50 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS earned by conceiving and organizing the Cleveland Foundation, which has become recognized in this country and abroad as a new contribution to the art of giving. "With him service, sacrifice and friendliness were always dominant, and to him selfishness and greed were strangers. "He preached and practiced the doctrine that banks are organized primarily for the public good, rather than private gain, and that a selfish spirit should never prevail in such an institution. "He insisted that this bank conform to the highest standards of integrity, and early established for its guidance rules that then seemed revolutionary to the world of finance, but are now universally recognized and respected. "We who were privileged to work with him are now stricken with grief, but, enriched by our experience, as the best testimonial of our love and respect, we are firmly resolved to carry on, guided by his example. "Be It Therefore Resolved That we extend to his family our loving sympathy, and that the secretary be instructed to send to Mrs. Goff a copy of this resolution." Ambrose Swasey, who presided over the memorial meeting, spoke as follows : "This sad occasion commemorates the passing of the chief of the Cleveland Trust Company, a great banking institution with many thousands of depositors; a bank the strength and influence of which is recognized, not only here but all over the country, through the work and achievements of the man whose memory we are met to honor. Ours is an immeasureably great loss; but we should fail to recognize its full significance if we did not also realize that we have cause for rejoicing. So even while we mourn his loss, we are proud of his great achievements, and of the privilege that has been ours to be associated with him. He was a man whose character and leadership were appreciated, not only in this bank and city, but throughout our country. The wonderful example of his life, genuinely achieved, will remain with us as long as we can remember anything." THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 51 Amos Burt Thompson made the following address : "My acquaintance with Mr. Goff covered about thirty years. At least twenty-five years ago I tried cases against him. Of course in later years he rarely participated in litigation. He was always constructive, and I think he was generally regarded in Cleveland as the ablest office lawyer of his generation. I need not remind you of the fact that when the Everett-Moore Syndicate became financially embarrassed, many bankers and many lawyers advised a receivership. As recently as last month Mr. Goff told me how he went to one of those meeting's, how he served notice on those present that he would never pull down the flag, and how he dared anyone else to touch it. Principally as a result of his efforts the fortunes of many men were conserved, at least one bank was saved from ruin, and a great panic was avoided. "His signal services, Mr. Chairman, in connection with the street railway matter are too recent and too well known to call for comment. I trust I shall not trespass upon your time if I refer to an incident that none of you has any knowledge of and one that displays two of his characteristics, his desire to help the weak, and the great moral courage he always showed in combating the strong. "A savings and loan association passed into the hands of a receiver. Certain bankers made a proposition to buy the assets of that institution at a price that I thought grossly in-adequate. In behalf of the committee of stockholders whom I represented, I appealed to Mr. Goff, who then was merely a member of your finance committee. I pointed out to him the advantage that I thought would accrue to this institution by the purchase of those assets but when my efforts became known, certain men who were financially interested went to Mr. Goff and tried to dissuade him. They urged him not to interfere with their plans. "My admiration for him greatly increased when I noted that although he had neither selfish interests nor professional interests, and although these bankers were regular clients of 52 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS his office, he notified them of his purpose to go to court and make a bid that would purchase those assets unless they paid a fair price. As a result of his action, the stockholders obtained nearly twice as much as it was originally intended they should receive. "During the past seven years I have had the privilege of being in intimate relationship with him, due to the fact that I served during one year upon the officers committee and for five years upon the trust committee. I have participated frequently in the discussion of ethical questions, and I have noted that, just as the needle of a compass always points to the north, so you would always find Mr. Goff headed in the right direction regardless of all other considerations. It is rare for a man to possess ability, industry, unselfishness and moral courage. Mr. Goff possessed these qualities to an eminent degree, and he naturally became prominent, but his great influence in the community came from the fact that everyone knew that he was on the job, and not on the make. In the popular mind he stood as a unique figure in the world of finance." The following are extracts from telegrams read at the meeting: "Mr. Goff was a real leader, and it was through his fine qualities and vision that your bank has taken so wonderful a position in the banking world."—Seward Prosser, president of the Bankers Trust Company of New York. "I have lost a dear friend and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company has lost one of its most valuable directors."—Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. "He was a good citizen, and carried with his position in the bank an interest in civic affairs that was a wonderful example to the business men of the country."—Albert H. Wiggin, president of the Chase National Bank, New York. "I wish to express my deepest sympathy to your officers and associates in our great loss in Mr. Goff s death. I personally have lost one of my best friends and wisest counsel- THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 53 ors."—Harvey S. Firestone, president of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. "Fred H. Goff was an outstanding figure in the civic and business life of Cleveland, a strong personality with forceful and untiring energy, always ready to do more than his share in anything that made for the betterment or greater happiness of our people."—Joseph R. Nutt, president of the Union Trust Company, Cleveland. "Frederick H. Goff was my friend and counselor for many years. I knew him only to honor and most highly respect him. Multitudes to whom he rendered most loyal and efficient service and who reposed implicit confidence in him will cherish his memory and benefit by his beautiful example. He will be greatly missed. I wish I had words to express all I feel of appreciation of this good man."—John D. Rockefeller. FRANK RUST GILCHRIST Frank Rust Gilchrist was born in Alpena, Michigan, on May 18, 1871, and came from Scotch and English ancestry. His father, Frank William Gilchrist, was born in Concord, New Hampshire, February 27, 1845, and died in Memphis, Tennessee, December 13, 1912. He was one of the best known lumbermen in the United States and was also a power in maritime affairs, owning and operating one of the finest fleets of freight carriers on the Great Lakes. He followed constructive methods, bending his efforts to administrative direction and executive control. His integrity was never open to question. In 1868 he married Miss Mary E. Rust, a native of Marine City, Michigan. Frank R. Gilchrist attended the public schools of Alpena and afterwards matriculated in the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated with the B. S. degree on completing the course in engineering in 1893. He at once became associated with the extensive Gilchrist interests and in 1895 he organized F. R. Gilchrist & Company, lumber manufacturers in Cleveland, Ohio, remaining here for ten years, when the business was discontinued. In 1907 he went to Laurel, Mississippi, and established the Gilchrist-Fordney Lumber Company, in which his brothers, William A. and Ralph Gilchrist, and his sister, Mrs. Henry E. Fletcher, were also interested. He served this company as secretary, treasurer and general manager until 1913, when he became its president and continued in that office up to the time of his death. Mr. Gilchrist devoted much thought to the development of the yellow pine section of the south. He was a leading spirit in every- - 55 - 56 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS thing that he undertook and in addition to his lumber interests in Laurel was identified with the Three States Lumber Company in Memphis, Tennessee, the Richardson Lumber Company in Bay City, Michigan, the Rust-Owen Lumber Company in Drummond, Wisconsin, several other timber holding and lumber companies throughout the country, and the Gilchrist Transportation Company in Cleveland, Ohio. On January 31, 1901, in the Plymouth Congregational Church in Cleveland, Frank R. Gilchrist was married to Miss Flora Mariette Smith, who was born in Cleveland on September 4, 1874, a daughter of Stiles Curtiss Smith, who is mentioned elsewhere in this history. Three children were born of this marriage. Katherine Mary, born November 3, 1901, became the wife of Philip Kingsbury Fletcher, of Alpena, Michigan, on April 28, 1923, and is the mother of two children, Mariette Gilchrist and Grace. Frank William Gilchrist was born January 31, 1903, and on October 4, 1922, married Mary Moorman, of Gulfport, Mississippi, and they have three children, Frank Rust (II), Stewart Jones and Mary Geales. They reside in Laurel, Mississippi. The youngest, Mariette, was born June 19, 1906, was graduated from the Laurel school for girls in Cleveland, in 1925 from Westover School at Middlebury, Connecticut, and in 1928 from Hollins College at Hollins, Virginia. On October 12, 1932, she became the wife of John King Howell, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Gilchrist passed away in Detroit, Michigan, February 19, 1917, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in that city. Mrs. Gilchrist made her home in Laurel until 1930, when she established a residence in Cleveland. Frank R. Gilchrist was a member of and a vestryman in St. John's Episcopal Church of Laurel, a member of the Union, the Tavern, and the University Clubs of Cleveland, Ohio, of the Masonic fraternity at Laurel, Mississippi, and of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He had served on the Laurel city school board and was president of the Pinehurst Hotel Company at Laurel. Mr. Gilchrist not only did his part THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 57 in the development of the lumber industry of the country, but he also was constrained to do a man's work in public affairs and was never lacking in that initiative which makes for the uplift of a community. Sympathetic, genial, courteous, he won friends wherever he went and the years served to strengthen his hold upon their esteem, for his character unfolded as the petals of the rose, constantly disclosing new beauties. It may be truthfully said of him : "None knew him but to love him, None named him but to praise." THE RT. REV. WARREN LINCOLN ROGERS, D. D. High ecclesiastical honors have been worthily conferred upon the Rt. Rev. Warren L. Rogers, who was elevated to the office of Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Ohio in 1930 and is also prominently identified with educational affairs. A native of Allentown, New Jersey, he was born November 14, 1877, and is a son of Samuel Hartshorne and Josephine (Lincoln) Rogers. His classical education was acquired at the University of Michigan, which awarded him the B. A. degree in 1907. He next attended the Union Theological Seminary, and the General Theological Seminary in New York, from which he was graduated in 1911, receiving the B. D. degree from both institutions. In 1925 the honorary degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Kenyon College. In 1911 he was made a deacon and priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church and was first assigned to Detroit, Michigan, where he was rector of St. Thomas. Church for two years. From Detroit he was called to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and from 1913 to 1916 was associate rector of Calvary Church in that city, going next to Jersey City, New Jersey, where he was rector of St. John's Church for a period of four years. In 1920 he returned to Detroit as dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, thus continuing for five years. He was one of the first clergymen to use a radio from a cathedral and while in Detroit he became known as the "radio dean." Thousands of persons had the privilege of listening to his eloquent sermons and he preached over the radio more than any minister in America during that period. On April 30, 1925, he became Coadjutor Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Ohio, and was made Bishop of the Diocese of Ohio on the 21st of September, - 59 - 60 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS 1930, following the death of Bishop Leonard. In the administration of church affairs he has proved most efficient and is ably carrying on the work of his predecessor. In addition to the discharge of his ecclesiastical duties, he is serving as vice president of the Harcourt Place School for Girls, of which he was formerly president, and is also a member of the board of trustees of Kenyon College, in alternate years serving as president of the board, the Lake Erie College for Women and Adelbert College, Western Reserve University. On the 29th of June, 1911, Bishop Rogers was married to Helen Klingen Speakman, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, who died September 6th, 1919. Bishop Rogers resides at the University Club, Cleveland, with his office at 2241 Prospect avenue. He was formerly a director of the University Club. In Masonry he has received the honorary thirty-third degree and is grand prelate of the Grand Commandery of Ohio. His political support is given to the republican party. He belongs to the Faith and Order, and is a member of the National Council of the Episcopal Church. A man of broad human sympathies, he is deeply interested in the welfare of all peo-ple, irrespective of race or creed, and in the summers of 1923 and 1925 he traveled in the Near East in the interest of relief work. In 1925 he attended the world conference of Christian Life and Work in Stockholm, Sweden, and is one of the prominent members of that organization. In 1927 he attended the World Conference on Faith and Order at Lausanne, Switzerland, and is a member of the Commission of the Episcopal Church for that organization, and also a member of the international Continuation Committee. An eloquent divine, Bishop Rogers has quickened the souls of men and in 1929 was Ex-change Preacher for England, representing America. He is constantly called upon for Lenten addresses in many of the leading cities and pulpits of the country. BRIGADIER-GENERAL DUDLEY J. HARD Brig.-Gen. Dudley J. Hard, public utility executive and a leader in military affairs in Cleveland, is secretary and treasurer of the Cleveland Light & Power Company, which has been under his control from the time of its organization in 1894, or for a period of thirty-eight years. His military record covers forty-four years' service with the Ohio National Guard. He was born in Wooster, Ohio, August 4, 1872, his parents being Colonel C. V. and Addie (Jackson) Hard, also natives of Wooster, both of whom are deceased. Of pioneer stock, he is a grandson of Rev. Moses K. Hard, a native of Ohio, who was a well known Methodist divine. Colonel C. V. Hard was a successful banker and utility executive who passed away in 1917. Dudley J. Hard was graduated from Wooster College in 1893 and arrived in the city of Cleveland on the 2d of January, 1894. The same year he and his father organized the Cleveland Light & Power Company. The latter brought the first electricity to Wooster, Ohio, a few years before. The business had its inception in the operation of a plant at the corner of St. Clair avenue and Ontario street, Cleveland, where the office is still located, and General Hard has continued in successful control thereof from the beginning in the dual official capacity of secretary and treasurer. He is also a director of the Ohio Chemical & Manufacturing Company of Cleveland. The military record of General Hard is a most interesting one. He joined the Ohio National Guard on the 30th of June, 1888, and has served therein throughout the intervening period of forty-four years. At the time of the Spanish-American - 61 - 62 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS war he participated in the campaign against Santiago de Cuba as first lieutenant of Company I, Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Following the war he rejoined Troop A, Cleveland's crack cavalry troop. He was commissioned major of the Ohio cavalry squadron in 1915 and commanded it on the Mexican border from June, 1916, to March, 1917. Upon its return from Texas, the squadron was promptly expanded into a regiment, of which he was commissioned colonel in May, 1917. This regiment was later subdivided to form the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth and One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Field Artillery regiments, Thirty-seventh Division, and Colonel Hard commanded the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth from July, 1917, until mustered out following his return from France in April, 1919. He now holds the rank of brigadier-general as commander of the Fifty-fourth Cavalry Brigade of the Ohio National Guard. He was one of the organizers of the American Legion in Cuyahoga county and the first chairman of the county council. On the 18th of November, 1903, General Hard was united in marriage to Miss Mildred Hopkins, of St. Louis, Missouri. They are the parents of a son and a daughter: Dudley J., Jr., who is a graduate of Kenyon College and of the Harvard School of Business Administration and is now connected with the Guardian Trust Company of Cleveland; and Jane Hard, at home, who is a graduate of the Laurel School of Cleveland and the Finch School of New York city. General Hard is a member of the Union, Mayfield Country, University and Hermit Clubs of Cleveland, the Army and Navy Club of Washington, D. C., and Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Moreover, he is active in the Community Fund and has always done his duty in civic affairs. He has preferred to serve his city and state in the field of military service rather than in political positions. The General maintains a summer home at Biddeford Pool, Maine, and has his office at 8 St. Clair avenue, N. W., Cleveland. FAYETTE BROWN Of the men chiefly responsible for the development of Cleveland's iron industry, one of the greatest was the late Fayette Brown. His was a life from which nothing but good can follow, a character that may well serve as an example of all that is highest and best in American manhood and citizenship. Born in Trumbull county, Ohio, December 17, 1823, Fayette Brown was the eighth in a family of nine children whose parents were Ephraim and Mary (Huntington) Brown. Ephraim Brown was the first of the name to settle within the borders of the Buckeye state and figured in events which shaped Ohio's development and progress. Born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, October 27, 1775, he was the eldest in a large family of children. In 1806 he married Mary Huntington, whose ancestors came from England in 1639 and settled in Connecticut. Samuel Huntington, a distinguished scion of the family, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, became a member of congress in 1776 and served as governor of Connecticut from 1786 to 1796. In 1814, while residing in Connecticut, Ephraim Brown, in association with Thomas Howe, purchased from the Connecticut Land Company the land comprising township 7, range 4, in the Western Reserve. The tract was then part of a dense forest but is now the site of the town of North Bloomfield. In 1815 Mr. Brown removed with his family to his new home in the midst of a wilderness and there remained until his death in 1845. In antebellum days he befriended many a fugitive slave and took an active part in furthering the cause of liberty. Fayette Brown attended the public schools of Jefferson - 63 - 64 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS and Gambier, Ohio, and at the age of eighteen years became a clerk in a wholesale dry-goods establishment in Pittsburgh conducted by his elder brother, with whom he continued as an employe until the retirement of the senior partner in 1845. At that time he was admitted to the firm and for six years was one of the proprietors of the store. Leaving Pittsburgh in 1851, Fayette Brown established his home in Cleveland. Some months before he had formed a partnership here with the Hon. George Mygatt and they engaged in the banking' bus-iness under the name of Mygatt & Brown. The senior partner retired in 1857 and Mr. Brown continued the institution under his own name until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he closed the bank, soon afterward receiving from President Lincoln the appointment of paymaster in the United States Army. He served until the following year, when sickness and the imperative demands of his private affairs compelled his resignation. Returning to Cleveland, he became general agent and manager of the Jackson Iron Company, with which he remained until December, 1887, and during that period had won recognition as one of the local leaders of that indus-try. Alert to the trend of the times, he kept in close touch with the latest developments of the trade and no one did more than he to make Cleveland a great iron center. His foresight, energy, sagacity and force of character enabled him to carry forward to a successful issue everything that he undertook. It is said that he looked into the affairs of the company of which he was general manager with the trained eye of a business man, and by much personal and physical labor acquainted himself with all its possessions, surrounding's and possibilities. He made it one of the leading and most successful enterprises of its day and region and its great financial returns were largely due to his efforts and his broad grasp of affairs. He soon came to be looked upon in all quarters as one of the leading iron men in the west and his name lent prestige to every enterprise with which he was connected. Extending his labors into various fields, he became president of the Union THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 65 Steel Screw Company, the Brown Hoisting Machinery Company, the National Chemical Company and the G. C. Kuhlman Car Company; chairman of the board of the Stewart Iron Company, Limited; and a member of H. H. Brown & Company, a large iron ore firm, representing the Lake Superior Iron Company and the Champion Iron Company, two of the largest mining concerns in the Lake Superior region. Mr. Brown was married July 15, 1847, to Miss Cornelia Curtiss, born December 4, 1826, in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and three sons and two daughters were born to them. Like their father, the sons Harvey Huntington and Alexander E. became prominent representatives of the iron industry in Cleveland. The former was a partner in the organization known as Harvey H. Brown & Company. He died August 2, 1923. The latter was identified with the Brown Hoisting Machinery Company and by his inventions revolutionized the lake transportation business. He died in Cleveland, April 26, 1911. William Fayette Brown, the fourth child born to Fayette and Cornelia Brown, died in 1891. Florence C., the second child, and Mary L., the youngest, died unmarried. Genial and companionable, Mr. Brown was well known in social circles through his membership in the Union Club, the Cleveland Golf and Country Clubs, the Castalia Club, the Winous Point Shooting Club, the Huron Mountain Shooting and Fishing Club, the Point Mouillee Shooting Club and the Munising Trout Club. His long, upright and serviceable life was brought to a close January 20, 1910. At his funeral gathered notable men who had played important parts in making Cleveland the metropolis of Ohio, men who had been fellow workers with Fayette Brown, fellow builders of Cleveland, and they did honor to his memory as one of the greatest of them all and who had signally enriched and expanded his beloved city by his many enterprises. One of the local papers said editorially : "In the death of Fayette Brown, Sr., Cleveland loses one of the oldest and best of its citizens, a man who came to Cleveland in early years 66 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS with such sterling qualities, integrity, backed by physical power, that made him successful in all of his undertakings in business and civic life. "Mr. Brown was always interested in everything for the good of the city and for the welfare of its people; an advocate and practicer of healthy outdoor life; a keen sportsman, taking his vacations and recreation in shooting and fishing. He was an expert in all things pertaining to sportsmanship. U p to the age of eighty-five Mr. Brown spent many days in the duck marsh belonging to the clubs of which he was a member with as keen an interest and unerring an aim as he had always been noted for. "In the life of Mr. Brown an example has been shown of the best kind of a life for a man to lead, working indefatigably when he worked, enjoying the pursuits of recreation as keenly as he worked, untiring in mind and body, health for work promoted by his love and following of outdoor life and enjoying everything connected therewith, living honored and beloved by all who knew him and leaving this earth at a ripe age with scarcely a faculty diminished up to the time of his final illness. "There are few of the men of Mr. Brown's generation left with us. It is sad when they go, but their examples live long after them. Such a life and character as Mr. Brown's has been is one from which nothing but good can follow. Living as he did, to the letter of the law of the land in his business and civic life and to the letter of the law of God in his care of himself and his treatment of others, his death leaves an honored memory." Under the heading of "Fayette Brown's Monuments," one of the editors of the Cleveland Leader wrote as follows : "The funeral of one of the oldest, strongest and best citizens of Cleveland yesterday drew together a notable gathering of men who have played very important parts in making the metropolis of. Ohio what it is. They came as fellow workers with Fayette Brown, fellow builders of the city he believed in and THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 67 enriched and expanded by his many enterprises carried on with great skill, judgment and energy. They did honor to his memory as a man of wide affairs, a leader in civic life and progress, a type of the best in the earlier periods of Cleveland's growth and expansion from the small town to the great city. "In thinking and speaking of the life of Fayette Brown it is natural to place first among his achievements the great industrial concern which bears his family name and is still in the hands of his sons and his old associates. It has carried his name to the ends of the earth and advertised Cleveland far and wide. Few men ever built up a greater industrial success, taking account of the talents and character represented in its founding and development. Fayette Brown reared his monument high and massive while he lived. "But yesterday the old friends and neighbors of the strong man whose career ran through two full generations loved best to recall and dwell upon his absolute integrity, his spotless honor, his unblemished character. They found the man much nearer and dearer than his business achievements. "Cleveland will never lose the impress such lives made upon its youth. The formative period of the city's existence was rich in the character of the leaders brought to the front to meet the needs and seize the opportunities of the city at a time when individual wisdom, like individual errors, counted more than they could in a more advanced stage of growth. It was then that Fayette Brown earned the lasting honor of this community—a tribute which he never forfeited or proved unworthy of to the day of his death." HON. CHESTER CASTLE BOLTON With post-graduate experience in the school of politics and possessing a statesman's grasp of affairs, Hon. Chester Castle Bolton is ably representing his district as a member of the seventy-first congress. He is a well known business man of Cleveland and represents the third generation of the Bolton family in the Forest City, where he was born on September 5, 1882. His father was Charles C. Bolton, also born in Cleveland, and his grandfather was Judge Thomas Bolton, who was among. the foremost of Cleveland's early lawyers and jurists and who emigrated from New York state as early as 1834. Both of these distinguished men are mentioned at length on other pages of this history. Hon. Chester C. Bolton supplemented his public school education by attendance at Harvard University and was graduated with the class of 1905, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. While in college he was active in baseball and football circles. After his college days were over he returned to Cleveland and became identified with the Bourne-Fuller Company, a well known steel company and continued active in that industry for twelve years, or until the entrance of the United States in the World war. In 1905 he had joined the Ohio National Guard, of which he was a member until 1915, and in 1916 went to the military training camp at Plattsburg, New York. He was commissioned a captain in the Officers' Reserve Corps of the United States Army and designated for active service in March, 1917. Assigned first to the War Industries Board, he was next aide to the Assistant Secretary of War, and later in 1917 was transferred to the General Staff. In 1918 he was detailed for a course of instruc- - 69 - 70 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS tion in officers' field training at the Army War College at Washington, D. C., following which he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and appointed assistant chief of staff of the One Hundred and First Division. In December, 1918, he was mustered out of the service with a distinguished military record. Since then he has been active in various in.. terests of a public, philanthropic and private nature in Cleveland. He is well known throughout the state for his intelligent development of Guernsey cattle and dairy products. He operates a large dairy farm at Ravenna, where he conducts experiments in conjunction with the state university. His home city numbers him among its prominent and sagacious, farsighted business men. Mr. Bolton was married September 14, 1907, to Miss Frances Payne Bingham, of Cleveland, a daughter of C. W. and Mary (Payne) Bingham and a granddaughter of the Hon. Henry B. Payne, who was elected United States senator about 1880. To Mr. and Mrs. Bolton were born three sons : Charles B., Kenyon C. and Oliver P. Mrs. Bolton has ever been a decided help and inspiration to her husband and he gives her full credit for being his best advisor and manager. The family home is in Lyndhurst, a suburb of Cleveland. Mr. Bolton is a member of the Episcopal Church and in politics is a republican. For a number of years he has been an influential factor in Ohio state politics and in 1928 was a delegate to the republican national convention. From 1923 until 1928 he represented his district in the Ohio senate, serving as president pro tempore of that body during his last term. In 1929 he succeeded the late Theodore E. Burton as congressman, representing the twenty-second district of Ohio. He has served as a member of the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House of Representatives and has been closely identified with that activity, so important to this district. In fact, when the democrats captured the House in 1932 the Rivers and Harbors committee was enlarged in order to save Mr. Bolton's membership on it. His attitude towards any measure is de- THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 71 termined by its effect on the public welfare and he is regarded as one of the able and progressive members of the national house of legislation. He is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; the Rotary, the Tavern, the Union and the Mayfield Clubs, of Cleveland, and is an ex-president of the Union and the Mayfield Clubs. He is active in both the Cleveland Post and the State American Legion. He also is a member of the Metropolitan Club of Washington and the Racquet & Tennis Club of Boston. His and. Mrs. Bolton's philanthropies have been felt in' every great institution in Cleveland : the Lakeside Hospital, Western Reserve University, Red Cross Chapter, Episcopal Church and Kenyon College, the latter of which conferred upon him the honorary degree of M. C. L. He is a director of the Cleveland Trust Company, Perry Payne Company, Standard Tool Company, a trustee of Western Reserve University, Cleveland Museum of Art and Lakeside Hospital. He is fond of outdoor life and is to be found on the golf links and hunting when opportunity permits. A man of high principles and marked public spirit, Chester C. Bolton has earnestly endeavored to advance the general good, and his efforts, like those of his father and grandfather, have been beneficially resultant. JAMES JARED TRACY Is known by reason of his achievements as a designer and manufacturer of machinery and as a manager of improved business real estate. He was born February 27, 1884, of the marriage of James Jared Tracy, Sr., a native of Lansingburg, New York, and Jane A. Foote, born in Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Tracy, Sr., moved to Cleveland in 1836. James Jared Tracy started his education in the Primary Department of Old Rockwell Street School, went to The University School, where he graduated as a member of the class of 1903 and then matriculated in Harvard University, which awarded him the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1907. Returning to Cleveland, he was with The White Motor Company for a time before taking up machine design and in this creative work he found a field well suited to his talents. Among his first products was a steam driven tractor plow which was succeeded by an improved machine driven by an engine equipped with his own carbureting devices, which permitted the use of kerosene as fuel. He next designed some dyeing and blocking machines used in the manufacture of straw, felt and velvet hats. In response to the war-time demand he devised a track-layer tractor which soon went into production and since has designed a new track-layer which is under test and nearly ready for manufacture. Twenty-five United States Patents have been granted to Mr. Tracy from time to time in connection with this work. In 1923 he became active in the management of the estate left by his father consisting largely of improved business real-estate and in this - 73 - 74 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS connection he is a director of The F. H. Hill Company of Cleveland.  On the 8th of June, 1912, Mr. Tracy was married in Cleveland to Miss Florence Comey. They have three daughters, Ann, Barbara and Clara and a son James Jared Tracy, Jr. Mr. Tracy is a member of The Union and Mayfield Clubs.  HENRY WICK CORNING Henry Wick Corning, widely known Cleveland capitalist, retired as president of the Standard Sewing Machine Company in 1922. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, January 13, 1869, a son of Warren Holmes and Mary Helen (Wick) Corning. The ancestral history is one of close connection with American interests in the direct line since the early colonization of the new world. Samuel Corning., the first representative of the family in this country, arrived in Massachusetts about 1627, was admitted as a freeman in Boston, June 2, 1641, and was one of the founders of the first church of Beverly, Massachusetts, in 1667. The line is traced down through his son, Samuel; John; Benjamin ; John, who was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, October 17, 1729 ; and Warren Corning (great-grandfather of Henry Wick Corning) , who was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, November 21, 1771. Warren Corning married Elizabeth Pettingill, November 12, 1795. In October, 1810, with his wife, and at the head of a small colony, he set out from Acworth, New Hampshire, where he had lived for several years, bound for the frontier district of Ohio. He located in Mentor township of northern Ohio, having accomplished the long and difficult journey with a six-horse team and covered wagon, and his son Nathan was the first mayor of Mentor village. The father erected the first frame dwelling in Mentor township. Thus were transferred under his leadership a small but influential colony of people who did much to transmit to later generations the thoughts and ideals of old New England to northern Ohio. As commander of this colonizing expedition, Warren Corning was called Colonel Corning, and by that honorary title he was always known after- - 75 - 76 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS ward. Thus the Comings came to northern Ohio before the second war with Great Britain and they endured many hardships and privations incident to such early settlement. Colonel Corning prospered in his business affairs and accumulated a large estate. His daughter Harriet sold part of the old Corning farm to James A. Garfield, president of the United States. Solon Corning, grandfather of Henry Wick Corning, was one of the nine children of Colonel Warren and Elizabeth (Pettingill ) Corning. He was born at Acworth, New Hampshire, February 2, 1810, and was an infant when brought to northern Ohio. He inherited a comfortable competence from his father, and his natural ability and industry enabled him to use this nucleus as the basis of a solid fortune. He married Almira E. Holmes, of Willoughby, Ohio, and they had seven children, one of whom was Warren Holmes Corning. In 1846 the family moved to Cleveland and lived in this city two years. They then went to Newark, Ohio, making the journey by way of canal in the absence of railroads. In 1853 the family returned to Cleveland, where Solon Corning became associated in business with A. H. and D. N. Barney under the name of Barney, Corning & Company. This firm was one of the first to operate a large fleet of vessels on the Great Lakes. Warren Holmes Corning, the father of Henry Wick Corning, was born at Painesville, Lake county, Ohio, February 18, 1841, and was five years of age when in 1846 he came with his parents to Cleveland. He attended the public schools of this city, graduating from high school, and even as a schoolboy showed many of those traits and virtues which distinguished him during his active business career. After putting aside his textbooks he went to work at the age of sixteen with the firm of Gordon, McMillan & Company, wholesale grocers enjoying a very extensive business in northern Ohio. He continued in their employ for three years and this service counted a great deal in giving him a thorough and methodical business THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 77 training invaluable to him in after life. Then, in association with his father, he entered the manufacturing and distilling business at Cleveland. As Cleveland was remote from the great grain belt from which the distilling interests obtained raw material, a plant was established at Peoria, Illinois, of which Mr. Corning was active manager, though he retained his home in Cleveland. About 1887 he sold the Monarch Distilling Company of Peoria to the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company, and at that time retired from the distilling industry. Thereafter he gave his attention to many other interests. He made large investments in the Standard Sewing Machine Company, the Wick Banking & Trust Company, the First National Bank and the Guardian Savings & Trust Company of Cleveland, in all of which he was a director and actively concerned with their management. He was also heavily interested in various other corporations. Mr. Corning was a stanch republican and was generous of his time and influence in furthering the best interests of his party in state and national campaigns. Genial and affable among friends, he had many prominent social connections in Cleveland as well as in eastern cities. He was a member of the Metropolitan and New York Clubs and the Ohio Society of New York, and at Cleveland belonged to the Union Club, Roadside Club and Country Club. He died in this city on the 3d of September, 1899, when fifty-eight years of age. On the 7th of December, 1864, Warren Holmes Corning married Miss Mary Helen Wick, daughter of Henry and Mary S. (Hine) Wick. John Wick, the American progenitor of the family, came to the American colonies from England in 1620, locating on Long Island. John Wick (III) was sheriff of Suffolk county, New York, from October, 1699, to October, 1700, and again from December, 1701, until October, 1702, and afterward served as magistrate until his death, which occurred January 16, 1719. He was the father of Job Wick and the grandfather of Lemuel Wick, who was born April 16, 78 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS 1743, and fought in the Revolutionary war as second lieutenant in the Fifth Company of the Long Island Regiment. Lemuel Wick passed away in August, 1809. His son, Henry Wick, Sr., the grandfather of Mrs. Mary Helen (Wick) Corning, removed to Youngstown, Ohio, in 1795 as a pioneer settler, becoming a merchant of that frontier post. He purchased lands on which extensive coal mines were later developed. Henry Wick, Jr., son of Henry Wick, Sr., and father of Mrs. Mary Helen Corning, was born in Youngstown, Ohio, February 28, 1807, and died in Cleveland, May 22, 1895, at the age of eighty-eight years. He had devoted most of his life to the banking business and was also interested in many important financial enterprises. He was twelve years old when he left school to enter his father's store, and at the age of twenty he became sole owner of the business, conducting the establishment with ever increasing success for twenty years, when he came to Cleveland, in 1848, and engaged in the banking business, under the firm name of Wick, Otis & Brownell, then located on the corner of St. Clair avenue and Bank street. His brother, Hugh B. Wick, was interested in this bank, and the other partners were W. A. Otis, W. F. Otis and Hon. A. C. Brownell. In 1854 the Wicks purchased the interests of their partners and the name of the house was changed to H. B. and H. Wick. In 1857 Henry Wick bought out his brother and the bank became known as Henry Wick & Company. After more than forty years of continuous success the institution was incorporated under the state laws of Ohio in 1891 as the Wick Banking & Trust Company. Henry Wick was a potent factor in the general upbuilding of Cleveland during its more progressive period, being a power in financial circles, and had many extensive interests. He was one of the builders and for a number of years treasurer of the Bellefontaine & Indianapolis Railroad, which later became a part of the Big Four system. On the 10th of December, 1828, Henry Wick married Mary S. Hine, of Youngstown, Ohio, daughter of Homer Hine, THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 79 one of the prominent lawyers of Youngstown and northeastern Ohio. They were married sixty-six years, celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. Henry Wick was survived by his widow and six children, namely : Henrietta Matilda Alfred H.; Mary Helen, who married Warren Holmes Corning; Florence ; Dudley B.; and Henry C. Henry Wick Corning, one of the six children of Warren Holmes and Mary Helen (Wick) Corning, is the immediate subject of this review. In the acquirement of an education he attended the Bridgeman school of Cleveland, St. Paul's School of Concord, New Hampshire, and Harvard University, being graduated from the last named institution with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1891. Thereafter he became completely engrossed with business interests at Cleveland, at first in association with his father. In 1895 he was made treasurer of the Standard Sewing Machine Company, later was given additional responsibilities of secretary, and in 1914 was elected president of one of the oldest and most typical industries of the city, remaining at its head until his retirement in 1922. He has served on the directorate of the First National Bank, the Guardian Savings & Trust Company, the Adams-Bagnall Electric Company and the Union Trust Company. His offices are in the Union Trust building. The military record of Mr. Corning covers service as second and first lieutenant of Troop A of the Ohio National Guard. He was one of the first to respond to the call at the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, in which he served as captain of Troop B of the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Mr. Corning is a republican in politics, a man of broad and liberal views and progressive tendencies in all matters affecting his home city and state. He has membership in the Union, Tavern, Mayfield and Country Clubs, and he is fond of tennis and golf. On the 2d of November, 1897, Mr. Corning married Miss Edith Warden, daughter of William G. and Sadie (Bushnell) 80 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS Warden, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Corning are the parents of two children, Mary and Warren Holmes. The daughter is the wife of Spencer Murfey and the mother of a son, Spencer, Jr. They reside in the village of Bratenahl. Warren Holmes Corning, who was graduated from Harvard University with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1924, is associated with his father in business. He married Maude Eells and has two children, Edith and Nathan Corning. MOST REVEREND JOSEPH SCHREMBS, D. D. Among the distinguished prelates of the Catholic Church is numbered the Most Reverend Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of Cleveland. He was born in Ratisbon, Bavaria, Germany, March 12, 1866, a son of George and Mary (Gess) Schrembs, and came to America in 1877, when a lad of eleven years. After attending St. Vincent's College in Pennsylvania, he studied philosophy and theology in the Grand Seminary at Montreal, Canada, where he remained until 1889, and in 1888 received the B. T. degree from Laval University of Montreal. In 1911 the honorary degree of D. D. was conferred upon him in Rome, Italy. Ordained a Roman Catholic Priest, June 29, 1889, Bishop Schrembs was first assigned to a parish in West Bay City, Michigan, where he was Assistant Pastor and Pastor from 1889 to 1900. He then went to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he had charge of St. Mary's Church from 1900 until 1911, and in 1902 was appointed Irremovable Rector of that church and Vicar-General of the Diocese of Grand Rapids. Steadily advancing, he was created a Domestic Prelate of Pope Pius X in 1906. He was named Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids, January 5, 1911, and consecrated Bishop February 22nd of that year; appointed the first Bishop of the Diocese of Toledo August 11, 1911. He was installed October 4, 1911. On June 29, 1914, he was made an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne. During the World war he was a Member of the National Catholic War Council, a body of four Bishops elected by the Catholic Hierarchy of the United States for the purpose of stimulating and directing Catholic - 83 - 84 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS Patriotic Activity, both at home and abroad. In 1919 he was elected a Member of the Administrative Board of Bishops of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, and has been reelected to that office each succeeding year. He is the Episcopal Chairman of all Catholic Lay Activity of the National Catholic Welfare Conference ; likewise he is a Trustee and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Catholic University of America. On the 6th of June, 1921, he was appointed Bishop of Cleveland and was installed September 8, 1921. The Diocese of Cleveland comprises the following counties : Ashland, Ashtabula, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull and Wayne. It has 264 churches, 195 schools (primary), 47 high schools, 4 colleges, 469 priests (secular), 14 religious communities of men, 17 religious communities of women, and a Catholic population of approximately 1,000,000 souls. His learning, experience and ability have well qualified him for this high office, and he sets before his people a notable example of faith, humility and gentleness of character. Bishop Schrembs resides at 18401 Shaker boulevard, Shaker Heights, Ohio. FRANK RAY WALKER Among the foremost architects of this country is numbered Frank R. Walker, senior member of the firm of Walker & Weeks, with offices at 2341 Carnegie avenue. He was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, September 29, 1877, a son of Frank and Helen Theresa (Ranous) Walker, and is of colonial stock in both the paternal and maternal lines. Of English origin, the Walker family was founded in this country by Richard Walker, who was born in 1593 and left England in 1630 on a sailing vessel bound for America. He was one of the early settlers of Lynn, Massachusetts, and died in 1687 at the advanced age of ninety-four years. From this immigrant ancestor there have been eleven generations to the present Frank Ray Walker. His paternal grandparents were William and Ann (Dunham) Walker, of Pittsfield. The grandfather was a silversmith and jeweler and a man of considerable prominence in his town. The building which he occupied for business purposes was of special historical interest, for in the little club room above his store were frequently held abolition meetings by such personages. as Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, Marshall Crane and other notable men of that era. The maternal grandparents, Alfred R. and Maria Theresa (Morehouse) Ranous, also lived in Pittsfield. The Ranous family were French Huguenots and the first representative of the name in this country was a volunteer officer under General Rochambeau, who came with the French Expeditionary Forces to assist the American colonies in the time of the Revolution. This ancestor was present at the battle of York- - 85 - 86 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS town and after the war settled in Pleasant Valley, near Poughkeepsie, New York. Albert R. Ranous was a native of Poughkeepsie and died at Pittsfield at the age of seventy-eight. He was a publisher and newspaper man. For many years he was associated with Mr. Chickering in the conduct of the Berkshire County Eagle, and was also connected with the Berkshire County Sun, a paper which had a continuous existence for over a century. Prior to the Civil war Alfred R. Ranous lived for some years in the south and was auditor for the state of Alabama. Five of his brothers fought in the northern army. Because he refused to swear allegiance to the south he was put in prison and while there contracted Bright's disease, which handicapped him more or less in all his later work. Among his other experiences were those of a California forty-niner. His wife was born in Pittsfield in 1837 and died there in 1917. Frank Walker, father of the Cleveland architect, was born in Pittsfield in October, 1849, and there passed away in December, 1930. He was an interior decorator, with headquarters in Pittsfield, and doubtless his profession had something to do with the early influences directing Frank R. Walker into architecture. Frank Walker was a republican and a member of the Masonic fraternity. He married Helen Theresa Ranous, of Pittsfield. Frank R. Walker, their only living child, attended the public schools of Pittsfield and continued his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he graduated in the year 1900. Later he spent more than a year in study in the atelier of Monsieur Redon in Paris, followed by a year of general study in Italy. He began the practice of architecture in Boston with the firm of Guy Lowell, afterward going to New York as manager of Mr. Lowell's office in that city. Next he practiced in Pittsburgh with the firms of Alden and Harlow and that of McClure and Spahr. In 1905, at the suggestion of John Merven Carrerre, of the celebrated firm of Carrerre and Hastings of New York, who was then THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 87 a member of Cleveland's mall plan commission, Mr. Walker came to Cleveland to become interested in its public building and city planning, being associated with J. Milton Dyer .at the time of the building of Cleveland's City Hall. In 1911 Mr. Walker formed a partnership with Harry E. Weeks, under the firm name of Walker & Weeks, and has continued the practice of his profession in this partnership to the present time. Over a period of twenty years this firm has designed and supervised the construction of many outstanding buildings in this district. During the early part of this period, the firm specialized in buildings for banking institutions, having designed and built some sixty banks in Ohio and many others in outside territory. Of those built in Cleveland may be mentioned the Guardian Savings and Trust Bank, the Fourth District Federal Reserve Bank, the Union National Bank, the United Banking & Trust and the Pearl Street Savings and Trust Bank. Three of the newest bank buildings of this firm are the Central Tower (Bank and Office building) in Akron, Ohio, which will house the Central-Depositors Savings and Trust Company of that city; the Lincoln National Bank in Fort Wayne, Indiana; and the Pittsburgh Federal Reserve Branch of the Fourth District Federal Reserve Bank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Illustrating other types of architecture are the Bingham Hardware Company Warehouse, at the time it was built, the largest single unit for jobbing hardware in the world; the Halle Brothers Company Department Store on Huron road; the New Cleveland Public Library and six branch libraries, the design for the main library being the winning design in a national competition; the Allen Memorial Medical Library, a unit of the Western Reserve University and part of the great new Medical Center, located at University Circle. The Indiana World War Memorial, a state memorial including the national headquarters of the American Legion, is now under construction in Indianapolis. Walker & Weeks' design for this memorial, which will occupy five city blocks in 88 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS the heart of Indianapolis, was also won in a nation-wide competition. In the field of religious institutions designed by this firm may be mentioned the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church. the First Baptist Church in Shaker Heights, St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, and the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Cleveland Heights. The following educational institutions are the work of this firm : Observatory for the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland; the University School for Boys and Hathaway-Brown School for Girls, both in Shaker Heights, Cleveland ; and Greater Wesleyan College of Macon, Georgia. Walker & Weeks are consulting architects for Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. Mr. Walker was employed by the city of Cleveland as consulting architect for Cleveland's well known Public Auditorium on the Mall. Some of the most recent works of this firm are Severance Hall, the new home of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, located at University Circle, and the Cleveland Board of Education Headquarters building on the Mall. Sketches are now under way for the Cleveland Natural History Museum, to be located adjacent to the new Severance Hall, and for the Harrison County Courthouse at Clarksburg, West Virginia. Associated with the Osborn Engineering Company, Walker & Weeks furnished the architectural ‘-design for the Cleveland Stadium, which was built by the city of Cleveland upon the lake front, and is a part of the Mall development. Mr. Walker is also an architectural associate with Mr. Wilbur Watson, engineer, for the new Central-Lorain high level bridge, an eight million dollar project of Cuyahoga county, connecting the east and west sides of Cleveland. Walker & Weeks were the winners in the Ohio state competition for a Memorial bridge over the Scheldt river near Eyne, Belgium, built by the state of Ohio in memory of the Ohio members of the Thirty-seventh Division who lost their THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 89 lives during the World war in action near this site. Opening ceremonies for this bridge were held in 1930. The original city planning commission employed Mr. Walker as the first professional advisor to the commission and he collaborated with Mr. Charles Whitten for several years in this capacity. Later he was a member of the City Plan Commission for a period of ten years. For fifteen years he has been an active member of the city plan committee of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Walker was one of the architects chosen as architectural advisors of the university commission. The members of this commission were chosen in 1928 to prepare an architectural scheme which is expected to be the foundation of future development of the district in and about University Circle and Euclid avenue. At the time Mr. Walker was president of the Cleveland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Cleveland architects were interested in starting a Cleveland School of Architecture, which they supported financially until it was taken over by Western Reserve University as its new College of Architecture. Mr. Walker is a trustee of the College of Architecture and a member of its faculty. Among his other interests in connection with pedagogical work related to architecture, he acted as critic and patron of an atelier which later became the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute and which by its endowment offers free instruction to its students. Some of Mr. Walker's other affiliations are : Member of the advisory staff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; member of the advisory board of the Cleveland School of Art; trustee of the Cleveland Natural History Museum ; life member of the Cleveland Museum of Art; fellow of the American Institute of Architects; member and past president of Cleveland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects ; past director of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce; past trustee of the Cleveland Engineering Society; member of the Cleveland Society of Artists; active member of the Community Fund; and member of the Indiana Engineering Society. 90 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS In October, 1915, Mr. Walker was married to Katharine Follett Stone, daughter of the late Judge Carlos Melville Stone and Jeannette (Follett) Stone, of Cleveland. During his life Judge Stone was one of the prominent members of the court of common pleas at Cleveland. Judge Stone and his family were of the early group to make their residence in Cleveland Heights. Mr. and Mrs. Walker became the parents of two children : Richard Stone, who was born in December, 1916, and died in January, 1923 ; and Joan, born in March, 1921. In 1915 Mr. Walker took up his permanent residence in Gates Mills, Ohio, a Western Reserve settlement forming a suburb of Cleveland, and was its first mayor when this village was incorporated. He is a trustee of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church of Gates Mills, although still retaining his membership in the South Congregational Church of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, of which his grandfather was one of the ten founders. Mr. Walker is a republican in politics. He finds his chief recreation at his summer camp, Francis Island, located in Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the following clubs : Union, Hermit, Mid-Day, City, Athletic, Kirtland Country, Chagrin Valley Hunt Club, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Club of New York and the Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto, Canada. HARVEY HUNTINGTON BROWN The name of Harvey Huntington Brown is found on the roll of those men who successfully developed and carried on large enterprises that had much to do with the growth of the city of Cleveland from a manufacturing standpoint. He became widely known as a manufacturer of pig iron. He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, June 30, 1848, a son of the late Fayette Brown, who is mentioned at length on another page of this history. After completing his public school education H. H. Brown joined his father in the iron industry and organized, with the aid of the latter, Harvey H. Brown & Company in the 'seventies and this partnership was carried on and gradually expanded for many years under the capable leadership of H. H. Brown. He was a commanding figure in industrial circles of Cleveland and became the chairman of the board of the Stewart Iron Company, Limited, proving a worthy successor of his father in that office. He was treasurer of the Brown Hoisting Machinery Company for a time, later serving as its president, and was a director of various banks. His insight was keen and his associates in both business and financial affairs learned to rely upon his judgment. He was an enthusiastic sportsman, finding keen enjoyment in hunting and fishing trips, and was also a devotee of golf. He held membership in the Castalia Sporting Club, the Point Mouillee Shooting Club, the Union, Country, Tavern and Mayfield Clubs, as well as other organizations of a social nature. The marriage of Harvey H. Brown united him with Elizabeth F. Hickox, a daughter of Charles Hickox, who erected the Hickox building in Cleveland, and their union was blessed by the birth of five children : Fayette II ; Mrs. Laura B. Chis- - 91 - 92 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS holm, who has two daughters, Elizabeth, wife of John R. Chandler, and Gertrude; Elizabeth B., who married Chester K. Brooks and is the mother of three children, Harvey, Oliver and Laura; Cornelia B., who married Elton Hoyt II and has three children, Cornelia, James H. and Elton Hoyt, Jr. The youngest member of the family is Harvey H. Brown, Jr., who was born November 9, 1892, and graduated from Yale with the class of 1915, after which he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until the United States entered the World war when he left school to enlist in the army, becoming a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Field Artillery. He served overseas until the armistice when he returned to the United States and was honorably discharged. He is a director of the Guardian Trust Company and vice president of the Stewart Furnace Company. He is a member of the Union and Tavern Clubs of Cleveland, the Kirtland and other country clubs near Cleveland, and he is also a member of the Elihu Club of New Haven, Connecticut. Fayette Brown and family are mentioned in the following paragraphs: Born August 1, 1881, Fayette Brown, II, graduated from the University School of Cleveland and subsequently enrolled as a student in Yale University, which conferred upon him the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1904. He began his business career with the Stewart Iron Company, Limited, working in every department of the plant in order to gain practical experience in the manufacture of pig iron, later also becoming a member of the firm of Harvey H. Brown & Company, which was one of the largest of the kind in this part of the country. Three generations of the family have been active in the up-building of the institution and the highest standards of service have at all times been maintained in its operation. Mr. Brown is also president of the Stewart Furnace Company and his name appears on the directorates of the Interlake Iron Corporation, the Interlake Steamship Company, the Great Lakes Towing Company, the Cleveland Storage Company and the Cleveland Trust Company. THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 93 In Elyria, Ohio, January 18, 1913, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Geraldine Walker, by whom he has five children : Fayette, Jr., Willard Walker, Barbara, Ralph Hickox and Elizabeth Hickox Brown. The residence of the family is at 2617 Berkshire road and Mr. Brown's business address is 1854 Union Trust building. In his life record there is an in-teresting military chapter which had its beginning in 1916, when he went to the Mexican border as first lieutenant of Troop A, Ohio Cavalry. In 1918 he was in France with the American Expeditionary Forces, serving as major of the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Field Artillery, and returned to the United States in 1919. He belongs to the Union and Tavern Clubs of Cleveland, Kirtland Country Club near Cleveland, the Graduates Club of New Haven, Yale Club of New York, Psi Upsilon fraternity and the Scroll and Key Society of Yale College. WALLACE TREVOR HOLLIDAY With business interests of Cleveland, Wallace Trevor Holliday is prominently associated as president of The Standard Oil Company of Ohio. A native of this city, he was born March 10, 1884, and is a son of William Wallace and Mary E. B. ( McDonald) Holliday. He attended Cleveland grammar and high schools and Western Reserve University; was graduated from Cornell University in 1905 with the degree of A. B., and received the degree of LL. B. from Harvard University in 1908. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1908 and in 1916 qualified for practice before the United States supreme court. At the outset of his legal career he became associated with the firm of Kline, Tolles & Morley, with whom he continued from 1908 to 1913, and for four years thereafter was a member of the firm of Kline, Clevenger, Buss & Holliday. This firm evolved into Holliday, Grossman & McAfee in 1925. The court records bear proof of his power as an attorney, showing that he has successfully handled much important litigation during his practice in Cleveland. He became president of The Standard Oil Company of Ohio April 21, 1928. He is a director of the National City Bank, the Apex Electrical Manufacturing Company, the Collinwood Shale Brick and Supply Company, and the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. He is a trustee of Adelbert College, Western Reserve University. On the 28th of December, 1910, Mr. Holliday was married in Logan, Ohio, to Miss Nellie B. Stires. They have two sons and a daughter, Samuel, James and Margaret Louise. Swimming and riding afford him relaxation from business and pro- - 95 - 96 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS fessional cares. His college fraternity is Delta Upsilon and in club circles he is well known as a member of the Union, Hermit, Athletic, University, and Rowfant Clubs of this city and the Harvard Club of New York. He belongs to the American Petroleum Institute, to the Academy of Political Science, and the Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. PETER IGNATIUS SPENZER, M. D. High on the list of Cleveland's honored dead is written the name of Dr. Peter Ignatius Spenzer, who was one of the city's pioneer pharmacists and physicians and a leading spirit in the movement which resulted in the establishment of the local School of Pharmacy. A native of Wurtemberg, Germany, he was born August 6, 1837, in the village of Aschausen, situated in the valley of the Jagst, among the foothills of the Black Forest mountains, and was the son of a shepherd. When quite young he was left an orphan and his early education was acquired in the fatherland. Refusing to comply with the wishes of his guardian, who insisted that he became a cobbler, he left Germany at the age of sixteen years and, friendless and almost penniless, made his way to Hull, England, where he sailed for America. He spent a year in New Jersey and while working on a farm made every effort to acquire a knowledge of the English language. From New Jersey he proceeded to the state of Pennsylvania and at Pittsburgh entered the employ of Fleming. Brothers, with whom he studied pharmacy. Removing to Cleveland in 1856, he served in succession in the pharmacies of Parker & Butler, Benton & Dunham, Dr. C. O. Benton and Hugo Hensch, acting as manager of the last named. After the outbreak of the Civil war Dr. Spenzer enlisted in the Union Army, joining the First Ohio Light Artillery, but soon afterward was appointed hospital steward at Louisville, Kentucky, by Colonel (later General) Barnett, and thus served for a year, at the end of which time he was honorably discharged because of failing health. With his return to the Forest city, Dr. Spenzer became as- - 97 - 98 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS sociated with Louis Smithnight in the firm of Smithnight Spenzer—a relationship that existed until 1869, when the junior partner withdrew from the business to open the first pharmacy in Central avenue, then Garden street. In 1870 Dr. Spenzer became a medical student at the University of Wooster in Cleveland and in 1873 received from that institution the M. D. degree. He at once opened an office and here followed his profession continuously until his death, which occurred in 1896, when fifty-nine years of age. A physician of high standing, he enjoyed a large and remunerative practice and was house physician to the Little Sisters of the Poor for a quarter of a century. He was largely instrumental in the founding of the School of Pharmacy and became one of its incorporators. In young manhood Dr. Spenzer had married Miss Mary T. Molloy, a native of Ireland and a daughter of a landowner of County Dublin. At the age of twelve years she was brought to this country and completed her education in the Rockwell school of Cleveland. To Dr. and Mrs. Spenzer were born nine children, of whom the following are living, namely: Mary H. Spenzer, Minnie, Mrs. J. I. Peckham, Ida Spenzer and Maude, Mrs. Clark Cunningham, of Cleveland. Dr. Peter I. Spenzer belonged to the local, state and national medical and pharmaceutical societies and ever manifested a deep interest in their activities. In 1871 he became a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association and at its organization he joined the Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association. He was also a leading spirit in the formation of the Cleveland Pharmaceutical Association. He likewise took an active part in the affairs of various fraternal organizations, particularly the Independent Order of Foresters, in which he held high office. Resolute, energetic and purposeful, he wrought along lines of progress and achievement and was liberally endowed with those qualities which men most admire. Of him it was written in 1910 : "The life record of Dr. Spenzer stands as a splendid exam- THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 99 ple of the combination of individual ambition and ability with American opportunities. Arriving in a country where he had no friends and was without a knowledge of the language of the people, the force of his character, his firm determination and his high ideals carried him continuously forward, while his study and research brought him prominence in the field of labor which he chose as a life work. His entire life was a manifestation of the intelligent appreciation and utilization of opportunities."