(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 350 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. for work, generous impulses and a benevolent heart. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, and very active in its affairs, particularly in missionary and Sunday-school work, laboring zealously and giving freely to aid the cause of religion., In the Masonic order he ranks high, and in 1860 was elected Thrice Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council of Tennessee. He was married in 1851 to Miss Antoinette C. Kelsey, daughter of Hon. Lorenzo A. Kelsey, formerly mayor of Cleveland. They have four children. WILLIAM H. DOAN. William H. Doan is descended from one of the oldest families. •in the country, which has, for generations, supplied many substantial and worthy members to the community. The name is an old one in the county of Cheshire, England, and is thus alluded to in the "Patronymics Brittanica" by Lower: "Done—A great Cheshire family, whom Omerod designates as a 'race of warriors' who held Utkinton (supposed to be the Done of Domesday) as mihtary tenants of Venables from the time of King John. The chiefs of this house will be found in the battle- rolls of Agincourt, Bloreheath and Flodden. The name is pronounced Done (o long) and is also spelled Doane by members of the same (Cheshire) family." John Doan, the founder of the Doan family in this country, crossed the Atlantic in one of the three first ships that sailed to Plymouth, landing at that famous spot in the year 1630. A brother came afterward and settled in Canada, and another brother settled in Virginia, where he founded an extensive family. John Doan took a prominent and useful part in the affairs of Plymouth colony, and in 1633 was chosen assistant to Governor Winslow. In addition to that and other civil offices which he held, he was made a deacon in the church at Plymouth and at Eastham. He Clied in 1685 at the advanced age of ninety-five years. His wife's name was Abigail, and by her he had five children—Lydia, Abigail, John, Ephraim and Daniel. Daniel had four children by his first wife, among whom was Joseph Doan, who was born June 27, 1669. Joseph had twelve children by two wives. He was a deacon of the church at Eastham for forty years, and was a pious and God-fearing man. His first child was named Mary after her mother, and the second, Joseph, after his father. Joseph, Jr., was born November 15, 1693, and married Deborah Haddock September 30, 1725. He moved to Middle Haddam, near Middletown, on the Connecticut river, and there engaged in ship-building. His children were Joseph, Nathaniel, Seth, Eunice and Phineas. Seth was born June 9, 1733, and married Mercy Parker in 1758. Both died in 1802. They had nine children—Seth, Timothy, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, Job (who died early), Mercy, Job, John M. and Deborah. The two Seth Doans, father and son, were taken pris oilers by the British from a merchant. vessel in 1776, during the Revolution, the father at the time being mate of the vessel on which he was captured. They were released in 1777, and soon after the younger Seth died from sickness contracted while a prisoner, and due to his captivity. Nathaniel, fourth child of Seth and Mercy Doan, was born about the year 1764. lie came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, in 1796, with the party which surveyed the Western Reserve, and in 1798 moved thither with his family. The route of emigration was down the Connecticut river, along the coast by vessel to New York, up the Hudson river, across by land to Lake Ontario and thence by boat to the mouth of the Cuyahoga river. The family lived in the then little village of Cleveland until the next fall, when they removed to what is now the east part of the city of Cleveland, settling at the " Corners," just west of Wade Park. Nathaniel Doan was a man of great piety and of sterling qualities. The first Presbyterian church- society in the Western Reserve was organized in his house, and was known as the First Presbyterian church, of which he was appointed deacon. He married Sarah Adams, of Chatham, Connecticut. His children were Sarah, Job (who died young), Job, Delia, Nathaniel and Mercy. He died November 29, 1815. Job, his eldest son, was born June 10, 1789, and was nine years of age when he came with his father to Ohio, where he experienced in his youth all the privations of pioneer life. At the age of twenty-six lie was married to Harriet Woodruff, daughter of Nathaniel and Isabel Woodruff, of Morris county, New Jersey. She was born August 31, 1797, and came to Ohio in 1814. Job Doan took a prominent part in the affairs of the town and county. lIe was a Whig in politics, and in 1832 and 1833 was a member of the legislature. He was also a justice of the peace for many years. He likewise built and kept the first hotel in East Cleveland. Although he had but a limited education himself, he was a liberal supporter of educational interests, and was also an enterprising and public-spirted citizen, charitable and generous to a fault. He died on the 30th of September, 1834, of cholera. He had eight children, Nathaniel Adams, Sarah C., who is now the wife of John Walters, Harriet J., Lucy Ann, Martha M. (who died in infancy), William II., Martha M., and Edwin W. William H. Doan, the subject of this sketch, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 3d of July, 1828. He was educated in the public schools, and the Shaw Academy of Euclid, also attending Mr. Beatty's preparatory school in Cleveland. At the age of twenty he entered the law office of Hitchcock, Wilson & Wade where he remained nine months. Soon afterward he generously volunteered to go to Sandusky to assist in caring for the sufferers by the cholera, and rendered faithful service until the disease abated. In 1849 he went to California, and remained in that State a period of ten years, engaged in various BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 351 pursuits, such as mining, trading, etc. His business ventures proving unsuccessful, he returned to Ohio, and, after remaining one year in Cleveland, went to Corry, Pennsylvania, where he resided from 1861 to 1865. During that time he was engaged in building shanties along the line of the Atlantic and Great Western railroad, and served as an employee in various positions on the Oil Creek railroad. He also went into the commission business, selling crude oil, with a partner, under the firm name of W. H. Doan & Co. The trade in oil rapidly increasing, he removed to Cleveland, where he entered more extensively into the traffic. He subsequently engaged in the manufacture of oils and naphtha, which has proved moderately successful. He employs at the present time fifty hands, having considerably extended the business. As a citizen Mr. Doan deservedly takes a high rank. A member of the Congregational church, in which he holds the offices of deacon and trustee, he has contributed freely, both in time and money, to the interests of Christianity and charity. In public enterprise and benevolent projects he is ever ready and willing to lend a helping hand. He originated and built, mostly with his own funds, the Tabernacle, located on the corner of St. Clair and Ontario streets, which he has devoted to the use of the people of Cleveland. He is deeply interested in the Sunday school work, serving at present as superintendent of the Tabernacle school. In politics he is a Prohibitionist, being an active and untiring worker in the cause of temperance. His many social qualities and personal virtues have won the esteem of a large circle of friends, and the respect of all with whom he lie has been brought in contaot. He was married on the 31st of July, 1861, to Miss E. J. Hemmel, of New York City. DAN P. EELLS. Major Samuel Eells came to this country from Barnstable, England, and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, probably in the year 1633, where his son, Samuel, was born. Major Eells returned to England while his son was yet a babe, and remained until Samuel, Jr., was twenty-one years old, who then rementurned to the land of his nativity, and settled at Milford, Connecticut, where he was a lawyer and an officer in the army. He died at Hingham, Massachusetts, at the age of sixty-nine. Nathaniel, his third son, was graduated at Harvard University, and was settled as pastor ever the church at Scituate, Massachusetts. Edward Eells, son of Nathaniel, was also graduated at Harvard, and was settled over the church at Middletown, Connecticut. James Eells, son of Edward, was graduated at Yale College in 1763, and like his two preceding ancestors became a clergyman, being settled over the church at Glastonbury, Connecticut. His son, James, was also graduated at Yale in 1799, and was pastor over the Presbyterian church in Westmore land, Oneida county, New York, in 1804. He removed to Ohio in 1831, where he resided in Worthington, Franklin county, in Charlestown, , Portage county, and in Amherst, Lorain county, until the death of his wife, in 1849, after which he lived in the families of his sons until May 3, 1856, when he died at Grafton, Lorain county, from being injured by a locomotive on the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad. Rev. James Eells had seven children, one of whom, a daughter, died in infancy. The remaining six, five sons and one daughter, all born in Westmoreland, Oneida county, New York, lived to mature years. James Henry was educated at Hamilton College and Princeton Theological Seminary, was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Elyria, Ohio, and afterward at Perrysburg, where he was drowned in the Maumee river, December 7, 1836. Samuel, born May 21, 1810, was educated at Hamilton College, where he was graduated in 1832. He became a lawyer and settled in Cincinnati, where he was for a time a partner of the late chief justice, S. P. Chase. He was the founder of the college society, Alpha Delta Phi, and, though less than thirty-two years of age at the time of his death, he was ranked among the very ablest lawyers of his time, and as an advocate had no superior at the Cincinnati bar. Mary Lucretia, born June 18, 1812, married Dr. Asa B. Brown, at Elyria Ohio, December 31, 1835, and died at Cleveland February 9, 1855. Timothy Dwight, born November 1, 1815, died at Cleveland, April 18, 1876. James, born August 27, 1822, was edit-- sated at Hamilton College and Auburn Theological Seminary. He was first settled over the Presbyterian church at Penn Yan, New York; was afterwards pastor of the Second Presbyterian church in Cleveland, and also of the Dutch Reformed church on the Hights, in Brooklyn, New York, whence he removed to San Francisco, and became the pastor of the First Presbyterian church of that city. He is now pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Oakland, California, and professor of pastoral theology in the San Francisco Theological Seminary. Dan Parmlee Eells was born April 16, 1825. He entered Hamilton College, but before completing his course removed to Cleveland, where he continued his studies, being graduated with the class of 1848. In March, 1849, he was given a position in the Commercial Branch of the State Bank of Ohio. Here he remained until 1857, manifesting such decided financial abilities and winning so many friends among business men, that he was solicited to become a partner in a private banking house, and the firm of Hall, Eells & Co. was formed, Mr. Eells being the managing partner. In November, 1858, the managers of the Commercial Branch Bank, desirous of regaining his services, elected him their cashier. In this position he remained until 1865, when the charter of the institution expired. The Commercial National Bank was now organized, and the business of the Commer- 352 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. cial Branch Bank was transferred to it. Mr. W. A. Otis was chosen president, and Mr. Eells, vice president. On the death of Mr. Otis, in 1868, Mr. Eells was elected president, and has remained in that position until the present time. This has been one of the flourishing banking institutions of the city, having a capital stock of $1,250,000, and a large surplus. It has always pursued a liberal • 'RA prudent policy under Mr. Eells' management; the wisdom of which is manifest by its large and profitable business. He has also been interested in other large business enterprises; being a director and the vice president of the Republic Iron Company; a director in the Otis Steel and Iron Company, and having large investments in numerous manufacturing and other enterprises. Although so largely engaged in business, he has always found time to assist in all the benevolent projects of the time. He is the treasurer of the Cleveland Orphan Asylum, and the Bethel Home has always had his warm support. When the Cleveland Bible Society was organized, in 1857, Mr. Eells was chosen its treasurer, which position he held until 1877, when he was elected its president. Mr. Eells married Mary, daughter of George A. Howard, .of Orrville, Ohio, on the 13th of September, 1849. They had two children; Howard Parmlee, born June 16, 1855, and Emma Paige, born April 8, 1857. He married as his second wife, Mary, daughter of Stillman Witt, of Cleveland, on the 15th of June, 1861. By this marriage there have been four children, Eliza Witt, born July 1, 1867, who died from injuries by explosion of the steamer "Chautauqua," on Chautauqua lake, August 15, 1871; Stillman Witt, born April 24, 1873; and William Hamilton and Winifred Douglass, (twins), born October 20, 1874; of whom William H. died July 16, and Winifred D. July 17, 1875. Mr. Eells is an elder of the Second Presbyterian church, and is one of its most active supporters. A descendant of a long line of honorable and educated ancestors, six generations of whom have been clergymen in the New England Presbyterian and Congregational churches, Mr. Eells' life has been an example, socially and morally, of what may be expected from such a lineage. SYLVESTER T. EVERETT. The subject of this sketch, a son of Samuel Everett, a prominent merchant and manufacturer, was born in Liberty township, Trumbull county, Ohio, on the 27th of November, 1838. He was educated in the common schools of his native town and lived on his father's farm until 1850. In that year he came to Cleveland, to reside with his brother, Dr. Henry Everett; attending the public schools until 1853, when he entered the employ of S. Raymond & Co. In March of the succeeding year he was admitted to a clerkship in the banking house of Brockway, Wason, Everett & Co., and three years after his entrance was promoted to the position of cashier. In 1859 he was called to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to aid in settling up the affairs of his uncle, Charles Everett, Esq., a well known merchant, who was about to retire from active business life. After a year spent in that work he returned to Cleveland and resumed his position in the banking house. In 1867, the firm having changed by the retirement of two of the partners, he became a member of the. new firm of Everett, Weddell & Co. In 1869 the Republicans nominated him for city treasurer, and he was elected by a decided majority. At the end of the first year he presented to the council a clear, concise and complete statement of the financial affairs of the city. This had not been done for some time before. The outstanding obligations of the city were at the same time managed with such ability that the outlay for interest was largely reduced, and the credit of the city was so greatly improved that the municipal bonds were sought for by investors at a decided advance, and in many instances a premium. This improved condition of the city's financial management continuing,, he was renominated at the end of his term of two years, and re-elected by a large majority. In 1873, at the end of his second term, he was nominated by both the Republican and Democratic conventions, and was again elected, receiving the largest vote that had ever been polled for one candidate from the organization of the city to that time. In 1875, and again in 1877, the same compliment was paid him; he being a third time the nominee of both parties, and elected by a unanimous vote. In 1879 he was unanimously nominated by the Republican party—the Democrats making a separate nomination. This election was hotly contested upon local issues, but he nevertheless was elected by about five thousand majority, running nearly three thousand votes ahead of his ticket. The confidence of the public in Mr. Everett's ability as a financier, and his trustworthiness as a man, was shown not only by his election for six consecutive terms to one of the most important and responsible positions yin the city government, but also by the other offices of trust to which he was chosen without his seeking. In 1876 he was elected one of the directors and also vice president of the Second National Bank, one of the leading institutions of the State. He assumed the management on the 1st of, June, 1876, and the following year was made the president, which position he still holds. He is also vice president and treasurer of the Valley Railway Company, and it was largely through his influence that funds were raised for the completion of this road. He is a director of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company; of the Union Steel Screw Company; the Citizens' Savings and Loan Association; the Saginaw Mining Company, Lake Superior; the American District Telegraph Company, and of Everett, Weddell and Co., bankers; he is also a director and the treasurer of the Northern Ohio Fair Association. All these enterprises have found in him an efficient and trustworthy BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 353 officer. In addition, the managers of several others have secured his co-operation, feeling assured that the trust confided in him would be wisely and faithfully managed. His capacity for work is almost unlimited, and his financial ability is unquestioned, while his uniform good temper, displayed in all business transactions, renders him one of the most popular of Cleveland's citizens. He is enterprising and public spirited, liberal and benevolent in regard to charitable institutions and causes, and highly esteemed in all the relations of life. JAMES FARMER. James Farmer is a native of Georgia, having been born near Augusta' on the 19th day of July, 1802. His ancestors came from England during the early part of the seventeenth century, where the family had been honorably mentioned since the days of Henry the Eighth, and especially so during the time of Charles the Second. Mr. Farmer's grandfather took an active part on the patriot side in the stirring scenes of the Revolution, participating in numerous battles fought in Georgia and the Carolinas. His father, on account of slavery, decided to leave the South, and in 1805 moved to the then newly admitted State of Ohio, settling upon a tract of land in Columbiana county, where he remained until the fall of 1818, when he removed to what is now known as Salineville, in the same county here young James grew to manhood, availing himself of such opportunities as then existed for acquiring an education, while devoting a large share of his time to helping on the farm and in the manufacture of salt, which his father had undertaken. In 1824, at the age of twenty-two, the young man leased his father's salt works, and, having enlarged them, devoted himself for four years to this industry. In 1828, however, he concluded to extend his business, and therefore crossed the mountains to Philadelphia and purchased a stock of goods suitable to the demands of a new country; thus beginning a mercantile career in Which he continued nearly thirty years. In 1834 Mr. Farmer was married to Miss Meribah Butler, a young lady of English parentage who had previously removed with her parents to Ohio from Philadelphia. In 1838 he built what was for those times a large flouring mill, after which he increased his business by purchasing wheat and manufacturing it into flour, which he to the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and New Orleans. In carrying on these pursuits, Mr. Farmer had occasion to travel very widely, thus acquiring a knowlege of the great commercial interests of the country, and coming into business relations with a large circle of wealthy and influential men. In 1844, before the era of railways in Ohio, when the transfer of freight and passengers was carried on principally by water, Mr. Farmer built a fine steamer which was employed several years in the profitable trade of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers; running between Pittsburg, Cincinnati, St. Louis and New Orleans. In the year 1846 Mr. Farmer, with his usual enterprise, was foremost in securing a charter for the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad company. He was made its president and devoted his time, his money and, what was most important of all, his untiring energy, to the construction of the road. Under his able management it was completed from Cleveland to the Ohio river in about five years. This road opened up a large amount of mineral wealth, and gave a great impetus to the business of Cleveland, especially to the coal trade. In 1856 Mr. Farmer removed with his family to the "Forest City," and engaged in the coal business having mines of his own which he has worked success_ fully for the past twenty-five years. Since coming to Cleveland he has also identified himself with the manufacturing of iron, and with the banking interests of the city. In 1858 Mr. Farmer was again called to the presidency of the Cleveland and Pittsbnrg railroad company, and in order to facilitate its management the superintendency was also assigned him. It was mainly through his wise and economical administration that the road was kept from falling into the hands of its bondholders, a fate that befel many railroads after the disastrous financial crash of 1857. In 1859 Mr. Farmer, feeling that the company was again upon a safe footing, retired from the presidency. He remained a member of the board of directors, however, for several years longer, when he withdrew entirely, having served the company, in all, nearly twenty years. Mr. Farmer, although devoting himself principally to his own business, ever kept the welfare of Cleveland in view, and, as he was convinced that the city's greatness depended on its manufactures, he determined to labor for the construction of a new railway line to the nearest coal fields. In 1870 he began, through the press and otherwise, the agitation of the subject, as one of vital importance to the future prosperity of the city. In 1871 the Valley railway company was organized, the object of which was to build a road from Cleveland by way of Akron and Canton, into the very heart of the great coal and iron fields of Ohio. Mr. Farmer was chosen president of the company and the work of construction begun in the spring of 1873. Owing, however, to the great financial crash in the fall of that year, the work was suspended, but the company's affairs kept in such trim that it was able to go on at the first opportunity, and in 1878 the first rails were laid. At the present time the road is nearly completed to Canton, a distance of sixty miles from Cleveland, and its entire success is fully assured. Mr. Farmer has thus been the principal promoter of two railways, one of which has given to Cleveland its 354 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. great manufacturing importance as well as that large part of its commerce which depends on its manufactures, and the other of which promises largely to increase both its commerce and its manufactures. Mr. Farmer is now seventy-seven years of age, but is still hale and hearty. He has the companionship of his wife and five children, and with his children's children around him still looks forward to many years of useful life. He is an honored member of the Society of Friends. He has never sought political preferment, but has moved quietly in the business walks of life, devoting his time and energy to enterprises for the public good, believing that a man has higher duties than the mere acquisition of wealth, and that he who lives to benefit mankind has ennobled his own soul, and may well rest when life's labor is done. He possesses a well-balanced mind, maturing all his plans by careful consideration, has a calm judgment, is serene in disposition, and is charitable to the failings of others. He is genial as a friend, kind and indulgent as a husband and father, and is generally esteemed, respected and beloved. He is a close observer of both men and things, and may truly be said to be the architect of his own fortunes. He possesses a strong will which has carried him over all obstacles in his business enterprises. He has lived to see his efforts for the public good crowned with success, and is entitled to enjoy the honorable old age that is his. SENECA O. GRISWOLD. This gentleman, a prominent member of the legal fraternity of Cleveland, was born at Windsor, Connecticut, on the 20th of December, 1823. He is a direct descendant in the sixth generation from Edward Griswold, who settled in Windsor in 1635, and who was the ancestor of a considerable number of men, distinguished in literature, science and professional life. In his youth, Mr. Griswold attended the Suffield Connecticut Literary Institute until he attained his seventeenth year. In 1841 he came to Ohio, and the following year entered Oberlin College as a member of the freshman class. He was graduated in 1845 and immediately afterward returned to Connecticut, where he taught for one year in the academy of his native town. Returning to Ohio at the expiration of that time, he entered the law office of Messrs. Bolton & Kelly, of Cleveland, and remained with them until admitted to the bar in 1847. In the spring of 1848 he formed a partnership with the Hon. John C. Grannis, and at once entered on the practice of his profession. After remaining in that partnership three years he entered the firm of Bolton & Kelly, the name of which then became Bolton, Kelly &-Griswold. In 1856 Mr. Bolton was elected to the bench, and the firm then changed its name to Kelly & Griswold, which appellation it retained until the death of the former gentleman in 1870. In 1861 Mr. Griswold was elected a member of the general assembly, and served one term. While a member of the legislature he afforded valuable assistance in organizing the railroad sinking-fund commission and also in procuring for the city a paid fire department. The year after the death of Mr. Kelly he formed a copartnership with Mr. Isaac Buckingham, a former student, with whom he was associated two years. He was then, in 1873, elected one of the judges of the superior court of Cleveland, and during the same year was elected, by both Democrats and Republicans, as a member of the State constitutional convention. In this convention he held a prominent position, serving, with marked ability as chairman of the committee on corporations and as a member of the apportionment committee. Mr. Griswold was chiefly instrumental in establishing the Cleveland Law Library association, of which he was, for many years, the president. Upon the expiration of his judicial term Mr. Griswold returned to the practice of his profession with renewed ardor, and in 1878 again became associated with Mr. Grannis, which connection he has maintained to the present time. He delivered an oration at the centennial celebration in the city of Cleveland, on the 4th of July, 1876, which was acknowledged by all to be an eloquent and able address, well worthy of the occasion which called it forth. As a judge Mr. Griswold commanded the respect of all by his learning and impartiality, and as a lawyer he stands in the front rank of the profession; his extensive reading, well-balanced judgment and logical reasoning making him a most reliable counselor and successful practitioner. Mr. Griswold was married, in 1858, to Helen Lucy Robinson of Westfield, New York. His wife died in 1871, since when he has remained unmarried. EDWIN B. HALE. The subject of this sketch, who is one of the most prominent and successful bankers and business men of the city, belongs to one of the oldest and best known families in England and the United States; and, although it would greatly transcend the limits allowed here to trace its history at length and mention all who have reflected credit on their ancient and honorable name, yet a brief notice of a few points may not be inappropriate. In the history and antiquities of the county of Essex, England, by Philip Mornant, London, 1768, we find numerous references to the family of Hales. As early as the thirteenth century the family name appears among the burgesses in parliament, and is referred to in the history of the reigns. of Richard the First, Edward the Third and their immediate successors. Many members of the family were called to offices of trust and position by the communities in BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 355 which they lived, and the name is mentioned with honor in both civil and military annals—Sir Matthew Hale, the upright judge, being one of the most distinguished of the family. The office of high sheriff of the county was frequently filled by some one bearing the name of Hale, and the family has almost continously had a representative in one or both houses of parliament. Members of the family at an early date settled in New England; the first settler of the name in Connecticut being Samuel Hale, (son of William Hale, Esq., of Kings Walden, England, high sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1621, who married Rose, daughter of Sir George Bond, Knight Lord Mayor of London, in 1587,) who located in the neighborhood of Hartford about the year 1640. In the annals of Glastonbury, Connecticut, (so named from the famous old monastic town in England, which was distinguished as a seat of learning and where the first Christian church was erected about the year 600) we find the names of his descendants quite prominent; they being engaged in various wars of the olden time—notably in King Philip's war, the old French and Indian war and the war of the Revolution. In the war of the Revolution no less than sixteen able bodied men, heads of families, by the name of Hale, all from this small settlement of Glastonbury, attached themselves to the army as soldiers and gave good evidence of their patriotism by risking their lives in their country's service. Philo Hale, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a man of remarkable energy and enterprise, and was the first who engaged in and established the business of ship building on the Connecticut river, which he conducted successfully until the sudden outbreak of the war of 1812. The war. ruined his business and involved him in serious loss. He afterwards traveled extensively abroad, but, finding no foreign country like his native land, came back, improved his broken fortunes and, attracted by the beauty of the prairie country, gave his means and energies to the development of the interests of central Illinois, where he died in 1848, universally esteemed and respected as a public-spirited citizen. The son of whom we write was born in Brooklyn, Long Island, February 8, 1819. During his infancy his parents removed to Connecticut, and gave him in early youth the advantages of the best schools. The death of his mother, two brothers and a sister, at an early period of life, prevented him from entering Yale College, and defeated all the family plans for his further education. The young boy then found himself dependent upon the sympathy of distant relatives. He came to Ohio, and entered Kenyon College in 1837, where he gave his entire attention to his studies and graduated with the honors of his class in 1841, having a personal friend in every member of the faculty and the kind regard of all his fellow students. Fond of letters, it was his intention to devote himself to the pursuts of literature, but after much discussion, and rather in deference to the wish of his father, he turned his attention to the legal profession and entered the office of Goddard & Converse, attorneys at Zanesville, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar, after an examination conducted by the Hon. Joseph Root, in 1843. After this, business required his presence in Illinois, and absorbed his attention for several years. In 1852, after the death of his father, he removed to Cleveland, attracted thither hy its beautiful situation, its climate, the enterprise of its citizens, and its educational and other advantages. He there commenced business as a private banker and is still so engaged. Mr. Hale is a strictly conscientious and conservative man, cautious and considerate, thoughtful and well balanced. In his business relations he is highly respected, and his counsel is freely and frequently sought. In his immediate social circle genial and pleasant, he is cherished and beloved. As a citizen he is quiet and unostentatious, but always interested in every measure for the public good, and the poor have ever found in him a true and sympathetic friend. In 1846 he was married to the daughter of S. N. Hoyt, Esq., of Chardon, Ohio, and now has three sons and four daughters living, some of whom are married and reside in the immediate neighborhood of their father's residence. TRUMAN P. HANDY. Truman P. Handy was born in Paris, Oneida county, New York, on the 17th day of January, 1807. He received a good education at an academy and made preparations for entering college, but at the age of eighteen he accepted a. clerkship in the Bank of Geneva, in Ontario county in that State. Five years later he resigned and removed to Buffalo, to assist in the organization of the Bank of Buffalo, in which he held the position of teller for one year. In 1832 he removed to Cleveland, having been invited there for the purpose of resuscitating the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie, established in 1816, the charter of which had been purchased by Hon. George Bancroft, of Massachusetts. Mr. Handy accepted the post of cashier and reorganized the bank, which prospered until 1842, when its charter expired and a renewal was refused' by the legislature. In the financial crash of 1837 it had been compelled to accept real estate in settlement of the estate of its involved customers, and thus became one of the largest landholders in the city. When its business was closed Mr. Handy was appointed trustee to divide this property among the stockholders. This task he completed in 1845. Meanwhile he had, in 1843, established a private banking house under the firm name of T. P. Handy St Co., in conducting the business of which he met with his accustomed success. In 1845 Mr. Handy organized the Commercial Branch Bank, under the act of legislature of that year authorizing the establishment of the State Bank of Ohio. He assumed the cashiership and was also the acting manager. The 356 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. success of his management of its affairs may be inferred from the fact that the stockholders realized an average of twenty per cent. on their investments for a period of twenty years, until the termination of the charter in 1865. In 1861 Mr. Handy was called upon to revive the credit of another important institution, which had been seriously crippled by the failure of the Ohio Life and Trust Company. He accepted the presidency of the establishment in question (the Merchants' Branch of the State Bank of Ohio), and under his management it rapidly recovered its lost ground. In February, 1865, it was reorganized as the Merchants' National Bank under the United States banking law, with a capital of one million dollars, six hundred thousand of which were paid in. Mr. Handy was elected president of the reorganized ,institution, and conducted its affairs with great 'success. From 1850 to 1860 he also served as treasurer of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad company, and managed its finances with sagacity and skill. This position he resigned in 1860, but has ever since been a director of the company. Mr. Handy was also among the first to demonstrate the practicability of establishing a profitable commerce with Europe, direct from the lake ports. In 1858 he despatched three of a fleet of ten merchant vessels, mostly laden with lumber and staves, which left Cleveland for English ports, and since that time there has been more or less direct trade maintained between Europe and the ports of the American lakes. Mr. Handy never sought nor held positions of political prominence. Few, however, have taken so deep an interest in educational and philanthropic causes, or labored so earnestly for their success. He served as a member of the board of education with Charles Bradburn, and was one of that gentleman's ablest coadjutors in the arduous task of reorganizing and improving the school system of Cleveland. In the -Sunday-schools he was for more than forty years a constant worker both as superintendent and teacher, taking an active part in all measures calculated to extend their field of usefulness. For twenty-one years he was president of the Industrial Home and Children's Aid Society, of which he has ever been one of the most liberal supporters. A life-long and sincere member of the Presbyterian church, he is singularly free from " isms" of any description, and at all times advocated their exclusion from moral or political theories or questions. He is broad and liberal in his views, generous and just in his acts, universally esteemed and particularly beloved by children. He is one of the few citizens to be found in any community whose effective labors for the relief of the poor and helpless, and the rescue of the ignorant and vicious, justly entitle them to the name of philanthropists. He made three extended visits to Europe, chiefly for the purpose of investigating the financial, religious and educational systems of the old world, and Cleveland was equally benefited with himself by the valuable knowledge he there gained.. In March, 1832, Mr. Handy was married to Miss Harriet N. Hall of Geneva, New York, by whom he has one daughter, who married Hon. John S. Newberry, of Detroit, Michigan. BENJAMIN HARRINGTON. Benjamin Harrington was born in Shelburn, Vermont, on the 4th of February, 1806. His father, Captain Benjamin Harrington, was a native of Connecticut, and in early life had been a sea captain, but left the sea and settled in Shelburn, where for a number of years he was a leading merchant and prominent business man. He built a church, and built and owned a store, a hotel and six or more dwelling houses, in that village. The subject of this notice was the fifth of a family of seven children. His father died when he was quite young, and he was thus thrown upon his own resources at an early age. When fifteen years old he went . to Canada, where he remained several years, and then moved to Buffalo, New York. He returned to Canada at the expiration of two years, and thence moved to Cleveland in November, 1835, one year before it was incorporated as a city. He first leased, and kept for several years, the old Franklin House. In 1838 he was elected alderman, and served in that capacity one year. In 1841 he was chosen councilman, and the following year was again elected alderman and made president of the city council. Mr. Harrington retired from the city government in 1843, and did not again enter it. From that time until 1858 he devoted his time and energy to the management of his business, which he began to increase by purchasing land and erecting business blocks. He was appointed to several positions of public trust. Among others he was postmaster under President Buchanan from 1858 to 1860, and was made a. State commissioner to close up the affairs of the old Commercial Bank of Lake Erie. He was one of the six who formed the banking firm of S. W. Crittenden & Co., which was afterwards transformed into the First National Bank. The application to be thus organized was the first on record in the United States, and one of the first acted upon. After his retirement from active business life, Mr. Harrington devoted his attention to the supervision of his property and to works of charity. He gave liberally to numerous benevolent objects, but his charity was always governed by a wise discrimination. In later life he took but little interest in polities. He was a man of most generous impulses, large hearted, and universally popular among all classes of people; noted for his strict integrity and honor in all business• transactions, and a self-made man in the highest sense. In every position of trust which be held he enjoyed the complete confidence of those whom he BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 357 represented, and displayed upon all occasions his ability to perform the duties devolving upon him. He was a sagacious business man, a kind employer and in every respect a good citizen. Although not a member of any church organization, he was a liberal contributor to the cause of Christianity and a constant attendant upon divine service. For many years he was a vestryman of Trinity (Episcopal) church. He died on the 30th of January, 1878, being just five days less than seventy-two years of age. Mr. Harrington was married on the 17th day of January, 1832, to Chloe W. Prentiss, daughter of Samuel Prentiss of Rutland, Vermont. Mrs. Harrington died several years before her husband. They left no family, but are mourned by the many friends to whom they were endeared by their noble qualities of mind and heart. HENRY J. HERRICK. Dr. Henry J. Herrick, one of Ohio's native sons, who has for several years occupied a conspicuous place among the physicians and surgeons of Cleveland, was born at Aurora, Portage county, on the 20th day of January, 1833. His parents came of New England stock, his father being a native of Massachusetts, and his mother of Connecticut. Early in life they set their faces toward the west, and located in Ohio, where, with the energy and faith necessary on the part of all good pioneers, they bravely began the battle for existence. Beneath the watchful care of the father, the sons and daughters were taught valuable lessons in the lore which leads to success; while within the sacred domain of a Christian mother's influence they drank the inspiration of her pious teachings, and ever sought to honor her precepts by. lifting their lives to the elevated moral standard which she had set up before them. When Henry was but a lad, his father removed with his family to Twinsburg in Summit county, where the youth divided his time between occasional attendance at a public school and hard labor upon his father's farm and in his saw-mill: Thus passed his years upon the " even tenor of their way " until he reached the age of eighteen, when an offer made by his father aroused his latent ambition, and gave shape to his whole future career. Of all the seven sons of his father, he alone accepted the offer made by the latter; which was that he would aid in providing a liberal education for that son who would agree to forego all claim to receive an " outfit " at majority. Henry joyfully embraced the opportunity, and without delay began preparing for college at the Twinsburg academy, under the capable instruction of Rev. Samuel Bissell—still working on the farm during his vacation. Being duly prepared at the age of twenty-one, he entered Williams College, at Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he spent four years in arduous study—during which he passed his vacations profitably in barrel-making, lumbering, and school teaching-the latter occupation also requiring his attention during two winters. He was then graduated with high honors, finding himself endowed with not only the learning of the schools, but with a good deal of practical experience and no little mechanical skill. One of his comrades at Williams was James A. Garfield, since so celebrated as a soldier and statesman, and these two, from their large, powerful forms, were known as the " Ohio Giants." Greatly to the disappointment of his father, who hoped to see him embrace the ministry, young Herrick decided to enter the medical professon, and, during one of his vacations, he attended a partial course of lectures at the Berkshire Medical College, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Returning to Ohio in 1858, he at once went to work for his uncle, who was .a farmer. In the fall of that year, having saved twenty-nine dollars, he set out, with his father's consent, for Cleveland, where he hoped by some means to make his way through a course at the medical college. Means he had none, save his twenty-nine dollars, and Ile was, moreover, " a stranger in a strange land," but he had a stout heart, and he never doubted, that he would accomplish his desire. He sought employment as a teacher, that he might earn money to pay for his tuition, but in vain. By a lucky chance he was directed to Dr. M. L. Brooks, in whose office he became a student, and whom he compensated partly with office labor, and partly with the gains derived from teaching in one of the city evening schools. By the aid of the means thus acquired he also managed to attend lectures at the Cleveland Medical College. After teaching school subsequently (in 1859 and 1860) at Geauga Seminary, in Geauga county, and still later in Solon, Cuyahoga county, he went to Chicago in the summer of 1860, where he resumed his medical studies with Dr. Daniel Brainard, and through the influence of that eminent surgeon he was appointed house physician at the United States marine hospital in Chicago. Entering Rush Medical College also, he graduated from that institution in the spring of 1861 with the degree of M.D., and about that time received likewise from Williams College the degree of A.M. Returning shortly afterwards to Cleveland, he was employed as one of Dr. Brooks' assistants at the United States marine hospital, and in February, 1862, entered the army as assistant surgeon of the Seventeenth Ohio Infantry. During a portion of his service he was in charge of General Hospital, No. 13, at Nashville, Tennessee. He received a commission as surgeon in December, 1862, and at the battle of Chickamauga, where he was in charge of time hospitals of his division, he was captured by the enemy; being conveyed thence to Libby prison, at Richmond. At the expiration of two months he was exchanged, when he returned to Cleveland on a. twenty days' furlough, and was there married (December 8, 1863) to Miss Mary, daughter of Dr. M. L. Brooks, his old patron and friend. 358 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. Rejoining his regiment at Chattanooga, he accompanied Sherman's army in the celebrated "march to the sea," and at Savannah resigned his commission one month previous to the expiration of his term of service. Although greatly benefitted hy his extended experience in the army, he sought to still further increase his professional knowledge in a brief season within the lecture room of a medical college in New York city, and, being there fitted to encounter with skill the difficulties of surgical science, he returned to Cleveland, where, in 1865, he became associated as a partner with his father-in-law, Dr. Brooks, with whom he continued to practice until 1871. Since that time Dr. Herrick has pursued alone the profession of physician and surgeon, mounting steadily in skill and fame until he is to-day a widely successful practitioner, and is confessedly a leading representative in the "old school." From 1865 to 1868 he filled the chair of professor of "obstetrics and diseases of women and children" in the Charity Hospital Medical College, and upon the reorganization of that college as the Medical Department of Wooster University he was chosen to be professor of the principles of surgery, which chair he still occupies. In 1863 he was elected .president of the Ohio State Medical Society, of which he is still an active member. He is also a prominent member of the American Medical Association and the Northeastern and Cuyahoga County Medical Societies. He is a frequent contributor to the valuable medical literature of the State; his papers on "tubercles" and "the Charitable Institutions of the State," read before the State Medical Society the present year (1879) being received with marked approval. A Presbyterian in religious faith, Dr. Herrick is an earnest Christian worker, and devotes much of his time, his energies and his means to labors of benevolence; his heart, as well as his professional instincts responding gladly to the calls of suffering humanity, while his outstretched hand is an eager . servitor in a noble work. Dr. Herrick's family consists of his estimable wife, one daughter and three sons, all of whom reside with their parents. Having risen unaided, save by his own earnest and unflagging efforts, from one of the lower rounds of life's ladder to social and professional eminence, Dr. Herrick has made a record which the youth of the present time may well look upon with respect and emulation. RENSSELAER R. HERRICK. Hon. Rensselaer R. Herrick, who occupies to-day the chief magistracy of the city of Cleveland, first set foot within that city forty-three years ago, at the youthful age of ten, and there he has spent the subsequent years of what has proven a busy and useful existence. Mr. Herrick comes of good old Puritan stock, and in this country traces his ancestry back to 1629, when his great-grandfather's great-grandfather, Ephraim Herrick, came over from "Leicester, England, to mend his fortunes in the western world. Ephraim Herrick settled in Connecticut upon reaching the shores of America, and there his descendants continued to live and multiply until within less than a century, when they began to migrate from classic New England to newer and more inviting fields. To connect the past with the present, it may be noted that Rensselaer R. Herrick's father, Sylvester P., was born in Clinton, New York, in 1793; his grandfather, Andrew, in Connecticut, April 7, 1752; his great- grandfather, Andrew, in Preston, Connecticut, February 10, 1727; his great-grandfather's father, Ephraim, in Connecticut in 1692; and his great-grandfather's grandfather in Connecticut in 1638. Andrew Herrick, grandfather of Cleveland's present mayor, removed about 1790 with his family to Clinton, New York, in company with a band of Connecticut colonists, and became, later on, a prominent citizen of that place, closely identified with the success of Hamilton College, of Clinton, a widely known and popular institution of learning. Sylvester P., the son of Andrew, entered in early manhood upon active business pursuits and was successively a prominent merchant in Clinton, Vernon and Utica; in which latter place he resided at the time of his death. In Utica, on the 29th day of January, 1826, Rensselaer R. Herrick first saw the light, and in 1828 his father died. His childhood days moved uneventfully along until he reached the age of ten, when the sturdy and resolute lad set out for the West, to seek his fortune and to do his little share toward the support of his widowed mother's family. Reaching Cleveland, he obtained employment in the printing office of the Ohio City Argus, located on the west side of the Cuyahoga. There he remained, learning the printer's art, until 1839. He then engaged in such occupations as he could find, and until 1843 he divided his time between attending school and earning a livelihood. Being then seventeen years old, he decided to become a carpenter. Taking service with a prominent builder, he so improved his time and opportunities that at the expiration of three years, when he had reached the age of twenty, he began business on his own account as a builder and contractor. This Occupation he steadily pursued until 1870, when he was able to retire from active business and to enjoy the ease which had been won by a quarter of a century of unflagging industry. Mr. Herrick's first appearance in public life was made in 1855, when he was chosen a member of the Cleveland city council, and this mark of public confidence was successively repeated in 1856, 1857 and 1858. After that, for the space of ten years, the pressing cares of business compelled him to decline all public honors; but in 1869, yielding to the pressure of the popular demand, he was again elected a mem- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 359 her of the council. In 1873, 1874, 1876 and 1877 he was a "citizen's member" of the board of improvements, and in 1879 he was elected mayor of the city for the term of two years. Mr. Herrick joins with his public duties the presidency of the Dover Bay Grape and Wine Company, of which he was one of the organizers, and serves also as a member of the hoard of trustees of the Society for Savings, with which institution he has for many years been prominently identified. A Whig in the early days of his career, Mr. Herrick became a Republican upon the organization of that party, of which he has since continued to be a staunch member. The characteristics of activity, industry and good judgment stand out clear and bold in this brief sketch of the successful career of Mayor Herrick, and the valuable lessons taught by the unswerving steadiness of purpose which marked his progress through may well be laid to heart by the rising generation of the present time. In every sense the author of his own fortunes. Mr. Herrick has fully earned the right to rest in mature life, and to the consciousness of having "made himself," adds that of knowing that his course of life has received the approbation of his fellow citizens, as manifested by the numerous public trusts conferred upon him. He has been, for the space of forty-three years, closely connected with the rise, progress and prosperity of Cleveland, and in the mellow years of life's autumn enjoys the distinction of being one of its most honored citizens. ORLANDO J. HODGE. The subject of this sketch was born November 25, 1828, in Hamburg, Erie county, New York. He is the son of Alfred Hodge, an early settler of Buffalo, and a descendant of John Hodge of Windsor, Connecticut, who, on the 12th of August, 1666, married Susanna Denslow, daughter of Henry Denslow, the first settler of Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The family is possessed of a complete genealogy, running from 1646 to date. Alfred Hodge, the father of the subject of this sketch, died of cholera at Buffalo, July 11, 1832. In June, 1842, Mr. Hodge left Buffalo; landing in Cleveland on Sunday, the 12th day of that month. Here he first commenced work in a printing office, continuing in that occupation for a number of years. In April, 1847, then in his nineteenth year, he enlisted for the Mexican war, embarking at New York the following month. He was destined to pass through many hardships and perils before he reached the seat of war. On the first evening out, before the transport had got fairly to sea, she collided with a Spanish man-of-war and had to put back to New York in a badly damaged condition. On the 15th of the same month he sailed again for Mexico. All went well until the morning of the 23rd, when the vessel was wrecked sixty miles from the island of Abaco, the nearest point to land. Fortunately the volunteers and crew, of which there were about one hundred and twenty, were saved by the bark " Alabama," bound to Havana, and safely landed at that port on the 1st day of June. After spending a few days in Havana, the troops crossed the gulf and entered Mexico. Mr. Hodge remained in the enemy's country until the close of the war, doing service under Generals Zachary Taylor and John E. Wool. Hostilities having ceased, he returned to New York, and, on the 16th of August, 1849, was honorably discharged. Shortly after, he entered Geauga Seminary, in Geauga county, Ohio. Leaving school in 1851, he taught for some time, and then again took up his. residence in Cleveland. In the spring of 1853 Mr. Hodge was elected clerk of the police court by a large majority, receiving more votes than were cast for any other candidate for any office. At the expiration of a three-years term he declined a renomination. In 1857 Mr. Hodge removed to Chicago, where he opened a printing office on his own account. He remained in that city until April, 1860, when, having disposed of his printing establishment, he went to Connecticut and there engaged in mercantile business. A short time after his arrival he was made postmaster of the village in which he resided (Robertsville), filling the office for six years. He took an active interest in public affairs, and by his intelligence and upright conduct won the confidence of all who knew him. In 1862 Mr. Hodge was elected to the house of representatives of Connecticut, and in 1864 was chosen a member of the State Senate. He served his constituents so satisfactorily that he was returned to the Senate for a second term by an increased majority, though the district had not for thirty-five years previous elected a man two successive. terms. He was made presiding officer of the Senate by the unanimous vote of his colleagues, and discharged the duties of the position in a manner which was highly commended. By this time he had become prominent in State politics, and was generally respected and trusted. During the war Governor Buckingham appointed him on a commission to visit the front in the interest of Connecticut's sick and wounded soldiers. Mr. Hodge was also personally authorized by the governor to receive the vote of the Connecticut soldiers in the field cast for President in 1864. He discharged the duties of both these positions with intelligence and fidelity. In 1867 Mr. Hodge disposed of his interests in Connecticut and returned to Cleveland, where he engaged in real estate operations. In 1871 he was elected to the city council, being successively re elected in 1873 and 1875. In 1876 he was elected president of the council, and ;it the end of his term he refused to be again a candidate for that hody. In 1873 Mr. Hodge was elected to the Ohio house of representatives, and in 1875 was re-nominated by acclamation and elected by one of the largest majorities ever given in the county. 360 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. He failed by only a few votes of being elected speaker, and was unanimously chosen as speaker pro tem. In 1874 he was admitted to the bar. In 1878 Mr. Hodge purchased the Cleveland Post, and a few weeks later a one-half interest in the Cleveland Voice. The two papers were consolidated, and he now has editorial management of the combined journal, the Voice. Mr. Hodge has borne an active part in the support of every public enterprise which promised to promote the growth and prosperity of Cleveland. Ile was one of the earliest advocates of the viaduct project, and to him is given the credit of being the chief mover in getting the land along the lake for park purposes. He is a skillful debater, a forcible speaker, and one of the best parliamentarians in Ohio. Throughout his private and public life he has maintained a character for strict integrity. He has been successful in business as a result of hard work and natural fitness for the conduct of affairs. He was a Democrat until the outbreak of the rebellion, but ever since has been a thorough-going Republican. Mr. Hodge was married on the 15th of October, 1855, to Lydia R. Doane, of Clevelaud, by whom he has one son, Clark R. Hodge. GEORGE WILLIAM HOWE. The Howe family is an old one in England, and dates its origin in this country from John Howe, horn in England in 1612, who was a resident of Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1637, and died in Marlboro in 1639. Samuel, his son, married Martha Bent, by whom he had thirteen children. He died at Sudbury, April 13, 1703. Moses, son of Samuel, was born August 27, 1695. He had ten children, of whom Samuel was the first male child, born in Rutland, Massachusetts. Another son, Elijah, was born in Rutland April 10, 1743; married Deborah Smith, of Leicester, and removed to Spencer in June, 1759. They had nine children, among whom was Elijah, born in Leicester, who died in 1816. 'He married Fanny Bemis, by whom he had nine children. William, son of Elijah, and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Spencer May 12, 1803. In 1828 he married Miss A. T. Stone of Charlton, Massachusetts. They had eight children. Different members of this family have been noted for inventive genius, among whom the most prominent, perhaps, is Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine, who was a nephew of William Howe. The latter himself possessed superior inventive powers. At an early age he learned the trade of a carpenter and builder. After finishing his apprenticeship he entered the academy at Leicester, where he obtained a good education. lie then commenced erecting buildings by contract, churches being a specialty. In 1844 he took out his first patent for what has since become widely known as the Howe truss-bridge. Two years later, having made great improvements, a new patent was issued. He subsequently furnished the plans and specifications for the bridges on the St. Petersburg and Moscow railroad in Russia. He died in 1852 in the prime of life, from the effects of a fall from his carriage. He was an eminently self-made man, and had the promise of a brilliant and useful future when thus cut off at a premature age. George W. Howe was born in Spencer, Worcester county, Massachusetts, on the 29th of October, 1832. He was educated in Springfield, and in 1852 came to Cleveland, Ohio, where he effected an engagement on the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad. Remaining in that position until the Lake Shore railroad was completed to Madison, Ohio, he then became connected with the latter. In 1859 he abandoned railroading to engage in the milling business with Messrs. Hubby, Hughes & Co., building what is known as the National mills. This venture not proving successful he, upon the organization of the First Ohio Volunteer Artillery, enlisted and was commissioned quartermaster, equipping eleven out of the twelve batteries that went to the front. He accompanied General Barnett and his staff up the Cumberland river to Nashville, reaching that place two or three days after its evacuation by the Confederate army. They were then attached to General Thomas' division and ordered to Pittsburg Landing. Mr. Howe meeting with an accident by being thrown from his horse, was ordered by General Thomas to go ahead as speedily as possible to Savannah, get comfortable quarters and remain until recovered. He arrived at Savannah the second day of the battle of Pittsburg Landing; the town being crowded with the wounded brought from the field of battle. He at length succeeded in procuring accommodations on one of the steamers plying between Savannah and Pittsburg Landing, and remained on board a week. He then rejoined his regiment, with which he remained until after the evacuation of Corinth. Returning to Cleveland, he engaged in mercantile pursuits until, his health becoming impaired, he went to Europe, where he spent six months in travel and recreation. In 1867 Elias Howe wished to extend his business in Europe; G. W. Howe went to London and established headquarters for the Howe machine in that city and also in Paris-organizing branches in all the principal cities of Europe, besides looking after the exhibits of the Howe company at the Paris Exhibition. In 1870 he returned to the States and established the business in Ohio. In March, 1873, he was sent by the company as its representative at the Vienna Exhibition. Owing to trouble with some of the American commissioners, Minister Jay appointed three citizens of the United States to act until Jackson S. Schultz should arrive. The exhibitors, feeling that their interests were not heing properly cared for, were permitted by Mr. Jay to select four of their number to act with those whom he had named. Mr. Geo. W. Howe was chosen as one of their number. He was BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 361 also made a chevalier, receiving from the emperor the order of Francis Joseph, and became a member of the Society of Arts and Sciences for Lower Austria, receiving their diploma and silver medal. In 1874 he returned to Cleveland, and in 1876 was connected with the Ohio department at the Centennial Exhibition, remaining there seven months. Soon after the inauguration of President Hayes he was appointed collector of customs at Cleveland, and is at present acting in that capacity. Mr. Howe has always been active in the support of public. enterprises, and of all local interests and improvements. He has been a member of the Northern Ohio Fair Association from its organization, having served three years as its secretary, and being now a member of its executive committee. From 1876 to 1879 he was a member of the police board. He is a Mason of high standing; being a Knight Templar, and recorder of the Holyrood commandery of Cleveland. It is unnecessary to add any comments upon the traits of Mr. Howe's character. His record shows for itself as that of a man of enterprise, public spirit and superior ability. He was married in November, 1874, to Miss Kate Lemen, daughter of William Lomeli of Cleveland. JAMES M. HOYT. This gentleman was born in Utica, New York, January 16, 180. He received an excellent education, graduating from Hamilton College in that State in 1834. He immediately 'commenced the study of law in Utica, but in a short time removed to Cleveland, where he continued his studies in the law office of Andrews & Foot. In 1837 the partnership of Andrews, Foot & Hoyt was formed, which continued until 1848, when Mr. Andrews was elected judge of the superior court of Cleveland. This necessitated his withdrawal, but the firm of Foot & Hoyt continued until 1853, when Mr. Hoyt retired from the practice of law. He then became extensively engaged in the purchase and sale of real estate in Cleveland and its vicinity. He operated on his own account and also in company with other capitalists, purchasing large tracts in and around the city, which were divided into lots and sold for homesteads. Nearly one thousand acres of city and suburban property were owned by him, either wholly or jointly with others, which were sub-divided into lots and sold for settlement. He opened and named more than a hundred streets, being largely instrumental in opening Prospect east of Hudson, besides selling a large amount of land on Kinsman, St. Clair and Superior streets; also on Madison avenue on the West Side, Lawn and Colgate streets, and Waverly avenue. In all his transactions he showed great generosity toward those with whom he dealt, and especially toward the poor and those whom misfortune or sickness had disabled. Not a man in Cleveland has been regarded with greater esteem and respect than Mr. Hoyt. For many years he had the power to deal rigidly with the poor with a show of justice and legality. This power he never exercised, and many are the grateful tributes he has received from the humble recipients of his favors. In 1835 Mr. Hoyt united with the Baptist Church, in Utica, New York, and shortly after coming to Cleveland became connected with the First Baptist church in that city; being superintendent of its Sunday school over twenty-six years. He then resigned, becoming the teacher of a Congregational bible-class. In 1854 he was licensed to preach the gospel by the church with which he was connected. He was never ordained and never contemplated it; but has since then preached at intervals, and has labored more or less in nearly all the Protestant denominations, both in Cleveland and elsewhere. In 1854 Mr. Hoyt was chosen president of the Ohio Baptist State convention, and was annually re-elected to that position for more than twenty-four years. He was also chosen president of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, the national organization for Baptist missions in North America, and retained that position until 1870, when he resigned. For thirteen years he was president of the Cleveland Bible Society, an auxiliary to the American Bible Society, of which he is now one of the vice presidents. His addresses on various occasions and his literary contributions have attracted marked attention. His article on "Miracles in Relation to Law," published in the Christian Review, of October, 1863, presented the subject in an original and striking manner, furnishing a strong refutation of the skeptical sophistry of Hume. In 1870 Mr. Hoyt was elected a member of the State board of equalization, a body charged with a high, laborious and responsible duty, the appraisernent of all the property in the State going through the hands of the board. In 1873 he represented the interests of the citizens of Cleveland on the board of public improvements. In 1870 Denison University, of Granville, Ohio, conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. This, though a surprise to him, was considered by all who knew him as a well-merited distinction. Few men have attained a culture more genuine and liberal than he. Well versed in physical science, and thoroughly imbued with the philosophy of history, he is also well read in belles lettres and works of taste and criticism. The versatility of his talents is shown by the success he has achieved in his different callings of lawyer, Business man, preacher, lecturer and writer. He is a liberal contributor to religious and charitable objects, and during the rebellion rendered valuable aid in numerous ways to the cause of the Union. Mr. Hoyt was married in 1836 to Miss Mary Ella Beebe, in New York City. To them have been born six children, Rev. Dr. Wayland Hoyt (of Brooklyn, New York) being their eldest son. The second, Colgate Hoyt, is in business with his father in Cleveland 362 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. and the third, James M. Hoyt, is a member of the law firm of Willey, Sherman & Hoyt, of the same city. HINMAN B. HURLBUT. This gentleman was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, on the 29th day of July, 1818 and is descended from the best of New England blood. His ancestors resided for several generations in the State of Connecticut, where his father followed the occupation of a farmer before removing to New York. His grandfather was a captain in the Revolutionary army, taking a part in the memorable battle of Long Island and other engagements. Through his mother Mr. Hurlbut is descended from Gov. Hinman, one of the colonial rulers of Connecticut. At eighteen years of age the subject of this sketch, after enjoying such educational advantages as his vicinity afforded, removed to Cleveland and entered the law office of his brother (H. A. Hurlbut, Esq.,) as a student. After being admitted to the bar in 1839, he at once opened an office in Massillon, Ohio, and in a short time secured a remunerative practice. In 1846 he formed a partnership .with the Hon. D. K. Cartter, afterwards chief justice of the District of Columbia, their practice being very extensive and lucrative. In 1852 Mr. Hurlbut retired from his profession, having already become engaged in the banking business as the senior member of the firm of Hurlbut and Vinton, of Massillon. He also aided in organizing two other banking houses in the same place, "The Merchants" and "The Union," and was a member of the State board of control. In 1852 he removed to Cleveland and established still another banking house there, under the firm name of Hurlbut & Co., retaining, however, his interests at Massillon. He next purchased the charter of the Bank of Commerce and reorganized it, with himself as cashier and T. P. Handy as president. Mr. Handy resigned the following year, when Mr. Joseph Perkins was chosen president. After the passage of the national banking law by Congress, Mr. Hurlbut again reorganized this institution as the Second National Bank of Cleveland. In 1856 the subject of this sketch, in company with Amasa Stone, Stillman Witt, Joseph Perkins and James Mason, of Cleveland, Henry B. Perkins, of Warren and M. R. Waite, (now Chief Justice of the United States) and Samuel Young, of Toledo, purchased the charter of the Toledo Branch of the State Bank. which they reorganized as a national bank in 1866. This bank, under Mr. Hurlbut's management was probably one of the most successful monetary institutions ever established. In 1865 Mr. Hurlbut was obliged to give up his numerous business enterprises on account of the loss of his health, and he concluded to seek rest and recreation in an extended European tour. He returned to America in 1868, but remained in retirement until 1871, when he was elected vice president of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railroad company, since which time he has been largely interested in many of the railroad enterprises of the Western States. He is now president of the Indianapolis and St. Louis and the Cincinnati and Springfield railroads, and is also vice president of the Cleveland,. Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railroad. While so largely interested in financial and commercial enterprises, Mr. Hurlbut has found time for the gratification of a refined taste, and his large means, acquired by business ability and application,. have been liberally bestowed on educational and benevolent enterprises, acid in aid of the arts and sci ences as well as other kindred objects. He gave. largely to the City Hospital, of which he was the founder, and he is now the president of the society and its chief supporter. It is safe to say that there is hardly a charitable institution in Cleveland or its vi cinity to which he has not liberally contributed. Mr. Hurlbut also established the Hurlbut professorship of the natural sciences at Western Reserve College, at Hudson, and endowed it with twenty-five thousand dollars. He has probably collected the finest gallery of painting ever brought together in Ohio, if not in the whole West, in which are represented such artists as F. E. Church, Alex. Cabanel, Baugereau, H. Merle, L. Knauss, Bauguiet, Kaulbach, S. R. Gifford, Verboeckhoven, Beyschlegg, Meyer Von Brunn, Bricher, Felix Zerms, T. W. Wood, Jarvis McEntee, and others only less renowned. In early life a member of the Whig party, he took an active part in politics, and was a member of the convention which nominated General Taylor for President., and ably supported him during the succeeding campaign, making a large number of speeches in his own district. During the war for the Union Mr. Hurlbut was a staunch supporter of the government, and gave freely to various benevolent enterprises called into existence by that struggle. In May, 1840, Mr. Hurlbut was married to Miss Jane Elizabeth Johnson, of Oneida county, New York. Mr. Hurlbut's life and business success have been but another example of what may be expeoted from the sons of New England—descended as they are from the best old English stock, inspired with new life by the stirring scenes of the Western world. Many of them are still going farther on, as did their ancestors of old, to build up a new country in the distant West, and although they often have naught to begin with save their own strong arms, stout hearts and clear brains, yet again and again is Fortune seen to crown their efforts with her richest gifts. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 363 JOHN HUTCHINS. .John Hutchins was born in Vienna, Trumbull county, Ohio, July 25, 1812. His father, Samuel Hutchins, and his mother, whose maiden name was Flower, were natives of Connecticut, and among the earliest settlers in the Western Reserve. Samuel Hutchins first came to Ohio in the year 1798, and In 1800 drove an ox-team from Connecticut to Vienna, where lre then settled. He haul a family of three sons and four daughters, the subject of this notice being the fourth child. He was educated in the common schools of the county until about twenty years of age, when he pursued his studies with a private tutor, and subsequently entered the preparatory department of Western Reserve College. He commenced the study of law at Warren, Ohio, in 1835, in the office of David Tod, afterwards well known as one of Ohio's ablest war governors, and was admitted to the liar in the fall of 1838; at New Lisbon. After about one year's practice of his profession lre was appointed clerk of the court of common pleas of Trumbull county, in which capacity he served five years. Ile then resigned and entered the law firm of Tod & Hoffman, which became Tod, Hoffman & Hutchins. He afterward became connected with .1. D. Cox, since Governor Cox, and was his partner it the breaking out of the rebellion. In 1868 he removed- to Cleveland and formed a partnership with J. E. & G. L. Ingersoll, under the firm name of Hutchins & Ingersoll. Subsequently he became associated with his son, John C., now prosecuting attorney, and 0. J. Campbell, as Hutchins & Campbell, which connection he has maintained to the present. time. In 1849 and 1850 he was a member of the legislature. This legislature called the convention which formed the constitution of 1851. In the year 1858 he was elected a representative to the thirty-sixth Congress, as successor to the Hon. Joshua R. Giddings, and two years afterwards was re-elected to the thirty-seventh Congress from the same district. The territory of the district was then changed, and from the new district Gen. Garfield was chosen to succeed him. In Congress Mr. Hutchins took an active part in the advanced measures for the prosecution of the war against the rebellion, including the abolition of slavery and the employment of colored soldiers. He had also advocated and voted for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and indeed had espoused the anti-slavery cause as early as the year 1833, and was an active worker till slavery was abolished. Ile belonged to the old Liberty party, and was mobbed in Trumbull, his native county, for declaring his convictions on the subject of slavery. In an anti-slavery meeting in Hudson, Ohio, about the year 1841, in criticizing what he regarded as the pro-slavery position of the Western Reserve College, he used language which was distasteful to the faculty and students, and he was thoroughly hissed by the latter. In giving the history of the anti-slavery cause on the Western Reserve, and in reference to the anti-slavery efforts of President Storer and Professors Beriah Green and E. Wright, Jr., when connected with the college, he said, "Then an anti-slavery light blazed from College Hill, but where is that light now?" when the hissing continued for several minutes, but was finally drowned in cheers. We quote from the remarks of Mr. Hutchins in the thirty-seventh Congress, as published in the American Annual Cyclopedia, on the subject of using colored troops to put down the Rebellion: " If we can take for soldiers minor apprentices and minor sons, we have the same right to take slaves; for they are either persons or property. If they are persons we are entitled to their services to save the Government, and the fact that they are not citizens does not change the right of the Government to their services as subjects, unless they owe allegiance to a foreign government. If colored persons are property we may certainly use that property to put down the rebellion." In Congress he also took up the subject of postal reform, introduced a bill and made an able and carefully prepared speech in its favor, in which he advocated a reduction of postage on letters, and a uniform rate for all distances, as well as a uniformity of postage on printed matter; and in addition especially urged the advantages of the carrier delivery system. These measures have since been substantially adopted by the government. Mr. Hutchins received special mention from the Postmaster General for his able and persistent efforts in this direction. He is at present occupied in the practice of his profession as a member of the firm of Hutchins & Campbell. As a lawyer he occupies a high rank and has ever been esteemed by the members of the bar for his integrity, and for the ability with which he discharges the duties devolving upon him. He married Rhoda M. Andrews, by whom he has five children, three sons and two daughters; Horace A. and John C., living in Cleveland; Albert E., re. siding in Chicago; Mary H., who is with her parents in Cleveland; and Helen K. who died of typhoid fever, at the age of twenty-two. LEVI JOHNSON. On the 10th of March, 1809, Levi Johnson, emigrating westward from New York in quest of the land of promise (it name then bestowed by New Yorkers upon the Western Reserve) entered Cleveland in a two-horse sleigh, with his uncle, also a western pioneer. They pushed on to Huron county, where they halted, and whence, after a short time, Levi returned to Cleveland, beginning what proved to be a remarkable career, the history of which is a part of the early history of the Forest City itself. Mr. Johnson was born in Herkimer county, New York, April 25, 1786, and from his hoyhood until his twenty-second year labored successively as a farm- 364 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. hand and carpenter; then, becoming fired with the western fever, he journeyed to Cleveland in 1809, as has just been stated. He was fortunate in finding a home in the family of Judge Walworth, for whom he contracted at once to build a framed office. This structure (situated where the American House now stands) was one of the first framed edifices erected in Cleveland, and its construction was an event of no slight importance in the little community. Young Johnson continued to ply the saw and plane busily for the next few years, in Cleveland and the vicinity. In 1811 he married Miss Martin, of Huron county, and in 1812 undertook the then important contract of building a log court-house on the public square, at Cleveland. Completing the task, he turned his back upon carpentering and became a trader in supplies for the army on the frontier, and, being shrewd and careful, he soon acquired what was then thought a considerable amount of money. Ambitious to extend his enterprises, he built a sixty-ton vessel, called the "Pilot," which he sailed on the lake in the Government service during the war, to his material profit. Meanwhile Mr. Johnson was chosen the first coroner of Cuyahoga county, and also served as deputy under Samuel Baldwin, the first sheriff. Resuming ship building in 1815, he built the sixty- five ton schooner " Neptune " and several other vessels. In 1824, in company with the firm of Terhoeven Brothers, he built the " Enterprise," of two hundred and twenty tons burden, the first steam vessel built at Cleveland. Still later he constructed the steamer Commodore. In 1830, having grown weary of marine architecture, he sold out his steamboat interests and turned his attention once more to contracts on shore. In 1831 he built the Water street light-house for the government; in 1836 he built another at Sandusky, and in 1837 constructed nine hundred feet of the stone pier on the east side of the mouth of the Cuyahoga. In 1840, 1843 and 1847 he built successively the Saginaw, Western Sister Island and Portage river lighthouses. Ile also built in Cleveland the Johnson House, the Marine Block, the Johnson Block and other important structures. In 1858 Mr. Johnson retired from active business, and, being endowed with abundant wealth, passed the evening of life in comfort and ease. Full of years and honors, he passed away to his rest on the 19th (lay of December, 1871, at the age of eighty-five. ALFRED KELLEY. Hon. Alfred Kelley, the second son of Daniel Kelley, was born in Middletown, Connecticut, November 7, 1789. He was descended in the fifth generation from Joseph Kelley (1st) who was one of the first settlers of Norwich, Connecticut. His great-grandfather, Joseph Kelley (2d), son of the person just .named, removed to Vermont, and died there in 1814 at the age of nearly ninety years. Alfred Kelley's grandfather, Daniel Kelley, lived in Norwich, Con necticut, where Daniel Kelley (2d), the father of the subject of this memoir, was born on the 27th day of November, 1755. He married Jemima Stow, daughter of Elihu and Jemima Stow, and sister of Judges Joshua and Silas Stow, of Lowville, New York, on the 28th day of January, 1787. He died at Cleveland August 7, 1831. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kelley had a family of six sons. They removed from Connecticut to Lowville, New York, when Alfred was nine years of age, where the head of the family was principal judge of the court of common pleas of Lewis county, heing also one of the founders of Lowville academy and president of its board of trustees. Alfred Kelley was educated at Fairfield academy, New York, and read law in the office of Jonas Platt, a judge of the supreme court of that State. In the spring of 1810 he traveled on horseback in company with Joshua Stow and others to Cleveland. He was admitted to practice in the court of common pleas in November, and on the same day, being his twenty-first birthday, he was appointed by the court to act as prosecuting attorney. He was continuously appointed prosecuting attorney until 1821, when he declined to act any longer in that capacity. In 1814 Mr. Kelley was elected a member of the Ohio house of representatives; being the youngest member of that body, which met at Chillicothe, then the temporary capital of the Sate. He continued, with intervals, a member of the legislature from Cuyahoga county until 1822, when he was appointed, with others, State canal commissioner. The Ohio canal is a monument to the enterprise, energy, integrity and sagacity of Alfred Kelley. He was the leading member of the board of commissioners during its construction, and the onerous and responsible service was performed with snch fidelity and economy that the actual cost did not exceed the estimate! The dimensions of the Ohio canal were the same as those of the Erie canal, New York, but the number of locks was nearly twice as great. Mr. Kelley's indomitable will and iron constitution triumphed. over all difficulties, and the Ohio canal, connecting the Ohio river with Lake Erie, was finished in 1830. Daring its construction Mr. Kelley removed first to Akron and then to Columbus, where he made his home during the remainder of his life. After the canal was finished he resigned the position of commissioner in order to regain his health (badly shattered by close application to the duties of his office), and to devote himself to his private affairs. In October, 1836, Mr. Kelley was elected to the Ohio house of representatives from Franklin county, and was re-elected to the same office in the next two legislatures. He was chairman of the Whig State Central Committee in 1840, and was one of the most active and influential managers of that campaign, in which Gen. Harrison was elected to the presidency. He was appointed State fund commissioner in 1840. In 1841 and '42 a formidable party arose in the legislature and State, which advocated the non-payment of BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 365 the maturing interest on the State debt, and the repudiation of the debt itself. Mr. Kelley went to New York and was able to raise nearly a quarter of a million of dollars on his own personal security, by which means the interest was paid at maturity, and the State of Ohio was saved from repudiation. In 1844 Mr. Kelley was elected to the State senate from the Franklin district. It was during this term that he originated the bill to organize the State Bank of Ohio and other banking companies, which was generally admitted by bankers and financiers to be the best American banking law then known. While Mr. Kelley was a member of the legislature many valuable general laws originated with him, and most of the measures. requiring investigation and profound thought were entrusted to his care. He was the author, in 1818, of the first legislative bill—either in this country or in Europe—to abolish imprisonment for debt. It failed to become a law, but in a letter to a friend Mr. Kelley said: " The time will come when the absurdity as well as inhumanity of adding oppression to misfortune will be acknowledged." At the end of this senatorial term Mr. Kelley was elected president of the Columbus and Xenia railroad company, which enterprise he was' actively engaged upon until it was finished. He also accepted the presidency of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad, and carried on that work with his usual ardor and ability; his labors being only surpassed by those upon the Ohio canal. With his own hands he dug the first shovelful of earth and laid the last rail. In 1850 he, was chosen president of the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula railroad company (afterward absorbed in the Lake Shore Company), and was soon actively engaged in the construction of the road. During this period occurred the famous riots of Eric and Harbor Creek, in opposition to the construction of the road through Pennsylvania. The success of the company in this contest was largely due to Mr. Kelley's efforts. After the completion of these roads lie resigned the presidency of their respective companies, but continued an active director in each of them to the time of his death. Mr. Kelley closed his public life as the member from Columbus of the State senate of 1857. During the last year of this service his health was declining. Yet such was his fidelity to his trust that he went daily to the senate, and he carried through the legislature several important measures for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the State treasury, and securing the safety of the public funds. He was also, during his legislative career, very active in remodeling the tax laws, so as to relieve land-owners from excessive taxation and place it part of the burden on those who had property in bonds and money. At the end of this term of the senate his health was much broken down (caused by an over-taxation of mind and body), and he seemed to be gradually wasting away without any settled disease. He was only confined to his room a few days before his death, which took place on the 2d day of December, 1859. So gentle was the summons, when his pure spirit left its earthly tenement, that his surrounding friends were scarcely conscious of the great change. It has been said of him, that few persons have ever lived who, merely by personal exertions, have left behind them more numerous and lasting monuments of patient and useful labor. Mr. Kelley was married on the 25th of August, 1817, to Miss Mary S. Wells, daughter of Melancthon Wells, Esq., by whom he had it family of eleven children, viz: Maria Jane, who became Mrs. Judge Bates, of Columbus; Charlotte, who died at six years old; Edward, who died at the age of two years; Adelaide and Henry, who died in infancy; Helen, who became Mrs. 'Francis Collins, of Columbus; Frank, who died at four years old; Anna, who married Col. C. J. Freudenberg, U. S. A.; Alfred; and Kate, wife of Rev. W. H. Dunning, of Cambridge. THOMAS M. KELLEY. * Thomas M. Kelley, a brother of Alfred Kelley, the subject of the preceding sketch, was born at Middletown, Connecticut, on the 17th of March, 1797. In the following years his father removed with his family to Lowville, Lewis county, New York, where the subject of this memoir resided until he came to Cleveland in 1815, ln that place he made his home continuously till his death on the 11th of June, 1878. Although the facilities for education were not, as a general rule, abundant in his childhood, yet at Lowville there was, besides the common schools, an academy where the higher branches were taught, and from the specimens of its graduates who settled here we should infer they were taught with more than ordinary success. For many years Mr. Kelley was engaged in mercantile pursuits, and especially in packing and shipping beef and pork, pot and pearl ashes, furs and some minor articles, the products of this then new region, down lakes Erie and Ontario and the St. Lawrence river to Montreal, a distant, but, for such articles, the most accessible market. After the completion of the Erie canal, in 1825, a large part of this trade was diverted through that channel. In later years Mr. Kelley was largely concerned in real estate operations and in banking, and in 184S was made president of the Merchants' bank. He did not, however, give his whole mind to the management of business affairs. He was a man of unquestionable integrity and unusual intelligence, and was an industrious reader, not only of current literature, but of standard works. He formed his opinions deliberately, and generally correctly, and then, like all his brothers, was prone to adhere to them persistently. He was a member of the legislature, and as such did * By Hon. J. W. Allen. 366 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. his constituents and the State valuable service. Under the old constitution the State was divided into a dozen or more judicial circuits; in each of which was a "president judge" (a lawyer) who held courts in the various counties, and who was assisted in each county by three associates, usually among the best men but not lawyers, who could and sometimes did override the president, and who in his absence could hold terms without him. In 1846 Mr. Kelley was appointed one of these judges, and, in the absence of the president judge, charged the grand jury in a manner much superior to that generally exhibited in such cases. In 1841 Daniel Webster, Secretary of State under President Harrison, offered the office of marshal of the United States for the district of Ohio, then embracing the whole State, to Mr. Kelley, who agreed to accept it, but the speedy death of General Harrison and the political difficulties which arose between his successor, President Tyler, and the Whig Congress, delayed and finally defeated any action upon the proposition. This offer was the more complimentary because, owing to the then recent "Patriot War," the relations of the United States with Great Britain were in a very disturbed condition; the northern frontier swarmed with men eager to involve the two countries in war, and the duties of a marshal required him to be a man of very great courage, firmness and discretion, such as Mr. Wehster knew Mr. Kelley to be. In 1833 Mr. Kelley married Miss Lucy Latham, of Vermont, a most estimable woman with whom he lived happily till her death in 1874. The fruits of this union were four children—one who died in early childhood; a daughter who married Col. George S. Mygatt and died not long afterwards; another daughter, now the wife of Mr. Chester J, Cole; and a son, Thomas Arthur Kelley; both of the survivors now reside in Cleveland. In his domestic relations Judge Kelley was kind, liberal and affectionate, and among his associates in the outer world he was very much esteemed. In public matters he was an active participant, and was a free contributor in money, labor and influence to all undertakings that promised to advance the common weal. CHARLES GREGORY KING. The following brief sketch of a business life, with the portrait of its subject, will introduce to our readers Charles Gregory King, a pioneer lumber merchant of Cuyahoga county. He was born in the town of Sand Lake, Rensselaer county, New York, on the 27th of September, 1822, and is one of a family of fourteen children, all of. whom lived to reach the age of manhood and womanhood. He was early initiated into the practical details of farming, which was his father's avocation. The necessity of constant industry early inured the boy to habits of self-denial, but seriously interfered with intellectual culture, for which he manifested a strong desire. At the age of sixteen his father died, leaving bereaved hearts and an encumbered estate as an inheritance to his family. With the courage and determination which have characterized his whole life, Charles, together with some of his brothers, provided a home for their beloved mother and their younger brothers and sisters. Seven years of his life were thus occupied; then his long fostered desire for mental improvement would brook no further repression, and he felt at liberty to devote the proceeds of the next few months' labor to defraying the expense of tuition in the Brockport Collegiate Institute, located in western New York. In alternate study and teaching he spent the years until 1849, when he started west in search of occupation. After a long and tiresome trip, which extended into Michigan, he returned toward the East without accomplishing his object. At length, however, his courage and perseverance overcame his ill- fortune, and at Erie, Pennsylvania, he was engaged as a buyer for a house which was shipping lumber to the Albany market. His latent ability as a business man soon exhibited itself, and, after various promotions, he removed to Cleveland in 1852, becoming a partner in the well-known firm of Foote & King, which established the lumber yards on River street. In the year 1862, owing to the failing health of Mr. Foote, the firm was dissolved, and for three years Mr. King conducted the business alone, at the end of which time Mr. D. K. Clint becathe a partner. In 1866 a new yard was established on Scranton avenue, and the house of Rust, King & Co. commenced the manufacture and sale of lumber. In 1874, when the River street yard was given up to the city for the purpose of building the viaduct, new relations were entered into, the firm name becoming Rust, King & Clint, which it still continues to be. Commencing with limited capital, Mr. King has carefully and thoughtfully built up an extensive business, furnishing employment to many and sharing its benefits with a liberal hand. Amid all the fluctuations of monetary affairs, he has never been called to suffer serious financial loss, and at the age of fifty-six years we find him with the harness on, still pursuing the even tenor of his business life, loved and honored in his domestic relations and esteemed hy all as an upright Christian citizen. Whatever of success has attended Mr. King in his calling thus far, he attributes to the blessing of God upon the faithful use of his natural powers. ZENAS KING. Zenas King was born in Kingston, Vermont, May 1, 1818. His father was a farmer in that State, but removed to St. Lawrence county, New York, in 1823. Zenas remained on the farm until he was twenty-one years of age, when he came to Ohio and turned his BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 367 attention to other occupations. He settled in Milan, Erie county, and began to take contracts for the erection of buildings, in which business he developed that mechanical ingenuity which he has shown in after life. In 1848 he formed a partnership with Mr. C. H. Buck and engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed successfully for eight years. His health partially failing, Mr. King disposed of his interest and engaged as a traveling agent for an agricultural-machinery house in Cincinnati; after which he became an agent for the Mosley Bridge Company. While connected with this company he became impressed with the defects of wooden bridges, and he continued to study upon the matter until he originated the "King Iron Bridge." In 1861 he obtained a patent for his invention. The next year Mr. King removed his family to Cleveland, and erected extensive and commodious works on the corner of St. Clair and Wason streets for the purpose of manufacturing his bridges, and also steam boilers. His partner, Mr. Freese, on a dissolution of the firm took the boiler department, while Mr. King retained the bridge business. The introduction of the bridge was a great task, for it was hard to make people believe that an iron bridge could possibly be built for fifteen hundred or two thousand dollars, when the old iron ones cost six to eight times as much, and yet were so heavy that they were capable of sustaining far less weight than the light and inexpensive ones invented by Mr. King. Knowing the value of his invention and the correct mechanical principles involved in it, he resolutely pushed its claims until his bridges are now spanning rivers and minor streams in all parts of the country from Maine to Texas, he being the first who introduced the use of iron to any extent for ordinary high way bridges. Mr. King has already built a hundred miles of bridges, and is making larger additions to the number every year. In 1871 he organized the "King Bridge Manufacturing Stock Company," of which he is the president and manager. He is also president of the St. Clair and Collamer railway company. The "King bridge" is not only a monument of the inventive genius and business ability of Zenas King, but is also a great public benefit, and as such it will douhtless be recognized in the near future. Mr. King has long been a vestryman in St. Paul's Episcopal Church. In 1844 he was married to Miss M. C. Wheelock, of Ogdensburg, New York; they have four children living. JARED POTTER KIRTLAND. This eminent man—physician, scientist and naturalist—achieved decided distinction in his chosen sphere, and Cuyahoga county, where a large portion of his scientific work was done, may well feel proud of a citizen so intently devoted to some of the profoundest researches of which the human mind is capable. Dr. Kirtland was eminently a self-made naturalist, and to an inborn genius for that branch of science he added enthusiasm and untiring perseverance-twin sisters of success. He was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, in 1795, and at the age of fifteen made his first appearance in Ohio, in Poland township, whither his father had preceded him as general agent of the Connecticut Land company. It being decided that young Kirtland should be a doctor, he was sent in 1817 to the famous medical school of Dr. Rush, in Philadelphia, and upon completing his education there, he returned to Poland, and entered upon an active medical practice. It was during his experience as a country physician that his taste for natural science began to develop itself, and for twenty years of his life in that section he paid eager attention to the study of animal nature, with which the country richly teemed. The publication of his extensive researches was made under the patronage of the Boston Historical Society, and brought him into prominent notice as a high authority in that department of science. In 1838 he was appointed to the department of Natural History in the Geological Survey, organized by the State of Ohio, and shortly afterwards was chosen to fill chair in the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati. The latter position he vacated in 1838 to take a similar place in the Cleveland Medical College. In that year he purchased a residence in Rockport, and there introduced the culture of fruit, which, largely followed by others, has bestowed remarkable prosperity upon that township. Meanwhile Dr. Kirtland continued his studies as a naturalist and his lectures at the college. His developments in the field of scientific horticulture gave to that business an emphatic impetus, and his valued labors as a naturalist are perpetuated in the Kirtland academy of natural sciences, of Cleveland. At the close of an extended and useful life, Dr. Kirtland died at his home in Rockport, December 10, 1877, at the age of eighty-four. DAVID LONG. Dr. David Long, the first physician who located in Cleveland, was born in Washington county, New York, September 29, 1787. In 1810, at the age of twenty-three, he first set foot in Cleveland, whither he had removed to begin his career. There was no doctor in all Cuyahoga county at that early day, and the arrival of Dr. Long was hailed with much joy by the inhabitants. The arduous task of "doctoring" in that sparsely settled country, found in Dr. Long a man well calculated to overcome its difficulties, and despite the hardships, the inconveniences and incessant labors attendant upon his duties, he pursued them with unflagging zeal, and became a very successful practitioner. He was a surgeon in the army during the war of 1812, and, as an example of what he had trained himself to do in an emergency, it is related that he rode from Black river to Cleveland—twenty- 368 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. eight miles—in two hours and a quarter, to report the news of General Hull's surrender. After a continuous medical practice of upwards of thirty years, Dr. Long rested upon the well earned fruits of his industry, and at the end of an active and honorable life he died on the first day of September, 1851, aged sixty-four years. He was one of the foremost in the promotion of public enterprises, and freely gave his influence and support to numerous religious and educational institutions of his time. Although popular in a remarkable degree, he never craved political distinction, and perhaps the only public office he held was that of county commissioner. It was at the time when the villages of Newburg and Cleveland were hotly contesting for the honor of being the county-seat, and an election as county commissioner then was no slight mark of popularity. As a physician, as a man, and as a citizen, Dr. Long achieved a high reputation, and left the heritage of an honored name not only to his descendants but to the medical profession in Cuyahoga county, of which he was the foremost pioneer. ROBERT F. PAINE The subject of this sketch was born in Madison county, New York, on the 10th day of May, 1810. He is the second son of Solomon J. Paine and Lucretin Bierce Paine, who were both natives of Cornwall, Litchfield county, Connecticut. His father was the son of Rufus Paine, and his mother was the daughter of William Bierce, both of whom served in the American army during the entire war of the Revolution, and both of whom shared with that army the sufferings and privations of the winter of 1777-8 at Valley Forge. They both also lived to be over eighty years of age. In March, 1815, Solomon Paine left his native town and removed with his family to Nelson, Portage county, Ohio. His entire property consisted of two horses and a wagon, and such goods as he was able to store in the latter after furnishing room for a wife and four children. After five weeks weary journeying they arrived at Nelson, where the family remained until after the death of Mr. Paine, which occurred in 1828. Robert F. Paine's opportunities for , obtaining an education were very few. He had to travel a mile and a half daily to the log school-house, and after he was nine years old was obliged to work on the farm during- all but the winter months. At the death of his father, which occurred when lie was eighteen years of age, lie took charge of the family and continued to provide for them by his labor until the children were able to care for themselves. In 1837 young Paine determined to become a lawyer, and, without an instructor and with but few books, he entered upon a course of hard study. Without a single previous recitation, he was examined at the September term of the supreme court, sitting at Ravenna, in 1839, and was admitted to practice. In the fall of the same year he was elected justice of the peace, and served a term of three years. Immediately after his admission to the bar he opened an office in Garrettsville for the practice of his profession. In 1844 Mr. Paine was elected to the Ohio legislature, and the following year was renominated but declined; his declination being followed by his election as prosecuting attorney of Portage county and his removal to Ravenna. At the expiration of his term of two years he removed to Cleveland, and on the 1st of May, 1848, opened a law office in that city. In 1849 he was appointed clerk of the court of common pleas, which position he held until the adoption of the new constitution in 1852, when he returned to his legal practice. In 1860 he was chosen a delegate to the Republican national convention at Chicago, which nominated Abraham Lincoln for president, and took an active part in its proceedings. He was appointed United States district attorney for the northern district of Ohio, in April, 1861, and held that position four years. In 1869 Mr. Paine was elected judge of the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county, which office he retained until May, 1874. During his term he disposed of an unusual number of civil and criminal cases. Some eight or ten cases of homicide (five of which resulted in conviction of murder in the first degree) were tried before him. Among them was the noted trial of Dr. J. Galentine, convicted of manslaughter. The defense of emotional insanity had been ineffectually set up, and in his charge to the jury the judge dealt in an original and able manner with that class of defenses. The following letter was written to him on that occasion by General Garfield: " WASHINGTON, D. C., February 6, 1871. "Dear Judge:—Allow me to congratulate you on your splendid charge to the jury at the close of the Galentine case. The whole country owes you a debt of gratitude for brushing away the wicked absurdity which has lately been palmed off on the country as law, on the subject of insanity. If the thing had gone much further all that a man would need to secure immunity from murder would be to tear his hair and rave a little, and then kill his man. I hope you will print your opinion in pamphlet form and send it broadcast to all the judges of the land. "Very truly yours, "J. A. GARFIELD." We also quote extracts from the New York Tribune, embodying the best opinions of the country. After giving a hrief synopsis of the case it says: "But it is to the extremely lucid and sensible charge of Judge Paine to the jury that we desire to call special attention. It is not always that a judicial summing up has so much common sense crowded into it. 'If you should find,' said Judge Paine, 'that the defendant was overwhelmed by any real or supposed provocation, which for the moment deprived him of all power to control his action, and incapable of reasoning or deliberation, then inquire, did the defendant, by indulging passion, by meditating revenge and cultivating BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 369 malice toward the deceased, for real or fancied provocation, voluntarily produce the inability to reason, reflect, deliberate and control his will; or was he rendered powerless in these respects by the circumstances which surrounded him, and for which he was not responsible?' We do not remember in any of the now unfortunately numerous trials for homicide in which that most intangible thing, 'temporary insanity' has been the defense, to have seen the true law of the case stated more lucidly. The number of murders committed in cold blood, and with strict malice pretense, is comparatively small; and these are mostly perpetrated with the ulterior purpose of robbery. A murder done for the sake of private vengeance is quite another matter. The culprit broods over what he considers to be his injuries, 'cultivating,' to use the language of Judge Paine, 'a disposition to execute vengeance until his passions have become too powerful to lie controlled by his will and judgment.' Can he therefore take the life of the subject of his hatred with impunity? "To my mind,' said the Judge, to hold thus would be to offer a premium on depravity and to encourage the cultivation of the worst elements of our nature.' We do not think that we have ever seen the truth of a vexed and much discussed question more clearly stated. Laws are made and penalties inure or less severe are provided for their violation, simply that members of society may have a motive, even if it be not the best one, for keeping the mastery over illicit passions. Thus it has been held for centuries, and it is good law to-day, that the inebriety of a murderer is no excuse, and to only a limited extent an extenuation; and hundreds of men have been hanged who were intoxicated when they did the fatal deed. The case is much stronger when a man supposing himself to have been wronged, instead of seeking at the hands of the law that satisfaction which is free to all, constitutes h inself judge, jury and executioner, making havoc of every principle of order upon which social institutions are founded." In politics Judge Paine was an ardent Whig until 1848, after which he acted with the Free Soil party until the formatlon of the Republican party. He then united with the latter, of which he was an earnest supporter until 1872. He then advocated the election of Horace Greeley to the presidency, since which time he has voted the Democratic ticket. During the whole of his public life, in the many responsible positions to which he has been appointed, he has maintained a high character for honor and straightforwardness, and has discharged his duties with unvarying fidelity and ability. He is a self-made man of no ordinary kind, having under the most disadvantageous circumstances, and without help of any kind, worked himself up from poverty and obscurity to distinction on the bench and at the bar. Judge Paine has been married three. times—first in August, 1846, to Miss Miranda Hazen, of Garrettsville, who died at Cleveland in August, 1848, leaving an infant daughter; second, in 1853, to Mrs. H. Cornelia Harris, who died in 1870, leaving three sons; third, in May, 1872, to Miss Delia Humphrey, of Summit county, Ohio. RICHARD C. PARSONS. Richard C. Parsons, one of the proprietors of the Cleveland Herald, was born in New London, Connecticut, October 10, 1826. His father was a merchant of New York city, a gentleman of large business capacity, and remarkahle for his benevolence and sterling character. He died in 1832, at the age of thirty-nine years. His grandfather was Rev. David Parsons, D. D., of Amherst, Massachusetts, an eminent clergyman, whose ministry, with that of his father over the Presbyterian church of Amherst, continued uninterruptedly through a period of eighty years. The wife of Rev. David Parsons was a sister of Chief Justice Williams, of Connecticut, and a niece of William Williams, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The subject of this sketch received a liberal education in New England. He came to Cleveland in 1849, studied law with Charles Stetson, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1851. He took at once a prominent position, and gave promise of a brilliant future in his chosen profession. But political life had strong attractions for him, and he immediately entered upon that series of official services which occupied his time until quite recently. In 1852 Mr. Parsons was elected a member of the city council of Cleveland, and the following year was chosen president of that body. In 1857 he was elected to the Ohio legislature. He was re-elected in 1859, and on the meeting of the legislature the f&- lowing winter he was chosen speaker of the house of representatives. He was the youngest person who had ever filled that position, yet his thorough knowledge of parliamentary rules, his prompt and decisive address, and his great personal popularity secured his re-election with little opposition. In 1861 President Lincoln tendered him the mission to Chili, which he declined. He was subsequently appointed consul at Rio Janeiro , where he served one year with great advantage to our commercial and maritime interests at that port. Returning to Cleveland Mr. Parsons was appointed, in 1862, collector of internal revenue for the Twentieth district, which position he filled for four years, when he was removed by President Johnson, because he refused to give in his adherence to the "Johnson party." In 1866 he was appointed marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, and after serving for six years, resigned. In 1873 Mr. Parsons was elected to the forty-third Congress as a Republican, from the Twentieth Congressional district of Ohio, receiving thirteen thousand one hundred and one votes, against ten thousand three hundred and seventy-seven for the candidate of the Democrats and Liberals. In Congress he was at once placed on important committees, on which he served with industry and marked ability. By his 370 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND intelligent and well directed efforts he secured the first appropriation for the breakwater at the port of Cleveland, a work of inestimable value to the commercial interests of the city. In 1877 he joined William Perry Fogg in the purchase of the Cleveland Herald, and became editor-in-chief of that journal, in which position he still remains. He is a forcible and able writer, and has made the Herald one of the conspicuous features of Western journalism: HENRY B. PAYNE. Henry B. Payne, a prominent lawyer and statesman, was born in Hamilton, Madison county, New York, on the 30th of November, 1810. His father; Elisha Payne, was au early settler of that county, having removed thither from Lebanon, Connecticut, in 1795. He was a man of great personal integrity, purity of character and pubhc spirit, and was instrumental in an eminent degree in found; ing Hamilton Theological Seminary. Henry B. Payne was educated at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, and was graduated in the class of 1832, ranking high in mathematics and belles-lettres. He commenced the study of law in the office of John C. Spencer the same year. In 1833 he removed to Cleveland, then a village of some three thousand inhabitants, and was admitted to the bar the following year. He at once commenced the practice of law in company with H. V. Willson, his partner and former classmate. This partnership continued twelve years, until, in consequence of hemorrhage of the lungs, Mr. Payne was compelled to relinquish the profession. He subsequently served two years in the city council, chiefly engaged in reforming the finances, restoring the municipal credit, and reconstructing the fire department. In 1849, conjointly with John W. Allen, Richard Hilliard, John M. Wolsey and others, he entered earnestly into measures for constructing the Cleveland and Columbus railroad. It is no disparagement tc the labors of others to say that to him, Richard Hilliard, Esq., and Hon. Alfred Kelley, that great enterprise was mainly indebted for its success—a success which, being achieved at a most critical period in the fortunes of Cleveland, contributed in a very great degree to its prosperity. Upon its completion in 1851 Mr. Payne was elected president, and retained that office till 1854, when he resigned. In 1855 he first became a director of the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula railroad (afterwards the Lake Shore). In 1854 he was elected a member of the first board of water-works commissioners, which so successfully planned, located and completed the Cleveland water works. In 1862 the legislature created a board of sinking- fund commissioners for the city of Cleveland. Mr. Payne has been the president of the board sinoe its organization. How wisely the commissioners have performed their duties was shown by the fact that the fund, originally about two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, increased in the course of twelve years, under the management of the board, to nearly two millions of dollars, an instance of prudent and sagacious management of a trust fund which was perhaps without a parallel in the United States. At an early day Mr. Payne became interested in and identified with the manufacturing enterprises of Cleveland. He was at one time a stockholder and director in some eighteen corporations, devoted to coal and iron mining, manufacturing in various branches, banking, etc., all of which were in a sound and flourishing condition. In politics Mr. Payne has ever been a conservative Democrat—not always active, and sometimes independent. In 1849 he was elected to the State senate, and served two years in that body. In 1851 he was the nominee of the Democrats in the legislature for United States senator, but after a prolonged balloting the contest finally resulted in the election of Benjamin P. Wade by a majority of one. In 1857 he was the. Democratic candidate for governor, and made a canvass remarkable for its spirit and brilliancy, at the end of which he came within a few hundred votes of defeating Salmon P. Chase. Mr. Payne was chosen a presidential elector on the Cass ticket in 1848, and was a member of the Cincinnati convention which nominated Buchanan in 1856. He was also a delegate at large to the Democratic National convention at Charleston in 1860, and reported from the committee the minority resolutions which were adopted by that convention. He advocated the report in a speech remarkable for its perspicuity, brilliancy and power, condemning incipient secession, and uttering kindly but earnest warnings to the men of the South. The speech won for him the gratitude and applause of the Northern delegates, and the personal admiration of the Southern members, and gave him a national reputation as a sagacious and able statesman. In 1857 Mr. Payne joined heartily with Senator Douglas in his opposition to the Lecompton constitution; made speeches against it at Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and other cities, and was active in procuring the passage by the Ohio legislature of resolutions denouncing that measure. He assisted Douglas in his celebrated campaign in 1858 against Lincoln and the Buchanan office-holders in Illinois, and when the war broke out he took his stand with that patriotic statesman, and persevered in public and earnest efforts for the suppression of the rebellion. In 1862 he united with prominent men of both the Democratic and Republican parties in addressing the people to encourage enlistments, and joined with a large number of the wealthiest citizens in a guaranty to the county treasurer against loss by advancing money to equip regiments; trusting to future legislation to sanction such advances. Mr. Payne was chairman of the Ohio delegation at the Democratic national convention at Baltimore in 1872, which nominated Horace Greeley for President, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 371 and warmly advocated that movement. In 1874, at the joint and urgent solicitation of the Democrats and Liberal Republicans, he accepted the nomination for the forty-fourth Congress, and was elected by a majority of two thousand five hundred and thirty-two in a district which previously had given a Republican majority of about five thousand. On accepting the nomination he said: " If elected, and life is spared to serve out the term, I promise to come back with hand and heart as undefiled and clean as when I left you." In Congress Mr. Payne was appointed a member of the committee on banking and currency, and also of that on civil service reform. During the exciting contest over the election of president, in the winter of 1876 and '77, lie was made chairman of the committee chosen by the House to unite with one from the Senate in devising a method of settling the impending difficulties. As such chairman he reported the bill, providing for the celebrated electoral commission, to the House, and had charge of it during its passage. He was also elected and served as one of that commission. He reported to the joint Democratic Congressional caucus a bill for the gradual resumption of specie payments, which was approved by the caucus but failed to pass. The principal feature of this bill was the permanent retention of the greenback as a constituent element of the currency. As a lawyer Mr. Payne was distinguished for fidelity, thoroughness and forensic ability. The remarkable powers of his mind were especially manifested in his influence over others in adjusting legal rights and moral equities in cases where great and antagonistic interests were involved. Coolness of temper, suavity of manner and genial humor, combined with firmness and strength of will, were his chief instrumentalities. As a political leader he always had the confidence of Ids party and the respect of all. In April, 1875, he was prominently mentioned as the coming Democratic' and Liberal nominee for the Presidency of the United States. Mr. Payne was married in 1836 to the only daughter of Nathan Perry, Esq., a retired merchant of Cleveland. FREDERICK WILLIAM PELTON. This gentleman, one of the ex-mayors of Cleveland, is of English descent, and was born in Chester, Connecticut, on the 24th day of March, 1827. His father, Russell Pelton, was born in Portland, in the same State, on the 20th of July, 1803, and married Pamelia Abby, daughter of Asaph Abby. on the 20th of August, 1821. In 1835 he removed with his family to Cuyahoga county, and settled in Brooklyn (now a part of Cleveland), where he still resides. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, an active and enterprising citizen, and a man of sterling integrity and honor. Frederick W. Pelton, the fourth of a family of six children, was but eight years of age when his father removed to Ohio. He was educated at Brooklyn academy, finishing the course at the age of sixteen, when he immediately entered upon the duties of bookkeeper for Messrs. Wheeler, Chamberlain & Co., of Akron, Summit county, with whom he remained until he attained his majority. He then returned to Cleveland with Mr. Chamberlain, the second member of the firm, by whom he was employed in the same capacity until, on account of failing health, he was obliged to resign his position. Returning to Brooklyn, young Pelton engaged in farming and soon recovered his health and strength. He did not, however, re-enter the counting room, but for ten years, which he regards as among the most pleasant of his life, he remained employed in agricultural pursuits. Desiring a change at the expiration of that period, -he engaged in the ship chandlery business in Cleveland, which he carried on successfully until 1861, when he responded to the call made for troops to suppress the rebellion. He had served as a captain of an independent battery for twelve years, and entered the First Ohio artillery as captain of Company E. The regiment to which he belonged—commaned by Gen. James Barnett-served three months in Western Virginia and then returned to Columbus and was mustered out. Mr. Pelton did not re-enter the service, and, in the autumn of 1863 he went into the insurance business, as treasurer, and afterwards as secretary, of the Buckeye Insurance company. In 1865 he was elected to the city council from the ninth ward, and the follow' ing year was made president of that body. In 1867 he was re-elected from the same ward, and in 1870 was chief deputy treasurer under Colonel Lynch. He was elected mayor of the city of Cleveland in August, 1871, and served two years, winning universal approval by the ability with which he managed the municipal affairs. During his term he was noted for his advocacy of every measure tending to the improvement of the city and the development of its resources. His valedictory address was highly commended as giving a particularly clear and tangible exhibit of the local finances, and of important improvements and enterprises. In 1873 he was elected county treasurer, and in 1875 was re-elected, serving in this office two terms of two years each. He is a director of the Citizens' Loan Association and has been a member of the finance committee since its organization. In politics he is a Republican, and is actively interested in the men and measures of that party. Mr. Pelton is an active member of the Masonic order, belonging to West Side Lodge No. 498, F. and A. M., Thatcher Chapter No. 101, Cleveland Council No. 36, and Oriental Commandery, having held the office of Master and High Priest. He is also a member of the order of Odd Fellows, in which he takes a high rank, being a member of Phoenix Lodge, I.O.O.F., and North Wing Encampment. In all public affairs Mr. Pelton has ever manifested a liberal spirit, and in many ways has been instru- 372 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. mental in forwarding the best interests of the people of Cleveland. In the relations of social and business life he has uniformly borne himself in such a manner as to win the respect and confidence of those with whom he has been associated. He was married on the 26th of August, 1848, to Miss Susan A. Dennison, of Brooklyn, Ohio, by whom be has had seven children, only three of whom are living. JACOB PERKINS. Jacob Perkins was born in Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, on the 1st of September, 1822. He Was next to the. youngest of the children of General Simon Perkins; one of the earliest and most prominent business men of northern Ohio. He developed a strong inclination for study in early years, acquiring knowledge with unusual facility. After thorough preparation at the academies of Burton, Ohio, and Middletown, Connecticut, he entered Yale College in 1837. There he distinguished himself by his literary and oratorical abilities, delivering the philosophic oration at the junior exhibition, and being chosen second editor of the Tate Literary Magazine, a position he filled with credit to himself and to the pride and satisfaction of his classmates. His dose application to study and the additional labor of literary work were, however, too much for his Strength, and before the close of his junior year he Was obliged to relinquish his studies and go homc, so that he did not graduate with his own class. In the succeeding year, his health having improved, he rementurned, and graduated with the class of 1842. On leaving college he entered his father's office, in Warren, and engaged closely in its business until the death of his father, when, with his brothers; he was some time engaged in settling the large estate. After his return to Warren, he was frequently called on to address the people on public occasions, and he did so with marked success. He became early interested in politics, taking the anti-slavery side, Which was then not in popular favor, and made many effective speeches, in support of its principles and measures. An address delivered in 1848 attracted much attention from the boldness and distinctness with which it asserted the right of self-ownership in every person without regard to color or race. The abilities he displayed, his strong convictions of right, and the fearlessness with which he manifested them, led the people of his district to chose him as one of the convention that framed the Ohio constitution, which was adopted in 1851, and remains the fundamental law of the State. His political principles placed him with the minority in that body, but his influence and position were equaled by few in the dominant party. This was the only political position ever held by him, except that in 1856 he was one of the Ohio presidential electors at large, on the Fremont ticket. As might be expected from his early devotion to study, he was in later life an earnest friend of educational enterprises. It was owing to his suggestion and persistence that the authorities of Western Reserve College were induced to adopt the conditions of a permanent fund, rather than to solicit unconditional contributions, and, in connection with his brothers, he made the first contribution to that fund. The wisdom of the course adopted was shown in after years, when dissensions and embarrassment crippled the institution, and world have destroyed it but for the permanent fund which enabled it to weather the storm, and which became the nucleus of its permanent endowment. He gave another proof of his public spirit and generosity by uniting with two others of like disposition in purchasing the grounds for Woodland cemetery, at Warren, beautifying them, and then transferring the property to the corporation. The most important enterprise of his life, and one which has conferred vast benefits on the public, was the building and management of the Cleveland and Mahoning railroad. Soon after returning from the constitutional convention he became interested in the scheme for a railroad between Cleveland and Pittsburg, by way of the Mahoning valley, and was very influential in procuring the charter and organizing the company, of which he was made president. It was very difficult to procure subscriptions to the stock, most of the capitalists of Cleveland and Pittsburg being interested in other and partly conflicting lines. In 1853 the work was commenced with a small stock subscription, and the gradual tightening of the money market operated to prevent much increase. The bonds were disposed of with great. difficulty, and when the financial crisis of 1857 occurred, with the road still unfinished, the bonds were unsaleable. Railroads which were to have connected with the Mahoning, and to have prolonged the line to the seaboard, were abandoned, and the prospects of that road were thus rendered still more gloomy. In this emergency but one of two courses remained open to the management; to abandon the enterprise and lose the whole investment, or to push it to completion from Cleveland to the coal fields by the pledge and at the risk of the private fortunes of the managers. The latter course was chosen; at the earnest entreaty of Mr. Perkins; he agreeing, in case of disaster, to pay the first $100,000 of loss, and to share equally with the others in any other sacrifice. In 1854 he went to England, with the hope of raising money, but returned unsuccessful. In 1856 the road was completed to Youngstown and the development of the coal and iron business commenced. In the month of June, 1857, his wife, to whom he was devotedly attached, died of consumption. his close attention at her sick bed broke down his constitution. The latter part of the winter of 1857-8 was spent in the Southern States, as was also the following summer. But the disease was beyond cure, and on the 12th BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - 373 of January, 1859, he died at Havana, Cuba. His remains were embalmed and brought to Warren, where they were interred in Woodland cemetery. His character is clearly shown in the acts of his life. Richly endowed with natural gifts, he used those gifts in the interest of humanity and freedom, though thus sacrificing all hope of a political career he was so well fitted to adorn. Fond of study, and with wealth to indulge his tastes, he sacrificed ease, wealth and health for the public benefit. One of his last remarks was that on his tombstone might be engraved, "died of the Mahoning railroad." He was married October 24, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth 0. Tod, daughter of Dr. J. I. Tod, of Mason, Trumbull county,: Ohio. His wife and two of his three children died before him. His son, Jacob B.. Perkins, alone survived him. NATHAN PERRY.* Nathan Perry, one of Cleveland's pioneer merchants and millionaires, was born in Connecticut in 1786, and died in Cleveland June '24, 1865. His father, Judge Nathan Perry, first came from Connecticut to Ohio in 1796, and con tinned during that season with the surveyors who were running township lines of that portion of the Western Reserve east of the Cuyahoga river. The judge removed with his family to Cleveland in 1806 or 1807, and on the organization of Cuyahoga county in 1809 he was appointed one of its judges. lie died in 1813, leaving four children, viz: a daughter who became the wife of Peter M. Weddell; and three sons—Horatio, who settled in Lorain county; Horace, who was for many years clerk and recorder of Cuyahoga county, and who died in 1835, highly respected by t he community; and Nathan, the subject of this sketch. The last named settled at Black River, now in Lorain county, in 1804, and engaged in trade. By great efforts he mastered several Indian dialects, and thus built up an extensive trade with the trihes which then occupied all the territory west of the Cuyahoga river. The incident related on page fifty-five of the general history of the county, when he and Quintus F. Atkins rescued a Mr. Plumb from the fate which had slain his companions, shows some of the hardships of that period. In 1808 the subject of this memoir removed from Black River to Cleveland and began trading at that place, where for more than twenty years he was a leading merchant. his store and dwelling, both under one roof, were located at the corner of Superior and Water streets, on the present site of the Second National Bank building. After a few years a brick store and dwelling were erected in the same place; it being the third brick building in Cleveland. It is related of Mr. Perry that at one time he took twelve thousand dollars worth of furs to New York, * From Cleave’s Biographical Cyclopedia of Ohio. following the wagon containing them from Buffalo to the former city. On arriving there he encountered John Jacob Astor, who endeavored to get from him the "asking price" of his furs, which he declined to give. Mr. Astor becoming importunate, he was told that he could not have the furs at any price. Mr. Perry had made up his mind that he could do better with any one else than he could with Astor, (who was not only the great fur merchant of those days but was also one of the closest men in New York), and therefore he would not even show his furs. Mr. Perry was really the pioneer merchant of this part of Ohio; that is, he was the first who carried on the mercantile business on a large scale-his predecessors having merely supplied a few local wants. Endowed with a vigorous constitution, exhaustless energy and restless enterprise, he was well qualified to encounter and subdue the hardships, exposures, and perils incident to frontier life. The men of to-day can hardly realize the fatigue, self-denial and anxieties of the merchant of sixty years ago, when goods had to be transported from Philadelphia to Pittsburg on "Pennsylvania wagons" and thence. by pack-horse or ox-team to Cleveland, and bartered to Indians and rugged settlers in exchange for all sorts of commodities, under the constant personal care and inspection of the trader. A distinguishing trait in Mr. Perry's character, developed in his youth and predominating through his life, was the celerity with which he formed an opinion, and the extraordinary tenacity with which he adhered to it when formed. He was never known to relent, or change his decision. But he was a man of warm affections, generous and steadfast in his friendships, of the strictest integrity and honor, and ever active and influential as a citizen. When the village of Cleveland was organized, he was one of the first trustees, but lie had no predilection for public life. He invested largely in real estate which increased enormously in value, and made him, at his death, very wealthy. Mr. Perry's last illness was. of about five weeks duration. Paralysis set in, first attacking the lower extremities and gradually working up until it reached the heart. He was married in 1816 to a daughter of Captain Abram Skinner, of Painesville. His son, Oliver Hazard Perry, named after Commodore Perry, a distant relative of the family, met with an accidental death upon a railway in December, 1864. His only daughter was married to Hon. II. B, Payne, of Cleveland and still survives. His eldest grandson, Hon. Nathan P. Payne, was elected mayor of Cleveland in April, 1875. HOUSTON H. POPPLETON. Houston H. Poppleton was born near Bellville, Richland county, Ohio, Maroh 19, 1836, and is the youngest son of Rev. Samuel and Julia A. Poppleton. 374 - THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. Rev. Samuel Poppleton was born in the State of Vermont, July 2, 1793, but while quite young moved with his father to Genesee county, New York, where he lived until 1820, when he moved to Ohio. He lived in Richland county, Ohio, from 1822 until March, 1853, when he moved to Delaware, Ohio, where he continued to reside most of the time until his death, which occurred at Delaware, September 14, 1864. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and served with honor and distinction. Shortly after its close he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and continued to preach, as his health would permit, for nearly fifty years. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Parthenia Steinback, of Genesee county, New York, and his second, Miss Julia A. Smith, of Richland county, Ohio. By the first marriage, four children were born, to wit: Rowena L., intermarried with F. W. Strong, of Mansfield, Ohio; Samuel D., killed in 1864, at the battle of Atlanta, Georgia; Mary Ellen, intermarried with Daniel Fisher, of Bellville, and Andrew J., who died at West Unity, Ohio, September 25, 1850. By the second marriage, six children were born, to wit: Emory E., Parthenia P., Damaris A., Early F., Houston H., and Zada C. Emory E. has been engaged in business is Detroit and Chicago, and is now the secretary of the Cleveland and Mahoning Valley railroad, residing at Cleveland. Parthenia P. married Hon.. Stevenson Burke, long prominently identified with the Lorain county bar, and after residing in Elyria for over twenty-two years, moved to Cleveland. She died at Salt Lake City, Utah, January 7, 1878, and is buried in Lake View cemetery, near Cleveland. Damaris A. was married to Hon. George B. Lake, formerly a member of the Lorain county bar, and- now chief justice of the State of Nebraska. She died in April, 1854, and is buried in the cemetery at Elyria. Early F. read law, and was admitted to the bar at Elyria, and, after practicing there several years, moved to Delaware, Ohio, where he has ever since been an active and successful lawyer and politician. He was elected State senator from the counties of Licking and Delaware, and after serving one term was elected on the Democratic ticket to the forty-fourth Congress, from the ninth Ohio Congressional district. Although one of the youngest members of that body, he was active and industrious; serving with marked ability, and with credit to himself and to his party. Zada C. was married to Thomas H. Linnell, of Elyria; and resided there during the whole of her married life. She died March 29, 1875, and is buried in the cemetery at Elyria. Houston H. Poppleton received his early education in the oommon schools at Bellville, but entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, in the spring of 1853, and, although his attendance was not continuous, he graduated from that institution in June, 1858. He taught school several winters in the counties of Delaware and Richland, while pursuing ais studies at the university, and also had general charge of his father's mercantile house at Richwood, from April, 1855, to February, 1857. In September, 1858, he entered the law offrce of Stevenson Burke, at Elyria, and prosecuted his studies there until October, 1859, when he entered the Cincinnati Law College. Completing the prescribed course there, he graduated from it on the 16th of April, 1860, and was admitted to the bar at Cincinnati the same day. Returning to Elyria, he formed a law partnership with his brother- in-law, Mr. Burke, and commenced practice May 2, 1860. After Mr. Burke's election to the bench, Mr. Poppleton formed a law partnership with Hon. H. D. Clark, .which continued about two years. On the 10th of February, 1864, he was married, at Cincinnati, to Miss Lucinda H. Cross, of that city. He resided in Elyria until September 24, 1875, when he moved with his family to Cleveland. From the latter part of 1864 he continued in active general practice at Elyria, without a partner, until November, 1873, who,. he was appointed general attorney of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railway company, with headquarters at Cleveland, which position he still holds. He was prominent, active and successful in his practice, as the records of the courts of Lorain and .adjoining counties abundantly show, and in his removal the bar of Lorain county sustained a serious loss. By accepting the position of general attorney of the company mentioned be became the head of the legal department of that corporation, and has had entire charge of its legal business along its whole line, as well as elsewhere. Giving his personal attention to the details of all the litigation of the company—trying only those causes that should be tried, and settling those that should be settled—he has, by his fair, honorable and judicious course, made many friends for himself, and secured for his' company a reputation and good will that any railroad company in the country might well envy. CHAPTER LXVIII. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—CONTINUED. Thomas Quayle—D. P. Rhodes—Ansel Roberts—J. P. Robison—W. G. Rose—J. H. Salisbury—J. C. Sanders—W. J. Scott—Elias Sims—A. D. Slaght—Amasa Stone—A. B. Stone—W. S. Streator—Peter That cherAmos Townsend—Oscar Townsend—J. H. Wade—Samuel Williamson —H. V. Willson—R. B. Winslow—Reuben Wood—T. D. Crocker. THOMAS QUAYLE. Thomas Quayle has been, for more than thirty years, closely: and prominently identified with the ship-building interests of Cleveland, and has been largely accessary to its growth and development. He was born on the Isle of Man on the 9th day of May, 1811. His parents, who were both natives of that island, emigrated to America in 1827, coming directly