the same year ; and Alice Elizabeth, attending the Hathaway-Brown School in Cleveland. Throughout the entire period of their married life Mr. and Mrs. Ranney have resided in Cleveland, occupying a prominent position in the social circles of the city and esteemed by all for the possession of those qualities which recognize man's obligations to his fellowman in a spirit of broad humanitarianism. Unlike the majority of the members of the family, Charles P. Ranney did not take up the profession of law but gave his attention to commercial pursuits and in the promotion and development of large enterprises wrought for success and won a reputation no less enviable than others of the name have gained as members of the legal fraternity. HUBERT HORTEN. Earnest, persistent labor constituted the salient feature in the life work of Hubert Horten, who won his success not through any outside aid or influence but by placing his dependence upon the substantial qualities of close application and unremitting diligence. He was born August 16, 1831, at Trier, Prussia, a son of Matthew and Barbara Horten, who also resided at that place, where the father followed the occupation of carpentering. The son while spending his boyhood days under the parental roof attended the schools of his native province until fourteen years of age. He was then left an orphan by the death of his parents and the necessity of providing for his own support caused him to secure a position in a flour mill which was operated by wind power. He studied between times and thus obtained a good education, using many leisure hours for reading and research. In 1856, when twenty-five years of age, he crossed the Atlantic to America, for the favorable reports which he had heard concerning this country and its opportunities led him to wish to enjoy the advantages here offered. Accordingly he bade adieu to friends and native land and sailed for the United States, settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He remained with an uncle on a farm for six years or until after the outbreak of the Civil war, when he came to Cleve- HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1073 land. He engaged in farming in this locality and in 1862 he returned to his native land, where he was employed as a driller of oil wells. Three years were spent in Germany, after which he returned to Cleveland and engaged again in farming on what is now known as the west side of the city. There he continued in active connection with agricultural interests until his death, which occurred August 2, 1887. He was a man of industry and determination and brought his fields under a high state of cultivation, annually gathering therefrom rich and abundant crops. Before leaving Germany Mr. Horten had enlisted for three years in the army of that country, but owing to impaired eyesight only served for six months. His study of the political problems of this, country led him to give stalwart allegiance to the democracy and his influence was always on the side of progress and improvement in municipal affairs, although he did not seek office. He held membership in the German Catholic church, sang in the choir and served as one of the church trustees. On the 22d of July, 1859, in Milwaukee, Mr. Horten was united in marriage to Miss Anna Borlinghausing, a daughter of Gottfried and Katherine (Krietz) Borlinghausing, formerly of Milwaukee and later of Cleveland, arriving in this city in 1873. Here they remained until called to their final rest. Her father also served for three years as a soldier in the German army. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Horten were born nine children : Mrs. Lizzie Schwartz, Hubert, P. P., Mrs. Clara Acker, Mrs. Rosa Schwartz, Mrs. Anna Wagner, Mrs. Katy Barr, Mrs. Barbara Atzberger and Mrs. Susan Dehoff. All are still living in Cleveland with the exception of Mrs. Acker, who is a resident of Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Horten is remembered by many of the older residents of the west side and his good qualities and business enterprise gained for him the high regard of those with whom he came in contact. BRUNO LANGE. Bruno Lange, vice president of the Brookside Sausage Company, is a self-made man who, without any special advantages to aid him when he came to America, has in this country so utilized his time and his opportunities that he is now active in control of a profitable and growing business in Cleveland. Born in Saxony, Germany, on the 24th of January, 1865, he is a son of Frederick and Amelia Lange. The father was also a native of Saxony, where he spent his entire life as an architect. The son attended the schools of that country to the age of fourteen years and afterward learned the baker's trade, to which he devoted three years in Germany. He afterward became a butcher's apprentice and so continued until 1891, when, attracted by the broader opportunities of the new world, he came to America. After spending sixl weeks in New York he proceeded to Detroit, Michigan, and spent seven months there, working at the butcher's trade. Later he went Chicago, where he was employed in a similar capacity for one and a half years and on the expiration of that period he came to Cleveland, where for eleven years he was in the employ of Mr. Bertholt, a butcher. His industry and careful expenditure brought him capital sufficient to enable him to engage in business on his own account and, forming a partnership with Mr. Riegler, he organized the Brookside Sausage Company in 1905. The business was incorporated, Mr. Lange becoming its vice president. in which connection he has since remained. The business has been carefully and systematically conducted and the firm has secured an extensive patronage which has made their enterprise a profitable one. In August, 1895, Mr. Lange was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Kocian and unto them have been born three children : Ruth and Alma, twins, who at the age of thirteen years are attending the public school; and Lidda, eleven years 1074 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND of age, also a public school pupil. The family residence is at No. 4403 Archwood avenue. ,Mr. Lange holds membership with the Modern Woodmen of America and belongs to Garfield Union. He is independent in politics, nor has he ever sought political recognition in office, preferring to give his undivided time and attention to his business affairs. His success is undoubtedly largely due to the fact that he has always continued in the field for which he qualified in his native country, working his way upward through persistent, earnest effort. He is now conducting a good business and his life record is an indication of the opportunities which are open in America to young men of determination and industry. REV. ANTHONY HARTMAN, S. J. Rev. Anthony Hartman, well known as a representative of the Catholic ministry in Cleveland, is pastor of St. Mary's of the Assumption. He was born in the diocese of Muenster, Westphalia, Germany, February 19, 1862. He was educated in the Jesuit College at Feldkirch, Austria, and graduated at Vechta in Oldenburg. From there he entered the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and later on the Jesuit order. He made his studies in Holland and England. After spending five years in teaching at Buffalo, New York, and Cleveland, Ohio, he returned to Ditton Hall, England, where he was ordained by Bishop Whiteside of Liverpool, September 2, 1894, and on the following day celebrated his first mass. In 1895 he returned to the United States and has since been a resident of Cleveland. He acted as professor of the classics in St. Ignatius College of this city until 19o2, when failing health compelled him to take up parish work, at first in Buffalo, New York, while on the 23d of August, 1903, he was installed as pastor of St. Mary's of the Assumption. GEORGE SHERMAN BECKWITH. Coming to Cleveland eight years ago, his residence in this city dating from 1902, George Sherman Beckwith in the years which have since elapsed has developed an extensive business as a dealer in coal and timber lands under the firm style of G. S. Beckwith & Company, and as an, officer and director of other corporations has contributed to the substantial results which have been obtained in their specific lines. He was born in Hartsgrove, Ashtabula county, Ohio, January 23, 1874. His father was Gurden Albert Beckwith, a descendant of one of the original settlers of Ashtabula county, who had come to this state from Connecticut about the year 1800. Gurden A. Beckwith wedded Miss Caroline Eunice Cloes, a native of New Sarum, Canada, who was brought to Ohio in her girlhood days by her parents. Her father was a Scotch Canadian, but her mother was a native of this state. George Sherman Beckwith attended the public schools of Ashtabula county, being graduated from the Jefferson high school. For two years before he had finished his studies there he taught in the commercial department of the school and the following year was associated with the Ashtabula Business College. He was then engaged in bookkeeping and in mercantile lines from 1897 until 1902, after which he came to Cleveland, where for a year he was employed by others. He then established his present business, which is conducted tinder the style of G. S. Beckwith & Company. Offices are maintained at No. 1113 Williamson building and the firm is engaged extensively in handling coal and timber lands. They have extensive holdings in the coal fields and also in the lumber regions of several states, their properties covering many thousands of acres. Within eight years the business has been developed to mammoth proportions. HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1077 Mr. Beckwith and his associates making judicious and extensive investments as opportunity has offered until the firm is today regarded as among the foremost representatives in their field of business in the United States. Into other lines Mr. Beckwith has also extended his efforts and is an officer and director of several corporations. He is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce. On the 20th of November, 1900, Mr. Beckwith and Miss Lucy Minerva Mann were married m Ashtabula county. She, too, is a native of that county and a descendant of the New England family of that name. Her great-grandfather was a pioneer of Ashtabula county, having settled in the Western Reserve in 1806. Mrs. Beckwith, however, spent a considerable portion of her girlhood in Portland, Oregon, where she acquired her education. Three children have been born of this marriage: Thayer, born June 1, 1902 ; Virginia, September 12, 1904; and George, January 13, 1909. The parents have won many warm friends in Cleveland during the eight years of their residence here and Mr. Beckwith has become known as an exemplary representative of the Masonic fraternity, being identified with both the York- and Scottish Rites. In politics he has always been a stanch defender of the principles of the republican party but aside from exercising his right of franchise and exerting his influence in behalf of efficient government, he has taken no active part in municipal affairs, for he feels that his constantly growing business interests make full demand upon his time. His capacity for successful management, his initiative spirit, his undaunted enterprise and his incorruptible commercial integrity are manifest in the splendid results which have attended his efforts. HARRY WILMOT WOODWARD. Harry Wilmot Woodward, president of the Cleveland Engineering Company, was born in Painesville, Ohio, March 27, 1868. The Woodward family of which he is a representative was founded in America in 1632 by ancestors who came from England and settled near Cambridge, Massachusetts. The family has since been represented in New England and several of its members participated in the Revolutionary war, while the family record for patriotism is a notable and inspiring one. Hiram Woodward, the father of Harry W. Woodward, was born in Vermont and early in 1865 settled at Painesville, Ohio, having served in the quartermaster's department of the United States army during part of the Civil war. At the close of the war he engaged in carpenter contracting and had charge of a number of building operations for the United States government. He died at Painesville on the 7th of July, 1909. His widow, Esther (Carlton) Woodward, is a native of Painesville. Her paternal grandparents settled in Euclid, Ohio, in 1808, representatives of the family coming from Connecticut. Through her mother's family, the Wilmots, she traces her ancestry to the Mayflower and one of the members of the family was numbered among the signers of the Declaration of Independence. In the public and high schools of his native city Harry W. Woodward pursued his early education and afterward attended Adelbert College of Cleveland, being graduated therefrom in 1890 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was a classmate in that institution of Warren Bicknell, Franklin S. McGowan and Dr. William O. Osborn. His collegiate course completed, he became an apprentice in an electrical manufacturing company in New York city, with which concern he served for four years in the drafting, testing and erecting departments. While in the employ of that company he was detailed on work at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and in the construction Of electric railways in New York. In 1894 he returned to Cleveland and for two years was a student in the Case School of Applied Science in this city in the mechanical and electrical engineering departments, and in 1895 was granted the degree of Master of Arts 1078 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND by Adelbert College. During the succeeding four years he was instructor and assistant professor of physics in Adelbert College and in 1900 he and Professor Charles H. Benjamin, then of Case School of Applied Science, were appointed smoke inspectors with the title of supervising engineers, and served the city in that capacity until the close of the year 1906. In that year Mr. Woodward organized the Cleveland Engineering Company and has since had active charge of its interests. Associated with him at that time were Professor Charles H. Benjamin, now dean of Purdue University of Indiana, Professors Albert W. Smith and Charles A. Cadwell of the department of mining engineering in the Case School of Applied Science. The Cleveland Engineering Company have designed and erected the power plants for the Cleveland Arcade Company, the Case School of Applied Science, the Standard Welding Company, the Cleveland technical high school, the Cuyahoga Light Company; and have prepared the designs for the heating, ventilating and lighting systems and power plant for the Buffalo technical high school, and a power plant to serve the new Cuyahoga county courthouse and other buildings of the group plan. Mr. Woodward has personal charge of the heating, ventilating and lighting and elevator equipment for the new courthouse. He has executed many smaller projects outside of the city and was for several years engaged in the design of electrical equipment for the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company's power plant. He has won high standing in his profession, being recognized as one of the foremost engineers of Cleveland. He is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Cleveland Engineering Society. On the 15th of October, 1895, Mr. Woodward was married to Miss Eunice Preston, of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Their only child is Carlton Preston, born September 18, 1898. Mr. Woodward is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Builders Exchange, the Beta Theta Pi, a college fraternity, and the Euclid Avenue Congregational church. His success is due to careful preparation, both technical and theoretical, combined with constantly broadening experience. His perfect health has been due to careful training and a rugged constitution, and he is well equipped to cope physically and mentally with the intricate problems which continually confront him in the prosecution of the profession in which he has justly won high rank. R. GAETANO CAITO. R. Gaetano Caito is at the head of the firm of R. G. Caito & Company, commission merchants conducting business at No. 701 Broadway in Cleveland. His birth occurred in Sicily, Italy, on the 28th of October, 1874, his parents being Lenard and Angelia Caito. He was brought to the United States when but four years of age and when a lad of thirteen began peddling fruit in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the family home had been established. Subsequently he conducted a fruit stand and later embarked in the commission business. The year 1896 witnessed his arrival in Cleveland and here he established himself in the commission business at No. 723 Broadway, while afterward he removed to his present location. at No. 701 Broadway, where he has since conducted an extensive and profitable enterprise of this character. Prompted by laudable ambition, he has worked his way steadily upward from a position of obscurity to one of considerable prominence in business circles and his success is all the more creditable by reason of the fact that it is attributable. entirely to his own efforts. In 1896, at Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Caito was united in marriage to Miss Rose Palmisano and they are now the parents of seven children, as follows : Leo, who is twelve years of age ; Angeline, eleven years old ; Blanche, who has attained the age of nine years ; Josephine, who is now seven years of age ; Joseph, a little lad of four ; Mary, three years old ; and Thomas, who is in his first year. The HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1079 first four named are now pursuing their education in the public schools. Mr. Caito exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party, believing that its principles are most conducive to good government. Religiously he is a faithful communicant of the Catholic church. THOMAS CAITO. Thomas Caito, who is associated in business with his brothers, R. G. and Joseph, was born in Sicily, Italy, on the 15th of September, 1877, and was still quite small when brought to the United States by his parents, who located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The year 1896 witnessed his arrival in Cleveland and here he has since conducted a growing and profitable business as a commission merchant, being now a member of the firm of R. G. Caito & Company. On the 1st of January, 1904, he was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Palmisano, by whom he has three sons: Leo, Joe and Gaetano, JOSEPH CAITO. Joseph Caito, a brother of R. G. Caito, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 19th of May, 1892. He attended the public schools of his native city until 1906 and then became .associated with his brothers, R. Gaetano and Thomas, in the commission business at Cleveland, the concern having since been conducted under the firm style of R. G. Caito & Company. The brothers are likewise the owners of considerable city property and have gained enviable recognition among the prosperous and enterprising young business men of Cleveland. They reside in a pleasant and commodious home at No. 701 Broadway' CHARLES H. LOTHMAN. Charles H. Lothman, whose death was the result of his service in defense of the Union in the Civil war, was born in Hanover, Germany, on the 26th of November, 1840. His parents, Charles and Clara Lothman, residents of Hanover, bade adieu to friends and native country in 1843 and with their family came to the new world, settling in Cleveland. Here the father purchased land, which he cleared of timber. He was a well known early pioneer and enterprising farmer and occupied a prominent position among the people of his nationality in this city, taking an active part in organizing early German societies. He had three years' military experience as a member of the German army. Charles H. Lothman was educated in the German schools of this city and in the public schools, spending two years as a high school student. When his education was completed he secured a clerkship in Kendall's dry-goods store, remaining with that firm for more than fifteen years. He was one of its best and most trusted employes, his long connection with the house standing in incontrovertible evidence of his loyalty and capability as well as the confidence reposed in him by the firm. Soon after the outbreak of the Civil war he put aside business cares and offered his services to the government, enlisting as a member of Company H, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was one of those who responded to President Lincoln's call for troops to serve for one hundred days. Going to Washington, he was there taken ill, after which he returned home. He continued in ill health for several years and died when a comparatively young man. 1080 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND Mr. Lothman was married on the 13th of February, 1867, to Miss Mary E. Hempy, a daughter of Henry and Clara (Henchen) Hempy, who came from Hanover, Germany, to Cleveland about 1842. The father engaged in the lumber and planing mill business on the Flats for many years and was well known as a leading representative of business interests here. Mrs. Lothman was born in Hanover, Germany, and was only three years of age when she came to Cleveland. She has smce made her home in this city, witnessing its growth from a village to one of the metropolitan centers of America. By her marriage she became the mother of one daughter, Olive M., now the wife of C. A. Suhr, of the Schafer-Suhr Coal Company of Cleveland. Mr. Lothman was a most kind and loving father and husband and always regarded as his most pleasant hours those spent at his own fireside. He was a republican and took an active interest in politics, regarding it as the duty as well as the privilege of every American citizen to exercise his right of franchise in support of the principles in which he believed. He held membership in the German Lutheran church and died in that faith October 21, 1872, when not yet thirty-two years of age. FRANCIS BURDETTE MORGAN. In the history of railroad building and operations in Ohio, mention should be made of Francis Burdette Morgan, whose connection with transportation interests has been of material benefit to the public as well as a substantial source of individual income. Born in Brooklyn, New York, October 9, 1855, he is a son of General Joseph S. Morgan, a native of New York, who was a direct descendant of General Daniel Morgan of the Revolutionary war and a cousin of Governor E. D. Morgan, of the Empire state, and of J. P. Morgan, also of New York. General Joseph S. Morgan was well known as a railroad builder and also figured prominently in financial circles of New York city as a broker. He was likewise largely mterested in Mexican mines. A general of the Union army in the Civil war, he was the first man in the employ of the government to issue an emancipation proclamation, freeing the negroes in Key West, Florida, in the spring of 1861. He married Jane A. Teisse, who came of an old Dutch family in the paternal line, while in the maternal line she was of English lineage and a cousin of General Robert E. and General Fitzhugh Lee. The death of Mrs. Morgan occurred seventeen years ago, while General Morgan passed away November 2, 1907. Their family numbered two daughters younger than Francis Burdette Morgan-Elizabeth J. B., and Josephine A. Morgan, both of Cleveland. Francis Burdette Morgan resided in Brooklyn, New York, until thirty years ago, and in the acquirement of his education attended successively the public schools, the New York Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, and Columbia University, being a schoolmate of Hon. Seth Low in the last two institutions. On leaving the university in 1883 he entered the office of Robert Bonner, the proprietor of the New York Ledger and famous as an extensive owner of horses. At the same time Mr. Morgan was a member of the New York Consolidated Exchange and owned a half interest in a brokerage business at No. 20 Broad street. He afterward engaged in mining engineering, for which he had qualified by his course in Columbia University, acting as expert for investors, making investigations and reporting upon mining properties. In this field of activity he continued for a few years after coming to Cleveland, in 1893, but in 1898, turned his attention to railroad interests, on which he has since concentrated his undivided attention. Recognizing the opportunities for profitable investment in this direction he has, through his business undertakings, also been a factor in general progress and improvement, for no other single agency contributes more largely to enterprise and business activity than railroad interests. He is now the president of the Cleveland HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1083 & Sharon Electric Railway Company, general manager of the Warren, Courtland & Jefferson Electric Railway, a director of the Toledo & Fort Wayne Railway, and of the Wilkesbarre District of Pennsylvania, and general manager of the Galion Southern Railway of Ohio. Bringing to bear in the management of these concerns keen sagacity and unfaltering enterprise he stands today as one of the foremost representatives of railway interests in this section of the country. On the 30th of September, 1893, in Cleveland, Mr. Morgan was married to Miss Helen Louise Hazen, a daughter of Alonzo M. Hazen, at one time owner and operator of the largest foundry in Cleveland and a cousin of General William Hazen, who was in charge of the United' States weather bureau for a number of years. Mrs. Morgan is a prominent member of the Rubenstein Club, the local ladies' musical association, and possesses marked musical talent. She is a fine vocalist and probably the best lady whistler in the country, though she never performs in public. She is, moreover, a clever writer and a most charming hostess, presiding with gracious hospitality over her pleasant home at No. 1964 East Seventy-third street. Mr. Morgan is a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and of the Ohio Society of New York. In politics a republican, he is a stalwart admirer and was a warm supporter of the policy of Theodore Roosevelt and in New York was somewhat active in local politics. He has ever taken an enthusiastic interest in military affairs and comes of a family which through successive generations has been prominently identified with either the regular army or the National Guard. He joined the New York National Guard, in Brooklyn, in 1883, and became captain of Company C, of the Thirteenth Regiment, which company was organized by his father in 1859 and went to the front in the Civil war under command of General Morgan, who was then its captain. With his command Captain Francis Burdette Morgan participated in quelling many riots in New York city. He was a member of the council of officers and in that capacity came frequently in touch with Henry Ward Beecher, who was chaplain of the regiment. Very active in the organization Captain Morgan became well known in military circles of the state and continued his connection therewith for several months after locating in Cleveland, making frequent trips to New York to participate in military affairs. He has always loved journalism and until recent years was a frequent contributor of the New York Sun and other papers, his writing being his favorite pastime. After coming to Cleveland he often contributed to the Plain Dealer and still writes occasionally for recreation but not for publication. He is fond of fishing and manly outdoor sports. He holds membership in the Christian Science church and is interested in many of the advanced movements of the present day, indicating liberality of thought and comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles which underlie society and government. Among his predominant characteristics are his tireless energy and unfaltering perseverance, which never admit of defeat or failure and have, therefore, carried him into important public and business relations. JOHN M. PINDRAS. The practice of law claims the time and attention and utilizes the energies of John M. Pindras, who, among the more progressive representatives of his race, has won for himself a creditable place at the Cleveland bar. He is a native of that little country whose history has elicited at the same time the admiration and respect of all peoples, for no race has put forth a more heroic struggle for liberty and political independence than the sons of Poland. It was in the town of Kolmarski, Posen, that John M. Pindras was born on the 5th of October, 1876. His father, Michael Pindras, was also a native of that place, born in 1849, and is now living in Cleveland, having come to the United States twenty-five years ago. He was a wire worker in that section of the city which was formerly Newburg, 1084 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND but retired from business in 1900, after which he acted as foreman of street workers until two years ago, when he put aside all labor. He has been a recognized leader in local political circles and an active worker in the Catholic church. Twenty-five years ago he was one of the organizers of the mutual fraternal society called the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which this year celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary with a great jubilee. His wife, Antonina (Glowry) Pindras, was also a native of the town of Kolmarski, where they were married. Her father, who was an akriculturist of Poland, never came to the United States. Both families were represented in the Polish revolution of 1831 and the maternal uncle of John M. Pindras was killed in the Polish uprising of 1863. He had several uncles m that war and his uncle, John Glowry, was a soldier in the Franco-Prussian war. In his youth days John M. Pindras bade adieu to his native country and friends of his early boyhood and with his parents came to the United States. He was educated in St. Stanislaus parochial school and in the Spencerian Business College. He also pursued a special course in Adelbert College and in the law school of the Western Reserve University, from which he won his professional degree in 1900. He at once began practice and has since been a representative of the bar but has not confined his attention to any special field, having demonstrated his ability in various departments of the law and being now accorded a good clientage. He is, moreover, recognized as one of the prominent representatives of the democracy in this city and for a number of years served as a delegate to city, county and state conventions. He has also delivered many campaign speeches and his logical argument and forceful exposition of the issues before the people have ben elements in increasing democratic strength. He belongs to St. Stanislaus Catholic church and to different fraternal and social organizations, including the Modern Woodmen of America and the Alliance of the Poles of Ohio. Mr. Pindras was married February 11, 1907, to Miss Olga B. Chotek, a daughter of Hugo Chotek, who is now a clerk of the board of review and was formerly editor of a Bohemian newspaper. The same spirit which led the ancestors and relatives of Mr. Pindras to fight the wars of their country is manifest in the subject of this review in his efforts to uphold those principles of government which he deems to be right and also in his loyalty to every cause which he champions. HARVEY EDWARD HACKENBERG. If one were to ask Harvey E. Hackenberg by what means he rose so rapidly from the position of clerk to that of treasurer of the National Carbon Company, in which connection he is classed with the leading business men of Cleveland, he might reply in all truth that it was work, for earnest, persistent effort and close application have been the salient features in a career that has won him recognition as one of the foremost representatives of industrial interests in this city. He was born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1864, and is a son of Albert Hackenberg, a native of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, who is still living at the age of seventy-six years. His father followed farming much of his life and also for many years conducted a general store in Montandon, Pennsylvania. He is now living retired at Northumberland, Pennsylvania. His wife, who was Miss Maria Brouse before her marriage, is also living. She, too, is a native of Pennsylvania, her birth having occurred in Northumberland. Harvey E. Hackenberg pursued his education in the public schools of his native town, continuing his course through the high school to the age of seventeen years, when he put aside his text-books and immediately came to Cleveland. Here he obtained a position as clerk with the firm of Tuttle, Masters & Company, HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1087 iron ore merchants, with whom he continued from the latter part of 1881 until 1883. About that time Mr. Tuttle's withdrawal from the business led to the adoption of the firm name of Masters & Company. Mr. Hackenberg remained with the new company for about a year and then entered into other relations. During the winter of 1882 Willis U. Masters had formed a partnership with W. H. Boulton under the firm name of the Boulton Carbon Company and began the manufacture of electric lighting carbons. In 1885 Mr. Hackenberg was transferred to this company, being assigned to the position of general clerk, in which capacity he continued until 1888. In 1886 the business was incorporated under the name of the National Carbon Company of Ohio and in 1888 Mr. Hackenberg was elected secretary. In 1899 several companies engaged in similar lines of manufacture combined under the name of the National Carbon Company of New Jersey and on the 1st of February of that year Mr. Hackenberg was elected treasurer and has since held that office. This is today one of the important manufacturing concerns not only of Cleveland but of the country, the volume of its business being most extensive, so that the financial interests controlled by Mr. Hackenberg in the capacity of treasurer are of a most important character. He is also secretary and a director of the Dow Chemical Company of Midland, Michigan. On the 18th of June, 1903, Mr. Hackenberg wedded Miss Addie May Lawrence, a daughter of the late O. C. Lawrence, of Cleveland, and a niece of the late Washmgton H. Lawrence; who up to the time of his death in 1900 was president of the National Carbon Company. The family residence, "Larchberg," is situated at 13306 Detroit avenue, Lakewood. Mr. and Mrs. Hackenberg are members of the Lakewood Baptist church, and he is serving on its board of trustees. He is also a member of the Union Club of Cleveland and of the Lakewood Tennis Club and is identified with various organizations of a commercial character, holding membership in the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland Chamber of Industry, Ohio State Board of Commerce and the Cleveland Engineering Society. While he is preeminently a business man, he yet has appreciation for the social amenities of life and the natural courtesy and kindliness of his nature make him an agreeable companion and assure to him a constantly growing circle of friends. Laudable ambition and energy were his assets at the beginning of his business career, and through the intelligent direction of his labor and the improvement of the chances which the business world constantly offers, he has reached a position of distinction as the treasurer of the National Carbon Company. FREDERICK W. TRUMPER. Frederick W. Trumper finds employment for his abilities and energy as representative of the John Hancock Life Insurance Company in Cuyahoga and adjacent counties and is one of the most valued men in its employ. He was born near Belleville, Ontario, Canada, April 8, 1864, and was a young man of twenty years when, in 1864, he went to Rochester, New York, to supplement a common- school education by a commercial course in the Eastman Business College. Later he engaged in the nursery business for many years but in 1882 made a change in his life work by becoming a representative in western Pennsylvania of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, with which he was associated for nine years, when, in 1891, he resigned to remove to Cleveland that he might become general agent for the John Hancock Life Insurance Company at this place. For nineteen years he has here remained and is especially qualified for the business in that he understands every detail and possesses the faculty of surrounding himself with a corps of able assistants and so directing their labors 1088 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND as to secure substantial results. He is today one of the leaders in the field of life insurance in Cleveland. On the 16th of September, 1869, Mr. Trumper was married to Miss Laura M. Mackey, the eldest daughter of Major James F. Mackey, of Franklin, Pennsylvania. Four children were born to them: Frederick J., who married Dr. Jessie M. Smith, of Meadville, Pennsylvania; Richard F., who wedded Sylvia Bridgman, of Cleveland; Henry Burton, who died at the age of two and a half years ; and Grace, the wife of William A. Davis, of Cleveland. The family home is at Highland Park, East Cleveland, where Mr. Trumper owns a handsome residence. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, his membership being in Bussewoga Lodge, No. 1o8, at Meadville, Pennsylvania. His political allegiance is given to the republican party when national questions are under consideration, but at local elections, where no political issue is involved, he casts an independent ballot. Mr. Trumper makes friends everywhere by reason of the sincere and unfeigned cordiality of his manner. He has not only won success in his life work but has accomplished his ends in a thoroughly dignified and honorable manner and has gained uniform confidence and respect. WILLIAM H. HARRISON. William H. Harrison, manufacturer of a general line of sewer building bricks, is a Cleveland man by birth as well as by choice. The son of William and Abbie Harrison, he was born in the Forest city, May 21, 1867. His father was born in County Antrim, Ireland, May 5, 1830, but when a young man of twenty-one severed his association with Erin to come to a new home across the water. Settling in Cleveland, he engaged in the manufacture of bricks until his retirement in 1896. In 1880 he was elected to the city council by the republican party. He died October 5, 1908. The subject of this review attended the public schools until sixteen years of age and then entered the Spencerian Business College, where he prepared for commercial life by a two years' course of study. He then entered business as assistant to his father in his brick business. In 1895 he bought out his father and assumed entire control of the industry, in which he has met with the best of fortune. Mr. Harrison was married in July, 1895, the lady who became his wife being Miss Skyrm, of this city. They have one child, a son named Carlton, who is twelve years of age and is attending the public school. Their home is at 5132 Broadway. Mr. Harrison subscribes to the policies and principles of the republican party. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, and holds membership in Newburg Lodge, No. 379, A. F. & A. M. ; Baker Chapter, No. 239, R. A. M.; Lake Erie Consistory ; and Al Koran Temple of the Mystice Shrine. Both he and his son Carlton are members of the Young Men's Christian Association. Of unquestioned integrity and altruistic motive, it is small wonder that he enjoys the affection of his fellowmen as well as their respect for his business acumen. CORNEALUS YOUNG. Cornealus Young, president and general manager of the Ohio Creamery & Supply Company, was born in Vermilion, Ohio, in October, 1858, and is a son of Cornealus and Sarah (Logan) Young, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of New York state. During his childhood he lost his mother and his father also passed away in 1871. The latter was only sixteen years of age when HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1091 he left the Emerald isle and came to this country with four brothers. In later years he became a lake captain and at the time of his death was one of the best known and oldest men in the service. Our subject attended the public schools until his mother's death, when he went to live with a family by the name of McGraw, remaining with them from the age of fifteen to twenty years, working in their fishery and attending school at night. Leaving there, he went to Warren, Ohio, where he was engaged in the retail fish and oyster business for eight years. He then formed a partnership and engaged in the grocery and butcher business under the name of Young & Chryst, at the same time doing some shipping. This connection lasted for six years, at the end of which time he sold his interest in the business and purchased the Park Hotel at Warren from the firm Of Clark & Garrett about 1890. Forming a stock company, he conducted this hotel for two years and then disposed of his interest in the establishment. Leaving Warren at that time, Mr. Young came to Cleveland and formed the Young, Stranahan Company, dealers in butter, eggs and cheese. At the same time he also purchased the Hotel Buchtel of Akron, which he managed for seven years in connection with his other business. In 1902 he disposed of the hotel and became president and general manager of the Ohio Creamery & Supply Company at his present location. The firm does a large and prosperous business, shipping produce to all the surrounding territory and also some to New York and some abroad. In 1880 Mr. Young was united in marriage to Miss Nettie R. Richardson, also a native of Vermilion, Ohio, and they are the parents of one son, Perry B., who was born in 1883 and is now associated with his father in business, being secretary and business manager for the company. Mr. Young is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Cleveland and is also connected with the Knights of Pythias lodge at Warren, Ohio. He is an energetic, progressive business man, whose prosperity is due entirely to his own well directed efforts, for he started out in life for himself with no capital and has gained success through persistent and untiring labor. WILLIAM P. LOEBLEIN. William P. Loeblein, of the firm of Loeblein & Dietzel, manufacturers of upholstered furniture, who are located at 707-709 Long avenue, has a record of twenty-three years experience m the upholstering business in Cleveland. He was born in this city, April 27, 1859, his parents being John and Magdelena Loeblein. Some eleven years before his birth his father, who was born in Bavaria, Germany, came to America and in course of time located in Cleveland. He made his livelihood as a cooper and later was engaged in a brewery. When the Civil war broke out he was enlisted in the Seventh Ohio Regiment and saw active service. His death occurred in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1866. William P. Loeblein left the public schools at the age of thirteen and in the employment of A. S. Herrenden, a furniture manufacturer, he learned the upholstering trade. That he was first an apt pupil and then a good workman is evinced by the fact that he continued with this company for thirteen years. With a capital consisting principally of experience, in 1885, he started in business for himself, his shop being situated in a barn at the corner of Mills and Wade avenue. Associated with him as partner in the modest enterprise was a Mr. Jannsen. In a year, however, they changed their location to 60 Merwin street to more commodious quarters. In 1888 they removed to South Water street and in 1890 to 707-709 Long avenue, their present address. On the first of January, 1909, Mr. Loeblein bought out Mr. Jannsen and took Charles F. Dietzel into business with him as a partner. They manufacture everything in the upholstering line and ship to all parts of the country, from Maine to Florida 1092 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND and from the Atlantic to the Mississippi river, employing fourteen traveling salesmen besides fifty skilled upholsterers in their shop. The business has shown a steady and healthy growth and the success which Mr. Loeblein has achieved is due entirely to hard work and good business ability as well as close application. He has the faculty of being able to handle the men working for him and of gaining the best results from their labors. Mr. Loeblein was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Merkel, in Cleveland, August 6, 1891. They have a family of three sons : John, seventeen years old, and Truman, twelve years old, attending the public schools ; and Darrel, who is but five years of age. They reside at 3450 Scranton Road. Mr. Loeblein is a Mason with membership in the blue lodge and is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce. In the matter of politics his support goes to the republican party. He is a director and member of the finance committee of Lincoln Savings Bank and also a member of West Side Chamber of Industry. His rise from humble beginnings to his present substantial place in business is due to his unfaltering energy and courage and to his allegiance to high principles. HENDERSON N. WHITE. Henderson N. White, conveniently located in what he terms the New White House, the home of the "King," at No. 5225 Superior avenue, Cleveland, has demonstrated what can be accomplished through persistent endeavor and natural ability. Mr. White was born in Romeo, Michigan, July 16, 1873, a son of George M. and Eliza White. The father was also born in Romeo, in 1839, and was a building contractor all his life, dying in his native town in 1879. Henderson N. White attended the public schools in Romeo until he was twelve years old, and then began learning the carpenter's trade with Mr. Galloway, a building contractor with whom he remained two years. He then went to Detroit, Michigan, and was with O. F. Berdan as a repairer of musical instruments and music engraver. Here he remained until sixteen years old, when he came to Cleveland and entered the employ of McMillan's music store and was repair man there for five years. Although then barely of age, this enterprising young man started in business for himself on Woodland avenue as a publisher of band and orchestra music, and a dealer in band instruments, and in 1896 began the manufacture of the "King Trombone" in his Woodland avenue plant. In 1906 he removed to No. 1870 East Ninth street and five years later his business had increased so materially that he built a factory at No. 5225 Superior avenue, into which he moved April 1, 1909. Among the specialties of Mr. White are the following: New Long Model "King" Bb cornet, Famous "King" cornet, New "King" Small Bore cornet, "King" Combination cornet with C attachment, "King" Eb cornet, "King" slide trombone, New Solo Model "King" Trombone, No. 3 "King" Slide trombone for general use, No. 4 New Large Bore "King" trombone, No. 5, "King" Sympony Slide trombone, "King" Bb Tenor Valve trombone, New "King" band and orchestra horn, New "King" Euphonium or Baritone, New "King" double bell Euphonium, and E flat bass and a monster double E flat bass, the complete brass family and also many other instruments and appliances which are improvements upon those which had been in general use. On September 20, 1894, Mr. White was married in Cleveland to Miss Elizabeth Berg, and they have one child, Richard, a bright little lad attending public school. The family residence is at No. 1493 East One Hundred and Fifteenth street. Mr. White is a member of the Cleveland Advertising Club and the Cleveland Manufacturers Association. In politics he is a republican. HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1093 Mr. White's remarkable success is due to the fact that he has done things himself and not waited for others to help him. Now, although at the head of a large plant, he works in his own factory, personally constructing every slide, and no instrument is allowed to leave the factory until he has tested it thoroughly. This in itself is the best indication of his characteristic conscientiousness both in his work and in his dealings with his fellowmen. L. H. FREEMAN. L. H. Freeman, the secretary and treasurer of the Industrial Machine Company of Cleveland, was born in Little Port, Cambridgeshire, England, on the 23d of June, 1870, his parents being Walter T. and Esther (Harley) Freeman. His father is now deceased but his mother is still living in Geneva, Ohio, at the age of sixty years. Our subject was only six months old when brought by his parents to the United States, the family locating in Geneva, Ohio, where he attended school until nineteen years of age. He then took up his abode in Cleveland where for three months he was employed as a shipbuilder by the Globe Iron Works. Subsequently he worked for two months as a boiler maker in the boiler shops of the Lake Shore Railroad and afterward was engaged as a machinist with the Warner & Swasey Company. He next took charge of the turret lathes department of the latter concern, being employed in that capacity for thirteen years. At the end of that time, in association with N. W. Thomas, he organized the Industrial Machine Company, Mr. Thomas being made secretary and treasurer and Mr. Freeman president of the concern. This connection was maintained until April, 1908, when Mr. Thomas sold out his interest and Mr. Freeman has served as secretary, treasurer and general manager of the company. They are tool makers' and builders of special machinery and models, conducting an extensive and profitable business at No. 113 St. Clair avenue. On the 16th of May, 1894, in Cleveland, Mr. Freeman was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Loeber, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Loeber, of Cleveland. Her mother has passed away and her father now makes his home with Mr. and Mrs. Freeman. Two children blessed this union: Harley L., born December 30, 1896, who is a graduate of the public schools ; and Ruth E., born September 1, 1900, who is now attending school. The family residence is at No. 1468 East Ninety-second street. At the pools Mr. Freeman casts an independent ballot, taking into consideration the qualifications of a candidate rather than his party affiliation. Fraternally he is identified with Woodward Lodge, No. 508, A. F. & A. M.; McKinley Chapter, No. 181, R. A. M.; and Pythian Star Lodge, K. P. He has attained a creditable place in the business life of the city for one of his years, and his laudable ambition and his determination prompts him to put forth an effort which insures larger successes in the future. OTTO KONIGSLOW. Otto Konigslow is a prominent representative of industrial interests in Cleveland as the president of the Otto Konigslow Manufacturing Company. He is numbered among the worthy native sons of this city, where he was born on the 16th of April, 1860, his parents being Herman and Charlotte (Brunna) Konigslow. He pursued his studies in the public schools of Cleveland until ten years of age, when he went to Hamburg, Germany, there continuing his primary education until he had attained the age of fourteen years. Subsequently he 1094 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND attended a technical school and afterward served as an apprentice in machine shops. When twenty years of age Mr. Konigslow came to Cleveland and secured employment in the Lake Shore shops, repairing engines for two years. Afterward he entered the service of the White Sewing Machine Company as an assistant in the experimental department, later became a designer and subsequently was made chief inspector, in which capacity he was employed for three years. On the expiration of that period, in association with his brother Ernest, Mr. Konigslow established the Otto Konigslow Machine Company at No. 332 Prospect avenue, where the business was conducted until 1904, when they removed to No. 2279 Clarkwood Road. On the 15th of January, 1910, their present handsome factory was completed at the corner of East Thirty-fifth and Perkinson streets, and equipped with all modern improvements and facilities for the manufacture of their products, it being the most complete establishment of its kind in the United States. In 1894 the business was incorporated under the name of the Otto Konigslow Manufacturing Company and our subject was made president of the concern. They furnish employment to a force of eighty men and are engaged in special manufacturing of various kinds, giving particular attention to automobile parts. Mr. Konigslow brought to bear in the conduct of this enterprise a thorough knowledge of the business in all departments and his unwearied industry and unfaltering perseverance have gained him distinction in industrial circles. He has, moreover, always maintained the strictest conformity to a high standard of commercial ethics. He is possessed of special and peculiar knowledge of manufacturing and also has the faculty of designing and inventing the special tools required in the manufacture of his products. This applies also to the working of sheet metal which is greatly used by automobile manufacturers, and the future field is unlimited. He is considered an expert in this particular and has taken out over twenty-five patents during his business career. On the 11th of January, 1879, in Cleveland, Mr. Konigslow was united in marriage to Miss Lena Kalliker, by whom he had four children. Herman, the first born, is now deceased. Max E., the second son, attended the public schools until fourteen years of age and then spent about five years in the University school. He is now a young man of thirty years and is acting as manager of his father's business. Otto, Jr., twenty-six years of age, is a graduate of the Case School and is at present assistant engineer for the F. B. Sterns Automobile Company. Ella, a graduate of the Women's College, is a teacher in the Glenville high school. The family residence is at No, 28 Wadena street, East Cleveland. In his political views Mr. Konigslow is a stanch republican, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian church. He likewise belongs to the Cleveland Gesang Verem. He is energetic and determined and it has been not because of inheritance or any favoring circumstances, but because of close application and firm purpose that he has gained his present creditable position in the business circles of Cleveland. FRANK B. HAMLIN. Frank B. Hamlin, manager and proprietor of the People's Gas Service Company, with offices at 412 Arcade building, was thrown upon his own resources at the age of thirteen years and as an office boy made his initial step in the business world. Patiently, persistently and diligently has he climbed the ladder of success until he has reached the plane of affluence. He was born in Canton, Illinois, November 5, 1879, and is a son of Lovell G. and Amelia (Haacke) HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1095 Hamlin, the former a farmer of Canton. In the maternal line he is descended from Captain David Haacke, one of the pioneer residents of Illinois, who was a famous Indian fighter in the early days when it was necessary to contest with the red men the dominion of the middle west. He participated in the Black Hawk war and was a type of the frontier settler who braved dangers, hardships and privations to plant the seeds of civilization on the frontier. F. B. Hamlin pursued his education in the public schools of Canton, Illinois, until thirteen years of age, when he was left an orphan and faced the necessity of providing for his own support. He became a self-reliant, independent youth, and through experience learned lessons that have been of value to him in shaping his later life. He first became office boy for a local firm and in 1893, when a, youth of fourteen years, went to Chicago, where he secured employment with the firm of Chase & Sanborn, whom he served for two and a half years as order clerk and assistant cashier. He afterward went with the Detman Woolen Company as assistant cashier for eight months and was later private secretary to one of the officers of the Consumers Manufacturing Company for two years. He next became associated with the Gas Consumers Association, with whom he remained four years as adjuster. In 1905 he came to Cleveland, where he organized the People's Gas Service Company at No. 412 Arcade building. He has a patented gas service device which has been a distinct success since it was introduced upon the market. He has succeeded in building up a liberal trade and his patronage is steadily increasing. Mr. Hamlin was married to Miss Ethel Crooks, a daughter of Smith Crooks, of Chicago, a prominent thirty-third degree Mason and a past grand of the state of Illinois, having served as chief officer in 1901. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin have been born two sons and a daughter : Ralph Blake, Lovell and Blanche Adrian. Mr. Hamlin belongs to Ashland Lodge, No. 308, A. F. & A. M., of Chicago. His political views accord with the principles of the republican party and like every ti American citizen should do, he keeps well informed on the vital political interests of the day, but does not seek nor desire office, preferring that his time shall be given in undivided manner to his business affairs. Life with him has been a struggle, but he has come off victor in the strife and his is another illustration of the fact that the strongest characters are developed in those men who have much to contend with and who make the most of their opportunities. MARTIN A. MARKS. Martin A. Marks, secretary and treasurer of the Cleveland Worsted Mills Company, prominent in banking circles and one of the foremost men in Cleveland in charitable work, is a native of Madison, Indiana. He was born February 6, 1853, a son of Aaron Marks, a native of Germany, who at a very early age had moved to England and when seventeen years old came to America, possessing at that time but very limited means. Subsequently, at Madison, Indiana, he established a mercantile business which was the nucleus of the present extensive enterprise of that city, conducted under the name of A. Marks & Son Company. He married in Cincinnati, Ohio, Miss Sarah August, a native of the Rhine province of Germany, who came to the United States when sixteen years of age. She died in Madison, Indiana, at the age of fifty-five years. Aaron Marks was for more than forty-five years identified with the business interests of that section of the state. On his retirement he removed to Cleveland, where he died at the age of seventy-six years, being laid to rest by the side of his wife in Springdale cemetery at Madison, Indiana, at whose entrance a beautiful memorial arch has been erected by their children. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Marks were nine children, of whom eight are yet living: Simon, 1096 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND Joseph E., Isidore, Eli J., Harry, Mrs. Emil Strauss and Miss Goldie Marks, all residing in Cleveland; and Martin A., who was the first born child. Martin A. Marks was reared in his native town and attended the public schools until thirteen years of age, when the necessity of assisting his father compelled him to lay aside his school books. He had cherished the idea of securing a good education, however, and had selected the legal profession as a life work but had to face the disappointment of not being able to carry out his plans on account of entering his father's store. He gave his attention entirely to business and found himself a valuable assistant in the store. Finally he became a member of the firm of A. Marks & Son and took a prominent part in the business life of Madison. He was also closely identified with public affairs and originated. many novel plans for municipal progress and development, displaying a public spirit second to none in the town. He also took a keen interest m charitable work even when a young man. He was elected a director of the Jewish Orphan Asylum of Cleveland and while in attendance at one of its business meetings in this city he became acquainted with a lady whom he made his wife on the 28th of October, 1885. Mrs. Marks bore the maiden name of Belle Hays and was the eldest daughter of Kaufman Hays, one of the most prominent bankers and business men of Cleveland. After his marriage Mr. Marks continued to reside for more than a year in Madison, Indiana, and then, in February, 1887, he removed to Cleveland, where he has ever since made his home. Here he became a member of the firm of Klein, Marks & Company, wholesale dealers in men's furnishing goods. In 1890 he severed his connection with that firm to associate himself with the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. His success in the new field was phenomenal. His power to organize and direct, combined with his indomitable push and energy, caused him to become well known in insurance circles. After eighteen months he was offered and accepted the position of manager for northeastern Ohio of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York. His previous success was repeated in this new and more responsible capacity. He achieved results which won him high rank and recognition in the insurance world. For fourteen years he continued in this field and then resigned because of ill health ; heeding the advice of his physician, he went to Europe and spent a number of months abroad in travel. He returned to Cleveland greatly improved and soon after again took up active business. For many years Mr. Marks has been identified with the Cleveland Worsted Mills Company. On the nth of July, 1902, he was elected a director and on the 13th of April, 1904, he was made a member of the executive committee. On the 25th of January, 1905, he became assistant secretary and treasurer and on the 31st of January, 1906, was chosen secretary and treasurer (in which capacity he continues to serve) of that great industrial enterprise, the largest independent worsted mill in the United States. He is also a director of the First National Bank and a member of its finance committee, a director and member of the executive committee of the Guardian Savings & Trust Company, and is well known in club circles as a member of the Excelsior, Oakwood, Cleveland Athletic and Cleveland Automobile Clubs of this city. He was a member and officer of Union Lodge, No. 2, A. F. & A. M., at Madison, Indiana ; Madison Chapter, No. I, R. A. M.; and also the council at that place. Mr. Marks was one of the founders of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives at Denver, Colorado, which was the first free hospital of this kind in the country, regardless of creed or race. He is one of the best known members of the Independent Order B'nai B'rith and has been past president of the district. This is one of the foremost Jewish charitable organizations in the United States. He is likewise one of the prominent members in this country of the Improved Order of Red Men, a fraternal order having over five hundred thousand members. He has taken a most active and helpful part in the plan which he originated for them of caring for orphans without an institution. He is chair- HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 1097 man of the Orphans' Fund Advisory Board, a position that requires him to pass upon all applications. He originated and has demonstrated with success one of the most unique plans for caring for the orphans of this order. He is likewise chairman of the committee on benevolent associations of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, which investigates every charitable organization applying to the public for funds. In February, 1909, he was a member of the conference called by President Roosevelt to consider the care of dependent children. This conference included the leading charity workers of the country. He was one of the founders of the Visiting Nurse Association of Cleveland; organized and devised the plan of the Educational League for the higher education of orphans, by which the child of prosperity assists the child of adversity in the development of talents and higher education ; is a member of the executive board of the Cleveland Humane Society ; is the vice president of the National Jewish Conference of Charities; presided at the meeting for organizing a Society for the Care of the Blind, of which he has since been vice president ; and presided at the meeting when the Anti-Tuberculosis League was organized in Cleveland and of this has also been vice president from the beginning. He is president of The Temple at Cleveland, which was the first institutional temple ever organized. Mayor Baehr, of Cleveland, offered Mr. Marks the position of director of public safety, which he declined, owing to his inability to give it the attention which it should have. He was one of the organizers and the first president of the Indiana Society in Cleveland and is a member of the Ohio Society of New York. Since 1890, he has been treasurer of the Covenant Endowment Fund of the I. 0. B. B., the reserve fund of which amounts to over four hundred thousand dollars, since which time the organization has not lost a single dollar through investment. He is a member of the executive board of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and is a member of the Public Library Board and is chairman of its building committee. Upon his suggestion the Public Library Board adopted the plan of memorial books to be appropriately inscribed to perpetuate the memory of the departed ones in place of sending flowers. He is a member of many other charitable and philanthropic societies. There are no salaries attached to his numerous offices and yet he gives as close attention to them as to his private affairs. While yet a resident of Madison, Indiana, where no movement for the public good ever lacked his support and where he wielded a strong influence, political and otherwise, and did much for his friends, Benjamin Harrison, then United States senator from Indiana, once remarked: "Mr. Marks never asked for anything for himself, but when he wanted anything it was always for a friend." Mr. Marks has two daughters. Florence is the wife of Herman Moss, of Cleveland, by whom she has one child, Margaret Elizabeth. The younger daughter is Ethel Hays Marks. The life work of Mr. Marks has made the world richer and better his beneficence has brought sunshine into many homes, his encouraging words have inspired many to renewed effort and his entire life is the expression of that broad mindedness which recognizes the common brotherhood of mankind.