500 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY nishes employment for twenty-five persons. This is the largest and oldest house of the kind in Cincinnati and its patrons are to be found in all parts of the United States. Many of the specialties which are handled by Mr. Crocker are sold in Europe. In 1872 he was married at Cleveland to Miss Lucy E. Smith, a daughter of Enoch. Smith, who was president of. the Hartford & New Haven Railroad Company and was accidently killed while serving in that capacity. Two children have been born to this union: Alfred A., who was educated at Harvard University and is now in partnership with his father in business; and Samuel A., Jr. Politically Mr. Crocker is in hearty accord with the republican party for whose  principles he fought in the Civil war. As a young man he valiantly responded to the call of his country and through life has been governed by an ambition to contribute his full share toward the promotion of worthy ideals. He has been identified with the Masonic order, being a member of the blue lodge, chapter, commandery and shrine. He is also a life member of Cincinnati Lodge No, 5, B. P. O. E., of Cincinnati. CHARLES BOWDITCH WILBY. Among the lawyers who are engaged in practice at the bar of Hamilton county it would be difficult to name one who is more highly 'esteemed than Charles Bowditch Wilby. In professional and business affairs he has met with success and as an earnest worker in the promotion of peace and good will among men he has few superiors. He was born at Cincinnati July 8, 1849, a son of Joseph H. and Mary Hunt (Hinman) The father was born in Boston in 1819 and engaged in mercantile business. He was the founder of the firm of Rawson, Wilby & Company, tobacco dealers, which was prominent in Cincinnati from 1850 to 1866. At the time of the Civil war he was an active member of the sanitary commission which assisted very materially in providing for soldiers in the field. He died at an advanced age in 1903. The grandfather of our subject was Francis Wilby, a native of Yorkshire, England, who came to the United States in 1801, and engaged in the mercantile business in Boston, Massachusetts. Mary Hunt (Hinman) Wilby was born at .Salem, Massachusetts, in 1822 and is still hying. There were four children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Wilby: Charles Bowditch; Joseph, who is living in Cincinnati; Richard, who is a Unitarian minister and, is now living at Detroit, ;Michigan; and Mary, who became the wife of George P. Spooner, of Detroit. Charles B. Wilby received his preliminary education in the private schools of this city, at Chickering Institute, and under Professor E. F. Bliss. He matriculated at Harvard University and was graduated in 1870. Returning home he entered the Cincinnati Law School from which he was graduated with the degree of LL. B. in 1872. He taught school for two years .after leaving the law school and pursued his law studies under Perry & Jenney, Judge J. B. Walker, and the firm of Sage & Hinkle, In September, 1876; he associated in practice with Gustave H. Wald .and continued with Mr. Wald until the death of the latter, in 1902, since which time he has practiced alone. He has been identi- CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 501 fled with many important cases in the state and federal courts and in the course of an extensive practice has shown a discrimination and power of judgment and an ability in meeting emergencies which have given evidence of rare qualifications for his chosen calling. On June 3, 1879, Mr. Wilby was united in marriage to Miss Harriet E. Mitchell, a daughter of Thomas G. Mitchell, at one time a leading lawyer of this city, and a granddaughter of Judge Charles D. Coffin. They have four children: Mitchell; Martha Coffin, who married Hans Frederick Schaefer and has a daughter ; Joseph Clark ; and Mary Hinman. Mr. Wilby has for many years been a member of the Cincinnati Bar Association and is ex-president of that body. He was president of the Cincinnati Harvard Club, 1900 to 1901, and the Literary Club of Cincinnati, 1882 to 1883. He was for many years 'a member of the board of directors of the Fresh Air Society and was president of the Walnut Hills board of Associated Charities before it was consolidated with the central organization as the Associated Charities of Cincinnati, in 1881. He has been a member of the board of Associated Charities since 1881 and is one of its most valued workers. He is a vice president from Ohio of the National Anti-Imperialist League since its organization in 1898; an officer of the Cincinnati Civil Service Reform Association since 1883; and for twenty years past has been a member of the Council of the National Civil Service Reform League. A pronounced anti-imperialist, he has ably supported his views by word and pen, believing that it is the duty of the United States to be true to the faith of the fathers and the declaration of 1776. He is independent in politics but is a free trader and a profound admirer of Abraham Lincoln. DUDLEY VANNESS SUTPHIN. The family name of Sutphin which is borne by Dudley Vanness Sutphin, a well known attorney of Cincinnati, whose name stands at the head of this review, was originally Zutphen and was derived from one of the original twelve provinces of Holland. Mr. Sutphin can claim direct descent from Count Von Zutphen, a noted Hollander, and on the maternal side, through the Bradys and Bruens of early Colonial times in America, is descended from Revolutionary stock. He was born at Dayton, Ohio, October 25, 1875, a son of Isaac Vanness Sutphin, who was born in Middletown, Ohio, November 22, 1848. The father received a college education and as a young man took tip his residence in Cincinnati where he successfully engaged in the paper business as a manufacturer and wholesale dealer. The mother was Katherine Brady before her marriage. She was also a native of Dayton and was born October 14, 1852. Her death occurred in Cincinnati in April, 189o, and the father passed away in August, 1901. There were three children in their family : Dudley Vanness ; Samuel B., who resides in Indianapolis; and Stuart B., who makes his home in Cincinnati. Mr. Sutphin of this review received his early education in the public schools of Cincinnati after which he attended high school two years and completed his college preparatory course at the Franklin school. He matriculated in Yale University and was graduated with high credit in 1897. Returning home, he 502 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY entered the law department of the University of Cincinnati, graduating in 'g00 with the degree of LL. B. He began practice with the firm of Kittredge & Wilby but after three years opened an office on his own account. He was alone until January 1, 1910, when he formed a partnership with W. A. DeCamp, under the firm name of DeCamp & Sutphin, with offices at Nos: 1210-1213 Traction building. He devotes his attention mainly to corporation and constitutional law and has gained a high standing in these important departments. He served with marked ability as counsel for the city in 1908-9. He is also identified with commercial affairs and in 1906 was elected vice president of the Third National Bank. On the 14th of November, 1901, Mr. Sutphin was married at Cincinnati to Miss Mary T. Harrison, a daughter of George T. and Sallie (Perin) Harrison, the former of whom is now deceased. They have one daughter, Elizabeth B. Mr. Sutphin is a stanch advocate of the republican party and his religious belief is indicated by membership in the Presbyterian church. He is a prominent club man and is connected with the Queen City, University and Country Clubs, the Cincinnati Golf Club and the Miami Golf Club, being also a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (college) and the Phi Delta Phi (legal) fraternities. By virtue of the services of his ancestors in the Revolutionary war he is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He has appeared many times in the courts in important cases and has been more than ordinarily successful. He is an indefatigable student, a clear and persuasive speaker, and by perseverance, energy and an intimate knowledge of law has won a number of cases in which the opposition was confident of victory. He never resorts to doubtful methods and is quick .to perceive any attempt at undue advantage on the part of an antagonist. As he is governed by worthy ideals there is every reason to prophesy that he will gain wide recognition in his chosen profession. GOTTLIEB ERHARDT. There are few more striking illustrations of opportunities available in Cincinnati to ambitious young men than that which is presented in the life of Gottlieb Erhardt, now the head of G. Erhardt & Sons, wholesale butchers, at 545 to 547 Poplar street. Arriving in this city at the age of twenty a stranger from a foreign land, Mr. Erhardt applied himself earnestly and to such good purpose that he has become recognized. as .one of the leaders in his line of business. He is also known as an intelligent and generous hearted citizen, who has relieved many fellow beings whose necessities called for sympathy and financial aid. He is a native of Germany, born June 13, 1846, and is a son of Christian and Katherine Erhardt, both' of Whom- passed their entire lives in the old country. Gottlieb Erhardt received his preliminary education in Germany and after leaving school was apprenticed to the butcher's trade, which he learned in all its details. In 1866 he crossed the ocean to New York city, coming direct to Cincinnati, where he secured employment under Ferdinand Busch as a journeyman. He continued with Mr. Busch for two years and then entered the wholesale butcher business on his own account. He has now been identified for more than forty years with this branch of industry and by his gentlemanly address, unflagging CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 505 industry and thorough knowledge of his calling has gained many friends and a goodly measure of prosperity. He is assisted in his business by his sons, who were trained under his direction and are now classed among the promising business men of this city. Mr. Erhardt is also interested in other enterprises, being a member of the board of directors of the City Hall Bank, treasurer of the Butchers Hide Association and financially connected with other interests. On May 2, 1868, he Was married to Miss Minnie Kraus, a native of Germany. To this union eleven children have been born, namely : Gustav A., who died in infancy; George, who died in July, 1906, at the age of .thirty-one years, and is buried in the family lot in Spring Grove cemetery ; Gottlieb, Jr., who is engaged in the retail meat business; William L., who is a member of the firm of G. Erhardt & Sons ; Christian, also a member of his father's firm- and a member of the Cincinnati Board of Education; Charles, also identified with his father's firm; Minnie, who married. Henry Noell, assistant cashier .of the City Hall Bank ; John, who is in business with his father; Frederick H., assistant bookkeeper of his father's firm ; Louise, who is the wife of Albert Fink, foreman of the Reuter Electrical Company ; and Alvina, who is now living' at home. Mr. Erhardt took out naturalization papersin 1873 and since he became a citi- zen of the United States has voted in support of the republican party. He is a member of the First German Presbyterian church, of which he was treasurer for thirty years. He is also a member of the board of directors of the German Deaconess Hospital and the German Butchers Benevolent Association, having been one of the organizers of the body last named. He is a generous supporter of the Deutsche Altenheim and the German Orphan Asylum. Genial and kindly in disposition, he recognizes his obligations to his fellowmen and his duties to those less fortunate than himself. He is one of the most prominent men among the German Americans of, the city and is deeply respected, possessing the implicit w confidence of all with whom he has business or social relations. F. W. SPRONG. F. W. Sprong, manager of the Cincinnati office of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, which position he has filled since 1908, was born on Dane street in Cincinnati, in 1863, his parents being William and Sarah (Couch) Sprong. The father, who was a school teacher, had, followed his profession in Carthage and in Wyoming, but died about eighteen years ago, passing away in 1893. His widow still survives and makes her home in College Hill. They were the parents of six children of whom F. W. Sprong is the third in order of birth.. He also makes his home in College Hill, while his business interests take him each day into the center of the city. His education was acquired in the 'public schools and his connection with the Postal Telegraph Company covers almost a quarter of a century. He entered the services of fiat corporation in November, 1887, wnen it was known as the United Lines., He had learned telegraphy at Cumminsville, Ohio, and his original connection With the, Postal Telegraph Company was that of operator. Later he was made branch manager in the wholesale district and for about ten years was assistant manager and cashier, this bringing him up to 506 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY the time when, in March, 1908, he was made manager of the company's office in Cincinnati. His long experience, covering various branches of the service, well. qualifies him for the present responsibilities that devolve upon him. In 1889 Mr. Sprong was married in Cincinnati to Miss Millie Schaefer, and unto them were born two children, Millie and Gordon. The family have, many friends in College Hill, Cincinnati, and Mr. Sprong is well known as a Member of the Business Men's Club and also of the Chamber of Commerce. He enjoys recreation when opportunity offers but with him business is always the first consideration and it has been this that has won his advancement. He now has the affairs of his office thoroughly systematized and active and capable management has made his service of marked value to the corporation which he represents. CHAUNCY D. PALMER, M. D. It has been said that time tries all things and to no profession does this saying apply with greater force than to that of medicine. Judged by this test Dr. Chauncy D. Palmer of Cincinnati is to be congratulated. For more than forty-five years he has engaged in active practice in this city and there are few physicians in Hamilton county who can claim a wider influence or greater success in their work. He was born at Zanesville, Ohio, September 18, 1839, a son of Micah and Harriet (Shermoccupati0n. The father was by occupation a carriage maker and died in 1878 at the age of seventy-six- years. The mother died at the advanced age of ninety years. She was a direct descendant of Roger Sherman. Her father was David Sherman, a farmer, who fought in the Revolutionary war and was pensioned by the United States government. He died in 1838. There were six children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, four of whom survive. Chauncy D. Palmer attended the pubfromschools and was graduated from the Woodward high school of Cincinnati in June, 1857. He taught .in the Cincinnati public. schools for two years and then entered the office he pursuedhn Davis under whom he:pursued the study of Medicine. He later matriculated in the Medical College of Ohio, graduating with the degree of M. D. in the spring of 1862. Soon afterwards he was appointed resident physician of the Good Samaritan Hospital, a position he held for one year. He then offered his services to the United States government and for two years filled' the position of surgeon in the General HoColumbus Camp Dennison, near Colurnbus, Ohio, after which he returned to CiFreemanand began practice on Freerman street, near Poplar. A year later he moved to the corner of Baymiller and Findlay streets and twelve years later to No. 308 West Seventh street, becoming recognized as the years passed as one of the leading physicians of the city. In 1869 he was appointed professor of obstetrics and diseases of women in the Medical College of Ohio, a position he filled with great acceptance for nearly-thirty years. He also served as professor of gynecology in the Presbyterian Hospital and Woman's Medical College ; obstetrician and gynecologist to the Cincinnati Hospital ; gynecologist to the Presbyterian Hospital ; consulting gynecologist to the medical staff of the German Protestant Hospital and Christ's .Hospital ; and medical examiner for CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 507 the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company. HFIes a member of the American Medical Society, Ohio State Medical Society, the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Cincinnati Obstetrical Society and the American Gynecological Society, and has served as president of both of the local organizations. In May, 1883, he was thrown from his carriage while descending frfromalnut Hills and eceived injuries from which it required many months for his recovery. After spending nearly a year at the seaside in California hehe resumedis practice in which he has since continued without serious interruption. As an authority and writer Dr. Palmer is well known and his works are to be found in the principal medical libraries. He wrote a work upon obstetrics and one upon gynecology and was one of the authors of the "American System of Gynecology." He has read a number of important papers before the American Gynecological Society and has for years contributed to leading medical journals and reviews. He is the designer of several instruments for obstetrical and gynecological pupurposeshich are extensively used by surgeons in America and other countries. In 1863 Dr. Palmer was united in marriage to Miss Helen Taylor, a daughter of Joseph Taylor. She was suffering at the time from consumption and died eighteen months after her marriage. He was again married in 1868 to Miss Adelaide White, a daughter of Barton White of Cincinnati, a direct descendant of Peregrine White whose parents came to America in the Mayflower. Two sons were born to this union, Elliott B. and Dudley W. Both of the sons graduated in medicine. The latter is now practicing in Cincinnati and a record of his life appears elsewhere in this work. Elliott B. Palmer was born December 27, 1870, and was graduated in 1896 from the Medical College of Ohio. He served for eighteen months as interne at the Cincinnati Hospital and spent a year in the medical schools of Goettingen, Berlin and Vienna. He practiced in Cincinnati for about two years and was then called away by death in 191901He was a young man of great promise and his early departure was sincerely mourned by many friends and acquaintances in this city. In politics Dr. Palmer has ever since arriving at manhood given his support to the republican party. Although he has passed the seventieth milestone on life's journey he still attends to the duties of his profession and owing to his long experience, his advice is much sought in difficult cases. He has always been energetic, capable and progressive and is today one of the most respected and beloved physicians of his adopted city. He and his estimable wife are members of the Presbyterian :church and reside in a home located on the northwest corner of Reading Road and Forest avenue, Avondale. DUDLEY WHITE PALMER, M. D. As a skilled surgeon Dr. Dudley W. Palmer of Cincinnati, is receiving deserved recognition although he is a young man and has engaged in practice comparatively a fefewears. He has given evidence of special talent in a field which calls for the very keenest discrimination and judgment and involves a responsibility which the majority of physicians decline to accept. Having from the 508 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY beginning of his medical studies evinced an inclination for anatomy and surgery, he wisely followed his natural bent and. there is every reason to believe that the prophecy of his friends. as to his success will be fully realized. He is a native of Cincinnati, born February 5, 1877, a son of Dr. Chauncy D. and M. Adelaide (White) Palmer, a record of whom appears elsewhere in this work. After receiving his early education in the public schools he entered Woodward high school from which he was graduated in 1895. He then became a student of the University of Cincinnati and was graduated in 1899. For the four years following he engaged in the fruit preserve business at Indianapolis, but having decided to pursue a professional career, he returned to Cincinnati and became a student of the Medical College of Ohio, graduating with the degree of M. D. in 1906. For a year and a half after leaving the medical college he was interne at the Cincinnati Hospital and then went to Rochester, Minnesota, and spent two years with the Drs. Mayo, gaining practical experience under these world-famous masters of surgery which it would have been difficult indeed to secure elsewhere in America. Returning once more to .Cincinnati, he entered upon active practice and has since made a specialty of general surgery. Dr. Palmer is now filling the office of junior surgeon at the Cincinnati Hospital and is an assistant in the physiological department in the medical department of the University of Cincinnati. He is a member of the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, being also identified with the Beta Theta Pi college fraternity and the Nu Sigma Nu medical college fraternity. Possessing abundant self-confidence and decision of character, he has from the start forged steadily forward in his profession and has gained the respect not only of the physicians of the city but of all with whom he comes into contact. He well deserves a place in a work treating of the representative men of Cincinnati. SCOTT BONHAM. A striking example of success at the bar is presented in the life record of Scott Bonham, a leading lawyer of Cincinnati. Actuated from the. start by a worthy ambition to win a place at the top of the ladder, he steadily moved forward, and the many responsible positions he has held are evidences of the confidence reposed in him by his fellow citizens. He was born at Midway, Madison county, Ohio, January 25, 1858, a son of William J. and Letitia (Hays) Bonham, the former of whom was born at Leesburg, Ross county, Ohio, May 27, 1827, and the latter on a farm near Bloomingburg, Fayette county, Ohio. Mr. Bonham, Sr., was a farmer and carpenter. He was a member of an Ohio regiment which was enlisted for the hundred day service at the time of the Civil war. He died July 9, 1895, but his wife is still living. There were two Children in their family Scott ; and Kate, who is the wife of Dr. J. F. Kirkpatrick, of Los Angeles, California. The Bonhams are of one of the old families of the country and were prominent in New Jersey and other colonies in the sixteenth century. Absalom Bonham served as second lieutenant to brevet major 'in. the New .Jersey Infantry in the Revolutionary war ; grandfather John Bonham took part in the war of CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 511 1812 ; Isaac and Joseph Bonham, uncles of our subject, served in the Civil war ; and there were also Bonhams in the Spanish-American war. Mr. Bonham of this review received his preliminary education in the common schools of Madison county, after which he attended Bloomingburg Academy and the Ohio Wesleyan University, graduating from the latter institution in 1882. He took a special course in law in the University of Virginia, after which he entered the Cincinnati Law School, graduating with the degree of LL. B. in 1885. At intervals while securing his education he taught school and began as early as fifteen years of age. He was principal of schools at West Unity, Ohio,' in 1882-1883. While in college he was the 'freshman class orator on Washington's Birthday in 1878, and in the junior discussion debated with Samuel M. Taylor, formerly secretary of state of Ohio and later United States counsul to Glasgow, Scotland, now consul to Nottingham, England, on the merits and demerits of Greek letter fraternities. He was a member of the editorial staff of the college paper known as The Transcript and was selected by the Cincinnati Law School in 1.885 to represent his class in debate. He was admitted to the Ohio bar May 28, 1885, and to practice in the United States courts in 1893. He has always practiced alone and has devoted his attention principally to civil and commercial law. He was for several years attorney for the dairy and food commissioner of Ohio at Cincinnati and has been attorney for numerous building associations and other business enterprises. He' served as assistant to Attorney General Frank S. Monnett in the prosecution of violators of the food laws of Ohio, showing an ability which reflected upon him the highest credit. Politically Mr. Bonham has ever since he reached maturity been an ardent supporter of the republican party. In 1883 he was a delegate from Williams county to the state republican convention. He served as a delegate to the Hamilton county republican convention in 1889 and .since that time has been a delegate to many city, county and state conventions. He was an alternate delegate from Ohio to the national republican convention held in Philadelphia in 1900. .0n the 6th of April, 1891, he was elected to the city council for the short term under the new charter and was reelected in 1892, 1894 and 1897, his term of office expiring in 1900. During this time he served two terms as president of the board and was one of the most useful and influential members of that body. He was a member of the old Lincoln Club of which he was president for one term and is-now a member of the Young Men's Blaine Club and the Stamina Republican League and has served as a member of the board of directors of each of those organizations. He was president of the Ohio Republican League for two terms, from 1901-3, and has been an active worker in behalf of the National Republican League. He also served as president of the Glee Club of the Young Men's Blaine Club from 1889-1891. Mr. Bonham is a member of the Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations and takes an active interest in their proceedings. He was a member of the Second Cincinnati Cavalry Troop and president of the Cincinnati. Cavalry Club, having assisted in the organization of both of those bodies, At college he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and in 1902 was elected for a term of five years as alumni trustee of Ohio Wesleyan University and is now serving a second term on this board. In he was made a Mason ,and has served as master of Lafayette Lodge No. 81, F. & A. M., being also a member of Willis 512 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY Chapter No. 131, R. A. .M.; Cincinnati Commandery No. 3, K. T.; and .Syrian Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He has taken the thirty-second degree in Masonry, according to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. He is now district lecturer of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Ohio and has been for several years president of the Masonic Library Association, in which he takes a deep interest. His religious views are indicated by membership in the Second Presbyterian Church. Mr. Bonham has from his boyhood been a close student and much of his success is due to the habit early formed of persistent application to any subject under consideration until he has mastered it in every detail. He has always been a fearless champion of what he believes to be right and has gained a reputation for steadfastness and integrity which is more to be valued than great riches. He is thoroughly practical and builds up as he journeys along, thus benefiting his fellowmen and seeking to leave the world better for his having lived in it. JOSEPH G. STEINKAMP In the improvement of Cincinnati architecturally the labors of Joseph G. Steinkamp have found tangible manifestation, for in recent years he has figured in the activity of building operations as a member of the firm of Joseph G. Steinkamp & Brother, architects with offices in the Mercantile Library building. To begin at the very beginning of the life history of Mr. Steinkamp we note that he was born in this city, October 15, 1868, a son 0f J. B. and Elizabeth (Ahrens) Steinkamp, and that he is of German lineage, for his father was brought by his parents from Hanover, Germany, to the new world when eight years of age, and after acquiring his education learned and followed the carpenter's trade, later becoming superintendent of the construction of various:' buildings in this city during a period of twenty-five years. In the last five years of his life he carried on business merely as an architect and was widely known in this connection. Moreover he enjoyed an enviable reputation as an upright, honorable man to whom .was accorded high respect up to the time of his death, which occurred February 7, 1890, when he was sixty-two Years of age, his remains being laid to rest in St. Bernard cemetery. He was connected with a number of Catholic societies and was a faithful communicant of the church. Mrs. Steinkamp still survives her, husband. Joseph G. Steinkamp was sent to the parochial schools near his home and afterward continued his education in St. Xavier College up to the age of eighteen years. His educational training which more specifically fitted him for the practical duties of business life was obtained in the Ohio Mechanics Institute of which he is an alumnus. He afterward worked in his father's "office until the latter's death and since that time has carried on the business, being at the time of his father's death the youngest architect of the city. For the past twelve years his brother, Bernard F. Steinkamp, has been associated with him and they rank with the prominent architect firms of Cincinnati, doing a business which in volume and importance has been entirely satisfactory. They utilize the scientific principles which since the days of early Greece have constituted the basis of the highest architectural work and it the same time have originated many good CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 513 and attractive ideas in adapting business principles to modern needs and in promoting in public and private buildings the comforts which one should derive from a place of habitation or of business. The firm were the architects for the Mercantile Library building, between Fourth and Fifth streets, on Walnut street, which is considered the best office building in Cincinnati ; the Robertson building at Seventh and Race streets ; they also designed the Verona apartment house on Park avenue ; the Clermont on Woodburn and McMillan avenues ; the north and south Warwick apartment house at Avondale ; Haddon Hall at Avondale and numerous other buildings of more or less importance. They have erected a number of office buildings in this city but their specialty has been apartment buildings. All that is newest and most attractive in design and decoration is found in the structures which are the visible evidence of their skill and workmanship. In Cincinnati, on the 19th of June, 1895, occurred the marriage of Mr. Steinkamp and Miss Laura M. Menke, a daughter of J. B. and Elizabeth Menke, the former a well known democratic politician who filled the office of state senator. Mr. and Mrs. Steinkamp have two sons : Albert, born November 14, 1896, now a student in St. Xavier College; and Eugene, born August 29, 1903, attending the Cedar Grove Academy. The family reside at No. 912 Suire avenue, Price Hill, and theirs is one of the beautiful homes Of that locality. Mr. Steinkamp is a progressive republican who looks beyond the old and conservative. methods and seeks out new plans for political action in keeping with the spirit of advancement of the age. He has been building code commissioner, serving by appointment on the council as chairman of the board and framing the building laws of the city. At all times he keeps in touch with those things which tend to advance the work of the profession and is now treasurer of the Cincinnati Chapter of the American Institution of Architects. His religious belief is indicated by his membership in St. Williams Catholic church at Price Hill and he is a member of the Knights of Columbus. He also holds membership in the Art Club and the Automobile Club of Cincinnati. LEWIS S. MUNSON. Lewis S. Munson, chemist with the Ault & Wiborg Company, was well equipped by thorough preparatory 'training and previous experience for the onerous duties which devolve upon him in this connection. His birth occurred near Three Rivers, Michigan, in 1873, his parents being Jones and Helen (Chapman) Munson, who were farming people of that locality where they resided. The father came from Caledonia, New York, and the mother from Lincolnshire, England. The son spent his youthful days under the parental roof and in the district schools acquired his preliminary education, which was supplemented by a course in the 'agricultural college of Lansing, Michigan, from which institution he was graduated in 1897 on the completion of the course in chemistry. He afterward spent two years at the experimental station of the college in work connected with his special line, and in 1899 he went to Washington, D. C., where .he became connected with the bureau of chemistry, continuing in the capital 514 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY city for eight years, or until 1907. He then removed to Cincinnati to become chemist for the Ault & Wiborg Company, with which he has now been associated for four years. In 1903 Mr. Munson was united in marriage to Miss Sybil Gale, of Washington, D. C., and they now have three sons, Leith, Lewis, Jr., and Robert. Mr. Munson belongs to the Business Men's Club and among the business men of this city is recognized as a forceful and capable factor. He is continuously broadening his knowledge by research and investigation and his unremitting energy and ability have been the forces which have brought him to the present creditable position he now fills. SETH CUTTER FOSTER. Seth Cutter Foster, president of the Stearns & Foster Company, with offices at N0s. 118-120 East Canal street, Cincinnati, may justly .be regarded as one of the remarkable business men of the city. Although he has passed the eighty-eighth anniversary of his birth he is to be found at his office almost every working day and directs the affairs of the great establishment with the ease and facility of a man many years his junior. He was born on a farm in Boone county, Kentucky, October 6, 1823, a son of Samuel Foster, who was horn in England and emigrated to America in his young manhood. After living for a short time in Boston he came to Cincinnati and was here married to Miss Susanna Cutter, a daughter of Seth Cutter. Mr. Cutter came from Charlestown, Massachusetts, to Cincinnati with his family about 1780 and here established his permanent home. In 1810 Mr. Foster, Sr., moved to Boone county, Kentucky, where he acquired a homestead, devoting his attention to agriculture. At the age of sixteen years, in 1839, Seth C. Foster bade farewell to his parents and came to Cincinnati where he secured a position in the store of Albert and Henry Lewis. He began in a humble capacity, his duties consisting in sweeping out the store, dusting off the goods and running errands. He applied himself with such diligence, however, that in a short time he was advanced to a more responsible position and made the acquaintance of Dr. Ray, the famous educator and the compiler of Ray's arithmetics which were familiar to American boys in generations past. Having been reared in the backwoods of Kentucky the aspiring dry-goods clerk had possessed very limited opportunities of education. Dr. Ray was a man of large heart and great sympathy for struggling youths and he suggested a night school, saying that h.e knew of a few boys who might take advantage of instruction under such circumstances and perhaps his young friend knew of others. The result was the establishment of a night school at the Woodward school building where Dr. Ray gave lessons in writing, arithmetic and bookkeeping. This was the first night school west of the Alleghany mountains and it was in successful operation for two years, many of the young men there being awakened to a realization of larger possibilities which changed the whole tenor of their lives. One of the most studious of the CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 515 pupils was Seth C: Foster. He made rapid advancement and during the second year of the school learned bookkeeping and also was promoted to a more lucrative position in the store. Later he was employed in an establishment on Main street and made the acquaintance of George S. Stearns who had been engaged in the manufacture of printers' ink on Liberty street and being naturally mechanical, was experimenting at this time in the manufacture of cotton wadding and other cotton goods. As Mr. Foster was selling cotton goods over the counter, he suggested to Mr. Stearns that he could find a market for the goods the latter was manufacturing and, accordingly, they associated in the manufacture of cotton goods with a capital of three thousand dollars, giving employment to six persons. Their factory was located at the corner of Clay and Liberty streets and they continued at that place about fifteen years when they moved to Lockland, still retaining offices in Cincinnati. The Stearns & Foster Company is now a large corporation with a capital stock of one million, five hundred thousand dollars and one of the most completely appointed manufacturing plants in America, all of which has grown out of the modest beginning at Clay and Liberty streets. The company manufactures black and white wadding, cotton felt mattresses and batting and its products are sold in all the principal commercial centers of America. Two of Mr. Foster's sons have been prominently connected with the company. These sons were twins. Joseph was secretary of the company at the time of his death. which occurred in 1906, and William R. has been actively connected with it ever since he began his business career. The officers are : Seth C. Foster, president ; William S. Stearns, vice president ; Edwin R. Stearns, treasurer ; and William R. Foster, secretary. Mr. Foster of this review has resided at Clifton for many years and is a member of the Calvary Episcopal church of that suburb. He is a true adherent to the republican party and cast his first vote for James C. Birney, abolition candidate for president ; he holds membership in the Queen City Club, of which he is one of the charter members. From his boyhood active, alert and clear-headed in business affairs, he possessed the very desirable ability of recognizing opportunities and utilizing them to his own advantage and that of his associates. He was endowed by worthy parents with courage and perseverance and his success may largely be ascribed to these important elements. As a manufacturer his name is widely known and his methods have been such as to inspire the confidence and respect even of his competitors. It is with pleasure that this record is herewith presented of one who is eminently worthy of a place among the leading men of Hamilton county. IDA E. McCORMICK, M. D. On a list, of the successful medical practitioners of Cincinnati Dr. McCormick's name deserves a place, for she has manifested capability in general practice and especially in the treatment of women's and children's diseases that has won her constantly growing success. She was born at Marietta, Ohio, March 18, 1866, and is a daughter of Colonel A. W. McCormick. Her father as a 516 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY native of Greene county, Pennsylvania, and died in 1905, at the age of seventy-five years. He was captain of the Seventy-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, bearing the title of Brevet-lieutenant-colonel, and was wounded at Shiloh and was twice taken prisoner, being incarcerated in Libby Prison and at Marks Mills, Arkansas. He entered the service as captain of Company G of his regiment and valor and loyalty won him promotion. At the time of the outbreak of the war he was editing a newspaper at Marietta, Ohio. Following the war he studied law at Marietta, and for six years filled the office of probate judge of Washington county. Later he made a specialty of pension claims in his practice. He held membership in both the Grand Army of the Republic and the Loyal Legion, Army of the Tennessee, was a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He also served for many years as deacon of the Walnut Hills Baptist church and was very active in the church work. Dr. McCormick pursued her education in the public schools until she had completed a course in Woodward high school and then read medicine with her brother Dr. A. Lee McCormick. She entered the Pulte Medical College, from which she was graduated in 1900. Immediately afterward she entered upon active practice and has made continuous progress in the profession, doing hospital work in addition to her private practice. She is now serving on the staff of the Ohio Hospital for Women and Children. She belongs to the Cincinnati Homeopathic Lyceum, to the Homeopathic Medical Society of Ohio and the Miami Valley Homeopathic Medical Society. Her interest in literary matters is indicated by the fact that she is a member of the Saturday Literary Club, which she joined on its organization. She likewise belongs to the Walnut Hills Baptist church and is interested in the various forces which work for progress and improvement along material, intellectual and moral lines. JOHN C. HERMANN. John C. Hermann, a prominent resident and leading attorney of Cincinnati, has been engaged in the general practice of law here for the past fourteen years. His birth occurred in Manistee, Michigan, on the 9th of March, 1876, his parents being John P. and Minnie (King) Hermann. The father was born at Chicago, Illinois, in September, 1845, while the mother's birth occurred in Buffalo, New York, on the 24th of March, 1851. John P. Hermann, who was successfully en- gaged in business as a wholesale grocer, passed away in September, 1897. John C. Hermann supplemented his early education, obtained in the public schools of Nickerson, Kansas, by a course of study in Marmaduke Institute of Missouri. Having decided to devote his life to the legal profession, he read law . with the firm of O'Bryan & Gordon in Wichita, Kansas, from October, 1894, until 1897. In December, 1895, he was admitted to practice in the Sunflower state, while in June, 1900, he became a practitioner before the courts of Ohio. He followed his profession at Wichita, Kansas, until February, 1897, and then took up his abode in Cincinnati, where he has devoted his attention to the general practice of law continuously since. His clientage is extensive and of an important CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 519 character. He is remarkable among lawyers for the wide research and provident care with which he prepares his cases. At no time has his reading ever been confined to the limitation of the questions at issue. It has gone beyond and compassed every contingency and provided not alone for the expected but for the unexpected, which happens in the courts quite as frequently as out of them. His offices are in the Provident Bank building. He is likewise an officer and director of several corporations and has won for himself an enviable reputation as a man of excellent executive ability and keen discernment. On the 7th of October, 1903, at Covington, Kentucky, Mr. Hermann was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Davison, a daughter of George H. and Katharine (Knoll) Davison, of that city. Her father is connected with the First National Bank of Covington. Our subject and his wife now have one son, William King Hermann, whose birth occurred at Covington, Kentucky, on the 31st of March, 1910. In politics Mr. Hermann is a stanch republican, being convinced that the principles of that party are most conducive to good government. He served as chief clerk in the office of the city solicitor and from January, 1901, until January 1, 1906, acted as assistant city solicitor. For about two years, beginning in 1907, he served as codification clerk of council and prepared the first codification of the ordinances of Cincinnati. He is a Master Mason and also belongs to the chapter, the commandery and the Shrine. The Fort Mitchell Country Club- numbers him among its popular members and in the line of his profession he is connected with the Cincinnati Bar Association. E. H. BARDES. E. H. Bardes, now the president of the E. H. Bardes Range & Foundry Company, was once an office boy earning but a very limited salary. Keen native intelligence, however, recognized the fact that advancement does not depend upon influence but upon individual merit and he resolved, therefore, to make his services of such value to his employers that promotion should follow. Gradually he has advanced and is today at the head of a satisfactory business of his own, being president of the E. H. Bardes Range & Foundry Company, manufacturers of the Bardes ranges. One of Cincinnati's native sons, Mr. Bardes was born in November, 1866. His father, Henry Bardes, was a butcher on Vine street, there continuing in business for many years. In the latter part of his life, however, he lived retired, enjoying a well earned rest for about fifteen years prior to his demise, which occurred in 1891. At the usual age E. H. Bardes was sent to the public schools and his initial step in the business world was made as an employe of the firm of L. Kruckemeyer, manufacturers of furnaces, and also jobbers of stoves and ranges. This concern is now among Mr. Bardes' best customers. His first position was as mentioned above that of office boy but he did not remain in it long. He worked faithfully and diligently and was soon promoted, and gradually advanced through different positions in connection with the house until he became secretary of Vol. III-24 520 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY that company. He was with the Kruckemeyer Company for twenty-six years and it was with deep regret on the part of the company that he severed his connection therewith, but thinking to find a broader field of labor in an independent venture he resigned as secretary in order to organize the Bardes Range & Foundry Company, the present business being established on the 6th of March, 1908, succeeding the John A. Schulte Company. Mr. Bardes, is president and general manager, L. E. Dennig, vice president, with F. S. Krug, secretary, and William Krummel, treasurer. The company employs about one hundred workmen and sells to dealers only, its trade being largely local, for they have little trouble in disposing of their entire output to Cincinnati merchants. The growth of the business has been substantial and gratifying. In 1892 Mr. Bardes was united in marriage to Miss Millie Schaefer, a native of St. Louis, and to them have been born two children, Oliver and Lucile. The Masonic fraternity finds a worthy representative in him whose name introduces this review, for he is in hearty sympathy with the basic principles of the craft. He is a member of numerous clubs, some of which are business men's organizations. He is a life member of the North Cincinnati Turn Verein and also belongs to Laughery Club, the Advertisers Club of Cincinnati, the Young Men's Blaine Club and many charitable organizations, being a life member of the Old Men's Home Association and connected with the German Protestant Orphan Asylum. Mr. Bardes has handsomely provided for the welfare of his family by carrying a large amount of life insurance, something over seventy-five thousand dollars. In his business life he is a persistent, resolute and energetic worker, possessing strong executive powers and strictly conscientious in his dealings with debtor and creditor alike. Keenly alive to the possibilities of every new avenue opened in the natural ramifications of trade, he passed over the pitfalls into which unrestricted progressiveness is so frequently, led and is enabled t0 focus his energies in directions where fruition is certain. CARLETON G. CRISLER, M. D. Among the young medical practitioners of Cincinnati who give promise of constantly increasing usefulness is Dr. Carleton G. Crisler, with offices at Nos. 75-79 Groton building. Although engaged in practice only a few years he has won an enviable reputation and his clients are to be found among the best families of the city. He is a native of Boone county, Kentucky, born April 3, 1880, a son of Dr. R. H. Crisler, a prominent physician who is now located at Ludlow, Kentucky. The father was a country physician living on a farm in Boone county but about 1883 removed to Ludlow where he has since made his home. Dr. Crisler of this review attended the local schools at Ludlow and the Woodward high school at Cincinnati, graduating from the latter institution in 1898. He was then a student Of the University of Cincinnati for about a year and in the following fall entered Bellevue Hospital and C0llege of New York 'city, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1903. For two years, from July I, 1903, to July lc, 1905, he served as interne at the great Bellevue Hospital in New York city, and there gained many lessons of which he has CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 521 since been able to make practical application. In October, 1905, he located at Cincinnati and has since specialized in surgery. On account of his energy, application and clear judgment he stands very high in the estimation of his medical brethren and all with whom he comes in contact, and few younger physicians are better or more favorably known in Cincinnati. He is a member of the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati, the Ohio State Medical Society, the Mississippi Valley Medical Association and the American Medical Association. In 1906 Dr. Crisler was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Cropper, of Boone county, Kentucky, and they have one son, Richard Carleton. Dr. Crisler is a member of the Nu Sigma Nu Greek letter medical fraternity and the Sigma Chi, a Greek letter literary college fraternity, being also identified with the Business Men's Club, the University Club and the Automobile Club, all of this city. Actuated by the laudable ambition to win an honorable place in his profession, his efforts have been crowned with deserved success and each year witnesses further achievements in a field for which by natural ability and education he is peculiarly adapted. He and his estimable wife occupy a pleasant home at No. 2361 Kemper Lane, Walnut Hills. THOMAS H. DARBY. Thomas H. Darby, a distinguished attorney of Cincinnati, is now practicing as a member of the firm of Darby & Benedict, with offices in the Union Trust building. Since September, 1903, he has been assistant United States attorney for the southern district of Ohio. His birth occurred in London, England, on .the 6th of October, 1868, his parents being Walter and Clara (Oliver) Darby, who were likewise natives of that country. The father was born on the 21st of January, 1837, while the mother's natal day was March 5, 1837. Walter Darby was connected with the Volunteers, a local militia of London, prior to his emigration to the United States, which occurred in 1871. He came to Cincinnati in the fall of that year and here became identified with the Cincinnati Street Railway Company, at the present time, however, he is living retired. His wife was called to her final rest in 1876. They were the parents of eight children, four of whom are yet living, as follows : Clara H., who is a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana ; Emma, the wife of S. Rose, of Chicago; Thomas H., of this review ; and Laura, who is the wife of Joseph G. Marshall and lives in Indianapolis. Walter, another son of the family, was a lawyer by profession and was connected with the Louisville militia of Kentucky but is now deceased. Thomas H. Darby obtained his early education in the common schools of Cincinnati and when nineteen years of age entered the Cincinnati Law School, from which he was graduated in May, 1891. In passing from the first to the second year he won the first examination prize at that institution. On the 1st of June, 1891, he began the practice of law in Cincinnati and this city has since remained the scene of his professional labors. He first served as a cleric in the office of the prosecuting attorney for four years, was second assistant for two years and acted in the capacity of first assistant for six years or until January 1901. At that time he opened his offices in the Union Trust building, where 522 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY they have since been maintained. In October, 1909, he formed a partnership with C. C. Benedict and the firm has since been known as Darby & Benedict. Mr. Darby has been identified with many of the most prominent criminal and civil cases tried in Hamilton county, notably the Alfred Knapp murder trial and the Johns-Miller postal fraud case. He is well grounded, in the law, possesses a keen, discriminating mind and is a man of action, being capable of meeting any surprise the opposition may bring forward. As an orator he stands high, especially in the discussion of legal matters before the court, where his comprehensive knowledge of the law is manifest and his application of legal principles demonstrates the wide range of his professional acquirements. In September, 1903, when Mr. McPherson was appointed to succeed Colonel William E. Bundy as United States district attorney, Mr. Darby was appointed his assistant and has since served efficiently in that capacity. For the past fifteen years he has also taught criminal law and evidence in the night law school of the Young Men's Christian Association. In addition to his official duties he takes care of an extensive and lucrative private practice. On the 22d of May, 1909, Mr. Darby was united in marriage to Miss Louise Edwards Jones, a daughter of Dr. John E. and Euphemia L. (Edwards) Jones, both of whom were natives of Anderson township, Hamilton county. Mr. Darby is a stanch republican in politics and an active worker in the local ranks of the party, belonging to the Blaine Club, the Stamina Republican League, the Second Ward Republican Club and the North Cincinnati Republican Club. He likewise has membership relations with the North Cincinnati Turnverein, the Cincinnati Gymnasium and Athletic Club, the Young Men's Christian Association, the Business Men's Club, the Walnut Hills Business Men's Club and the Hamilt0n County Golf Club. He is an official member of the Walnut Hills Methodist church and also belongs to the Phi Delta Phi, a law fraternity. In the line 0f his profession Mr. Darby is likewise connected with the Cincinnati Bar Association, serving as its vice president. Fraternally he is a Royal Arch and Scottish Rite Mason. He is a profound student, well versed in the literature of his profession, and being energetic and aggressive he merits a place of high standing among the members of the legal fraternity. M. E. MOCH. Every well conducted and successful business contributes to the growth and prosperity of a city. The commercial greatness of Cincinnati is due not to a single individual or even to a small group of men but to the aggregate effort of a large number of enterprising citizens who have improved their opportunities for the establishment and conduct of legitimate and important business concerns. Among this number is M. E. Mach, who is now meeting with creditable and well merited success as a member of the firm of Moch, Berman & Company, manufacturers of clothing with a factory and general offices at the southwest corner of Elm and McFarland streets, where they have been located since 1903: Mr. Moch was born in Cincinnati January 1, 1855, and is a son of Elias and Emma Moch, who came from Alsace, France, in 1850. The father was at one CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 523 time connected with the firm of Heidelbach, Seasongood & Company which afterward became J. & L. Seasongood & Company, continuing a partner in that firm until 1886. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and his championship of the Union cause in the Civil war was manifest by his enlistment in the one hundred-day service. No more loyal citizen could be found among the native citizens of America than this adopted son. He passed away January 10, 1910, in his eightieth year, having for about seven years survived his wife, who died January 14, 1903, at the age of seventy-two years. Both were laid to rest in the United Jewish cemetery. M. E. Moch acquired his primary education in the public. schools of Cincinnati which he attended to his fifteenth year, after which he spent two years as a pupil in the night law school. During the daytime he was employed as a messenger boy in the private banking concern of Seasongood, Netter & Company, which was formed in 1870. He was advanced from time to time until he had held all the various positions in the bank, and in 1873 he was sent to New York with Albert Netter to take charge of the branch bank established at 44 Exchange place in that city. Following the memorable panic he returned to Cincinnati and continued with the Cincinnati firm until 1875. He was then called upon to take the position of cashier with the firm of J. & L. Seasongood & Company, manufacturers of clothing, of which firm his father was a member. He filled that position until 1879, after which he went abroad for a tour of Europe, returning in 1880. He then organized the business of which he is now the head, at No. 119 West Third street, being associated with his brothers, Albert and Charles S. Moch, and Sam Berman, who still compose the firm. In 1902 they began the erection of their new business block into which they removed on the 1st of August, 1903. It is the handsomest structure of the kind devoted to the manufacture of union-made clothing in the United States, a seven-story brick structure with basement, situated at the southwest corner of Elm and McFarland streets, between Third and Fourth streets. Their output has become widely known as the "Wellworth Dressy Clothing" and excellence of material and attractiveness of style have won for the house an extensive patronage. The business has grown year by year and the trade now covers a wide territory. While M. E. Moch has been an instrumental factor in the upbuilding of this large enterprise he has not confined his attention entirely to one field, for his cooperation has been sought in other business connections and his. judgment is manifest in the capable management of other business concerns. He is now the president of the National Automatic Fire Alarm Company of Cincinnati, treasurer of the Cincinnati Gas Transportation Company, director of the Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company, of the Union Gas & Electric Company and of the Columbia Gas & Electric Company. He further is the treasurer of the Atlanta & Carolina Railway, vice president of the Cincinnati Trust Company and a director of the Citizens National Bank. Mr. Moch has erected a pleasant and commodious residence at No . 3704 Reading road, in Avondale, presided over in hospitable manner by Mrs! Moch, who in her maidenhood was Miss Rosa Lowman, the youngest 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Lowman, of Cincinnati. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Moch was celebrated November 14, 1883, and to them have been born two sons : Edgar James, who is a graduate of Yale University with the class of 1909 ; and James. 524 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY Lowman, now a student of the Woodward high school. Mr. Moch is charitably inclined and cooperates in many organized movements for the relief of the needy as well as giving largely to individual charity. He is now vice president of the Home for the Jewish Aged and Infirm in Cincinnati and has been most liberal in its financial support. He is well known in club circles as a member of the Cuvier Press Club, Business Men's Club and the Phoenix Club, and he belongs also to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, while in the Masonic fraternity he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Moch is an ardent golf enthusiast and takes great interest in gymnastic work. He is a trustee of the sinking fund of the Cincinnati Gymnasium and was one of the building committee ; he has been a member of this organization since his tenth year and is one of its foremost supporters. He is found to be a dependable man under all circumstances. His early business experiences brought to him an understanding of the fact that in the individual and not in his environment is the source of success, and his persistent energy and indomitable industry were called forth in connection with the discharge of the duties that devolved upon him. He won the entire confidence and good-will of those whom he served and advancement naturally followed until in time he was able to engage in business on his own account and is today one of the foremost clothing manufacturers of Cincinnati. WILLIAM SALWAY. For twenty-eight years past William Salway has filled the position of superintendent of Spring Grove cemetery and has gained a deserved reputation as one of the most capable landscape architects in America. He possesses special talents for the vocation in which he has been engaged ever since he began his active business career and his services are highly appreciated by the people of Cincinnati, the cemetery of which he has charge being the largest in the United States and one of the most beautiful on the continent. Mr. Salway is a native of Devonshire, England, born February 14, 1841, a son of Benjamin Salway, who engaged in the mercantile business. He is the youngest in a family of eleven children, nine of whom grew to maturity. At the age of twelve years he accompanied his parents on their removal to Bath, England, where he completed his literary education in the high school and in two private schools. From his earliest recollection he has been a lover of trees, shrubs and flowers and fortunate indeed was he to secure employment under a landscape gardener named Drummond with whom he remained for several years. He next became connected with Robert Ellis, a leading landscape gardener and horticulturist of Oakwoods, Bath. While associated with Mr. Ellis he made a complete study of civil engineering and the art of laying out and the embellishment of grounds. His reputation as a landscape artist reached America and early in the '60s he received several invitations to come to this country. He did not cross the ocean, however, until 1867 when he was induced to do so at the urgent request of Charles Butler, who owned a valuable estate in Westchester county, New York, where he desired to grow fine hothouse grapes. Mr. Salway CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 527 came, expecting to stay two years and then to return to his native land. But his success in Westchester county met with such hearty recognition that he has made America his permanent home. He went to Connecticut and laid out the Cedar Hill cemetery at Hartford, of which he had charge for several years. In 1883 he accepted the position of superintendent of Spring Grove cemetery at this city, a position he has since filled to the entire satisfaction of its officers and directors. The Spring Grove cemetery is the largest in area in the United States, covering six hundred acres of ground. At the present time it contains over eighty-four thousand bodies. The charter for this cemetery was secured in 1845 and the first burial took place in 1846. The grounds then included about two hundred and fifty acres. In the 0fmetery are to be seen trees of almost every variety that will grow in this climate, also a bewildering number of shrubs and plants, the floral ornamentation being one of the finest to be found in the temperate zone. An army of employes is required, the system of management being complete and up-to-date in every detail. The cemetery is recognized as one of the most creditable and attractive features of this city and its reputation is very largely the result of the skill and judgment of its superintendent. In October, 1873, while a resident of Hartford, Mr. Salway was married to Miss Catharine A. Stokes, a native of London, England. To this union seven children were born, three of whom died in infancy. Frederick, a highly talented and promising son, who assisted his father in his work in this city, died in 1908, in his thirty-second year. The others are : Catharine, who is the wife of Dr. H. A. Christman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Sarah Grace, at home; and Elsie, who married Walter H. Tuttle, of this city. Mr. Salway is a Scottish Rite Mason and has attained the thirty-second degree, being a member of the blue lodge, chapter, commandery and shrine. He is one of the most respected citizens of Cincinnati and the enviable success he has gained in a profession that calls for the exercise of abilities of a special order is in the highest degree creditable. He is a broad-minded and cultured gentleman and possesses sterling integrity that has gained for him the respect and confidence not only of his associates but of all with whom he comes in contact. OTTO H. FRITZ. Otto H. Fritz, a prominent and prosperous resident of Cincinnati, is the president of the Fritz Brothers Company, wholesale manufacturers of high grade cigars and buyers and shippers of leaf tobacco. He was born in Germany in 1853 and was still but a child when brought to this country by his parents, his father's demise occurring shortly after his arrival in the United States. The family home was established in Cincinnati, Ohio. Our subject was the second of four sons, the others being Emil, Richard and Theodore. All were natives of the fatherland and came to this country in childhood. Otto H. Fritz attended the schools of Cincinnati in the acquirement of an education and when twenty-one years of age entered business life in association with his three brothers, Richard and Theodore having not yet attained their majority. They had learned 528 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY the cigar maker's trade in this city and in 1874 began the manufacture of cigars in a small building on Main street near Liberty street. A few years later the growth of the business necessitated larger quarters, which they obtained on Main street between Third and Fourth streets. About twenty years later, in 1895, they removed to their present location at the corner. of Race and Canal streets, where the Fritz Brothers Company has since utilized a large factory embracing sixty thousand square feet of floor space. The concern was incorporated in 1904 with a capital stock of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Employment is furnished to about seven. hundred people in the Cincinnati factory and a branch factory is also conducted at Tampa, Florida. Only two of the brothers who established the business are now connected therewith, Emil Fritz having passed away in 1900, while Theodore was called to his final rest in 1908. Otto H. Fritz is the president of the company, while his son, Wallace, acts in the capacity of vice president. The Fritz Brothers Company manufactures about ten different brands of cigars, their principal output being the "Marguerite," a ten-cent Havana cigar. They are also packers and shippers of leaf tobacco, owning warehouses at Germantown, Ohio, and at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Mr. Fritz has not confined his attention to his manufacturing interests, however. He assisted in the organization of the Atlas National Bank of Cincinnati and served as a director for several years but is not connected with the institution at the present time. He is identified with journalistic interests as the secretary and treasurer of the Cincinnati Freie Presse Company, publishers of the daily and weekly Cincinnati Freie Presse, a German newspaper. Mr. Fritz owes his success to his innate resources and principally to his perseverance, excellent business judgment and good management. As a companion and helpmate on the journey of life Otto H. Fritz chose Miss Catharine Otte, a daughter of George F. Otte. Their union was blessed with two children, namely : Wallace, the vice president of the Fritz Brothers Company ; and Ella, the wife of Louis Merkle, who is a member of the firm of Merkle Brothers of Cincinnati. Mr. Fritz is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity. The salient qualities of his life have ever commended him to the confidence, good will and friendship of those with whom he comes in contact and he has always enjoyed the high regard of a host of warm friends. JOSEPH STUBBERS. Joseph Stubbers, president of the Incandescent Light & Stove Company, manufacturers of gasoline light and gas stoves, has in his present connection been a prominent representative of business interests in Cincinnati since 1895. The years have chronicled steady advancement and growth in the business which he established and much of this is due to his persistent effort, the determination with which he has overcome obstacles and the ability which he has displayed in solving intricate business problems. Such a record should serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement to others, showing what may be accomplished when ambition and energy lead the way. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 529 Mr. Stubbers is a native of the middle west, his birth having occurred in the state of Illinois in 1857. His father, Clemmons Stubbers, was born in Germany and after coming to the new world resided for a time in Cincinnati but subsequently removed to Illinois, where he followed the occupation of farming until his death, which occurred when his son Joseph was one and a half years of age. The mother and her children about thirteen years afterward returned to Cincinnati and since that time Joseph Stubbers has been connected with. the business interests of this city. He had previously lived upon the home farm and had largely become familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist, while in the free outdoor life he laid the foundation for the physical strength and vigor that has enabled him to accomplish much since becoming allied with business interests in the city. On the removal to Cincinnati he at once began work at the tinner's trade to which he served an apprenticeship, earning two dollars a week and paying three and a half dollars for board. His expenses thus exceeded his income but he applied himself readily to the mastery of the business and after a few years was enabled to command good wages. When but nineteen years of age he began to work on gasoline devices and has had charge of different shops since that time. He had been engaged in building ovens for gasoline stoves for about a year before he established the business in which he is now engaged. At the same time he built gasoline and gas machines under contract. In 1894 he established the enterprise which is now conducted under the name of the Incandescent Light & Stove Company with extensive factories and salesrooms occupying a floor space of forty-five thousand square feet at Oakley, between the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and Columbia avenue. The firm only lately abandoned their quarters on East Front street where they were located, as the business had increased so rapidly that larger capacity for manufacturing their output was necessary. The business was incorporated in 1898 for two hundred thousand dollars, and in July, 1908, the company was reorganized with a capital of five hundred thousand dollars preferred stock and one million dollars common. The company manufactures gasoline lights and gas stoves, and about one hundred and sixty men are employed in the factory in addition to their selling force, and skilled mechanics under the direction of competent foremen do the work that results in placing upon the market a product that is highly satisfactory to jobbers and wholesale dealers. The present officers of the company are : Mr. Stubbers, president ; George H. Paine, treasurer ; and Charles Fisher, secretary. Something of the extent and growth of the business is indicated by contrasting the present plant with the original quarters. When Mr. Stubbers began business in 1895 he occupied a small room above a feed store on Water street, near Main street, and employed but two men. Today a large force of workmen are kept constantly employed in the conduct of a business which is continually growing. Mr. Stubbers has secured many patents, about fifty-five in all. His inventive genius and power are constantly finding expression in some improvement. He has secured a patent on a device to prevent gasoline from running out of the generators when the generators are either hot or cold. Another patent was secured on a device whereby uniform pressure is obtained without repumping when the tank has once been filled. Another important invention controlled by the company is on the flexible mantle. The house sustains an unassailable reputation with the trade 530 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY and Mr. Stubbers as its promoter deserves much credit for giving to Cincinnati one of its prominent productive industries. In 1883, in this city, Mr. Stubbers was married to Miss Caroline Wernsing, a daughter of Frederick and Caroline Wernsing of Cincinnati. Mrs. Stubbers passed away in 1910. They had fourteen children, of whom nine are now living. He is first and foremost a business man, his attention being almost wholly concentrated upon his industrial and commercial interests. His steadfast purpose and substantial qualities have contributed to the result, which has been brought about by the leading business men, in making Cincinnati the important commercial and manufacturing center that it is today. JOHN C. THOM. Working his way upward by gradual stages, making each day and hour count for the utmost in the achievement of that success which is the goal of all honorable endeavor, John C. Thom has become president of The John C. Thom Company, owners of a planing mill, and manufacturers of high grade building material. The business was established in 1905, and its trade has grown steadily since that time, owing to the capable management and sound judgment of him, who is at its head. Like many of Cincinnati's leading and substantial business men, Mr. Thom is a native of this city, his birth having here occurred on the 31st day of May, 1866. His father, George Thom, came to this country in the late '40s and worked at his trade, until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he joined the army. After his return from the south, where he had participated in many hotly contested engagements, he was united in marriage to Miss Kuningunda Worthman, also of Cincinnati, and from that time on he was identified in business affairs in Cincinnati, until 1876 when he died from the effects of exposure, and the hardships suffered,. while serving his country in the war of the rebellion. John C. Thom was reared in Cincinnati, and pursued his education in the parochial schools. After leaving school he began work for the Mills & Spell-mire Manufacturing Company in their planing mill, .and being employed in different capacities, became familiar with the architecture and manufacture of every branch of mill work used in the construction of dwellings and public buildings. Gradually he was advanced as he proved his trustworthiness and ability, and prior to establishing a business for himself he was in charge of various departments of several of the largest planing mills in the city. In February, 1905, The John C. Thom Company, was organized and has been incorporated. Its plant extends from Nos. 1213 to 1225 West Eighth avenue, and Nos. 1214 to 1226 West Seventh avenue. Employment is furnished to from twenty-five to thirty workmen, in the conduct of a planing mill business, and the manufacture of mill work. Mr. Thom's practical knowledge of the business, combined with his executive ability and laudable ambition, has enabled him to reach the plane of success which he now occupies. In this city on November 23d, in 1887, Mr. ,Thom was united in marriage to Miss Philomena Crone, also a native of Cincinnati, and a daughter of Peter CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 533 Crone. To them were born thirteen children, of whom nine are living, namely : Alice, at home ; George, who is in the employment of The John C. Thom Company ; Viola, at home ; Maria, bookkeeper and stenographer in the office of the company ; John, Catherine, and Louis, attending school; Elizabeth, and Beatrice, at home. Mr. Thom and all his family are members of the Roman Catholic church and they belong to both the St. Lawrence and St. William parishes. He is also a member of the Knights of Columbus. He possesses a social disposition and genial qualities, but he is strictly a home man, and has comparatively little time for interest outside of his home and his business, which is steadily growing, and, therefore, demands the major portion of his attention. His success has come to him as the merited' reward of close application and sound judgment. JOSEPH ASHLAND BALDWIN. It is not the wealth that men attain that causes them to be remembered by their fellow travelers upon life's journey, but the good deeds which they do, the kindly spirit which they manifest and the honorable principles which they embody in their daily conduct. It was these qualities which have made the memory of Joseph Ashland Baldwin sacred to all with whom he was associated, while his example remains as a potent force for good in the lives of many with whom he came in contact. Cincinnati numbered him among her native sons, his birth having here occurred in June, 1848. He was a son of Joseph and Mary Baldwin. The former was born in Branford, Connecticut, in May, 1867, and was a son of Mrs. Flora (Woodruff) Baldwin, his father having died before the birth of Joseph Baldwin, so that the ancestral history of the family is lost. After largely devoting his youth to the acquirement of an education Joseph Baldwin learned the carpenter's trade and eventually became a builder and architect, in which line he won success, leaving many substantial evidences of his skill in workmanship in good buildings of Cincinnati erected at a comparatively early period in the development of the city. He continued actively in business up to the time of the Civil war, when he served as one of Cincinnati's defenders in the approach of the Confederate troops in the raid into the north under General Smith. On the 18th of October, 1836, in Cincinnati, Joseph Baldwin, Sr., was married to Miss Mary Crossman, a daughter of Peter Crossman, of this city, and their children were : Charles Henry, who married Miss Eleanor Mudd ; Mary Louise ; Joseph A. ; Florence J. ; Walter ; and Clifford, who wedded Miss Olive Northup. Joseph Baldwin gave his political support to the republican party from the time of its organization until his death. In early life he became. a member of the first orthodox Congregational church at Cincinnati but in 1869 joined the Presbyterian church of Wyoming, Hamilton county, continuing one of its faithful adherents until called to his final rest. Joseph Ashland Baldwin spent his youthful days in Cincinnati, where he attended the Ninth District school and the Fourth Intermediate school. When it became incumbent upon him to enter the business world he took up the profession of bookkeeping which he followed as a life work. He never neglected a duty 534 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY that devolved upon him in this connection and always had the entire confidence of those whom he represented in a business way, yet he never allowed business to interfere with the performance of the higher, holier duties of life ill. relation to his fellowmen and to his Maker. He long held membership in the Mount Auburn Presbyterian church and at the time. of his death was serving as superintendent or the Sunday school. On the 16th of September, 1875, Mr. Baldwin was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Rathborne, a daughter of G. L. Rathborne, who was an officer of the English army and became a resident of America in 1854. Mrs. Baldwin always shared with her husband in his good work. They were fully one in their interests in the cause of Christianity and Mrs. Baldwin is now a very ,active and prominent member of the Young Women's Christian Association, of which she is serving as president. The death of Mr. Baldwin occurred in 1899, and the community which knew him thereby lost a valued citizen, his church one of its most devoted members and his social acquaintances a faithful friend, but to her with whom he had traveled life's journey for twenty-three years the loss came with greatest force. EDWARD McDONALD. The commercial history of Cincinnati is an interesting one. There has been an absence here of the "boom" spirit often common in the west, where land sells at almost fabulous prices and business enterprises spring up as if by magic. The growth of Cincinnati has been steady and continuous and its business interests have answered the demand of the times. Upon this rests the substantial character of her manufacturing and commercial interests and each successful enterprise is an element in her growth. Edward McDonald is associated with the business activity of the city as the secretary and treasurer of the Cincinnati Smelting & Refining Works, owned by James McDonald & Sons Company. He was here born February 19, 1861, and is a son of James and Maria Louise McDonald, who was born in Madison, Indiana. The father, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland in August, 1821, and came to America in 1833, directly to Cincinnati, was the founder of the smelting and refining business which is still carried on under his name: He established the enterprise just before the Civil war but gave it up soon after the outbreak of hostilities in 1861 and volunteered for service in the Curlew Mosquito Fleet, No. 2, as first lieutenant. While in the service he suffered injuries that caused the doctor to despair of his life and he was told to return home to die. His vigorous constitution, however, triumphed and after a year, thinking that he had recovered, he took charge of wagon trains, acting as captain of such .a train in the Cumberland mountains. His health, however, was not what he thought it and because of his physical condition he was obliged to leave the service and was honorably discharged. He then returned to Cincinnati and reopened the business, in which success attended him. He was a man of most generous spirit and as his financial resources increased he did many things for the benefit and assistance of his fellowmen. In a single year alone he gave as much as twenty thousand dollars in wiping out the debts of others or assisting them to start in business. He died February 26, 1903, at the CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 535 age of about eighty-two years, and his wife, passed away November 13, 1901, at the age of seventy-seven years, both being laid to rest: in the family lot in the Wesleyan cemetery. They were both lifelong members of the Pearl Street Methodist church. Edward McDonald began his education in the old third district schoolhouse at Kilgore and Elm streets, which has since been replaced, by a new modern structure. In his eleventh year he went to the intermediate school on Franklin street and in clue time entered high school, which he left his sixteenth year. He then entered the business of his father, familiarized. himself with the work and in time was made an officer. When the business was reorganized as a stock company in 1895 he was elected vice president, which position he filled until elected secretary and treasurer in 1907. On the 16th of June, 1894, in Cincinnati, Mr. McDonald married Miss Mamie Wesling, a daughter of William Wesling, who was killed in the bridge disaster at Licking river in Kentucky, in 1892. His wife survived until December 4, 1897, and the remains of both now rest in the German Evergreen cemetery at Newport, Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald have two daughters : Maria Louise, attending the Walnut Hills high school and Esther Zoe. Mr. McDonald purchased a good home at 2995 Observatory avenue, where he and his wife delight in entertaining their friends. His political indorsement is given to the republican party without wishing for office preferment as a reward for party fealty. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald are members of the Grace Street Methodist Episcopal church, Hyde Park. In Masonry he has become a Knight Templar and has attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. He is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He has always been associated with the business in which he is now engaged and thoroughness and system are characteristic of his work in every particular. THEODORE GROENE. It was on the 25th of April, 1911, that Theodore Groene departed this life. For twenty-eight years he had been closely associated with the business activity of Cincinnati, establishing an enterprise which is still conducted under the firm name of Rombach & Groene. His birth occurred in this city September 25, 1860, his father being H. H. Groene, who at an early date had come from Germany to Cincinnati, where he engaged in business. The son was sent as a pupil to St. Xavier College, where he pursued his studies to the age of fifteen years, and then entered the employ of Charles Wolbach, a pioneer photographer and engraver of this city. Subsequently he secured a position with Charles Muhrmann whom he served until 1883 when in connection with Louis Rombach he purchased the business of his employer. They were located at Third and Park streets until 1888, when a removal was made to their present location at Nos. 812-814 West Fourth street. An extensive business is conducted in photography and engraving. The former is entirely outside work and does not include portrait photography. The partners held to high standards in the conduct of the business and because of the excellence of their work were accorded a liberal patronage. The 536 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY safe and commendable policy instituted by Mr. Groene and his business associate has always been maintained. Many of the illustrations in this volume were made from photographs which are the property of the firm. About fourteen people are employed and the business is enjoying substantial growth. In 1885 Mr. Groene was united in marriage to Miss Magdalena Weiss, of Cincinnati, and they became parents of five children : Charles H., Clara, Etta, Marie and Arthur. The eldest son was born in 1891 and after attending St. Xavier College, pursued a course of study in Nelson's Business College. He then worked for the Baldwin Piano Company for two years but in 1909 joined his father in business, thoroughly acquainting himself with the work in every department so that upon the death of his father he was well qualified to take over the management of the full charge of which he now has full charge although but a young man of twenty years. Mr. Groene did not confine his attention alone to one line of business. He was a member of the Cincinnati Furniture Exchange and of the Queen City Furniture Club, and was. a director and one of the organizers of the Brighton German Bank. His strongly marked sagacity and unabating industry were salient features in the success which crowned his labors. He led a diligent, busy life, and faltered not when difficulties or obstacles barred his path, but when one avenue of advancement seemed closed sought out another path whereby he might obtain the result desired. He belonged to the Knights of Columbus and was well known in the organization as well as in industrial circles. His record was proof of the fact that the way of usefulness and success is open to all and that the worth of the individual may triumph over many difficulties. He was indeed the architect of his own fortunes and as such builded wisely and well. MILTON ADLER. Prominent among the progressive; enterprising and far-sighted business men of Cincinnati is Milton Adler, the vice president and executive manager of the Julian-Kokenge Shoe Manufacturing Company, a mammoth enterprise, with which he has been identified since 1893. In this connection he bends his efforts to administrative direction and his keen judgment and the soundness of his business methods are manifest in the splendid results which have attended his undertakings. Mr. Adler is one of Cincinnati's native sons, born in 1869, his father being William. Adler, the founder of the Fairmount Woolen Mills, of which the son is still president. The father was a native of Germany but the belief that better business opportunities were afforded in the new world led him to bid adieu to friends and native country and sail for America. He became a resident of Cincinnati about 1854 or 1855 and with his brother Isaac, founded the Fairmount Woolen Mills, which he conducted successfully for many years, this growing industry becoming one of the important manufacturing concerns of the city. He remained a valued and representative business man here to the time of his death, which occurred in 1903. Milton Adler was reared in Cincinnati and attended the local schools, being graduated from the Hughes high school in 1887. He afterward spent a year or CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 537 more in the University of Cincinnati and liberal education thus qualified him for many of the practical and responsible duties which have since devolved upon him. He entered business circles as a clerk for the wholesale dry-goods house of The George W. McAlpin Company and there remained for a year and a half, after which he became a partner in the firm of Mayer Brothers & Company,. wholesale dealers in liquors. In that business he continued until 1893, when he became vice president of the Julian-Kokenge Company. His attention has since been concentrated upon the work of office management. For intricate commercial problems he finds quick and ready solution and his judgment is seldom if ever at fault. He possesses, too, the definite aim and determined purpose that enable him to carry forward to successful conclusion whatever he undertakes, and he is recognized in business circles as one of the strong representatives of commercial affairs. Mr. Adler has won in social circles equal favor with that accorded him in business life. He is a popular member of the Phoenix Club, the Country Club and the Business Men's Club and other organizations. In matters of citizenship he stands for that which is practical and progressive, desiring the best interests of the community. He does not seek nor care for office but in business circles is leaving his impress as one of the foremost factors of the community. JOHN GATES. John Gates, who has been identified with John Gates & Company, wholesale shoe jobbers of Cincinnati, ever since he entered business life, is the third of the name in direct descent in the family and can claim a long line of sturdy English ancestry. He is a native of Cincinnati, born February 23, 1853, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Collingwood) Gates. The father and mother came from England with their parents about 1826, when the former was a young lad and both families located in Cincinnati. He completed his school training at Woodward high school, from which he was graduated, soon afterward being apprenticed to the printer's trade. In 1841 he decided to change his vocation and associated with John Simpkinson in the jobbing business. They continued the partnership about a year and in 1842 Mt. Gates established the firm of John Gates & Company in the same line of business, which has ever since been in existence. He proved very successful and traveling men from this house supplied patrons in six or seven states tributary to Cincinnati. Mr. Gates died in 1878, at the age of fifty-eight years, and his wife passed away December 25, 1894, after arriving at the age of seventy-three. They are both buried in Spring Grove cemetery, in a lot which Mr. Gates purchased in 1852. After receiving his preliminary education in the public schools John Gates, whose name stands at the head of this sketch, was graduated from the Chickening Institute and later was a student in a preparatory school at Easthampton, Massachusetts. Soon after returning home from the east he was made manager of his father's factory and subsequently became manager of the jobbing department of the house, so continuing until the death of the father, when he and his brother James assumed control of the business. Under their management the 538 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY operations of the firm have been greatly increased. Mr. Gates is a member of the board of directors of the Cincinnati Traction Company and has gained for himself a highly creditable place as one of the reliable and progressive men of Cincinnati. He has displayed marked ability and indefatigable energy and success has followed as the legitimate result of his labors. On the 22d of June, 1887, Mr. Gates was married to Miss Frances White, a daughter of M. M. White, president of -the Fourth National Bank of Cincinnati, and Hanna Amelia (Coffin) White. To them three children have been born; Morris White, who is now a student at Haverford College, Pennsylvania; John, Jr., who is a student of St. George's school, Newport, Rhode Island ; and Elizabeth, who was graduated at the Baldwin school, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Politically Mr. Gates is a stanch supporter of the republican party and socially is identified with the Queen City Club, the Country Club and the Golf Club. He has been over thirty years treasurer and member of the board of directors of the Cincinnati Union Bethel, of which his father was one of the principal organizers, and is also vestryman of the Church of the Epiphany. A liberal supporter of education and of movements seeking to alleviate the ills of humanity, he is highly esteemed by those who know him, representing, as he does, the qualities of a good citizen, a kind husband and father and a faithful friend. ROBIN WILLIAM CUMMINS, FRANCIS, B. A., M. D. A Princeton man, Dr. Francis used his college course as the basis for professional knowledge and upon that foundation has builded his success. Today he is practicing in Cincinnati as a physician and surgeon and has also done much valuable hospital work. His birth occurred in the vicinity of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on the l0th of January, 1871, his parents being the Rev. John Junkin and Louise C. (Cummins) Francis. His father, who was born near Pittsburg in the town of New Wilmington, was educated at Westminster College and in the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny. Later the degree of D. D. was conferred upon him, and his life has been devoted to the work of the ministry. He became pastor of the Central Presbyterian church in Cincinnati and remained here for an extended period, or until 1908, when he removed to Churchville, New York, where he is now located. His wife was a daughter of Dr. Samuel P. Cummins, one of the best known surgeons of western Pennsylvania. In the father's family were two children: Dr. Francis, of this review ; and Nellie C., who is at home with her father. Brought to Cincinnati by his parents during his boyhood days, Dr. Francis attended the public schools until graduated from Woodward high school with the class of 1891. He afterward entered Princeton Univeristy and completed the literary course in 1895, when the Bachelor of Arts degree was conferred upon him. His professional training was received in the Medical College of Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1898 and he then put his knowledge to the practical test by serving 'as interne in Good Samaritan Hospital for a year. This brought him wide and valuable experience, with which he entered upon general practice at No. 534 West Seventh street, eleven years ago. He is now CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 541 located at Hyde Park and has made' an excellent record as one of the capable physicians of his section of the city. For ten years he has been lecturer and demonstrator of anatomy, serving from 1900 until 1909, inclusive. He keeps in close touch with several professional societies including the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He also belongs to the Cincinnati chapter of the Alumni Association of the Ohio Medical Society, of which he was one of the founders. Dr. Francis was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Schellinger, a daughter of William C. Schellinger, of Chicago, and they now have one child, Gwendolyn. Dr. Francis is a member of the Hyde Park Methodist church and is much interested in the material and social upbuilding of the community, as well as its moral progress. He belongs to the Automobile Club and is one of the board of governors of the State Automobile Association. He became one of the founders of the Hyde Park Business Men's Club and no movement or measure for the progress and development of that section of the city seeks his aid in vain. HARRY W. VORDENBERG. Since crossing the threshold of the business world in 1889, when a youth of fourteen years, Harry W. Vordenberg has made continuous progress, the successive steps of which are easily discernible. Actuated by the laudable purpose of attaining success and holding at the same time to the highest standard of professional ethics, he has made for himself an enviable position as a practitioner before the courts. He is yet a young man, his birth having occurred in Cincinnati, October 18, 1875, his parents being Herman G. and Amelia Vordenberg. At the usual age he began his education in the Madisonville public schools, which he attended until 1889, when he secured a position as office boy with Mallon, Coffey & Mallon, well known attorneys, with whom he has since been associated, being gradually promoted to the position of a member of the firm. In the meantime he became a student in the Cincinnati night high school, from which he was graduated in 1896. Having qualified for the work, he was made stenographer for the firm and his interest in law practice being strongly aroused, he qualified for the profession as a student in the Cincinnati University Law School, from which he was graduated in 1898, the degree of LL. B. being conferred upon him. Two years longer he remained with the firm of Mallon, Coffey & Mallon in a clerical capacity and in 1900 became their associate in a partnership relation that has since been maintained. The laudable ambition that prompted him to prepare himself for a more advanced position and larger responsibilities, has constituted the basis of the success which now crowns his efforts. He is today recognized as one of the strong and able lawyers of the Cincinnati bar and his clientage is of an important character. Moreover, the soundness of his business judgment has been manifest in various connections. He organized the Central Building & Loan Company of Madisonville, of which he is a director, and he is also serving on the directorate of The Mt. Washington Loan, Building & Deposit Company, the Woods Ice Delivery. Company, and The EL C. Wood Company. Vol. III-25 542 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY On the 18th of October, 1900, at Bond Hill, Ohio, Mr. Vordenberg was united in marriage to Miss Susie Peak, a daughter of Jacob and Susanna Peak. They now have two children, Martha L. and Stanley W., aged respectively ten and six years. The parents hold membership in the Madisonville Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mr. Vordenberg is serving as a trustee. He belongs to the Masonic Lodge, the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Maccabees and other fraternal organizations and gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He has served as a member of the council of the village of Madisonville from Ig0' until 1903 ; and as its solicitor from 1905 to 1911, when it became a part of Cincinnati. In 1911 Mr. Vordenberg represented the city of Madisonville as a commissioner, to fix the terms and conditions at the time of the annexation of that city to the city of Cincinnati. Deep interest in the welfare of the community in which he resides and the city in which he practices has prompted his cooperation in many projects and measures for the public good and by all he is recognized as a high type of manhood and citizenship. CHARLES STUART COWIE. The opportunities of the new world attract hundreds to American shores each year, but not all who seek this country meet with the success which they anticipate. The fault, therefore, must be within the individual for in America "labor is king," and effort is unhampered by caste or class. The ability of the individual, therefore, determines his progress and his prosperity. That Charles Stuart Cowie was possessed of substantial qualities and laudable ambition directing earnest effort, is demonstrated by the fact that he won a place among Cincinnati's prosperous citizens. A native of Scotland, he was born in Edinburgh, March 13, 1845, and was one of a family of eight children whose parents were David and Margaret (Richardson) Cowie. He was still a youth when he came alone to the new world and established his home in Cincinnati, where he completed his education and made his entrance into business life. He early became connected with the shoe trade and was identified with that line of business for many years. Through his superior work and his fair and equitable dealing he made gradual advancement in business and secured a patronage that not only brought his prominently before the public but also made him well known to almost every firm. in the city, while his name became largely a household word in every section of the country. Although he established business on a small scale he ever followed progressive methods leading to the continuous expansion of the trade until he became a prominent factor in manufacturing and commercial circles. Moreover his name was recognized as a synonym for honest workmanship and straightforward dealing. Probably no manufacturer in his line had a wider or more favorable acquaintance among theatrical people than Mr. Cowie who for an extended period made a specialty of catering to their exact demands, his trade in stage shoes being very extensive. His business acumen and aptitude for successful management enabled him to win a fortune and he gained at the same time an honorable, untarnished name in all of his business transactions. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 543 On the 29th of June, 1880, Mr. Cowie was united in marriage to Miss Carolyn Elizabeth Donnelly, a daughter of Edward and Catherine Anne (Thorpe) Donnelly, the former a native of Philadelphia and the latter of Freehold, New Jersey, her birthplace being on the site of the famous Battle of Monmouth. To Mr. and Mrs. Cowie were born two children : Charles S., who is married and has one daughter, Ruth E. and Edyth, who lives at home. At the beautiful family home at No. 837 Ridgeway avenue, in Avondale, Mr. Cowie passed away March 31, 1897, his death being regretted not only by his immediate family but also by many friends. He had made for himself a notable and enviable position in business circles and in other connections. He was identified with the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and he enjoyed those things for which the Cuvier Club and other organizations stand. He ever kept well informed on the political issues and questions of the day and was identified through membership relations with the Lincoln Club and the Young Men's Blaine Club. In early Manhood he joined the Masonic fraternity and in time became a member of Cincinnati Commandery, No. 3, K. T. He was also a life member of Kilwinning Chapter, No. 97, R. A. M. He was entitled to wear the Grand Army button inasmuch as he served as a member of the famous Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war. He made a creditable record when at the front and always took pride in his membership in W. H. Lytle Post, No. 47, G. A. R. He belonged to the Calendonian Society of which he served for several years as president. In that organization he was greatly loved for his geniality and good fellowship. It was a tie that bound him to his native land for which he ever manifested a deep affection, yet no citizen could have been found more loyal to America, her interests and her institutions than Charles Stuart Cowie. He came to the new world with the intention of making this land his home and thereafter he was most loyal to its interests, never neglecting any duty of citizenship and at all times supporting the projects and measures which he deemed of value either in municipal or national government. His many excellent traits of character and his sterling worth as well as his business activity and success gave him a position in public regard that many might well prize. ROLLA L. THOMAS, M. A., M. D. Dr. Rolla L. Thomas, medical practitioner and educator, who is now dean of and professor of theory and practice in the Eclectic Medical College and is doing considerable hospital work in addition to a gratifying private practice, was born in Harrison, Hamilton county, Ohio, on the 17th of August, 1857, and comes of a family of Welsh origin. His parents were Dr. Milton L. and Susan (Rybolt) Thomas. The father was born in Warren county, Ohio, and pursued his preliminary education in the public schools, while his professional training was received in the Louisville Medical College, at Louisville, Kentucky, where he studied under Drs. Drake and Gross. Following his graduation, in 1854, he practiced for three years and then pursued a course in the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical School and afterward became the preceptor of Dr. John Milton Scudder. For a time he engaged in practice in Cincinnati and afterward removed to 544 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY Creston, Ohio, where he followed his profession until he removed to Harrison. For forty years he was one of the loved family physicians of that city, his conscientious service in his profession combined with his marked ability, winning him admiration, respect and warm friendship. He was a member of the Eclectic Alumni Association and served as one of its first presidents. He lived to the age of seventy-four years, passing away in February, 1885. His wife was a daughter of Stephen Rybolt and is still living, at the age of eighty-one years. Dr. Rolla L. Thomas, spending his youthful days in his parents' home, was provided with liberal educational opportunities and after attending Asbury University of Greencastle, Indiana, now De Pauw University, from which he was graduated B. A. in 1878, came to Cincinnati and entered the Eclectic Medical College wherein he completed a course in 1880. He had previously read medicine under the direction of his father and following his graduation was associated in practice with the latter for eight years. On the expiration of that period he became professor of theory and practice in the Eclectic Medical College as the successor of Dr. Scudder and still fills that position. He also has a large consultation practice which frequently calls him into neighboring states and he is serving on the staff of Seton Hospital. He keeps in touch with the advanced work being done by the profession throughout the state and country and is a member of the Southwestern Medical Society, the Ohio State Eclectic Medical Association and the National Eclectic Medical Association. Something of his high standing in his profession may be indicated in the fact that he was honored with the presidency of the National Association in 1904. Dr. Thomas was united in marriage in 1880 to Miss Sally Belle Cook, a daughter of William Cook, of Harrison, Ohio, and they have three children, Charles Neale, Elsie and Dorothy. Dr. Thomas belongs to Golden Rule Lodge, K. P., of which he is a past chancellor, and both he and his wife are members of the Walnut Hills Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which they take an active and helpful part. He is serving as one of its trustees and for twenty years has been a teacher of the Bible class, while Mrs. Thomas is one of eleven secretaries of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, a national organization. Their interest in all that pertains to progress and the uplift of humanity is not theoretical but is of a most practical character and finds its expression in serviceable work through the church and in matters of citizenship, while Dr. Thomas in his professional labors also has as a foundation for his labors his broad humanitarian spirit. EDWIN KHUON, M. D., PH. G. Dr. Edwin Khuon, physician and surgeon, whose college and hospital work well qualified him to undertake the responsible duties that have devolved upon him in his practice of medicine and surgery, was born in Cincinnati, November 21, 1869, a son of Dr. Edwin and Louise (Andrews) Khuon. The father, a native of Germany, was a graduate of Heidelberg University and later took up the study of medicine at the University of Tübingen. On the completion of his course he sought the business opportunities of the new world and came to Cin- CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 545 cinnati, where he began practice and the recognition of his knowledge and skill brought to him an extensive, important and growing patronage. His life's labors were terminated in death ere he had reached the zenith of his powers, for he passed away in 1879, when about thirty-nine years of age. His wife had died in 1876, at the same age. Dr. Khuon was very prominent in German circles in Cincinnati and was likewise a member of the local medical society. To him and his wife were born five children, of whom three reached years of maturity : Frieda, Edwin and Louise. Dr. Edwin Khuon, spending his youthful days in his parents' home, was educated in the public schools and the Woodward high school. He then started out in the business world, being employed in the drug store of George Eger, during which time he entered the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated in 1889. He afterward matriculated in the Ohio Medical College in 1890 and was graduated in 1893 with the M. D. degree. After leaving the College of Pharmacy and before taking up his medical studies he pursued a postgraduate course of one year in chemistry, at the University of Cincinnati. In 1893-4 he was interne in the City Hospital and thus put to the practical test the knowledge that he had gained during his college days. On leaving the hospital he entered at once upon the general practice of medicine and surgery in Cincinnati and has come to be recognized as one whose power is much above mediocrity, so that he has long since left the ranks of the many and today stands among the successful few. He continually promotes his professional knowledge through the interchange of thought and experience among the members of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Dr. Khuon was married to Miss Mary Timberman, a daughter of Matthew Timberman, of Hamilton, and they have one son, Robert. The doctor is well known in Masonic circles as a member of McMillan Lodge, A. F. & A. M., the Ohio Consistory and Syrian Temple of the Mystic Shrine, but while in thorough sympathy with the craft and its purposes, his interest centers in his chosen life work. His strict adherence to a high standard of professional ethics has won him the high regard and admiration of his professional brethren, while the skill that he displays in actual practice has constituted his labors of value and worth to his fellowmen. ROBERT H. PUTMAN. The candy business has grown to large proportions in the principal centers of the country and Cincinnati can claim some of the most completely appointed candy establishments of the United States. Among the men prominently connected with the business is Robert H. Putman, a native of Kentucky, but for twenty-four years a resident of this city, where he has gained an enviable reputation on account of his success in business affairs. He was born near Maysville, Kentucky, in 1858, a son of Thomas D. and Hannah (Applegate) Putman. The father was a farmer and Mr. Putman of this sketch continued on the home place 546 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY until he was nineteen years of age. He then entered a dry-goods store of Maysville as clerk, a position he held for Six years. In 1883, desiring a wider field, Mr. Putman went to Chicago and was connected for four years with the great mercantile house of Marshall Field & Company, there gaining ,many lessons which have been of vast benefit to him as the head of an independent concern. In 1887 he came to Cincinnati and was employed for eight years in the dry-goods house of George W. McAlpine. About the time this house gave up the wholesale business Mr. Putman embarked under his own name in the candy business. His store was located on Vine street, where the Enquirer building now stands. He applied himself with very satisfactory results and in 1906 the firm was incorporated as the Robert H. Putman Candy Company, with Mr. Putman as president, treasurer and general manager. This company employs sixty-five persons and manufactures for its own stores, of which there are six, Mr. Putman being the head of the largest retail candy business in the city. In 1893 Mr. Putman was married to Miss Margaret Ward, a daughter of R. D. Ward, of Covington, Kentucky. Religiously Mr. Putman and his wife are connected with the Christian Catholic church of Zion. He is a member of the Business Men's Association and may always be depended upon to perform his part in promoting movements for the advancement of the genera! welfare. He has reason for congratulation in selecting Cincinnati as his home, for here many of his early dreams have been realized. He has by honorable methods reached the front in his line of business and has shown himself to be entirely worthy of the good fortune which has crowned his labors. MAJOR FRANK J. JONES. Various corporate interests claim the attention and profit by the capable management of Major Frank J: Jones, who is perhaps most widely known through his connection with railway and insurance interests. Capable of solving intricate and complex business problems, he possesses, too, the initiative spirit which formulates new plans and the executive ability that carries them forward to successful completion. At the age of seventy-three years his interests are as important and extensive as claim the direction of many a younger man and his business powers and ability seem undiminished. It was on the 22d of April, 1838, that Major Jones first opened his eyes to the light of day in a little house which occupied the site on Fourth street where his office is now located—the Fosdick building. His parents were John D. and Elizabeth ( Johnston) Jones, natives of Berks county, Pennsylvania, and Fort Wayne, Indiana, respectively. The original American ancestor in the paternal line, John Jones, arrived in Berks county in 1703 and his descendants there resided until 1819, when John D. Jones removed westward to Cincinnati, where he became identified with business affairs and was associated with his brother in the firm of George W. Jones & Company. He remained a resident of this city throughout the residue of his days, his death occurring in August, 1878, in the neighboring village of Glendale, when he had reached the advanced age CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 549 of eighty-one. His wife, whose birth occurred in 1807, passed away at the age of seventy-one years. She was a daughter of John Johnston, who was born in the north of Ireland, March 17, 1774, and was of Huguenot extraction. He came to America in 1783 and passed away in Washington, D. C., February 18, 1860, when eighty-six years of age. John D. and Elizabeth (Johnston) Jones were parents of thirteen children but only two are now living, the brother of Major Jones being Walter St. John Jones, now engaged in the insurance business in Cincinnati. Reared in the city of his nativity, Major Jones attended the classical school conducted by E. S. Brooks and subsequently matriculated at Yale College, from which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1859. In preparation for the practice of law he became a student in the office of Hon. Rufus King, a distinguished Cincinnati attorney, and in September, 1860, entered the Harvard Law School, where he pursued his studies until after the inauguration of hostilities between the north and south. His patriotic spirit prompted his enlistment in defense of the Union, which he served as a member of Company A, Sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He joined the army as a private but valiant service and loyalty above question led to his promotion in June, 1861, to the rank of second lieutenant and subsequently to the rank of first lieutenant and captain in the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. During his service he was an active participant in the West Virginia campaign and was with General Hill's command at Cheat Mountain. Afterwards the Union forces crossed the mountains and took part in the battle at Gauley Bridge under General Rosecrans. Major Jones likewise participated in the important engagements of Shiloh, Perryville and Chickamauga and in August, 1864, he resigned his command and returned to Cincinnati with the rank of major. Two of his brothers laid down their lives on the altar of their country, Lieutenant Charles D. Jones, who was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, dying while in service, and the other brother, William G. Jones, who was colonel of the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, being killed in the battle of Chickamauga. With the close of the war Major Frank J. Jones returned to Cincinnati and resumed the practice of law. Earnest effort, close application and the exercise of his native powers won him prestige at a bar which has numbered many eminent and prominent men. His thorough grasp of the law and ability to correctly apply its principles made him an effective and successful advocate and his clientage constantly increased in volume and importance. As the years have advanced Major Jones extended his efforts into other fields, becoming prominently associated with railway and insurance interests and corporate affairs have largely claimed his attention for a number of years past. He has acquired considerable stock in a number of companies and is now president of the Little Miami Railroad Company, a director of the Dayton & Michigan Railroad Company and a director of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company. He is also president of the Cincinnati Equitable Insurance Company, is one of the trustees of the Spring Grove Association and a director of the First National Bank of Cincinnati. Attractively situated in his home life, Major Jones was married May 30, 1866, to Miss Frances D. Fosdick, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah A. (Wood)