CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 651 as Tafel & Zwick. In 1866 the title of the firm was changed to Vogeler, Wagner & Company, August Wagner and Clem S. Nelson acquiring an interest. The partnership continued for fifteen years. In 1880 Otto Stein was made a member of the firm, the name being Changed to F. Vogeler & Company, Mr. Wagner having withdrawn. Mr. Vogeler transferred his interest to his son Alfred in 1888 and the Stein-Vogeler Drug Company was incorporated with Otto Stein as president and treasurer and Alfred Vogeler as vice president and secretary. The business had grown to such proportions that the building at Sixth and Main streets became too small and in 1891 the property at Nos. 217-221 East Sixth street was purchased and headquarters were transferred to that location. In 1901 Mr. Stein withdrew and the firm was reorganized, Mr. Vogeler becoming president, treasurer and general manager and William F. Wagner, secretary. The name was changed to the Alfred Vogeler Drug Company in 1902 and has since so continued. The business, continued to increase and although a warehouse in Langdon Court had been purchased and was crowded with goods from cellar to roof, it became necessary to acquire additional space for storerooms. Hence, in 1911, a mammoth, fireproof, five-story building of reenforced concrete was erected on the old site. This building contains forty-five thousand square feet of floor space with all the latest improvements, such as gravity conveyers, electric elevators, spiral chutes, megaphones, etc. The front of the building is of white glazed brick with terra cotta trimmings, and the structure is not only one of- the most modern but also one of the handsomest for business purposes in the middle west. In 1884 Mr. Vogeler was married to Miss Louise Vespermann and they have four children, Carl, Martha, Elsa and Irma. Mr. Vogeler and his family occupy a pleasant home at Avondale, one of the most beautiful suburbs of Cincinnati. His career indicates what can be accomplished by energy, perseverance, and steadfastness of purpose provided the individual possesses the .necessary quality of clear business judgment. It is such men as Mr. Vogeler who have made Cincinnati one of the most flourishing commercial centers of the Union and it is men of this class who can be depended upon. to carry the country through every obstacle that may arise to impede its growth. He takes an active interest in public enterprises and possesses the public confidence in an unusual degree. He now has a beautiful home, a host of friends and is at the head of a flourishing business, all of these blessings being the result of many years of wisely applied effort. He is a member of the National Union, of the Commercial Club and of the Hamilton County Golf Club, his chief recreation being golf. GEORGE E. RENDIGS. Another of Cincinnati's sons who is successfully identified with the building activities of the city is George E. Rendigs, the secretary and treasurer of The Evans-Rendigs Company. He is a son of Charles and Rosa Rendigs, his natal day having been the 27th of August, 1881. The father, who was also a native of Cincinnati his birth occurring in October, 1853, was engaged in the drug business until 1893, at which time he disposed of his interests and became identified Vol. III-30 652 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY with the National Hardware Company, wholesale dealers in carriage hardware. He was associated with this firm in the capacity of secretary and treasurer until he passed away in 1895. George E. Rendigs was reared in the city of his birth, in the public schools of which he acquired his preliminary education. At the age of fifteen years he entered the Cincinnati Technical School from which he was graduated with the class of 1900, following which he attended the University of Cincinnati for one year. Upon the completion of his education he obtained employment with The L. Schrieber & Son Company, as estimator, which position he retained until 1905 Subsequently he associated with Benjamin Evans in the organization of The Evans-Rendigs Company, of which firm Mr. Evans is president and Mr. Rendigs secretary and treasurer. They engage in the general contracting and concrete business, retaining in their employ the services of one hundred and fifty men. Although they have been incorporated only six years they are well established and enjoy a large and rapidly increasing patronage. They are both well known in the city, and the present condition of their business gives most promising assurances for the future. This city was the scene of the marriage on the 27th of November, 1907, of Mr. Rendigs and Miss Ethel Irwin. The religious faith of Mr. and Mrs. Rendigs is manifested through their affiliation with the Presbyterian church. He is also a member of the Beta Theta Pi, becoming identified with that fraternity during his college days. An ardent republican Mr. Rendigs always accords his political support to the candidates of that body, never having been an aspirant to official honors, however. During the brief period of his business career Mr. Rendigs has given evidence of possessing those qualities which make for success in any vocation—industry and perseverance. THORNTON LEWIS. Thornton Lewis, of Cincinnati, is a prominent factor in railroad circles as the manager of the Kanawha Dispatch and as the general western freight agent of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, having held the former position since 1896 and the latter since 1903. His birth occurred at Hamilton, Ohio, on the 19th of December, 1863, his father being John C. Lewis, a newspaper publisher of that place. The latter is now a resident of Chicago. Unto him and his wife were born five children, all of whom live in Chicago with the exception of our subject. After completing his education Thornton Lewis was employed by N. K. Fair-bank for a period of six years, while in 1888 he entered the service of the Big Four Railway in Chicago as contracting agent. In 1893 he came to Cincinnati as chief clerk of the Kanawha Dispatch and three years later was made manager. In 1903 he was made general western freight agent of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and has since had charge of through freight traffic. He lives at the Queen City Club while in Cincinnati but maintains the family residence at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, where he owns the old Caldwell farm, comprising one hundred and eighty acres of meadow land. The mansion on the place is over one hundred years old and there are also substantial barns and all other CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 653 equipments of a model property. Mr. Lewis owns fifty head of trotting and saddle horses and holds a horse show annually, his being one of the few private shows in the country. On his place there is a half-mile track and a grand stand seating eight hundred people. Mrs. Lewis takes great interest and pride in the place and is its active head. In 1888 Mr. Lewis was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Harrison, a niece of Ex-President Benjamin Harrison and a daughter of Colonel A. I. Harrison, whose demise occurred in 1873. They are the parents of three children, as follows : Will Harrison Lewis, a young man of twenty-one years, who is in the service of the Chesapeake & Ohio at St. Louis ; Alice Thornton Lewis, a maiden of seventeen, who is attending the Cathedral school in Washington, D. C. ; and Lawrence, sixteen years, who is a student in the Tome school at Port Deposit, Maryland. Mr. Lewis is a member of the Union League Club of Chicago, the Minneapolis Club of Minnesota, the Reform Club of New York, the Queen City Club of Cincinnati and the Loyal Legion. He is alert and enterprising, possessing the progressive spirit of the times, accomplishing in business circles what he undertakes, while his geniality and deference for the opinions of others have made his circle of friends almost coextensive with that of his acquaintances. SALMON JONES. Salmon Jones, who served two terms as sheriff of Hamilton county, is known as one of the most trustworthy citizens of Cincinnati and was born at Madison, Indiana, April 20, 1850. He is a son of LeRoy and Mary (Price) Jones, the former of whom was born on Court street in this city. The father enlisted in the Union army at the outbreak of the Civil war but was rejected on account of physical disability. However, he was able to perform guard duty when Cincinnati was threatened by the Confederates. He engaged in the foundry business, under the title of L. Jones & Sons, from 1867 until he was disabled by a stroke of paralysis. He died in 1884, at the age of fifty-eight or fifty-nine years. He was a patriotic, enterprising and noble-spirited man and established a business which was successfully carried forward for many years. Fraternally he was connected with the Masonic order, being a member of Miami Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and Kilwinning Chapter, R. A. M. The grandfather of our subject on the paternal side died of smallpox in the '40s. Mr. Jones of this sketch was taken by his parents to Cincinnati when he was one year old. He possessed very limited opportunities' of education and during the Civil war made his home on a farm. In 1865 he returned to this city and began learning the machinist's trade. Two and one-half years later he accidentally lost a finger and being obliged to change his vocation, became a student of Gundry's College where he applied himself assiduously to learning bookkeeping. He served as bookkeeper for the wall paper concern of Lewis Voight until 1875 and then entered the same business on his own account, in which he continued five years. In 1880 he sold out in order to take charge of the foundry which his father was incapacitated from managing on account of illness. In this he was joined by his brother LeRoy W. Jones under the firm name of L. Jones & Sons. 654 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY This business Mr. Jones very successfully conducted, developing a lucrative and growing patronage. In November, 1902, he was elected sheriff of Hamilton county, an office which he assumed in January, 1903. He discharged the responsibilities of his position so creditably that he was reelected by a large majority in November, 1905 and served altogether four years, his administration being one of the best the county has known. He disposed of his interest in the iron foundry after his second election as sheriff but in 1909 was one of the incorporators of the Cincinnati Steel Castings Company which started in business at the old plant conducted by Mr. Jones for many years. The officers of the company are : William Gilbert, president ; J. D. Leary, vice president ; and Frederick B. Salmar, treasurer. The business has prospered from the start and the company has recently completed a home for a new plant, eighty-five by one hundred feet in size, at Queen City avenue and Buck street. Mr. Jones is a member of the board of directors. In 1876 Mr. Jones was married to Miss Abbie J. Carson, a daughter of Albert Carson, of Piqua, Ohio. Mrs. Jones was for a number of years an invalid and died fourteen years ago. She was a stanch member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Although he did not possess the advantages of even a good common-school education in his boyhood, Mr. Jones overcame all obstacles by his courage, energy and perseverance and won recognition as a man of clear discernment and sound business ability, being twice elected by the people as head of one of the most important offices in the county. Ever since arriving at manhood he has been an earnest supporter of the republican party and an ardent worker in its behalf. He has served as a delegate to many conventions but has never been a seeker for public office on his own account, his nomination being made by friends without solicitation on his part. He is prominently connected with the Masonic order and holds membership in Carthage Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Willis Chapter No. 77, R. A. M., of which he is past high priest ; Cincinnati Commandery No. 3, K. T.; and Ohio Consistory, Syrian Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is also a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Jones justly ranks as a patriotic and public-spirited citizen who has never sought to promote his own interests to the injury of others but as a true son of America is ever willing to make personal sacrifice to advance the general good. AMERICUS V. AND LLEWELLYN WILLIAMS. The business of preparing city directories has been carried to a high state of perfection and each of the prominent cities of the country can now claim a competent organization which undertakes every year to issue a complete directory of the city. Cincinnati is especially favored in this respect, as the work has long been in charge of one family and is systematically carried forward according to the best known methods, thus ensuring accuracy and completeness. The Williams family whose name is inseparably connected with the history of the directory business in Cincinnati, traces its ancestry to Virginia, Peter Williams, grandfather of the subject of this review, having come to Hamilton county, Ohio, from CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 655 Winchester, Virginia, between 1808 and 1812. The name of Peter Williams appears in the first directory of Cincinnati, published in 1819, a copy of which is now in possession of his descendants in this city. He settled in Delhi township and in addition to being a farmer, contracted to carry the mails between Cincinnati and Marietta. Peter T. Williams, a son of Peter Williams, represented the second generation of the family in Hamilton county. He was born in Delhi township, May 2, J812. He received his early education in the public schools and then learned the printer's trade and in his young manhood studied law. After graduating from the law school in Cincinnati he began practice and continued successfully for a number of years in this profession. In 1849 or 1850 C. S. Williams, who was not related to Peter T., began publishing the Cincinnati directory. His office was at the corner of Fifth and Walnut streets, in the same building as the law office of Peter T. Williams, and they became acquainted, the latter purchasing the directory business in 1861. In the same year the first city directory was published by the family of which he was a member, the work being carried forward under the title of Williams & Company. He was married to Catharine E. Vincent, a (laughter of Bartlett Vincent, of Delhi township, and they had eight children, six of whom grew to maturity : Americus V. ; Peter B., deceased ; Llewellyn; Charles S., also deceased ; Katie V., who is now the widow of William H. Babbitt, of Cincinnati ; and Harriet V., who married William V. Zimmer and is now deceased. Mr. Williams was an attendant and supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church of which his wife was a member. He died May 12, 1897, at the age of eighty-five years, leaving the directory business in the hands of his three sons, Americus V., Peter B. and Llewellyn. In 1900 the business was incorporated as the Williams Directory Company with Americus V. Williams as president and Llewellyn Williams as vice president and secretary. The present officers are : Americus V. Williams, president ; Llewellyn Williams, vice president ; and Llewellyn Williams, Jr., secretary. The company is thoroughly established and is known as one of the most successful concerns of the kind in the middle west, being publishers of the Ohio State Directory ; the Cincinnati Directory ; the Cincinnati Business Directory ; the directories of Dayton, Springfield, Sandusky, Hamilton, Norwood, and Hamilton county, Ohio ; Covington and Newport, Kentucky ; and also the Cincinnati City Guide and the Covington and Newport City Map. The Williams 'Directory Company is a member of the Association of American Directory Publishers, an organization which includes all of the leading directory publishers of the United States. Americus V. Williams was born in Delhi township, March 4, 1845. At the age of eight years he removed with his parents to Cincinnati and in the public schools of this city received his early education. He has ever since his boyhood been connected with the directory business and has shown a capacity productive of highly satisfactory results. In 1870 he was married to Miss Caroline Rieder, a daughter of Felix Rieder of this city, and of their children three are now living: Kathryn ; Clara, who married F. L. Kiphart, of this city and Anne. Mr. Williams is a member of the Society of Friends and through life has been governed by the benign teachings of that organization. Llewellyn Williams was born in Delhi township, August 20, 1849. He received excellent advantages of preliminary education in the public schools of 656 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY this city and as a boy learned the printer's trade. After leaving school he associated with his father in the directory business, with which he has ever since been intimately connected. In 1874 he was married to Miss Bertha Juell, a daughter of John G. Juell, of Cincinnati, and they have four children ; M. Frances; Estella L., who is the wife of Harry Ahlers of Cincinnati ; Llewellyn, Jr., who married Luetta J. Ross, of Lafayette, Indiana, and is now secretary of the Williams Directory Company ; and Lillian. Mr. Williams is a man of large experience in contact with the world and being the possessor of tact, judgment and perseverance, has steadily advanced until he is now financially independent. In his dealings he has always been strictly fair and honorable and he possesses the unqualified respect of his associates and acquaintances. HARRY C. ROLF. Harry C. Rolf, a leading engineer and machinist of Cincinnati, whose enterprise and energy have contributed very materially to the improvement of the transportation facilities of the city, is a native of Hanover, Germany. He was born May 17, 1848, a son of Arnold and Charlotte Rolf. The father was a blacksmith by trade and in 1856 came to America with his family, locating at Cincinnati. He worked at his trade until his death, in 1870, at the age of sixty-nine years, his wife passing away in 1881 at the age of seventy-five years. They were buried near Friendship, Ripley county, Indiana. At the time of the Civil war Mr. Arnold Rolf assisted in the defense of Cincinnati as a member of the Home Guard, while our subject's brothers William served in the Second Missouri Artillery, Charles in the Forty-seventh Ohio and Fred in the Thirteenth. Ohio Volunteers during the Civil war. Harry C. Rolf arrived in the new world at the age of eight years and in the public schools of Cincinnati received the advantages of a preliminary education that gave him a fair start for the important work in which he has since engaged. At the age of fourteen years he secured employment in a furniture factory where he continued for two months and then became connected with a printing office with which he was identified for two years. After giving up the printing business he secured employment at the Niles Works and assisted for eighteen months in building gunboats for the United States government. While engaged at this place he developed a special talent as a mechanic that had been lying dormant, and as soon as opportunity presented he apprenticed himself to the machinist's trade with Lane & Bodley and continued with this concern for twelve years after the term of his apprenticeship had expired. He then accepted the position of general machinist with the firm of Woodrow & McParlan but after two and one-half years became chief engineer of the Mount Adams Eden Park Incline Railway, in which position he served efficiently for nine years. At the end of the time named he was elected as chief engineer of the Cincinnati Street Railway and seven years later, in 1900, was advanced to the office of superintendent of steam machinery of the Cincinnati Traction Company, also holding the position of superintendent of the power house. Through his intimate knowledge of machinery and transportation—subjects which he has closely and sci- CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 659 entifically studied for many_ years—he has gained a high standing as an expert and is so recognized throughout the country. There are few men in America who are better informed in those lines and Mr. Rolf is regarded as an authority on all questions arising in connection with his department. Professionally he is a valued member of the National Association of Stationary Engineers and is past president of the subordinate association of Ohio. During his present position he has had as high as one hundred and fifty employes under his charge. He has had employed also seventy-five stationary engineers and ten electricians or switch board tenders 12thg his incumbency. On the 1i2th of September, 1872, at Cincinnati, he was married to Miss Sophia Kamman, a daughter of John and Minnie Kamman, long established residents of this city. Five children were born to them : William, who is a machinist and married Mary Brophy and has four children ; Robert, who is an electrician, and married Lida Hartfield and has three children ; Richard, an engineer, who married Alvina Luef, who died, leaving one child ; Cora, who is a graduate of the Walnut Hills high school ; and Edgar, who is now serving as an apprenticed machinist. Politically Mr. Rolf is in hearty sympathy with the republican party and in religious belief he is identified with the German Lutheran church. Starting out to meet the world as a boy, he steadily persevered in the face of many obstacles and having found a vocation adapted to his taste and talents, he made thorough preparation for his life work. The important positions he has filled are evidence of his ability. For many years he has been actively connected with large enterprises in various capacities requiring the exercise of rare judgment and an accurate knowledge of details possessed by few. Endowed with the capacity both, to plan and to perform, he has been remarkably successful and his record is one which reflects high credit upon himself and the city of his adoption. WILLIAM HENRY FALLS, M. D. Dr. William Henry Falls, engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Cincinnati for almost forty years, was born in this city November 24, 1849, his parents being Henry and Elizabeth (Clendenin) Falls. The family is of Irish lineage, having been founded in America by the great-grandfather of Dr. Falls, who came from Enneskillen, Ireland, and settled in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Clendenin was of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania and members of the maternal side of her family came from Dumfries, Scotland. An aunt of her mother was the mother of John C. Calhoun. Henry Falls, father of Dr. Falls, came to Cincinnati about 1847, which was subsequent to his marriage. Here he established a carpet store on Fourth street on the site of the Sinton Hotel. This remained the leading carpet store of Cincinnati and from this establishment were secured the furnishings for Pike's Opera House and many other of the leading public buildings and private residences. As the years passed his business grew along satisfactory lines as the result of well directed energy and thrift and he continued an active factor in the trade circles of the city until 1873, when he passed away at the age of fifty-five years. In politics he was a republican but 660 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY was never active in the work of the party aside from supporting his views at the polls. The public schools of Cincinnati afforded Dr. Falls early educational privileges. He attended the public schools of his native city and was. also a high-school student in New Castle. Thinking to find the practice of medicine a congenial pursuit, he began reading under the direction of his uncle, Dr. William Clendenin, a very prominent physician and the first health officer of Cincinnati, who also was at one time dean of Miami Medical College, from which Dr. Falls graduated. This was in the year 1873 and during his senior year he also served as interne in Cincinnati Hospital. He began practice as assistant to Dr. William H. Mussey and was afterward admitted to a partnership, their relation continuing uninterruptedly until the death of Dr. Mussey, since which time Dr. Falls has practiced alone. For two years he was physician to the Branch Hospital. His work has grown in volume and importance as the years have gone by and he now has a large clientage among some of the best families of the city. He is ever careful in the diagnosis of his cases and his judgment is seldom if ever at fault. Reading and investigation keep him thoroughly informed concerning the latest discoveries of the medical profession and at the prompting of sound judgment he utilizes every new idea that he believes will prove of practical benefit in his chosen life work. Dr. Falls holds membership with the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He takes a deep interest in church work, holding membership in the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, in which he is serving as elder. Formerly he was for years a member of the First Presbyterian church. Those who know him—and his friends are many—find him a refined and cultivated gentleman, modest in bearing and deportment, yet of that genuine worth which ever manifests itself upon a community. HERBERT H. STONEBARGER. In November, 1909, He6ert H. Stonebarger became identified with the commercial interests of Cincinnati through his organization of The Globe Fold- ing Box Company, of which he is vice president and general manager. A native of Ohio, he was born in Medway in September, 1879, and is a son of William Lewis and Elizabeth (Kneisley) Stonebarger. The father, who is a physician, was for many years, engaged in practice in Dayton but is now living retired. The mother died in 1905, The greater portion of Herbert H. Stonebarger's early life was spent in Dayton, in the public and high schools of which he obtained his education. Laying aside his text-books at the age of nineteen years he entered the employ of the National Cash Register Company, remaining in their service for two years in the capacity of receiving clerk. Feeling the need of a more thorough knowledge of practical business methods he resigned his position in 1900, subsequently enrolling in the Miami Commercial College, where he remained for three months. At the expiration of that period he accepted a position as timekeeper and cost CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 661 clerk with the Kinnard Manufacturing Company, of Dayton, continuing in their service until 1903, at which time he became order clerk for the Reynolds & Reynolds Company, manufacturers of stationery. He withdrew from the latter company at the end of a year to become vice president and manager of the O. K. Paper Pail Company, remaining with this firm until October, 1909, when he disposed of his interest in the company and removed to Cincinnati. Upon his arrival here Mr. Stonebarger organized The Globe Folding Box Company, of which he became vice president and general manager. They devote their entire attention to the manufacture of a general line of folding paper boxes and novelties, in which enterprise they are meeting with most gratifying success. The company is less than three years old, yet their business has increased so rapidly since its organization that it requires the services of sixty people to fill their orders. In Dayton, Ohio, on the 25th of November, 1905, was solemnized the union between Mr. Stonebarger and Miss Minerva Sechler. Two children have been born to them, Mary Elizabeth and Katherine Louise. The religious belief of Mr. and Mrs. Stonebarger is expressed through their identification with the Presbyterian denomination. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masonic order, his membership being held in St. John's Lodge, No. 13, Dayton. Although he has never taken a personal interest in municipal politics, Mr. Stonebarger casts his ballot faithfully on election days, his support being given to the republican party. During the brief period of his residence in Cincinnati he has given evidence of possessing more than average business acumen, as well as ability as an organizer, and .gauging by the past two years the future looks most promising for Mr. Stonebarger. FREDERICK H. BLOME. Frederick H. Blome, who for more -than thirty years has been engaged in the produce business in Cincinnati, was born in Hanover, Germany, on the 20th of May, 1845, being a son of Heinrich, and Dorothea Blome. The mother was the eldest child in a family of six, and was left extensive realty interests. Blome is the name of the maternal grandfather, the father, as frequently happens in European countries failing a male heir, having taken the name of his wife after marriage. Reared in his native city Frederick H. Blome obtained his education in the common schools, after which he enlisted in the army, serving during the Franco-Prussian war. In 1872 he decided that better conditions were to be found in America for young men so he took pasage for the United States. Upon his arrival he located in Cincinnati, and during the first two months of his residence here worked in a stone yard. From there he went into a pork-packing establishment, where he remained for four years, when he married and moved to a farm owned by his wife. He located on a place on the outskirts of the city, in the vicinity of his present home in Ellendale, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1880. In the latter year he became associated with Mr. Benningkening in the commission business for two years. Later Mr. Blome sold his interest to 662 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY Henry Dillhoff, the firm thereafter being known as Dillhoff & Benningkening. In 1882, Mr. Blome again engaged in business for himself, establishing a place on West Court between Race and Elm streets in partnership with David S. Dreifus. They operated under the name of Blome & Dreifus until April, 1910, at which time they incorporated, the firm Blome-Dreifuseen known as The Blome-Dreifus Company. Mr. Dreifus is president ; Frederick H. W. Blome, secretary ; and Frederick H. Blome, treasurer. They deal in butter, eggs, poultry and veal; having both a local and eastern trade, the former being especially large. Mr. Biome married Miss Georgina Oldewage, a native of Germany, and they have become the parents of four children : Frederick H. W., who has always been in business with his father ; Amelia, the eldest daughter ; Elizabeth, the wife of Robert Pister, of Madisonville ; and Dora. The family hold membership in the German Lutheran church of Pleasant Ridge, of which Mr. Blome was president of the board of stewards for fourteen years. He is also a member of the National Union. During the long period of his residence in the United States he has met with most gratifying success in his undertakings. There have been hardships and misfortunes, such as must be met by every one in a land with whose customs and business methods he is not familiar, but for many years Mr. Blome's strenuous efforts have been well rewarded. CHARLES ALFRED LEE REED, M. D. The life history of Dr. Charles Alfred Lee Reed, of Cincinnati, is an inspiring record of achievement, and his remarkable success as a physician and surgeon has encouraged hundreds of young men to persevere in the face of apparently insuperable obstacles. As president of the American Medical Association he was accorded recognition by his brethren which is attained by few men in the western hemisphere, and in the discharge of his various responclearness he has displayed a clearnes's of judgment and a knowledge of human nature that have reflected upon him and his associates the highest credit. He ranks today as a leader in the world of medicine and surgery—an honor to his adopted city and to his profession. He is a native of Wolflake, Noble county, Indiana, born July 9, 1856; a son of Dr. Richard Cumming Stockton and Nancy (Clark) Reed. Death visited the home and carried away his mother July 15, 1856, when he was a week old, and he was taken to Ohio and reared until he was ten years of age by his grandparents. He secured his early education at Starr's Institute at Seven Mile, Ohio, and later matriculated at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, receiving the degree of M. D. in 1874, before he was nineteen years of age. In 1894 he received the honorary degree of A. M. from Miami University. He took a post graduate course at Trinity College, Dublin, and later studied at Spark Hill Hospital, Birmingham, England, under Lawson Tait, and at the Samaritan Free Hospital, London, England, under Bantock, Thornton and Sir Spencer Wells. He began practice in Cincinnati as district physician in. the old fifth ward in 1875 and subsequently practiced at Fidelity, Illinois, and Hamilton, Ohio. In 1887 he located permanently in Cincinnati and has since devoted his CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 665 attention to the diseases of women and abdominal surgery. He was professor of gynecology and abdominal surgery at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery from 1882-1896 and also served as dean of the faculty of that institution. From 1902-1909 he was professor of clinical gynecology at the Medical College of Ohio and held the same chair at the University of Cincinnati (Ohio-Miami Medical College) since 1909. He has also served as gynecologist of the Cincinnati Hospital since 1898 ; of the German Deaconess Hospital since 1902 ; and of the Jewish Hospital since 1906. He holds membership in the leading medical organizations, being a fellow of the British Gynecological Association; a member of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ; a foundation member of the International Periodical Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics ; and a corresponding fellow of the National Academy of Medicine of Peru, South America, since 1894. He served as a member of the special United States commission to Panama in 1905 and in 1908 was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French government. He was a member of the board of directors of the University of Cincinnati from 1891-1903. In 1891 Dr. Reed introduced a resolution in the American Medical Association at Washington, D. C., which resulted in the Pan-American Medical Congress which was held at Washington in September, 1893, under the auspices of the United States government. This was one of the most important medical gatherings ever held on the continent and as the originator of the -idea Dr. Reed was made secretary general of the congress. In the work of its organization he carried on an extensive correspondence with members of the 'medical profession in all parts of the world. Ninteen countries and colonies were represented at the congress and more than one thousand delegates were present. The transactions of the congress were considered of such importance that they were published by the United States government in several volumes, embracing more than two thousand pages. In recognition of his services Dr. Reed was presented at Philadelphia with a testimonial, the, presentation being made by the president of the congress, Professor William Pepper, provost of the University of Pennsylvania, on the occasion of the visit of the foreign delegates to Philadelphia. Dr. Reed was also one of the founders of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and served as its president in 1898. He was president of the American Medical Association in 1900-1901 and was presiding officer of the session held at St. Paul, Minnesota, in the latter year. It was largely through his influence that the association was reorganized, thereby making it a representative body of the medical profession, the restrictive measures of the previous fifty years being eliminated. The association has ever since been conducted upon broad and progressive lines. He has served also as a member of the Ohio State Board of Medical Registration and Examination. On the 27th of May, 1880, at Otterville, Illinois, Dr. Reed was married to Miss Irene E. Dougherty, a daughter of J. G. and Elizabeth Dougherty. They have two children, Winifred Van Schaick, who was born in 1884 and married September 21, 1909, Roger Culver Tredwell of the United States Consular Service; and Charles Lawson, who was born in 1888 and was named after his father's early preceptor, the late Lawson Tait, of England, and who graduated at Yale in 1911. Dr. Reed is a man of extensixe research and learning, his studies not having been confined entirely to his profession. He is a wide reader, his library 666 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY containing many of the most important works on literature, science and art. He is a lover of nature and of history and notwithstanding the demands of a large practice has always kept well informed as to the progress of events throughout the world. His public spirit has many times been demonstrated, and the esteem in which he is held by his brother practitioners and the general public has strengthened and grown with years. As a writer on medical subjects he is widely known, having contributed extensively to medical publications. He is the author of the work entitled "Text Book of Gynecology," which was issued in 1900. This volume found a ready acceptance by the leading medical schools of the country and is regarded as a standard authority on the subject. His aim has ever been to discharge his duties to the best of his ability in whatever field he might be called, and the uniform success that has attended his efforts is proof that he has in a large measure succeeded in the accomplishment of this object. He has made a study of the principles of Freemasonry, being identified with Harmony Lodge No. 2, A. F. & A. M., and Ohio Sovereign Consistory, S. P. R. S. He is also a member of the Queen City Club. WILLIAM GLENN. Though almost a quarter of a century has passed since William Glenn was called to his final rest, he is still remembered by many of Cincinnati's older residents as one of its most respected and influential citizens. He passed away on the 17th of July, 1887, in the eighty-eighth year of his age, after nearly seventy years of active business life in Cincinnati. A pioneer merchant of this city, he was the head and founder of the well known house of William Glenn & Sons, which became the largest mercantile concern in the Ohio valley. His birth occurred in Guilford county, North Carolina, on the 13th of March, 1800. He came of Scotch ancestry, the first representatives of the family in this country taking up their abode in North Carolina prior to the Revolution, in which conflict several of the name participated with marked distinction. William Glenn lost his father when quite young and soon afterward accompanied his mother and sister to the wilds of the then almost unknown west. For several years they made their home on a farm near Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio, and then removed to Dearborn county, Indiana, settling on a wooded tract a few miles north of the present town of Aurora. The country was wild and the Indian had not yet disappeared, the blockhouse still remaining a necessary protection. It was a courageous step for Mrs. Glenn and her two children to attempt life in that new country, but she possessed a high degree of unconquerable resolution. A ..cabin was built of logs cut from their own forest, and in this humble abode they began a life which involved great labor and hardships for years. Upon our subject, a boy of sixteen years, rested responsibilities which sturdy manhood alone should bear—a mother and a sister to provide for, with only primitive nature's sources from which to draw. Nothing daunted he went to work, splitting rails, building fences, stables and cribs, plowing, planting and gathering, so that each recurring autumn found the little family with sufficient stores to last until the succeeding harvest. But he had a higher ambition. His opportunities for education, limited CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 667 as they were, had been sufficient to incite in him a keen appreciation of the value of learning, and he resolved to lose. no chance for acquiring more. When the day's toil was ended the evening found him by a blazing fire of hickory, poring over a volume from his own scant library or borrowed from that of a distant neighbor, for books were treasures then in that new country and not regarded as absolutely necessary by the hardy pioneer so earnestly engaged in conquering the forest to provide a home for his family. A love for the systematic study of the English language manifested itself early in his literary pursuits, and he soon acquired a reputation for scholarship in that direction. He became noted for his proficiency in grammar and for several years, during the winter months, he devoted himself to giving lessons and lecturing upon that subject. Cincinnati, Covington, Newport and other places were chosen for his efforts in that way and many poor young men gratefully availed themselves of his instructions. His lectures met with favorable comment in the Cincinnati Gazette, then under the direction of the distinguished Charles Hammond. Far from him then was the thought that in subsequent years the columns of the same paper would be open to the brilliant contributions of one of his own sons, and that he and that son would be among its principal owners. Finding, at the age of twenty-five years, that the labors and exposures of pioneer life were telling upon his health, he took the small capital he had acquired by his lectures and engaged in business, first in Wilmington, afterward in Dillsboro and then in Aurora, Indiana. About eleven years of his life were thus spent with a fair degree of success. During these years he made frequent trips to New Orleanson both steam and flatboats, carrying cargoes of produce for sale and acquiring considerable note as a river trader. At this time, there being an evident opening for a steam packet between Cincinnati and Rising Sun, Indiana, he promptly sold out his business, bought the steamboat Fashion, entered the trade and succeeded so well that he was induced to extend his trips to Madison, Indiana. He was really the pioneer in what afterward became an important packet trade. He subsequently commanded the William R. McKee, in the same line, and during his four years of river life was regarded as a capable and popular .commander. It was during this time that he moved his family to Cincinnati and, after relinquishing his packet interests, decided to engage in merchandising here. In so doing he laid the foundation of the business house which was long regarded as the leading establishment of its kind in the west. The modest beginning, with limited means, was at the northwest corner of lower Market and Sycamore streets. Five years of marked success there induced Mr. Glenn to erect a larger building at the northwest corner of Second and Walnut streets, where ten years more of prosperity followed, and the firm had attained a position and reputation equal to the best. Then followed the building of the solid and extensive stores on Vine street. They were the acknowledged leaders in the grocery trade, doing a business amounting to millions annually and possessing a trade extending for hundreds of miles in every direction. They had reason for some feeling of satisfaction in view of the reputation, confidence and credit which by their prudence, energy and honorable dealing they had built up in the commercial world. Four years after the establishment of the house Mr. Glenn admitted two of his sons, Joseph and fames M., to a partnership, and the firm name became William Glenn & 668 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY Sons. A few years later Joseph Glenn withdrew and became directly. interested in the ownership and management of the Cincinnati Gazette, a relation which he maintained until his death, in 1.874. Upon the withdrawal of Joseph Glenn, Richard Dymond, Mr. Glenn's son-in-law, became a member of the firm. Subsequently a younger son, Omar T. Glenn, was admitted, continuing until 1886, when he withdrew. During Mr. Glenn's mercantile life he took an active interest in all that related to the prosperity of his adopted city. Seeing the great benefit that Cincinnati would derive from direct communication with the south, he became one of the earliest advocates of a southern railroad, exerting himself in the effort to. raise a bonus fund of one million dollars to offer to any company that would build such a line and heading the subscription himself with a large sum. Although his effort failed, it was a seed sown which soon ripened into a general demand for a direct connection with the vast and growing south, culminating finally in the construction. of the Cincinnati Southern Railway. He was of the company leasing this road after its completion and was an active director therein, continuing as such until its transfer to the Erlanger syndicate. Mr. Glenn felt amply repaid for his long continued efforts in this behalf of the triumphant consummation of this great work, so creditable to the enemy and enterprise of Cincinnati. He was also connected with . the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad in its commencement, being a director when the line reached no farther than Seymour, Indiana, and lacked both money and credit to go. farther. He, however, continued to urge its continuation to Vincennes, where it would meet the West Branch and thus form a through line, opening up the rich valley of the Wabash and the fertile plains of Illinois to the trade of Cincinnati, and finally as its president concluded the contract with the syndicate which soon thereafter added the necessary link, thus uniting Cincinnati with St. Louis and the far west. He was also a director in the Marietta and Cincinnati road during its earlier existence, not for a moment wavering in his belief that it would ultimately prove a most valuable connection to Cincinnati. His faith was fully justified by the final consolidation of that line with the great Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Mr. Glenn was one of the first to see the benefits that would follow from the national banking law and, in connection With Louis Worthington and others, organized the First National Bank of Cincinnati. The perfection of the organization was largely due to the efforts of Mr. Worthington and himself. He served as a director of this noted bank for many years, until impaired health and a desire for foreign travel caused him to resign. He was likewise a director in the Union Central Life Insurance Company and president of the Hammond Building Company. For years he was a leading stockholder and director in the Cincinnati Gazette Company and was also one of the principal owners in the Commercial Gazette. Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and was elected an honorary life member of that body several years prior to his demise. On the 17th of April, 1825, in Dearborn county, Indiana, William Glenn and Alice Miller were married by the Rev. James H. Jones. On the 17th of April, 1875, they were living to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of that event. Their hospitable home was crowded by those who came to offer their warmest congratulations and the occasion was one that was long and pleasantly remembered by CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 669 all who were present. Four of their children and twelve of their grandchildren witnessed the golden wedding. Both Mr. and Mrs. Glenn were earnest, consistent Christians, belonging to the St. Paul Methodist Episcopal church and giving largely and constantly to its support. In the upbuilding of churches, the establishing and support of missions, in the cause of temperance and in all other good works they were ever among the most active workers and generous givers. Mr. Glenn was president of the board of trustees of St. Paul Methodist Episcopal church, to the support of which he is said to have contributed over sixty thousand dollars. He was a delegate to the Law and Order Convention held at Columbus in March, 1882, serving as a member of the committee which prepared the forcible resolutions adopted by that noted assembly, composed of able and excellent men from all parts of the state. Amid the cares and responsibilities of a long and active business life Mr. Glenn yet found time for the gratification of a fondness for books and travel. He was a close student and keen observer of passing events, keeping himself well informed in all things .pertaining to the literature and politics of the day. He traveled extensively, visiting Europe several times, and as a result acquired a great store of practical knowledge and valuable experience, making business and social intercourse with him highly instructive and agreeable. Until within a week of his death, although in the eighty-eighth year of his age, he attended to business regularly and seemed as spry and active as most men not half his age. In his death Cincinnati lost one of her noblest men, whose entire life had been one of determination, energy of purpose and of the most exalted moral worth. It is an important public duty to honor and perpetuate as far as possible the memory of an eminent citizen—one who by his blameless and honorable life and distinguished career reflected credit not only upon his city and state but also upon the whole country. Through such memorials as this at hand the individual and the character of his services are kept in remembrance and the importance of those services acknowledged. His example in whatever field his work may have been done thus stands as an object lesson to those who come after him and, though dead, he still speaks. Long after all recollection of his personality shall have faded from the minds of men, the less perishable record may tell the story of his life and commend his example for imitation. J. ALBERT MANSS. For three generations the name of Manss has been associated with the shoe business in Cincinnati, the family continuing to be very capably represented in this connection in the person of J. Albert Manss, who is president of The Manss Shoe Manufacturing Company. A native of Cincinnati, he was born on l0th of October, 1872, and is a son of John and Sophia Manss. The father, whose birth occurred in Germany on 31e 3I st of December, 1838, when a lad of ten years emigrated to the United States with his parents, who located in Cincinnati in 1848. John Manss obtained the greater part of his education in the public schools of his adopted country, following the completion of which he engaged in business with his father, Ludwig Manss, who was a shoe jobber. He severws 670 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY his connection with the latter in 1890 in order to go into business for himself, establishing The Manss Shoe Manufacturing Company, of which he was president for six years. At the expiration of that period he withdrew from active association with the firm, living retired from then until his demise in 1903. He was succeeded as president of the company by his eldest son, Harry L. Manss, who remained in that capacity until 1906 at which time he disposed of his interests. In the acquirement of his education J. Albert Manss attended the public schools and Rick and Wykoff's private school until 1889, when he entered the Wittenburg College at Springfield, Ohio, where he remained a year. Returning to Cincinnati at the end of that time he enrolled at the Nelson Business College, feeling the need of a more comprehensive understanding of practical business methods. He remained in this latter institution until 1891, when he withdrew in order to enter the employ of his father: Having decided to become permanently identified with the shoe business, he determined to learn the business thoroughly, so he first entered the cutting room. He passed through the various departments of the factory, serving in practically every capacity, until he had acquired a complete knowledge of every branch of the business. Being fully competent to discharge the responsibilities of the position of superintendent and buyer, he assumed the duties of that office in 1896. For ten years he remained in that capacity, withdrawing from it in 1906 to become president of the firm upon the retirement of his brother. The firm is one of the rapidly growing industries of the city ; their patronage constantly increasing until their sales records show customers in every state in the union. They manufacture men's shoes exclusively in both medium and high grade, ranging in price from four to eight dollars per pair ; their plant has a daily output of one thousand pair, affording employment to three hundred people. The marriage of Mr. Manss and Miss Julia Smith was celebrated in this city on the 7th of October, 1896, and to them have been born two children, John, who is eleven years old, attending the University school, and Ardath, aged three years. The religious faith of the family is manifested by their identification with the Presbyterian denomination. His political support Mr. Manss accords those men and measures he deems best adapted to meet the existing needs. An enterprising man of progressive Ideas he is successfully developing the business which was founded by his father, whom he has so capably succeeded. HON. GEORGE HOADLY, LL. D. Hon. George Hoadly, LL. D., deceased, ex-Governor of the state of Ohio, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, July 31, 1826, and was the only son of George and Mary Ann (Woolsey) Hoadly. His mother came from New York, and was a granddaughter of Timothy Dwight, the eminent divine, and a great-granddaughter of Jonathan Edwards. His father was once mayor of New Haven. When their son was six years old, the family moved to Cleveland, Ohio. There the younger George Hoadly attended the pubilc schools until he was fourteen years of age, when he entered the Western Reserve College, at Hudson, CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 673 Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1844. He entered the law school at Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he studied diligently under such instructors as . Judge Story and Professor Simon Greenleaf. He studied a second year in the office of Charles C. 'Converse, then a prominent attorney at Zanesville, Ohio, and afterward a judge of the Supreme Court of that state. In September, 1846, Mr. Hoadly came to Cincinnati, where he was a student in the office of Chase & Ball, the former being the illustrious Salmon P. Chase, afterward distinguished- as a member of President Lincoln's cabinet, and still later Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. There he attracted the interest and friendship of that eminent jurist, and when admitted to the Ohio bar in 1847 he was taken in as a partner, and the firm became Chase, Ball & Hoadly. Soon after entering the firm of Chase. & Ball, in 1851, Mr. Hoadly was married to Mary Burnet Perry, a grandniece of Judge Burnet, one of the old settlers of Ohio. When Salmon P. Chase was elected to the United States senate, his absence from Cincinnati led to Mr. Hoadly's appearance in important cases, and in 1851 he was elected by the Ohio legislature to a judgeship of the superior court of Cincinnati. Four years later' he became city solicitor. In 1859 he succeeded Judge William Y. Gholson on the bench of the new superior court. Previous to this event, his former preceptor and partner, then Governor Chase, offered him a seat on the supreme bench of Ohio, and the offer. was repeated in 1862 by Governor Tod, but he declined both appointments. He was reelected to his former position on the Cincinnati bench in 1864, but resigned in 1866, to establish the law firm of Hoadly, Jackson & Johnson, which soon ranked among the leading firms of the West. In the constitutional convention of 1873-74 he was one of the leading figures, and labored earnestly and most influentially in a revision of the Ohio constitution. In politics, Governor Hoadly had originally been a democrat, but, differing with many of his associates On She leading antebellum issues, he allied himself with the republicans, and was a supporter of the measures of that party until the close of General Grant's first term. In 1876 he, supported Tilden and Hendricks, and in the controversy that followed the election, he responded to the request of the democratic committee, and appeared as one of Tilden's counsel before the electoral commission appointed by congress, to decide the vote in the disputed states. Governor Hoadly was a presidential possibility in 1884, his name being placed before the national democratic convention. He was retained as counsel for the United Stales government in the celebrated Union Pacific Railroad case. In 1883 he was nominated for Governor of Ohio by the democrats, and in October of that year defeated Hon. Joseph B. Foraker, the republican candidate. The same gentlemen were opponents in 1885, when Mr. Hoadly was defeated, and returned to Cincinnati, where he resumed his practice. From 1864 to 1887 he was professor in the Cincinnati Law School, and for many years was' a trustee in the Cincinnati University. He was one of the counsel who successfully opposed the project of a compulsory reading of the scriptures in the public schools, and was the leading counsel of the assignee and creditors in the famous Archbishop Purcell assignment. In 1887 he removed to New York, where he became senior partner in the law firm of Hoadly, Lauter- Vol. III-31 674 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY bach & Johnson. In 1875 the Western Reserve College conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. One of the incidents which illustrates the character of George Hoadly occurred during the terrible storm that followed the assignment of Archbishop Purcell. J. B. Mannix, who was the assignee of the Archbishop, was required to furnish a bond of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. In those days there were no such things as bonding companies, and a man who was required to furnish such a bond was compelled to appeal to his friends to sign it. Among those who went on the bond of ohn B. Mannix was George Hoadly. ,Then there came the terrible crash, and the discovery that the money left in the hands of Mannix had been largely dissipated, and that an immense sum must be made good by his bondsmen. The litigation that followed to collect the money due from his bondsmen forms a large part of the history of the Hamilton county bar, and never were cases so bitterly fought. No suit was, however, brought against George Hoadly for the reason that such a course was not necessary. When he became convinced that Mannix was really a defaulter, he took steps to learn the amount of the shortage as nearlyGustavssible, and then he went to GustaV Tafel and Isaac J. Miller, who had been appointed trustees of the Purcell estate. All that he asked was that his share of the responsibility be determined, and that he be informed upon what terms he could be released from the obligation. It was found that his share of it would be fifty thousand dollars, and one afternoon Governor Hoadly walked into the office of the trustees, paid over fifty thousand dollars in cash, and obtained his release from any further responsibility on the Mannix bond. Nothing that had occurred in legal circles for many years created as great a sensation as Governor Hoadly's action in this matter. Being an able lawyer, it was generally supposed that he would contest the matter, but such was not the case. He said he had signed .the bond in good faith, because he believed in the honesty of Mannix, but if he had been wrog he was willing to pay for it. The subject of this sketch was governor during the riots in 1884, and at that time he was- averse to sending militia, to Cincinnati because he argued that soldiers should be employed only as a last resort. Telegrams were pouring in on him regarding the situation, arid finally a dispatch came from a member of the governor's military staff, who was a resident of this city, saying that troops were necessary. Only then did he consent to send them. While Governor Hoadly was recognized a one of the greatest corporation lawyers in the United States, and amassed a fortune as such, he was always very moderate in his charges, and many stories are told of his leniency with clients. In March, 1887, soon after completing his term as governor, he went to New York, and established the law firm of Hoadly, Lauterbach & Johnson. From that date he gave his entire attention to his profession. His firm was concerned chiefly in cases of corporate litigation. Among the important law suits in which Governor Hoadly was engaged was the Hocking Valley Railway case, in which the bondholders tried to .cancel three million dollars worth of bonds, which they claimed had been unlawfully issued by the Hocking Valley Railway Company, for coal property belonging. to themselves. In the Third Avenue Cable litigation, George Hoadly's firm was beaten five times, but, carrying the case to the court of appeals, was successful the sixth time. The point at issue was the right to CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 675 use cables instead of horses, for street railways. Other important trials that the governor was successful in, were the Stevens will case and the Sugar Trust case. Governor Hoadly was the legal representative of the Jefferson Davis estate, and also of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, in her suit against the Bedford Publishing company. Beside Edward Lauterbach and Edgar M. Johnson, who had been a partner for twenty-seven years, William N. Cohen and Lewis Adler were associated with Mr. Hoadly in the practice of the law. The old-time professional friend's of Governor Hoadly performed the last sad duty of bearing the body to the grave. Although Governor Hoadly was one of the seven charter members of the Scottish Rite Masons, it was doubtful whether that order would take part in the services. Colonel William B. Melish sent a letter to the Hoadly residence, offering the Scottish Rite ceremonies, if desired. For the last twenty years of his life Governor Hoadly had been so engrossed by the cares of business that he took but little interest in Masonic work, although he had previously been very enthusiastic about it. It is recalled that only one democratic ex-governor of Ohio, James E. Campbell is left, since the death of Governor Hoadly, and each was one of four democratic governors of this State in more than 4o years. Two republican ex-governors are still living, Foraker and Nash.. The news of the death of this great lawyer was a decided shock to the older citizens, who knew him well, and especially to many of his colleagues at the bar. Senator Foraker said, in reference to the passing away of the eminent man : "Governor Hoadly's death does not come as a surprise, for it has been well known for some time that he was in failing health, and that he was approaching the end. Nevertheless, it is with much regret that the whole country, and his friends in particular, will hear of his demise. He lived a long life. It was one of great activity. His energies were devoted almost exclusively to his profession, but he was always interested in public affairs. Those who differed from him found in him a man of broad and intelligent views, with kindly consideration and sincere respect for his opponent. His greatest achievements were professional. He had a natural aptitude for the law. In New York, where he spent the last years of his life, quite as much as in Ohio, he was a recognized leader at the bar. It was my fortune to know him pretty well. I saw much of him as a practicing lawyer, and perhaps had more reason to study him carefully in his political relations than anybody else. He was always brilliant, always aggressive and always exceedingly interesting and entertaining, whether you were in accord with' im or not. My personal relations with him were always cordial and agreeable. Although we opposed each other twice for the governorship, there was never a harsh word spoken by either of the other in our campaign addresses, and the friendship that began almost at the very moment when I was admitted to the bar continued without interruption through life. shall always remember him with great respect, great admiration for his abilities and high character, and with profound regret that I shall see him no more." As an evidence of the marvelous ability and energy of Governor Hoadly, it may be stated that when .he left Cincinnati, after giving up fifty thousand dollars to pay his share as bondsman for the Mannix shortage, he was comparatively a poor man. He went east to, regain his fortune, and from the very 676 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY day Of his arrival in New York he was successful. His fortune at the time of his death was estimated at not less than two hundred thousand dollars, and may have been much greater than that figure. In the campaign of 1896 and 1900, Governor Hoadly, who, as before mentioned; was originally a convert from republicanism, was a very bitter anti-Bryan man. He was an intimate friend of President Cleveland, and it is a matter of history that he refused a place in the second cabinet of Mr. Cleveland. The religious opinions of Governor Hoadly were never very well defined. He had respect for all creeds, but was not allied with any particular denomination. He was more of a Unitarian than anything else, but never concerned himself much about the matter. The personal appearance' of the famous lawyer indicated that he was not a man of rugged constitution, but his activity and unflagging energy enabled him to do more work than any of his contemporaries in this city. After a long campaign, in 1885, for reelection, Governor Hoadly, expressed his utter disgust with politics, and he could never be induced to take an active part again, except to write and speak his views. That he left his impression upon his fellowmen and that his death is a severe loss to the community are conceded by every one. The Cincinnati Bar Association took appropriate action on the death of their departed colleague. His death occurred in August, 1902, and he was laid to rest in Spring Groye cemetery. The following letter from former Governor Hoadly, who was a delegate to the first national republican convention, in 1856, was written in May, w00: Your letter of May 26, from Cincinnati, is in my hands. With regard to the Fremont. convention, the six members from Cincinnati—three from each congressional district—were Alphonso Taft, John K. Green, Charles E. Gist, Thomas G. Mitchell, Medard Fels and your humble servant. Green wanted to go to the convention ; Taft was, indifferent, although he finally went, and he and Green committed what I consider the folly of. voting for Justice John McLean. The others of us voted for, Fremont. Of course we were all, in the first instance, for Chase, but when we got together in Philadelphia we had no show for nominating him. Indeed, we knew that before the convention met, and on my way to Philadelphia I went over. to New York to see what kind of a bird Fremont was. Thad Stevens made a mistake in picking up as his candidate, in Philadelphia, Justice John McLean, who at his best was nothing more than a Whig, while the majority of the younger men of our delegation were not engaged in promoting whiggery, but would have been glad to have made a reform democratic party—an impossible delusion—which I may say, by the way, our friend, Mr. Chase, was under the most of his life. Thad Stevens, to whose character I do no injustice, was an honest, sincere, irascible, domineering man, who put his best efforts at that convention into the attempt to dictate to the Ohio delegation, that they should turn themselves into whigs for the sake of making McLean president. I left the caucus of the New York, New Jersey and Ohio delegations, with all the young men, before Mr. Stevens had got through his attempt to bulldoze us, so that I do not know how it ended technically, but he got a majority of the Ohio delegates for McLean (Chase being out of the way), but a very large majority of quorum pars fui voted for Fremont, and then repented years CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 677 afterward, but not so bitterly as we should have done if McLean had been nominated. A strange thing happened at that convention, as it seems to me now, looking back at it. After we had nominated Fremont for president, and we Ohio people had agreed to vote for Dayton for vice president, Colonel William S. Archer, a congressman from Illinois, put the name of Abraham Lincoln before us as a candidate for vice president, with a sort of eulogy, in which the principal fact to which he alluded was that Mr. Lincoln, or Colonel Lincoln, as we called him, was a Kentuckian. That suggestion did not serve to recommend him to us, and we voted against him, and for William L. Dayton of New Jersey, in utter ignorance that in turning down Mr. Lincoln we had voted against the greatest man of the century. It is a queer fact, but Mr. Lincoln had been in congress for two years, and while there had done nothing, and his great debate with Douglas had not come off. He was not in any sense of the word a leader of the American people on the 18th, 19th and 20th of June, 1856. The Ohio delegation was divided in opinion. All the young element was for Chase first and Fremont next. We considered McLean as just about as bad as Buchanan. Thad Stevens tried to gradoon us into supporting McLean, under the old pretext that Pennsylvania could not be carried for Fremont, which was true enough. We young fellows went into a meeting of the Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsylvania delegations, but finding that the whole object was to force us to vote for McLean, and not having a preference for him over even Buchanan, a large portion of the Ohio delegation shook the dust from their feet and left the meeting. A good many of us took pains to tell Stevens and his friends that if McLean were nominated we should not vote for him, even if we had to help Buchanan thereby, but after the McLean specter was allayed, we were of one mind, and very enthusiastic at that. We wanted to put a stop to the encroachments of slavery, and Fremont was not then known to us. We supported him under the delusion that he would make a good president if we could elect him. I am reminded here of an incident associated with the convention that had a lot of good fun in it. You may, perhaps, remember what a black-faced, but very earnest and sincere man, Job Pugh was. We -all went to Philadelphia by way of Baltimore, and breakfasted at. the Relay House. Job and Colonel Schuler, then editor of the Cincinnati Gazette, were longer in getting their breakfast than the rest of us, but presently they emerged, just as the train started —Job without a hat, and on the run, arid Schuler chasing after him. Some one set up a cry, "run-away nigger," and 'there was more excitement at the Relay House for about five minutes than I have seen anywhere. Job was naturally black enough, and this day he was almost covered with coal soot from the journey, which he had not taken the trouble to wash off before breakfast, and Schuler looked like the owner of a slave, although he was more like a slave himself than the owner of one. He was one of those parrots of politics, who always repeated the words of a Whig master. Job did not soon hear the last of the story that he had tried to run away from his master at the Relay Douse. He was useful at the convention, for he roared around the lobby, "cussed" old Thad Stevens, denounced McLean, and altogether made it warm for anybody who did not support Chase or Fremont. 678 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY I never think of Job Pugh without thinking of what good old Deacon Converse said about Senator Wade, when Griswold came around electioneering for himself, and denouncing "Wade as a blasphemer, whereas, Ohio, being a Christian state, ought to be represented by a Christian statesman, viz : himself, Hiram Griswold. This was about 1858. Old Converse said, "Mr. Griswold, if he is all right on the main question, what is the use of pottering about those little things ?" So Job felt with regard to profanity. I saw in the paper the other day, membership in the convention that nominated Fremont attributed to Ulric Sloan, who I am sure, was born after that event, and to my dear general, Rollf Brinkerhoff, of Mansfield, who may have been a member. With the exception of William H. Gibson, deceased, Jacob Miller (I think he was a member), deceased, William D. Sloan, of Ottawa county, who afterward went to New Mexico, and Dennison, Swayne and Giddings, cannot remember whom we had in the movement. I want to call your attention to the fact that there was no "protection" in the platform. The republican party never advocated the old whig notion of what is called protection, until after the death of Mr. Lincoln. I know at that time it was not in the platform. I was as much a democrat then as I ever was. I voted for Mr. Lincoln twice without the least idea that I was helping old whiggery to revive a bad cause, and burden the interests of the country with duties, after the McKinley fashion, although I presume I shall be obliged to vote for McKinley more than anything there is going-. I voted for Palmer and Buckner four years ago, but do not see anything to do now but to support McKinley. There was no risk in New York four years ago in throwing away anyone's vote. There may be now. Well, alas! the old tines have done. I have had a good deal of fun as I passed through them, and hope that I have done but little harm, although I have occasionally intended more than I worked out. George Hoadly. No. 22 Williams street, New York, May 29, 1900. Governor Nash, of Ohio, issued the following proclamation concerning the late Governor George Hoadly : Ohio has lost one of her best loved sons, George Hoadly died yesterday at his summer home in Watkins, New York, at the age of 76. His integrity, ability and learning as a lawyer were recognized not only by the bar of Ohio, but by the bar of the United States. After many years devoted to the active practice of his chosen profession in our state, he was chosen by the people in 1883 as the, Governor of Ohio. In this important position, and in the discharge of his official duties, the same great ability and sterling integrity, which made his life as a lawyer conspicuous, characterized his every act. He left office honored and beloved by all the people. In recent years, he has been engaged in the practice of his honorable profession in the city of New 'York. The people of Ohio, regardless of party, will be among the mourners who bow their heads in sorrow, on account of this sad bereavement. Out of respect to his memory it is hereby ordered that the flag be displayed at half-staff over the State. Capitol until after the obsequies, By the Governor, L. C. Laylin, Secretary of State. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 679 The subject. of the sketch was a thirty-third degree Mason. George Hoadly, Jr., one of his sons, is a member of the law firm of Harmon, Colston, Goldsmith & Hoadly. Edward Hoadly, a civil engineer with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway system, and a daughter who is the widow of Theodore Scarborough, complete the family. The late W. W. Scarborough was a half brother of Judge Hoadly, and Mrs. Joshua H. Bates is his sister. Mrs. George Hoadly, widow of Governor Hoadly, died suddenly October 25, 1903, at Riverdale-on-the-Hudson, New York. She was seventy-six years old. The remains were brought to Cincinnati and were interred in Spring Grove Cemetery. She was a most estimable woman and was well known not only in Cincinnati, but throughout Ohio. She was a woman of many charming attributes, and entertained lavishly when her husband was Governor of Ohio. SAMUEL D. PEACOCK. From farmer boy to bank president is not an easy step, especially when the individual is obliged to depend upon his own inherent resources and wins his way by indomitable will and perseverance. It means years of patient application, which at last are crowned with well earned victory. Such has been the experience of Samuel D. Peacock, president of the German American Commercial & Savings Bank of Cincinnati, an institution which has been in existence since October, 1909, and is now firmly established as one of the substantial financial concerns of the city. Mr. Peacock, to whom this bank owes its inception, was born March 5, 1853, on East Third street, in Cincinnati, and when six years of age his parents moved to a farm near Nicholsville, Clermont county, Ohio. He is a son of Samuel H. and Elizabeth (Dunn) Peacock, the former a native of Philadelphia and the latter of the north of Ireland. Mr. Peacock, Sr., carried on a building business in Philadelphia but, believing that a larger field was to be found in the west, he came to Cincinnati in 1847. Here he secured employment as carpenter in the works of the Niles Machine Company and advanced to the position of pattern maker and superintendent of the pattern shop. Later he moved to Nicholsville and continued upon a farm until the summer of 1862. He then returned to Cincinnati and was placed in charge of making the patterns for the four monitors that were built for the United States 'government at the old Johnston shipyards on Eastern avenue. During his first stay in Cincinnati Mr. Peacock was an elder in the First Presbyterian church. He was a man of sturdy character, a thorough mechanic and a brave and true-hearted citizen. He died at Bellevue, Kentucky, in 1883, while Mrs. Peacock's death occurred in the spring of 1904. The years of boyhood and youth were passed by Samuel D. Peacock on his father's farm, and in the district schools he gained the rudiments of an education. In 1873 he came to Cincinnati and began to work with his father in the pattern-making business, continuing, for seven and one-half years. Owing to the indoor confinement and hard. labor involved his health was seriously impaired and he was obliged to turn his attention to some less exacting employment. While in the pattern shop he had learned mechanical drawing and he now 680 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY took up architecture and building, which he carried forward with such energy and ability that his success far exceeded his early expectations. He erected several of the largest warehouses in Cincinnati, including that of A. Janszen & Company, the Harrison Spice Mills, as well as several large buildings of Georgetown, Kentucky. He was one of the competitors for the erection of the Chamber of Commerce building and made drawings for the Masonic temples at Newport and Georgetown, Kentucky, also superintending the erection of the same. He devoted his time closely to his architectural and building business until October, 1909, when through his efforts the German American Commercial & Savings Bank was opened. He has since been president of this bank, the other officers being: W. F. Chambers, vice president ; W. C. Straehley, secretary and treasurer ; and H. W. Peacock, cashier. The company is capitalized at twenty-five thousand dollars and from the day of its opening has been .a pronounced success. In the autumn of 1883 Mr. Peacock was married, at Newport, Kentucky, to Miss Roberta Immegart, a daughter of F. J. Immegart, a well known wholesale and retail grocer, now deceased. Three of their children are now living. namely : Samuel F., mho is now head of the shipping department of the Indian Refining Company of Cincinnati ; Howard W., who is married and is cashier of the bank of which his father is president ; and Mabel E. Mr. and Mrs. Peacock reside in an elegant home at Hartwell. Religiously Mr. Peacock is identified' with the. Presbyterian church and politically he is an advocate of honest government -administered by competent men according to clear-cut business principles. He has been a life-long republican and has always been a champion of the cause of education, having been a member and president of that city board. He was selected to represent the northern .part of Kentucky by the governor of that state to meet at Hot Springs, Arkansas, for the purpose of bettering educational. conditions in the southern states. This movement caused immediate improvements in educational conditions as they exist today in the south. He has always been entirely reliable in business affairs, progressive in citizenship and devoted to his family and friends. A resident of Cincinnati for nearly four decades, he has witnessed many developments in the city and throughout the tributary region, and has assisted materially in the promotion of business interests and of kindly feeling between men. As a financier he has found a congenial field and the success of the important enterprise over which he presides is evidence of the confidence of the public in his integrity and personal worth. HON. JOHN W. HARPER. Many years of residence in Cincinnati, in the course of which he has been prominent in businepoliticalical and social circles, has made the name of John W. Harper well known in this city. A descendant of patriotic ancestry, he has taken an active interest in promoting the Sons of the American Revolution and his spirit of philanthropy has led him to befriend many of his fellow beings in need. He comes of an old English family on the paternalside and was born at Indianapolis, Indiana, February i 1, 1830, a son of Henry Harper, who CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 683 a son of William Harper. The grandfather was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, although he was born in England. The grandfather of our subject came to Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1808, from Snow Hill, Maryland, later taking up his home at Indianapolis. John W. Harper received a preliminary education in his native city and continued in the parental home until after reaching his majority. At the age of twenty-three years he came to Cincinnati and entered the employ of A. & J. Trounstine, wholesale clothiers, later becoming a member of the firm, with which he was identified until. 1885. The firm is now out of ,existence. He went to Findlay, Ohio, at the time of the gas boom but returned to Cincinnati and entered the insurance business under the title of John W. Harper & Company, of which he is now the head, the offices being located at 712 Traction building. He was greatly interested in the promotion of the Southern Railway and was very active in forwarding that enterprise, regarding it as one of the most important advance movements in the history of Cincinnati. For many years Mr. Harper took an active part in democratic politics and was elected to the state senate, serving in the sessions of 1872, 1877 and 1878. While a member of the senate he presented a bill providing for the .erection by the state of a home and institution for deformed children. The bill passed both houses without a dissenting vote but, owing to dilatory tactics in locating the home the appropriation lapsed though. the law is still in force. He has since renewed his efforts in behalf of boys and girls that ,the believes should be tenderly cared for by' the state and there is little 'doubt that ultimately the project of which he was the author will be successfully carried through. He was a valued member. of the board of managers of the State Insane Asylum at Columbus, Ohio, serving under three administrations, those of Governors Foraker, Campbell and McKinley. In 1860 Mr. Harper was married, at Attica, Indiana, to Miss Jennie Ellis, and to this union three children were born : Anna M., who married John B. Hunter, of Denver, Colorado; James E., of Cincinnati ; and Grace, who is living at home. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, having been the first charter member of Avon Lodge of Cincinnati. At the time of the Civil war he served in defense of the city against General Kirby Smith and later received the title of colonel, by, which he is generally known, as member of Governor Hoadly's staff. In religious belief he is a Unitarian. He served as trustee of the Unitarian church in Cincinnati on the same board with Alphonso Taft. He has taken great interest in the study of archaeology and is. an active" member of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society, being at the present time a member of the board of trustees of that organization. He is a member of the Cincinnati, chapter of the Ohio society of the Sons of the American Revolution and has filled the chair of president of the local society, also occupying a seat as delegate to numerous conventions of the organization. He was also president of the Ohio Society. Throughout the period of his residence here Mr. Harper has kept in close touch with public interests affecting the general welfare and has given active aid and support to many measures for the public good and has as frankly opposed those movements or projects which, he deemed inimical to the public welfare. In this connection he was very active in his opposition to the proposed sale of 684 - CINCINNATI—THE QOUEEN CITY the Southern Railway for half its value, and so strongly and aggressively worked against this that the result he desired was eventually accomplished, greatly to the benefit of the community. Although he has arrived at the age of four score years Colonel Harper retains his mental and physical powers in ..a remarkable degree and takes a lively interest in the progress of events not only as pertaining to his adopted city, but throughout the world. Always energetic, loyal to his country and true to every Obligation, he has not lived in vain and he has a host of friends who trust that he may be spared to enjoy many. years of peace and prosperity. S. G. BOYD. In the long years of his connection With business interests in Cincinnati S. G. Boyd has pursued a policy that classes him not only with the successful but also with the most highly respected business men of the city. He is now engaged in dealing in hardwood lumber and veneer as a member of the firm of. C. C. Boyd & Company. He is a native of Louis county, Kentucky, and a son of James Boyd, a representative of one of the old. families of that state, earlier members of the family removing from Virginia to Kentucky in pioneer times. James Boyd was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Gibson, also a native of Kentucky. Her father, Samuel Gibson, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, participating Cowpens,ttle of Kings Mountain, Cowpens,' Guilford Courthouse and other engagements. He held. the rank of captain and was a valiant fighter in the cause of independence. In 1791 he removed with his family to Maysville, Kentucky, at which time the city was called Limestone. Four sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. James Boyd, C. W., S. G., John and James, all of whom reached adult years. The family removed from Louis county to Mason county, Kentucky, and there S. G. Boyd was reared and pursued his education. In 1871 he became a resident of Covington, where he has since made his home although hs business interests have long connected him with Cincinnati. In 1857 the lumberyards now conducted under the name of C. C. Boyd & Company were instituted by C. W: and S. G. Boyd, who began business at Levanna, Ohio, where they remained for about sixteen years, and then came to Cincinnati in 1871. Here they conducted operations under the firm style of C. W. & S. G. Boyd until 1887, when the firm name was changed to its present form. They are dealers in hardwood lumber and veneers, and have an extensive plant at North Bend, Ohio, which includes a factory where employment is furnished to about twenty people. S. G. Boyd is also interested in cotton and timber lands in Mississippi where the lumber is being cut and shipped to Cincinnati. They carry on a wholesale business only, selling in carload lots, and their shipments cover a wide territory for they have extensive trade connections. The methods they have followed in enlarging and expanding their business are such as have commended them to the public patronage and their efforts have been rewarded with substantial success. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 685 On the 3d of December, 1858, S. G. Boyd was united in marriage to Miss Melia Calvert, daughter of James and Rebecca (Ragsdale) Calvert, of Boone county, Kentucky, and to them were born seven children. C. C. Boyd, the eldest, who was connected with the business as a partner, died in 1905, leaving a widow and one child, who are residents of Covington. Rebecca and Luella are both at home. Margaret is the wife of Dr. Gilbert Bailey, of Chicago. Susan is the wife of C. B. Osborn, also of Chicago. Two other children of the family have passed away. Major Jones Calvert, the father of Mrs. Boyd, served with distinction in the War of 1812 and was a man of influence in his community. Mr. Boyd is an adherent of the democratic party but votes independently on local affairs, casting his ballot in support of the men best qualified to serve the people to their best interests rather than following partisan lines indiscriminately. He belongs to the Lumbermen's Club and is also a member of the Christian church in which he serves as elder, while he is actively and helpfully interested in the Young Men's Christian Association and the work incidental to that organization. HOWARD W. EDWARDS Howard W. Edwards, treasurer of the Edwards .Manufacturing Company which is one of the rapidly growing enterprises of Cincinnati, was born in this city, March 22, 1879. He is a son of Walter and Ellen (Bryan) Edwards, the former of whom was born in London, England, the latter being also of English birth. Mr. Edwards, Sr., emigrated to America during the Civil war and located at Cincinnati: He was a natural mechanic and became superintendent of the old Greenwood Foundry, which for a number of years was the largest foundry west of the Alleghany mountains. He died in 1888, at the age of forty-seven, when the, subject of this review. was nine years old. Mrs. Edwards was a woman of rare courage and fidelity. Left with a family of ten children, she nobly undertook the responsibility of .rearing them to maturity and her efforts met with deserved success. The names of the children are : Hattie, who is now deceased ; Walter A. ; Christopher B. ; Mary, who married Louis R. Hildreth, of Evanston ; George R.; Nellie, who married Stewart Welch, of Columbus, Ohio ; Edward W.; Emma, now the wife of Charles R. Clark, of Champaign, Illinois ; Matilda ; and Howard W. Mr. Edwards, of this review, received the advantages of a preliminary education in the public schools. As a boy, he entered the employ of Scott & Company, manufacturers of sheet metal, and became thoroughly acquainted with the business. In 190q, he associated with others in the organization of the Edwards Manufacturing Company and purchased the business of Scott & Company. The new organization started at No. 11 z9 Sycamore street and during the four years following added three buildings to their plant, at Nos. 1117, 1121 and 1223 Sycamore street, each of Which was four stories in height. The business increased at such a rate that it outgrew the accommodations and, in 1905, the company purchased the property which had been occupied by the Anchor White Lead Works, and erected a commodious plant on strictly modern lines, which is supplied with all the machinery and conveniences essential in meeting com- 686 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY petition of the twentieth century. The company manufactures sheet metal building material and employs about two hundred and fifty persons, its traveling salesmen visiting every state in the Union. About one-fifth of the product is exported and the demand from foreign countries is steadily increasing. The company ranks high in business circles on account of its prompt and effective methods, and the ability and integrity of its officers. It is capitalized at thirty thousand dollars and carries a surplus of five hundred thousand dollars. The officers are : Edward W. Edwards, president ; George R.. Edwards, vice president ; G. D. Myers, secretary ; Howard W. Edwards, treasurer ; and Walter A. Edwards, superintendent. In 1904, Mr. Edwards was married to Miss Adda Jones, a daughter of David J. Jones, of Cincinnati, and they have one child, Adelaide 'Whitaker. Mrs. Edwards is a member of the Sixth Presbyterian church while Mr. Edwards. is identified with the Walnut Hills Christian church. Socially, he is connected with Queen City Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He ranks as a thoroughly reliable and progressive business man who possesses the attributes that distinguish the good citizen. Of an optimistic temperament, he is public-spirited and patriotic, and has through life aimed to promote the moral as well as the material welfare of those with whom he is associated. He is a man of clear judgment and his advice is often sought by those desirous of proceeding along safe and approved lines. When his advice is followed it is seldom indeed that the individual finds himself a loser. JAMES FINDLAY TORRENCE. With those interests which, aside from business, are important factors in the life of this city, those interests Which stand for intellectual development and for municipal progress, James Findlay Torrence was closely allied. He remained throughout, his, life a zealous advocate of Cincinnati, her opportunities and her upbuilding. He was one of her native sons, his birth having occurred on. Broadway on the 22d of August, 1814. His parents were Judge George Paull and Mary Brownson (Findlay) Torrence. Amid the influences of a home of refinement and culture James Findlay Torrence spent his boyhood and youth. His was the good fortune of belonging to one of the best families of Cincinnati, and it was his own personal worth that gained him the, :creditable position which he so long occupied in the high regard of many friends. In his youthful days he attended school here but his education was largely acquired under the direction and from the instruction of Alexander Kinmont. His training was thorough and awakened in him that mental stimulus which eagerly reached out through all his life for those things which are ennobling and elevating. He entered business circles as a commission clerk and later embarked in the same line of business on his own account, establishing a commission house on the old canal. He was closely associated with the trade interests of this city in this way for many years and was a charter member and one of the most interested promoters of the Chamber of Commerce, of which he was made an honorary member for life. His attention was by no CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 689 means confined, however, to matters of trade or interests relative thereto. He was deeply attached to the city of his nativity and gave generously to the support of many measures for the public good and cooperated yin movements which had for, their object the stimulus of public progress and improvement. A very beautiful trait of character was Mr. Torrence's love of flowers. Long before the founding of the "Flower Missions" he would pick each morning from his garden a large basket of Flora's children and carry them to town, to distribute them, as he went along to little children or grown folks, working people, anyone who looked lovingly or longingly toward his sweet burden; but the choicest of them were reserved every morning for his beloved• mother. He was one of the promoters and became the president of the Young Men's Library Association and was also a promoter of the Mechanics Institute. In early life he was a member of the old volunteer fire department and ever maintained a justifiable pride in his record in connection therewith. He held a certificate which was proof of his five years' service and this exempted him from all juror duty. His financial interests were many and varied and his business connections included the presidency of an insurance company. He displayed keen discernment in the management of business affairs and his success placed him among the wealthy men of the city. At Baltimore, Maryland, on the 7th of October, 1841, Mr. Torrence was united in marriage to Miss Ann Rebecca Findlay, a daughter of Thomas and Ann Perry (Bell) Findlay. Her father acted as postmaster of Baltimore under William Henry Harrison. Mrs. Torrence was born January. 26, 1817, and died February 11, 1895. She was the mother of eight children, three, of whom died in infancy. Jane Findlay became the wife of the Rev. S. Sargent, of Indianapolis, Indiana; and they have out of seven, three children living: James F. T., Edward and George Paull T. The Rev. George Paull Torrence, now rector of the Episcopal church at La Fayette, Indiana, was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ferguson, of New Haven, Connecticut, and they have five children : Ann Rebecca, the wife of Rev. William H. Standring; Jeanette, the wife of Arch Price; George Paull.; John F. ; and Mary F. James Findlay Torrence, Jr., married Jessie L. Peckover, of Kentucky, and died leaving two sons, James F. and Joseph. Joseph Torrence is twenty-one years old and unmarried and Elizabeth Findlay Torrence, is a resident of Cincinnati. The death of James F. Torrence, whose name introduces this review, occurred September 28, 1887, and he was laid to rest in Spring Grove cemetery. fie was a most earnest and devoted Swedenborgian and did everything in his power to spread and promote this doctrine in every way. He took much interest in politics and was a gifted speaker. A well modulated voice and clearly defined thought made him a power on the platform and his audiences always listened to him with attention and interest. He read broadly and his financial position gave him that intellectual liberty which is only to be secured when time and taste enable one to spend many hours with the illustrious writers of all ages. He was indeed a man of broad and liberal culture and one who had large influence in stimulating those interests which work for the benefit of human kind and promote activity in the wider realms of thought. He was a most charming companion and geinal host and no one who was permitted to know the hospitality of old "Stormy Point": could ever forget it. At the time of his death the Chamber of Commerce paid him the following tribute: 690 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY IN MEMORIAM. James Findlay Torrence was born in this city m 1814, was a member of one of the best and most respected families and was closely identified with the interests of Cincinnati, which within his lifetime grew from a village to what it is at present. In early life he engaged in mercantile pursuits and was a merchant of the old school—well educated, intelligent and honorable. He was always proud of his profession and did his full share in building up and maintaining the reputation of the community of which he was an active part. There was no movement looking to the advancement of the city in all its parts in which he did not take a prominent position. He was foremost in reorganizing the Chamber of Commerce and when it needed financial aid to keep it alive and build it up and extend its usefulness, he was a free contributor. It is not hard to count the men still living who were co-workers with Mr. Torrence in the early years of the Chamber. He was called to the presidency and without opposition and served acceptably. Whether in or out of office he took a lively interest in the affairs of the Chamber and to him a large share of its success is due. This service was properly recognized by the board of officers, who several years ago made him a life member. It only remains for the Chamber to pay this feeble tribute to the memory of Mr. Torrence, and we ask that these minutes be spread upon the permanent records and that a copy be sent to the family. RICHARD SMITH, THEO. COOK, WILLIAM HARVEY, JOHN W. HARTWELL, EARL W. STIMSON ANGELA B. FARLEY, M. D. In no profession in which woman has entered has she demonstrated her ability more largely than in the practice of medicine. Given the intellectual power necessary for the mastery of the comprehensive, scientific principles which underlie the work, she adds to this the sympathy and the ready intuition which enables her to quickly understand her patient. In her chosen life work Dr. Angela B. Farley has won excellent success, specializing in her practice in the treatment of women's and children's diseases. She was born in Cincinnati, a daughter of John S. and Catherine Farley. Her father was a native of Ireland and about the time he attained his majority came to the new world, thinking that better business opportunities might be secured on this side the Atlantic. He is still living at the age of eighty years and remains an active factor in the business world. For years he was connected with the old Cincinnati Insurance Company and is now engaged in the fire insurance business, being the oldest insurance man in the city. Dr. Farley pursued her education in the Convent of Our Lady of Mercy and afterward took a business course prior to entering the Miami Medical College. She completed her preparation for the profession by graduation with the class CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 691 of 1906 and put her theoretical knowledge to the practical test as interne in the Children's Episcopal Hospital, where she remained for a year. She then began an independent practice and has done much important work as both physician and surgeon. She is enjoying an increasing patronage in surgery and has won the recognition of the profession as an able representative of that branch of the work. She holds to high ideals in her chosen calling and conforms closely to the strictest professional ethics. She has been a member of the Academy of Medicine since 1907 and belongs also to the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. In addition to a large and growing private practice which is increasing in importance as the years go by, she is serving as medical examiner for the Ladies Catholic Benefit Association, the Catholic Ladies of Columbus and the ladies auxiliary of the Knights of St. John. Thoroughly womanly, she has a most pleasing personality and manifests in all her social as well as professional relations good judgment, tact and a progressive spirit. WALTER H. LEE. Walter H. Lee, partner of the firm of Tietig & Lee, architects, of Cincinnati, was born in this city in 1877. His preliminary education, obtained in the public schools of Cincinnati, was supplemented by courses of study in the Cincinnati Technical School and in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which latter institution he was graduated in 1898. Following the completion of his studies he returned to Cincinnati where he entered the employ of Samuel Hannaford & Sons for a period of five years. In 1903 he joined Mr. Tietig in organizing the present firm, whose offices are now located in the Lyric building. In January, 1904, Mr. Lee was united in marriage to Miss Marie L. Leighton. They now have two children, Margaret and Mary. WILLIAM T. HUNTER. William T. Hunter, treasurer of the Columbia Gas & Electric Company, was born in Middletown, New Jersey, on the 21st of November, 1870, being a son of Andrew ,and Emily C. (Thompson) Hunter of Holmdel, New Jersey. The father was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, the first in order of birth of the three children born to his parents. He emigrated to America when a lad of seven years with his parents, who located in New Jersey, where he was reared and educated. The boyhood and youth of William T. Hunter were spent in Jersey City. He began his business career in New York and at the age of fifteen years he went into the carpet house of W. and J. Sloane of that city, where he remained until 1893. He withdrew from their service to enter the employment of the Hills Brothers Company, importers of dried fruits and nuts, with whom he remained for about a year. For three years thereafter he worked for the. 692 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY Brooklyn Wharf & Warehouse Company. In 1898 the took a position as assistant secretary with the National Salt' Company, where he first became associated with Archibald S. White. Four years later he and Mr. White formed the Atlantic Securities Compaq, of which concern Mr. Hunter was secretary and treasurer, with offices located on Wall street, New York. In 1906 the Columbia Gas & Electric Company was organized, with Mr.' Hunter acting in the capacity of assistant secretary. Later he was made secretary and treasurer and subsequently he was also appointed treasurer of the Union Gas & Electric Company. In 1898, Mr. Hunter was united in marriage to Miss Florence M. Baker of Jersey City, New Jersey, and to them have been born two children, a daughter and a son : Dorothy M., who is eleven years of age and Rollin B., who is five. Mr. Hunter is a member of the Queen City, Hamilton County Golf, Automobile, Art and Business Men's Clubs of this city. Since- becoming a resident of Cincinnati he has given conclusive proof of possessing more than average acumen and sagacity by his intelligent direction and development of the department over which he has supervision of the Columbia Gas & Electric Company, He is affiliated with the Congregational denomination and is a trustee of the Walnut Hills Congregational church. ISAAC F. TUNISON, M. D. After gaining a practical knowledge of the world by contact with men in various lines of business Dr. Isaac F. Tunison was attracted to the study of medicine and in his profession has displayed rare ability and judgment, gaining a position as one of the leading physicians of Cincinnati. He is a native of Whitehall, Illinois, born January 1s, 1859, and is a soil of Isaac C. Tunison. The family is of Holland ancestry and its American lineage was established by two brothers who settled in New Jersey about two hundred years ago. At the age of eleven years he; accompanied his father and other members of the family to Kansas where the .father engaged in the cattle business. The son spent several years of his youth herding cattle on the plains of the Sunflower state. However, he was not destined to become a ranchman or a cattle raiser and he gave up cowboy life to become a traveling salesman. His brother, H. C. Tunison, now head of the H. C. Tunison Publishing Company of Chicago, Illinois, publishers. of, atlases, maps, etc., invited' him to go into the field for the company. He accepted the invitation and for several years traveled in various states, gaining a knowledge of human nature which he has found of special benefit in his medical practice. After he had become thoroughly familiar with the business he was made manager of the branch office at Columbus, Ohio, and in June, 1882, was transferred to Cincinnati in a similar capacity. He continued in this business until entering upon the study of medicine. Matriculating in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, he pursued the regular course and was graduated at that institution April 3, 1894, with the degree of NI. D. He immediately opened an office at No. 436 East Fifth street and from the start made friends and attracted a lucrative patronage. In 1906 he caused the old residence which CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 695 occupied the site to be torn down and erected a fine, modern, three-story building of pressed brick in which he lives, his offices occupying the lower suite of rooms. He has installed an X-Ray apparatus and possesses a fine assortment of surgical instruments and all the appliances of an up-to-date establishment. He engages in general practice and is examining physician for the Panama Canal Commission, every applicant for a position on the Panama Canal contributory to the city of Cincinnati being obliged to pass a physical examination before his application is seriously considered. He is a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical. Society and the American Medical Association and takes a great interest in those organizations and in all means for the advancement of the profession. In 1886 Dr. Tunison was united in marriage to Miss Ida Campbell and they have become the parents of two children : Clarence, who is now a member of the senior class of the Medical College of Ohio ; and Geneva, who is a student of the high school. He has taken a great interest in the work of the Masonic order and holds membership in all the Masonic bodies, including the York and Scottish Rites and the Shrine. He is regarded as one of the best posted Masons in Cincinnati, if not in the entire central states and is in hearty accord with the beautiful teachings of this ancient world-embracing fraternity. As is easily seen, he is a man of pronounced social instincts and his friends are numbered by the legion. He has won his way by conscientious devotion to a great profession in which true merit seldom fails to secure recognition. As one of the honored citizens of a large and growing metropolis he enjoys the fruits of years of patient study and investigation. LEROY S. COLTER, M. D. Dr. LeRoy. S. "Colter, who for more than twenty-one years has been engaged in the practice of medicine in Cincinnati, was born in this city on the 12th of August, 1861, being a son of Aaron A. and Margaret (Burdsall) Colter. The father, who was born in Butler county, Ohio, came to Cincinnati in his youth and entered the employ of a Mr. Butterfield, a wholesale grocer, for whom he drove a wagon. In 1849 he went to California, returning three years later with sufficient capital to buy the business of his former employer, which he thereafter conducted until his death. Some time after first embarking in this venture he took a partner in with him, operating under the firm name of Colter & Company. Mr. Colter held the position of quartermaster during practically the entire period of the Civil war. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he had attained high rank having taken the thirty-two degrees of the Scottish Rite, and held membership in Hanson Commandery, K. T. Mr. Colter married a daughter of Samuel Burdsall of Cincinnati, who for over fifty years conducted a drug store on Main street, opposite Canal. To them were born seven children, the order of birth being as follows : Martha F., now Mrs. Miles, a resident of Mount Washington ; Josephine, who became the wife of John A. Rule; Mary Frances, who is deceased ; Aaron W., who is a resident of Toledo; LeRoy S., our subject ; George D., who is identified with the Methodist Book Vol III-32 696 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY Concern, of this city ; and Robert C., who is living in Kansas City. The church affiliation of the family was always with the Methodist Episcopal denomination, in the work of which Mr. Colter was very active. He passed away in 1880, at the age of fifty-four years. Reared at home LeRoy S. Colter obtained his preliminary education in the public schools of this city. After being graduated from the high school he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, from which institution he was awarded the degree of bachelor of science with the class of 1885. Having decided to adopt the medical profession for his life vocation, he matriculated in the autumn following at the Miami Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1888 with the degree of M. D. He then entered the City Hospital where he served as interne for eighteen months. At the expiration of that time feeling himself fully qualified to begin a private practice, he established an office in this city which he has ever since maintained. He has succeeded in building up a very gratifying clientage, which must be attributed to his own merits alone despite the wide acquaintance of his family throughout the city. His preparation was thorough, in addition to which he is by nature adapted for the vocation, having both the personality and manner so essential to success in this of all professions. Dr. Colter married Miss Flora Welch, a daughter of Dr. Calvin Welch of Delaware, Ohio, and they have two daughters : Helen N., who became the wife of N. L. Pierson, Jr., and Mary Frances. They attend the Methodist Episcopal church, in which they all hold membership, taking an earnest and helpful interest in the work of its various departments. While a student at Delaware Dr. Colter became affiliated with the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He now maintains relations with the members of his profession through the medium of his membership in the state and national medical associations, and he also belongs to the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, having been secretary of the Cincinnati Medical Society when it was amalgamated with the former institution. For ten years he was secretary of the Automobile Club of which he was one of the organizers. In addition to his large general practice, practically ever since he opened an office here Dr.. Colter has been on the staff of Christ Hospital and at the present time acts as obstetrician. He is widely known and favorably regarded in the city both by the members of his profession and socially, having many. friends who hold him in high esteem.. ANDREW JACKSON HALFHILL. Andrew Jackson Halfhill, the senior partner of the firm of Halfhill & Kolb, who since 1892 have been engaged in the general commission business in Cincinnati, was born in Pendleton county, Kentucky, on the 23d of October, 1865. He is a son of John Jackson and Elizabeth (Kellum) Halfhill, the father a native of Ohio. Soon after his marriage Mr. Halfhill removed to Kentucky where he engaged in farming, continuing a resident of that state until his demise in August, 1908, at the age of seventy-nine years. He was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. of CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 697 Reared on his father's farm in the Blue Grass state, Andrew Jackson Half-hill acquired his education in the district schools, which he continued to attend until he felt he had acquired sufficient knowledge to begin his career as a wage earner. He gave his attention for a time to the work of the homestead, thus laying the foundation for his present business, gleaning the knowledge so essential to success through actual experience and at first-hand. He remained a member of the parental household until he was twenty-four years old, when he came to Cincinnati and entered the employment of Mulvihill & Rohan. Withdrawing from the service of this firm in 1892 he became associated with Mr. Kolb in establishing their present business. They began in a small way but have gradually and permanently advanced until they now have a large and constantly increasing patronage. Their trade is almost entirely local, being largely confined to Cincinnati and nearby towns, although they have recently extended the scope of their activities to Dayton and other cities. Mr. Halfhill married Miss Lottie. Landen, a daughter of W,. H. Landen of Bracken county, Kentucky, and they have four children : Gladys, Dorothy, Harold and Garnet. Two years ago the family removed to Covington where they continue to make their home. They attend the Methodist Episcopal church of that city, toward the support of which they contribute, and Mr. Halfhill, is a member of the National Fraternal Union. He is meeting with very good success in the conduct of his business, the scope of which is increasing in a most gratifying manner. BENJAMIN EVANS. During a period of more than thirty years Benjamin Evans, who is president of The Evans-Rendigs Company, has been identified with the building interests of this city. He was born in Shandon, Ohio, on the 17th of November, 1856, being a son of John and Ann (Lloyd) Evans. The father, who was a native of Wales, was a wagonmaker, which trade he followed for some years after locating in Shandon, later engaging in the undertaking business with which he continued to be identified until he passed away in 1903. Mrs. Evans died in 1899. The boyhood and youth of Benjamin Evans were spent under the paternal roof, the first nineteen years of his life being largely occupied in the acquirement of an education at the public and high schools of his native town until about 1875. Having decided. that he 'would like to make carpentry his life vocation, after laying aside his text-books, he went to Irontown, Ohio, where he served an apprenticeship for three years. Feeling at the expiration of that period that he had thoroughly mastered the craft he came to Cincinnati, where he entered the employ of James Griffith & Sons, general contractors. He remained identified with this firm for fourteen years, during the entire period of which he acted in the capacity of superintendent. Having become well and favorably known throughout the city on account of the quality of his work, in 1892 Mr. Evans withdrew from his position in order to engage in business for himself. In 1905 he organized a stock company of which he is president and George E. Rendigs, secretary and treasurer, and they are now operating under 698 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY the firm name of The Evans-Rendigs Company. They have met with most gratifying success in their venture, and now have One hundred and fifty men on their payroll. The quality of their work is such that each satisfied patron obtains for them a new one, and as a result they have been awarded some of the best contracts in the city. In Cincinnati on the 19th of March, 1884, was solemnized the union between Mr. Evans and Miss Henrietta Winkleman, and they' have become the parents of two children : Nannie, .who is a graduate of the Cincinnati University, the wife of Leslie B. Ryan, of this city, and Carrie, who was graduated from the Woodward high school. The religious views of the family coincide with tenets of the Congregational denomination, in which church they hold membership, while Mr. Evans keeps in touch with his business associates through the medium of the Business Men's Club, with which he is affiliated. An ardent advocate of the principles of the republican party, Mr. Evans always casts his ballot for the candidates of that body, although he is too much engrossed in his personal affairs to participate in political activities prominently. LYMAN PERIN. The life record of Lyman Perin indicates the fact that frequent changes of occupation are not generally conducive to the attainment of success. His entire life was devoted to a single field of labor, and he became well known through his connection with milling interests, winning a place for himself as a substantial business man of Cincinnati. He was born March 6, 1826, at Perin Mills, Ohio, and was a son of Samuel Perin. The family was founded in Ohio by three brothers, Lemuel, Jesse and John Perin, who came westward to Clermont county, Ohio, in 1806, and there founded the village of Perin Mills, later known as Perintown. Samuel Perin became the owner of extensive mills at that place, continuing business there for many years, or until his death, which occurred April 3, 1865; For generations the family had been connected with milling interests and. they kept abreast with the improvements that have been made in that field of. activity. Samuel Perin was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Simpkins, a-, native of Massachusetts, and in the home which they established at Perintown the subject of this review was born and reared. In his boyhood it was a delight for shim to enter his father's mill and watch the work there carried on as the golden grain was converted into flour. Soon he began assisting in the work and eventually became familiar with all departments of the business. As a young man he removed to Cincinnati where he embarked in the flour and milling business on his own account, and from the outset his venture was profitable. At one time he was a partner of Solomon Langdon, his brother-in-law. The enterprise which he established is still conducted by his sons at Nos. 14-16-18 East .Front street. As the years passed on, he replaced the original equipment of the mill with more modern machinery and introduced every facility that would enable him to produce a better grade of flour and Milling products. The high standard to which he held and the straightforward methods which he employed in all his dealings constituted the basic elements of CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 699 his success and he continued actively in business until a few years prior to his death, when he retired, turning over the management of the business to his sons. On the 12th of January, 1860, Mr. Perin was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Buchanan, who was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, where her father, Henry Buchanan, had settled in pioneer times. He was engaged in banking there for a number of years and later in life engaged in the insurance business and removed to Newport, Kentucky, where he continued until his death, being regarded as one of the most prominent representatives of financial interests in this part of the state. To Mr. and Mrs. Perin were born eight children of whom six are now living: Buchanan, a resident of this city ; Lyman, who is engaged in the milling business ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. G. W. Hulick ; Mary, who is a member of the Cincinnati chapter of the Daughters of. the American Revolution ; Vinton, who is engaged in the milling business ; and Lavina, now Mrs. Wm. F. Gray. Mr. Perin was devoted to the welfare of his family and his home was to him the most attractive place on earth. In politics he was a republican and fraternally was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his religious belief was that of the Episcopal church. He never sought prominence along political lines or attempted to figure largely in the public affairs of the community, but was content to do his duty day after day and thus won recognition as one of the steady and substantial citizens who are recognized as the real force and power in a community. ROBERT M. McCURDY. One of the convincing evidences of advancement in America is the establishment and growth of libraries in various parts of the country and the widespread interest in literature. This gratifying condition is due in an important measure to the work of the highly educated class of men in charge of the principal libraries and also to their unselfish interest in encouraging young men and women to become competent librarians. Robert M. McCurdy, librarian of the Young. Men's Mercantile Library Association of Cincinnati,' belongs among the thoroughly qualified and progressive librarians of America and is eminently worthy of mention in a history which treats of the development of this city and its surroundings. He was born at Andover, Massachusetts, July 7, 1878, a son of Matthew S. and Lydia (Morrill) McCurdy. The father, is a native of Vermont and was educated at Dartmouth College. He has devoted his life to teaching and has been for many years identified with Phillips Andover Academy. Mr. McCurdy of this review was prepared for college at Phillips Andover Academy and matriculated at Harvard University, graduating with high standing with the degree of B. A. in 1900. Having decided to apply himself to library work he became a student of the New York State Library School, at Albany, and was graduated from that noted institution with the degree of B. L. S. in 1903. He served as assistant librarian of the Gardner A. Sage Library at New Brunswick, New Jersey, and order librarian of the University of Illinois Library at Champaign, Illinois, and since, May 1, 1911, has occupied the position of librarian of the Mercantile Library at Cincinnati. Professionally he is