150 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY of the Market National Bank and the Security Savings Bank and Trust Company. On the 22d of April, 1884, Mr. Verkamp was married in this city to Miss Clara Greyer, a daughter of Frank A. Greyer, a well known wholesale merchant. To this union eight children have been born, namely : Marie, Joseph, Cress, Walter, George, Frank, Herbert and Richard. Mr. Verkamp is a stanch friend of education and has given his children every desirable advantage of mental training. Two daughters were graduated from Notre Dame Academy and two sons from St. Xavier's College, while two other sons are now attend ing that college. In religious belief Mr. Verkamp adheres to fhe Catholic church, with which he has always been identified. He is a valued member of the Knights of Columbus. The possessor of great force of character and clear discrimination business, he is highly respected by his associates, by his patrons and also b his employes who have always found him to be a safe and true adviser. H and his family reside at No. 2815 Melrose avenue, Walnut Hills. ALLYN CILLEY POOLE, M. D. Dr. Allyn Cilley Poole, of No. 2906 Woodburn avenue, Walnut Hills, corn of good Colonial and Revolutionary stock. He is a native of Colerain to ship, Hamilton county, born August 18, 1860, a son of James and Emily (Cille Poole. The parents were also born in Colerain township, the father on Mar 29, 1824, and the mother on the 16th of February, 1836. Mr. Poole, Sr., was farmer and fruit grower. He was a son of William and Rebecca (Hardin Poole, the former of whom was born in 1773 and died in 1868. He was a s of William Poole, of New York state, whose father emigrated from Engla to this country. The mother of our subject was a daughter of Bradbury Cilley a native of New Hampshire, born May 16, 1798, his death occurring on the 59 of July, 1874. His father was Jonathan Cilley, a son of Joseph Cilley, who was born in Nottingham, England, in 1734, and came to America, settling in New Hampshire. He was a colonel of the First New Hampshire Regiment in Revolutionary war and proved to be of good fighting material. After the w he was appointed major general of the New Hampshire Militia. He died 1799. General Cilley's father was Captain Joseph Cilley, a son of Thom Seally, who was a son of Richard Seally, magistrate of the Isle of Shoals 1653. Dr. Poole received his preliminary education in the public schools and la matriculated in Boston University at Boston, Massachusetts, from which h was graduated in 1882 with the degree of A. B. He began the study of medicine under Dr. J. L. Cilley, a prominent physician of this city, and later entered Medical College of Ohio, graduating in 1887 with the degree of M. D. also was awarded the faculty prize, a gold medal, for the highest average the final examination. He served as resident interne at the Cincinnati Hospital, 1886-87, and then desiring to pursue his studies further, went to Europe a for two years received instruction from world renowned teachers of the univer- CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 153 sities of Leipsic, Berlin and Vienna. Returning to Cincinnati in 1889, he opened an office at his present location, being now one of the leading physicians of the city. He engages in general practice but makes a specialty of diseases of children. He served as professor of chemistry and later as professor of materia medica and therapeutics in the Medical College of Ohio for many years and after the merger of the Medical College of Ohio with the Miami Medical College, forming the medical department of. the University of Cincinnati, he became professor of therapeutics and is now clinical professor of diseases of children in that institution. He is also a member of the staffs of the Cincinnati Hospital and the Christ Hospital. He holds membership in the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and also in the Beta Theta Pi college fraternity and the Nu Sigma Nu Medical fraternity. In 1899 Dr. Poole was married to Amelia (Goodman) Grossius and they have one child, Allyn G. A man of unusually active and retentive mind, Dr. Poole has been a thorough and comprehensive student ever since he began preparation for his life work. He spared no pains or expense in securing an education and his success has been well merited. His life has been one of usefulness and honor and his example of patient application and wisely directed energy has stimulated many young men who have come under his influence to renewed effort. MICHAEL GEORGE HEINTZ. The real basis of all achievement, as has 'been truthfully said, consists in earnest, persistent application. There is no doubt that the success of Michael George Heintz in the practice of law has been due to the faithful observance of this principle. More than twenty years ago he entered upon his life work at Cincinnati and today he is' one of the well known and prosperous attorneys of the city. He was born at Cincinnati October 12, 1868, a son of Michael and Mary (Geyer) Heintz, both of whom were of German descent. After receiving his early education in the pubilc schools Michael G. Heintz entered Hughes high school from which he was graduated in 1888. He then matriculated in the Cincinnati Law School, graduating from that institution in 1890 with the degree of LL. B. and has ever since been in general practice in his native city. He has labored ably and unceasingly' in the interest of his clients and well merits the confidence in which he is held by all with whom he has had business relations. He is a sound lawyer, a safe counselor and one whose judgment and advice may always be relied upon as entirely safe to follow. On the 26th of December, 1903, at Jeffersonville, Indiana, Mr. Heintz was married to Miss Edith V. Rauchfuss, a teacher in the 'Windsor school and a daughter of Otto Rauchfuss, one of the early druggists of Cincinnati. Two children have come to brighten this union : Marie Alice, who is now seven years of age; and Hazel, aged four years. Ever since he arrived at manhood Mr. Heintz has taken an active interest in educational matters and was for- 154 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY merly a member of the board of education from the fifteenth ward school district of Cincinnati. By virtue of the services of his father in the Civil war he is a member of the Sons of Veterans and has for years been an active worker in the promotion of its welfare. He has advanced through various offices in the organization and now occupies the responsible position of commander of the Ohio Division. He is a republican and was a charter member of Stamina Republican League. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the National Union and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon college fraternity. J. GORDON TAYLOR. J. Gordon Taylor, one of the enterprising and representative business men of Cincinnati, has been the secretary of the Eagle White Lead Company of this city since its reorganization in 1891 and was also one of the reorganizers of the concern. His birth occurred in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 25th of November, 1838, his parents being Eli and Hannah M. (Marsh) Taylor. The father, a native of Exeter, New Hampshire, came to this city in 1832 and embarked in business as a publisher, for several years publishing the old "Family Magazine." Owing to financial reverses he abandoned the publishing business and took up his abode at Mount Healthy, Ohio, where he was engaged in four different pursuits at the same time, operating a farm, a store, a brickyard and a cooper shop. In 1847 the family home was established at what is now College Hill, and Eli Taylor undertook the task of raising the endowment for the Farmers College. When that had been accomplished he became the southern representative of a shoe manufacturing concern at Lynn, Massachusetts, of which his cousin, David Taylor, was the head. Eli Taylor made his head- quarters in New Orleans, leaving his family at College Hill, Ohio. In September, 1854, while he was home on a ten days' visit, the Ohio Female College at College Hill was destroyed by fire. Rev. Dr. Covert, who was the proprietor of that institution and also conducted the Glendale (Ohio) Female Seminary, wished to abandon the College Hill school after the fire and transfer its pupils to the Glendale Female Seminary. The residents of College Hill and vicinity did not relish the idea of losing the college and prevailed upon Eli Taylor and General Samuel F. Carey, the famous temperance lecturer of those days, to buy the property, rebuild it and continue the work of the institution. In 1859 Mr. Taylor disposed of his interest in the Ohio Female College to Rev. F. Y. Vail and in association with an old Quaker, John Wanzer, formed the pork-packing firm of Taylor & Wanzer. Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil war Mr. Taylor, being too old to enlist as a soldier, became connected with Captain S. H. Lunt, a quartermaster at Louisville, ‘Kentucky, remaining with him in the field until his death. He died of pneumonia at Washington, D. C., on the 7th of April, 1864. Eli Taylor was married in Cincinnati to Hannah M. Marsh, a native of Newark, New Jersey, and a daughter of .Aaron Marsh, who came to this city in 1826. Mrs. Hannah M. Taylor here passed away on the 28th of November, 1908, at the age of ninety-two years, her demise being the occasion of deep and widespread regret. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 155 J. Gordon Taylor, who was but two years of age when the family home was established at Mount Healthy, spent his boyhood days there and at College Hill. In the year 1859 he was graduated from the Farmers College at College Hill. In May, 1861, he responded to Lincoln's first call for troops, enlisting for three months' service. After spending that period in camp without being assigned to any particular regiment, Mr. Taylor was appointed captain of Company E of the Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which had been newly organized. He served with credit until August 12, 1864,. when, on account of his father's death, he resigned his commission. At that time he was at Fort Morgan, Mobile bay, Alabama, and, owing to the length of time it then required to carry mail between Mobile and Washington, D. C., it was not until October, 1864, that he received official notice that his resignation had been accepted. During his term of service he was connected. with the Army of Ohio, the Army of Kentucky, the Army of the Cumberland and the Army of the Gulf. From October, 1862, until he left the army Captain Taylor served as aid on the staff. of Major General Gordon Granger. He returned to Cincinnati late in October, 1864, and in May of the following year, in company with two other Cincinnati men, went back to Mobile, Alabama, where he conducted a general store until December, 1866. In that month he again returned north and was married at Hamilton, Ohio, to Miss Helen Hughes, who accompanied. him back to the south. They located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and for several years Captain Taylor ran a steamboat on the river between New Orleans and Montgomery, Alabama. This venture was at first a successful one but eventually became unprofitable and, his steamboat being wrecked, Mr. Taylor entered the internal revenue department at New Orleans under James B. Steedman, an old army friend, who was collector of internal revenue at New Orleans. He remained in the internal revenue service until the latter part of 1869 and on the 1st of January, 1870, returned with his wife to Cincinnati. He became bookkeeper for the hardware house of Dickson, Clark & Company on Pearl street and subsequently entered the service of Frederick Eckstein, a manufacturer of white lead, in a similar capacity. Later he became a stockholder in the Eckstein concern and was made its secretary. In 1891, in association with John B. Swift, Thomas S. Brown, Jr. and others, he bought out the Eagle White Lead Company and has since served in the capacity of secretary. A man of excellent business ability, sound judgment and keen discrimination, he has contributed in no small degree to the continued growth and success of the enterprise. Captain Taylor is commander of the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion, is a member of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland and also belongs to Fred C. Jones Post, G. A. R. His business career has been marked by a thorough understanding of each task which he has undertaken and by that continuous progress which logically follows constantly expanding powers and employment of opportunity. Abram Freeman, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Taylor, was an early settler of Cincinnati and at one time owned almost all of the land now comprising the west end of Cincinnati. Freeman avenue was named in his honor. He later disposed of that property and invested in a farm near Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, where his demise occurred. He was the father of six sons. One of them, a surveyor, was killed by the Indians. Another son disappeared and 156 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY nothing was heard of him until almost a hundred years had passed, when some men discovered a cave in what is now the state of Washington. In it was found the skeleton of a man and on the walls of the cave, carved with a knife or some sharp instrument, was the name of A. Freeman and the date of his disappearance. Though there is no certainty that this was the same Freeman who disappeared from Cincinnati so many years before, it is generally believed by those most interested that he was captured by Indians who took him to the northwest, that he escaped or was abandoned and crawled into the cave to die, having just enough strength left to carve his name and the date of his disappearance in the hope that his fate might be known. ELLIOTT MARFIELD. The relative advantages of a college education as compared with an educati gained by contact with the world have often been discussed and advocates c readily be found for both sides of the question. However, in the life work Elliott Marfield, general agent of the Equitable Life Assurance Society at C cinnati, through early educational training and practical experience with m have been happily blended and the man who writes about six hundred thousa dollars in insurance annualy may safely be regarded as a master in the insuran world. He was born at Circleville, Ohio, December 4, 1861, a son of William Marfield, a private banker, who was born November 19, 1833, in Baltimor Maryland, and died in 1892. The mother was Mary F. Gregg before her ma riage and was born at Circleville, Ohio, August 1, 1838. There were six ch dren in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Marfield, namely: Elliott ; Harriet; Nan who is the wife of Robert Beattie, of Philadelphia ; Delano, of Circleville; Ma and James, who died in infancy. Mr. Marfield of this review attended the public schools of Circleville a was graduated from the high school in 1879. He continued his studies at Keny College, Gambier, Ohio, where he remained almost three years. He arrived Cincinnati April 10, 1882, and for ten months was in the employ of the Ada Express Company. He then secured a position as reporter on the staff of Cincinnati Enquirer and continued with this paper for seven years, becoming c editor. In 1889 he accepted an appointment as general agent of the United State Life Insurance Company but after about a year, in the course of which he de onstrated very successfully his ability as an insurance man, he returned to news paper work as managing editor of the Commercial-Gazette. After three yea in this responsible position he was appointed city purchasing agent by the boa of public affairs and filled the office two and one-half years. In 1896 he on more took up insurance as general agent of the Equitable Life Assurance Socie which position he has since held, being now senior member of the firm of M field & Jung. He ranks as one of the most successful insurance men of the cwhi On the 8th of May, 1888, Mr. Marfield was married to Miss Anne M. Day of Cleveland, a daughter of John J. and Frances M. (Lockwood) Davis. M Davis was a prominent wholesale and retail hardware dealer of Cleveland. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 157 child, Margaret Frances, came to bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Marfield. She was born at Circleville, Ohio. In politics Mr. Marfield accepts the principles of the republican party as being well adapted to promote the prosperity of the country and in religious belief is an Episcopalian. He is a member of the Cincinnati Life Underwriters Association and is also identified with the Masons, the Elks, the Queen City and Blaine Clubs, and the Cuvier Press Club, being a life member of the latter organization. He owes his success to a willingness to work and an ambition which is never satisfied with mediocrity, but aims to accomplish the highest possible results through the most direct application of sound business principles. W. A. JULIAN. W. A. Julian, president of the Julian Kokenge Company, manufacturers of ladies' fine shoes, is classed among the most enterprising and successful business men of Cincinnati. He was one of the originators of the large concern of which he is the head and, as he worked his way unassisted from a humble position to the one of responsibility which he now occupies, he .has fully demonstrated his courage, self-reliance and sound business qualifications. He was born on a farm in Franklin county, Kentucky, August 7, 1861, a son of Alexander Julian. The grandfather, Charles Julian, removed with his family from Frederickstown, Virginia, to Kentucky at a time when the Indians were still plentiful south of the Ohio river and purchased a farm which is still in possession of his descendants. On this farm W. A. Julian of this review was reared. Even as a boy he was attracted to business rather than to agricultural pursuits and as stock boy in the store of "Uncle" John Simpkinson in Cincinnati he began his life's work. From the start he showed marked adaptability to the shoe business and the success of the Julian Kokenge Company is in a great measure due to his enterprise and judgment. The company owes its origin to Mr. Julian, Franklin Alter and Henry Kokenge. They began manufacturing shoes in a small factory at the corner of Eighth and Main streets, employing fifteen to twenty men. The output at the start was one hundred to one hundred and fifty pairs of shoes per day. In five years the output was increased to eight hundred pairs of shoes per day and the tendency was steadily upward. In 1897 the company moved to much larger quarters at Fourth and Hammond streets and while there the daily output was increased to two thousand pairs of shoes. Finding it necessary to seek more satisfactory accommodations, a location was selected on East Fourth street, outside of the factory district of the city. A handsome and commodious structure was erected and the work is now carried on in one of the finest factory buildings in the world. On account of perfect arrangements as to light and air, the building is known as the "Daylight" factory. It is constructed of pressed brick and is eight floors in height and contains over one hundred thousand square feet of floor space. It was specially designed for the manufacture of shoes, and is equipped with the very best modern machinery and provided with every known facility to promote the comfort and health of employes. An idea may be gained 158 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY as to the magnitude of the business when it is stated that the company furnishes employment to over one thousand persons and the output of this grat modern factory is now over four thousand pairs of shoes per day. A competent force of traveling men is maintained in the field and, as all orders receive prompt attention and the goods produced at the factory are fully equal to the best that can be found anywhere, the patronage has for years been steadly increasing and the company is one of the most prominent manufacturing concerns in Cincinnati. The officers of the company are : W. A. Julian, president; Milton Adler, vice president ; and George Argus, Jr., treasurer. Mr. Julian has also been active in the promotion of other enterprises. He organized the Cincinnati Shoe Company with a factory at Bethel, Ohio, and served as presdent for several years, being at the same time president of the Julian Kokenge Company. He is now president of the First National Bank of Bethel and a member of the board of directors of the Citizens' Bank of Cincinnati. In 1895 Mr. Julian was married to Miss Gertrude Means, a daughter of William Means, of this city. Mr. Julian is a Scottish Rite Mason and has taken the various degrees of the order, including the thirty-second degree. Starting as a boy, he applied himself with an energy, zeal and tenacity of purpose that seldom fail in the accomplishment of worthy aims, and his name is now inseparably connected with a great business organization, which reflects the highest credit upon himself and his associates. Pleasing in disposition and entirely unpretentious in manner, he is much esteemed in social circles. He is recognized wherever he is known as a man whose course in life is worthy of emulation. WILLIAM M. AMPT. While the records of the court indicate the prominent position which William M. Ampt occupied at the Cincinnati bar, there are many other equally substantial evidences of the important part which he took as a factor in the public life of the community in shaping thought and action and in molding public opinion. He was born in Trenton, Butler county, Ohio, February 1, 1840, and was of German lineage. His father, a native of Flonheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, came to America in 1832 while his mother, Mrs. Rosa Ampt, was a native of Bavaria, Germany, and crossed the Atlantic in 1837. The ancestry of the family can be traced back to Abraham Ampt, who was a Protestant minister of the Rhine country from 1696 until 1727. His son, Abraham Fran Ampt, became a student in Heidelberg University in 1715 and after preparing for the ministry devoted his life to preaching the gospel. He died at Dalsheim in 1735, leaving two sons, Frederick and Abram, the former of whom was the great-grandfafher of William M. Ampt. He, too, was a Heidelberg student, entering the theological department in 1744. Both he and his brother went to Holland and joined the army of that country, and while Frederick Ampt returned to Germany Abram continued a resident of Holland up to the time of jos death, which occurred when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-two years. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 163 He left many descendants, including his son, C. G. Ampt, who as a major general commanded the fortress of Nymwegen in 1816. The branch of the family from which William M. Ampt was descended continued prominently connected with Germany and his great-grandfather served for thirty years or more as burgomeister at Flonheim. He had two sons who took up the study of law at Heidelberg but subsequently entered the government service where they remained for many years. Their descendants are now found in Germany, England, France, Algiers and Australia, while one of the number:— the father of William M. Ampt—came to America about 1832. He cast in his lot with the pioneer settlers in the vicinity of Dayton, Ohio, and for a time the family lived at Trenton, Ohio. With the family appreciation for the value of education and the advantages to be obtained therefrom the father gave his children good opportunities for progress along intellectual lines and William M. Ampt supplemented his preliminary school work by advanced study in Oberlin College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1863. He was chosen by a vote of his classmates—numbering seventy-five—as the valedictorian and was also recognized as a prominent member of the Literary Society. His preparation for the bar was made as a student in the Albany Law School and the same year he was admitted to practice before the courts of New York and Ohio. He chose Lima, Ohio, as the scene of his early efforts as a member of the bar and during his residence there served as city solicitor. In 1864 and 1865 he filled the position of chief clerk in the United States quartermaster's office at Camp Denison. Previously he had visited Cincinnati, having come to this city in 1862 during the Kirby Smith raid with a company of college students of which he was captain. He returned in 1867 to remain a permanent resident here and that he won favor with his fellow townsmen and was soon recognized as an active force in public life is indicated by the fact that in 1869 he was nominated for the state legislature. However, the reform movement of that year caused the entire defeat of the ticket. Concentrating his energies upon the practice of law, he was in 1870 elected prosecuting attorney of Hamilton county and two years later was again a candidate for the office at the solicitation of his party, but was defeated. In 1876 at the request of the Ohio State Republican Committee he went to Florida and took part in the contest before the Florida Returning Board. He was placed 11n charge of several counties, among others Hamilton county, in which he secured the rejection of two precincts that had given Governor Tilden a majority of one hundred and sixty-three. His work in support of General Grant will never be forgotten by the warm adherents of the hero of Appomattox. In 1878 Mr. Ampt introduced the Grant resolution in the Ohio state convention at Cincinnati and gave the first impulse to the Grant boom that two years later caused so much excitement throughout the country. The following year, 1879, Mr. Ampt went abroad, visiting many European countries, and upon his return he again took up the work of supporting General Grant, for a third term in the presidency, and afterward received from the General his hearty thanks. In 1871, in Cincinnati, occurred the marriage of Mr. Ampt and Miss Mary E. Gunckel, a record of whom follows this sketch, a daughter of William Gunckel, a prominent banker of Dayton, Ohio. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Ampt was born a daughter, Rosa E., now deceased. Mr. Ampt himself was a man of very Vol III-3 164 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY liberal spirit and in his will made generous thenation to the music fund of th city. He was reared in the German Lutheran church but later supported the Methodist church of which his wife was a member. In politics he was always an independent republican and kept in touch with the leading questions and is. sues of the day. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity, to the Lawyers Club, the German Literary Club and several oorganizatding clubs and social organizaions. He traveled extensively in Europe, going abroad nineteen times, while his wife accompanied him seventeen times, and the old world countries were almost as familiar to them as their own land. His friends were legion. He had the faculty of placing any one at ease in his presence and yet his own traits and broad learning made him a favorite in the society of the most cultured. Death claimed him on the 16th of December, 1909, and his departure was a source of deep regret to all with whom he had been associated. MRS. MARY E. AMPT. Mrs. Mary E. (Gunckel) Ampt, whose benevolence and philanthropy have made her well known, was born in Germantown, Montgomery county, Ohio, January 22, 1840, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Elstner) Gunckel. Her ancestry in the paternal line can be traced back to her great-grandfather, Judge Philip Gunckel, a native of Germany, who settled in Germantown, Ohio, in 18o1, building the first sawmill on Twin Creek. It stood for one hundred years, long remaining a landmark in that section of the state. His son, Colonel Michael Gunckel, grandfather of Mrs. Ampt, was a veteran of the war of 1812 and a very prominent citizen of Germantown. Her father was a prominent banker of Dayton and was a native of Germantown, born about 1802. His last days were passed in Dayton, where his became occurred about 1875. He became well known in newspaper circles as editor, publisher and writer and at one time was editor of a newspaper published in Germantown called the Germantown Gazette. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Elstner, was 2 native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, born in 1800, and her death occurred in 1846 She was descended from an old family from Amsterdam, Holland. Mrs. Ampt was reared in Germantown and after attending the public schools there continued her education in Glendale Seminary at Glendale, Ohio. She afterward became a pupil in the Germantown Collegiate Institute of Germa town, continuing her education until she had reached the age of nineteen yea She also traveled extensively and gained that broad knowledge, experience and culture which only travel can bring. She afterward took up the profession teaching in the public schools of her native town and in that field was ye successful. Her home training developed in her habits of industry and thri Her father always insisted that every child should be provided with a g education and also such home training as would qualify them for any duti and responsibilities that might come later on. In early womanhood she enter upon a happy home life, being married on the 3d of November, 1871, to William M. Ampt. Theirs was a very close and genial companionship, rendering their home life largely an ideal one until it was broken by the death of Mr. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 169 Ampt in 1909. They traveled abroad, visiting many points of modern and historic interest in the old world, Mrs. Ampt having crossed the Atlantic to Europe seventeen times. They became the parents of a little daughter, Rosa E., who was born July 2, 1874, and died on the 14th of June, 1883. Her loss left her parents almost inconsolable, and in memory of the little daughter Mr. and Mrs. Ampt bought the beautiful home at No. 1737 East McMillan street, Cincinnati, which they named Villa Rosa. The villa is situated on the high bluff at the bend of the Ohio river, commanding an incomparable view. Since her husband's death Mrs. Ampt has devoted her time largely to benevolent and philanthropic work. She is ever ready to extend a helping hand and, moreover, her charity has been of a practical nature—not that undiscriminating giving which fosters vagrancy or idleness but the intelligently directed aid which does not kill self-respect and independence. She has given many lectures for the benefit of charities and churches and these have also been of great interest to her audiences. Her work in all this connection has been gratuitous. She possesses an observing eye and retentive memory and in her travels has gathered a broad fund of interesting information and material, presenting many points that have come to her through personal observation and which cannot be gleaned from books. Her style is simple yet very entertaining. She speaks with a directness and charm that makes one feel like listening unconventionally to a parlor conversation and her vivid descriptions bring her hearers into close connection with that which she is discussing. Mrs. Ampt has always been a member of the Methodist church—born and cradled in it. Her association is now with the Walnut Hills Methodist Episcopal church and in its work she takes a most active and helpful part. She became one of the charter members of the Home Missionary Society and has been identified with that body for twenty-nine years, serving for many years on its board of trustees, or until 1909, when upon the death of Mr. Ampt she resigned, being then made honorary vice president. Her work in this connection has been of a national character and too high a tribute cannot be paid to her noble efforts, for the work of this organization is now far-reaching in its effect. Through the Home Missionary Society beautiful schools and mission buildings have been erected in all parts of the United States, indicating the real value of the organization. Since her husband's death Mrs. Ampt has provided in her will that their beautiful home at No. 1910 Baymiller street shall be given to the city for a kindergarten school and her present residence, Villa Rosa, at No. 1737 East McMillan street, shall be used as a home for convalescent children. Thus she is giving tangible expression of her benevolent spirit in addition to the ready response which she daily gives to the many calls made upon her for charity. All of her benevolent work is guided by a discriminating judgment. Mr. and Mrs. Ampt made up a part of the liberal endowment for the Carnegie Library at Germantown and many other instances of their far-reaching interest in their fellowmen could be cited. Mrs. Ampt is also a member of the Press Club of Cincinnati and takes an active part in its work. It has been said of her: "She is one of the most dearly beloved women of this city, honored and respected not only for her noble deeds but for her genuine unselfishness and her kindly ways. The qualities of her heart and mind are of pure gold." She is spending the .evening of life in a beautiful home, uniformly loved and 170 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY respected, constantly reaching out a helping hand or speaking an encouraging word, her life reminding one of the fact that "it is not from the few conspicuous deeds of life that the blessings chiefly come which make the world better, sweeter, happier, but from the countless lowly ministries of the every days, the little faithfulnesses that fill long years." MICHAEL SCHWARTZ. Michael Schwartz has passed the eighty-fifth milestone on life's journey and yet his interests and activities are those of a man of much younger age. He was born in Alsace, then a part of France, on the 29th of September, 1826, and was reared in that province where he learned the trade of soap and candle maker. The opportunities for advancement .in the fatherland, however, were small and he felt that his ambition was hampered thereby. When favorable report reached him concerning the opportunities of the new world he decided to try his fortune on this side the Atlantic, and after reaching American shores made his way direct to Cincinnati, where he arrived in July, 1849. Here as a soap maker he entered the employ of M. Werk, and has been continuously with the house to the present day. The business had been established in 1832 by Mr. Werk and has been carried on uninterruptedly to the present time, developing with the growth of the city. Mr. Schwartz was president of the concern from 1894 until 1904, when he retired in favor of his son Albert G, but accepted the vice presidency of the company. He worked in the factory for many years and also in the store, then at No. 11 Main street. He studied bookkeeping and had charge of the accounts of the firm for ten or twelve years. In fact he did everything possible to facilitate the business and promoted its growth along substantial lines. This is the pioneer soap manufacturing concern of Cincinnati. Its founder, M. Werk, now deceased, was born in the same house where the birth of Michael Schwartz occurred and for a long period they were associated in business. As the years passed on their interests we developed to meet the growing demands of the trade and many improvements in the methods and processes of manufacture were introduced. Today then are various brands of soap and candles made by this company, including the celebrated Tag soap. They were the originators of placing tags on soap which might be redeemed in premiums such as household utensils, etc. The company manufactures what is known as the Meerschaum soap, which they are no especially advertising. Among the other brands which the factory produces a the "Clean Work" soap powder, the Falcon soap and the white castile soa They also manufacture Stearic Acid, Star and X-Ray candles and chemica pure glycerine for manufacturing purposes. Mr. Werk was the originator mottled soap. Today there is more Werk soap sold in Cincinnati and vicinity than any other brand. From the period of his early identification with business Mr. Schwartz has labored energetically and efficiently for its growth and development and his labors have been attended with excellent results, has now laid aside business cares, turning over his responsibilities to young CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 171 men, and enjoys a well earned rest. He is still, however, vice president of the company and a director of the German National Bank. A pleasant home life covering many years was vouchsafed to Mr. Schwartz. who in 1859 was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Seibert, who was born in Hessen, Germany, and came to Cincinnati at the age of thirteen years. After traveling life's journey happily together for about forty-three years, they were then separated by the death of the wife in September, 1902. They had four children: Caroline, the wife of A. Strasser, superintendent of the M. Werk Company ; Amelia, who became the wife of William Dock ; Clara, the deceased wife of Oscar Strobel, her death occurring on the 18th of August, 1910 ; and Albert G., who became his father's successor to the presidency of the M. Werk Company. H. L. BROWN. Among the men who have left the rural communities to seek the broader business opportunities afforded in the cities and have, through untiring diligence and definite aim won success, H. L. Brown is numbered. He is today at the head of one of the important industrial interests of Cincinnati, being president of the H. L. Brown Fence & Manufacturing Company, in which connection he has built up a business of large and extensive proportions. A native of Indiana he is yet a young man, for whom the future undoubtedly holds many opportunities. He was born in New Harmony, near Evansville, in 1883, a son of Henry and Catharine Brown. The public schools afforded him his educational privileges and when he had put aside his text-books he sought and obtained a position as salesman with a wholesale clothing house having headquarters in Cincinnati. This brought him into close connection with the bsuiness interests of the city, and as the years have passed he has become more and more widely known in connection with its trade interests. In 1906 he purchased an interest in the old established Nimmo Fence & Wire Company, and in the same year organized the H. L. Brown Fence & Manufacturing Company which was capitalized at fifteen thousand dollars, the stock all being owned by H. L. Brown, his father and brother. The factory is located at Linwood, a suburb of Cincinnati. They are the largest exclusive manufacturers of ornamental woven wire fencing and gates of the middle west, and in addition have separate departments devoted to the manufacture of settees, tree guards, trellises and general wire work. Their products are sold and shipped to every part of the United States, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and the business is a steadily growing one. The main factory has over twenty-seven thousand square feet of floor space, with warehouses in the rear of the main building, conveniently located for shipping purposes. They have distributing points all over the country and traveling salesmen visit the trade in all sections. This company on the 1st of July, 1909, took over the manufacturing and wholesale business of the old established concern, the Nimmo Fence & Wire Works Company. Of this H. L. Brown is sole owner, and for the conduct of the business has a salesroom at No. 305 East Fourth street. The H. L. 172 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY Brown Company manufactures and sells more wire goods each year than all other concerns of similar character in Cincinnati together. Serving as presdent and treasurer of the company, his father, Henry Brown, a clothing merchant of New Harmony, Indiana, is vice president and L. A. Brown, his brother, is secretary. Since the organization of the company business has steadily increased and this is now one of the most prosperous concerns of the kind in the United States. Mr. Brown. and his business associates may well be proud of their success. They have done one thing often attempted before but never accomplished : they dispose of their entire output of over one million feet of ornamental wire fencing and over sixty-five hundred ornamental gates each year entirely through the jobbing trade. In this city, in 1905, H. L. Brown was united in marriage to Miss Jeanette Kahn, a native of Cincinnati and a daughter of Herman Kahn. They have one child, Catharine. Mr. Brown is a member of the Business Men's Club and stands as a splendid example of the most progressive type of the young business men of this city. He accomplishes what he undertakes by persistent effort, close application and straightforward dealing, and is making substantial progress in his chosen field. VICTOR KNECHT. A monument to the enterprise, busiVictorsagacity and industry of Victor Knecht is seen in the Phoenix Iron Foundry which he established. Out of the struggle with small opportunities he came finally into a field of broad and astir influence and usefulness. He was born February 2, 1833, in the city of Nanc in the department of Meurthe, France, his parents being John Adam and Catharine (Salsman) Knecht, the former a native of Bavaria, Germany, and th latter of Lorraine, France. Crossing the broad Atlantic in 1845, the father followed the trades of a carpenter and mill wright, in which he continued up to the time of his death in 1883. His wife had passed away a number of years before. In the schools of his native country Victor Knecht pursued his education to the age of twelve years, when he accompanied his parents on their emigration t the new world. The family home was established in Cincinnati and when fiftee years of age he crossed the threshold of the business world to become an appren tice to the iron molder's trade in the foundry owned by Mr. Gardner. H completed his apprenticeship in the foundry of Mr. Latrapp and afterward was employed as a journeyman in the iron moulding business until. 1866, when desirous that his labors should more directly benefit himself, he joined with number of others in establishing What became known as the Eureka Foundry. After being connected with that company for a year he retired and purchased an interest in the Phoenix Iron Foundry, of which he eventually became so proprietor. As the years passed his business grew in volume and importance owing to the safe and substantial basis upon which he built his success. He won trade by reason of his honorable dealing and the excellence of his output and the name of the Phoenix Iron Foundry became synonymous with straightforward dealing and enterprising methods. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 175 On the 13th of April, 1857, Mr. Knecht was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Boos, a daughter of Frederick and Louisa (Windt) Boos, of Bavaria, Germany, and unto this union have been born six children, as follows : Victor E., president and manager of the Victor Knecht Company, proprietors of the Phoenix Iron Foundry, who is mentioned elsewhere in this volume; John A., president of the Cincinnati Screw & Tap Company ; and Peter J., Charles J., Arthur E. and Catherine H. Mr. Knecht was entitled to wear the Grand Army button from the fact that he served for a year as a soldier of the Civil war, participating in several engagements. It was in 1862 that he enlisted, becoming a private of Company K, Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under command of Captain Lane. Twelve months later he was honorably discharged by the regimental surgeon for physical disability, occasioned by injuries received in action. Mr. Knecht never sought to figure prominently in public life, content to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs. He spent his leisure hours at his own fireside and bore his part in the work and support of the Roman Catholic church, in which he held membership. He departed this life in October, 1905, when nearly seventy-three years of age, and thus was closed a creditable record which had no spectacular phase but which at all times was honorable and upright. At the time of his death he was the oldest practical foundryman in the city. ALEXANDER OFFNER. Alexander Offner, a pioneer clothing manufacturer, is at the head of the firm of Mayer, Scheuer, Offner & Company, one of the largest clothing manufacturing establishments of Cincinnati, located in the Pugh building. He has been identified with the clothing manufacturing industry of this city as a salesman and manufacturer since 1856. His birth occurred in Germany on the 17th of January, 1841, his parents being Henry and Esther (Neuburger) Offner. When a youth fifteen years old, in company with his parents and the other members of the family, he crossed the Atlantic to the United States in a sailing vessel which reached American shores at the end of forty-six days. The family home was established in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the mother died four years later, in 1860. Henry Offner here passed away in 1888 when eighty years of age. Alexander Offner reached Cincinnati on the 4th of July, 1856, and on the loth of the following month entered the employ of the old clothing 'house of Kuhn, Netter & Company as an office boy. The present firm of Mayer, Scheuer, Offner & Company is a direct successor of Kuhn, Netter & Company. Mr. Offner is now at the head of the concern, having never been identified with any other house and having worked his way up from the position of office boy. In 1863 he went on the road as a traveling salesman and at the close of the Civil war he sold, throughout the south, in one year, clothing to the value of more than five hundred thousand dollars—a record that has never been approached by any other salesman in Cincinnati and perhaps never in the world. When hostilities between the north and south had finally ceased Mr. Offner real- 176 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY ized the fact that soldiers who had been honorably discharged and paid off would not care to return home in their old blue uniforms but would gladly purchase new clothes. He therefore visited many of the southern Cities and supplied the stores with clothing, disposing of goods to the value of over two hundred thou sand dollars in Louisville alone. For a period of nineteen years, or from 186, until 1882, he remained a traveling salesman. In 1867 he was made a memo., of the firm of Kuhn, Netter & Company, which name was soon afterward changed to Kuhn, Stern & Company. In 1861, on the northeast corner of Vine and Third streets, the site formerly occupied by the house of Griffin Taylor the old firm of Kuhn, Netter & Company erected a fine stone building in which the business was conducted until 1906, when the present location was chosen. The name of Kuhn, Stern & Company was changed to Stern, Mayer & Company and it was the latter concern that purchased the building at the corner of Vine and Third streets, the structure being still in possession of the estate of Stern, Mayer & Company. In 1891 the firm name of Stern, Mayer & Compan was changed to Mayer, Scheuer, Offner & Company. Mr. Offner has been member of all the various companies that have succeeded the original firm of Kuhn, Netter & Company and is now at the head of the concern known Mayer, Scheuer, Offner & Company. They employ about five hundred people and manufacture the well known Sterling brand of high-grade clothing fog gentlemen. Twenty-four traveling salesmen represent them on the road, selling goods in all parts of the United States west of the Alleghanies. Mr. Offne is also a member of the National Association of Woolen & Clothing Manufacturers of the United States, a very important organization. He represents ter Cincinnati district on the executive committee, one man from every clothing manufacturing district in the United States being selected to serve on this committee. For years Mr. Offner was a director in the Third National Bank ant when that institution consolidated with the Fifth National Bank, forming Fifth-Third National Bank, he became a director in the latter and is still serving in that capacity. In 1870, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Offner was united in marriage to Nettie Katzenberger, who was born and reared in this city. Mrs. Offner is the daughter of the late Lazarus Katzenberger and Barbara Sternberger of well known family of that name of New York city. She is a graduate of Woodward high school, in which institution three of her children also pursued courses of study, the mother and three children all graduating under the same teachers. Our subject and his wife have six children, as follows : Emma, the wife of Frank Seinsheimer, one of Cincinnati's leading attorneys ; Alfred D., who is a traveling salesman for Mayer, Scheuer, Offner & Company ; Cora, who gave her hand in marriage to E. C. Seligman, of the Seligman Distilling Company of Cincinnati ; Laura, the wife of Dr. Carl M. Fechheimer, of Detroit, Michigan ; Eleanore ; and Alma. Fraternally Mr. Offner is identified with the Masons, belonging to Avon Lodge, of which he has been a trustee since its organization. He is chairman of the present board of trustees and was chairman of the building committee at the time their new building was erected. He is also a member of the Phoenix Club of Cincinnati, of which he served as president for two terms. From the time of its organization until 1909 he acted as vice president of the Mer- CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 177 chants & Manufacturers Association of Cincinnati. He is likewise identified with a number of charitable organizations and is one of the best known and most influential residents of Cincinnati. In his business affairs he has won the title and deserves the praise implied in the term "a self-made man," for he started out in life empty handed and has advanced to his present position through personal merit, resulting from close application, untiring diligence and unfaltering perseverance. His well spent life, characterized by all that is honorable in business and straightforward in his relations with his fellow men, has brought him the uniform respect of all with whom he has come in contact. EDWARD W. HAKE. There is little that is spectacular in the record of a successful business man who pursues the even tenor of his way, intent on the management of his affairs so as to produce the best possible results, but such a record is none the less important because it lacks some of those brilliant and spectacular features that are connected with the life history of the political or military leader. Edward W. Hake is classed with those men for whom character, ambition and perseverance have spelled success. He is now vice president and general manager of the Monitor Stove & Range Company, and previous to assuming his present position was secretary of the company. He has been engaged in the stove and range business continuously since 1887, becoming connected with the trade when a young man of eighteen years. He was born in this city in 1869, a son of Charles Frederick Hake, one of the early grocers of Cincinnati who engaged in business here from 1865 until 1895. His father was, therefore, well known in the commercial circles of the city and his record was at all times commendable and creditable. He displayed in his life many of the sterling characteristics of the German race of which he was a worthy representative. His birth occurred in the fatherland, the year 1849 witnessing his arrival in America, and in the year 1909 he was called to his final rest. Edward Hake mastered the branches of learning taught in the pubilc schools until lie decided to put aside his text-books and become a factor in business circles. His first employment was with Hanke Brothers, whom he represented as cashier for four years. He then entered into active connection with the hardware and stove business in Cincinnati in association with his brother, Charles F. Hake, Jr., who is now general manager of the Heekin Can Company. He engaged in the conduct of a retail business from 1887 until 1897, and in the latter year became buyer for the Alms & Doepke Company for their household department. He was with that concern for six years, severing his connection in 1903 to take charge of the office of the William Resor Company as secretary. In January, 1907, the Resor Company suffered very severe losses by fire, practically their entire plant being destroyed. J. G. and W. Horace Schmidlapp, who owned the controlling interests in the Resor Company at that time, order to perpetuate the name of the Monitor Stove Company and the William Resor Company, immediately took steps toward reorganizing the business and rebuilding the plant. This has always been the largest stove company in south- 178 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY ern Ohio. W. Horace Schmidlapp became the president of the new organization, Edward W. Hake vice president and general manager, and I. B. Resor secretary and treasurer. The last named continued with the business until his death in 1908. From the reorganization the enterprise has continuously grown and the trade has constantly increased both in volume and importance. The present plant has double the capacity of the old one and the year 1910 witnessed an increase of their business to the extent of forty per cent over their trade of 1909. The Monitor Stove & Range Company is therefore numbered among the leading enterprises of the city and none familiar with their output questions the excellence of the product. The superiority of the stoves and ranges which they handle over many others is widely acknowledged. The company demands excellence in workmanship and materials and the house is noted for its promptness in filling orders and its reliability in all business transactions. From the outset of his career Mr. Hake has been actuated by the laudable purpose of winning substantial success and as the years have gone by he has prospered because he has conformed his actions to a high standard of commercial ethics and has followed methods in keeping with the most progressive ideas of the twentieth century. In 1894 Mr. Hake was married to Miss Cora Gustetter, of Cincinnati, a daughter of Henry Gustetter, who also for many years has been engaged in the stove business. He is still a resident of Cincinnati and is now seventy-one years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Hake have one child, an interesting daughter, Hazel. In his fraternal relations Mr. Hake is a Mason and is loyal to the teachings of the order, which has as one of its basic elements the brotherhood of mankind. He is always spoken of in the business circles of Cincinnati with admiration and respect. His life has ever been honorable in its purpose, unfaltering in its activity and its results have at all times been gratifying. CHESTER F. KORN. Each year has chronicled the advance of Chester F. Korn, who, alert to the opportunities presented, has made such use of his time and talents that he has for some years been counted one of the leading business men of Cincinnati, being now president of the Farrin-Korn Lumber Company. His birth occurred in this city in 1870, his father being John L. Korn, who for over thirty years was freight agent for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company at Cincinnati. The son spent his youthful days in the city of his nativity and at the usual age began his education, which was completed in the Woodward high school. He then turned his attention to the lithograph business, in which he continued for a short time, and later engaged in the manufacture of laundry machinery. Some time afterward he became connected with the manufacture of carriages, and continued in that industrial field for eight years, being president of the Chester F. Korn Manufacturing Company, with a large and well equipped plant on Freeman avenue. In 1892 he withdrew from that connection and entered the lumber business with the late M. B. Farrin. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 179 This was several years before the Farrin-Korn Lumber Company and the M. B. Farrin Lumber Company, of which Mr. Korn is a director, were organized. For nineteen years Mr. Korn has been continuously associated with the lumber trade of Cincinnati and his business has grown in volume and importance until he is now at the head of an extensive enterprise operated under the name of the Farrin-Korn Lumber Company, of which he is the president. The yards of the company are located adjoining Chester Park, in Winton Place, a suburb of Cincinnati. The business has been built up along legitimate lines, energy and determination overcoming all obstacles, while progressive methods have pointed the way to success. The present company was organized in 1900 by M. B. Farrin and Chester F. Korn, and the growth of its business has been continuous and substantial. Since Mr. Korn succeeded to the presidency F. A. Conkling has been chosen secretary and treasurer. They operate sawmills in Mississippi and have a manufacturing plant at Winton Place, with large lumber yards there. They manufacture a line of hardwood interior finishes for builders' use, and also manufacture milled furniture parts, cigar box lumber and a great deal of panel lumber for export trade. They have about one hundred and fifty employes in Cincinnati alone, which fact indicates something of the extent and importance of their undertaking. Mr. Korn is also the president of the Winton Savings Bank of Winton Place, and his name has long been an honored one on commercial paper. In 1896 was celebrated the marriage of Chester F. Korn and Miss Edna Farrin, a daughter of the late M. B. Farrin, of whom extended mention is made in this volume. They have two children, Mathew Farrin and Edna. In Masonic circles Mr. Korn is well known, having attained most of the important degrees, while of the Mystic Shrine he is also a representative. He has done much to promote the trade interests of the city through his cooperation with the Business Men's Club, of which he is a director, and he is also secretary of the Manufacturers Club. Those who meet him in social relations find him congenial and companionable, while those who know him in business life ever recognize in him the spirit of enterprise which reaches out to success along straightforward and honorable lines. WILLIAM JOSEPH ECKMAN. For eleven years William Joseph Eckman has been connected with the M. B. Farrin Lumber Company, of which he is now the vice president. When fifteen years of age he was an office boy in the employ of S. H. Parvin's Sons Advertising Agency. It is a far reach to his present position, and yet the steps in his orderly progression are easily discernible. He had not proceeded far on his business career ere he learned that the most effective forces in the attainment of success are industry and honesty. Realizing this, he has employed those agencies in every business transaction and in every position which he has filled, and thus won logical advancement until he is today the second executive officer of one of Cincinnati's important industrial concerns. 180 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY His birth occurred in this city, October 19, 1867, his parents being William Lind and Elizabeth (Jones) Eckman. While spending his youthful days under the parental roof he attended the public schools. A desire to provide for his own support led him to seek employment when fifteen years of age, and for a year he was office boy with the H. S. Parvin's Sons Advertising Agency. Later he became associated with George William McAlpin & Company, wholesale dealers in dry goods, with whom he served in various office positions until given full charge of the accounting and credit departments for that corporation, then known as The George William McAlpin Company. He continued with the house until the business was taken over by New York interests in 1900, when he became associated with the .M. B. Farrin Lumber Company as auditor. Eventually he became secretary and was given charge of the sales. Upon the death of Mr. Farrin he accepted the vice presidency of the company, and at all times his position has balanced up with the principles of truth and honor. In early manhood he showed conspicuously the traits of character that have made his life successful. He performed all the duties that have devolved upon him, however humble and however small the recompense might be, conscientiously and industriously. His strict integrity, business conservatism and judgment has been so uniformly recognized that he has enjoyed public confidence to a notable degree, and naturally this has brought him a lucrative patronage since becoming a partner in the M. B. Farrin Lumber Company. Mr. Eckman belongs to the Business Men's Club and also to the Lumber Men's Club, while in Masonic circles he is connected with McMillan Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Hanselman Commandery, K. T. ; and Syrian Temple of the Mystic Shrine. A. JOSEPH NURRE. A. Joseph Nurre, whose demise occurred in Cincinnati on the 26th of September, 1909, was successfully engaged in the picture molding business here throughout his active career, becoming identified with that line of activity when but a youth of fourteen. His birth occurred in Germany on the 23d of September, 1846, his parents being Bernard and Elizabeth Nurre. When nine years of age he crossed the Atlantic to the United States in company with an uncle. Joseph Nurre, coming direct to Cincinnati, Ohio. Three years later his parents also emigrated to America. A. Joseph Nurre began his education in the fatherland and continued his studies in St. Xavier's school of Cincinnati. After putting aside his text-book he secured employment as a clerk in Benziger's book store. Subsequently, when but fourteen years of age, he began learning the picture molding business with the firm of Eggers & Garlick, who conducted a store on Main street. Later, when Mr. Eggers retired; Mr. Nurre was admitted as a partner under the firm style of Garlick & Nurre. When the senior partner went to Europe he left Mr. Nurre in charge of the business and gave him authority to dispose of his share therein if a good opportunity presented itself. Accordingly the latter sold Mr. Garlick's interest to his uncle, Joseph Nurre, with whom he was asso- CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 183 dated for about three years. At the end of that time our subject came into possession of all the stock and subsequently admitted his two brothers to a partnership. The business steadily grew in extent and importance and remained under Mr. Nurre's capable management until he was called to his final rest on the 26th of September, 1909. He had a store on Main street and also owned a factory on Broadway. On the 9th of July, 1873, in Cincinnati, Mr. Nurre was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Niehaus, a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Niehaus, both of whom were natives of Germany. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Nurre were born four children, three of whom died in infancy, and Marie died when twenty years of age, after having become a highly educated and accomplished young woman. They reared an adopted daughter, Annie, who is now living with Mrs. Nurre. Joseph Niehaus, the father of Mrs. Nurre, came to Cincinnati when a youth of eighteen and learned the brewing business as an employe of the Walker Brewing Company. That business claimed his attention throughout his entire life and brought him prosperity. He opened a brewery at the corner of Thirteenth and Race streets in association with Mr. Bach and when the latter passed away was joined in the conduct of the business by Mr. Klinkhamer, an old friend, who thereafter remained his partner. Mr. Niehaus, who died in June, 1887, was a member of the German Pioneer Society and a faithful communicant of the Catholic church. He enjoyed a wide acquaintance among the German residents of Cincinnati, for he conducted a steamship and railroad ticket agency and was instrumental in bringing many people of his nationality to this city. At one time he made a trip to the fatherland in order to escort a number of emigrants. Unto him and his wife were born four children, two sons and two daughters, all of whom are now deceased except Mrs. Nurre, whose home is at No. 1349 Broadway, Cincinnati. Mr. Nurre was buried in St. Joseph's cemetery at Price Hill. He was a devoted member of St. Francis Catholic church and also belonged to the St. Vincent de Paul Society, a charitable organization, acting as president of the St. Francis branch. He made liberal donations to the church and hospital and never withheld his aid from a worthy cause. When he passed away, the city mourned the loss of one of its best known and most highly respected residents. His widow, who has lived in Cincinnati from her birth to the present time, has a host of warm friends here. HENRY INDERHEES. The German-American element in the citizenship of Cincinnati is a most important one. The sons of the fatherland, coming to the new world, have here readily adapted themselves to changed conditions and have quickly noted and improved opportunities for business advancement. While building up their own fortunes they have also been builders of the city's greatness and Cincinnati in all of the splendid phases of its public life is a monument to their efforts. When a young man of eighteen years Henry Inderhees arrived here and has since been closely associated with its industrial and manufacturing interests, being 184 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY now president of the Inderhees & Trarbach Paint & Glass Company, wholesale and retail dealers in paints and glass and painters' supplies, and also manufacturers of painters' supplies. Mr. Inderhees is one of the oldest and best known painters of the city, having been connected with the business continuously sin 1869. He was born in Germany in 1850 and there learned his trade. Th favorable reputation which he heard concerning America and its business ad vantages led him to bid adieu to friends and native land when little more than eighteen years of age and come to the United States. Here soon afterward h became a paint contractor and continued in that line of activity for twenty-two years, prior to the organization of the Inderhees & Trarbach Paint & Glas Company. For a long period he was junior partner of the firm, who were ac corded the contracts for painting many of the finest residences in Cincinnati an vicinity, together with many public buildings, including the Armory and th Grand Central depot. In 1908 the present firm was organized for the conduct of both the wholesale and retail business in paints and glass and painters' supplies, they are located at No. 1961 Central avenue, where they also manufacture painter's supplies, making large sales to the trade as well as in the retail department. In December, 1885, in Cincinnati, Mr. Inderhees was married to Miss Annie Cramering and they now have four children, Harry, Helen, Edward and Florence. Mr. Inderhees is a member of the Roman Catholic church. He well deserves his success for his life has been one of untiring industry and upon the basis of earnest labor he has worked his way upward. JOSEPH L. ROTH. On the pages of Cincinnati's business history the name of Roth is deeply inscribed, and to an untarnished family name the record of Joseph L. Roth add luster. He is today the vice president, secretary and general manager of th John C. Roth Packing Company. He is a man whose judgment shows clea conception of business problems and situations, while his intense and well di rected activity carries forward to successful completion carefully formulat plans. He was born in Cincinnati on the 9th of December, 1860, in a house on Freeman avenue which was the birthplace of his mother, Mrs. Margaret Roth, a daughter of Joseph Oehler and a granddaughter of Simon Oehler, who was one of Cincinnati's first settlers, taking up his abode in pioneer times in the same neighborhood where the great plant of the John C. Roth Packing Companved is now located. It was about 1812 that he established his home fhere, so that for a century the family has been represented in this city. The father of our subject, John C. Roth. is mentioned elsewhere in this volume. In the local schools Joseph L. Roth pursued his education and when still but a boy entered his father's packing plant. His training was thorough and he was made to feel. that he must earn his promotion. He had practical experience in training in every department of the business both in the packing department and in the office, and thus became well equipped for the discharge of the onerous and responsible duties which have since devolved upon him. In 1888 CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 185 when the present company was incorporated he was appointed its secretary and in 1898 was elected vice president. Like his brothers he is a director of the Cosmopolitan Bank and of the Gibson House Company. Their business affairs as well as their social interests have always been closely related and the utmost harmony prevails in the management of their important enterprises. Mr. Roth was united in marriage in 1883 to Miss Amelia Oehler, a descendant of Simon Oehler and the ninth child in the family of Anthony Oehler. Unto this union have been born two children : Joseph L., Jr., cashier of the John C. Roth Packing Company ; and Bertrand C., who is acting as assistant cashier of that company. In his fraternal relations Mr. Roth is an Elk and a Knight of Columbus, and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Roman Catholic church. Through the inherent forces of his nature and his marked ability he has gradually advanced until his position is one of the most prominent and his name one of the most honored in the business circles of the great west. FRED B. SAMSON, M. D. Cincinnati was the scene of the early professional service and experience of Dr. Fred B. Samson, who is now practicing successfully in this city He was for a period, however, located elsewhere and in all places where he has followed his profession he has displayed laudable ambition not only to attain success but also to make his service of the utmost value to those to whom he ministers. He was born at Zanesville, Ohio, October 17, 1859, a son of Almon Samson, who during the early childhood of his son removed with his family to Richmond, Indiana. It was there that Dr. Samson spent much of his boyhood, attending the public schools and ultimately graduating from the high school with the class of 1877. He then entered the Sheffield Scientific School at New Haven, Connecticut, where. he pursued the preparatory course in medicine, after which he came to Cincinnati and matriculated in the Medical College of Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1886. Dr. Samson was an interne in the City Hospital during 1885 and 1886 and thus added to his theoretical training the broad and valuable practical experience of hospital practice. After his graduation he went to Minneapolis, where he followed his profession for nine years, or until 1895, when he removed to Benton Harbor, Michigan, there remaining until 1905. In the latter year he returned to Cincinnati and for about a year and a half was cify chemist here. He has filled the position of professor of chemistry in the Miami Medical College but resigned the professorship when hat college was merged with the Ohio Medical College. He makes a specialty of laboratory work and keeps in constant touch with all the latest scientific, edical and chemical discoveries of the world, being a recognized authority upon questions connected therewith. He has traveled broadly, visiting the leading American colleges, hospitals and laboratories, and the prominent members of the profession recognize in him an able colleague and peer. Dr. Samson belongs to the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati, to the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and put forth 186 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY earnest and effective effort to familiarize himself with every principle that has bearing upon the tasks which he has chosen as a life work. His knowledge is comprehensive, his skill of a high order and the results which have attended his efforts are most satisfactory. DAVID WILSON BELDING. The life record of David Wilson Belding is a notable example of brilliant achievement through individual effort and such a history makes the American title of a "self-made man" more to be envied than the inherited and often empty honors of royalty. There came to him the highest honor and respect, paid to him instinctively by those who know aught of his history, recognizing in him a man whose inherent force of character and well developed talents gave him prestige beyond that of the majority of men. Mr. Belding was born at Ashfield, Massachusetts, February 11, 1832, a son of Hiram and Mary (Wilson) Belding, who were of English descent and representatives of early families of New England. The father was a farmer and merchant, thus providing a comfortable living for his family which numbered five sons and a daughter. Removing to the west with his family a location was made in Michigan in an early day, the father becoming the owner of a small farm near Patterson's Mills. Of his children, one of the sons, Frank Belding, died in early life. The other four David W., M. M., now of New York, H. H., now deceased, and A. N., now of Rockville, Connecticut, traveled about the country selling silks and other goods from peddlers' packs, and in that way established the foundation of a business that was destined to become one of the greatest silk manufacturing enterprises of the country, the plant being comprised of five large factories between Maine and California, in which employment is furnished to over six thousand people. David Wilson Belding pursued his education in the public schools of Ash.field and in an academy at that place, and like his brothers started out in the business world with a peddler's pack, selling silk and other goods. He continued in that line of business throughout his entire life, although the modest beginning bore little resemblance to the prominent place which he occupied in his later years when well directed energy, keen business insight and unfaltering perseverance had placed him among the foremost representatives of the silk trade in America. About 1857 he went to Michigan, where he lived for a short time and for a brief period he was also a resident of Wisconsin. Because of ill health, however, his physicians advised a change of climate and he went upo the road as a traveling salesman, selling silk for about seven years all over the south. He found that this life was beneficial physically as well as financially In the meantime the brothers had concentrated their energies upon the establishment and upbuilding of a manufactory and about 1864 David W. Belding came to Cincinnati where he took charge of the local factory, then but a small concern and bent his energies toward the extension of the business. He studied the trade from every possible standpoint, watching the sales department as we as the manufacturing end of the business, and in time secured a patronage o such extensive proportions that many traveling salesmen were employed. The CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 189 name of Belding is synonymous with the silk trade in America and has ever represented the standards of manufacture in that line. It has been claimed that opportunity is always a factor in success but careful consideration will show that opportunity not only comes once but many times. Each day holds for every individual a chance to accomplish something, to take a step forward, and many men fail because they lack either perseverance, energy or adaptability. Possessing all these requisite qualities, Mr. Belding gradually worked his way upward and maintained for many years a prominent position among the manufacturers and merchanfs of America. On the 15th of February, 1858, occurred the marriage of Mr. Belding to Miss Jeanette Kittridge Cooper, a daughter of John and Rebecca (Mathews) Cooper, the wedding being celebrated at Niagara Falls. Mrs. Belding was born at Paris, Maine, January 5, 1836. Her father was a farmer who, born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, removed with his father, Judge Cooper, to Paris when but two years of age. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Belding were born five children : Nettie, the deceased wife of Thomas McGarry, of Florida, by whom she had three children, Frances B., Paul D. and Marion, her death occurring on the 24th of September, 1910; Milo, who passed away October 19, 1900; Thomas F., a farmer of Morrow, Ohio, who married Mary Cooper and now has one child, Erwin; David C., of Oil City, Pennsylvania, who married Jennie Strong, by whom he has two daughters, Elizabeth and Meneatha; and Marion, the wife of E. O. Black, of Cincinnati. Mrs. Belding still survives her husband and has been a resident of Avondale for over forty-five years, occupying a beautiful home at No. 702 Gholson avenue. The death of Mr. Belding occurred March 5, 1907, and his remains were interred in Spring Grove cemetery. In politics he had been a lifelong republican and took an active interest in political questions in Avondale before the annexation of that suburb to the city. He stood for all that counts for progress and improvement in the city life and while a most successful and capable man in business did not concentrate his energies upon his manufacturing interests to the exclusion of all else. Moreover in business circles he made a record which is most enviable and his example may well serve as an inspiration and encouragement for others. EDWARD B. RICHTER. Edward P. Richter, president of The Richter Company, which has been founded over forty years, was born in Cincinnati on the l0th of December, 872, and is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth Richter. The father, who was also native of Cincinnati was a veteran of the Civil war. He enlisted as a private in the Eighty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, going to the front where he served for three years and was mustered out with the rank of sergeant. In 1870 he engaged in the manufacture of plumbers,' gas and steamfitters,' brass goods, continuing to operate his plant until the 1st of January, 1897, when he retired from business and is now residing at Mount Auburn. Vol. III-9 190 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY The boyhood and youth of Edward B. Richter were very similar to those of the average American lad, his education being acquired in St. Paul's parochial school, which he attended until he was twelve years of age. Terminating his studies he entered his father's office, for the purpose of familiarizing himself with the business. He applied himself with zeal, mastering every detail of the various departments, and during one year he also attended night school at The Queen City Business College, thus perfecting himself in bookkeeping. In 1910 the business was incorporated under the name of The Richter Company, the firm including the following: Edward B. and John H. Richter, Vincent G. Ruthemeyer, Charles H., Louis A., and Joseph A. Richter. The business has developed steadily but permanently, the scope of their activities extending until they now ship some goods to far off China. The quality, durability and workmanship of their products can not be excelled and they were awarded the highest diploma at the Ohio Valley Exposition. Their plant, which is located at 210-214 East Ninth avenue, occupies five floors, with a total space of fifteen thousand square feet, while they give employment to fifty people. His political support Mr. Richter gives to the candidates of the republican party, but he has never been an aspirant to office, giving his undivided attention to the development of his personal interests, in the direction of which he i5 meeting with such excellent results. He, too, is a resident of Mount Auburn and is now living at 248 Albion place. WILLIAM K. BALLANTYNE. William K. Ballantyne, who has been identified with the industrial activities of Cincinnati since 1903, being a member of the firm of Selser & Ballantyne, is a native of Pennsylvania. He was born in Easton, Lehigh county, on the 17th of April, 1865, and is a son of William G. and Ellen (Freeland) Ballantyne. His father was engaged in the wholesale grocery business in Easton for several years,, but later became an agent for The Warren Foundry & Machine Company, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, with offices located at Elizabeth, New Jersey. His brothers, Robert, James and Thomas, were veterans of the Civil war. The Ballantyne family is of- Scotch origin, the grandfather having emigrated from Peebleshire, Scotland, to the United States in the early '20S. William G. Ballantyne passed away on the 26th of July, 1905, at the age of seventy-four, and was laid to rest in the cemetery at Easton, Pennsylvania. The mother still survives and continues to make her home at Elizabeth, New Jersey. The boyhood and youth of William K. Ballantyne were spent in Easton, Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth, New Jersey, his education being acquired in the public schools of the latter place, which -he attended until he was seventeen. In 1882 he took a position as stock clerk with the firm of Rose, McAlpin & Company, who were engaged in the leather business. He was identified with them for five years ; withdrawing he went to Philadelphia to take a position as traveling salesman with Mitchell & Peirson. Eight years thereafter he resigned, leaving their service in order to become identified with McDermott & Howard in a similar capacity: He terminated his connection with the latter CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 191 company that he might become identified with the business in which he has ever since been engaged in Cincinnati. They are dealers in leather and cotton goods for the shoe manufacturing trade. Their warehouse and main offices are located at 232 East Eighth street, Cincinnati, where they have been established since 1903. Mr. Ballantyne was married in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 28th of June, 1905, to Miss Grace Ringwald. To Mr. and Mrs. Ballantyne have been born three children : Robert Ringwald, who was born on the 7th of August, 1906; Rosalie, who was born on the 24th of March, 1908 ; and Eleanor Freeland, whose birth occurred on the 27th of November, 1909. The family home is located at No. 3415 Stettinius avenue, Hyde Park, where Mr. Ballantyne has erected a very pleasant and attractive residence. The religious faith of the family is manifested through their affiliation with the Seventh Presbyterian church, while politically he is a republican. Mr. Ballantyne has met with very satisfactory returns from the enterprise with which he is connected, and is recognized as one of the able business men of the Queen City. OSCAR W. MUELLER. Prominent among the business men of Cincinnati is Oscar W. Mueller, who for a long period has been closely identified with the history of the city as a representative of one of its important industrial interests. He was the founder and is now president and general manager of the Mueller Machine Tool Company, and therefore one of the leading machine tool manufacturers of Cincinnati. He is well known by all as a man of keen discrimination and sound judgment and his executive ability and excellent management have brought to the concern with which he is connected a large degree of success. His identification with the manufacture of machine tools in this city dates from 1873. He was then a lad of only ten years. His birth occurred in Cincinnati in 1863, his father being Antone Mueller, a mechanic of expert ability who was born in Germany and there learned the machinist's trade under the very thorough system of apprenticeship which prevails in the fatherland. The tales which he heard concerning business opportunities in America proved very attractive to him and led him to seek a home in the new world in the early '50s. Arriving on American shores, he soon made his way to Cincinnati and identified himself with early industrial interests here by establishing a machine factory at No. 414 Vine street. He possessed superior mechanical skill and moreover an inventive genius that led to his invention of a cigar mold machine that has revolutionized the method of making cigars. These machines are still manufactured by various concerns. Mr. Mueller also manufactured paper bag machines and also constructed the first sewing machine ever made in Cincinnati and one of the first made in America. One of the sewing machines made by him for the manufacture of harness probably a half century ago is still doing daily use in one of the harness factories in Cincinnati. Like many other men of an inventive turn of mind, Antone Mueller never realized much financial profit 192 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY from his inventions, yet he gave strong stimulus to the industrial development of the city and his labors were quite valuable in that connection. He died 1874 when forty-seven years of age. Oscar W. Mueller was in his eleventh year when his father passed away. Up to that time he had attended the city schools but as the family were left in somewhat straitened circumstances it was necessary that he provide for his own support and he became a machinist's apprentice with the Cincinnati Screw and Tap Company. During his four years' term of indenture he continued his education as a student in the *Ohio Mechanics Institute, which has always been a flourishing institution and is now erecting a handsome new building in Cincinnati. The thorough training which he there received constituted one of the elements in his success, combined with his determination and energy. Mr. Mueller has always taken great interest in the Mechanics Institute, advising his own apprentice boys to pursue their studies there, and has made liberal donations to the school to which he feels that he owes much. After the completion of his apprenticeship with the Cincinnati Screw & Tap Company Mr. Mueller remained in their employ as a journeyman until 1892, although in the meantime a change in ownership had occurred, the Cincinnati Milling Machine Company having become the successor to the Cincinnati Screw & Tap Company. Merit and ability won Mr. Mueller promotion from time to time until he eventually became superintendent of the business. Laudable ambition, however, prompted his advancement as opportunity offered and in 2892 he left the Cincinnati Milling Machine Company and under contract arranged to erect the machinery for the Lodge & Davis Company. In 1895, associated with Henry Dreses, he organized the firm of Dreses-Mueller & Company for the manufacture of machine tools and was associated with the undertaking until 1902, when he withdrew from that firm and perfected arrangements whereby the present Mueller Machine Tool Company began business in 1904. This was incorporated in 1906 with Mr. Mueller as the president and general manager and he has since directed the affairs of the company, his sound judgment and practical experience being evident in the success which has attended his efforts. The other officers of the company are : George Kattenhorn, vice president: and Clifford J.. Luers, secretary and treasurer. Employment is furnished to about fifty skilled mechanics and the trade of the house has steadily grown. From 1904 until 1906 the business was conducted on Pearl street and in 2907 a removal was made to the present modern brick machine shop extending from 2425 to 2429 Colerain avenue. The building was especially erected for them and was planned for the manufacture of machine tools. It is modern in every way and its equipment is thoroughly up-to-date. Mr. Mueller is also known in financial circles of the city as one of the directors of the Unity Saving & Banking Company of Cincinnati. Pleasantly situated in his home life Mr. Mueller was married in 1888 to Miss Hattie Dingelstedt, a daughter of William Dingelstedt, and they have one child, Edith. Mr. Mueller is prominent in Masonry and is now serving as treasurer of E. T. Carson Lodge. F. & A. M. He has attained the Knight Templar degree of the York Rite, the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and has crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of Syrian Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Mueller is also a member of the West End Club and is a CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 193 republican. He has certainly won the proud American title of a self-made man, for from early boyhood he has been dependent upon his own resources and merit and ability have brought him to the front. He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans readily and is determined in their execution, and his close application to business and his excellent management have brought to him the degree of prosperity which is today his. WILLIAM SCHACHT. In the field of automobile manufacture the name of Schacht is well known, and the company of which William Schacht is now vice president and secretary was the pioneer in the manufacture of motor cars with side entrances. In other ways the company had been the leaders in the introduction of improvements, and William Schacht and his associates are constantly seeking out new methods to accelerate business growth and give to the public a car that shall answer all requirements of durability, speed and beauty. William Schacht was born in Cincinnati in 1871, and his brother, G. A. Schacht, who was born in 1873, has always been his associate in business. Their parents, William and Amelia (Fieber) Schacht, were also natives of the Queen City. The paternal grandparents of our subject, who were born in Germany, emigrated to America in early life, making their way direct to Cincinnati anal taking up their abode among the pioneer residents of the city. William Schacht, Sr., died in 1873 and, thus early deprived of his care and guidance, the Schacht brothers may truly be termed self-made men. Their educational privileges were those afforded by the public schools. G. A. Schacht is a mechanic of the highest order and his ability in that field is scarcely equalled throughout the middle west. William Schacht devotes his time to the office end of the business, which was established in 1898. They have been partners in manufacturing enterprises since early manhood and for several years before they began to build automobiles they gave their attention to the manufacture of ball-bearing buggies and also of machine handles. To the manufacture of buggies they gave their attention until 1901, when they took up the business of manufacturing automobiles and motor cars. They established this undertaking on Plum street and after remaining there a year and a half removed to 2727 Spring Grove avenue, where they occupied a large factory. In 1910, on account of the mammoth increase in their business, they were forced to erect a large factory at Winton Place, where they more than tripled the capacity. The new building is over five hundred feet long and three stories high, the entire plant covering five and one-half acres, with private railroad switch. The company's plant is without a doubt the most modern and up-to-date equipped plant in this country for the manufacture of automobiles and auto trucks. About four hundred skilled mechanics are employed. The company was incorporated in 1902 with G. A. Schacht as president and general manager ; William Schacht, vice president and secretary ; and J. F. Dietz, treasurer. They manufacture the Schacht and Invincible touring cars and roadsters, two and three ton trucks and light delivery wagons, all of which have a world-wide reputation. The company is capitalized for five 194 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY hundred thousand dollars and has recently established a Canadian factory in Hamilton, Ontario, which is capitalized for three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The company has agencies in almost every large city in the world and has an enormous export business. They have closely studied the question of improving their machines and each year sees their cars in advance of what was produced the previous year. In style, durability and workmanship they have given excellent satisfaction and their business has grown along substantial lines, an increased trade being assured by reason of the straightforward business methods and prompt delivery of the house. In 1894 Mr. Schacht was united in marriage to Miss Della Striker, a daughter of John and Della Striker, both of Cincinnati. Two children have been born to bless this union : Helen, fifteen years of age ; and Norman, a lad of eleven. EDWARD N. ROTH. Edward N. Roth, who throughout Cincinnati was recognized as a high type of American manhood and citizenship, ever stood with those who were in the vanguard promoting the upbuilding and the welfare of the city. Progress and patriotism might well be termed the keynote of his character. He was a successful business man, as evidenced in his connection with the St. Nicholas Hotel Company and the Sinton Hotel, and yet his life was never self-centered. He found time and opportunity to enlist actively in the public work which had for its object the substantial and permanent improvement of the Queen City. It was here thst his birth occurred on the 5th of August, 1846, his parents being Balthazer and Theckla Roth, both of whom were natives of Landua, Rhenish Bavaria. On crossing the Atlantic to the United States the parents became residents of New Orleans but afterward removed to Cincinnati. Edward N. Roth, reared and educated in Cincinnati, attended St. Mary's Institute and was graduated in 186r. He then secured an appointment as cadet in the naval academy at Annapolis but before the time of his graduation came his aid was needed so badly by his father that he resigned his appointment and came to Cincinnati to assist in the management of the St. Nicholas. His training in hotel matters was of the most practical character. He was associated with his father until 1879, when the latter retired and Edward Roth became sole proprietor of the St. Nicholas, which had become the most famous hotel in the west. He remained to the time of his death the president of the St. Nicholas Hotel Company. He won international fame by the successful manner in which he catered a banquet of two thousand people which was given in Music Hall in celebration of the completion of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. For this he built a kitchen in the hall costing fifteen hundred dollars to accommodate the chefs, and in spite of the great number of people everything was conducted as smoothly as if there had been but two hundred present. This established Mr. Roth's fame as a manager of large affairs of this character, winning him attention throughout the country. At the time the Sinton Hotel was planned by those who financed the undertaking, Mr. Roth was director of the enterprise and on its completion was placed in charge as managing director, so continuing until his life's labors were CINCINNATI - THE QUEEN CITY- 197 ended. He was not only most systematic and methodical in all that he did but maintained the strictest discipline among those who were employed, so that desired results were accomplished without friction or loss of time. Those. who served him had the highest respect for him, a fact that indicates that he was not only a disciplinarian but that he was just and considerate. His marked business ability enabled him to understand every phase of a situation that came up in connection with his work and the initiative spirit which he displayed made him one of the greatest hotel men of the country. In 1880 Mr. Roth was married to Miss Margaret Bruce, of Lexington, Kentucky, a daughter of Dr. Benjamin Bruce, who is said to have known more in his time about thoroughbred horses than any other man in America. Mrs. Roth still survives her husband, and only a few years prior to his death they celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. After an unusually brief illness of only a week Mr. Roth passed away. He was a trustee of St. Paul's Cathedral, where the burial services were conducted, and interment was made at Lexington, Kentucky. The news of his death carried a sense of personal bereavement to the great majority of Cincinnati's citizens because he was one of her most public-spirited men. It is said that "no man played a greater part in building up the city's reputation for generosity, public spirit and hospitality. He was a liberal contributor to every project which had for its end the Honor and Glory of Cincinnati, and it has been said for years that the phrase found its exemplification in Mr. Roth's attitude toward the city and its people." His cooperation could always be counted upon to further any movement for the public good and he was the initiative spirit in many movements which have been tangible elements in the city's growth and greatness. He was extremely popular and prominent in the social and club life of Cincinnati, holding membership in Queen City Club, the Golf Club, the Country Club and the Hamilton Club. His life reached out in helpful spirit to all mankind and he gave most liberally toward charitable projects. He had a heart readily touched by any tale of sorrow or distress and his sympathy went out in generous measure and in tangible assistance to those who needed aid. The following resolutions were passed at the death of Mr. Roth : St. Paul's Cathedral. Cincinnati, O., Oct., 14, 1910. Moved by a sense of the loss which has been sustained by the Cathedral congregation in the death of Edward N. Roth and by the sense of personal loss felt by each member of the board of trustees, and by a sincere sympathy for Mrs. Roth in her bereavement, the board of trustees of St. Paul's Cathedral, at a meeting held this date, have adopted the following resolution and order the same spread upon the minutes and a copy of the same sent to Mrs. Roth. Resolved, that the board of trustees will ever hold in grateful remembrance the great service and support rendered St. Paul's Church and Cathedral by our late fellow member of the board of trustees, Mr. Edward N. Roth, in the work of this board. His sudden removal has created a vacancy not easily filled and we greatly deplore the loss occasioned to the board and to the church. His personal interest in the welfare of all the work and his valuable counsel will be greatly missed. His sincere, lovable and generous nature endeared him to all who knew him. 198 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY In the death of Mr. Edward N. Roth the city of Cincinnati has lost a high type of representative citizen, public-spirited and of great executive ability, whose breadth and sincerity of character, combined with an optimistic nature, added very greatly to the reputation and progress of Cincinnati. BOYD VINCENT, (Bishop of Southern Ohio) PAUL MATHEWS, (Dean of the Cathedral) G. K. BARTHOLOMEW, GIDEON C. WILSON W. H. SHOUSE ROBERT A. DYKINS HARRY L. LAWS H. H. BECHTEL W. N. S. TOTTEN JOHN H. MARTIN HOWARD BARNEY GUSTUS ADOLPHUS SCHACHT. G. A. Schacht, whose business balances up with the principles of truth and honor and whose rise has had. its root in close application, persistency of purpose and long business experience, is now president of the Schacht Motor Car Company, owners of one of the most extensive and best equipped automobile manufactories of the country. In this great department of business he has not followed the lead of others but has manifested a pioneer spirit in seeking out new fields and carving out new paths whereby he may attain his purpose in giving to the public in automobile manufacture a car that shall be equal to any upon the market. Fortunate environment has not surrounded him at any one point in his career ; neither has he met extraordinary obstacles and difficulties, but in the utilization of opportunity that many might have used he has steadily progressed until 'the name of Schacht has become a synonym for high standard in workmanship and in business dealing in the field of automobile manufacture. The birth. of Gustus Adolphus Schacht occurred in Cincinnati, in August, 1873, his parents being William and Amelia (Fieber) Schacht, who are also natives of this city, a act which indicates that their respective families were numbered among the early residents here. Both the paternal and maternal grandparents of G.. A. Schacht were natives of Germany and in early life came to America, making their way at once to Cincinnati, from which time forward. representatives of the name have been active and helpful factors in the city's development along many lines. The death of William Schacht, the father, occurred in the same year in which G. A. Schacht was born and thus he was deprived of a number of advantages perhaps Which otherwise he might have enjoyed. At the usual age he entered the public schools of the city and in the knowledge there gained laid the foundation for the success which has since come to him. He received early training along mechanical lines and developed a high order of ability in that field of labor. Long since he has left the ranks of the many to stand among the more successful few, his skill being recognized as paramount to that displayed by the great majority. It is to the mechanical department of the business that -he chiefly gives his -attention, supervising the work done in the immense factory which has been built up since the Schacht brothers, for he is a partner of William Schacht, established business in 1898. Their attention wa CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 199 first given to the manufacture of ball-bearing buggies and machine handles, continuing in the former line until 1901, when they turned their attention to the manufacture of automobiles and motor cars. The plant was opened on Plum street, from which a year and a half later they removed owing to the increase in their business, seeking new quarters at No. 2727 Spring Grove avenue, where they occupied a large factory. In. 1910, on account of a mammoth expansion of their business, they were forced to erect a large factory at Winton Place, where they more than tripled their capacity. The new building is over five hundred feet long and three stories in height, and the entire plant covers five and a half acres, while excellent shipping facilities have been secured through a ‘private railroad switch. Their plant is without doubt the most modern and up-to-date in its equipment of any in the country for the manufacture of automobiles and auto trucks. Something of the extent of the enterprise is indicated in the fact that in their employ are more than four hundred skilled mechanics. In 1902 the company was incorporated with G. A. Schacht as president and general manager ; William Schacht, vice president and secretary ; and J. F. Dietz, treasurer. They manufacture the Schacht and Invincible touring cars and roadsters, two and three ton trucks and light delivery wagons, all of which have a world-wide reputation. The company is capitalized for five hundred thousand dollars and they have recently established a Canadian factory in Hamilton, Ontario, which was capitalized for three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The company has agencies in almost every large city in the world and are doing an enormous export business, in addition to an extensive domestic trade. They have closely studied the question of improving their machines and each year sees their cars in advance of what was produced the previous year. In style, durability and workmanship they have given excellent satisfaction and their business has grown along substantial lines, an increased trade being assured by reason of the straightforward business methods and the prompt delivery of their goods. In 1894 G. A. Schacht was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Bickler, a daughter of John and Magdaline Bickler, and they now have one child, Madge, thirteen years of age. Mr. Schacht is well known in Cincinnati, where his entire life has been passed, and no higher testimonial of his character can be given than the fact that many of the comrades of his youth remain the friends of his manhood. HENRY A. SEINSHEIMER. Henry A. Seinsheimer, a representative and enterprising citizen of Cincinnati, is the sole proprietor of the firm known as H. A. Seinsheimer, which. since 1906 has been engaged in the manufacture. of young men's clothing in the Pugh building. His birth occurred in this city on the 11th of February, 1859, his parents being Solomon and Rosalie Seinsheimer. The father, a tailor by trade, came to Cincinnati from Bavaria about 1840 and remained a resident of this city until called to his final rest in 1891 at the age of seventy-seven years.