550 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY Fosdick, the former a native of New London, Connecticut, and the latter of Cincinnati, Ohio. The five children born to this marriage are : Anna F., who married E. H. Ernst, secretary and treasurer of the Cincinnati Equitable Insurance Company ; Charles Davies, a graduate of Yale, now an attorney at law ; Samuel F., a physician in Denver, Colorado ; Frances L'Hommedieu ; and Edmund Lawrence. The family attend Christ Protestant Episcopal church in Cincinnati, of which Major Jones is now senior warden. He is a man of generous spirit and has long maintained a helpful attitude toward various charitable and benevolent projects and educational interests. He is now a trustee of the Cincinnati Orphan Asylum and was for twenty years a member of the board of directors of the University 0f Cincinnati. He is likewise a trustee of the Spring Grove Cemetery Association. No good work done in the name of charity or religion seeks his aid in vain, nor does any movement tending to the upbuilding or improvement of the city lack his cooperation. He belongs to the Loyal Legion, the Queen City Club, the Country Club and the Yale Club. EMIL G. SCHMITT. Emil G. Schmitt, president of The Bismarck Cafe Company, represents an important line of business in Cincinnati and is an acknowledged leader in his specialty. He has materially assisted in promoting a desire on the part of the people of Cincinnati for the best modern cafe service. He was born in this city in 1870, a son of Eugene and Louisa (Kistner) Schmitt. The father was a native of Strelno, Posen, Germany, and learned the marble finishing trade in the old country. He came to America in 1866, when he was about eighteen years of age, and located in Cincinnati, where he engaged at his trade. Subsequently, he entered the restaurant business and conducted what was known as the Washington Platform, with which he was identified until his death in 1890. He was prominent in the Masonic order and was a valued member of Hanselman Commandery, K. T., of this city. Mr. Schmitt, of this review, grew to manhood under the parental roof and gained his early education in the public schools. As a boy, he assisted in his father's business and thus gained an early knowledge of details which he has been able to apply to practical advantage. Since December 1904, he has been president and manager of The Bismarck Cafe Company. The business originated in 1904 under the title of the Erman Catering Company, which was incorporated by Julius Fleischmann, W. W. Granger, Dr. A. Zeckendorf and Charles Wiedemann. The company began in the Mercantile Library building but the venture proved a failure. After six months, all obligations were assumed by Mr. Wiedemann and the company was reincorporated under the title of The Bismarck Cafe Company, with Mr. Schmitt at its head. Under his experienced control, the enterprise has been so highly successful that the company now employs one hundred and thirty-five persons and is maintaining one of the finest and most completely appointed cafes Cincinnati has ever known. Mr. Schmitt is recognized as a master in the restaurant and catering business, and de- CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 551 serves high credit for the excellent service which under his supervision has been firmly established. In 1893, he was married to Miss Matilda Hust, a daughter of Henry Hust, of this city, and they have three children ; Eugene, Jeannette and Gertrude. Fraternally, Mr. Schmitt is identified with Lincoln Lodge, K. P., and the Elks. His success in business has been due not only to experience and natural ability but to his genial nature. He can claim a host of friends who admire him for his gentlemanly address and the interest he evinces in others. Everybody has a good word to say for Emil G. Schmitt. LUKE A. STALEY, SR. To characterize Luke A. Staley, Sr., as a successful business man merely would be but to give one view of a many sided nature that reaches out to beneficial and ennobling influences and to high and exalted purposes. He has in official connections as well as in commercial lines left0fis impress upon the history of Cincinnati and, moreover, has been a close, earnest and discriminating student of the great sociological, economic and political questions of the day. Ohio numbers Mr. Staley among her native sons, his birth having occurred in Dayton, August I , 1840, his parents being Henry and Rebecca (Connor) Staley. The father, who was born in Maryland, came across the mountains with his wife and two children and took up his abode in Dayton, where he engaged in business as a carpenter and builder, erecting some of the finest residences in that city, a number of which still stand as monuments to his skill and enterprise along architectural lines. He was a stanch friend of the Union cause and, although too old to enter the army, assumed his share of responsibilities at home as a patriotic advocate of the national government. He left Maryland on account of slavery and was known as a war democrat. He was outspoken in the expression of his views, fearless in his advocacy of what he believed to be right, strong in his belief in the Union and courageous in its support. When the question came of upholding the Union by his ballot he voted for Abraham Lincoln and afterward gave his political allegiance to the republican party. Luke A. Staley of this review was reared in Dayton, Ohio, and acquired his education in the public schools. He removed to Cincinnati about the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. He was in poor health and, therefore, not able for military service. He obtained a clerkship in the De Land dry-goods store and since that time has been continuously connected with commercial and manufacturing interests of the city. Careful expenditure enabled him to save from his earnings a sufficient sum to engage in the retail grocery business and he opened a store at the northeast corner of Eighth and Walnut streets, which he conducted a number of years. He next turned his attention to the life insurance business and became a representative of the Union Central Life Insurance Company, having charge of the Cincinnati office under the name of Kessler & Staley. At one time he put aside business cares to enter public office. He cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln and has always taken an active interest in the political questions and situation of the country but has not been a politician 552 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY in the usually accepted sense of an office seeker. However, in 079 he was elected treasurer of Hamilton county, filling the position through the two ensuing years. He then again became connected with the insurance business and retired from politics. Later, however, while residing in Columbia township he was elected county commissioner, which position he filled for two terms, or until the early '90s. Again he returned to business life and about 1893 engaged in real estate transactions promoting the Pleasant Ridge syndicate, the East Kennedy Heights and Euclid Land Associations, handling some of the prettiest property in Columbia township. In 1895 he became interested in the manufacture of proprietary remedies, in which he is now extensively engaged, conducting a large and growing business under his own name. Mr. Staley was married, in 1866, to Miss Lucretia E. Kessler, a daughter of Henry Kessler, a prominent citizen of Cincinnati. They had five children : Charles, deceased ; Henry K., an attorney at law, who is also associated with his father in business ; Laura R., the wife of Adolph Raine, of Cincinnati ; Ida K., the wife of Frederick Sturgis, of this city ; and Luke A., Jr., who is also connected with his father in manufacturing lines. Mrs. Staley is a member of the Lutheran church on Race street, while Mr. Staley attends the Presbyterian church at Pleasant Ridge, the family home being maintained in that attractive suburb of the city. Modest in demeanor and thoroughly unostentatious, the sterling worth of his nature has won him high esteem. He has always been very abstemious in his habits and reaps the benefit of this as few men carry their years so lightly as he. He is active in the work of various sociological and charitable enterprises looking to the moral advancement of the city and the uplifting of the less fortunate. He has closely studied sociological problems and enters into intelligent discussion of the vital questions of the day which relate not only to the commercial advancement and political welfare of the country but also to its progress and upbuilding along many other lines. ALBERT BETTINGER. Concentration of activity and interest upon a single line is almost absolutely essential t0 success in the professions, especially in the law, the scope of which is constantly being expanded to meet the changing conditions of the time. Mr. Bettinger is among Cincinnati's successful members of the bar who, since entering upon the practice, has made legal work his first consideration and today enjoys a most enviable reputation because of loyalty to his clients' interests. He was born in this city May 3, 1854, and is a son of Michael and Elizabeth (Angst) Bettinger, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father's birth occurred in 1826 while the mother's natal year was 1828. Michael Bettinger, who came to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1848, was for a number of years engaged in the brewing business here. In 1859 he removed with his family to Tell City, Indiana, which town he assisted in founding as a member of the Swiss Colonization Society of Cincinnati. Throughout the remainder of an active business career he devoted his attention to the manufacture of woolen goods at Tell City. His demise occurred in March, 1903, while his wife was called to her final rest in 1902. Unto CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 555 them were born five children, four of whom are yet living, as follows : Albert, of this review ; Amalia, who is the wife of Clay Switzer and resides in Tell City, Indiana; William, who is married and makes his home in Tell City ; and Michael, also living in Tell City. At the usual age Albert Bettinger began his education as a public-school student of Cincinnati and later attended the Indiana State University at Bloomington but did not graduate. He then continued in the law department of the same institution in preparation for the practice of the profession which he had determined to make his life work. He was also a student in the law office of Kebler. & Whitman, of Cincinnati, and in 1875 was admitted to the Ohio bar. Entering upon the practice, he was for five years a partner of C. M. Lotze, under the firm style of Lotze & Bettinger, and for a similar period was associated with Herman P. Goebel, which partnership was terminated when Judge Goebel was elected to the probate bench. Mr. Bettinger was then alone in business during the succeeding six years but again renewed his partnership relation with Judge Goebel on the expiration of the latter's second term of office in 1891. Since December, 1903, however, he has remained alone, enjoying a large general civil practice. Mr. Bettinger's legal learning, his analytical mind and the readiness with which he grasps the points in an argument all combine to make him one of the most capable lawyers of the Cincinnati bar, the public and the profession both acknowledging his right to be classed with the foremost representatives of the courts here. In the line of his profession he is connected with the Cincinnati Bar Association and the Ohio Bar Association and of the former served for one term as president. On the 21 st of October, 1878, occurred the marriage of Mr. Bettinger and Miss Antonia Steinauer, a native of Cincinnati and a daughter of August and Antonia Steinauer, both of whom are deceased. August Steinauer, who was engaged in business as a flour manufacturer, removed with his family to Tell City, Indiana, at the time the town was founded. Mr. and Mrs. Bettinger have had three children : Charles and Antoinette, both of whom have passed away ; and Alma, who finished her education abroad and now resides at home. During his college days Mr. Bettinger became a member of the Phi Kappa Psi and he also belongs to the Literary Club of Cincinnati. He is a republican in his political views but votes independently at local elections, supporting men and measures rather than party. For eleven years he served on the board of Warsaw special school district No. 1, now a part of the city. He was president of the Business Men's Club one term and for many years has been vice president of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association. He is likewise a director and helped found the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. He is probably one of the greatest students and authorities of the country on river transportation in the United States, and has delivered many addresses and lectures to merchants and others interested in the various cities directly affected by the navigation question. He has delved deeply into the subject, looking at it from every standpoint, mastering every detail and reaching conclusions which scientific research have corroborated. The credit is largely due to Mr. Bettinger for securing the appropriations made to deepen the channel and build dams on the Ohio and other rivers. Many years ago when he started the agitation for deepening the Ohio channel he made estimates on the cost. This was long before 556 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY the government survey and estimate had been made and the figures given by Mr. Bettinger were found to vary but little from government engineers' reports and final estimates. This fact alone indicates how thoroughly he has mastered the subject and how accurate were his deductions and conclusion's derived from data and other original research. From all parts of the United States he receives requests for information bearing upon the subject and his work has been of untold value and benefit in relation to this question which is now considered one of the most important before the country today in relation to the development of the natural resources of the land. His efforts have been very effective and forceful in behalf of matters of local progress and improvement. As a member of the Chamber of Commerce he cooperates in its organized efforts for the general good and for many years has been president of the West Price Hill Improvement Association. No plan or movement for the benefit of the city along lines of progress and improvement seeks his aid in vain. The public work that he has done has been of a nature that has brought no pecuniary reward ; it has been rather the expression of his deep interest in the welfare of his native city. WILLIAM C. RANKIN. It is conceded that Cincinnati is one of the most flourishing commercial centers of the United States and wealth is accumulating in this city at a rate little dreamed of even a generation ago. This accumulation of treasure has called for expert management of estates, which requires special knowledge of finances and of business details. Cincinnati can claim some of the most successful conservators that are to be found anywhere and in the number may be named William C. Rankin, manager of the Bodmann estate, a responsibility he has discharged for nineteen years past. He was born in Rush county, Indiana, in 1864, a son of Rev. James William and Marjorie Ann (Cowan) Rankin. The father was educated at Miami College for the ministry of the Presbyterian church. When President Lincoln called for soldiers to support the Union he promptly responded and became a member of Company K, Thirty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was a true lover of his country and was killed while valiantly fighting at the battle of Atlanta in defense of a cause which he accepted as just and true. Although William C. Rankin was deprived of the protection and advice of a father, he secured good advantages of education in the public schools and applied himself to his various tasks in a way that gave promise of diligence and steadfastness in anything he should undertake after arriving at maturity. This promise proved to be true. He was for a number of years connected with the real-estate and banking business at various places. In 1891 he came to Cincinnati and was soon actively identified with the banking and insurance business in this city. The year following he was appointed manager of the Bodmann estate and has since given his attention closely to the discharge of the responsibilities thus involved. Mr. Rankin has been twice married. The maiden name of his first wife was Hettie M. Walker, a daughter of Captain George W. Walker, of Lockland, Ohio. One son, Hugh W., was horn to this union. He is now a student of CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 557 Purdue University. In June, 1893, Mr. Rankin was married to Mrs. Mary Anderson Cromer, a daughter of L. G. Anderson, of Franklin, Ohio. In religious faith Mr. Rankin affiliates with the Mount Auburn Presbyterian church and is now serving as deacon of that organization. He was fortunate at the outset of his active life in adopting as his guide in business affairs the principles of honesty, industry and perseverance and his success attests the wisdom of his choice. He has ever shown his readiness to respond to the extent of his ability to calls of duty by church or his fellowmen and as the son of a soldier who died in support of the republic he has inherited those traits that make the patriotic and self-sacrificing citizen. A. L. PACHOUD. It has been said that success is the ability of the individual to recognize opportunity and to follow it to its conclusion. Whatever may be the correct definition of this oft repeated word there is no doubt that its true meaning is instinctively grasped by some persons and in this number may be named A. L. Pachoud, a prominent real-estate man and builder of Cincinnati. He has won recognition as an important factor in the development of the city and each year is gaining new laurels in the field for which he seems preeminently fitted by inclination, natural ability and practical experience. He comes of Swiss parentage and was born in Cincinnati in 1866, a son of Peter and Julia (Monon) Pachoud. The father was brought to America by his parents in boyhood and grew to maturity at New Orleans, Louisiana. He was educated in the public schools and after the outbreak of the Civil war came north and located in Cincinnati. Here he engaged for many years in the contracting business. He died about six years ago, after reaching the age of sixty-eight years. He possessed many excellent traits of character and was a worthy representative of a country which although small in area has produced many remarkable men and developed institutions which have been gladly adopted in the United States and in nearly all civilized nations of the world. A. L. Pachoud received his education in the public schools. He began his active contact with business affairs in the employ of the street railway company. At the end of two years he became connected with the lumber trade and two years later he associated with his father in the contracting business. Subsequently he started on his own account as a contractor and so continued for sixteen years. He cleared sites for a number of important structures in the city, including the Union depot, the Ingalls building, the German National Bank building, the site for the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railway Company on Broadway and for the tracks of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway. He was identified with the construction of most of the large buildings in Cincinnati during the time he continued as a contractor and made an extensive acquaintance that has been of special value to him as a real-estate man. In 1904 he began developing property on his own account. He platted and placed on the market Pachoud's first, second and third subdivisions of Evanston and numerous smaller tracts. He also has engaged extensively in building residences, which he sells 558 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY on terms that make it possible for persons working on a salary to own their own homes. In this way he is accomplishing a highly important part in the upbuilding of the city. He has prospered financially and is a member of the board of directors of the Evanston Bank. Mr. Pachoud has been twice married. His first wife was Dora Neigangard, a daughter of Frank Neigangard, of Cincinnati. To this union four children were born : Herbert L., who is associated with his father in business ; William A. ; Robert L.; and Hazel M. In 1896 Mr. Pachoud was married to Miss Lizzie Abel, a daughter of Isaac Abel, of this city, and they also have four children, Pearl R., Stella A., Ida M. and Blanche. Mr. Pachoud is not actively identified with any religious or political organization but is a valued member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, whose principles of kindliness and generosity find in his heart a cordial response. As is indicated by his life record, he has been efficient and progressive in his undertakings and has steadily advanced to a position of acknowledged responsibility. He is just in his dealings and has been instrumental in promoting the permanent welfare of many by establishing them in comfortable homes. He is eminently a home builder and it is in this line that he has accomplished a work' with which his name will long be honorably identified. CORNEAL JOSEPH McWILLIAMS. Corneal Joseph McWilliams, of the firm of McWilliams & Schulte, was born in the vicinity of Fayetteville, Brown county, Ohio, in 1864, the fifth child of Michael and Catherine (Murray) McWilliams. His father was born and reared in Ireland, emigrating from there in his early manhood to the United States, where he was married. The parents are now both deceased, the mother having passed away in 1907 at the age of seventy-five, while the father attained the venerable age of ninety at the time of his demise in 1909. Reared on a farm in the acquirement of his education C. J. McWilliams first, attended the district schools, the course therein pursued later being supplemented by study at the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated in 1889. He subsequently began his wage-earning career, his first position being as bookkeeper with A. Lasance & Company, located at the corner of Florence and Denman streets. He retained this position for a year and a half when he entered the service of the H. A. Kuhlmann Box Factory. At the expiration of four years, he withdrew from this firm to organize the Queen City Box Company, of which he was secretary until 1900, when he disposed of his interest and became identified with the present firm. This enterprise was founded by A. Lasance about 1896, Mr. McWilliams coming into the business in 1900. During the ensuing year it was operated under the name of Lasance & McWilliams, but at the end of that time Mr. Schulte bought into the firm and Mr. Lasance retired,' For the past ten years they have operated the plant located at the northwest corner of McLean avenue and Richmond street under the name of McWilliams & Schulte. They manufacture all kinds of wooden boxes and crating cases and are doing an extensive business. They give CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 559 employment to sixty people, an increase of forty since they took possession ten years ago. Mr. McWilliams has general supervision of office and general finances of the business, while Mr. Schulte looks after the sales department and its employes. In addition to his duties connected with the company, Mr. McWilliams is secretary and treasurer of the Box Supply Company of Cincinnati, this concern being the manufacturers of machines used in making boxes. Mr. McWilliams was married in 1902 to Miss Ella Russell of Price Hill, a daughter of the late Patrick Russell. They are the parents of one son, John Thomas. Mr. McWilliams has always been too deeply engrossed with commercial activities to take a prominent interest in either political or social life, but being an automobile enthusiast belongs to the Cincinnati Automobile Club. The firm of which he is the senior partner is developing in a most gratifying manner, becoming recognized as one of the leading enterprises of the kind in the city. BERNARD HENRY KROGER. So closely has Bernard Henry Kroger been identified with the industrial development of Cincinnati and the southern part of Ohio that no review of the situation would be complete without a mention of his name. Probably he is best known to the majority of Cincinnati's citizens as the founder of the Kroger Grocery & Baking Company, whose one hundred and forty stores in the state of Ohio stand forth as a unique and colossal monument to Mr. Kroger's achievements in this line. He was born in Cinci1860, on the 24th of January, 1860, his parents being John H. and Mary (Schlebbe) Kroger. The elder Kroger's birth occurredi0, Hanover, Germany, January io, 1817, and in 1827 when a lad of ten years he crossed the broad Atlantic in a sailing vessel to seek his fortune in America, a then comparatively new world to him. Like many other men who afterwards became the bulwarks of the nation he arrived penniless but possessed of that courage, determination and rugged honesty which proved an asset greater than gold. He learned early the lessons that thrift is at the bottom of all honorable success and gained valuable experience from contact with various kinds of work in which he engaged. For many' years he was in the dry-goods business, his store being located on Central avenue, opposite Betts street. He continued to take an active part in this business until a few years prior to his death, which occurred in 1880. Bernard Henry Kroger, the son, was reared in Cincinnati and attended the public schools until thirteen years of age, when he determined to make his own way, beginning as a clerk in the store of the Northern Pacific Tea Company. Later he became identified with the Imperial Tea Company where he continued until 1883, when he established business on a small scale under the name of the Great Western Tea Company. After this his successes followed fast upon each other and are familiar to every Cincinnatian. Luck may be attributed by some as the method for reaching the top of the ladder but Mr. Kroger's prescription is pure, hard, unadulterated work with a liberal infusion of practical common sense. It has been said of Mr. Kroger by those who have been identified with 560 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY him and are in a position to know that there are few men as quick to detect a weak spot in an organization and fewer still who can with his rare judgment and foresight apply the necessary remedy. Master of every phase of his business, aggressive and persevering, he furnishes a living example of what grit, determination, hard work and scrupulous honesty can accomplish against seemingly impossible obstacles. While it would seem that the tremendous business of the Kroger Grocery & Baking Company would be sufficient to engross the entire time of one man, Mr. Kroger's executive capacity is such that aside from his labors as president of the latter company he has found time to engage actively in the financial, transportation and philanthropical world as well. He entered actively in the organization of the Provident Savings Bank & Trust Company and has been the president of that institution since its inception. He organized the Cincinnati, Milford and Loveland Traction Company, built the road and has served as its president continuously since. These purely business affairs however, by no means cover the scope of his activities for in other connections he is well known, being especially prominent in club circles. Mr. Kroger is addicted to golf, slightly, he will say, but as he organized the Hamilton County Golf Club and is its president it goes without saying that he enjoys greatly this form of recreation. He is president of the Cincinnati Welfare Association for the Blind, on the board of governors of the Queen City Club, president of the Avondale Improvement Association, member of the Pelee Island Club, Business Mens' Club, Commercial Association and also a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Kroger was married in 1886 to Miss Mary Jansen, a daughter of F. W. Jansen of Cincinnati, and unto them were born seven children. The eldest son, Raymond, died in 1899. Six are still living : Gertrude A., Lucille, B. H., Jr., Helen, Chester and Gretchen. Mr. Kroger's greatest interest centers in this home group and his associates will tell you that his keenest satisfaction and pleasure arises from the fact that his successes have enabled him to provide liberally for his family. Constructive progress rather than destructive has been Mr. Kroger's idea and this broad policy has been carried through his entire commercial career. He has progressed along lines which have never been detrimental to others' interests, his activities on the contrary, setting the standard for business interests of a similar character. Deeply interested in civic affairs, unalterably opposed to graft or anything that savors of dishonesty—thus we have the man, B. H. Kroger, to whom every Cincinnatian points with pride and a certain sense of possession as a native son. JOHN W. MURPHY, A. M., M. D. Dr. John W. Murphy, prominent as a representative of the medical profession, specializing as an oculist and aurist, was born in Logan, Ohio, September 14, 1856, a son of John A. and Sarah J. (Cunningham) Murphy. The former is of Scotch-Irish extraction and has been represented in Pennsylvania for a number of generations. The 'father was 'born in that state but the greater part of his life was spent in Logan, Ohio, where he became one of the successful CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 563 merchants, conducting a profitable business for many years, and at all times enjoying the respect, confidence and good will of his fellow townsmen. He died in 1893, at the age of seventy-five years. In the public schools of his native town, Dr. Murphy began his education and afterward prepared for college in Delaware, Ohio. He graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University in that city with the class of 1888 and received the degree of Master of Arts from his alma mater three years later. His preceptor in the study of medicine was Dr. John McDowell, of Delaware, and in the fall of 1888 he entered the Miami Medical College, in which he completed the regular three years' course with the class of 1891. He then removed to Cincinnati and after five years' general practice went abroad for post-graduate study in Berlin, Halle and Vienna, carrying on his investigations as a specialist in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He had the benefit of instruction from some of the eminent oculists and aurists of the old world and his preparation well qualified him for the work to which he has since given his attention. After fifteen months he returned to Cincinnati, where he began practice as a specialist. Since that he has been abroad for further study three times, making the last trip in 1911. Most of his time on these trips has been spent with the specialist in his broad field and in the hospitals at Vienna, where he has seen the work of some of the most distinguished representatives of the profession in the old world. Aside from private practice, Dr. Murphy has served on the staff of the Cincinnati Hospital as laryngologist, was professor of laryngology at the Ohio Medical College at Miami, and is a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He also belongs to the Ophthalmological and Oto-Laryngological Society and to the Oto-Laryngological and Rhinological Society, while in his college days he became a member of the Alpha Kappa Kappa. Dr. Murphy was married in 1893 to Miss Anne Morrison, a daughter of Robert Morrison, of Delaware, Ohio. They are members of the Walnut Hills Methodist Episcopal church and are prominent socially, having a circle of warm friends who entertain for them high regard. The consensus of public opinion places Dr. Murphy in a prominent position as a specialist and his views are always listened to with interest by brother practitioners, who recognize the fact that he has long since passed beyond the point of mediocrity and stands among the successful few. MAX E. KOEHLER, M. D. Dr. Max E. Koehler, engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, was born in Pyrmont, Germany, in 1853, a son of Hon. Edward and Adelheid (Droste) Koehler.. The father was circuit judge in Germany, and realizing the value and worth of education, afforded his son excellent opportunities in that direction. The latter after attending the gymnasium, which is equivalent to the high school in this country, became a student in the University of Marburg and continuing his university course in Halle and Leipzig, being graduated at the Vol. III-20 564 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY last named place in March, 1875, with the degree of M. D. He further qualified for the profession which he determined to make his life work by a post-graduate course in Berlin, which included hospital work and thus brought him broad practical experience. He entered upon the active duties of the profession well equipped for the task which lay before him and after practicing in Germany for four years he decided to come to America and in 1882 took up his abode in Cincinnati, where he has since remained. In addition to a large private practice, which has been accorded him as his skill and ability became more and more widely recognized, he has served as instructor in the polyclinic of the Ohio Medical College for five or six years. The advanced work of the profession becomes familiar to him through the discussions of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, in all of which he holds membership. Dr. Koehler was married to Miss Louisa, daughter of Julius and Charlotte Balke, and they now have two sons : Edward, who is living in Muskegon, Michigan ; and Walter, an attorney at law in Cincinnati. Dr. Koehler holds membership in the German Lutheran church. He has never taken an active interest in fraternal organizations, for his time is fully occupied with business affairs relative to his profession. For almost three decades he has resided in Cincinnati and broadening experience has brought him constantly increasing skill, while investigation has widened his knowledge and made him one of the most efficient practitioners of the city. GEORGE W. BERGER. The restaurant business in the cities has grown to large proportions in recent years and has attracted men of special qualifications in this line who recognize its possibilities. Among the number is George W. Berger, president and general manager of the Manhattan Restaurant Company of Cincinnati. Under his management the Manhattan Restaurant has gained almost a national reputation and, judging by what he has accomplished, it would be difficult to name any limits that he may not surpass in his chosen vocation. The results he has secured in his business are little short of phenomenal and indicate that he possesses genius, which has found expression along a channel which has elicited many words of approval from the public. Mr. Berger is a native of Falmouth, Kentucky, born in 1878. He received good advantages of education in the public schools and at the age of twenty came to Cincinnati and secured employment at the Riggs Restaurant, which was established about 1897. He applied himself with such diligence that he was advanced to the position of vice president of the Riggs Restaurant & H0tel Company. About six years ago he assisted in organizing the Manhattan Restaurant Company, which bought out the Riggs Restaurant, and Mr. Berger has since been president and manager of the former concern. The Manhattan Restaurant is one of the unique institutions of Cincinnati. It is located at 15 to 21 West Fifth street. The company began business on a modest scale but, owing to its liberal treatment of patrons, the accommodations soon proved inadequate and CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 565 the capacity of the restaurant has been enlarged until at the present time it occupies five large rooms and has accommodations for seating about five hundred persons at one time. It is the most largely patronized institution of the kind in Cincinnati, if not in the United States, and furnishes meals for over ten thousand people daily. More than two hundred and twenty-five men and women are employed, this number including about twenty-five of the best cooks and bakers that can be found anywhere. The waiters are remarkably well trained and it is claimed are paid the highest salaries of any body of waiters in the United States. The bill of fare which Mr. Berger prepares is a constant source of wonder to other restaurant men, who have never been able to figure out how he can supply the best food the market affords at the prices named. In the meantime the patrons of the restaurant continue to increase and the management is negotiating for larger quarters in order to meet rapidly growing demands. Being a man of pleasing appearance and gentlemanly address, Mr. Berger readily makes friends and can claim thousands of them in Cincinnati and among the traveling public. Coming to the city a young man and a stranger, he mastered every detail of the business with which he has since been continuously identified and today stands almost alone as an exponent of low prices and satisfactory food and service. JAMES P. ORR. The retail shoe business of Cincinnati can claim a worthy representative in James P. Orr, who is at the head of the largest retail shoe store in this city, the establishment being also one of the largest and finest of the kind in America. Mr. Orr has been an active factor in the growth of the business, the present flourishing condition of which is in a large measure due -to his energy and ability. He was born at Pike Furnace, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, in 1864, a son of R. W. Orr. The ancestry of the family extends back for many generations in America. Grandfather Hunter Orr was a son of Robert Orr, who was a son of Samuel Orr. The latter settled in Clarion county about the time of the Revolutionary war, indeed he was one of the valiant soldiers who assisted in freeing America from the yoke of England. Hunter Orr, grandfather of our subject, was a prominent iron manufacturer of the Keystone state. The mother 0f our subject was a member of the Potter family, one of the well known and highly respected families of Clarion county. James P. Orr attended the public schools of his native county and remained at home until he was fourteen years of age. In 1879, he arrived in Cincinnati and entered the employ of his uncle, James M. Potter, who began in the shoe business in this city in 1866, soon after returning from the Civil war. His store was located on Fifth street, west of Plum. Later, he moved to larger quarters on the same street, west of Race, and after moving a second time to secure larger accommodations the store was permanently located, in 1904, at its present site, 18 to 22 West Fifth street. The company is incorporated and has a capital stock of three hundred thousand dollars, all of which is paid in. The officers are : James P. Orr, president ; C. F. Tomassene, vice president; 566 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY and A. L. Englehardt, secretary and treasurer. The company gives employment to one hundred and fifty persons, the remarkablet0olume of business being due to wise management, the excellent quality of goods offered for sale and a spirit of progressiveness in all departments which keeps step with the march of the times. The store is a model of neatness in all its arrangements, every facility being afforded for the transaction of business in the most expeditious and satisfactory manner. Mr. Orr is extensively interested in various branches of business and is a member of boards of directors of about twenty corporations. On account of his sound judgment, his advice is much sought by persons desiring891,ake safe investments. In 1891, Mr. Orr was married, at Cincinnati, to Miss Elizabeth Shields, a daughter of E. A. Shields, of this city. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Orr : James P., Jr., Adelaide, Teddy and Elizabeth. In politics, Mr. Orr is an earnest supporter of the candidates and principles of the republican party. In religious faith, he gives his allegiance to the Presbyterian church. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and holds membership in many clubs, among which are the Business Men's Club, the Country Club and the Golf Club. He takes great pride in the growth and prosperity of Cincinnati, and is always ready to do his part in pushing forward enterprises or building up institutions that benefit the city. While other men are planning he is executing, and his energies have increased with increasing responsibilities until he is, today, a leader in one of the busiest centers of the country. WILLIAM A. BENNETT. William A. Bennett, who has been for many years connected with the lumber business in Cincinnati, during which time he has often entered into competition with some of the brightest men of the country, may justly be regarded as one of the leaders in his chosen calling. He was blessed early in life with a worthy ambition to advance and by persistent application and sound judgment won his way over many obstacles and attained a position of recognized standing not only in lumber circles but as a man of cool and clear discrimination in any important deal. A native of Kentucky, he was born in Dover, Mason county, January 8, 1854, being a son of George W. and Matilda (Nichols) Bennett. The father was born in Vermont in 1819 and grew to maturity in the Green Mountain state. Having decided to take advantage of the excellent opportunities afforded in Kentucky, he crossed the Alleghany mountains and came down the Ohio river, locating in Mason county. He continued upon his home farm until his death, which occurred in 1889, Mrs. Bennett having died three years previously. Mr. Bennett of this sketch was reared under conditions of country life that gave good promise as to his future. He received his preliminary education in the public schools and later became a student of Kentucky University at Lexington. At the age 872,ghteen years, in August, 1872, he came to Cincinnati and entered the employ of C. W. and S. G. Boyd, lumber dealers. As the years passed he became well acquainted with the various details of the business and on January 14, 1884, assisted in organizing the firm of Bennett & Witte, which CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 567 has ever since been in existence and maintains its general office at Cincinnati and branch offices at Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana. For a number of years the firm manufactured lumber upon an extensive scale but has recently confined its attention to hardwood lumber. The business has been well developed and the firm is one of the large exporters, shipping to all the principal countries of the world. Mr. Bennett has not limited his attention entirely to the lumber trade. He was one of the organizers and original stockholders of the Ohio National Life Insurance Company, which began business December 1, 191o, and its representatives wrote one million dollars of insurance the first month. He is now a member of the board of directors of this company. He has been very active and efficient in promoting enterprises for the upbuilding of his adopted city and is a leading member of the Chamber of Commerce and has served as president of that body. He also holds membership in the Lumber-men's Club and the Business Men's Club. He was one of the organizers of the Shippers and Receivers Association and has been a member of the board of directors ever since this organization was called into existence. When the National Hardwood Lumber Association was formed Mr. Bennett was chosen its first president, serving for four successive years. In 1900 a special honor was conferred upon him, when, at the Paris Exposition, he was elected chairman of the advisory board of the lumbermans department and was responsible for financing the erecting of the Lumber building at that exposition. December 17, 1879, Mr. Bennett was married to Miss Alice E. Henry, a daughter of J. N. Henry, of Clinton county, Ohio. They have one child, Julia A., who is the wife of Raymond C. Betts, Jr., of Cincinnati. Mrs. Bennett is a member of the Central Christian church. Mr. Bennett has ever been found alert and progressive and has been controlled by a desire to advance the welfare of all with whom he has associated. In every relation of life he has measured up to the standard of honorable manhood and, therefore, belongs among those whose influence is in favor of progress founded on genuine merit. PAUL H. VERKAMP. The manufacturing and retail clothing business of Cincinnati is ably represented by Paul H. Verkamp, who has for a number of years past been very actively connected with commercial and social affairs of the city. He was born in Cincinnati in 1867, a son of G. H. Verkamp, who was a pioneer manufacturer and retailer of men's and boy's clothing in this city. The father possessed sound judgment and gained recognition as one of the successful and substantial men of the community. Mr. Verkamp, whose name introduces this sketch, grew to. maturity under highly favorable conditions and in his boyhood became under his father. intimately acquainted with the business to which he has devoted his maturer years. After making the usual preparation he attended St. Xavier College. Later he started upon an extended tour of the principal countries of the world, in the course of which he made many interesting observations that have been of practical benefit to him in his business. About ten years after leaving college he 568 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY took a post-graduate course in his alma mater, thus demonstrating his love for culture. He was associated with his father in business and since the death of the latter has been a partner in the firm of G. H. Verkamp & Sons. This firm was established by the father in 1855 and the house is one of the most flourishing of the kind in Cincinnati. Its affairs have always been conducted upon the principle of giving full value for money received and it has secured a liberal patronage. Mr. Verkamp is especially interested in the sales department and devotes a large part of his time to directing the sales force. He has made a number of investments in other business enterprises of the city which yield him a handsome annual revenue. Socially Mr. Verkamp is prominent, being a member of all the leading clubs, including the Business Men's Club, the Hamilton County Golf Club and the Cincinnati Automobile Club. He is an enthusiastic autoist and was recently elected a member of the board of governors of the Automobile Club. Highly successful in his business undertakings, he also finds time for recreation and is often to be seen at the clubs. He cultivates literature, for which he has had a strong inclination ever since his boyhood, and his library contains the works of the great writers and thinkers of ancient and modern times. Honorable in business and loyal to his city and friends, he is fully entitled to the high esteem in which he is held wherever his name is known. THOMAS P. SCULLY. With the growing complexity in business circles there has been a steadily increasing demand for efficiently trained assistants and to meet this need there have sprung up all over the country, schools for qualifying young people for the business world. In this country the standard has ever been advancing and the School of Commerce of Cincinnati, of which Thomas P. Scully has been the president since 1906, has ever been in the vanguard. Mr. Scully holds to high ideals and, moreover, has the power to inspire pupils and teachers with much of his own zeal and interest in the work. His life history has hardly covered more than a third of a century. He was born in Maynard, Massachusetts, August 9, 1876, a son of Edward and Jane (Ledger) Scully, of the old Bay state. His early educational training was received in the public schools of Holyoke, Massachusetts, and later he was a student in the academic and collegiate departments of the College of the Holy Cross, at Worcester, Massachusetts, being honor roll student in English at that college. He received training for the commercial world in St. Elmo Lewis Advertising School, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in Gregg School, 0f Chicago, of which he is a graduate, holding from that institution three certificates for proficiency—two more than have ever been awarded to any graduate before or since. The splendid record which he made led the management of the school to seek his services as a teacher, and for two years he was principal and secretary of the Gregg School, of Chicago. During the ensuing three years he acted as manager of the Massachusetts College of Commerce and in 1906 came to the School of Commerce, CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 571 of Cincinnati, as its president, organizing the school on the 3d of December of that year. Its original quarters were in the Masonic Temple, while at the present writing, 1911, the school occupies space on the second and fifth floors of the Second National Bank building, at Ninth and Main streets. It is acknowledged as one of the leading business colleges of the country, teaching complete courses of shorthand, typewriting, bookkeeping, advertising and office routine. It is the largest school in this section, having an attendance of three hundred and fifty in the day sessions and one hundred and seventy-five in the evening classes. There is a faculty of twelve competent teachers and among the students are to be found sons and daughters of the best known business men and influential families of Cincinnati and vicinity. Pupils are enrolled from fifteen different states and a representative of the government of Java pursued a course here. There is also an exclusive employment department superintended by Mrs. Scully, where positions are secured for pupils and graduates. In February, 1911, the entire enrollment of the fifty-year old Watters Business College was transferred to the School of Commerce, the former going out of business. The alumni association of the school numbers one thousand and such men as Hon. Howard Saxby, Judge J. A. Caldwell, Attorney Andrew Breitenstein, Oscar Trounstine, John Robert Gregg, of Chicago, and E. N. Miner, of New York, have addressed this association at its annual receptions. Mr. Scully in addition to his manifold duties as president of the school has made valuable contributions to business college text-books, being the author of the Practical Office Manual which is a book of detailed office routine and the only one of its kind published. He has done considerable work in an editorial way in connection with the publication of educational journals ; was associate editor of the Gregg Writer, of Chicago, for four years ; associate editor of the National Commercial Teachers Federation Report ; chief of the shorthand reporting staff of the above federation in 1905, and brought out the revised rules and regulations of the Eastern Commercial Teachers Association. He is a member of the committee on English, of the American Commercial Schools Institution, at Washington, D. C., chartered by the government to confer degrees. He was likewise chairman of the various executive and school exhibit committees and has held many official positions in educational organizations. He has been a frequent contributor to many commercial and general magazines and was one of the organizers of the Every Day Speech Club, of Cincinnati, the object of which is to foster the English language and encourage ability in articulation. In May, 1904, Mr. Scully was married to Miss Maud Regina O'Sullivan, whose father was a pioneer real-estate and insurance man of Woodlawn, Chicago, and recognizing what the future had in store for that section of the city built many fine residences there before the World's Columbian Exposition. Mr. and Mrs. Scully reside on the Grandin road in Cincinnati. Mr. Scully is now widely known in educational circles and has built up an institution which is a credit and value to the city, while at all times he is in the advance guard with those who are holding to higher standards in commercial education. Mr. Scully is a member of the Ways and Means Committee of the Cincinnati Commercial Association, the largest body of business men in the city. He is a practical man of business and was at one time a well known verbatim reporter 572 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY in Chicago, having reported Bryan, Debs, Ingersoll, and others in national life for the press of that city. He has built up an institution remarkable for its lucid, rapid and thorough instruction and for the excellent results it produces. The extraordinary rapidity with which its annual scholarships are taken up expresses clearly the high opinion in which it is held by the public of Cincinnati and vicinity. From a practical and a pedagogical standpoint its faculty is recognized as having no superior in the United States, and when the press of a city indorses without reserve an institution, there must be conclusive evidence of especial merit, and this the Enquirer and Commercial Tribune of Cincinnati have done for the School of Commerce. Mr. Scully is essentially an educator and writer and does not cater to publicity, preferring rather to study how best to solve the problems that confront the teacher and the pupil during the different stages in their work. His suggestions are read with avidity by the readers of journals with which he has been connected and, all in all, the commercial and literary educational field have much to thank Mr. Scully for during his career, and will undoubtedly receive many more valuable contributions from his pen. ARCHIBALD STUART. Some men are born with grit and an indomitable perseverance which no obstacle can thwart, and difficulties that are apparently insurmountable to others give way before their masterful will. They win prosperity and are among the leaders in the great enterprises that especially distinguish the opening years of the century. To this class belongs Archibald Stuart, secretary and treasurer of the United States Paper Goods Company, with offices at Nos. 221-235 West Pearl street. He was born at London, England, April 22, 1846, and is a son of Archibald and Sarah D. (Holland) Stuart. The father was a man of fine education and came to this country with his family in 1849. He served as civil engineer on the Louisville & Nashville Railway in 1851, when that road was being constructed through Tennessee. He died in 1857 and the mother, whose maiden name was Sarah D. Holland, was a native of Poole in Dorchester. She died in 1883. Archibald Stuart possessed the advantages of attendance at the public schools of Covington and Owen county, Kentucky. On account of the death of his father he was obliged to provide for his own maintenance and in the twelfth year of his age found employment in a printing office where he received his introduction to business life. He next worked on a farm for five years and then became discount clerk in the Northern Bank of Kentucky at Covington, which position he held for five years. After giving up the banking business he entered the employ of John McCoy & Sons, grain merchants, and for four years successfully managed their affairs. He next associated with W. S. Isherwood & Company, the firm later becoming Power and Stuart, in the manufacture of fine cut tobacco at Toledo, Ohio, in which business he continued for three years. In 1881, in connection with his father-in-law, Henry Worthington, he embarked in the tobacco warehouse business on Front street in Cincinnati. Four years CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 573 later he assisted in organizing the Central Thomson-Huston Electric Company on Fourth street between Plum street and Central avenue, this being the first electric light company launched into existence west of New York city. It was a pioneer enterprise but it proved highly successful and similar organizations quickly followed in many parts of the country. Mr. Stuart continued in the electric light business until 1893 and then became connected with the newspaper business. He has been a member of the board of directors of the United States Paper Goods Company since 1902 and as secretary and treasurer of that organization has taken an active part in its management, being largely responsible for its success. On the 24th of Februry, 1880, Mr. Stuart was married to Miss Lily Worthington, a daughter of Henry and Maria (Slack) Worthington, of Mason county, Kentucky. Mr. Worthington was very prominent as a tobacco merchant of Cincinnati and was also the founder of the Chesapeake and Ohio bridge. He died in 1905, his wife having previously passed away. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Stuart : Henry Worthington, who is associated with his father in business ; Lillian H., who is a graduate of Park College of Washington, D. C.; Anna, the wife of Thomas M. Kite, who is engaged in the wholesale queen's ware business, at Pearl and Walnut streets ; Archibald, Jr., who is a student in Nelson's Business College ; Frank, now in attendance at the Cincinnati University ; Ethel and Florence, who are students in the Hughes high school ; and Douglas McLean, who is now attending the public schools. Mr. Stuart is a member of the Presbyterian church, and, politically, in sympathy with the democratic party. As a young man he has served as member of the Covington city council and is at the present time the mayor of Fernbank, where he now resides. He is a patriotic, public-spirited and generous-hearted man who has ever been influenced by a laudable ambition to win an honorable place among his fellows and his hopes have in a large measure been realized. In 1897 he erected a residence at Fernbank, which is one of the handsomest private homes in that section. He is devoted to his home and home life and has, on that account, never been to any extent identified with clubs or fraternal organizations. His present enviable position has been gained through conscientious application, and it would be difficult indeed to find a more worthy representative of useful and progressive citizenship than Archibald Stuart. CHARLES A. PAULY, M. D. Prominent among the physicians and surgeons of Cincinnati is Dr. Charles A. Pauly, who has gained a reputation that is not limited to the city and has for many years enjoyed an extensive practice. He is a native of Warren county, Ohio, born June 11, 1858, a son of Milton Reeder and Mary Jane (Benedict) Pauly. The father was born at Lebanon, Ohio, and in his boyhood learned the silversmith's trade. Subsequently he engaged in the jewelry business and as the years advanced became the head of a flourishing general mercantile establishment. The mother of our subject was born near Morrow, Warren county, and was a daughter of Charles Benedict. Her ancestors were natives of New York 574 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY state. The grandfather of our subject on the paternal side was John Pauly, a native of Kentucky, who was a carpenter and farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Milton R. Pauly died only three months apart, the mother being called away at the age of sixty-eight, in 1895, and the father at the age of seventy-five, in 1896. Charles A. Pauly grew to manhood at Mason, Warren county. He received his preliminary education in the public schools and continued his studies further at the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He gave evidence quite early in life of a taste and peculiar fitness for the practice of medicine and began his medical studies under Dr. A. C. Recker, of Mason. After making the usual preparation he matriculated at the Pulte Medical College of Cincinnati, and was graduated from that institution March 4, 1881, with the degree of M. D. Immediately upon leaving college he began practice in Cincinnati with considerably greater success than usually attends the outset of a professional career. His competency was acknowledged and his skill, supplemented by integrity, won him an enviable place in the respect and confidence of the public. He also engaged as a teacher in a medical college, his subjects being genito-urinary and rectal diseases. He also lectured for four years on obstetrics. As a teacher and lecturer he held the close attention of his pupils and aroused their interest, gaining a reputation for clearness and thoroughness which are essential features of all successful instruction. As a practitioner his success has been highly gratifying and he ranks among the leaders in treatment of urinary and rectal diseases, which he has made a specialty of throughout his entire professional life. He keeps fully informed as to the latest advances in medicine and surgery and is a valued member of the Cincinnati Lyceum, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Institute of Homeopathy. On October 20, 1885, Dr. Pauly was married to Miss Lida Corwin, a daughter of R. G. Corwin, of Dayton, Ohio. Two children have been born to this union : Mary Anna, who is the wife of Charles E. Lea, of Cincinnati ; and Robert Corwin. Dr. Pauly is not identified with any religious denomination but his wife is a member of Mount Auburn Baptist church. He is a member of the Automobile Club of Cincinnati. He has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession for thirty years and his name is favorably known throughout a wide region in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. His success has been due to thorough and conscientious preparation for his calling and a clearness of judgment which is of the greatest importance to one who follows the honorable vocation of which he is an esteemed representative. His office is in the Union Trust building. FREDERICK SCHROTH. The Schroth family have been identified with the meat industry in Cincinnati for over seventy years, during which period they have steadily advanced until they now own one of the largest wholesale packing houses in the city. Frederick Schroth, who is today at the head of the business, has builded his success upon carefully formulated plans that have taken into account the possibilities and opportunities of the trade and his chance of bringing varied and CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 577 often dissimilar elements into a unified and harmonious whole. The history of his rise in the business world is an interesting one, showing that energy and perseverance are the most stable foundation upon which to build success. He was born in Cincinnati on the 2d of April, 1846, and is a son of John and Katherina (Schantz) Schroth. The father was a native of Germany, from which country he emigrated to the United States, settling in Cincinnati in 1840. A butcher by trade, he here engaged in the meat business, with which industry he was identified until his death in 1848. His widow long survived him, passing away in 1896. Frederick Schroth, who was only two years old when his father died, spent his youthful days in his mother's home and acquired his education in the public schools of this city, which he continued to attend until he reached the age of ten. He then laid aside his text-books in order to assist his mother, who owned and conducted a meat shop. He was thus employed until about eighteen years of age. In 1868, when twenty-two years of age, he started out upon an independent career in the pork and beef curing business on Marshall avenue in Camp Washington. In this he was successful and continued in the business uninterruptedly until 1886, during which period he had built up a large and growing enterprise. In the year mentioned he formed a partnership with his brother and they organized the J. & F. Schroth Packing Company, the brother having previously conducted a similar enterprise. At the 'inception of this concern they employed about twenty or twenty-five men and killed about fifty head of stock per day. The business steadily increased in output until they now employ one hundred and fifty workmen and kill between three hundred and twenty-five and three hundred and fifty hogs per day. Their product is shipped into all of the states east of the Mississippi and also to several southwestern states. The plant, too, has been from time to time enlarged and now covers an entire city block. Something of the growth of the enterprise is indicated in. the fact that they started with one small frame building, twenty-five by fifty feet, and two stories in height.' Today they have splendid brick buildings thoroughly equipped with modern machinery and every modern device for caring for and curing meat. The business has indeed enjoyed a marvelous growth and is today one of the most important productive industries of the city. The firm was incorporated January 23, 1892, with Frederick Schroth as president and John Schroth as vice president. Upon the death of the latter, in 1901, his son, John Schroth, Jr., succeeded him and the personnel of the house then remained unchanged until 1909, when Henry Schroth, the eldest son of Frederick Schroth, was elected the first vice president, with his father as president and treasurer and John Schroth as second vice president. The business is capitalized for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Frederick Schroth devotes his entire time and energies to this concern and it is due largely to his efforts that the enterprise has attained its present magnitude. To the powers of organization and executive ability of the head of the firm must be given much of the credit for success, and the business has increased until now the firm has the second largest pork and beef packing establishment in Cincinnati. In 1874 Mr. Schroth was united in marriage to Miss Catharine Hetrich and unto them have been born the following children : Frederick, who died in early manhood ; Catharine, residing at home ; Henry J., who married Miss 578 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY Matilda Lenzer, of Canton, Ohio, and is now an officer in the J. & F. Schroth Packing Company ; Margareth, residing at home; John J., who married Miss Lillian Ganz, of Cincinnati, and is secretary of the Schroth Packing Company ; Amalia, living at home; Edward, George and Jacob, who died in infancy ; Albert, who passed away at the age of twelve years ; Rosa, who died in infancy ; Arthur, who died August 24, 1911, at the age of twenty-four years ; Gertrude, a graduate of the Hughes high school of the class of 1909 and is at home with her parents ; Elmore, a graduate of the Cincinnati Hughes high school, class of 1911, and is now associated with the business of his father. Mr. Schroth has always accorded political support to the measures he considers of greatest value as factors in good government and to the men whom he thinks best qualified for office. He is essentially a home man, living for his family, and his success in business affords him greatest pleasure from the fact that it enables him to provide liberally for the members of his household. While nature endowed him with qualities necessary in carrying forward to a successful issue undertakings of great magnitude, it is to the cultivation of his powers of discernment and concentration, as well as their wise direction, that much of his success must be credited. EDWIN WELLS MURPHEY. Edwin Wells Murphey, who has had charge of the Groesbeck estate in Cincinnati for the past sixteen years, has gained a reputation in the management of large interests which indicates he is the possessor of rare business judgment. A native of Kentucky, he was born in Greenup county, November 22, 1849, a son of Dr. William Morton and Lucy (Wilkins) Murphey. The father was born at Maysville, Kentucky, and after growing to maturity studied medicine and was graduated from medical colleges at Lexington. and Louisville. Although he was educated in the allopathic school he adopted the principles of homeopathy and engaged successfully in practice at Maysville. On account of ill health he gave up practice temporarily after having been appointed by President Franklin Pierce, who was a cousin of his wife, assistant general mail agent with headquarters at Louisville, Kentucky. He was recommended to this position by United States Senator Guthrie and discharged his duties to the entire satisfaction of the officials at Washington. At the opening of the Civil war he was appointed confidential secretary to General Swords, quartermaster of the Union army, and from 1861 to 1865 was located most of the time at Cincinnati and Louisville. After the close of the rebellion he was appointed by President Andrew Johnson as United States internal revenue collector at Covington. Retiring from this position he resumed practice at Covington, continuing there until his death, which occurred at the age of eighty. The mother of our subject was a daughter of Ira Wilkins, of Nashua, New Hampshire. She was born at Amherst, Massachusetts, and was visiting in Kentucky, when she first met Mr. Murphey, to whom she was afterward married. She and her husband were stanch members of the Presbyterian church and were for many years prominent in social life. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 579 Of their children two are now living : Edwin W. ; and John C., who makes his home in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Murphey of this review attended the public schools and later became a student of the Forest Home Military School near Louisville, paying special attention to civil engineering, in which he became highly proficient. At the age of seventeen he entered the field and for twelve years was employed in railroad construction in various parts of Kentucky and Tennessee. In 1877 he was appointed superintendent of the Cincinnati Gymnasium, a position which he ably filled for eighteen years. Since 1895 he has filled the position of agent of the Groesbeck estate. He is progressive in his ideas and is recognized as possessing clear discernment and sound business capacity, which he is utilizing to the marked advantage of the large interests entrusted to his charge. Mr. Murphey married Miss Louise Kirby, a daughter of John S. Kirby, of Urbana, Ohio. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and also of the Real Estate Exchange. Socially he is identified with the Cincinnati Gymnasium and holds a life membership in that organization. He is the possessor of remarkably good judgment as to real-estate values and his opinion is often sought by persons desiring to make investments. A public-spirited man, he has great faith in the growth of his adopted city and, as he has ever kept in view the welfare and happiness of others, he fully deserves the respect in which he is held by. all with whom he comes into personal contact. H. M. BEAZELL. H. M. Beazell, who is prominent as a broker and dealer in investment securities at Cincinnati and also secretary and treasurer of the Cincinnati Stock Exchange, was born in this city July 17, 1861. He is a son of Jasher and Eliza Jane (Smith) Beazell, the former of whom was born in western Pennsylvania in 1824 and the latter in 1838. The father grew to manhood in the Keystone state and in 1855 came to Cincinnati where he established his home. By occupation he was a bookkeeper. He was an active worker in behalf of the republican party and served as secretary of the old Cincinnati Waterworks and also for several terms as a member of the school board. He was connected with the Central Christian church of which he was a deacon for many years. He died in 1906, being then about eighty-two years old. His wife is still living and makes her home in this city. There were six children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Beazell, three of whom survive beside the subject of this review. Lillian is the wife of Rev. W. D. Holt, of Troy, Ohio. Nannie married Herbert N. Byard, of Cincinnati. Anna is the wife of William D. Knox, also of this city. Mr. Beazell of whom this sketch treats possessed advantages of education in the public schools. At the time of the organization of the Citizens National Bank he became connected with that institution and continued with it from 1880 to 1902. In the latter year he associated with George W. Thomas in the brokerage business under the title of Beazell & Thomas, but two years later purchased the interest of his partner and has since engaged in business alone. He has been 580 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY a member of the Cincinnati Stock Exchange since 1902 and for several years has served as secretary and treasurer of that body. In 1884 Mr. Beazell was married to Miss Emma T. Casey, a daughter of George H. Casey, of Cincinnati, and they have two sons, George H. and Robert C., both of whom are in the brokerage business with their father. Mr. Beazell holds membership in the Central Christian church and in years past, when his residence permitted, was greatly interested in Sunday school work in connection with the church. He is a member of the Cincinnati Commercial Association, the Business Men's Club, the Automobile Club and the Country Club -and also a non-resident member of the Hamilton Business Men's Club. A life long resident of Cincinnati, he has ever since turned his attention to business and has been very closely identified with the interests of the city. He has ever been a consistent advocate of progress and his. ideas along lines of the city's development have often received the hearty endorsement of his associates. He is recognized as one of the influential and successful factors in business circles of Cincinnati. J. H. DOPPES. J. H. Doppes, president of The J. B. Doppes Sons Lumber Company, located at No. 1244 to 1266 Gest street, was born in Cincinnati on January 24, 1857. He is a son of the late J. B. Doppes, a native of Germany whence he emigrated to the United States in his early manhood, locating in Cincinnati. He began his business career in the Queen City as an employe in a lumber yard. In addition to the energy and perseverance that usually characterize the Teuton he possessed those rare inherent qualities that stamp the successful man. Keen foresight and fine business acumen, accompanied by unremitting energy, enabled him to climb the ladder of success, until from a minor employe he attained a position in the business world that entitled him to the respect he was accorded by all with whom he came in contact. He arrived in Cincinnati in 1849 and twenty-two years thereafter he became identified with the business that he had solidly established at the time of his demise in 1893. The public and Catholic parochial schools of Cincinnati provided J. H. Doppes with his education which was completed in the night High school where he. graduated in 1875. In 1869 he began his business training under his father, to whom he attributes much credit for his success. He worked about the lumber yard and office while still a school boy, becoming his father's bookkeeper at an early age. Among his valued possessions now are the original books of the company, particularly the first order book. After the death of their father the sons, of whom our subject is the eldest, succeeded to the business, which they incorporated in 1904 with J. H. Doppes as president. Although they conduct a wholesale business their trade is almost exclusively retail. In 1881 Mr. Doppes was married to Miss Katherine Keating and to them there have been born three children, two daughters and a son. The family are all communicants of the Roman Catholic church, belonging to St. Lawrence's parish on Price Hill. They take an active interest in all organizations connected with the parish, Mr. Doppes being an earnest and enthus- CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 581 iastic worker in the Men's Club. He is also affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, Price Hill Council. His political support he usually gives to the democratic party, but he is not personally concerned in political affairs further than to meet the requirements of good citizenship by the casting of a ballot on election day. His success Mr. Doppes attributes very largely to the fact that he thoroughly mastered every detail of the business and is still studying and learning. Under the capable supervision of his father he early acquired the habit of thoroughness, and has lived to appreciate the fact that American business failures can more often be attributed to a superficial understanding of fundamental principles and conditions than any other one thing. EDWARD D. WOODWARD. The banking, brokerage and investment business early attracted the interest of Edward D. Woodward and for fourteen years he has concentrated his attention along those lines. He is now president of the Edward D. Woodward Company, one of the most prominent and successful concerns in the banking and investment business at Cincinnati. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, he was born in 1876, a son of Tryon J. and Anne (Geyer) Woodward. One of his ancestors on the paternal side was Sir William Tryon, the last of the Colonial governors of New York. When the Colonies revolted against the mother country the governor sailed for England and there spent the remainder of his days. John Geyer, the grandfather on the maternal side, was a prominent furniture manufacturer of Cincinnati prior to the Civil war. He was a warm friend of William Henry Harrison and was active in the log cabin campaign of 1840 when great mass meetings were held and as many as fifty to eighty thousand persons attended some of these gatherings. At a meeting held at Dayton, Ohio, one hundred thousand people were present. The parents of our subject were married in 1864. The father engaged in the tea and coffee business and for forty years past has been actively identified with public service at St. Louis. He is a member of the democratic party and is now connected with the office of collector of water rates in St. Louis. Mr. Woodward of this sketch received his early education in the private schools of his native city and later matriculated at St. Louis University from which he was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1895. Susbequently he received the degree of M. A. from his alma mater. He took special courses in corporation law at Johns Hopkins University and the Harvard Law School, thus laying a secure foundation for the business in which he has since engaged. In 1897 he began in his own name in the banking and brokerage business in this city. The enterprise prospered from year to year and in 1909 the firm was incorporated as the Edward D. Woodward Company, with Mr. Woodward as president, the other officers being : Warren Dohmer, a banker of West Milton, Ohio, vice president ; W. R. Bradford, a banker of Florence, Kentucky, as secretary ; Charles T. Wulff as treasurer ; and Frederick Utz, of Erlanger, Kentucky, as chairman of the executive committee. The company has connections at the principal business centers of the country as bankers and is making a specialty 582 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY of handling public and quasi-public bonds. The company also owns large tracts of unimproved land which are being developed for the market upon an extensive scale. Mr. Woodward was married in July, 1911, to Miss Ida Stephan Neu, a member of one of the old families of Brown county, Ohio. He is a member of the First English Lutheran church and also holds membership in the Cincinnati Gymnasium. He possesses the qualities of clear perception and sound judgment so necessary in projecting and carrying forward important business affairs and is recognized as one of the leaders in the lines with which his name is connected. He has through life shown strong purpose and his success has been due to his close application and unfaltering diligence. His course has been such ever since the beginning of his business career as to commend him to the confidence and good will of his fellow men wherever he is personally known. WILLIAM C. COCHRAN. William C. Cochran, who has long been numbered among the leading and most prominent attorneys of Cincinnati, occupies commodious offices in the Blymyer building and is accorded an extensive general practice. His birth occurred in Oberlin, Ohio, on the 29th of March, 1848, his parents being William and Helen (Finney) Cochran. The father, who was professor of mental and moral philosophy at Oberlin College, died at the early age of thirty-three years, prior to the birth of our subject. He was of Scotch-Irish descent. The mother, who was born in Philadelphia in 1828, was a daughter of Rev. Charles G. Finney, the noted revivalist, who afterward became president of Oberlin College. He traced his ancestry back to Thomas Rogers, who came to this country in the Mayflower. Her maternal grandfather, Nathaniel Andrews, participated in the Revolutionary war. The mother of William C. Cochran was twice married, her second union being with Jacob D. Cox, who became a practicing attorney of Warren, Ohio, and who served as major general of United States volunteers during the Civil war. He was governor of Ohio in 1866 and 1867, secretary of the interior in 1869 and 1870, and from 1877 until 1879 he served as a member of congress from the Toledo district. From 1880 until 1897 he was dean of the Cincinnati Law School and his demise occurred in August, 1900. By his marriage to Mrs. Cochran he had seven children, four of whom are yet living, as follows : Helen Finney, the wife of John G. Black, professor of geology in Wooster (Ohio) University ; Jacob D., the president of the Cleveland Twist Drill Company of Cleveland, Ohio ; Kenyon, a well known artist of New York city ; and Charlotte Hope, who gave her hand in marriage to John Horton Pope, son of the late Major General John Pope, U. S. A. William C. Cochran obtained his early education in the common schools of Warren, Ohio, where the family home had been established in 1851. In 1863, when a youth of fifteen years, he was graduated from the high school and then became a clerk in a general store at Warren, being thus employed for six months. On the expiration of that period he became bookkeeper and cashier in a dry-goods and notion establishment at Quincy, Illinois, which was known as the CM- CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 585 cinnati Store where he remained for a year and a half. He had begun work on leaving high school because he felt that the responsibility of looking after the family devolved upon him, his stepfather having gone to the front in defense of the Union. When hostilities had ceased, he entered Oberlin College, from which institution he was graduated in 1869, teaching Latin, Greek and geometry during the last two years of the course. From September, 1869, until January, 1871, he served as Indian trust fund clerk in the department of the interior at Washington, D. C., and as such had custody of four million bonds, collected interest, kept accounts and made out the disbursing rolls. During that period he had begun the study of law. After leaving the government service he went to Europe, spent about a year in foreign travel and studied-German for three months. On the 1st of November, 1871, he returned to Cincinnati and continued the study of law in the office of Cox, Burnett & Follett, being admitted to the bar in October, 1872. The examination committee, appointed by ,the district court, consisted of M. H. Tilden as chairman, William M. Ramsey, E. W. Kittredge, Fayette Smith and S. Dana Horton. The examination they prepared was certainly most thorough and exhaustive. Mr. Cochran at once began the practice of his profession and in the spring of 1873, following General Burnett's removal to New York, he was made junior partner in the firm of Cox, Follett & Cochran. General Cox removed to Toledo in the fall of 1873 to become president of the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad, and the firm of Follett & Cochran conducted business until the return of General Cox to Cincinnati in March, 1879, when the firm of Cox & Cochran was organized. In the fall of 1880 General Cox became dean of the Cincinnati Law School and was obliged to retire from active practice, so that Mr. Cochran has since conducted his professional interests alone. His practice has been of a general character, embracing equity, corporation and patent law, the last named being incident to his work as corporation lawyer and adviser. He has never, however, taken a criminal case nor a divorce case. He is remarkable among lawyers for the wide research and provident care with which he prepares his cases. In no instance has his reading ever been confined to the limitations of the question 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 logical grasp of facts and principles of the law applicable to them has been another potent element in his success, and a remarkable clearness of expression, an adequate and precise diction, which enables, him to make others understand not. only the salient points of his argument. but his every fine gradation of meaning, may be accounted one of his most conspicuous gifts and accomplishments. His early business training has enabled him to conduct successfully various 'manufacturing enterprises as assignee. He was formerly trustee of Miami Medical College and assisted in making that institution a department of the University of Cincinnati. At the present time he is a trustee of Oberlin College On the 28th of November, 1878, Mr. Cochran was united in marriage to Miss Rosa D. Allen, a native of Oberlin, Ohio, and a daughter of Professor George N. Allen of that place. Her brother, Frederick D. Allen, who was at that time professor of ancient languages in the University of Cincinnati, afterward became Hadley's successor in the chair of Greek at Yale University and a professor of Greek and archaeology in the post-graduate department of Harvard Vol. III-27 586 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY University. For two years he was director of, the American School of Athens, Greece. Dr. George M. Allen, another brother of Mrs. Cochran, resides in Cincinnati. She can trace her ancestry back to nine individuals who came over in the Mayflower, one of them being John Alden. Mr. and Mrs. Cochran have five children, namely : Mary Rudd Cochran, who is superintendent of the Walnut Hills branch of the public library; William S., assistant secretary of the Cleveland Twist Drill Company ; Helen Finney Cochran, an instructor in physical training at Oberlin College; Allen D., who is a student at the Art Students' League of New York city and a member of the board of control of that association ; and Frances E. Cochran, a junior at Oberlin College. Mr. Cochran is an independent republican in politics, not feeling himself bound by party ties. The honors and emoluments of public office have never had any attraction for him, as his time has been fully occupied by his professional interests. Since 1875 he has been a valued member of the Literary Club of Cincinnati and has been a. voluminous contributor. He has inherited many gifts from his distinguished forebears, which, added to his educational training, have borne fruit. In 1888 he published a very valuable book of reference entitled : "The Student's Law Lexicon," and after the death of General Cox he edited for publication his "Military Reminiscences," and prepared an index for the same. Among his contributions to magazine literature and addresses published in pamphlet form are : "Labor Legislation," "Early Life and Military* Services of Major General Jacob D. Cox," end "Charles Grandison Finney." He is trustee of the Mount Auburn Presbyterian church, to which his wife and children also belong. The family home is a beautiful residence on Gilman avenue, Mount Auburn. HENRY LYNDE WOODWARD, M. D. Among the younger representatives of the medical profession in Cincinnati who are rapidly forging to the front is numbered Dr. Henry L. Woodward, who has practiced here for less than a decade but in that time has proven his right to rank with those to whom already success is an assured fact. He was born in Cincinnati July 16, 1876, his parents being Henry L. and Martha (Thomas) Woodward. The Woodward family comes from Worcester county, Massachusetts, while the Thomas family are descended from old Connecticut stock. The father was a native of Indianapolis, Indiana, born in 1844, and his death occurred about five years ago. He came to this city with his parents in his boyhood days and attended .the Hughes high school. His education completed, he became identified with the Lafayette Bank and afterward with the First National Bank and for a long period was Well known as a prominent figure in the financial circles of the city, his name standing as a synonym for that which is progressive and reliable in banking interests. At the time of the Civil war he espoused the cause of the Union and served at the front with the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He made his residence in Glendale and was well known there. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 587 Dr. Woodward, whose name introduces this record, pursued his early education in the Glendale public schools and his .more specifically literary course in the Norwich Academy of Connecticut. He then worked for three years for Proctor & Gamble but deciding that he would prefer a professional to a commercial career, he entered upon the study of medicine in the Ohio Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1901. His standing secured his appointment as interne in the Cincinnati Hospital, where he remained for eighteen months. He then went abroad for further study and spent a year in the hospitals of London, Vienna and Berlin, where he came under the instruction and watched the work of some of the eminent physicians and surgeons -of the old world. Upon his return to America he began practice. He is recognized as a valued member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical. Society and the American Medical Association. He has served as junior physician on the staff of the Cincinnati Hospital and junior physician, to the Children's Hospital and has been physician to the Widows' and Old Men's Home. He has likewise been medical director to the Maternity Society and has been treasurer of the Milk Commission of the Academy of Medicine. He has likewise been treasurer of the Obstetrical Society and has served as demonstrator of clinical microscopy in the medical college of the University of Cincinnati, and clinician of the children's clinic of the medical department of the university. Dr. Woodward was married in 1898 to Miss Eloise Cleveland, a daughter of Francis Cleveland and they had one child, Cleveland Woodward. For his second wife Dr. Woodward chose Estelle Nixon, a daughter of David Nixon and they have one child, Henry. Lynde, Jr., the third of that name in the family in direct descent. Dr. Woodward and his wife hold membership With the Church of the Advent, Episcopal, and he belongs to the New England Society. His work has been of the utmost worth to the profession and in connection with interests of public moment he is well known as an advocate of whatever tends to promote general progress and improvement. GEORGE GOLDE George Golde, who has been identified with the haberdashery business in. Cincinnati for twenty years, although now only thirty-one years of age, may be named as one of the remarkably energetic and enterprising men of this city. He is of German parentage, and was born in Cincinnati in 1880, a son of Charles T. and Anna (Borman) Golde. The father was born in Germany and learned the saddler's trade. in the old country. When a young man he started out in the world for himself and, having -selected Cincinnati as his home, entered business on Court street, opposite the old Armory. Here he continued during the remainder of his life. He was an intelligent and industrious man and a stanch admirer of republican institutions. Fraternally he was identified with, the Odd Fellows. In the public. schools George Golde secured his preliminary education. He was energetic and aspiring even in his boyhood and when not busy with his 588 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY books applied himself in various lines so that as he approached manhood he had a good general idea of business. He was connected with the haberdashery business until he opened a store on his own account, in 'go0, starting upon a modest scale as a retailer at No. 535 Vine street. He is now the head of the firm of George Golde & Company, manufacturers, and wholesale and retail dealers. The firm operates five stores in this city and employs about seventy-five persons. It carries on a large wholesale and mail order business, the former extending into all the surrounding states, while the latter reaches to all the principal countries of the world. In 1900 Mr. Golde was married at Cincinnati to Miss Alma Walker, a daughter of Louis and Kate Walker, and they have two children, Mildred Louise and Elizabeth Marie. Mr. Golde is prominently connected with fraternal organizations and holds membership in E. T. Carson Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Ohio Consistory, R. A. M. ; and Syrian Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is also a member of the Eastern Star, the Elks, the Eagles and the Turners. He gives his support to the republican party and is a member of the Blaine Club. Socially he is connected with the Laughery Club. He is the possessor of clear and sound judgment and is a type of the wide-awake and progressive men who are the pioneers in all large enterprises of the marvelous twentieth century. The almost unexampled growth of the business which he has directed from its start is a tribute to his undaunted energy and perseverance and judging by what he has accomplished, he can safely look forward to many additional conquests in years to come. THE FITZGERALD BROTHERS' COMPANY. The Fitzgerald Brothers' Company, of Cincinnati, grain and hay commission merchants, is the outgrowth of a partnership known as The Fitzgerald Brothers, which was .established June I, 1910. The company was incorporated the following November with E. A. Fitzgerald as president, and R. S. Fitzgerald as secretary and treasurer. The sales are made on the floor of the exchange and the company is one of -the responsible and flourishing organizations identified with that body. E. A. Fitzgerald, the elder of the brothers, was born in Cincinnati in 1872 and is a son. of Stephen and Maria (Guerin) Fitzgerald, the former of whom was a native of Canada. The father came to Cincinnati and was for many years identified with the dry-goods business in this city. He died at the age of fifty-one, in 1894. The son E. A. was educated in the public schools. He entered the service of the claim department of the Big Four Railroad when he was sixteen years of age. Subsequently he gave up railway employment and became connected with the grain firm of Peter Van Leunen. Since 1910 he has given his attention to the grain and hay commission business. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and also of the Elberon Country Club. In 1907 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Mongan, a daughter of Terrance Mongan, of this city. She was for several years a successful teacher in the public schools and is a lady of fine education and many admirable traits of character. CINCINNATI--THE QUEEN CITY- 589 R. S. Fitzgerald, the younger of the Fitzgerald brothers, is also a native of Cincinnati. He was born December 18, 1882, and in the public schools received his preliminary education. Like his brother, he gained his first knowledge of practical business affairs in the claim department of the Big Four Railway and continued with that road until 1906. After retiring from railway service he was employed by the Gale Brothers Company, grain dealers, and continued with the firm for about four years. Since June, 1910, he has been connected with the grain and hay commission business. He is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce and also of the Elberon Country Club. The Fitzgerald brothers early became acquainted with the railway business and also gained a thorough knowledge of the grain business. As commission men they find themselves in a congenial field for which they were well prepared by years of experience. Possessing attractive personal characteristics and sound business judgment, their success from' the start has been assured, and there is every reason to prophesy for the company which they represent a steady increase in prosperity as the years pass. OTTO CREUTZ. The electric-plating and manufacturing business finds an able representative in Cincinnati' in the person of Otto Creutz, who has been actively identified, with this line ever since his boyhood and is one of the leaders in his chosen calling in the United' States: He is a native of Newport, Kentucky, born on the 29th of July, 1871, a on Of Christopher and Julia (Cohn) Creutz. The father was of good Swedish parentage and was born at Stockholm, Sweden. He located in Cincinnati in the '60s and entered, the employ of the Duhme jewelry house, one of the largest of the kind in the country at that time. He continued with this firth until he entered business on his own account. He died in 1890, leaving a family of 'four sons, and the death of his widow occurred March 23, 1907. Although Otto Creutz was born in Kentucky, he was reared in Cincinnati and possessed advantages' of education in the public schools of this city. He began work in his father's shop at the age of seventeen and has ever since been identified with .a business for which he is eminently adapted by inclination and training. He took charge of the shop upon the death of his father. It was then a small concern, employing a ,few boys, its operations being confined entirely to meeting the local demand-.,' Today many men are employed ; the name of Creutz is known in all the important centers of the United States and Canada and the business is each year growing in importance and value. This remarkable development has been wrought through the application 'of modern principles by an up-to-date management: Mr.. Creutz was one of the organizers of the Monarch Tool & Manufacturing Company, which is located on Opera Place, and he is now serving as president of the company. He is also treasurer of the Piano Player Manufacturing Company of this city and in the discharge of his various responsibilities has -displayed a judgment and progressiveness which have resulted in the financial advancement' of all concerned. 590 - CINCINNATI-THE QUEEN CITY In 1903 Mr. Creutz was married in this city to Miss Elsie Bohrer, a daughter of George H. Bohrer, president of the German National Bank of Cincinnati. Mrs. Creutz possesses a fine education and rare attractiveness of manner and is prominent in social circles of the city. Mr. Creutz does not take an active part in politics. He is nominally a republican but believes more in the support of men and principles than in unquestioned adherence to any party organization. He is a member of the Rotary Club, which admits only one man from any single line of business, membership being elective and greatly prized. He also belongs to the Commercial Association of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Automobile Club. He and his wife attend the Unitarian church. His success may be attributed to thorough knowledge of his business, an honorable ambition to advance and the ability to deliver a finished product •_which meets the wants of patrons. It is men of this class who justly attain leadership in the commercial world. JOSEPH ORIEL EATON. Joseph Oriel Eaton, who became widely known as a portrait and genre painter, was for a number of years a resident of Cincinnati. He was born near Newark, Ohio, February 8, 1829, and died at Yonkers, New York, February 7, 1875, having arrived at the age of forty-six years. Although called away in the prime of life when apparently he was just entering upon a brilliant career, he left many valuable works as evidences of his indefatigable industry and skill, some of which are in the leading galleries of this country and Europe. He was a son of Orin. and Mary (Fidlar) Eaton, who came to Ohio from western New York state. In his youth he possessed limited opportunities of education; but early gave proof of unusual artustic talent and at the age of eighteen; seeking wider opportunities as a painter, he went to Indianapolis where he studied under Jacob Cox. In 1848 he came to Cincinnati and opened a studio in the old Art Union building which still stands at the northwest corner of Sycamore and Fourth streets. Cole's "Voyage of Life" was exhibited in a large picture gallery in this building and it was a favorite center for the artists of the period. Among the noted painters who maintained studios in the building were Worthington Whittridge, McConkey, James Henry Beard and Thomas Buchanan Read, the latter of whom was celebrated as a poet as well as an artist, and William Miller, the miniature painter. Mr. Eaton painted many portraits in Cincinnati and in 1864, having gained an established reputation, moved to New York city where he added new laurels to his fame. He there became a member of the National Academy and the Artist Fund and Water Color Societies. In 1870 he went to Europe and visited many of the celebrated galleries, being accorded a cordial reception by European artists. He painted several portraits in London, England, where he took up his residence with Rev. Moncure D. Conway,. a noted Unitarian minister, who lived in Cincinnati from 1857 to 1862 and subsequently officiated as a clergyman in England, but spent a large part of his life in New York where he died in 1910. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 593 On the 7th of June, 1855, at Cincinnati, Mr. Eaton was united in marriage to Miss Emma Goodman, a daughter of William and Margaret Goodman. He was never a member of any religious denomination but was in sympathy with the Unitarian faith and frequently attended the services of that denomination. He possessed fine social qualities and was personally acquainted not only with the leading artists of America but held the warm friendship of many prominent men and women of this country and was greatly admired wherever he was known. He was especially helpful to young artists. William Chase and Wyatt Eaton were pupils in his studio in New York and it was owing to his efforts that they went abroad and began their artistic career. They acknowledged their debt to him, as did many others, and bestowed upon him the deepest gratitude and love. As a painter he ranked with the best in the United States and his work was highly praised by European critics. As a gentle, loving and true friend he will be remembered by many with whom he came in contact and as a true artist whose vision penetrated even to the heart of nature, he left enduring evidences. Mrs. Eaton is still living and resides at Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, where she is well known socially and has many friends. CONRAD H. REINHART. Conrad H. Reinhart, manufacturer and jobber of confectionery, is one of the oldest active members of the commercial circles of Cincinnati. His birth occurred in Wheeling, West Virginia, July 14, 1836, his parents being Diedrich and Margaret (Muth) Reinhart. The father, a native of Hesse, Germany, was born in 1807, spending the first twenty-three years of his life in his native land where. he was educated and learned his trade. In 1830, he emigrated to the United States, landing in Baltimore, after spending three months on the Atlantic, having crossed on a sailing vessel. The luxurious accommodations provided for tourists by the modern steamship companies were unknown at that period, and Mr. Reinhart in common with his fellow travelers brought with him sufficient Provisions to last until he reached America. He first settled at Frederickstown, Maryland, going from there to Wheeling, 'West Virginia, where he worked en the piers of the Ohio bridge, being a stone". cutter by trade. After the completion of this work he came to Cincinnati, where he resided for a time, after which he bought; a. farm in Franklin county. He cultivated his land for three years, but at the expiration of that period returned to Cincinnati. Buying a lot at the corner of Harrison avenue and Brighton street in 1848 he engaged in the grocery business, which turned out to be a very fortunate venture, proving so lucrative that the latter years of his life were passed in retirement. His demise occurred in 1878 at the age of seventy-one years. The mother, who was born in 1802, was eighty-four at the time of her death, in 1886. Conrad H. Reinhart was a child of between two and three years when his parents located in Cincinnati, to whose public school system he is indebted for his education. When old enough to begin his business career he laid aside his school books and entered the employment of George Smith, a candy-maker. At that time there was no specializing among manufacturers, each making practi- 594 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY cally every known variety, all the work being done by hand. Mr. Reinhart has lived to witness many changes in the industry, the work having been practically revolutionized by the introduction of modern labor saving machinery. After he had mastered practically all of the details of the business he ,worked for various candy-makers in the city until he felt qualified to engage in business on his own behalf. He was a very ambitious young man and early recognized the fact that a man's period of usefulness to another as well as the value of his services must ever be limited, constant progress being possible only in the development of one's own interests. With this thought in mind he determined to begin for himself, so became associated with his brother John, who was also a candy-maker, in the establishment of a small plant in his father's shop. While his brother made the candy, Conrad H. Reinhart loaded a stock of their confections in a wagon and went out selling it to the retail trade. In 1862 they removed to No. 51 Vine street, where the business has ever since been located, operating under the firm name of Conrad H. Reinhart & Company. After the close of the Civil war his brother withdrew from the business, and located at Portsmouth, Ohio, Mr. Reinhart ever since having continued alone. He now manufactures but little candy, doing almost an exclusive jobbing business. For his wife Mr. Reinhart chose Miss Harriet S. Renner, of Cincinnati, and to them were born eight children : George, who is deceased ; and Mary, Ella, Harriet, Ida, Alice, William and Arthur, also deceased. A life long republican, Mr. Reinhart cast his vote for Abraham Lincoln. He attends the Knox Presbyterian church- and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Druids and the North Hyde Park Business Men's Club. Despite his seventy-five years he can be found at his place of business every day, the duties and responsibilities of which he discharges with the ease and capability of a man twenty-five years his junior, retaining all the physical and mental vigor of middle life. MARY A. HOEHN, M. D. Dr. Mary A. Hoehn, who since entering upon the active practice of medicine in 1894 has largely concentrated her energies upon the treatment of diseases of women. and children, in which field she has been particularly successful, is a native of Cincinnati and a daughter of Michael and Margaret (Braun) Hoehn. The father, a native of Bavaria, was born in 1813 and spent his youthful days in his native land, whence he came to America when about thirty years of age. Continuing his journey into the interior of the country he settled in Cincinnati and became identified with its industrial interests as a plumber, opening a place of business on Sixth street near Freeman. His excellent workmanship and careful management resulted in the continuous development and substantial growth of his-business which year by year yielded him good returns until he retired to private life about fifteen years prior to his death, which occurred in 1884. His wife was also a native of Bavaria. The parents, being devoted Roman Catholics, sent the daughter, Dr. Hoehn, to the parochial schools, while for a time she was also a student in the public CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 595 schools of Cincinnati. A natural interest in the science of medicine, the laws of health and all pertaining thereto, led up to the determination to engage .in active practice and thus make her life of direct usefulness and benefit to her fellowmen. She was graduated from the Women's Medical College of Cincinnati with the class of 1894, and the thorough training of that institution well equipped her for the responsible duties which have since come to her. She has built up a very satisfactory practice and has always remained in the neighborhood where she is now located, her office being at 'No. 1010 York street. She is a sister of Dr. Aloysius Hoehn, who was a successful and prominent physician of this city up to the time of his retirement. She belongs to the Ohio-Miami Alumni Association and is well known in professional circles where her practical service and close conformity to a high standard of professional ethics have won for her the regard of those who are in the same field of activity to which she has devoted her labors. J. S. ATKINS. J. S. Atkins, who has been engaged in the loan and investment business in Cincinnati for the past six or seven years, was born in the vicinity of Memphis, Tennessee, in 1879, being a son of Asa and Mary (Walker) Atkins. Mr. Atkins was reared in the town of his nativity, where he acquired his preliminary education. After the completion of his high-school course he entered Cumberland University, from which institution he was graduated in the early '90s with the degree of bachelor of arts. In order to qualify himself for his present vocation he entered an office in Nashville, until such time as he felt he had the essential practical understanding of the business needed to enable him to intelligently and profitably conduct an establishment of his own. Mr. Atkins married Miss Charlotte Miller, a daughter of H. K. Miller of Georgetown, in the vicinity of Denver, Colorado. Two children have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Atkins, Elizabeth and James. The family attend the Episcopal church of Avondale, of which Mrs. Atkins is a member. During his student days at Cumberland Mr. Atkins joined. the Kappa Sigma fraternity, with which he has ever since kept in close touch. Both he and his wife are very popular in the social circles of Avondale, where they have a very pleasant home. WILLIAM A. DRADDY. Fifteen years' experience in the bond and investment business has convinced William A. Draddy, of Cincinnati, that he used good judgment when he decided to become a bond broker. He has made a success in this line and can claim among his clients many of the leading men of Cincinnati and the tributary region. He was born in Cincinnati in 1861, a son of John J. and Hannah (Collins) Draddy. The father was born in Cork, Ireland, and became a marble cutter 596 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY and sculptor. He emigrated with his brothers to America and settled in Cincinnati in 1857. About 1868 he started in the marble business on his own account and spent the remainder of his life in this city. His brothers located in New York city and became quite prominent in the marble business. William A. Draddy attended the public schools and after completing his preliminary education began learning the clothing business with the firm of Goldsmith, Loeb & Klaw. He passed through various departments and in 1887 was firmted to membership in the firni. He continued in this business until 1895, when he retired and in the year following entered the bond business. He soon gained a recognized footing and today is one of the responsible and prosperous bond men of Cincinnati. Mr. Draddy was married to Miss Mayme Cabel, a daughter of Joseph C. Cabel, of Washington, Indiana, one of the pioneer coal operators in southern Indiana, and they have three children, Mildred, Rosemary, and William Cabel. Mr. Draddy possesses attractive personal qualities which have made him popular wherever he is known and in business or friendship he has been found true to every obligation. He is a loyal citizen and a forceful factor in everything he undertakes. It is men of this class that add stability to business enterprises and that may be depended upon in the hour of emergency. JAMES CHARLES KERR. James Charles Kerr, deceased, was for over a half century identified with the wholesale grocery business in Cincinnati. He was honored and respected wherever known and most of all where he was best known, for his life history was one which would bear close investigation and scrutiny, displaying many sterling traits of character. Mr. Kerr was one of Ohio's native sons, his birth having occurred in Gallia county in 1839. His parents were Richard and Nancy (Wood) Kerr, pioneer settlers of this state. His paternal grandfather, John Kerr, was born in. Scotland and in early life crossed the Atlantic to the new world, settling in Pennsylvania, whence he afterward removed to Gallia county. Ohio, where ,he reared his family and as one of the pioneer settlers took an active part in 'the development and upbuilding of that portion of the state. His life was devoted to farming and his labors wrought a splendid transformation in the appearance of his place. His son, Richard Kerr, was reared upon his father's farm in Gallia county, Ohio, and there resided until his death, being a well known representative of agricultural interests. He had a family of four children, three sons and a daughter. Of this family James Charles Kerr was the eldest. He, too, was reared to farm life and attended the public schools, while later he entered the Gallia County Academy at Gallipolis, Ohio, from which in due time he was graduated. After reaching manhood he came at once to Cincinnati, taking up his abode here in 1861. He obtained employment with the firm of Watson & Company, who were engaged in the salt business, and continued in their service until 1868. The first duty assigned him was that of taking a raft load of salt down the rivers to Memphis. At length he resigned his position with that firm CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 599 to become a salesman for A. R. Clark & Company, wholesale grocers, and in 1878 purchased an interest in the business. Five years later he disposed of this and formed a partnership with Bernard Kahn, organizing the firm of Kerr, Kahn & Company, wholesale grocers, their business being located at No. 57 West Second avenue, which is now No. 9 East Second avenue. This partnership existed until 1897, when Mr. Kerr bought out the interest of Mr. Kahn, continuing the enterprise under the name of J. C. Kerr & Company until January, 1908. The business was then incorporated as The J. C. Kerr Company and capitalized for twenty-five thousand dollars, with James Charles Kerr as president; J. B. Gloss, vice president; C. M. Sinclair, secretary ; and M. C. Kerr, treasurer. In 1865 occurred the marriage of James C. Kerr and Miss Margaret McChesney, a daughter of Robert and Margaret (Williams) McChesney, of Cincinnati. Her father was a son of John McChesney, who came from Scotland to America in early life and was one of the first settlers of this city. Deeds recorded show his purchase of forty acres of land in February, 1798, from John Clives Symmes, and upon a part of this land the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad depot now stands. This tract Mr. McChesney sold in December, 1798, to William Henry Harrison, afterward president of the United States. An old family Bible gives the following record of the children of John McChesney : David, who was born in Cincinnati, near the corner of Fourth 'and, Plum streets, June 30, 1793, and was the first white male child born in this city ; Mary, born February 17, 1796 ; John William, born April 13, 1800; Samuel, born March 26, 1802 ; Robert, November 1, 1805 ; and Nancy, April 22, 1808: Robert McChesney grew to manhood in Cincinnati, his native city, and here spent his entire life. He learned the hatter's trade and for many years followed that business, conducting a store on Main street. He served through the Mexican war under General Walker. In early manhood he wedded Margaret Williams, a daughter of Lewis and Phyllis Williams, who were among the earliest settlers of Cincinnati, coming here from Uniontown; Pennsylvania, .after the war of 1812, in which Mr. Williams had served as an officer. Unto the marriage of Robert McChesney and Margaret Williams there were born seven children, of whom Margaret C., the youngest, became the wife of James C. Kerr. Their marriage was blessed with four children, of whom Charles Lewis, the eldest, married a Miss Carrie Davis of Georgetown, Kentucky, and is now living in Houston, Texas. Effie is the wife of T. W. Mitchell, of this City, and they have one child, Margaret. Nancy became the wife of John J. Hamilton, an attorney of Washington, D. C., and they have one child, Nancy. Joseph Clarence was married on the 16th of February, 1910, to Miss Mary Russell Innes, a daughter of Robert Innes, of Lexington, Kentucky. Mr. Kerr passed away on the 21st of February, 1911, and his son, Joseph C., became president of the firm, while his widow, Mrs. Margaret McChesney Kerr, is treasurer. The son is a very capable and enterprising business man and under his wise direction the business continues to thrive. He is also well known in social circles as a member of the Country Club. Mr. Kerr was a man of modest and retiring disposition whose attention was concentrated upon his home and his business. He counted no personal sacrifice on his part too great if it would promote the welfare and the happiness of his