(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 700 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND States engaged in teaching school in Cleveland, being a man of liberal education and of marked ability in the line of his chosen profession. Charles Dietzel, Sr., also a native of Germany, crossed the Atlantic to the United States in the early '50s and made his way direct to Cleveland, where he secured employment as a machinist in the shops of the Lake Shore Railroad Company. Later he was employed by the American Steel & Pire Company and after many years of diligent and well directed effort he retired in 1905 to spend his remaining days in the enjoyment of well earned rest. Charles F. Dietzel, born and reared in the Forest city, pursued his education in the public schools, which he attended until fourteen years of age. He then started in business life and was employed in upholstering by the Frelke Manufacturing Company for two years. He has always continued in this same line of business, for in 1889 he engaged as upholsterer with the firm of Janssen & Loeblein, conducting business under the name of the Cleveland Couch Company. He has since been associated with this enterprise and his proven worth and ability led to his promotion and eventually brought him into partnership relations, for on the 1st 0f January, 1909, he joined Mr. Loeblein as a partner and the relationship has since been continued. His ability and sound business judgment are contributing to the success of the undertaking and the growth of the business has brought a substantial financial return to the partners. Mr. Dietzel is a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity and has many warm friends among his brethren of the order. In his political views he is independent, preferring not to bind himself by party ties. His religious views are in accord with the teachings of Protestantism. In matters of citizenship he is progressive and desires the welfare and progress of the city to the extent of giving active cooperation whenever he can to the projects for Cleveland's promotion and improvement. He was married in this city to Miss Winters, on the 23d of June, 1900, and is pleasantly located in a home at No. 1510 East Seventy-first street. E. G. HOLLMAN. It may justly be said that on such sound and thriving industries as the Cleveland Machine Knife Company is the strength of the city founded. The general management of this concern is vested in the person of E. G. Hollman, who is also secretary. He was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1859, his parents being Frederick and Anna Hollman. The former was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in 1826. Believing that America was richer in promise for the man of modest birth and circumstance, he came across the sea in 1848 and settled in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged as superintendent of the shop of Singer & Nimick. Later he became superintendent of the LaBelle Steel Porks, of which he also was stockholder. He died March 1, 1865. Mr. Hollman received his education in the common and high schools, from which he graduated at the early age of fourteen. His first position was as a traveling salesman for the Himmelrich & Sons Shoe Company and he remained with them for a dozen years, an unmistakable comment on his efficiency. His next step was to engage in the shoe business in Pittsburg and he continued at this for the next twenty years. Upon going to Cleveland he made a radical change in his business and organized the Cleveland Machine Knife Company, of which he was elected secretary and general manager. Each year Mr. Hollman travels over a territory wide in extent and embracing a large portion of the United States and Canada. The fame of these "sweet tempered blades" is growing so fast that how to fill orders fast enough has become a problem. Among their products is a knife ten and even fifteen feet long for the purpose of cutting fancy wood veneering. HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 703 Mr. Hollman was married in September, 1885, to Miss Caughey, and four children have blessed their union. Fred, nineteen years of age, is bookkeeper with the Cleveland Machine Knife Company ; Edward, fifteen years of age, and Frank, thirteen years of age, attend the Lakewood high school, and Helen, the youngest, is a student in the lower grades. The Hollman home is at 571 Grace avenue. Mr. Hollman boasts a twenty-seven years membership in the Royal Arcanum and is connected with the Cleveland Travelers Association. He supports the policies of the republican party and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. Good sense, keen business instincts and absolute honesty are the possessions of the superintendent of the Cleveland Machine Knife Company and with them are to be found those qualities which create and foster friendship. CORNELIUS SALTER SELOVER. Cornelius Salter Selover, engaged in the produce and commission business in Cleveland, was born June 20, 1847, at Strongsville, Ohio. His father, Asher A. Selover, was born in New York state in 1796 and practiced law in New York city. In 1835 he married Mrs. Ruth Reynolds, a descendant of Captain Baker, who was with General Washington at Valley Forge. Soon after their marriage they removed to Cleveland, where Mr. Selover purchased the corner at Superior street and the public square and built there a hotel known as the Cleveland House, on the site of the present Forest City House. Eventually he sold that and purchased several acres on what is now Bolivar Road, but finally decided that more money was to be made in farming and invested in a large tract of land in Strongsville. His last days, however, were passed in Cleveland but he died in New York in 1868, his remains being brought to Brighton for interment. His wife survived him for only four years. She was one of the old-time mothers who always had a home and room for less fortunate children though rearing a family of her own. Our subject has four brothers and two sisters, namely : Major A. A. and James M. Selover, now deceased, who were stock brokers of New York, being connected in business with Rufus Hatch ; William, who was first lieutenant of Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Ohio Infantry during the Civil war and was killed in the battle of Chickamauga ; Theodore A., a real-estate dealer, who died in Cleveland, and whose son De Forest L. is now the only one left to perpetuate the name of Selover, his home being in Cleveland with offices in the Garfield building ; Jeanette P., the widow of Dr. Dickerson ; and Mary E., who is the wife of Frank Baughman, of Mount Gilead, Ohio, and the mother of three children, Jeanette, Isaac and Harvey, Cornelius Salter Selover supplemented his preliminary education by study in Oberlin College and in Baldwin University, at Berea, Ohio, but was never graduated as he was eager for work and a place in the business world. At the age of eighteen, after some experience in practical railroading, he went to work in the old Cleveland stockyards, then situated on Scranton avenue. He was a "joint" man, being employed by both the Lake Shore and Big Four Railroad Companies, being associated with his half-brother, Isaac Reynolds, who was general stock agent and general manager of the yards. Mr. Selover remained in the position of superintendent of the yards for more than seventeen years, but some years ago there occurred a land slide, at which time the yards were submerged so that the roads consolidated and new yards were built at Clark avenue. At that time Mr. Selover engaged in the produce and commission business to which he has since given his attention with good results, being recognized as one of the successful commission merchants of the city. 704 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND In his youthful days he made several ineffectual attempts to enlist in the Union army but was rejected as too young for military service. He has always been a republican in politics, stalwart m support of the republican party, yet without ambition for office. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Episcopal church. On the 26th of May, 1878, Mr. Selover was married in Cleveland to Miss Lola Hord, a daughter of the late Judge Hord, formerly of Virginia. They became parents of two daughters. Morna E., after graduating from the Central high school, was graduated from the Lake Erie College at Painesville, and on the 16th of June, 1903, wedded Harold H. Hart, who represents one of the large iron industries of the country at Chicago, in which place they reside. Hannah Hord, after her attendance at Central high school, also attended the Lake' Erie College for several years. On the l0th of October, 1909, she became the wife of Pierre LaValle Miles, who is associated with the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company. Mr. Selover cares nothing for society in the general acceptation of the term, but for friends has a lasting regard, especially for the old schoolmates of the Brighton school, who are drawn closer and closer together in the endearing ties of friendship as the years go by. JAMES ADELBERT MATHEWS. That the initiative spirit is strong within James Adelbert Mathews has been manifest on various occasions. His rise in the business world has been a substantial one, for without special family or pecuniary advantages to aid him at the outset of his career, he has become a potent force in business circles, being probably most widely known as one of the organizers of the American Tin Plate Company and numerous allied iron and steel industries. He is now assistant treasurer of the Guardian Savings & Trust Company and is closely associated with the financial interests of Cleveland. He was born in Bedford, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, February 17, 1850. His father, Thomas P. Mathews, was a native of Poland, Trumbull county, Ohio. For about fifty years Thomas W. Mathews was the village blacksmith at Bedford, Ohio, where his last days were passed. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah Ira Polf cale, was born in Austintown, Mahoning county, Ohio. The death of Mrs. Mathews occurred in October, 1899, when she was seventy-nine years of age. James Adelbert Mathews pursued his education in the public schools of Bedford until he completed his high-school course with the class of 1867. While he stands today as one of the representatives of financial interests in Cleveland, his start in life was a most humble one, for in the summer of 1866 he began work as a newsboy on the Alliance Accommodation, a train running between Cleveland and Alliance on the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad. He filled that position during the summer vacation and in 1867, after his school days were over, was offered the same position but, taking the advice of old railroad men, he declined the offer and in September, 1867, secured a position in a general store at Hudson, Ohio. There he continued clerking about three years. He then went to the Rolling Mills store at Newburg, owned and conducted by Cady & Woodridge, remaining there until the 23d of July, 1871, when he accepted a position in the office of the American Sheet & Boiler Plate Company, which was really the initial step which led him to his later commendable and gratifying success. This company subsequently became a department of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company and Mr. Mathews remained with the latter organization as paymaster and office manager for twenty-three years, when he resigned to enter the tin plate business for himself. In 1894 he organized the Crescent Sheet & Tin Plate Company, of which he became sec- HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 705 retary, treasurer and general manager. This concern engaged in the manufacture of tin plate as an independent organization until December, 1898. At a meeting of the tin plate manufacturers held in Columbus, in April, of that year, a gentlemen's agreement was entered into, fixing a minimum price for base box tin plate for the ensuing thirty days. On the 21st of May following, another meeting was held at the Stillman Hotel in Cleveland, at which Mr. Mathews announced that for reasons of his own he would enter into no further arrangements of that kind. This announcement created a profound impression, at once manifest in the stillness of the meeting and served to forward the plan long talked of—that of consolidating all the tin-plate manufacturing interests of the country into one company. On the 15h of June, 1898, the first step was taken-that of giving option on the different plants for the consummation of such a scheme. These options were given to extend to February, 15, 1899, but, were taken up and checks passed for the various plants on the 15th of December, 1898. Upon the organization of the American Tin Plate Company Mr. Mathews was made a director and for a time filled the position of district manager of the Cleveland district. He was afterward made assistant to the second vice president in charge of the operating end of the corporation with headquarters in Chicago. The general offices of the company removed to New York, February 22, 1900, and located in the Battery Park building. The organization of the American Tin Plate Company was the first consolidation of industrial enterprises but closely following the removal from Chicago to New York came the formation of the American Steel Hoop and the American Sheet Steel Companies, all of which were later made subsidiary companies of the United States Steel Corporation, and their original outfit— the officers of the American Tin Plate Company and others were largely instrumental in the formation of the United States Steel Corporation, which was long before talked of as "the billion dollar company." Mr. Mathews continued as a director of the American Tin Plate Company and manager of the claim department until April, 1902, when he withdrew, having tendered his resignation in the previous December. He returned with his family to Cleveland. For the next few months Mr. Mathews enjoyed a vacation from routine business until in August, 1902, when he accepted the position of manager of the real-estate department of the Guardian Savings & Trust Company. A year and a half later he was made manager of the Guardian Savings & Trust Company's branch at No. 63 Euclid avenue, which position he continued to fill until the bank was moved to its new building at No. 322 Euclid avenue. Since that date he has remained as one of its executive officers. He is a stockholder in this thriving banking institution. He is also treasurer of The Columbia Steamship Company, a director of The Hydraulic Pressed Steel Company, a stockholder in The National Refining Company, The Diamond Rubber Company, The Cleveland-Akron Bag Company, The Northern Ohio Traction & Light Company and the Valley Steamship Company and is interested in various other enterprises. On the 30th of October, 1872, Mr. Mathews was married at Hudson, Ohio, to Miss Ida Farrar, a daughter of Horace Edward and Lucinda M. Farrar, of that place. They have one child, Lena Farrar Mathews, who completed her education in a private school at Amherst, Massachusetts. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mathews have always been prominent in social circles of this city and they reside at No. 1872 East Eighty-ninth street, where they have a most hospitable home. Mr. Mathews is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and also belongs to the Euclid, Colonial and Union Clubs. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and has been active in Masonic circles for many years as the following record will show : was made a Master Mason in Newburg Lodge, No. 379, F. & A. M., April 14, 1879; Royal Arch Mason in Baker Chapter, No. 139, R. A. M., July 706 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND 30, 1880; Royal and Select Master in Cleveland Council, No. 36, October 31, 1891; Knight Templar in Holyrood Commandery, No. 32, February 1s, 1882. He attained the fourteenth degree in Eliadah Lodge of Perfection, October 12, 1888 ; the sixteenth degree in Bahurim Council, October 19, 1888; the eighteenth degree in Ariel Chapter of the Rose Croix, October 26, 1888; and the thirty-second degree in Ohio Consistory, S. P. R. S., November 23, 1888. He is a charter member of Lake Erie Consistory, is a past master of Newburg Lodge, past eminent commander of Holyrood Commandery and active in nearly all of the Masonic bodies. At a meeting of the supreme council, A. A. S. R., for the northern Masonic jurisdiction of the United States of America for the thirty-third and last degree, held at Boston, Massachusetts, September 22, 1909, Mr. Mathews was elected to the honorary thirty-third degree and to membership in this supreme body. He is also an active member of the Castalia Trout Club, and golf, fishing and outdoor sports in general constitute the sources of his recreation. He is a large man of commanding appearance, yet quiet, modest and unassuming in deportment, and genial and courteous to all. His marked business ability and the simple weight of his own character have carried him into important business relations. RICHARD HILLIARD. Though more than a half century has passed since Richard Hilliard was called to his final rest, he is still remembered by many of Cleveland's older residents as one of the most prominent and foremost citizens in the early days of the city's development. He was for almost a third of a century successfully identified with business interests as a general merchant and his record both as a business man and citizen was one well worthy of emulation and commendation. His birth occurred in Chatham, New York, on the 3d of July, 1800, his parents being David and Lucy (Hudson) Hilliard. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, died when his son Richard was but fourteen years of age and therefore the latter early found it necessary to assist in the support of the family. He attended the district schools of his native state for a few terms but laid aside his text-books in order to enter upon an apprenticeship with a hatter of Albany, New York. One day a son of his employer threw down a pair of boots, saying: "Clean those boots, Dick." The manner in which the request was made aroused his ire to such an extent that he concluded to abandon his position and left for parts unknown. Several months later found him with an older brother at Skaneateles, New York, where he remained until eighteen years of age, being employed as a clerk and also in the capacity of school teacher. Subsequently he went to Black Rods, New York, and there secured a clerkship in the general mercantile store of John Daly. By his capability and faithfulness in the discharge of the duties entrusted to his care he gained the confidence of his employer and eventually was admitted to a partnership without capital. In 1824 the firm was removed to Cleveland as a place of greater promise, Mr. Hilliard coming to this city with his sister, who afterward became Mrs. Orlando Cutter and is now deceased. In 1827 he bought Mr. Daly's interest in the business and remained the sole proprietor of the establishment for several years, or until the growth of the trade made it desirable to have a resident partner in New Y0rk to make purchases. He therefore associated himself with William Hayes of that city and the relation was maintained with mutual pleasure and profit until Mr. Hilliard passed away on the 21 st of December, 1856. When the business of the house had increased to such an extent that larger quarters became necessary Mr. Hilliard purchased a lot on Water street, erected a handsome building thereon and from that time until his death conducted his mercantile enterprise on the wholesale HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 709 plan. He likewise erected a large residence on the corner of Bond street and St. Clair avenue, then a fashionable part of the town, in which the Associated Charities now have their headquarters. He was associated with the late Congressman Payne and others in financeering and constructing the first railroad into Cleveland, known as the Erie Railroad, and was also largely instrumental in establishing the present water works system. In the early '20s Mr. Hilliard was engaged to marry Miss Mary Merwin, a noted eastern belle and a daughter of Noble H. Merwin. She was also a descendant of Governor Pood. Her death occurred, however, before the marriage was celebrated and in 1827 Mr. Hilliard wedded Miss Sarah Katherine Hayes. Her father, Newton Hayes, who was a native of Lcox, Vermont, established his home in New York city, where he became proprietor of the Franklin House—at that time the best known hostelry in the eastern metropolis. Daniel Hayes, an ancestor of Mrs. Hilliard, was on the committee of correspondence of public safety during the Revolutionary war. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard were born nine children, seven who lived to maturity as follows : Richard, who is deceased ; Mary, who became the wife of Dr. Elisha Sterling and has also passed away ; Julia, the wife of D. C. Hall, of New York ; Catherine, who is the wife of H. C. Gaylord ; Newton and William H., both of whom are deceased ; and Laura P., who makes her home in Cleveland. In politics Mr. Hilliard was a stalwart democrat. For many years he served as a vestryman in Trinity church and was a regular attendant at its services. He was fond of reading and music and was a man of domestic tastes, finding his greatest pleasure at his own fireside in the companionship of his wife and children. He justly merited the proud American title of a self-made man, for he planned his own advancement and accomplished it in spite of obstacles and conditions which would have utterly discouraged many a man of less resolute spirit. Upright and honorable in all the relations of life, he won the high esteem and friendship of those with whom he was associated and his memory is yet cherished by many who knew him. JEFFERSON FISH. There are those whose place in the history of Cleveland and Cuyahoga county has been more spectacular and there are those who have figured more prominently in the public eye because of connection with affairs of general interest, but there are none who have more uniformly commanded and received the respect of their fellowmen than have the members of the Fish family, one of the oldest and most prominent of the pioneer families of this section of the state. Cleveland was but a small town with comparatively little commercial or industrial importance during the boyhood days of Jefferson Fish, who throughout his entire life resided in this county, an interested witness of the changes which have been wrought. He was born in Brooklyn township, July 11, 1833, and his life record covered the intervening years to the 2d of June, 1902, when he was called to his final rest. His parents were Jonathan and Sarah Fish, who, leaving their Connecticut home, traveled across the country after the primitive manner of the times and settled in Brooklyn township in 1813. There was no steam navigation at that day, the old-time sailing vessels carrying passengers and freight from port to port, but the great state of Ohio was largely a wilderness into which the white settlers had not penetrated. There had been a few villages established along the lake and on the borders of the navigable streams, but otherwise there had been little done to reclaim the state from the domain of the red men. The Fish family took their part in the pioneer development of the locality and Jefferson Fish, reared in his father's home, spent his youth in acquiring an educa- 710 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND tion in the village school and in assisting in the work of the home farm. After the death of his father he continued farming for several years and then became connected with various business enterprises, thus extending the scope of his activity and labors until he became recognized as one of the important factors in the business life of the community. In addition to other interests he aided in organizing the Farmers & Merchants Bank, of which he became the president, holding the position until his demise. His name was an honored one in financial circles because of his ability to plan and perform and also by reason of his unassailable business integrity. In community affairs he took deep and helpful interest, serving for several terms as township trustee and also school director. After the village of South Brooklyn was incorporated he was twice elected a member of the council and did everything in his power to further the interests of the community. He was also a charter member of Glenn Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., and enjoyed the high esteem of his brethren of that order. On May 5, 1859, Mr. Fish was united in marriage to Miss Lenora Meade, and unto them were born two sons who are still living: George H., a member of the the firm of Bennett & Fish, clothiers of Cleveland; and 0. J., who is connected with navigation interests. Three sons and one daughter died in infancy. In the year 1893 Mr. Fish left the farm and removed to his late home on Pest Twenty-fifth street, Cleveland. The success which attends honorable, persistent and unfaltering effort was his and the high standards which he maintained and the phases 0f his character, which were familiar to all who knew him, won him a degree of respect that is seldom accorded any individual. GEORGE O. STREHLOW. George O. Strehlow, manager of the Cleveland branch of the P. Schoenhofen Brewing Company of Chicago, was born in Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, on the 12th of August, 1876, a son of John C. and Albertina Strehlow. The paternal grandfather, John Strehlow, who was a native of Germany, made the voyage to the United States in 1843. After arriving in New York he went to New Jersey and thence removed to Watertown, Wisconsin, where he followed farming until 1863. In that year he made his way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he secured employment as a longshoreman, being engaged in the unloading of vessels until the time of his retirement in 1894. John C. Strehlow, the father of our subject, was likewise a native of Germany and accompanied his father on the voyage to the new world. He first secured a position as foreman with the Layton Packing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and in 1883 entered the police force, with which' he is still identified, acting as a lieutenant, at the present time. George O. Strehlow attended the public schools until fifteen years of age and then entered the employ of the J. L. Burnham Brick Company as office boy, remaining with the concern for two years. Subsequently he was engaged as clerk with the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company and later was made paymaster, while afterward he acted as cashier for the Canada Atlantic Transit Company for a year. He next entered the employ of P. Schoenhof en Brewing Company as clerk and traveling man and in September, 1908, was. made manager of the Cleveland branch of this extensive concern. being well qualified for the discharge of the important duties devolving upon him in this connection. On the 19th of September, 1903, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mr. Strehlow was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Klotz, by whom he has two children. Adela and Gilbert, who are now four and two years of age respectively. The family residence is at No. 1355 East Eighty-second street. Fraternally Mr. HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 711 Strehlow is identified with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias. He likewise belongs to the South Side Turners, and is a Protestant in religious faith. Though still a young man, he has already attained a creditable position in business circles and his many friends predict for him a bright future. ADDISON T. HUBBARD. Addison T. Hubbard, president of the Cowell-Hubbard Jewelry Company of Cleveland, came to the middle west from New England, his birthplace being in Holden, Massachusetts, while his natal year was 1848. He acquired his early education in the public schools and afterward attended the Worcester (Mass.) Academy. He was sixteen years of age when he was apprenticed to the jeweler's trade in Boston, following that pursuit for five years, during which period he gained intimate and thorough knowledge of the business, becoming an expert workman. The year 1871 witnessed his arrival in Cleveland and, his financial condition rendering immediate employment a necessity, he entered the service of Sylvester Hogan, a jeweler, with whom he remained for eight years, his long connection with that house standing in incontrovertible evidence of his capability, fidelity and the confidence reposed in him by his employer. At length, when his earnings had brought him sufficient capital, he embarked in business on his own account, forming a partnership with S. H. Cowell, under the firm style of Cowell & Hubbard. In this connection he became part owner of the jewelry house that had been established in the early '60s by Royal Cowles and later became the property of H. Cowell & Company, the partners at that time being Herbert Cowell as senior partner and George Cowell, his father, as junior partner. Upon the retirement of the latter, S. H. Cowell became a half owner and the name was then changed to Cowell Brothers. After the death of Herbert Cowell in 1877, S. H. Cowell conducted the business alone until November 1, 1879, when Addison T. Hubbard became a half owner. In 1887 the business was incorporated as the Cowell-Hubbard Company and upon the death of Mr. Cowell in 1889, Mr. Hubbard became president of what is today the largest retail jewelry establishment in the city of Cleveland. It is most attractive in its arrangement and equipment and a fine line of jewelry, diamonds and watches of artistic workmanship is carried. Mr. Hubbard has given his entire attention to the development and extension of the business during his thirty years' connection therewith and its gradual and substantial growth is attributable in very large measure to his well directed efforts and business enterprise. In Cleveland, on the 24th of September, 1884, Mr. Hubbard was married to Mrs. Katherine Beckwith Knight of this city, and they have three children : Walter O. Knight, associated with his father in business ; Sterling Beckwith Hubbard, also with his father in business ; and Marguerite, at home. The family residence at No. 2174 East Forty-sixth street was erected in 1886. It is the center of a cultured society circle, the family having a host of warm friends in this city. Mr. Hubbard manifests his political preference by support of the republican candidates at the polls. He was reared in the Congregational church and is a Knight Templar Mason and a member of the Union Club. He also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and ardently supports its activities for municipal progress and for the development of the city in lines of industrial and commercial advancement. Courteous, dignified and well poised, one would hardly imagine that the successful president of Cleveland's leading retail jewelry house entered upon an apprenticeship at the age of sixteen years and, unaided, has since made his own way in the world. The struggles and difficulties of business life con- 712 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND stitute a chapter in the record of almost every man today prominent in commercial circles and it is this fact which constitutes an inspiration for the youth of the present age, indicating what may be accomplished by persistent and determined effort. FRANK R. HARRIS. Frank R. Harris, a self-made man who has won success in every undertaking to which he has directed his energies, is now a member of the firm of Quinn & Harris, conducting a cigar business in the Hollenden Hotel. He was born in Cleveland, April 14, 1860, and is a son of Benjamin F. and Ellen (Hall) Harris. He comes of Revolutionary stock 0n the paternal side, while his maternal ancestors were from Ireland and on coming to America settled at Kingston, Canada, where they successfully conducted a hotel for many years. Frank R. Harris pursued his education in the grammar grades and high school of Cleveland, completing the course by graduation in the class of 1879. He at once entered the business department of the Cleveland Herald and with the passing years his experience in business fields brought him increased ability. He thoroughly mastered whatever he undertook to do and his work was characterized by promptness as well as accuracy. Pith increased remuneration for his labors he at length was enabled to engage in the cigar and tobacco trade, conducting business at the old Weddell House from 1890 until, June, 1892. Since that date he has been at the Hollenden Hotel under the firm name of Quinn & Harris, and the extent of his trade makes it a most profitable business venture. Mr. Harris is not unknown in political circles. He is a democrat of the old school and first became connected with municipal interests through eight years' service as page in the Cleveland city council. He was also in the sheriff's office from 1887 until 1890. He has taken the degrees of Capitular Masonry, belonging to Tyrian Lodge, F. & A. M., and Cleveland Chapter, R. A. M. In 1883 he wedded Miss Matie Parsons, who died in 1884. She was a daughter of J. J. and Mary Parsons, early settlers of Cleveland. In 1895 Mr. Harris wedded Luella Engle, whose ancestors were pioneers of the Western Reserve. In a review of his life it will be seen that persistency of purpose, adaptability and energy have been the strong factors in his success and his cordiality of manner has not been an unessential factor in winning him patronage. FRANKLIN STUART McGOWAN. Franklin Stuart McGowan, attorney at law and a member of the firm of Cook, McGowan & Foote, was born January 20, 1869, at Oleopolis, Pennsylvania. The family is of Scotch-Irish origin. The grandfather was a physician of Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, and the father, Thomas McGowan, who died in Cleveland, January 26, 1905, was a graduate of Princeton University of the class of 1861, after which he entered active business life as a consulting chemist. He married Sarah Elizabeth Rowland, who was born in Hancock, Maryland, and is still living. The brother of F. S. McGowan is Roland Thomas McGowan, with the Parsons & Parsons Company, manufacturing chemists of Cleveland. Franklin S. McGowan is a graduate of the Central high school of Cleveland of the class of 1886 and an A. B. graduate of Adelbert College of the class of 1890. He belongs to the Delta Upsilon fraternity and the Phi Beta Kappa society. He was a teacher in the Central high school in 1890-91, instructor in German at Adelbert College in 1891-92 and at Adelbert College and the Col- HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 715 lege for Pomen in 1892-93. In the following year he attended the Western Reserve University Law School and was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1894. He has been a member of the following law firms : Brewer, Palmer & McGowan, 1894-95; Dickey, Brewer & McGowan, 1896-1900 ; Brewer, Cook & McGowan, 1901-05; Cook & McGowan, 1906; Cook, McGowan & Foote, 1907 to date. On the 10th of June, 1896, Mr. McGowan married Helen A. Dempsey, a daughter of John and Martha (Davis) Dempsey, of Shelby, Ohio, both now deceased. Mrs. McGowan is a graduate of Wellesley College of the class of 1890. Mr. McGowan belongs to the Union Country, University, Rowf ant and Tippecanoe Clubs, the Chamber of Commerce and the Nisi Prius Court, a lawyers' organization ; is a member of the executive committee of the Municipal Association ; and treasurer of the Young Men's Christian Association. PROFESSOR JOHN W. PERRIN, Ph. D. Professor John W. Perrin has been librarian of the Case Library since 1905. He is widely recognized as one of the ablest educators of the country, and is a son of William Jasper and Susan Allen Perrin. His entire life has been devoted to educational and kindred interests. He completed a course in Illinois Pesleyan University in 1887 and won the degree of Bachelor of Arts, while from Wabash College in 1889 he received the Master of Arts degree. Before completing his college course he had spent two years in the study of law and had been admitted to the bar but never chose to establish a practice. He was a graduate student in history, economics and philosophy in Johns Hopkins University from 1890 until 1892 and in the latter year he entered the University of Chicago as a graduate student in history, political science and sociology. He was also honorary fellow from January to July, 1893, and received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chicago University in 1895. As an educator Dr. Perrin has occupied a number of important positions. His first effort in this line was at Danville, Illinois, where he acted as assistant principal of the high school in 1887-8. The following year he was superintendent of the city schools at Petersburg, Illinois, and then became assistant superintendent of schools in Cook county, Illinois, under Superintendent A. G. Lane, occupying the position for a year. The following three years were devoted to study as previously indicated, after which he became professor of history and economics in the 'First Wisconsin State Normal School at Platteville, Pisconsin. At the close of that scholastic year he accepted the professorship of history and political science in Allegheny College, where he remained from 1894 until 1898. During his connection with that institution he was also lecturer in history for the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching from 1895 until 1898, and professor of history and economics in Chautauqua College of Liberal Arts at Chautauqua, New York. He left Allegheny College to accept the Haydn professorship in history in Adelbert College of the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, at which time the Allegheny Literary Monthly of May, 1898, said : "At this time of widespread interest in the investigation of political and economic problems, the loss from a college community of an able and enthusiastic student and instructor in these departments is attended with peculiar regret. Dr. Perrin has held the chair of history and politics in Allegheny College since 1895. He came to us with eminent qualifications in respect both of preparation and experience for the work to which he was called." After citing the schools which he had attended, the Literary Monthly continued : "Hardly less extensive than his preparation was his practical experience as an instructor both in the field of general knowledge and in his own specially elected departments of study * * * During his professorship in Allegheny College the same catholic concern in the interests of education so conspicuous in the prosecution of his earlier 716 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND labors has characterized his every act. His sympathies and efforts have ever been directed toward the diffusion of general knowledge and the advancement of higher learning." Professor Perrin's connection with Adelbert College continued from 1898 until 1904, when he became Albert Shaw lecturer on American diplomatic history in Johns Hopkins University, while in 1905 he was recalled to Allegheny College as lecturer on American history. In June of the latter year he accepted the proffered position of librarian of Case Library at Cleveland and in this connection has since done splendid service. Professor Perrin is a member of numerous important educational associations and is widely known as a writer on educational and historic subjects, making frequent contributions to current magazines. He holds membership in the American Historical Association, the American Political Science Association and is an active member of the National Educational Association. He was elected secretary of the department of higher education at its Detroit meeting in 1901. In 1899, while connected with Western Reserve University, he organized the Conference of Collegiate and Secondary School Instructors of Western Reserve University and was chairman of its executive committee until 1903. In October, 1907, he was elected the president of the Ohio Library Association for 1908. His written articles have appeared in the American Historical Review, Educational Review, Journal of Pedagogy, Yale Review, Chautauqua and other periodicals treating of historical, educational and biographical subjects. On the 16th of April, 1890, Professor Perrin was married to Miss Harriet Naylor Towle, of Evanston, Illinois, and a most happy home life was terminated in the death of Mrs. Perrin on the 25th of January, 1910. Their three children were Herbert Towle, Harriet Towle and Everett Towle Perrin. Such in brief is the life history of Professor Perrin and it would be tautological in this connection to enter into any series of statements as showing him to be a man of scholarly attainments and broad general information, for these have been shadowed forth between the lines of this review. His influence, however, has been a potent element in the advancement of the interests of higher education and he occupies today a prominent position in the ranks of the nation's best educators. REV. JOHN WILLIAM BELL. The Rev. John William Bell, pastor of St. Joseph's church of Collinwood, was born in Fremont, Ohio, April 14, 1860, a son of William Bell and grandson of William Bell, Sr. The latter, born in Scotland, was a sea captain in the employ of the English government, and died in his native land. His son, William Bell, the father of the Rev. Bell, was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Scotland, March 13, 1827. Although now living retired, he was a ship carpenter by trade and worked for many years. In 1852 he came to the United States, and after a few months spent in New York removed to Ohio and settled in Toledo in 1862, which city is now his home. Prior to locating there he lived at Fremont, Ohio, for a time and. there he was married, July 5, 1858 to Hannah Daly, who was born in Ireland and is still living. This venerable couple celebrated their golden wedding in 1908, upon which occasion solemn high mass was said at St. Francis de Sales, Toledo, followed by a banquet in the Ursuline convent, of which one of the daughters is a Sister, known as Sister Ambrose. A number of priests attended. In addition to Sister Ambrose, Father Bell had another sister, known as Sister Eugenia of the same convent, but she died January 16, 1905. She was born February 1, 1866. There is another son in the family, George F., who lives at Toledo and is secretary and treasurer of the Great Lakes Towing Association. HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 719 Father Bell was educated in the Toledo parochial schools, in Niagara College at Niagara Falls, now Niagara University, where he spent four years, and then he took a year's course in St. Charles College of Maryland. Followmg this he entered St. Mary's Seminary for his course in philosophy and theology and was ordained March 7, 1891, by Bishop Gilmour. He said his first mass March 15, 1891, at St. Francis de Sales church in Toledo. He was then sent to the church at North Ridge, Defiance county, Ohio, and remained there one year and ten months, when he was transferred to St. John's church at Summitville and was its pastor for three years. From that charge he was sent to St. Patrick's church at Salineville, and then in January, 1900, he was stationed at St. Paul's church at Euclid, a suburb of Cleveland, finally being located at St. Joseph church of Collinwood in February, 1901, which was separated from Euclid. The parish now has a good brick church with a seating capacity of three hundred ; a four-room frame school building which accommodates two hundred and eight puls and four teachers, as well as an excellent frame parish house. There are two hundred families and nine hundred souls in the parish, and affairs are in a flourishing condition owing to the work and efficient management of Father Bell. JULIUS GLICKMAN. Few of the successful business men of Cleveland can show a record of more arduous toil and more persistent economy which have been productive of such generous returns than can Julius Glickman, the proprietor of the Glickman Furniture Company, at Thirty-ninth street and Woodland avenue. He was born in Russia, November 15, 1867, a son of David and Ripka Glickman, who are still living. Julius Glickman was reared upon a farm and received his education in private schools of his native land. He engaged in farm work until 1891, when he determined to try his fortune in this land of opportunity. In July, of that year he located in Cleveland, having come here immediately after landing upon our shores. For the first eighteen months after his arrival here he was engaged in buying rags, and from the income he derived from that business he had to send a considerable sum back to Russia for the support of his parents, for his father was an invalid. Nevertheless, despite this drain upon his resources, he was able to save forty-five dollars in a year and a half, which enabled him to start in the rag business on Endis alley, this city. In five years, through careful economy, he was ably to buy a house on Jackson street suitable for his needs, in that it had a shop in the rear. During the next five years, while at that location he was able to add to his savings until he had eight thousand dollars. Part of this sum, however, had been made through wise investments in real estate, for as he saw opportunity he bought property that eventually added considerably to his income. At the end of the next five years he sold his business with the intention of embarking upon another line and three months later entered into partnership with Samuel Weinberg, under the firm name of Glickman & Weinberg. Their furniture store was then located at 165 Orange street. but two years later they removed to a new building Mr. Glickman had erected at Thirty-ninth street and Poodland avenue, which the firm still occupies. In November, 1908, however, the partnership was dissolved, and the business reorganized under the title of the Glickman Furniture Company. Mr. Glickman has continued at its head and has been the means of advancing the firm to a well deserved and highly respected position among others in its line. He has shown wisdom in furthering its ends, while throughout his career he has evinced that conservation of resources which is so important a factor in substantial success. 720 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND On the 15th of August, 1893, Mr. Glickman wedded Miss Annie Galvin, also a native of Russia and a daughter of Jacob and Mary Rachel (Ginsberg) Galvin. Unto them have been born four daughters : Elizabeth, who is fifteen years of age ; Regina, who is thirteen ; Lillian, who is eleven ; and Zelda, born in October, 1909. The eldest is in the high school, and Regina and Lillian are pupils in the public schools. Mr. Glickman is a member of the Knights of Joseph and of the Sons of Isaac, and occupies a pleasant home at 2334 East Forty-sixth street. In a review of his life it is impossible not to be impressed with the amount of work Mr. Gleckman has accomplished in the course of years, since he started in this country. He was a masterful worker, determined and frugal, and the extent of his real-estate holdings as well as the character of the furniture business tell with what success. B. F. MORSE. B. F. Morse, now living retired, is numbered among the pioneer residents of Cleveland and the Western Reserve, his residence in Ohio covering more than four score years. He was born in June, 1829, at South Kirtland, Geauga county, now Lake county, Ohio, and in 1836 he became a resident of Painesville, Ohio. His father, the late Colonel J. F. Morse, came from Pashington, Berkshire county, Massachuetts, in 1816. He became a prominent builder and architect and was honored by his fellowmen by being sent to the Ohio legislature for six years, two years of which time he was in the state senate and speaker of the house one session. He with another member brought about the election of Salmon P. Chase to the United States senate in 1849. During his residence in Painesville Mr. Morse attended the common schools and afterward the Painesville Academy, while the Rev. Dr. Brayton and Professor Cowles, who was a graduate of Yale College, were principals. He also studied mathematics at a private school with Professor Cowles and later studied mathematics and civil engineering in the law office of General E. A. Paine, a graduate of West Point, who had retired from the United States army. He studied architecture and architectural drawing with Professor Smith. Mr Morse was identified with much of the pioneer railroad building in northern Ohio in the capacity of assistant engineer, in which connection he represented the Lake Shore Railroad, aiding in the construction of the line between Cleveland and Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1851-52. In 185 he was assistant of engineering work under Major Potter at the three harbors, Fairport, Ashtabula and Conneaut. During the open season of 1854 he was first assistant under Captain Howard Stansbury, United States engineer, in the examination of the harbors on Lake Erie west of Cleveland, namely : Lorain, Vermilion, Huron, Sandusky and Monroe, Michigan, during which time s0me surveys were made in Sandusky bay. As chief assistant engineer he had charge of a line from Tiffin to Fort Wayne, now constituting a part of the Nickel Plate system. In 1855 he was assistant engineer in charge of a survey for the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad from Youngstown to New Castle,. Pennsylvania, and from 1857 until 1862 he was first assistant under Charles Collins in the engineering department of the Lake Shore Railroad between Cleveland and Erie, Pennsylvania. In 1862 four railroad companies, the Cleveland & Columbus, the Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula, the Cleveland & Toledo and the Cleveland & Pittsburg, proposed through their presidents to build the present Union station in Cleveland. The presidents constituted the building committee, with Amasa Stone of the Lake Shore as chairman, and he appointed Mr. Morse as his engineer. The latter drew plans and they were approved by Mr. Stone. They included what was probably at that time one of the largest train sheds in the United States. HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 723 Mr. Morse superintended the building of the Union station, completing the work in 1865. In 1868 as chief engineer he surveyed the line from Chardon to Youngstown, which is now a branch of the Baltimore & Ohio, extending from Fairport to Youngstown. As chief engineer he also made a preliminary survey for a railroad from Cleveland to Sharon, Pennsylvania. Mr. Morse afterward became interested in the erection of many of the public buildings and superintended their construction. He superintended the construction of the city work house and drew the plans for and superintended the rebuilding of the Newburg Asylum, which was destroyed by fire in 1872. In April, 1875, Mr. Morse was appointed city engineer, in which capacity he served for nine years. He remodeled the plans and completed the Superior street viaduct, which was opened in 1878. He first caused to be used the Molina block stone pavement on the streets of Cleveland. While acting as city engineer he estimated and reported on several high level bridges (now the Central viaduct) and one of the plans which he advocated was later carried out by the city. He also first suggested and planned for the intercepting sewer that is being built by the city at the present time. He was appointed by the building committee to superintend the construction of the Society for Savings building, but before active work began he engaged with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company to superintend the building and rebuilding of its stations at Toledo and Chicago. In 1890, under the new building code, he was appointed as building inspector and served in that capacity three and a half years. Later, being in poor health and having mining and oil interests in the west and northwest, he made an extensive trip through those sections of the country to look after his investments. This also gave him opportunity to see the country and at the same time to visit relatives. On his return to Cleveland, feeling that his long years of activity entitled him to rest, he retired from active business and aside from acting occasionally as consulting engineer, spent his days in leisurely manner, enjoying such things as are matters of interest and pleasure to him. His rest is certainly well merited and the life work of few men has been of more widespread benefit than that of B. F. Morse. In 1855 Mr. Morse was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Craft, of Tiffin, Ohio. Unto them have been vouchsafed fifty-four years of happy wedded life. They reared a family of three sons and two daughters, Captain Charles C. Morse, Emma E., John F., Mary E. and Allen C., but the second daughter died recently. Mr. Morse was a member of the Royal Arch Masons for many years, belonged to the old Board of Trade and also to the Chamber of Commerce of Cleveland. He is one of the oldest members of the American Society of Civil Engineers, having been identified with the order since 1877, and is a charter member of the Civil Engineers Club of Cleveland, now the Cleveland Engineering Society. As the years passed continued experience augmented his business ability and he ranked prominently as one of the distinguished representatives of his profession. Even yet his opinions are frequently sought in consultation but he prefers to live retired and amid comfortable surroundings is spending the evening of life. JOSEPH F. McKENNA. Joseph F. McKenna, who is engaged in the real-estate and insurance business, was born in Bay City. Michigan, in 1869, and came to Cleveland when three years of age and was educated in the parochial schools and in Spencerian Business College. At the age of seventeen he became stenographer to William Smith, chief of the claim department of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company, and after a year and a half entered the claim department of the Big Four, where he spent a similar period. He was next stenographer 724 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND and general utility man for J. C. Moorehead, general superintendent of the Erie Railroad and at length left that road to enter the service of E. A. Handy, chief engineer of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company. A year later he was transferred, becoming secretary to C. A. Carpenter, division engineer of the company, with whom he continued for a decade, or until Mr. Carpenter's death in 1901, when he resigned. He then invested his savings in the coal business as a partner of his brother, Edward F. McKenna, and for seven years operated in that line and at the same time branched out in real estate. He is now concentrating his energies entirely upon real estate and insurance. During his service with railroad companies he was also supreme secretary of the Knights of Equity. Mr. McKenna belongs to Cleveland Lodge, No. 18, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ; Cleveland Aerie, No. 135, Fraternal Order of Eagles : Cleveland Council, No. 735, Knights of Columbus ; Division No. 1 of the Ancient Order of Hiberians ; Court No. 1 of the Knights of Equity ; and Branch No. 33 of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. He was recently elected a member of the board of directors of the Irish-American Civic Association. In politics he is a stalwart democrat and is one of the few men of his party elected in the recent campaign, running third on his ticket. He was elected a member of the quadrennial board of assessors of the real property for the city of Cleveland. Mr. McKenna was married to Miss Mary Rath, of Cleveland, and they have two sons and two daughters: Hazel, sixteen years of age, who is now in the second year in the East high school ; Joseph E., fourteen years of age, and Marian, eleven years of age, both attending St. Thomas Acquinas School ; and Edward, three years of age. Mr. McKenna and his family are members of the Immaculate Conception church. JOHN JAMES CORLETT. John James Corlett, who for many years was one of Cleveland's most honored citizens, and who during a long and useful life always did the duty which lay nearest at hand, carrying out in every act the faith which was his, was born in Plattsburg, New York, December 18, 1833, and died March 30, 1900. He was a son of James and Elizabeth (Kissick) Corlett, who came from the Isle of Man to New York, where the father worked in a tannery for several years. Later he moved his family to Willoughby, Ohio, in 1835, this being a suburb of Cleveland. Here he became a large landowner, investing extensively in farming property. Still later he removed to the city to live with his son, John James, at whose home his death occurred May 23, 1867, when he was eighty-three years of age. John James Corlett was educated at the Willoughby Seminary as well as a business college, leaving school at the age of twenty years. At this time he began his business career as a clerk in the sporting goods store of the late Henry Hattersley, his uncle, continuing with him until 1871. In that year Mr. Corlett embarked in the crockery business on Pearl street in the old Merrill building, remaining at that location for six years, when he sold. He then entered the same line of trade his uncle had carried on for so many years, opening up in the old location with a full stock of sporting goods. So successful was he that in time he formed a stock company and continued to supply a large trade for a quarter of a century, or until his demise. On December 19, 1865, Mr. Corlett married Melvina Chamberlain, a daughter of Jonas B. and Maria (Merritt) Chamberlain, of Portchester, Westchester county, New York, where Mr. Chamberlain was an extensive miller. Mr. and Mrs. Corlett became the parents of four children : Arthur L., of Los Angeles, HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 725 California; William F., who died in infancy ; Roy C. and Herbert L., who are employed in this city. Mr. Corlett was a man of quiet tastes who was engrossed in business and while a republican shunned politics or public life. He was a member 0f the order of Chosen Friends, and, while brought up a Presbyterian, he attended the Methodist church. In his long life he helped many, keeping much of his charity to Himself, attached men to him by reason of his characteristic nobility and uprightness, and when he passed away he was mourned by a wide circle of those who knew and appreciated his true worth. F. C. KARNOPSKY. F. C. Karnowsky, to whose management the success of the Vimo Ginger Beer & Ale Company of Cleveland is largely attributable, was born in the northern part of Germany, March 7, 1878, and is a son of Charles and Minnie Karnowsky. The father was also a native of the northern part of Germany, where he served as a coachman until 1882, when he came to Cleveland and was employed as stationary engineer by the Columbia Brewing Company and is now with the Ullman-Philpott Paint Company in the same capacity. F. C. Karnowsky, brought to America in his youthful days, attended the parochial school of the Lutheran church to the age of fourteen years, when he started in business life, engaging with the Sherwin-Williams Paint Company, with whom he remained for three years.' He was afterward in the employ of the Schneider & Trenkamp Company, gas stove manufacturers, as a stove mounter and subsequently was advanced to the position of assistant foreman and stockkeeper, in which capacity he served for twelve years. On the expiration of that period he became associated with the Vimo Ginger Beer & Ale Company, bottlers and distributers of the Vimo ginger beer, ginger ale, root beer, peach and raspberry soda, lemon sour and pear cider. In February, 1908, the business was reincorporated and Mr. Karnowsky became manager and one of the directors. The plant has a capacity of eight hundred gallons per week. They employ six men and utilize three wagons in distribution, their sales being mostly to the local trade, although they make some shipments to small towns adjacent to Cleveland. Mr. Karnowsky was married in this city to Miss Elizabeth Rothner, on the 18th of May, 1905, and they have one son, Arthur L., three years of age. In his political views Mr. Karnowsky is independent. He belongs to the German Evangelical Lutheran church, but takes no active part in public life, preferring to concentrate his time and energies upon his business affairs, in which he is meeting with signal prosperity. He is watchful of every detail pointing to success and his carefully devised and well executed plans are forceful and potent elements in the attainment of the desired end. AUGUST W. SEITZ. August P. Seitz, hearing and heeding the call of the western world, became a resident of Cleveland in 1891 and in the intervening years has gained for himself a creditable position among the contractors of the city. He was born in Baden, Germany, March 8, 1874. His father, L. Seitz, was a native of Baden, born in 1835, and his life record covered the intervening years to 1905, when at the age of seventy he passed away in his native city. August P. Seitz spent his youth to the age of seventeen years in his native country but in 1891 came direct to Cleveland because of the favorable reports 726 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND which he had heard concerning America and its business opportunities. He had been educated in manual training at Karlsruhe, Germany, and had become a proficient workman in all branches of building and cabinet work. His ability enabled him to secure employment with A. Raber, a manufacturer of cabinets in Cleveland, on the location which he now occupies in the conduct of his own business. He remained with Mr. Raber for three years and was then employed by C. E. Wadsworth, a furniture manufacturer, for two years. He afterward became foreman for the contracting firm of Peter Sauman & Company, one of Cleveland's prominent building firms, continuing therewith for six years. He started in business on his own account in 1903 and has since been awarded many important building contracts. He operates a large planing mill in connection with his constructive work and therein manufactures all of the lumber that he uses for inside finishing in the execution of his contracts. Among the many substantial and attractive buildings that have been erected by Mr. Seitz may be mentioned the business block at the corner of Orange avenue and Broadway. His faithfulness in the execution of every contract, his fidelity to the terms agreed upon and his promptness and dispatch in executing the work are all qualities which have brought him substantial success and are promoting his advancement. In 1907 Mr. Seitz was married to Miss Margaret Grossman, a daughter of Emil Grossman, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Socialer Turn Verein and the Turner Maennerchor, a singing society. He greatly enjoys fishing and hunting and finds time each year to devote a brief period to his favorite sports. He resides at No. 3406 Meyer avenue and his attractive home as well as his business is an indication of the success that has come to him in the conduct of his growing industrial interests here. FREDERICK CLAUS. Frederick Claus, who is conducting a furniture and undertaking business 1n Cleveland, is another instance of the success attained by the sons of Germany who seek opportunities in this land. There is something in the German training that makes a man thorough and enables him to progress where others fail. Mr. Claus in his life work has demonstrated the truth of this. He was born in Hanover, Germany, May 26, 1851, a son of Henry and Elizabeth Claus. Until he was fourteen years of age he attended the excellent public schools there and then assisted his father on the farm and at the same time learned the trade of cabinetmaking, thus continuing until he was nineteen years old. At this time he came to America and on landing came direct to Cleveland, where he worked for his brother who was a member of the firm of Claus & Busch, furniture manufacturers, and for four years was one of their cabinetmakers. At the expiration of that time he entered the employ of the Cleveland Burial Case Company as cabinetmaker and continued with them for eight years. By this time he was well versed in the details of both lines of business and established himself as a furniture dealer and undertaker at No. 7071 Broadway. His work is of such a nature as to meet with the approval of those who need his services and his ready sympathy and kindly interest have cheered many a bereaved heart. On May 28, 1874, Mr. Claus married Miss Anna Weschmeyer and they have six children, namely : Martin, was married May 31, 1905, to Miss Bertha, a daughter of August Goodschek, of Cleveland, and they have one child, Florence born February 9, 1906. He is engaged in business with his father. Amelia is a widow. Ida is Mrs. Martin Blase. Frederick, Jr., is also in business with his father. Sophia married Art Schefft. Edna is at home. Mr. Claus is a republican, politically. In his religious belief he is a member of the German Evangelical Lutheran church. His untiring industry has HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 729 resulted in the establishment and maintenance of a business of which any man might well be proud. During his long years of service in the employ of others he did his duty faithfully and well and is now reaping the result of honest methods and thorough training. JOHN H. McBRIDE. John H. McBride, known as one of the public-spirited citizens as well as leading business men of Cleveland, has in his active life given many tangible evidences of his devotion to the public good. Moreover, he is operating in commercial circles as the vice president and treasurer of the Root & McBride Company, controlling one of the oldest and best known dry-goods houses in America. The family has been represented on this side of the Atlantic for more than a hundred and sixty years, the progenitor being Samuel McBride, the great-grandfather of John H. McBride. He came to the American colonies from Belfast, Ireland, in 1771. Samuel H. McBride, the father of John H., was a merchant and resided for many years at Lowell, Mahoning county, Ohio, at which place occurred the birth of John H. McBride on the l0th of January, 1843. His early life was spent in hard labor through the summer seasons, while in the winter months he attended the district schools. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union army, although but nineteen years of age, and served for one year. In 1864 Mr. McBride came to Cleveland and entered the employ of the dry-goods firm of Morgan, Root & Company, in which an elder brother, Leander McBride, was a partner. He continued with that firm for some time as an employe, later was admitted to a partnership and when the business was reorganized under the present style of the Root & McBride Company he became vice president and assistant treasurer, which offices he held until 1909, when he succeeded his brother as president. While this is one of the most important mercantile enterprises of the city, he also has extensive business interests elsewhere, being president of the Cleveland-Akron Bag Company and Detroit Bag Company ; vice president of the Superior Savings & Trust Company and of the Cleveland Storage Company ; a director of the Bank of Commerce, National Association and a number of mining, industrial and railroad companies. His keen perception, his ready appreciation of opportunity and his utilization of advantages which have come to him have placed him in a prominent position among Cleveland's business men. His sound judgment and enterprising spirit have also been brought into play in behalf of various important public projects. He is the president of the University School corporation and a trustee of several educational and charitable institutions of Cleveland that benefit through the business ability and determination which he brings to bear in their management. He was a member of the board of park commissioners that established the park system of Cleveland and for four years served as president of that body. He is a member of the Union. Country, Winous Point Shooting Clubs and the Castalia Fishing Club, together with other social organizations of the city. He takes great interest in civic matters and is always foremost in any movement leading to the advancement of the city of Cleveland. In 1868 Mr. McBride was married to Miss Elizabeth Wright, who died February 4, 1w0. To them were born five children, three sons and two daughters. One of the daughters is now the wife of Henry Sherman and the other of Dr. George P. Crile, the famous surgeon. The sons were Herbert, Malcolm L. and Donald. Of these Malcolm L. McBride is the treasurer of the Root & McBride Company. He prepared for Yale at the University School and was graduated from Yale in 1900. lie was very prominent in athletics at both institutions and at Yale was captain of the varsity football steam of 1899. 730 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND Herbert McBride, the eldest son, was one of the most prominent of the younger business men of Cleveland, and his untimely death in the midst of a career of great usefulness caused a widespread feeling of regret and sorrow. He was born in Cleveland and prepared for college at St. Paul's School of Concord, New Hampshire, after which he entered Yale in 1887 and was graduated with honors in the class of 1890. He was quite prominent in athletics during his college days. He immediately became connected with the Root & McBride Company and at the time of his death he was director and assistant treasurer of the corporation. He was a member of the board of directors of the Cleveland Trust Company and a director of the Chamber of Commerce. He was also vice president and treasurer of the Bates Bag & Valve Company, a director of the Tod-Stambaugh Company and a member of the corporation of the Case School of Applied Science. He held membership in the Union, Country and Tavern Clubs of Cleveland and the University Club of New York. He was a member of the Trinity Cathedral. He married Ethel, daughter of the late John Tod, of Cleveland, and died March 13, 1907, at the age of thirty-seven years. Such in brief is the life history of John H. McBride, but reading between the lines one learns of the business ability and spirit of enterprise which have not only brought him up from a humble position in mercantile circles to a place of prominence, wherein important services in connection with the management and executive control of the enterprise are his, but beyond this he has extended his efforts into other fields, having voice in the management of various important commercial concerns. STILES CURTISS SMITH. The name of Stiles Curtiss Smith was long prominently and honorably known in mercantile, financial and charitable undertakings of the city. In all his life he seldom failed to attain the result desired, his well directed energy and keen business discernment carrying him into important relations with the business concerns of Cleveland. He represented one of the old New England families, his birth having occurred in New Britain, Connecticut, March 20, 1831. His education was acquired m a private academy of New Britain and in 1857, when a young man of twenty-six years, he sought a home in Cleveland, recognizing the business opportunities of this growing city of the middle west. He became the senior partner of the wholesale tea, coffee and spice house which was conducted under the firm style of S. C. Smith & Company. From the beginning the enterprise prospered, its trade steadily increasing, for the firm ever maintained a high standard in the character of its service, in its personnel and in the quality of goods handled. As Mr. Smith won prosperity in this line he also extended his efforts into other business fields, becoming a factor m financial, industrial and manufacturing as well as mercantile circles. For some time he was a director in the First National Bank, also in the Cleveland Malleable Iron Company and the National Malleable Castings Company. He was likewise called to the directorate of the Eberhard Manufacturing Company and the Cleveland & Southwestern Traction Company. In all things he displayed an aptitude for successful management and his record was one of the valuable assets in the business history of his adopted city. His life was one of intense and well directed activity, his usefulness not ceasing with his advanced years, for even up to the time of his death, which occurred when he was seventy-six years of age, he was still associated with a number of charitable and financial undertakings which profited by his sound judgment and his cooperation. The mercantile house which he established .ever sustained an unassailable reputation for commercial integrity and largely set the standard for relations of that character. HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 731 It was in Cleveland that Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Gleeson, who was born in this city, April 22, 1831, a daughter of Moses Gleeson, one of the pioneer residents here. They became the parents of five children but the first two, George S. and Caroline M., are both now deceased. The others are : Anna, the wife of Henry Abbott, of Cleveland; Lewis, living in this city; and Flora M., the wife of Frank Gilchrist, also of Cleveland. The mother yet makes her home here, having been a lifelong resident of Cleveland. The death of the husband and father occurred at his home on Euclid avenue, December 5, 1907, after he had passed the seventy-sixth milestone on the journey of life. There are few men who have realized more fully the responsibilities of wealth. As he prospered in his undertakings he gave generously to many measures for the public good, while his philanthropy was one of the strongest elements in his life. He became a trustee of the Associated Charities, of the Children's Fresh Air Camp, the Jones Home, the Huron Street Hospital and the Western Seamen's Friend Society, while his private benefactions were almost numberless. To any tale of sorrow or distress he responded with immediate assistance and sympathy, so that his memory is now enshrined in the hearts of many who were benefited by his kindly and generous aid. He was a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and was greatly interested in every movement for the public good. He belonged also to the Masonic fraternity and was one of the organizers of the New England Society, of which he served for some years as treasurer. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and while he did not seek office, he did not regard politics as something outside the pale of the life of the business man but rather as an issue in which every individual should be keenly interested and he therefore kept well informed on the questions and issues of the day. He was everywhere regarded as one of the substantial, public-spirited men of the city and he achieved the measure of success which comes with a life of conscientious effort. He was a very prominent member of the Plymouth Congregational church and, inspired by the teachings of Him who came to minister and not to be ministered unto, he gave of his time and talents for the benefit of his own household, his fellowmen and the community at large. JAMES HUMPHREY HOYT. The law firm of Hoyt, Dustin, Kelley, McKeehan & Andrews occupies a distinctive position amid the representatives of the bar in Cleveland, and James Humphrey Hoyt as senior partner is known as one of the eminent lawyers of the city bar, who in civil law practice has given proof of comprehensive understanding of legal principles, his clear exposition thereof constituting a forceful factor in the management of various important corporations as well as in the control of litigated interests. Mr. Hoyt was born in Cleveland, November 10, 1852, a son of James Madison and Mary Ella (Beebe) Hoyt. After attending the public schools of this city he prepared for college at Hudson, Ohio, and spent one year in Western Reserve University before entering Amherst College, in which two years were passed. He next matriculated in Brown University in 1871 and was graduated with the class of 1874. In preparation for the practice of law he read for one year with the firm of Spaulding & Diekman and then entered the Harvard Law School in 1875. He was graduated with the class of 1877, winning the LL. B. degree. Mr. Hoyt at once returned to Cleveland, where he formed a partnership with Henry S. Sherman under the firm style of Sherman & Hoyt. They were later joined by Mr. Willey under the firm style of Willey, Sherman & Hoyt, and in turn the partnership became Sherman & Hoyt and Sherman, Hoyt & Dustin. 732 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND On the death of the senior partner the firm of Hoyt & Dustin was assumed and successive changes led to the adoption of Hoyt, Dustin & Kelley and Hoyt, Dustin, Kelley, McKeehan & Andrews. Mr. Hoyt has given his attention to civil practice successfully and is one of Ohio's most widely known and eminent lawyers. He stands today as one of the conspicuous figures of the Cleveland bar, his opinions largely being accepted as authority by the profession upon intricate and involved legal propositions. His clientage has been of a most important character and his legal interests are of an extent that make him one of the prosperous residents of this city. Mr. Hoyt is also recognized as one of the most prominent republicans of Ohio, his opinions constituting an influencing factor in shaping the policy of the party. He was a candidate for nomination for governor in 1895. He is also a leading club man of Cleveland, belonging to the Union, Tavern, Country, Euclid, Roadside, Mayfield Golf, University Club of Cleveland and the Century Association and University, Lawanhoka-Corinthian Yacht, New York Yacht and Metropolitan Clubs of New York. He is also one of the directors of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and actively interested in the various movements promulgated by that organization for enhancing the commercial and industrial activity and connections of the city. Questions of general interest concerning foreign lands as well as of his own country have elicited his attention and m travel he has gained broad knowledge and culture. The leisure periods of his life, which are not sufficiently long to permit of visits in this country and abroad are devoted to driving, motoring and golf. On the 17th of June, 1884, Mr. Hoyt was married to Miss Jessie P. Taintor, of Cleveland, who is much interested in the Day Nursey and Lakeside Hospital of Cleveland, serving on the board of directors of both institutions. She has become the mother of two children : Katherine Boardman ; and Elton 2d, who was graduated from Yale University in 1910. The family residence is at No. 2445 Euclid avenue and is one of the hospitable homes of the city and the scene of many attractive social functions, Mr. Hoyt's reputation as an orator and brilliant after-dinner speaker make his services in this direction in constant demand. He is ready in resource, drawing from a mind that the years have stored with comprehensive and diversified knowledge, while tact ever makes his application a correct one. His face is a familiar one where the most intelligent men of Cleveland gather, and he stands today as one of the distinguished lawyers of the city and eminent political leaders of the state, thoroughly conversant with the economic, sociological and political problems which are engrossing the attention of thinking men at the present time. CHARLES F. KOKLAUNER. Charles F. Koklauner, conducting an extensive and remunerative business as a manufacturer of cigar boxes at Nos. 431 to 437 Champlain avenue in Cleveland, was born in this city on the 4th of September, 1864, his parents being John H. and Clara Koklauner. He pursued his education in the German Lutheran school until fifteen years of age and then entered the employ of the Adams Express Company as a porter, while later he became a messenger for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, acting in that capacity for a period of ten years. Subsequently he worked as a driver on a delivery wagon in the employ of the Wells Fargo Express Company for four years and then embarked in business on his own account as a manufacturer of cigar boxes. At the end of five years he and Henry Kluever bought out the firm of George H. Lson Brothers, cigar box manufacturers, and successfully conducted the enterprise under the name of Koklauner & Kluever until 1905. In that year Mr. Koklauner pur- HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 735 chased his partner's interest and has since remained the sole proprietor of the business, enjoying a profitable and constantly growing trade. He furnishes employment to eleven people and in the capable control of his business affairs has won a measure of succcss that entitles him to recognition among the prosperous and representative residents of his native city. On the 4th of August, 1887, in Cleveland, Mr. Koklauner was joined in wedlock to Miss Katharine C. Dunn and they now have three children, as follows : Pearl C., who is now twenty-one years of age and the wife of Roy Jones, of Jacksonville, Florida ; Philip, who is fifteen years of age ; and Martin, a lad of twelve. The two sons are public scho0l students. The home of the family is at No. 2083 Pest Forty-first street. In his political views Mr. Koklauner is a stalwart republican, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the German Lutheran church. He has attained high rank in Masonry, belonging to Concordia Lodge, No. 345, F. & A. M., Hillman Chapter, No. 166, R. A. M., Cleveland Council, R. & S. M., Holyrood Commandery, No. 32, K. T., Lake Erie Consistory and Al Koran Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of Cleveland Lodge, No. 18, B. P. O. E. Starting out in life for himself at the age of fifteen years, he has in the course of an active career made steady advancement by reason of his indefatigable energy and his persistency of purpose, com- bined with a reliability that has won for him the unqualified respect of those with whom business or social relations have brought him into close association. CHARLES R. LIVINGSTONE. Charles R. Livingstone, who in 1905 established the merchant tailoring business which he is conducting under the name of the Charles R. Livingstone Company, was born in Cleveland, February 7, 1872. His father, C. A. Livingstone, who was born in 1842 at Watertown, New York, came to Cleveland from Oswego. After the close of the Civil war, of which he is a veteran, having served under General Grant as quartermaster, he came to Ohio and was given the management of the clothing house of Yates & Sons, of which he had charge for a number of years. He was afterward manager for the clothing house of E. M. McGillen & Company for a number of years, while subsequently he became manager and vice president of The J. L. Hudson Company, with which he was associated until 1904. He then left the mercantile field to engage in the real-estate business, becoming secretary and treasurer of The Mars Pagar Realty Company, also doing business under the firm style of C. A. Livingstone & Son. He laid out the Livingstone allotment in Glenville, on Livingstone avenue, and is well known as the builder and owner of various apartment houses. In 1907 he retired from active business and removed to his country home at Geneva on the Lake, but is still identified with the city through his property investments. He holds membership in the Memorial Grand Army post and also with the National Union. He was married in 1866 to Miss Nellie Brigg, a native of Oswego, New York, and their family numbers five daughters and three sons. After passing through the grades of the public school, Charles R. Livingstone entered the high school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1886. He is also a graduate of the Caton Business College, this constituting his equipment for the practical duties that come with entrance into the commercial world. He first entered the employ of The J. L. Hudson Company, of which his father was vice president, acting as salesman in the clothing department for twelve years, or from 1887 until 1899. This proved an excellent training school for his present line of business and yet on leaving the Hudson Company he did not at once engage in the conduct of a tailoring enterprise but turned his attention to the real-estate field in connection with his father, business being carried on 736 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND for three years under the firm name of C. A. Livingstone & Son. On the expiration of that period he assumed the management of a store on Euclid avenue for the English Poolen Mills Company, remaining in charge for a year and a half, and in 1905 he established the merchant tailoring business now conducted under the style of the Charles R. Livingstone Company. He is one of Cleveland's young business men, who is proving his business worth and versatility in commercial circles, having promoted an enterprise which is now of goodly proportions. On the 21st of February, 1895, Mr. Livingstone was married to Miss Hattie L. Sills, a native of Cleveland, and they have one son, Willard Heatley, eleven years of age, who is a student in the Parkwood school, and a daughter, Dorothea Alice, seven years of age, who has also begun her education in the Parkwood school. Mr. Livingstone is a member of the National Union and his interests are further indicated by his membership in the Cleveland Athletic and the Cleveland Automobile Clubs. He is well known in this city, where his entire life has been passed, his business interests bringing him a wide acquaintance, which in strictly social circles he has gained many friends, a large number of whom have tendered him their warm regard during an acquaintance that has lasted through years. ZDENEK SOBOTKA. Zdenek Sobotka, who has been brew master of the Pilsener Brewing Company since October, 1908, has been actively connected with the brewery industry during the greater part of his life, both in this country and in the land of his birth. He was born in Jungbunzlau, Bohemia, January 23, 1876, a son of Joseph and Marie Sobotka. The father was a teacher in Klatau, Bohemia, and is still living. Mr. Sobotka attended the public schools of his native land until he was eleven years of age, and then entered the high school to complete his education in four more years. At the end of his school life he served an apprenticeship of two years in the brewery business, to which all his time has since been devoted, either in informing himself of improved methods or in the active pursuit of his vocation. In September, 1892, Mr. Sobotka went to Podkovan, Bohemia, where he worked in a brewery for two years, going thence to Tabor, Bohemia, where he was similarly employed for seven months. After six months spent in the breweries at Hof, Bavaria, he entered the army to fulfill the three years' service to the fatherland exacted of every German born male. Upon his discharge he went to Gablons-an-der-Neise, Bohemia, and after two years spent in a distillery there he attended a brewing school in Prague, Bohemia, for eight months. At both Vienna Neustadt and Laun, Austria, he worked a year at his trade, and then came to America. He landed at New York and quickly made his way to Chicago, where he worked for the United Brewing Company as brewer at Branch No. 1, and a year later filled a similar position with the Atlas Brewing Company, with whom he remained four years. Feeling that there was yet much to learn about the theory of brewing, Mr. Sobotka, at the termination of his service with the last-mentioned firm, took a course at the Pahl Henius Institute for Fermentology at Chicago. He then came to Cleveland, where he engaged as brew master with the Pilsener Brewing Company, the position which he holds at present. In Chicago, on the 18th of February, 1905, Mr. Sobotka was united in marriage to Miss Emma Stocek and is now the father of one son, Charles. His home is at 2160 Pest Sixty-fifth street, where he and his wife have a cordial welcome to all friends that come to see them. HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 739 Sobotka is one of those foreign born citizens who generously contribute their share in industry and fine national traits of character to what in time will be the American race. His interest in American life grows continually and his loyalty needs only time to develop. He is already identified with an amalgamating organization, the C. S. P. S. of America, and takes an active interest in the meetings-of the society. ULYSSES SANFORD BREWSTER. Ulysses S. Brewster, who was born in Ridgeville, Ohio, died in Cleveland on the 27th of April, 1891. He belonged to an old New England family, being descended from one who came over on the Mayflower. He was educated in the pubhc schools of this state and in starting out in life for himself, secured a position as traveling salesman. His experience upon the road brought him valuable knowledge concerning business methods and the demands of the trade. The careful husbanding of his resources at length enabled him to engage in business on his own account and, purchasing a stock of goods, he opened a hardware store on Broadway, where he continued in business up to the time of his death. The establishment is still conducted by his wife and son, who are managing it along progressive lines and are therefore winning success. It was on the 30th of August, 1877, that Mr. Brewster was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Tettlebach, whose father, Peter Tettlebach, was a pioneer of Cleveland, residing in this city for more than sixty years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Brewster were born a son and daughter, both of whom are now married and reside in Cleveland. The former, Roy S. Brewster, is the active manager of the hardware business established by his father ; and the daughter, Mae, is now the wife of Henry C. Hutchison, of this city. Mr. Brewster was independent in his political views, forming his opinions after careful study of the political questions and issues of the day, but without regard to party ties. He was an exemplar of the Masonic fraternity and with his family attended the church of the Disciples. His life was upright and honorable, his actions manly and sincere, and his purposes above question. His social, genial nature won him many friends, and among those who knew him his death was deeply regretted when, on the 27th of April, 1891, he passed away. CHARLES ROHDE. Charles Rohde, seeking the business opportunities of the new world, came to America at the age of eighteen years and thereafter made his home in Cleveland until his death. He was born in Germany, September 14, 1853, and passed away September 21, 1907, at the age of fifty-four years. His parents were Frederick and Dorothea Rohde, also natives of Germany, where the father worked as a laborer and farmer. The son spent his boyhood days in his parents' home and, in accordance with the laws of his native land, attended the public schools until fourteen years of age, after which he began earning his own living, working in the neighborhood for four years. In the meantime he heard attractive tales concerning the advantages of the new world and in 1872 he severed the ties that bound him to him native country and at the age of eighteen sailed for America, stopping in Cleveland. Here he was employed in different ways for six or eight years, eagerly embracing every opportunity that would yield him a good living or win him advancement. Later he became connected with the Schlather Brewing Company and in 1883 he engaged in the saloon and liquor business, in which he continued for seventeen years, meeting 740 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND with good success, so that he was enabled to retire with a handsome competency in 1900. He was a thrifty and energetic man and as indolence and idleness were utterly foreign to his nature, he was not content to sit down and do nothing. He therefore assumed the duties of janitor and overseer of the central police station and continued to act in that capacity until his demise. On the 18th of November, 1876, Mr. Rohde was united in marriage, in Cleveland, to Miss Wilhelmine Lapp, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Dunker) Lapp, who came to Cleveland from Germany in 1870. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Rohde were born three daughters : Rose, now the wife of Alexander Calder; and Lillian and Celia, who are yet in school. Mr. Rohde was a kind and loving father, devoted to the interests, welfare and happiness of his family. He was a man who never smoked or drank intoxicating liquors but lived a life of industry and thrift, winning his success by close application to business. His political support was given to the democracy and he had pleasant fraternal relations with the United Porkmen. He was also a member of the German Evangelical Protestant church, in which faith he was reared. He had no occasion to regret his determination to seek a home in the new world, for he here found and improved good business opportunities and success eventually crowned his labors. CHARLES A. HALL, M. D. Dr. Charles A. Hall, who in his professional career has given special attention to surgery, his practice in that direction growing until it almost excludes his other activities as a medical practitioner, was born in Baldwinsville, New York, December 8, 1863. His father, Lemuel D. Hall, was a native of the Empire state and followed the occupation of farming as a life work. He married Eunice Lanfare and died on the 21st of February, 1899, when in his seventy-second year, while his wife still survives at the age of eighty years and is living in Warner, New York. Dr. Hall passed his boyhood days in Baldwinsville, New York, where he enjoyed the opportunities offered by the district schools and later became a high school student in the town. In 1886 he removed westward to Cleveland and in preparation for the practice of medicine as a life work he entered the Cleveland Homeopathic College, from which he was graduated with the M. D. degree in 1888. He also attended the College of Physicians & Surgeons and was graduated therefrom in 1899, that institution also conferring upon him the professional degree. Thus he secured both homeopathic and allopathic degrees, became conversant with both schools of practice and from each has retained that which he regards as most valuable in the work of checking the ravages of disease and restoring health. Upon his graduation in 1888 he entered upon the private practice of general medicine but from the start has given special attention to surgical work and gradually has concentrated his energies more and more largely upon that field of labor almost to the exclusion of internal medicine. A perfect master of the construction and functions of the component parts of the human body, of the changes induced in them by the onslaughts of disease, of the defects cast upon them as a legacy by progenitors, of the vital capacity remaining in them throughout all vicissitudes of existence, Dr. Hall has done excellent work in his profession and has gained much more than local reputation. Dr. Hall was assistant to the chair of gynecology in the Cleveland Homeopathic College from 1890 until 1894; was a member of the surgical staff of the Huron Street Hospital from the 1st of January, 1897, until 1899; has been surgeon for the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company since 1898; and is also surgeon for the Great Lake Dredging & Dock Company and for the Ohio Quar- HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 743 ries Company and other corporations. He belongs to the State Homeopathic Medical Society and also the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical Society, aiding in its organization thirteen years ago, while at the present writing he is serving as its president. He is also an active member of the Cleveland Medical Library Association. He has done some original work in gynecology which has been recognized by the old school, and he ranks today as one of the ablest representatives of homeopathic practice in Cleveland. Indeed he stands very high among the physicians of both schools. The tendency of the times, however, has been toward the adoption of all that is valuable and useful in the methods of one school by the followers of the other and Dr. Hall is too broad-minded to limit his efforts to one set of teachings if he believes that something better can be secured. His aim is to aid his fellowmen and his work has been attended by excellent results. In Cleveland in 1890 occurred the marriage of Dr. Hall and Miss Olive E. Pest. They had one child, Alger C. Hall, who is now sixteen years of age. On the 9th of October, 1901, Dr. Hall was married in Richmond, Virginia, to Miss Ethel M. Curry, of that place. The family residence is at No. 12994 Clifton boulevard in Lakewood. The Doctor belongs to the Ustian fraternity and was a member of the Century Club during its existence. He is a lover of music and his violin and the family circle furnish his principal recreation. He is of a quiet, retiring and studious disposition but always courteous and agreeable, the instincts of a gentleman and the embellishments of learning combining to make him one of the most respected physicians of the city. JULIUS FRENCH JANES. Many enterprises give impetus to the commercial and industrial activity of Cleveland, and each successful business is a factor in the general growth of the city. He whose name introduces this review is connected with one of the profitable concerns of Cleveland, being treasurer of the Morgan Lithograph Company. He was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1877. His father, Heman Janes, also a native of Erie, was a son of Heman Janes, Sr., and having arrived at years of maturity wedded Miss Julia Williams, a daughter of Andrew J. and Amelia (French) Williams, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Heman Janes, Jr., was one of the early circuit ministers of the Methodist church of this state, wielding a wide influence in the moral development of the district. Julius F. Janes, coming to Cleveland in 1884 when a lad of seven summers, attended Brooks Military School and further pursued his education in the University School and in Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts. He is a Yale man of 1902, having matriculated in the New Haven university in 1899, while in 1902 he was graduated from Scheffield Scientific School, having pursued special scientific courses. On his return to Cleveland on the completion of his college days, Mr. Janes entered the sales department of the Bourne-Fuller Company and there continued for three years. He was afterward with the Morgan Lithograph Company as salesman and was promoted to the joint management of the sales department, while in 1908 he was chosen treasurer of the company. His advancement has followed as the logical sequence of his constantly expanding business powers, and his energy is one of the forceful factors in the success of this company. Mr. Janes was married on the nth of November, 1904, to Miss Ruth Hawkins, a daughter of Albert Hawkins, of Cleveland. They have one son, Julius F. Their home is at Shaker Lakes and Mr. Janes in his leisure hours indulges in golf, tennis, fishing and outdoor sports, all of which afford him much pleasure. He belongs to the Calvary Episcopal church and gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He is also a member of the Hermit and Euclid Clubs 744 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND and is prominent socially, his geniality, deference for the opinions of others and cordial spirit winning him warm friendships, while his business activity has gained him recognition in commercial circles as a representative and progressive young man. GEORGE STILES SMITH. George Stiles Smith spent almost his entire life in Cleveland, and in the years of his active connection with commercial interests here was accorded both honor and admiration for what he accomplished and the methods which he pursued in the management of his interests. He was born in South Britain, Connecticut, on the 12th of September, 1856, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Stiles Smith, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume. He was in his first year when his parents removed to Cleveland and here his youthful days were passed under the parental roof. At the usual age he entered the public schools, wherein he mastered the elementary branches of learning, and later he attended the Brooks Military Academy, while subsequently he completed his education at the Greylock Academy at South Williamsport, Massachusetts. Mr. Smith entered upon his business career as an employe in his father's store, which was then conducted under the firm style of Smith & Curtiss. He applied himself closely to the mastery of the business in principle and detail, and year by year his responsibilities were increased as he gave proof of his power to manage and handle important interests of the house. Following the death of Mr. Curtiss, in 1899, the firm name was changed to S. C. Smith & Company, George Stiles Smith becoming the junior partner. He thus continued until his demise and made for himself a most enviable name in commercial circles by reason of his unfaltering fidelity to a high standard of business ethics. On the 5th of June, 1889, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Mary Poppleton, a daughter of Houston H. Poppleton, who was born in Bellville, Richland county, Ohio, on the 19th of March, 1836. He was a son of the Rev. Samuel and Julia A. Poppleton. The former, who was born in the state of Vermont in 1793, came to Ohio in 1820 and resided in Richland county from 1822 until 1853. In that year he removed to Delaware, Ohio, where he spent the greater part of his time until his death, which occurred September 14, 1864. He was a soldier of the war of 1812 and after the cessation of hostilities he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church and engaged in preaching for nearly half a century, his words of truth and wisdom proving a potent element in the moral progress of the locality in which he lived and labored. His son, Houston H. Poppleton, spent much of his youth in his native town and there acquired his early education in the public schools. Later he entered the Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, in 1853. As he was not able to attend continuously he did not complete the course by graduation until 1858. During the winter seasons, in the intervening years, he had taught school, but regarded this merely as an initial step to other professional labor, and in September, 1858, entered the law office of Stevenson Burke, at Elyria, Ohio. After studying there for one year he matriculated in the Cincinnati Law School, where he mastered the entire course and was graduated on the 16th of April, 1860. The same day he was admitted to the bar in Cincinnati and immediately afterward returned to Elyria, where he successfully engaged in the practice of law in connection with Judge Burke and others until 1873. In that year he was appointed general attorney for the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad and removed to Cleveland to enter upon his duties in that connection, being recognized as one of the prominent corporation lawyers of the state. It was on the 10th of February, 1864, that Houston H. Poppleton was united in marriage to Miss Lucinda H. Cross, of Cincinnati. Their daughter, Mrs. HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 745 Smith, was reared in Cleveland, where the family home was established in 1875, and by her marriage she became the mother of two sons, Houston Poppleton and Stiles Curtiss. The death of the husband and father severed many ties of friendship, for he was well liked wherever known and had an extensive acquaintance in Cleveland. He was prominent in the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Bigelow Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and to Holyrood Commandery, K. T. As a member of the Chamber of Commerce he took an active and helpful part in affairs relating to public progress and to the city's growth and improvement along many lines. He likewise belonged to the Century Club, was a member of a chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and one of the charter members of the Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery. In his death the Church of the Epiphany sustained a great loss, for Mr. Smith was one of its most active and helpful workers and a member of its vestry. In all the relations of life he measured up to the full standard of honorable manhood and his memory is yet cherished by many with whom he was associated during the years of his residence in Cleveland. HENRY HARRISON GILLETTE. Henry Harrison Gillette, one of the early business men of Cleveland and apprenticed to the harnessmaker's trade at the age of sixteen years, was born in Hebron, Connecticut, in January, 1812. His life record covered the intervening years to January 14, 1876, and throughout the entire period his well directed activity and enterprise constituted the rounds of the ladder on which he climbed to success. He was a son of Captain Amasa and Martha Gillette, of Hebron, Connecticut, the former a prominent farmer there and captain of a company of artillery during and after the war. Spending his boyhood days in his parents' home, Henry Harrison Gillette attended the public schools of Hebron until sixteen years of age, when he put aside his text-books to learn the more difficult lessons in the school of experience. He took up the harness and saddlery business, in which he engaged in Hebron for several years. He became an excellent workman and the products of his shop, therefore, found a ready sale on the market. When several years had passed however he sold out and settled in New York, where he remained for a short time. In 1836 Mr. Gillette came west to Cleveland and took up his abode in this city. It was a town of comparatively little industrial and commercial importance, but, recognizing the advantage of its situation, he believed that it would one day become a thriving business center. He, therefore, opened up a harness and saddlery shop on the west side, that district of Cleveland in the early days being called Ohio City. There he continued for five years, after which he returned to the east, settling at Sag Harbor, Long Island, where he continued in business for eight years. Mr. Gillette then returned to Cleveland, where he made his home until his death. Throughout his entire life he carried on harness-making and one element of his success lay undoubtedly in the fact that he always continued in the line in which he embarked as a young tradesman. He performed all the duties that devolved upon him, however small the recompense might be, conscientiously and industriously, and after his return to Cleveland a splendid prosperity was steadily his. It is true that like other business men he may not have found all the days equally bright, and at times, indeed, he saw the gathering of clouds that threatened disastrous storms, but his rich inheritance of energy and pluck enabled him to turn defeats into victories and promised failures into brilliant successes. His strict integrity, business conservatism and judgment were so uniformly recognized that they brought him a lucrative patronage and he became one of the successful business men of Cleveland. 746 - HISTORY OF CLEVELAND In April, 1841, Mr. Gillette was married to Miss Mary Branch, who died four years later. He subsequently wedded Susan M. Branch, a sister of his first wife and a daughter of Seth and Rachel (Herd) Branch, who made the overland trip from Connecticut to Cleveland with an ox-team in 1818. They were six weeks on the journey, traveling through the forests and over roads that at times were almost impassable for this was before the era of railroad transportation. They settled on what is now known as the south side of the city, where Mr. Branch owned a large tract of land. He was the pioneer shipbuilder of Cleveland, entering upon that line of work here when the city was but a small village and gave little promise of rapid future development. He lived, however, to witness the remarkable changes and always rejoiced in the growth and progress of the community. His daughter, Mrs. Gillette, was born in Cleveland in 1822 and well remembers the days when the Forest city had but a few thousand inhabitants scattered over the present territory that now lies within the corporation limits. Unto the marriage were born two daughters and a son : Mrs. Mary H. Clark ; Rachel, deceased ; and Frank H. Gillette. In his political views Mr. Gillette was a stalwart republican and kept well informed on the questions and issues of the day, supporting the party until his death, which occurred January 14, 1876. He was a member of the Congregational church located on the west side, and his life was an upright and honorable one that gained for him the unqualified confidence and good will of those with whom he was associated. There is one point in his career as a Cleveland business man, covered many years, to which all old settlers refer and that is, whether as a merchant or in other relations of life, he was always the same genial and courteous gentleman, whose ways were those of refinement and whose word no man could question. WALTER L. McCASLIN. Every line of commercial and industrial activity is well represented in Cleveland, and many of the large concerns of the city are headed by men of superior ability who have lent their assistance in maintaining the city's prestige in so many directions. Palter L. McCaslin, president of the Buckeye Stereopticon Company, is one of the younger business men whose energy, enthusiasm and knowledge of conditions make them so valuable in the conduct of affairs here. He was born in Plain Grove, Pennsylvania, September 9, 1879, being a son of Robert and Mary Jane (McKee) McCaslin. From earliest childhood Palter L. McCaslin displayed ability of no mean order, finishing a common-school course at thirteen years and graduating from the high school at Emporium, Pennsylvania. Following this the ambitious lad took a two-years' course at the Grove City College at Grove City Pennsylvania. For the next two years he was in the Princeton preparatory school of Blair Hall. Having thus well fitted himself for the battle of life, he came to Cleveland and in order to learn business methods became a clerk for the Rating & Collecting Company of this city, remaining with them for two years. His abilities were then recognized and he was given the responsible position of cashier for the Perry Savings Bank, a branch of the Central Trust Company, now the Cleveland Trust Company. Following this Mr. McCaslin was assistant cashier for the internal revenue office for three years. During all this time his active mind had been busy studying out some plans of his own, and he organized the Buckeye Stereopticon Company, with himself as president. The company are responsible for a number of very remarkable articles by means of which entertainment can be obtained at a low price and small effort. Predominating them all is the Mirroscope which will reflect post cards, photos, clippings, drawing and similar objects without any preparation. HISTORY OF CLEVELAND - 749 It has an educational value as well, for with it can be shown historical, geographical or travel views to illustrate daily lessons ; or it can be used to teach color values, spelling and drawing, as well as for many other purposes designed to amuse and instruct. The company have issued a booklet giving suggestions for the use of the Mirroscope, compiled by various people whose experience and views ought to prove helpful. Among these suggestions are the following: personal drawings from any well known work, projected in the Mirroscope ; the projection of a collection of valuable post cards ; the projection of cards made by putting the heads of one illustration upon the bodies of another picture; the kodak views taken on a vacation projected by this valuable invention and many others equally good. There are several grades and sizes of this remarkable projector, including the Electric Mirroscope, the Gas, the Acetylene, the Electric Mirroscope Magic-Opaque, and the Buckeye Special Stereopticon, which can be attached to any electric light, or the Acetylene Buckeye Special Stereopticon suitable for use with acetylene gas. All of these are in different sizes, and all guaranteed to be of the best quality in every particular. Through the energetic efforts of Mr. McCaslin the company has been exceedingly successful. Their goods are all that is claimed for them, and as the public is becoming educated to the uses of them, they appreciate their full value and demand them of their dealers. With one of these projectors it is very easy to entertain a gathering of friends or to provide amusement for the children and keep them from seeking similar entertainment abroad. While Mr. McCaslin is a young man, he understands his business thoroughly and as the executive of the company has been mainly instrumental in getting the goods exploited on the market. On January 4, 1910, Mr. McCaslin was united in marriage to Millie Robinson, of Lakewood, Ohio, and they reside at The Regent, 10359 Euclid avenue. He is a member of the Rosedale Club, and politically favors neither party, voting for the measures that make for the best interests of the community. His religious affiliations are with the Presbyterian church. JOHN G. DORN. The Dorn Dry Goods Company of this city is known all over Cleveland because of its reliability, the quality of its goods and the prices it quotes which are always as low as is consistent with the merits of the stock carried. John G. Dorn, the head of this important mercantile house, was born in Cleveland, June 22, 1857, a son of Nicholas Dorn, who was born in Germany in 1827 and came to America when a young man. He located in Kenton, Ohio, where he worked as a carpenter and contractor for a short time, and then settled in Cleveland, where the growing city gave him plenty of opportunity for securing large contracts in his building operations. He continued in active business until a few years before his demise, which occurred in 1904. His wife was Maria Krause, who was also born in Germany. She came to Cleveland and here met her future husband. Her death occurred in 1893. Mr. Dorn is a brother of Julius C. Dorn, who was secretary of the board of county commissioners of Cuyahoga county for sixteen years. Another brother, Philip H. Dorn, was superintendent of the Cleveland workhouse for four years. After securing a good common-school education, John G. Dorn began working for the J. K. Dorn Shoe Company on Woodland avenue, where he continued two years. His next association was with Alcott Horton & C0mpany, wholesale dry-goods merchants, where he clerked until they sold to E. M. McGillian & Company, Mr. Dorn continuing with the new house until the firm went out of busi-