CINCINNATI-THE QUEEN CITY - 401 Mr. Glover devotes his entire time to this business. He is a man of keen discrimination, sound judgment and fine executive ability, his associates also being thoroughly, qualified for performing their full share in advancing the interests of the organization. Mr. Glover is actively identified with the Business Men's Club and fraternally is connected with the Masonic order, being a member of the blue lodge, chapter, commandery and shrine. He has in Cincinnati found an agreeable and highly promising field for his energy and has met with the success that is almost invariably the result of wisely directed application. JAMES C. ILIFF. The name of Iliff has long been associated with building operations in Cincinnati. It was in 1815 that Joshua Iliff and his wife, Margaret (Murphy) Iliff, came to Cincinnati from Philadelphia, where they had resided for many years. Prior to that time the family had been represented in New Jersey for more than three-fourths of a century. The original American ancestor came from England, settling on the Atlantic seaboard during an early period in the development of the new world. Joshua Iliff was a tanner by trade and became the owner of a large tannery at Newport, Kentucky. He also owned a similar establishment in New Richmond, Ohio, and another where the old Miami depot of Cincinnati now stands. He remained in that business throughout his active career and passed away in 1858. His children were ten in number, namely : Archibald, Thomas, William, James, Robert, Mrs. Adelaide Galbraith, Mrs. Clara Smiley, Mrs. Margaret Henderson, Mrs. Elizabeth Stillwell and Jane Iliff. Thomas Iliff, the second son of this family, was born at New Richmond, Ohio, in 1825 and was called to his final rest in 1865. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Josephine Tozona, passed away in Cincinnati in 1876. Unto them were born the following children : Charles E., born in September, 1846, who is a contractor of Cincinnati and who is mentioned on another page of this work ; Frank, whose natal year was 1850 and who died in 1908 ; Oliver, whose birth occurred in April, 1857, and who is a resident of Newport, Kentucky ; James C., of this review ; Edward, a bricklayer by trade, whose demise occurred in 1906 ; Mrs. Emma Connelly, of Kansas ; and Mrs. Ella Dean, who makes her home in Madison, Indiana. All of the children were born in Cincinnati or Kentucky. James C. Duff was here born April 12, 1859, and his youthful days were passed similar to those of most boys who are reared in comfortable homes and yet do not have at their command the luxuries which enervate. He was trained to an appreciation of the value of industry, diligence and determination and on starting out in life on his own account he was associated with his brother, C. E. Iliff, in a general contracting business, which they carried on until May, 191o. The partnership between them was then dissolved, although both brothers continue actively in business in Cincinnati. James C. Iliff is now senior partner of the firm of J. C. Iliff & Sons at Nos. 312 and 314 East Sixth street. They do a general contracting business in brick and cement work and .their labors have been an element in the, upbuilding and improvement of Cincinnati. 402 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY Not alone in the industrial field, however, is James C. Iliff well known. He has long been recognized as a leading republican of the city and in 1897 was elected a member of the city council from the fourth ward. At each succeeding election until 1908 he was again chosen for the office, which he thus filled for eleven consecutive years, being the nominee of the republican party, although the ward is supposed to be normally democratic. He was a member of the finance committee for eight years, chairman of committee on law contracts and claims. The fact of his election is an indication of his popularity and the confidence and trust reposed in him by his fellow townsmen. Through his efforts something over a half million dollars was expended in improvements on Mount Adams, making it one of the most attractive sections of the city. Mr. Iliff served on various important committees, including that organized for the revision of the building code, and he was largely instrumental in forming the present code, which has been in vogue in the city since 1908. He belongs to the Mount Adams Building & Loan Association, has been one of its directors for thirty years and for a quarter of a century was chairman of the appraisers committee. He is likewise a director of the Fourth Ward Building & Loan Association and of the Vendome Building & Loan Association and his sound judgment has constituted a resultant factor in the successful management of these interests. On the l0th of January, 1884, Mr. Iliff was united in marriage to Miss Anna L. Dodd and their children are : James J., who married Miss Addie Sparks and has one son, James ; William Roy, associated in business with his father and who married Miss Mildred Schmidt, by whom he has one son, James Theodore ; Edwin C., also a partner of his father in business and who married Miss Nellie Mullaney, their only child being Edwin C. ; Ella F., whose demise occurred May 18, 1911 ; Anna Louise ; Robert Thomas, who is associated in business with his father ; Marie Adel ; Viola ; Esther ; and Lucille. The Iliff family is an old and prominent one in Cincinnati, where representatives of the name have been found for almost a century. Their record has been a creditable one and the life work of James C. Duff is in harmony with that of an ancestry honorable and distinguished. PHILIP HENRY HARTMANN. Philip Henry Hartmann, in whom Cincinnati had one of her expert linguists and a citizen who in long years of public service proved his loyalty to the interests which he represented, was an adopted son of America, his birth having occurred in Heidelberg, Germany, August 10, 1838. His parents came to this country, settling in Cincinnati in December, 186o. While spending his youthful days in his native land Philip H. Hartmann acquired his education in good schools of Germany, where he continued until seventeen years of age, when he arrived in America, attracted by the favorable reports which reached him concerning the opportunities of the new world. He was a resident of New York city from 1855 until 1861 and then came to Cincinnati, where he secured a position with the firm of Kuhn & Netter, proprietors of a clothing store at Third and Vine streets. He remained with them until 1866, when he became the successor of his brother. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 403 William Hartmann, who had for a number of years engaged in the manufacture of glycerine here. For some years thereafter Mr. Hartmann conducted the business along profitable lines and also became interested in several other enterprises which called forth energy, sound judgment and keen insight—his dominant qualities. In 1895 he accepted an appointment under the Cleveland administration to the position of cashier in the postoffice at Cincinnati, in which capacity he served with satisfaction to all concerned until 1899. He afterward lived retired, supervising his private business affairs. In the meantime, from 188o until 1895, he had served as consul for Sweden, Norway and Denmark and vice consul for the Netherlands. In early manhood he had given much time to the study of languages and his linguistic ability as well as his discriminating judgment enabled him to discharge in most creditable manner the duties that thus devolved upon him. He was very active in both municipal and state affairs and served as a director in the old German Emigration Society, which did much to assist the sons of the fatherland to come to America. He was also one of the founders and directors of the Cremation Society. His political allegiance was ever given to the democracy and his opinions carried weight in the councils of his party. In 1867, in Cincinnati, Mr. Hartniann was married to Miss Louise. Jaup and they became the parents of a son and two daughters : William V., now living in Pittsburg ; Mrs. Theodore Petsche, of this city and Mrs. Clarence E. Mehlhope, of Chicago. Mrs. Hartmann has for many years been deeply interested in the Bodmann German Protestant Widows Home and has served as its president for thirty years. She is also one of the charter members of the Cincinnati Kindergarten Association. Mr. Hartmann attends the Unitarian church and his was a life of useful activity. He was especially influential with his countrymen and did much in molding public thought and opinion among the representatives of the Teutonic race resident in Cincinnati. It was always a matter of satisfaction to him that he sought the new world in early manhood, for here he found favorable opportunities and in their improvement not only worked his way upward financially but also proved his worth as a citizen. FERDINAND HENRY CORDES. Ferdinand Henry Cordes, president of the F. H. Cordes Building Company and well known as an enterprising and progressive business man, was born in Lynchester, Ohio, in 1873, a son of William and Charlotte (Steinkamp) Cordes. The father was engaged in the lumber business for many years and followed that pursuit up to the time of his death, which occurred in April, 1891. He had a family of eight children, six of whom are living, H. W., A. H., E. C., F. H., Malinda and Amanda. F. H. Cordes obtained his education in the schools of Carthage and Pleasant Ridge, and when sixteen years of age began working with his father, with whom he remained until two. He then went to Burlington, Iowa, and later to Peoria, Illinois, where he was employed as a draftsman with a sash and door house. In 404 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY 1906 he came to Cincinnati and was with M. Y. Cooper as superintendent of construction for a year. In 1907 he began business on his own account, and during this period he was associated with A. W. Hayward and H. W. Cordes in contracting and real estate. From that connection he afterward withdrew and established his present business. He erects high class residences, valued_ at from $8,000 to $15,000. He does speculative building as well as general contracting, and has done much to improve the city architecturally. The buildings which he has erected are thoroughly modern in their equipment, and are attractive in design, while in construction they are substantial and convenient. Mr. Cordes was married in June, 1902, to Miss Edna Inloes, of Cincinnati, and they are well known socially in this city. Mr. Cordes belongs to the Masonic Lodge and is a member of the Commercial Club. Sterling traits of character have gained him warm regard, while business enterprise and reliability have won for him the respect and confidence of all with whom business relations have brought him in contact. LOUIS G. DITTOE. Louis G. Dittoe, whose ability as an architect has given him standing among the most eminent and representative men of the profession, was born in Covington, Kentucky, in 1867, a son of George M. Dittoe. The family removed to Newport, Kentucky, where the father became the editor of the Kentucky State Journal and so continued for many years. A removal was made from Perry county, Ohio, to the Blue Grass state, and it was there that George M. Dittoe reared his family of six children, of whom four are yet living, Louis G. being the youngest. In the schools of Newport, Louis G. Dittoe acquired his education and on putting aside his text-books went to work for the Hannaford Company and took up the study of architecture, receiving practical training in that connection and also attending the Ohio Mechanics' Institute at night. He manifested such aptitude in this field that he was made a teacher in the institute and so continued for twelve years, having charge of the advanced class of architectural work. For eight years he remained with the Hannaford people and in 1893 established business on his own account in a partnership relation as a member of the firm of Dittoe & Wisenall. They opened offices in the Neave building and remained in business together until 1910, when Mr. Dittoe withdrew from the partnership and opened an independent office in the Provident Bank building. He was appointed architect for the Ohio Exposition for 1910 and superintendent of the buildings. He and associates at that time were the architects of the Covington city hall and the Kenton county courthouse. They also erected the Pugh building and power plant on Sycamore street, which at that time was the largest concrete building in the world. It was begun in 1905 and finished in 1909, having been erected in two sections. Mr. Dittoe has also erected numerous other large buildings, including the East End Masonic Temple and many fine residences, including the fifty-thousand-dollar home of Judge R. B. Smith. In the field of architecture in Cincinnati he has few peers, for he possesses broad scientific CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 405 knowledge, practical skill and artistic appreciation—three things which are indispensable to success. He has every reason to be proud of the fact that he possesses a silver medal (by Tiffany) won in the contest of 1891 at the New York Architects League in competition with thirty-two others for the honors, being the only architect of Cincinnati to bring such a medal to the city. Mr. Dittoe was married in 1891 to Miss Florence Krieger, a daughter of George Krieger of Newport, Kentucky, and they have two children, Edward Elder and Helen Louise. Mr. Dittoe belongs to the Cincinnati chapter of the American Institute of Architects and also to the main body at Washington, D. C. He holds membership in the Blaine Club and has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in Masonry. In the conduct of his business he has held to high ideals and has found that success is ambition's answer. WILLIAM S. McKENZIE. Among the representative shoe men of Cincinnati must be mentioned William S. McKenzie, who is president of The Helming McKenzie Shoe Company, having been identified with that position since the 11th of November, 1901. He is a native son, his natal day having been the 22d of June, 1871, and his parents were Stephen and Mary Ellen (Tobin) McKenzie. The father, who was also born in Cincinnati, attended St. Xavier College until he had attained his fourteenth year, at which time he withdrew to assume the heavier responsibilities of life. He entered the employ of J. N. Harris, the western agent for the Perry Davis "pain killer," as office boy, and proving to be both diligent and reliable he was promoted from time to time until he became junior partner of the firm, which operated under the firm name of J. N. Harris & Company, manufacturers of preparatory medicines. He disposed of his interest in 1898, living retired from then until his demise on the 27th of February, 1907. In the pursuit of his education William S. McKenzie attended Notre Dame College, Notre Dame, Indiana, until he was graduated from the commercial course in 1888. Returning to Cincinnati he entered the employ of C. A. Farnham & Company, fire insurance agents, as clerk, remaining in their service one year. At the expiration of that period he became bookkeeper for The Helming-McNamara Shoe Company, continuing in that capacity until 1896, at which time he was elected secretary. On the 11th of November, 1901, the company was reorganized and Mr. McKenzie was made president and general manager. They are manufacturers of ladies medium and high-grade shoes, being one of the best known companies in the west. Four hundred and fifty people are employed in their factory, while their sales department has representatives traveling all over the United States, as well as Mexico and South America ; their foreign patronage being almost as large as their domestic. It is one of the old and rapidly growing industries of the city, their development having been especially marked since their reorganization ten years ago. Kansas City, Missouri, was the scene of the marriage of Mr. McKenzie and Miss Adele Eugenie Jones, their union being solemnized on the loth of Janu- 406 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY ary, 1904. Mrs. McKenzie is a granddaughter of Michel Werk, one of Cincinnati's pioneers. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie, Stephen M., born April 7, 1905; William Andrew, born June 2, 1910; and Rodney Jones, born April 7, 1911. The family attend the Roman Catholic church, the parents being communicants of that denomination, while fraternally Mr. McKenzie is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus. The organizations of a more social nature with which he is identified are the Hamilton and Queen City Clubs, and he is also a member of the Business Men's Club. Mr. McKenzie is deeply interested in all kinds of athletics and takes his recreation preferably in the out-of-door sports. Politically, Mr. McKenzie has ever remained independent, giving his support to such men and measures as he deemed best fitted to meet the exigencies of the situation. Undoubtedly the most prominent qualities manifested in the career of Mr. McKenzie are the sagacity and intelligent discernment he has always displayed as a business man, which have figured most conspicuously in his success. FRANK L. PFAFF. Frank L. Pfaff, head of the firm of Buhr, Pfaff & Company, manufacturers and wholesalers of confectionery of Cincinnati, has for many years been prominent in business circles of the city and is recognized as a man possessing rare executive ability andHe iserful capacity for work. He.is a native of Madison, Wisconsin, and was born in 1858, a son of Fred A. Pfaff, who removed with his family to Cincinnati in 1868 and engaged in the insurance business. The father is now deceased. Mr. Pfaff of this review came to Cincinnati at ten years of age with his parents and has since made his home in this city. He attended school at Madison and also for four years at Cincinnati, leaving school to enter the employ of the Buhr-Wendte Company. He took such interest in his work that at the age of sixteen he was, a traveling salesman. In 1885 he was admitted to a third interest in the firm and in 1897 Peter R. Wendte died and Mr. Pfaff and Joseph Buhr conducted the business as a copartnership. In 1905 Mr. Buhr retired and Mr. Pfaff admitted into partnership his brother, Fred G. Pfaff, and George J. Buhr, a son of Joseph Buhr. Fred G. Pfaff is now superintendent of the plant and Mr. Buhr is traveling for the firm, the title being Buhr, Pfaff & Company. This firm is a direct continuation of the business established by Peter R. Wendte and Joseph Buhr. Mr. Pfaff entered the employ of the firm as a boy and gradually advanced until he is now at the head of a great industry, this concern being one of the three largest of its kind in southern Ohio. The business has grown in extent until it requires three five-story and two six-story buildings, with floor space not including the cellars of over seventy thousand square feet. The buildings are all adjoining and connecting and are located at the corner of Second and Race streets. Buhr, Pfaff & Company gives employment to two hundred and twenty-five to two hundred and fifty persons and manufactures and distributes a brand of candies known as the New Era brand. These sweets are CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 409 now called for in many parts of the country and the business gives evidence from year to year of steady and substantial increase. His ability and integrity have been for years unquestioned and he was offered the position of vice president of the Columbia Bank & Trust Company of Cincinnati, which he now fills to the general acceptance of stockholders, depositors and all concerned. He is also treasurer of the Confectioners' Review Publishing Company of, Cincinnati. In 1885 Mr. Pfaff was united in marriage to Miss Charlotte Heckel, a daughter of Henry Heckel, of this city. Two children have been born to this union : Viola, who is the wife of George E. Smith, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Corinne. Mr. Pfaff has always taken an active interest in local politics and served as vice mayor of Cincinnati during the term of Mayor Dempsey. Industry, economy, temperate living and honesty have, been important elements contributing to his success, and he is today the manager of a great enterprise, which has been largely developed by his ability and energy. He has been connected with the candy trade of Cincinnati since 1874 and is one of its most prominent representatives. A man of generous impulses and broad views, he has found time to devote to the social amenities of life and is a thirty-second degree Mason, being a member of Kilwinning Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and of Syrian Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is a member of the United Commercial Travelers and also holds life membership in the North Cincinnati Turn Verein and the Ohio Archaeological Society, with headquarters at Columbus. Starting at the bottom of the financial ladder, he has won almost everything that men covet as of value and 'all through his unaided exertions. He plainly deserves a place in a work treating of the successful men of Cincinnati. JUDGE JAMES MONROE SMITH. Death gives the perspective which places all things in their proper proportion. The nearer view sometimes is distorted but time removes all prejudice and brings the calm judgment that arrives at a just and accurate conclusion. While Judge James Monroe Smith was still an ,active factor in the world's work he was honored and respected by his fellowmen and the years since he has passed away have served to heighten his fame and strengthen the feeling of admiration which was given to him. The treasures that We hold above gold and gems are the treasures of friendship and memory and these have become very precious to those who knew the subject of this review and were closely associated with him in home, social or professional relations. For almost three decades he was a representative of the circuit court bench of Ohio and his record added luster, to the history of the judiciary of the state. He was born in Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio, on the 27th of January, 1825, and was of English and Huguenot descent. Representatives of the name removed from Virginia to Wayne township, Warren county, Ohio, at an early period in the development of that section of the state, where they secured, farm lands, devoting their attention to agricultural pursuits. The Rev. James Smith, grandfather of Judge Smith, was a native of Powhatan .county, Virginia, and his opposition to the system of Vol. III-19 410 - CINCINNATI--THE QUEEN CITY slavery led him in 1798 to emancipate the slaves he had inherited, and in company with Rev. Philip Gatch, his brother-in-law, and their families, removed to the territory northwest of the Ohio, reaching the 'mouth of the Little Miami river on the 7th of November. The following year, on the 28th of July, 1799, Rev. James Smith passed away. He had previously made three trips to Kentuck y and Ohio, one in 1785, another in 1795 and the third in 1798, and the journal which he kept concerning these trips is still in possession of his family. The sermon he delivered November 16, 1795, at the house of a Mr. Talbot, seven miles north of Cincinnati, was one of the first preached by a Methodist minister in this region. George J. Smith, the Judge's father, was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, May 17, 1799, and was reared in'the neighborhood of Lebanon. He took up the profession of law which he pursued successfully in Lebanon from 1820 until called to the bench, winning for himself an enviable reputation as a distinguished legist and jurist. He. was long a prominent figure, in public life, being first called. to office when .in 1829 he was elected .by the legislature prosecuting judge- of the court of common pleas, in which he served for seven years. From 1836 until 1840 he was a member of the Ohio senate and for two years served as speaker. He was chosen to represent his district in the state constitutional convention of 1851 and from 1858 until 1868 sat upon the ,bench of the court of common pleas. It is said that he was a tall, well proportioned and handsome man, and his physical powers were also an indication of his splendidly developed mental gifts. His death occurred in 1878. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Hannah Whitehill, was born and reared in Pennsylvania, but came from Virginia to Ohio in 1815. She was of Scotch ancestry, of the White-hill and Kennedy families, and it is said that strength of character, grace of mind and gentleness of spirit were personal charms of this noble woman. Judge Smith spent his youthful days in the quiet little village of Lebanon, amid an atmosphere that called forth the strongest mental and moral forces in his nature. His school training was not as extensive as the intellectual stimulus which he received at his father's fireside, where his reading and study were not only directed by his parents but where also he had unusual opportunities of meeting men of ability and prominence who were his father's associates. His mother, too, proved equally strong factor in molding his Christian character and thus with a splendid character foundation he started out in life, going first to Columbus, Ohio, where in the capacity of confidential clerk he assisted his uncle, Hon. Joseph Whitehill, who was then state treasurer. On leaving the. office he entered upon the study of law under his father's direction in Lebanon and the thoroughness with which he mastered the principles of jurisprudence was thereafter manifested in the ability he displayed in the discussion of legal questions before the court and in rendering decisions upon the bench. Following his admission to the bar he began practice in Xenia and his fellow townsmen, appreciative of his ability, called him to the office of mayor there. In 1850, on the dissolution of the partnership between his father and John Probasco, who was then elected common pleas judge, James M. Smith returned to Lebanon and became his father's partner in the practice, so continuing until chosen probate judge of Warren county in 1855. The firm was throughout the entire period recognized as one of the strongest in their part of the state and they were retained on many of the most important cases. After three years' service CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 411 as probate judge Mr. Smith resumed the private practice of law in partnership with his brother, John E. Smith, which relation was maintained from 1858 until 1872, with constantly growing success. In the latter year James M. Smith was elected judge of the common pleas court, in which position he remained for thirteen years, enjoying the reputation of being one of the ablest judges of the state. A memorial volume published at his death, said : "Judge Smith was a perfect type of a judicial officer—calm, dispassionate, patient and just. He was an urbane gentleman, and his treatment of lawyers and court officers and others was of the kindest and gentlest nature. His mercy was always exhibited and his fair treatment of litigants was proverbial. He retired from this bench to enter upon the duties as judge of the circuit court for the first judicial circuit of Ohio, and here he remained until he retired from judicial life, in February, 1901. He came to the circuit bench with the experience of thirteen years as common pleas judge, and his knowledge of law, which was wide, and his wonderful familiarity with Ohio decisions, made him one of the most valuable judges on the circuit bench of Ohio. He was honored, respected and beloved by the members of the bar in his circuit and their expression of esteem and fondness,. was exhibited by the large reception that was held in his honor at the time of his retirement from the circuit court bench by the bar association of Cincinnati in the rooms of the Literary Club. At this reception were gathered the prominent lawyers from all the counties of the circuit and addresses were made by representatives of each county, paying tribute to the- character of Judge Smith in terms of warmest praise and in the spirit of the tenderest regard. It was a fitting climax to the career of a distinguished judge, whose life on the bench had been pure and blameless, gentle, yet fearless, and adorned by great ability and learning." On the 23d of January, 1851, Judge Smith was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Belle Clements, a daughter of Dr. Caleb B. and Susan (Hurin) Clements. The wedding was celebrated in the residence which remained their home for many years. In it they celebrated their twenty-fifth anniversary and there their two daughters were married. Mrs. Smith's father had come to Ohio from Maryland when seventeen years of age and was long a leading physician of Lebanon, having pursued the study of medicine in Transylvania Medical College of Kentucky. His wife, a native of Ohio, spent her entire life in Lebanon, where she died at the remarkable old 'age of ninety-one years, but Dr. Clements passed away in 1864. The grandmother of Mrs. Smith was a member of the Ludlow family, a daughter of John Ludlow, one of Cincinnati's pioneer citizens. Judge and Mrs. Smith were the parents of five children : Harold Halsey ; Jennie, who died in childhood ; Florence, the wife of L. D. Thomas, of Evanston, Illinois ; Mary Belle, the wife of M. S. Todd, of Cincinnati ; and Susan, who died in. childhood. The family home was maintained at Lebanon from January, 1851, until October, 1895, when they removed to Cincinnati. On the 23d of January, 1901, assisted by their daughters and son, they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in their attractive home at Avondale, and it was an occasion long to be remembered by the many relatives and friends in attendance. Judge Smith stood for all that was highest and best in manhood and citizenship. On the 12th of February, 1853, he united with the Presbyterian church in Lebanon, and ten years later was elected an elder. The purity of his Chris- 412 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY tian life is a most prominent feature of his history. He always remained a faithful follower of the church, a liberal contributor to its support and an active participant in its various lines of work. Of him it has been said : "He was a citizen of the loftiest character. Modest and unassuming, he performed his part in the town's life without any show or effort at prominence. His life was full of good deeds of which the world knew nothing. Many of the less fortunate in' the community found in him their friend and benefactor, and today a number are located in their own homes by reason of his generous aid. He .mingled with all its people as friends and neighbors, being interested in their well being, rejoicing in their success and sympathizing with those in distress. He was a lover 'of good literature and his fondness for books was a prominent feature of his life. His taste did not lie in the direction of fiction but he was fond of the wholesome, well written novel. He was a student of history and was a well informed man in the general literature of his time. His fondness for, art was pronounced, no one delighting more in a good picture than he, and the walls of his home were adorned. with a collection of pictures which exhibited his cultivated taste in this direction. He was a lover of music and nothing delighted him more than the opportunity to spend an evening when music of a good order was rendered. He enjoyed a fine play and lectures were among the pleasures of his life. In short, he was a cultivated gentleman, whose refined tastes sought out the wholesome pleasures of life with rare zest." In the latter years of his life Judge Smith suffered with ill health and it was this that caused him to voluntarily retire at the expiration of his term of office in February, 1901, after thirty-two years' service on the bench. In May, 1902, he visited relatives in New York, accompanied by his wife, and during his return trip—on the 29th of May—passed away. The words spoken of him by those who were most closely associated with him in his professional and public career as well as in private life indicate more clearly the character of the man. One friend said : "It is believed that it is the universal opinion of Judge Smith's professional brethren, who practiced in his courts, and of the community generally, that he was an able, learned, diligent, painstaking, patient, conscientious and upright judge, and that he. was remarkably well fitted by his temperament, habit of mind and manner of life for the discharge of judicial duties and labors, and to inspire the :respect which attaches to the faithful and efficient rendering of such service. It would seem that such must have been the opinion entertained of him by the public who, for so long a time, called him into their service in this line of public duty. * * * As a son he was obedient, devoted and reverent ; as a brother he- was a steadfast friend, wise in counsel, ever ready with needed aid ; as a husband and father he was loving, generous, indulgent, kind, in a word he, possessed all .the qualities that go to make the beloved head of a happy home. Nor were his affections circumscribed by his immediate family circle. He had a strong and kindly feeling for all of his connections. Within the last few years of his life he had been deeply pained by the death of several of his relatives with whom he had lived on terms of the closest intimacy and affection from boyhood.” The Rev. D. B. Fitzgerald said of Judge Smith in the funeral service : "It was necessary to know j udge Smith but a short while to discover that a multitude of good things might be said about him, and no evil things. In a very re- CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 413 markable way he secured and retained the friendship and confidence of all who knew him. This was because of his geniality, his friendliness and his absolute 'sincerity. He was not in any sense effusive, but he was the very personification of cordiality. His unvarying attitude was one of thoughtfulness for others, of a quiet but irresistibly attractive courtesy. I can say of him what I could not say of many men, even very good men, that I never heard a word said of him which was not complimentary to his manhood and to his: heart. He was generous in his judgments and charitable in his impulses. He was an upright and public-spirited citizen, who considered. the interests of his neighbor, who was anxious to do that which would benefit the largest number. In every action, the sincerity of his motives was unquestioned. His integrity was clear as the daylight. Judge Smith's long and distinguished public career was marked by those same high traits of character which molded his private life. The honors conferred upon him were simply marks of the confidence placed in him by the people, and the fidelity with which he discharged the trusts committed to him showed that the confidence was not misplaced. For decades of years he occupied responsible judicial positions, not because he sought preferment but because he was admired, honored, trusted ; because it was felt that the interests of justice were safe in his hands. He will long be remembered,. in the courts and in the circle of his own profession, as a man of lofty intelligence, a lawyer of active and luminous logic, a judge of scrupulous integrity and a gentleman without reproach. He lived a pure and unaffected life ; his integrity was without the shadow of a stain ; his manhood was never questioned ; his sympathies went out on every side of him ; he was faithful to his friends.; considered every circumstance of life from the honorable and kind point of view ; and was a Christian, living his Christianity in the midst of a life crowded with weighty responsibilities." Resolutions of respect and honor were passed by the various bar associations in the different counties which composed his circuit. The Hamilton County Bar and Bench said in its resolutions: "Judge Smith was an able and learned lawyer, a wise, just and eminent judge. In ability and learning in the law, in temperament and in character, he was peculiarly fitted for the judicial positions to which he was called, which he occupied through so many years and in which he was distinguished. In all his bearing and conduct on the bench and elsewhere he was above reproach and above criticism. He was dignified, calm, patient, courteous, firm and impartial. His decisions were rendered without fear and without favor. He had the confidence and respect and affectionate regard of all lawyers who knew him and practiced before -him. He gave to every cause submitted to him full and fair consideration. All his conclusions were according to the law and the justice of the case ,as he understood them. He wrote many opinions, all with great care and ability, and they constitute a long-enduring monument to his memory as they stand in the volumes of the circuit court reports. In all the relations of private life, as in public life, he was a model man—honest, pure, kindly, dignified, gentle and gracious toward all with whom he came in contact. He was by nature a gentleman in all that that grand old name implies. To know him was to admire and love him. He was an humble and devout believer in the Christian religion and his life was an exemplification of its profound principles and beautiful precepts." Drausin Wulsin 414 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY said : "In passing upon the life, character and services Alf Judge Smith one of the most prominent features that strikes us was his dignity as a man and as a judge. His life and Conduct never brought the judicial office into ridicule. There was no vulgarity in his make-up. Judge Smith is &serving of any eulogy which may be pronounced upon- him by the members of this bar. He was A man cautious and successful in life. His. temperament Was absolutely perfect. No man ever saw him when he was or appeared to be the least ruffled. We can say what he could certainly have said for himself, that he never in all, his life made a remark to or of any person that he ever had reason to regret or recall. He was absolutely upright' and honest. He had the ability to recall the principles of every case that had ever been in his court, but he knew none of the names of the parties to the proceedings. He had a legal mind, and solved all questions upon the soundest legal principles. He was a learned lawyer and his opinions will always be highly valued. While he was not a man of college education he had absolute command of the English language and had the ability to express exactly his views in words which could not be misconstrued as is shown in his opinions found in the circuit court reports. We have had a great many able men on the bench, some of whom were more distinguished in other fields, but whenever mention is made of those who have been of service to the public at this bar, and we mention the names of Spencer, Gholson, Storer and Force, in the same connection we will have to mention the name of James M. Smith." Judge Smith indeed had many traits admirable and worthy of all praise, but among his many noble qualities we must make a large place for his capacity for friendship. The universality of his friendships interpret for us his intellectual hospitality and the breadth of his sympathy, for nothing was foreign to him that concerned his fellows. A friend who knew him long said : "He was a charitable man but his beneficences were bestowed according to the quiet instincts of his nature and in most instances the good deeds remained beneath the cover of his modest life. He did so much to endear himself to those about him that he was loved by many upon whom his influence was shed, and their love for him was so much a matter of course that they never sought for the reason why. His quiet influence was irresistible. * * * No fitting words can be employed to describe a Christian character such as his. The people of his town held his example in this regard in their minds and hearts. This was his record as a religious man. It did not require a. profession of faith. Pure of heart, true in all purposes- and with a wide and abiding faith, he placed his trust in things above and passed. through this season of vexing cares in perfect expectation of the promised glorf beyond." R. GORDON CAREW. Prominent among the younger generation of business men in Cincinnati is R. Gordon. Carew, manager of the great mercantile establishment of Mabley & Carew, the leading department store of the city. Mr. Carew has been identified with the house, with the exception of three years, since 1898 and has shown a capacity for business that gives bright promise as to his future. Some men are CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 417 instinctively drawn to business life and to this class belongs Mr. Carew. He comes rightly by his talents as he is a son of Joseph T. Carew, president of Mabley & Carew, and one of the ablest merchants Cincinnati has known. A sketch of Mr. Carew Sr. appears in another part of this work. R. Gordon Carew was born in Cincinnati in 1878 and was reared under the most favorable conditions for a successful business career. He attended the public and high schools and was for two years a student at Princeton University. Returning to Cincinnati in 1898, he entered the store of which his father is the head and passed through the various departments until he was appointed general manager, a position which he now fills. He spent the years 1906, 1907 and 1908 in New York city and abroad, gaining many valuable ideas of which he has been able to make practical application.. He possesses an intimate knowledge of the business in all its details and has proven thoroughly competent in the discharge of every responsibility with which he has been entrusted. His methods recommend him to the confidence of patrons, and the steady increase in the volume of business since he was advanced to his present position is evidence of sound judgment and acquaintance with the wants of the public. On the 2d of February, 1909, Mr. Carew was married at St. Louis, Missouri, to Miss Gladys Little and they have one child, Joseph Stewart. Greatly inter ested in all matters pertaining to the growth of his native city, Mr. Carew is an earnest friend of projects that have for their object the upbuilding of Cincinnati. He is imbued with the worthy ambition to make a permanent success of the important work in which he is engaged and the satisfactory results of his efforts give assurance that his ambition will be realized. He is greatly respected by his associates and also by the employes of the establishment and has demonstrated those traits of character that inspire confidence and regard. Socially he and his wife are prominent. He is a member of the Princeton, the Cincinnati Golf, the Queen City and the Country Clubs. Theoretically and practically he is known as one of the most trustworthy business men of Cincinnati and it is highly to his credit that he desires no advancement which does not carry with it the happiness and prosperity of the entire community. ARCHIBALD SYLVESTER WHITE. Archibald Sylvester White, whose business history constitutes a worthy chapter in financial and industrial records of Cincinnati, is now president of the Columbia Gas & Electric Company, and has various other connections with property interests which constitute elements in the business activity of this city and also of New York. The greater part of his life has been spent in Ohio .although his business affairs have brought him into close connection with the metropolis. He was born in Newark, Ohio, March 25, 1867, his parents being Erasmus P. and Ella (Harrington) White. Having attended the public schools he afterward continued his education in Cooper Institute, at New York city, and well developed intellectual powers stimulated his activity in the business field, leading at length to important relations with the world of trade and finance. His early experiences were in connection with the manufacture of salt and he 418 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY learned to bend every energy. and concentrate all his efforts upon the task before him, developing the ability to readily solve intricate commercial problems and to supervise the direction and development of important interests. He thus made for himself a name and place in the business world and in recent years has bent his energies to administrative direction and executive control in connection with several important corporations. In addition to occupying the presidency of the Columbia Gas & Electric Company he is also the president of the Union Depot & Terminal Company, is a member of the firm of White & Company, bankers of New York city, and a director of the Windsor Trust Company of New York. On the 27th of June, 1905, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Mr. White was married to Mists Olive Moore, daughter of E. F. Moore. His name is on the membership rolls of all the leading Cincinnati Clubs and the welcome ever accorded him attests his personal popularity. His friends always refer to the fact that in whatever connection he is to. be found he is always the same genial, courteous gentleman, whose ways are those of refinement and whose word no man can question. HENRY C. URNER. With the intricate problems of insurance Henry C. Urner was associated during a long and active business life, and yet the demands made upon him in this connection did not preclude his cooperation. in public projects for the benefit of the city and especially in those movements which had for their object the amelioration of hard conditions of life for his fellowmen. Born in Cincinnati in 1829, his life record spanned the intervening years to the 17th of April, 1908. His father, Benjamin Urner, had come to Cincinnati from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at an early day and was one of the organizers of the National Insurance Company in which he held the position of president for a quarter of a century. His labors Were a potent force in building up that company and he remained active in shaping its destiny up to the time of his death, developing the business along the substantial lines which have made this one of the reliable insurance companies of the. country. He married Miss Elizabeth Keyser, of Pennsylvania, who. was horn in Germantown and was a daughter of Teter Keyser who for fifty years was a minister of the Dunkard church in Germantown. He was regarded as one of the ablest representatives of the clergy of that denomination—a most highly educated man whose labor was one of consecrated zeal in behalf of the cause of Christianity. He married Catherine Clemmons and it was their daughter Elizabeth who, in October, 1825, in the home of her parents, gave her hand in wedlock to Benjamin Urner. Immediately afterward they started in the Keyser family carriage for. Cincinnati, her brother driving with them in order to take the carriage back home. As previously stated, Benjamin Urner became closely associated with business interests in this city and was active in the management of the National Insurance Company until his death, in 1885. Henry C. Urner was educated in Cincinnati College and in 1849, attracted by, the discovery of gold. in California, made his way to that state where he CININNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 419 remained for about three years. On the he returned of that period hereturned and joined his father in the insurance, business, becoming his successor. in the presidency of the National Insurance Company, of which he remained the chief executive head until about fifteen years prior to his death. He then resigned that position to become secretary and treasurer of the Little Miami Railroad which was his business connection at the time of his death. Mr. Urner's business record would alone entitle him to mention in this volume, but other acts of his life were equally prominent and important. He was again and again actively engaged in public service which brought him no pecuniary reward but was the expression of his devotion to the general good and of his broad humanitarianism. He labored unceasingly for the sufferers during the floods which devastated the lower portions of the city, was appointed chairman of the finance committee and had charge of the distribution of supplies to those in need of aid. After the courthouse riot here he was appointed by Governor Hoadly to have charge of the reconstruction of the building. He was one of the organizers of the Associated Charities. He was also at one time president of the Chamber of Commerce and was chairman of the building committee at the time of the erection of the Chamber of Commerce building. Politically he was a democrat and without solicitation on his part was appointed United States marshal by President Cleveland. In New York, in 1872, Mr. Urner was united in marriage to Miss Maria Harley, a native of Ohio, then living in New York. They became the parents of, three children : Eloise, deceased ; Henry, who is engaged in business in Cincinnati ; and Dr. Martin H. Urner, an oculist. The family is well known socially in Cincinnati and are members of the Episcopal church. Mr. Urner was greatly interested and very prominent in Masonry, was an active member of the Supreme Council, and in his life showed forth the beneficent spirit upon which the craft rests. He was also one of the organizers and the second president of the Queen City Club. His many years of prosperity in Cincinnati bore evidence of business ability and unremitting energy and he deserved the excellent reputation he sustained throughout business circles. EDWARD E. ROWE. For a quarter of a century prior to his death, which occurred on the 6th of March, 1903, Edward E. Rowe had been connected with the subtreasury of Cincinnati. He was born in Meriden, New Hampshire, in 1851, and represented an old New England family, many of whose representatives had been connected with the ministry. His father was the Rev. Elihu Rowe, who engaged in preaching the gospel in New Hampshire and was also a professor in Dartmouth College. After the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted and went to the front as chaplain of a regiment in the Union army. He wedded Mary Stephenson, a sister of Henry Stephenson, who was collector of customs in Cincinnati for a number of years. Edward E. Rowe spent his youthful days in New England and following the close of the Civil war, when yet a boy in his teens, he came to Cincinnati through 420 - CINCINNATI—THE, QUEEN CITY, the influence of his uncle, Henry Stephenson, to accept a position in the United States subtreasury. He was promoted and. remained in active connection with the treasury for a quarter of a century, after which he became an expert accountant. While engaged in the latter business his clientage was extensive and the thoroughness of his work won him the hearty approval of all whom he served. In 1878, in Cincinnati, Mr. Rowe was .united in marriage to Miss Margaret Dunlop, a daughter of Robert Dunlop of Indiana, who also served as chaplain in the Union .army. He died in 1861 while on sick leave. His family came to Cincinnati in 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe had a family of five children : Edith Elizabeth, now the wife of Taylor McDougall, of Pasadena, California ; Robert, ,who is living in Denver, Colorado ; Edward; James and Eugene, all of Cincinnati. The religious faith of the Rowe family was that of the Congregational church but after his marriage Edward E. Rowe attended the Methodist Episcopal church with his wife. His study of the political questions and issues of the day led him to give his support to the republican party and he was a charter member of the Blaine Club. He also became one of the charter members of the Ivanhoe Council, Royal Arcanum of Cincinnati and for many years served as its secretary .and otherwise took an active part in the .work of the organization. His official service brought him into contact with many and in the wide circle of his .acquaintances he won warm friendships because of engaging personal qualities which endeared him to those who knew him. AUGUSTUS RAVOGLI, M. D. Dr. Augustus Ravogli, one of Cincinnati's well known and successful physicians with offices at No. 5 Garfield Place, is a native of Rome, Italy, born February 7, 1851. He is the eldest in a family of seven children of Michael and Frances (Moriconi) Ravogli. The father was an expert accountant and died at Rome in 19o8, in his ninety-third year, the mother passing away at Florence, Italy, in 1901, being then in her seventieth year. Dr. Ravogli was educated: in the Roman College at Rome, graduating with the degree of A. M. in 1868. He then entered the University of Rome, where he pursued the study of medicine and was graduated in 1873 with the degree of M. D. After leaving the university he spent six months on the steamship Asia and then entered a competitive examination for hospital honors in his native country in which he was successful, taking the highest rank in a class of eighteen. He was also fortunate in a contest for the government prize paying the expenses of two years abroad, and spent this period in study under the greatest masters of cutaneous diseases at Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Wurzburg, Munich and other European cities. Returning to Rome, he was for five years surgeon in the government military hospital with the rank of major and assistant professor of dermatology and syphilology at the University of Rome. Having decided to cast his fortune with the American republic, he left his native country in December, 188o, and landed at New York January 1, 1881. He CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 423 came direct to Cincinnati and has since resided in this city.. He makes a specialty of cutaneous diseases in the treatment of which he is a recognized authority. Soon after arriving in Cincinnati he was appointed clinical lecturer on dermatology at Miami Medical College but resigned in 1887. He served as professor of dermatology at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and dermatologist to the City Hospital. He was professor of dermatology and syphilology at the Medical College of Ohio. from 1896 until he resigned in 1908 and was appointed by Governor Bushnell and reappointed by Governors Nash and Harris as a member of the state board of medical registration, his term expiring in 1915. He has served as president of this board for two years. Dr. Ravogli is a member of the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the Mississippi Valley Medical Association and also holds membership in the American Dermatological Association and the American Urological Association. His talents have received recognition not only in this country but in Europe and he is a member of the Dermatological Association of Italy and a corresponding member of the Dermatological Association of France. He is widely known as an authority on medical subjects and has for years been a welcome contributor on dermatology to leading American and German medical journals. He is the author of "The Hygiene of the Skin," 1888; and "Syphilis in its Medical, Medicolegal and Sociological Aspects," 1907. In 1878 at Rome, Dr. Ravogli was married to Miss Juliette Schindelin, of Oberbergen, Germany. He has found time from his extensive practice to cultivate the social side of his nature and is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner. His political allegiance is indicated by membership in the Blaine Club. Dr. Ravogli was appointed vice consul" for Italy at Cincinnati in 1884 and resigned in 1900. From his boyhood he has been an indefatigable student and investigator and he ranks very high in a specialty which he many years ago chose as his life pursuit. Always wide-awake. and with a mind open to truth from whatsoever source it might come, he has been remarkably successful in the application of his knowledge and ranks today as one of the leading dermatologists of America. JOSEPH M. ALLEN. Joseph M. Allen, of the Allen-Roberts Company, engaged in the carpet business in Cincinnati, was born in Lebanon, Tennessee, but has been a resident of this city for more than a quarter of a century. His grandfather, Captain Jeremiah H. Allen, came from Birmingham, England, about 1800, and located in Virginia. He later came to Lebanon, Tennessee. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, served as captain of a company and was with General Jackson at the battle of New Orleans. The father of Joseph M. Allen was born at Lebanon, Tennessee, and owned a plantation of fifteen thousand acres in the Cumberland valley on which was a large number of slaves. He was also named Jeremiah H. and served as an officer in the war with Mexico, being colonel of the state militia. 424 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY He died at Lebanon in 1883. Colonel Jeremiah H. Allen married Rebecca Ellis, daughter of Moses Ellis, a prominent and wealthy planter of Lebanon, Tennessee. To this union were born nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the seventh. The mother is still living at Nashville, Tennessee. Throughout the entire period he has been connected with the carpet trade. For a time he was associated with the George F. Otte Company and later with the L. B. Thorns Company. In 1900 he embarked in business on his own account, opening an establishment at No. 616 Race. street. Previous to this he had acted as a broker and manufacturers' agent for several years, with offices in the Bradford building. In 1910 he combined his interests with those of the Cincinnati Lace Company under the name of the Allen-Roberts Company at Nos. 114 and 116 West ,Sixth street, with Mr. Allen as president, J. C. Roberts vice president and treasurer and C. Smith, secretary. They are jobbers and retailers of carpets, rugs and lace curtains and are the middle western agents for the Wilton Brussels Carpet Company of Philadelphia. They employ about twenty people and the business is increasing along gratifying lines, its steady and substantial growth arguing well for the future. In June, 1888, Mr. Allen was united in marriage to Miss Mae Wernke and they have three Children : Helen, Beulah and Joseph. M., Jr. The family home is on Walnut Hills and its reputation for hospitality is well merited. Mrs. Allen is the daughter of Henry and Mary Wernke, who came from Germany in the '50s, where he engaged in the undertaking business. His wife died in 1903. Mr. Allen has always taken a great interest in the Masonic fraternity and is a past master of Cincinnati Lodge, a past commander of Hanselman Commandery and chief raban of the Syrian Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He has also attained the thirty-second degree- of the Scottish Rite and he belongs likewise to the Knights of Pythias fraternity. ; For the furtherance of trade relations and the advancement of Cincinnati's business center he has become identified with the Business Men's Club and the Merchants Manufacturing Association. While connected with the carpet trade for twenty-six years, he has been in business for himself only since 1900 but in that period has demonstrated his power to successfully manage important trade interests. His labors have been crowned with prosperity and he is now one of the substantial residents of Cincinnati. HENRY JONAP. Henry Jonap, who has been long and successfully identified with mercantile interests in Cincinnati, has since 1901 been at the head of the firm of H. Jonap & Company, conducting a department store at No. 415 Race street. His birth occurred at Kaschau, Austria-Hungary, on the 18th of November, 1850, his parents being Abraham and Taube (Lowy) Jonap. The father crossed the Atlantic to the United States in 1865, settling first in Chicago and then returned to his native country for his family. He established his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in association with his son embarked in business as a retail merchant on Laurel street. His demise occurred in 1889, when he had attained the age CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 425 of seventy years, while his wife was called to her final rest in 1883 at the age of sixty-three years. Their remains were interred in the United Jewish cemetery. Henry Jonap received his primary education in his native land and attended night school after coming to the new world. In 1876 he became a naturalized American citizen. He entered business life with his father on a very small scale, for his cash capital on arriving here consisted of only ten cents. In 1873 he severed business relations with his father and opened an independent establishment on Sixth street, where he remained until 1884, in the meantime making three removals to larger premises. Subsequently he moved to Fourth street but at the end of eighteen months found the venture unprofitable and changed his location to Fifth street. in 1885 he admitted David Feldman to a partnership and the two continued business on Fifth street until 1892, meeting with gratifying success. In that year they took, up quarters in the Glenn building, where their trade increased to such an extent that larger premises became necessary and the present location was chosen. One hundred and twenty-five people are employed in the conduct of the business, which has now reached extensive and profitable proportions. The store bears the name of H. Jonap & Company and in its control Mr. Jonap displays excellent ability as a manager, together with keen foresight and progressive spirit. On the 8th of October, 1889, in Cincinnati, Mr. Jonap was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Mork, a daughter of Jacob Mork, who was a commercial traveler and passed away in the home of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Jonap have a son and a daughter, namely : Amy, who is a student in the Margaret Madison school at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania ; and Alfred, a graduate of the Pittsburg high school. The family residence is at No. 2854 Winslow avenue. Mr. Jonap gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is a Royal Arch Mason. He also belongs to B'nai B'rith and was the organizer of the United Jewish Charities in 1896. He is a worthy representative of the class of foreign born citizens whose adaptability has enabled them. to recognize and improve the opportunities furnished in the new world. From the outset of his business career his progress has been continuous and through the development of his latent powers and talents he has gained a creditable position in the mercantile circles of Cincinnati. J. GANO WRIGHT. J. Gano Wright is a native son of Hamilton county, whose record controverts the statement that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country, for in this district Mr. Wright has so directed his labors that he has made for himself a most creditable name and position in insurance circles, where he is now operating as senior partner in the firm of J. Gano Wright & Company. His natal year was 1855. Through the period of the Civil war he was a school boy, his time being given to the mastery of the common branches of learning as taught in the district schools of Hamilton county. His more advanced education was obtained in Farmers College, where at different times President Benjamin Harrison, Whitelaw Reid and other distinguished sons of Ohio were students. He felt the necessity of contributing toward the expenses of his college course and 426 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY to do this began soliciting farm insurance for the Aetna Insurance Company and found the work so congenial and the outlook so promising that when his college course was finished he decided to continue in this field of. labor. He entered the employ of Robert Simpson, then state agent of the Mutual Benefit Life and he also entered into business relations with the American. Book Company, but impaired health afterward caused him to seek the benefits of an open air occupation and again he began soliciting fire insurance. His ability and resourcefulness in that field were soon manifest and in 1878, when but twenty-three years of age, Governor Bishop appointed him to the position of chief clerk in the Ohio Insurance Department of Columbus. Three years were spent in the capital city and he then resigned to become special agent in Ohio for the Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. Subsequently he was transferred as its representative to the northwest and established and developed the business for the company in western Minnesota and the Dakotas. His next step made him representative for the middle west of the New York Alliance Company but again his health became impaired and he was obliged to go south. Benefited by his sojourn in that section of the country he returned after a year or two to reenter the insurance field in Cincinnati in 1887. In the intervening years he has occupied a conspicuous and creditable position in the ranks of insurance men in this city and with Ben Block as his associate, is now at the head of the firm of J. Gano Wright & Company. To Mr. Wright have come various honors both in the insurance field and in other connections. In 1902 he was elected to the presidency of the local board of fire underwriters and in 190.3 was chosen president of the local agents association of Ohio, while in the fall of the same year he was elected Ohio vice president at large of the national association. He is vice president of the State Board of Commerce, which holds its meetings in Columbus and is a most active worker in the Business Men's Club, of Cincinnati. His interests and efforts are never self centered to the exclusion of the duties of citizenship and at all times he is willing to cooperate in movements that are intended to promote the business activity of Cincinnati and promote its intellectual, social and moral welfare. In this position he is inclined to be serious and yet there is in him a keen appreciation for humor and the enjoyment of friendship which makes him a genial companion of those with whom he is closely associated. EDWARD GREIWE & BROTHER. The caption of this article is the firm name under which is conducted a substantial business enterprise. They are tin, slate and tile roofers and manufacturers of galvanized iron and copper cornices. The business of today is the outgrowth of an enterprise established by Adam Greiwe, who was engaged in the hardware and stove trade and in sheet metal work at the corner of Broadway and East Twelfth street, where he opened his establishment in 1866. He was a native of Germany and in 1839, in his boyhood, was brought to the new world by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Greiwe, who were also natives of the fatherland. John H. Greiwe became one of the early grocers of the city CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 427 and later took up the occupation of farming. Adam Greiwe was largely reared in this locality and after entering the field of active business he purchased the Oswald place and became well known in trade circles of Cincinnati as a dealer in hardware and stoves and as a worker in sheet metal. The business which he established was carried on under a partnership relation, the firm name being Greiwe & Timmers. This relation was maintained until 1891, when the sons took over the business. The father lived retired for a brief period but is now deceased. In early manhood he married Miss Elizabeth Lietemeyer, who was a native of Germany, and they became the parents of four children but only two are now living, Edward, the eldest, and Maria, the youngest, being now deceased. The others are John H. and William. The sons were reared in the usual manner in which the city lad spends his time when the acquiring of an education occupies the greater part of his days. In the year 1891 the two sons, Edward and William, became their father's successors in business and extended the scope of their activities to include the roofing business. For ten years the partnership was continued and was then dissolved by the death of Edward Greiwe. The business has since been carried on under the firm style of Edward Greiwe & Brother and employment is furnished to from twelve to twenty people.. The shop is at No. 1128 Broadway and the firm has become well known as tin, slate and tile roofers. They also manufacture their own cornices, both galvanized iron and copper, window caps, skylights, finials and tiles. The business has had a substantial growth and liberal patronage makes this a profitable enterprise. William Greiwe holds membership in the Elks lodge and: is widely known in Cincinnati where his entire life has been passed. He is preeminently a business man, concentrating his energies almost exclusively upon the development of the trade, and since the death of his elder brother the entire repsonsibility of the management and control has devolved upon him. MURRAY SEASONGOOD. Murray Seasongood, practicing at the Cincinnati bar as a member of the firm of Paxton, Warrington & Seasongood, is accorded a place of prominence in the ranks of the legal profession. The true measure of success is determined by what one has accomplished and, as taken in contradistinction to the old adage that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country, there is particular interest attaching to the career of the subject of this review since he is a native son of the place where he has passed his active life and so directed his ability and efforts as to gain recognition as one of the representative citizens of Cincinnati. He is actively connected with a profession which has important bearing upon the progress and stable prosperity of any section or community and one which has long been considered as conserving public welfare by furthering the ends of justice and maintaining individual rights. Mr. Seasongood was born October 27, 1878, a son of Alfred and Emily (Fechheimer) Seasongood, the latter a daughter of S. Marcus and Nannie Fechheimer. The father was for some years a partner of J. & L. Seasongood 428 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY and later a member of the firm of Seasongood; ;Henderson & Company, in which connection he was engaged in the wholesale clothing business for many years at the southwest corner of Third and Vine streets. He retired in 1895 and passed away December 22, 1909. Murray Seasongood supplemented his early education by two years' study in the Woodward high school and later became a student in Edgeborough, at Guildford, England. A Harvard man, he completed his classical course with the A. B. degree in 1900, won the A. M. degree in 1901 and the LL. B. degree in 1903. Admitted to the bar in December of the latter year, he practiced for a time with the firm of' Paxton & Warrington and upon the withdrawal of Judge Warrington in April, 1909, the firm was reorganized under the style of Paxton, Warrington & Seasongood. His practice which is constantly increasing is extensive and of an important character. In his political views Mr. Seasongood is a republican but has never been an aspirant for office. He holds membership in the Jewish Temple of Ben Israel and has been a member of the executive committee of the University Club since its organization, and now is vice president of this institution ; he also is a member of the council of the Boy Scouts. While he confines his attention largely to the practice of law, the duties and interests of citizenship make claim upon his time and attention and questions of public moment find in him an interested student. MARION WHITACRE, B. S., M. D. Eleven years ago Dr. Marion Whitacre opened an office in Cincinnati and has seen no reason to regret his choice of a location as he has prospered and is one of the well established physicians of the city. He is a native of Morrow, Warren county, Ohio, born September 8, 1871, a son of the late William T. Whitacre, who for many years was a prominent lumber dealer of Morrow. Dr. H. J. Whitacre of Cincinnati, whose record appears elsewhere in this work, is a brother of the subject of this review. After receiving his preliminary education in the public schools Marion Whitacre entered the Morrow high school from which he was graduated in 1890. In the fall of the same year he became a student of the Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1894 with the degree of B. S. He returned to Morrow and spent one year with his father in the lumber business, but having decided upon a professional career he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York city in the fall of 1895. After studying three and one-half years in that noted institution he came to Cincinnati and concluded his work for the degree at the Medical College of Ohio, graduating as M. D. in 1899. He spent one year interne at Christ Hospital. In his practice he specializes in internal medicine. Ever since his graduation Dr. Whitacre has taught in the post graduate courses of his alma mater and several times visited New York city in order to take instruction in post graduate subjects under the great masters. He served from 1901 to 1909 as assistant professor of pathology at the Medical College of Ohio and is now teaching clinical medicine in that college. He is radi- CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 431 ographer at Christ Hospital and for four years, up to January, 1911, was curator at the Cincinnati Hospital. He is greatly interested in organizations for promoting efficiency in the practice of medicine and surgery and is a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the Cincinnati Obstetrical Society. His office is at No. 2206 Auburn avenue. In March, 1910, Dr. Whitacre was united in marriage to Miss Emma Buttemiller, a daughter of Dr. J. C. Buttemiller, Of this city. Dr. Whitacre is not a man of visionary theories, but is a scientific investigator who spares no pains or labor in arriving at the truth. He generally reaches the right conclusions and his associates have found it safe to follow where he leads. In subjects pertaining to his specialties he is a recognized authority. He holds membership in the alumni associations of the Ohio State University and the Medical College of Ohio and in the Chi Phi Greek letter fraternity. He is also a member of the Morrow Lodge, No. 265, F. & A. M., whose principles of brotherly helpfulness he not only indorses but practices. WILLIAM C. ROGERS. While the business affairs of William C. Rogers are such as entitle him to mention with the representative citizens of Cincinnati, there are other chapters in his life record equally commendable, one of the more important being his legislative service whereby he made it possible that the transfer system in street railways should be adopted. His influence and labors both directly and indirectly have been elements of worth in the city life and he has the deepest interest in the welfare and upbuilding of .Cincinnati, where his entire life has been passed. He was here born on the 14th of November, 1848, his parents being William G. and Ellen (McKiernan) Rogers, both of whom have now passed away. The father was a pioneer business man here, establishing the first shoe manufactory in Cincinnati, in 1850, his place of business being on Hopkins street. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers were six children : William C. ; Eliza, deceased, who was the wife of John M. McDonald ; Warner, residing at Mount Lookout ; Ella, the deceased wife of Ben Law ; Robert, who has also passed away ; and Amelia, who is the widow of Charles Doolittle and has two children, Lyda and Charley. To the public school system of the city William C. Rogers is indebted for. the educational privileges he enjoyed and which have served as the foundation for his success in business. His early commercial training was received as a salesman for his father's shoe factory and subsequently he was .admitted to a partnership in the business, at which time the factory was located at No. 133 West Pearl street. For a long period he was thus closely associated with one of Cincinnati's productive industries but retired from the field of shoe manufacturing about 1895. He established a wholesale coal and coke business in 1896, under the name of the Rogers Coal & Coke Company, carrying on the business until 1902, when he sold out to the Fairmont Coal Company, which has since been merged into the Consolidation Coal Company, of which Mr. Rogers became man- Vol. III-20 432 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN. CITY ager in 1909, with offices in the Traction building: His previous identification with the coal trade well qualified him for the onerous and responsible duties that devolved upon him in this connection. As manager his attention is given to the administrative direction and executive control of the business which under his guidance is continually growing in volume and importance. While he has won for himself a position in the ranks of the alert, Wide-awake, enterprising and progressive business men, he has also long figured as a citizen of worth whose assistance can be counted upon in furthering plans and purposes that are for the general good. His political allegiance has ever been given the republican party and in 1895 he was elected to represent Hamilton county in the general assembly. Indorsement of his first term's service was given him in his reelection, in 1897, so that for four years he continued as an incumbent of that office. He served on a number of important committees and was connected with some valuable legislation.. He was termed the "father" of the fifty years' franchise bill, which gives street railways the right to consolidate, and thus made transferring from one line to another possible. At Cincinnati, in May, 1872, Mr. Rogers was married to Miss Emma V. Stow, a daughter of •Mrs. Ann F. Stow, of Tionesta, Pennsylvania. The children of this marriage are : Maud, the deceased wife of W. W. Peabody, Jr. ; W. H., who married Elsie Kelly and resides at Louisville, Kentucky ; O. P., who is engaged in gold mining in Alaska ; Gregory, general manager of the National Roofing & Tile Company of Lima, Ohio ; Robert of the R. S. Rogers Coal & Coke Company of Cincinnati ; and: John M., a horticulturist. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers hold membership in and support the Episcopal church and he is also identified with the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and also crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His business ability is pronounced but it is no less marked than his public-spirited citizenship and his devotion to the ties. of friendship. A. J. ANDERSON. The growth and progress of a city have their root in the capability and enterprise of its business men and. in this connection A. J. Anderson deserves more than passing mention, having since 1879 been closely associated with the trade interests of Cincinnati. He is the president of the Anderson Fish & Poultry Company, which was incorporated in 1905, although the business was established in 1879 and has had a continuous and successful existence since that date. Mr. Anderson is a. native of Covington, Kentucky, but has made Cincinnati his home since establishing his present business here, a third of a century ago. He was then about twenty-six years of age, for his birth occurred on the l0th of August, 1852. His parents were Thomas B. and Bathsheba Anderson, the former a native of Scotland and the latter of Virginia, from which state she removed with her parents to Kentucky in 1848 A. J. Anderson was the first child in his father's family. His education was acquired in the public schools of Covington, save during the period of the Civil war when he was a pupil in a CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 433 private school. His father was a contractor of that city and the son was carefully reared, being trained to habits of industry and integrity as well as in those lessons which promote intellectual activity. Ambitious to engage in business on his own account, he came to Cincinnati in 1879 and began dealing in fish and poultry. From the outset the flew undertaking prospered and grew steadily and satisfactorily. In 1905 it was incorporated under the name of the Anderson Fish & Poultry Company, with A. J. Anderson president, Robert J. Anderson vice president, and Boyd Wunder secretary and treasurer. They not only deal in fish and poultry but also have a cold storage department in connection with their business, at Nos. 118 and 120 West First street, occupying the upper part of the building up to the third story for the cold storage department, The killing department is at No 228 George street, where all the poultry is killed and dressed. They are not only in the wholesale but also retail trade, selling to the hotels and cafes, and have the largest fish and poultry business in the city. Mr. Anderson has been married twice. In 1876 he wedded Miss Alwilda Kallenbach, who died in 1878, leaving a sox, Robert J. In 1882 Mr. Anderson was again married, his second union being with Miss Amanda Wilson. They have one son, George, who is a broker in CJ.,go. The elder son, Robert J.,. long associated with his father in business, is now vice president of the company. He married Miss Millie Clements, of CinciRobert and they have one son, Robert George Anderson wedded Miss Ethel Tulledge and they have one daughter, Helen. During a third of a century's residence in Cincinnati A. J. Anderson has ever manifested a public-spirited interest in the city and its welfare and while never an office seeker, has cooperated in a quiet way in the work of development and substantial progress here. In business he has made for himself a creditable record because he has not only manifested enterprise but also has adhered closely to the strictest principles of commercial integrity.. CAPTAIN JOHN BARNES. Captain John Barnes to whom close application and aptitude for successful management have brought a measure of success that will enable him soon to retire from active connection with commercial interests, has for a long period been known in the trade circles of Cincinnati as 'a dealer in tobacco. He came to this city in 1850 from Xenia, Ohio, where he was born and spent his youthful days. In early life he learned the printer's trade which he followed at various places and with varied success until 1861. Eleven years prior to that period he had established his home in Cincinnati and Was connected with the field of journalism here, but with the outbreak of the Civil war he felt that duty to his country was paramount to all else and joined the Union army as a private of the Twenty-third Kentucky Infantry, on the 27th of November. He was made first lieutenant of his company and on the 16th of May, 1863, was promoted to the rank of captain in recognition of bravery and meritorious conduct. He served as captain of a Color Guard Company throughout the remainder of the war. He was with the Army of the Cumberland on its Atlanta campaign and 434 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY during his service at the front participated in seventy-five battles and skirmishes, including some of the most important engagements of the entire conflict. It was at the battle of Stone River that he was promoted to the rank of captain. He also participated in the engagements of Perryville and New Hope Church and at the latter the Union troops lost sixteen hundred and eighty men in twenty minutes. He was in the battles of Resaca and. of Chickamauga, where he was left on the field for dead and was so reported. He took part in the engagements at Kenesaw Mountain, Jonesboro, Lovejoy Station, Columbia, Franklin: and Nashville, which was the last engagement in which he participated, being mustered out in March, 1865. His was indeed a creditable record, for he never faltered in the performance of any duty, whether called to the firing line or stationed on the lonely picket line. He has since maintained pleasant relations with his old army comrades in his membership in the Grand Army of the Republic and in the Union Veteran Legion. When the war was over Captain Barnes returned to Cincinnati and for three years was connected with the Enquirer. He was also associated with the United States mail service two years and in 1879 turned his attention to the tobacco business as senior partner of the firm of John Barnes & Company. From the outset the new undertaking prospered and capable management brought it to a prominent position in connection with the trade in this city, such being the prosperity that has attended Mr. Barnes that he expects to retire from business in the fall of 1911. He was the Originator of the La Aurora brand of tobacco which he has handled for a number of years. It is a hybrid of Mexican and Havana tobaccos and is grown in Clermont county, Ohio. The plant is a large one, thoroughly equipped with modern machinery necessary for the conduct of the business, and the most amicable relations have ever been maintained with the trade because the methods of the house are thoroughly reliable and honorable. In 1866 Captain Barnes was married to Miss Arabella Osterhouse and they now have two daughters : Winifred, the wife of A. H. Reader, of Dayton, Ohio ; and Esther, the wife of Dr. T. McLaughlin, of Cincinnati. For sixty years Captain Barnes has been a resident, of this city and comparatively few are more familiar with its history than he, having been a witness of the changes that, have occurred and the improvements that have been wrought. At all times he has manifested a sympathetic, and at many times an active interest and has always done his full duty in the work of progress and improvement and in the conduct of his personal interests he has aided in upholding the commercial stability of the city. BEN S. WEIL. Ben S. Weil is the general manager of the Banner-Grocers' Baking Company, one of the most important enterprises of this character in Cincinnati, the outgrowth of the business which was established by Mr. Weil in 1893. Since entering commercial circles his progress has been continuous and is due not to the fact that he has had advantages superior to those which most people enjoy but because he has had appreciative understanding of business conditions and has CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 435 utilized the opportunities that others might have grasped and employed. His record is creditable to the city of which he is a native son, his birth having here occurred in 1871. His father, Joseph Weil, had come to Cincinnati in an early day and became proprietor of a bakery which was conducted under the firm name of Simon & Weil. The sons of the two original proprietors became successors of their fathers and embarked in business together in' 1893, resuming the old firm name of Simon & Weil. Six years before this the father of Mr. Weil had passed away, his death occurring in 1887. No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of life for Ben S. Weil in his boyhood days. He was a pupil of the public schools and enjoyed such sports and perhaps such pranks as most boys indulge in. Early in life, however, his intellect grasped the eternal truth that industry wins and industry therefore has been the guiding force in his life. He was interested in the bakery trade from early boyhood, owing to his father's connection with that line of business, and when he started out for himself he sought employment in the trade in which his boyhood's interest had been aroused. He had for some time been engaged in the retail bakery business when in 1893 he joined Martin Simon, the son- of his father's old partner, in organizing the new firm of Simon & Weil, for the conduct of a bakery at No. 525 East Pearl street. The previous experience, commendable ambition and earnest purpose of the partners were, manifest in the success that soon attended the undertaking which was continued profitably until 1906, when the senior partner died -and Mr: Weil purchased his interest in, the business. They had conducted their enterprise under the name of the Banner Baking Company and their trade had grown .to extensive proportions. Mr. Weil continued alone in the conduct of his enterprise until 1909, when seeing the possibilities that might be enjoyed through consolidation in 1909 he entered into plans which resulted in the merging of the Banner Baking Company and the Grocers' Baking Company under the name- of the Banner-Grocers' Baking Company. Their output consists only of fine bread but something of the volume of their business is indicated by the fact that they employ about one hundred and fifty people and that the present plant covers Nos. 525 to 537 East Pearl street. At the present time, however, they are building a new plant into which they expect to remove early in 1912. The building is now well under way and in June, 1911, the corner stone was laid with imposing and entertaining ceremonies. The new plant is at Stanton and Oak streets and in this connection The Bulletin, a trade journal of the Cincinnati Retailers Association, wrote : "The ceremonies were opened with a few well chosen remarks by the president of the company, L. H. Brandewie, in which he expressed the appreciation of himself and brother officers for the loyal support given them by the stockholders. He spoke of the merger of two years ago, when the Banner and Grocers' Baking companies joined hands and said that the present occasion was the realization of the dreams of that distant time. Nor did he forget to thank the many grocers who had stood by the company and through, cooperation made progress possible. Mr. Brandewie was followed by Ben S. Weil, general manager of the company, who spoke briefly of the advantages which would be derived when once they were established in their new home where sanitary methods could be carried out in every detail." The new plant when completed will be the largest of the kind in the state and one of the largest in the country. 436 - CINCINNATI—THE. QUEEN CITY The buildings have a frontage on Stanton street of one hundred and eighty-four feet extending back along Oak street for three hundred and forty-five feet. In the rear is a stable building, a roomy structure three stories high and having ample space for eighty horses on the first two floors, while the upper floor is used for hay and grain. Opposite the stables is the engine house where the motive power for running the machinery is generated. Between the power house and the stables is the railroad switch which enters directly into the buildings. The plant will be most modern in all of its equipment, being constructed throughout of reinforced concrete, making it absolutely fireproof. The total cost of the structures will be two hundred thousand dollars and there are fifteen ovens for the baking, thus giving a capacity of one hundred thousand loaves daily. The present officers of the company are L. H. Brandewie, president ; M. B. Deiters, vice president ; J. S. Reynolds, secretary ; E. S. Simon, treasurer ; and Ben S. Weil, general manager, with George Schlichte, Dana E. Miller, George S. Trout and J. J. Ehrmantrout. The present company has a stockholders' list of one hundred and seventy-five of the grocers of Cincinnati. Something of Mr. Weil's prominent position in trade circles is indicated by the fact that in 1' he was elected to the office of president of the State Master Bakers' Association in their convention held in Columbus. In 1901 Mr. Weil was united in marriage to Miss Florence Silberberg and unto them have been born two sons, Joseph Bernard and Max Donald. Theirs is a hospitable home and its good cheer is greatly enjoyed by many friends. Mr. Weil is also well known in club and fraternal circles, holding membership with the Business Men's Club, the Phoenix Club; the Masonic lodge and the Knights of Pythias. He is good natured and genial but when occasion demands can be the strictest disciplinarian and manager. He is resolute yet kindly and ever manifests appreciation for good qualities and faithful service on the part of employes. What he undertakes he accomplishes and yet the way of accomplishment is a pleasant one and he has ever recognized the fact that reason and persuasion are more effective than force. He has ever displayed keen insight into the solution of complex business problems and today stands as a prominent figure in the trade circles of the city, honored and respected by all for what he has accomplished and for the methods followed in that accomplishment. HENRY DUDLEY. The name of Dudley long figured prominently in connection with the manufacturing and commercial interests of Cincinnati and the life record of him whose name introduces this review proves how effective are diligence and enterprise as forces in the active affairs of life. He did much to promote the great shoe industry of Cincinnati and always carried forward to successful completion whatever he undertook. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and when very young was left an orphan. After attending school in his native country he assisted his brother in the shoe trade, which he there followed until about seventeen years of age, when he came to the United States with his older brother, James Dudley, who was also in the shoe business. The little capital they had between them was CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 439 expended in the establishment of a small shoe manufacturing plant on Fifth street in Cincinnati. They made a specialty of manufacturing ladies' slippers and continued in that business for a number of years, securing a liberal patronage. At length the brother died and Henry Dudley turned his attention to the conduct of a retail shoe store on Court and Elm streets, where his trade gradually extended, his progressive policy keeping in touch with 'modern business methods and winning for him a liberal share of the public patronage. He was recognized for. a long period as one of the most prominent shoe merchants of his day and the Dudley block on Elm street, where he formerly carried on business, was named in his honor by its owner.. He was there located for thirty years and the name of the Dudley Shoe Store was a most familiar one in trade circles in Cincinnati. In Covington, Kentucky, on the l0th of May, 1865, Mr. Dudley was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Morgan, a daughter of Richard and Mary (Dower) Morgan and a native of Cork, Ireland. She was left an orphan when only eight years of age and when a maiden of ten summers left the Emerald isle and came to America with her uncle, having already a sister and two brothers living in Cincinnati. One of her brothers, Thomas Morgan, was one of the founders of the shoe business here. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Dudley were born ten children : George, now at home ; Charles, who married Mamie O'Brien and lives in Cincinnati ; Andrew, who wedded Gertrude Walsh, now deceased, and had one son, Harry, who has passed away ; Marie, Anna, Harry and Edna, all of whom are at home; and three who died in infancy. The sons are now all engaged in the shoe business and are proving worthy successors of their father. The family reside in an attractive home in Hyde Park, where they took up their abode about 1904.. The old home was situated at the corner of Eighth and Lynn streets and there the death of Mr. Dudley occurred January 5, 1899, when he was sixty-three years of age. He was a devout member of the Catholic church and was laid to rest in the new St. Joseph's cemetery. He his greatest pleasure at his own fireside and cared little for connection with lodges, clubs or political organizations. In business he was energetic, resourceful and resolute and these qualities brought him success. There were no underhand methods to need the shelter of disguise, for with him everything was open and above board and his integrity stands as an unassailable fact in all his business transactions. CHARLES W. HANDMAN Charles W. Handman, business manager of the board of education of Cincinnati since 1908, transacts all the business for the public schools and previous experience well qualifies him for the duties that devolve upon him in this connection. He was born in Cincinnati, October 4, 1858, a son of Charles A. Handman, a native of Ripley, Ohio, who carried on business as a mechanical engineer. Under the parental roof the son spent his youthful days and the public schools afforded him his educational privileges. He was still quite young when, he assumed the responsibilities of business life, becoming connected with contracting and building interests. In that field he labored continuously in different positions until he 440 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY became assistant superintendent of the school buildings of Cincinnati. He was superintendent of construction of the city waterworks eight or ten years and was superintendent of the sewer department in the City engineering department five years. He also acted as chief inspector of bridge building for the county engineer three years and for five years was superintendent of the stone work while the government building of Cincinnati was being erected. At other times he has acted as superintendent for various contractors in this city and in 1908 was called to his present position as business manager of the board of education, prosecuting all the business for the public schools, including signing of vouchers for supplies, repairs on buildings, new buildings, etc. For a year and more before entering upon this business he was assistant superintendent of Buildings for the Cincinnati schools. On the 25th of April, 1883, Mr. Handman was united in marriage to Miss Anna Taylor, and they have one child, Charles Taylor Handman. Mr. Handman has attained the thirty-second degree in Masonry and has also become a member of the Mystic Shrine. His political allegiance is indicated by the fact that he belongs to the Blaine Club. His has always been a life of activity with just enough leisure and recreation to give an even balance. His worth is widely acknowledged and the board of education is fortunate in securing one as capable for the onerous duties, which constitute the chief features of the. office which Mr. Handman is now filling. JACOB EBERSOLE, M. D. It is difficult to determine how broad is the field of usefulness of such a man as Dr. Jacob Ebersole, who found in his profession an avenue for the expression of the broad humanitarianism which was ever one of the characteristics of his life. In his later years he did not practice but the same kindly, genial spirit actuated him to so large a degree that all men were glad to call' him friend and felt genuine sorrow when, on the 28th of July, 1905, he was called to his final rest. He had then passed the seventy-fifth milestone on life's journey, his birth having occurred near Eaton, in Preble county, Ohio, May 15, 1820. His youthful days were spent upon his father's farm and were divided between the duties of the farm and the work of the fields, for from an early age lie assisted in the cultivation of the crops. Believing, however, that he would prefer professional services to agricultural life, he left the farm in early manhood and took up the study of medicine which he completed in the University of New York in New York city. He sought the west, however, as a field of professional labor, and removed to Aurora, Indiana, where for more than twenty years he practiced over a wide territory as a most successful and able physician. Then came the period of the Civil war and Dr. Ebersole, aroused by a spirit of patriotism, offered his services to the government, enlisting in April, 1862, as surgeon of the Nineteenth Indiana Regiment in General Bragg's famous Iron Brigade. He remained in this service until near the close of the war and won distinction and honorable mention as a skillful and efficient surgeon in the aid which he rendered the boys in blue. During the battle of Gettysburg and in CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 441 General Grant's campaign of the Wilderness he had charge of the brigade and division hospitals at various times. With the close of the war Dr. Ebersole removed to Cincinnati, where he maintained his residence throughout his remaining clays: He immediately became connected with the house of William Glenn & Sons' with which he was associated for many years. His later years were passed in retirement at his large and beautiful country place on South Crescent avenue, Avondale, where he found enjoyment and interest on following the pursuits of horticulture and agriculture, practicing advanced scientific methods in the cultivation of fruits and cereals. On the 4th of September, 1845, Dr. Ebersole was united in marriage to Miss Frances Glenn, a daughter of William Glenn, at one time a resident of Cincinnati. Six children were born of this marriage, William V., James. H., Joseph G., Mrs. Henry W. Crawford and Mrs. Edwin L. Martin, all of whom were with the father during his last illness, except Charles A., who died after his fourth year at Yale. The home life of Dr. Ebersole was always a most attractive and happy one. The years brought renewed confidence and love between husband and wife and had he lived until the 4th of September, 1905, they would have celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. To him was given the priceless gift of undiminished intellectual powers to the last and he never ceased to feel a deep interest in the affairs of the world which indicated progress and improvement. He was always an entertaining conversationalist, his vigorous mind finding ready expression in speech that always held the attention of his hearers. He was an honored member of the Ohio Commanclery of the Loyal Legion and was a lifelong member of the Methodist Episcopal church, his membership being with the Avondale church after his removal to Cincinnati. He was active in the work of the church and in its support, and served for many years as trustee and steward. To- him there came "the blest accompaniments of age—honor, riches, troops of friends." His broad forehead was indicative of intellectual strength and from his eyes beamed forth that kindly light which gave proof of a warm and generous interest in and sympathy for others. He stood as a high type of citizenship and Christian manhood. ALBERT MORSBACH. Albert Morsbach, president of The Graf, Morsbach Company of Cincinnati, one of the largest manufacturing and wholesale saddlery establishments of the country, is a native of Butlerville, Warren county,, Ohio. He was born in 1855, a son of John Morsbach, who was proprietor of a tannery at Butlerville for many. years. Mr. Morsbach of this review was reared in his native town and attended the public schools, working in his father's tannery during vacations. At the age of sixteen he came to Cincinnati and secured employment as clerk in the saddlery and hardware store of Julius J. Bantling, where he continued for seven years in the course of which he passed through the various departments of the business, becoming well acquainted with a vocation to which he has devoted the best energies of his life. 442 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY In 1879 Mr. Morsbach associated with Jacob G. Graf, under the title of Graf & Morsbach, manufacturers and dealers in .harness, saddlery, etc., the location of the business being then at the entrance of the Dennison Hotel on Main street. For several years previous to this time Mr. Graf had been a member of the firm of Afsprung & Graf, but Mr. Afsprung retired in 1879. This firm was organized in 1877 and Mr. .Graf continued in the business until he retired, January 1, 1911. In 1881 the business was moved to No. 214 Main street, opposite the customhouse, and was conducted from that point for nine years. A large increase in patronage required greater 'facilities and in 1890 the firm moved to Freeman avenue and Wade street and has since erected a build-. ing which comprises more than one hundred thousand square feet of floor space, covering the entire block surrounded by Freeman avenue, Flint, Wade and Faulkner streets, thus including more than double the original floor space. The buildings are of brick and three stories in height with basement. Over two hundred persons are employed, including ten traveling salesmen who visit all parts of the United States, an office being maintained in New York city for the export trade which has become very large. The company was incorporated in 1906 with a capital stock of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars and previous to that time had been a partnership between Mr. Graf, Mr. Morsbach and Charles Meininger, Jr., the latter of whom was a member of the firm for about twenty years. Mr. Morsbach served as vice president of the company from the time it was incorporated until January I, 1911, at which time Mr. Graf retired from the presidency. The officers are : AThert Morsbach, president ; Charles Meininger, Jr., vice president and treasurer ; Stanley Morsbach, second vice president ; and Hiram Ingels, secretary. Mr. Morsbach has taken an active part in the management of the business and has practically been the head of the firm for many years. In 1880 he was married to Miss Charlotte Strunk, a daughter of Simon Strunk, and they have three children : Stanley, who is associated with his father in business ; Alma ; and Edith. Fraternally Mr. Morsbach is identified with the Masonic order, being a valued member of Avon Lodge. He has never taken an active part in politics but as a patriotic and progressive citizen has made it a principle of his life to discharge his obligations public and private accordng to the best judgment of 'a discriminative mind, never losing sight of his duties to his associates and to the community. As the head of a happy family and also of a great business concern he occupies an enviable position and one which in the opinion of his friends he has fairly earned. JOHN G. ROTH. Honored and respected by all, there is no man who occupies a more enviable position in commercial and financial circles in Cincinnati than John G. Roth, now the president of the John C. Roth Packing Company. It is true that he entered upon a business already established, but in enlarging this and extending its activities many a man of less resolute spirit or of more limited business capacity would have failed. His record indicates that success is not a matter of genius CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 445 as held by some, but is rather the outcome of clear judgment, experience and carefully directed diligence. John G. Roth was born January 18, 1858, in the same house on Freeman avenue which was the birthplace of his mother. His father, John C. Roth, for many years well known in business circles in this city, founded the enterprise that is now carried on by his sons, and as a small boy John G. Roth entered his father's employ and bent his energies to the task of mastering the different phases of the business. Gradually he worked his way upward through one department to another and eventually was called to the vice presidency a few years prior to his father's death, which occurred in 1898. He was then elected to the presidency and has since bent his energies to administrative direction and executive control. He seems to see clearly the possibilities of success in any given line, and his efforts have at all times been of a practical character, producing substantial results. While much of his attention is given to the management of the pork packing business he is also a director of the Cosmopolitan Bank, a director of the Savoy Hotel Company and president of The Love, Roth & Nulson Company, steam and hot water heating engineers, and president of the Favorite Box Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. On October 12, 1880, John G. Roth was married to Miss Barbara Wolfer, a native of Cincinnati and a daughter of Michael -Wolfer. Five children have been born of this marriage, of whom four are yet living: John L.; Alma, the wife of Clarence J. Horner ; Flora, the wife of H. A. Jones ; and Loraine. The eldest child, Margaret, died when but a year old. Mr. Roth is a life member and trustee of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and the Eagles. Splendid success has come to him, yet he never makes boast of his prosperity nor what he has accomplished in business. Neither is there about him the least show of mock modesty. He is cognizant of his own capacities and powers, as every successful business man must be, and he is widely recognized as a man of purpose, the story of his career being the story of honest industry and thrift. He stands prominently today among the city's captains of industry, having given Cincinnati prominent rank as a pork packing center, and yet neither the pleasure of success nor the substantial rewards of industry can cause him to swerve in the slightest degree from the high principles which in early life he set up as the governing rules of his character. JAMES S. CALDWELL, M. D. A well known and successful representative of the medical profession in Cincinnati is to be found in the person of Dr. James S. Caldwell, who was .born in Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, on the 22d of September, 18-50. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, his forefathers having been among the natives of the north of Ireland who early emigrated to western Pennsylvania, and his parents William Scott and Susan Margaret (Trimble) Caldwell. Dr. Caldwell was reared in Mifflin county, whose common schools he attended in the acquirement of his preliminary education. Later he entered the National 446 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY Normal University of Lebanon, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of bachelor of science. For eight years thereafter he engaged in teaching school, spending five years in this calling in his native state and three in Ohio. Having decided that he was going to adopt medicine for his life vocation, during part of this time he was fitting himself for the profession by reading and studying under the direction of a preceptor. He subsequently matriculated at the Miami Medical College, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of doctor of medicine. After being admitted to practice he came to Cincinnati where he established an office which he has ever since maintained. During the first thirteen years of his residence in the city he was located on Seventh street, following which he bought his present property on West Eighth street. Dr. Caldwell is one of those who fortunately decided upon the profession which he was by nature well qualified to follow. He possesses the perceptive and analytic powers, as well as the sympathy and magnetic personality so essential to success in either the sick room or at the operating table. Conscientious in his devotion to his patients and profession he is a hard student, constantly striving to elevate and advance the standard of the vocation which he has elected to follow. Humane in his desires, it is his aim to mitigate the physical suffering in the world and with this thought uppermost in his mind he is progressive in his methods, constantly adopting in his practice every adequately tested new theory advanced by eminent scientists, in the treatment of disease. Dr. Caldwell has been twice married, his first wife having been Miss Lillian Matthews, of Cincinnati, and to them were born four children : Layard, Stanley, Dorothy and Tirza. The mother of these children passed away at the age of forty-two years. A woman of many fine personal qualities, she was an active Christian and held membership in the Third Presbyterian church. For his second wife Dr. Caldwell chose Miss Estella Riley, also a resident of this city, and to them have been born two sons, James Sterrett and Hamilton Allen. Both Dr. and Mrs. Caldwell affiliate with the Third Presbyterian church of which he is a trustee and an elder. He is also a member of the Tribe of Ben Hur, while he maintains relations with the fellow members of his profession through the medium of the Academy of Medicine, which he joined in 1892, and the State and National Medical Associations. Dr. Caldwell has formed many lasting friendships during the long period of his residence in Cincinnati through both professional and social relations, and is held in high esteem by those who know him. WALTER S. LUDLOW. Walter S. Ludlow, who established the Ludlow Automatic Fire Alarm Company of Cincinnati in 1894, has since served as president of the concern, with offices at No. 303 Commercial Tribune building. His birth occurred on the 20th of August, 1840, his parents being John and Hetty (Niles) Ludlow. Just when the family was first established in the United States is not known. The ancestry CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 447 is traced back to Sir Edmund Ludlow, of Shropshire, England, who was banished from that country to Switzerland on the restoration of the Stuarts. He.. was one of the judges who passed the death sentence on Charles I, and afterward became lieutenant general of Ireland under Cromwell. The great-grandfather of our subject, Major General Cornelius Ludlow, was a son: of Jeremiah Ludlow. He was connected with the state militia of New Jersey and fought in the Revolutionary war. In 1728 he wedded Miss Catherine Cooper, by whom he had a son, Israel. For his second wife he chose Miss Julia Anne Disborough, of New Jersey, and the oldest son of that marriage was John. Colonel Israel Ludlow arrived in Cincinnati in. 1788, coming to this city from the vicinity of Morristown. New Jersey. His half brother, John Ludlow, came here in 1790. In 1787 Israel Ludlow had been appointed by the government to come to Ohio for the put pose of surveying the Indian lands. He laid out the village of Cincinnati and it is claimed that he gave the name of Cincinnati to the place in honor of his father, who was a member of the Order of Cincinnati. In 1794 he surveyed the city of Hamilton, the following year surveyed the present city of Dayton and also laid out Ludlow, Kentucky. He left numerous descendants. John Ludlow, the grandfather of Walter S. Ludlow, came to Cincinnati in 1790, as stated above. Two years later he took up his abode on section 17, Mill Creek township, where he built a log house and blockhouse and devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits. In 1792, after moving to his blockhouse: he went to White Station, now Carthage, Ohio, with pack horses loaded with supplies for Wayne's army, and on the way two people of the wagon. train were killed by the Indians. The site of his home, in Ivorydale, occupied- by the Proctor & Gamble Soap Company. He had wedded Miss Catherine Cooper in 1772 and after her death chose for his second wife Miss Susan DeMun of New Jersey. In 1823 he passed away, leaving the greater part of his farm to his son John, with whom his widow made her home until called to her final rest in 1843. John Ludlow, the father of the gentleman whose name introduces this review, was born on the home farm on the 10th of, December, 1795, and as a companion and helpmate on the journey of life chose Miss Hetty Niles, of Hamilton county, whose natal day was July 17, 1799. They resided on the farm in Mill Creek township throughout the remainder of their lives, John Ludlow passing away on the 23d of April, 1875, while the demise of his wife occurred on the 7th of July, 1866. Mr. Ludlow served. as the first sheriff of Hamilton county and also acted as a magistrate for ten years. It is claimed that he established' the first lodge of Masons in the then western country. He was likewise an extensive landowner, holding much of the land in what is now the most desirable portion of Cincinnati. Unto him and his wife were born eight children, as follows : Stephen C., whose birth occurred on the 29th of November, 1819, and who passed away on the 3d of September, 1882; Harriet, born May 29, 1822, and died on the 9th of October, 1882; Amanda, whose natal day was October 9, 1824; and who passed away June 10, 1891; Dr. William B., born on the 15th of March, 1828, and died on the 22d 0f January, 1910; Samuel W., born May 8, 1830, and passed away February 3, 1907; John, a surgeon in the navy, born June 27, 1832, and died November 20, 1896 ; Augustus S., a sketch of whom appears on another page of this work; and Walter S., of this review. The family has long been prominent in this city, Ludlow 448 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY avenue and also Ludlow street having been named in its honor. It is claimed that the first brick house in Cincinnati was built by a Ludlow. Walter S. Ludlow was the youngest of the family and attended the district schools in the acquirement of an education. On reaching manhood he entered the employ of Tyler-Davidson & Company and for ten years held the office of manager of the concern. He was afterward engaged in the retail hardware business until 1894, when he sold out and established the Ludlow :Automatic fire alarm system. This system was patented by Mr. Ludlow and has proven a valuable device in factories and large manufacturing concerns. The Ludlow Automatic Fire Alarm Company is also promoting an electrical and mechanical contrivance for supervising the sprinkler system. The officers of the concern are as follows : Walter S. Ludlow, president ; Robert Laidlaw, vice president ; and Walter S. Ludlow, Jr., secretary and treasurer. On the 17th of August, 1864, Mr. Ludlow was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Taft, who was born on the 15th of November, 1848, her father being Samuel Taft, a large lumber dealer. Their only child, Walter S., r., was born on the 13th of June, 1871, attended the grammar and high schools and was graduated from the Ohio Medical College in 1894. He practiced medicine until 1904, and then became an active factor in the conduct of his father's business. On the 28th of April, 1898, he wedded Miss Teressa M. Hirsch, a daughter of William Hirsch of Cincinnati. Their unions has been blessed with one son, Walter S., III. Mr. Ludlow of this review belongs to the Commercial Club and is a York Rite Mason. His life has been one of well directed effort and enterprise, resulting in the attainment of a creditable and gratifying measure of success. In the city which has always been his home he enjoys an enviable reputation as a substantial business man and esteemed citizen. WILLIAM BROMWELL MELISH. The story of the life of. William Bromwell Melish is One of orderly progression. He is .a man of well balanced activities and powers and his strong character inspires confidence in others. He does not claim to have genius or any phenomenal characteristics, but it is well known that his judgment of his own capacities and of the people and circumstances that have made up his life's contacts and experiences has ever been sound. He is preeminently a man of business sense, possessing sufficient courage to venture where favoring opportunity is presented, his even-paced energy has carried him forward to the goal of success. As president and the largest stockholder of the Bromwell Brush & Wire Goods Company, he today occupies important relations with the industrial development of Cincinnati and other cities where his business interests are conducted. A native of Wilmington, Ohio; born July 28, 1852, William B. Melish is a son of the Rev. Thomas Jefferson and Maria (Bromwell) Melish. His grandfather, John Melish, was born in Paisley, Scotland, and following his advent in America in 1817 became a prominent book publisher of Philadelphia. His son, Thomas J. Melish, electing to devote his life to the ministry, was for many years CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 449 rector of St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal church of Cincinnati and remained a resident of this city from 1845 until his demise in 1896. He was married in 1849 to Maria Bromwell, a native of this state and a daughter of William and. Sarah (Davis) Bromwell, the former a leading merchant and at one time a member of the city council of Cincinnati. After mastering the branches of learning taught in the public schools William B. Melish attended Denison University at Granville, Ohio, and in 1871 crossed the threshold of the business world to become a clerk and bookkeeper for the company of which he is now president. Four years' service as traveling salesman made him familiar with the trade interests of the house and he was then admitted to a partnership. He had voice in the executive control and management of the business as secretary and treasurer from 1883 until 1896, and in the latter year was elected to the presidency, since which time his attention has been concentrated upon administrative direction. The Bromwell Brush & Wire Goods Company is rated with the most prominent concerns of this character in America, controlling numerous plants in the central states. Its factories are located in Cincinnati and Mansfield, Ohio, Jackson, Michigan and Greensburg, Indiana, and the number of its employes is more than one thousand. Mr. Melish has been fortunate in surrounding himself with a corps of able assistants who have aided him in guiding the important affairs of the company, and at all times since attaining to the presidency he has been the directing force in the conduct of the business. and has displayed noticeable power in coordinating forces and uniting them in a harmonious whole. On the 16th of September, 1873, occurred the marriage of Mr. Melish to Miss Sallie H. Gatch, a daughter of Captain Francis M. and Selina (Barber) Gatch, of Clermont county, Ohio, and they are parents of two children ; Mrs. May Melish Harris and Thomas G. Melish. Mr. and Mrs. Melish are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Aside from business and other important interests .Mr. Melish has long been recognized as a directing force and influential factor in republican politics and in Masonic affairs. He is an enthusiastic advocate of republican principles but has never consented to become a candidate for office. He is never neglectful of the duties of citizenship and has been a cooperant factor in various projects which have promoted Cincinnati's welfare and permanent improvement. He acted as a member of the commission having in charge the building of the new waterworks of Cincinnati, and in 1896 he became senior aid-de-camp on the staff of Governor Asa S. Bushnell with the rank of colonel. He was initiated into the Masonic order in 1873 at Milford, Ohio, and advanced rapidly to the highest degrees in both York and Scottish Rite Masonry. He has been grand commander of the Knight Templars of Ohio and also a past grand master of the grand lodge. As a ritualist he excels in the esoteric working of the elaborate degrees of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, but it has been in the practical work of the order that he has perhaps become best known. The spirit of mutual helpfulness finds expression in his, prodigious labors for the relief of the flood sufferers in 1883 and 1884, and in the rebuilding of the Scottish Rite cathedral which had been destroyed by fire. He instituted Syrian Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. in Cincinnati and was largely instrumental in establishing temples at other points in the west. In 1892 he was elected imperial potentate for North America, the highest position in the order, in which capacity he presided at