900 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY Mr. Graydon is affiliated with the Episcopal church, the Business Men's Club, Harvard Club and Phi Delta Psi fraternity, which he joined while in college. He has always been very fond of all athletic sports and played on the Harvard football team in 1900, 1901 and 1902, and during the two latter seasons he was selected for the American team. Mr. Graydon has the business acumen which enables him to take the initiative in any venture and as a result his friends feel assured of his unqualified success in the industry, with which he has become identified. DAVID PETER SCHORR. David Peter Schorr, a prominent and able representative of the legal fraternity of Cincinnati, is the senior partner of the law firm of Schorr & Wesselman, whose offices are in the Second National Bank building. His birth occured in this city, on the 18th of February, 1867, his parents being Peter and Helen (Heidel) Schorr, both natives of Bavaria, Germany. The father, who was born in 1835, came to Cincinnati with his parents in 1848, being at that time about thirteen years of age. When a young man of about twenty years he crossed the plains to California in search of gold, there being engaged in placer-mining until 1866. In association with two partners he operated the second largest claim in Trinity county, meeting with varying degrees of success. In 1866 he returned to Ohio via the Isthmus of Panama. His wife had been brought to Cincinnati by her parents when but five or six years of age. Our subject has one brother, Joseph J., who is married and makes his home in Cincinnati, being here connected with the National Collection Company. David P. Schorr obtained his early education in the St. Francis parochial school of Cincinnati and subsequently attended the third intermediate public school of this city. He was graduated from the Woodward high school in 1886 and later from McDonald Educational Institute. In 1898 he won the degree of bachelor of laws from the Young Men's Christian Association Law School. While studying the profession he had been connected with the F. W. Alms Manufacturing Company, furniture manufacturers, acting in the capacity of manager until July, 1898. The following October he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law. On the 2d of March, 1903, he formed a partnership with Mr. Wesselman, with whom he had been associated during his entire law course, organizing the firm of Schorr & Wesselman. They have since been accorded a large general civil practice, taking nearly all except criminal cases. They are attorneys for several corporations and represent some of the largest and best building associations in the city of Cincinnati. Mr. Schorr is a worker and maintains high standards in his profession, giving the utmost attention to the interests of his clients and preparing all cases with great thoroughness and care, while his clear and cogent reasoning, and his thorough understanding and correct application of the principles of jurisprudence constitute strong elements in his success. For quite a number of years, after being admitted to the bar, he was connected with the faculty of the law school of the McDonald Educational Institute. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 901 On the 19th of August, 1903, in Cincinnati, Mr. Schorr was united in marriage to Miss Carrie W. Weber, a native of this city and a daughter of the late Christian and Rosa B. (Beiswenger) Weber. Her father was a shoe merchant. Mrs. Schorr, who was awarded a gold medal at the Cincinnati College of Music for her execution as a pianist, comes of a family of noted musicians. Her brother Adam, now deceased, was leader of the orchestra in Woods Theatre, before he had attained his majority, and was an exceptionally fine violinst. He was the leader of the orchestra in Heuck's Opera House at the time of the opening of the theatre and also had an orchestra of his own. John C. Weber, another brother of Mrs. Schorr, is the leader of the well known John C. Weber Band. Mr. and Mrs. Schorr have two children, Rose Helen and David P., both of whom were born in Cincinnati. In politics Mr. Schorr is a democrat, while fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Catholic Knights of Ohio arid the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a faithful communicant of the Catholic church and in the line of his profession is connected with the Cincinnati Bar Association, being now the vice president. Both he and his wife have spent their entire lives in Cincinnati and enjoy a very extensive and favorable acquaintance here. RICHARD K. LE BLOND. Richard K. Le Blond has contributed to the well known reputation which Cincinnati enjoys in connection with the manufacture of machine tools. His business along this line is conducted under the name of the R. K. Le Blond Machine Tool Company, manufacturers of lathes and milling machines. From the outset, in 1887, the business has steadily grown and is now one of the important industrial concerns of the city, being under the direct management of R. K. Le Blond, who is now the president. A native of Cincinnati, Mr. Le Blond was born April 23, 1864, a son of Robert E. Le Blond, who was a printer by trade. After leaving school the son became a machinist's apprentice in the Franklin Type Foundry in Cincinnati, where he completed a regular term of indenture and gained thorough and comprehensive knowledge, not only of the practical working, but also the scientific principles underlying the business. For several years thereafter he traveled to a considerable extent over various states, from Providence, Rhode Island, to St. Louis, Missouri, working at his trade in different cities and gaining wide and valuable experience. He then returned to Cincinnati and with the capital which he had managed to save from his earnings immediately established a business of his own. He began manufacturing tools used by type founders and hired, at the outset, but a few men. Soon, however, he proved his worth and in 1890 began the manufacture of drill presses. Two years later he made the first Le Blond lathe, the excellence of which was such that these lathes are now used all over the world. He was still at his original location at the southeast corner of Second and Plum streets, but had gradually increased his force and capacity. 902 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY In 1897 he erected a large shop on Eastern avenue, near the city limits, being one of the first of the manufacturers to move to the outskirts of the city. Many regarded this initiative action as very unwise, but time has proven the soundness of his judgment and the wisdom of the step which he took. When he went to his present location, in 1897, he used but thirty thousand feet of floor space and employed about seventy-five men. The manufacture of lathes and drills was continued until 1900, when the business was extended to include the building of milling machines, and soon after the production of drill presses was discontinued. The capacity of the plant has been increased until at this writing, in 1911, they occupy one hundred thousand feet of floor space and are erecting a new plant, that will increase their floor space to one. hundred and seventy thousand feet. They now have about four hundred and fifty skilled mechanics, but will greatly add to the number of their employes when their new building is finished. The present officers of the company are : R. K. Le Blond, president ; J. A. Le Blond, vice president ; F'. E. Le Blond, manager; and Edward G. Schultz, secretary and treasurer. R. K. Le Blond is also the president of the Queen City Machine Tool Company at the corner of Sycamore and Webster streets, where about thirty men are employed, and he is a director of the East End Bank. Mr. Le Blond was married September 18, 1895, to Miss Loretta Heekin, and of this union four children have been born, Harold, Loretta, Elizabeth and Richard. Mr. Le Blond is very prominent in Masonic circles, holding membership in Glenwood Lodge, A. F. & A. M., while in the Scottish Rite he has attained the thirty-second degree. He also became a Knight Templar, and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. His life is in accord with the principles of the fraternity and is characterized by a strong adherence to all that is straightforward and commendable in relations with his fellowmen. At all times he has stood as an able exponent of the spirit of the age in his efforts to advance progress and improvement. Realizing that he will not pass this way again he has made wise use of his opportunities and of his success, and has conformed his life to high standards. EDITH SMITH, M. D. A considerable percentage of the representatives of the medical profession in Cincinnati are women and among those who are practicing with notable and enviable success here is Dr. Edith Smith, who, well informed on the basic principles of her chosen life work, is now specializing in the treatment of women's and children's diseases. She is a native of Cynthiana, Kentucky, and a daughter of N. Frank and Alice (Lair) Smith. Her father was born in Jacksonville, Kentucky, September 9, 1839, and was graduated from Bethany College of Virgin is as honor man of his class in 1860. Immediately afterward he entered the Confederate army and was numbered among the best fifteen sharpshooters among the southern forces. He served throughout the entire period. of the war and was wounded on several occasions but stuck to his post, being never absent from duty if health in the least permitted his active service. He was a member of what was known as the Orphan Brigade. Following the close of hostilities he established a private school called Smith's Classical School, CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 905 at Cynthiana, Kentucky. The institution prospered and during its existence he -gave instruction to thousands of pupils who came to him from many states of the Union. He was examiner for southern Ohio and central Kentucky for the Van Rensselaer Polyclinic Institute and such was the thoroughness of his work done in his own school that his students were accepted in many of the leading colleges without examination. His life work was, indeed, serviceable in the world and contributed much to progress, as his influence was radiated through the work of his pupils. He married Alice Lair, a daughter of Luther Lair, of Lair, Kentucky, which town was named in honor of the family, who were the first settlers there. Mr. and Mrs. Smith became the parents of ten children, the following of whom reached adult age : Fred, now a resident of Chicago ; Nancy, the wife of Professor James R. Johnson, of Richmond, Kentucky ; Edith; Alice and Mary, who are living in Cynthiana ; and the youngest daughter, Frank, who is a resident of Chicago. The mother was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South; and the father was also a consistent Christian man, exemplifying in his life the highest moral principles. Dr. Smith was prepared for college in her father's school and studied medicine at the University of Michigan and in the Ohio Medical College, being graduated from the latter with the class of 1909 as the only woman in the class. She immediately thereafter began practice and has won notable success. She is now serving on the staff of the Anti-Tuberculosis League and is recognized by the medical profession as one of the experts of Cincinnati in the diagnosis of tuberculosis, making an immense number of examinations. She holds membership in the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine and the Ohio State Medical Society. In 1910 she went abroad for special study in Holland and Berlin. Gifted by nature with strong mentality, she has wisely, conscientiously and carefully used the talents given her and her life work is proving most serviceable in the world. She is a splendid type of the refined southern gentlewoman and added to her broad knowledge is the keen intuition which has made women so successful in the practice of medicine. JAMES ROBERT SHANKLIN. James Robert Shanklin, president of The James R. Shanklin Coal Company, belongs to that class of men, who do not fear to advance where favoring opportunity leads the way. Moreover, at the outset of his business life he recognized the fact that "There is no royal road to wealth," and also that "There is no excellence without labor." Upon the sterling principles which form the foundation of those old-time maxims he has builded his prosperity, for industry and close application have constituted the basic elements in all his advancement, whereby he has risen from a humble position to the presidency of several important corporations. He was born July 17, 1875, in Monroe county, West Virginia, a son of John Pack and Ellen (McNeer) Shanklin. The father was a member of the Confederate army during the four years of the Civil war. Like many other southern families, when the war was over, he had nothing left but his land and- no capital with which to develop and improve it. He then went to the west and spent some years on the plains as a cowboy, delivering cattle to 906 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY the various Indian agencies from Texas to the Canadian border. Following his return he established his home in Monroe county, West Virginia. It was there that James R. Shanklin was born and in the district schools he pursued his education until he reached the age of fifteen years, after which he spent one year as a high-school pupil. At the age of seventeen years he left home in order to earn his own living and was employed in the printing office of a weekly newspaper, which failed at the end of the first month, so that he lost all of his salary. He next secured a position in the office of a coal company and has been continuously connected with the coal trade since that time, with the exception of brief intervals. In 1898 he came to Cincinnati and spent several years with other parties in the coal trade and other business undertakings. When his industry and careful expenditure had brought him sufficient capital td engage in business on his own account, he organized The James R. Shanklin Coal Company in 1903 and as its president has since directed its operations, developing a business of large and growing importance. He is also the president of the Naugatuck Coal Company, a West Virginia mining company, and president of the Cincinnati Sand Blast Company. He has made good use of his time and opportunities and each year that he has lived has chronicled progress in business lines. His investments, most carefully placed, indicate his sound judgment in business affair, while his success is incontrovertible proof of his ability in many ways. On the 11th of September, 1901, in Cooper, West Virginia, Mr. Shanklin was united in marriage to Miss Mary Cooper, a daughter of John and Maria Cooper. Her father was one of the pioneers in the development of the Pocahontas coal field and was one of 'the most successful men in that section of the country. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Shanklin have been born three children, Ellen Lucile, John Pack and Martha Cooper. The parents are members of the First Presbyterian church at Glendale and Mr. Shanklin has held membership in that denomination from the age of fourteen years. He has been loyal to its teachings and in this is found the motive power of the principles which have governed his conduct, making him a man who in every relation of life commands the respect and trust of his associates. He belongs to the Business Men's Club and to the Masonic fraternity, and all of his associations, public and private, are those which receive the indorsement of that class of citizens, who seek advancement and improvement along material, social, intellectual and moral lines. CHARLES CLINTON AGIN, M. D. Dr. Charles Clinton Agin, engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Cincinnati, was born in Greene township, Hamilton county, Ohio, on the 25th of August, 1851, a son of Dr. Burroughs and Sarah J. (Smith) Agin. The father. was a native Of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in Bucks county, in 1837. Coming to Ohio, he taught school in what is now Price's Hill, and while thus engaged took up the study of medicine under the direction of his father-in-law, Dr. Thomas Smith. His preliminary reading proved so attractive that he determined to continue his preparation for the profession, and in due course of time was graduated from the Miami Medical College, winning a diploma from CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 907 that institution and also from Ohio Medical College. He then entered upon the active work of the profession and remained a practitioner of Greene township until 1873, when he opened an office in Cincinnati, where he remained until his death in 1891. He was for many years closely associated with the practice of medicine and at all times followed a most progressive policy, keeping in close .touch with the advanced work made by the medical fraternity. He held mem.bership with the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine and was also a member of Cheviot Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He and his wife belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church and lived earnest Christian lives, devoted to the welfare and upbuilding of the church and humanity. In their family were nine children, of whom four reached years of maturity : Charles C. ; Frances Ann ; Emma Kansas ; .and Edward L. Dr. Charles C. Agin was a pupil in the public schools near his father's home and was also a student in Farmer's College for three years. He then began reading medicine with his father and their professional connection continued until the latter's death. Dr. Charles C. Agin has since practiced alone and has continually progressed in his profession, doing work that entitled him to the .high regard and gratitude of the general public and to the admiration and goodwill of his professional brethren. It was he who organized West End Medical .Society, of which he has continuously been the president, covering a period of .about 'eighteen years. He belongs to the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Aside from his professional connection, Dr. Agin is well known in different .membership relations. He belongs to McMillan Lodge, F. & A. M., Willis :Chapter, R. A. M., Hanselman Commandery, K. T., Cincinnati Council, the ..Ohio Consistory, S. P. R. S., and Syrian Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise holds membership with the Maccabees and is medical examiner for Brighton Tent. Dr. Agin was married in 1882 to Miss Rose Rebmann, of Cincinnati, and they have three children : Elma Burroughs, wife of Dr. W: Bailey, of Cincinnati ; George Rebmann, who is a practicing veterinary surgeon; and Boyd, an ...actor. The Doctor is a man of strong social instincts. He likes the good things of life and is ever courteous and genial, and possesses in large measure that quality which for want of a better term has been called personal magnetism. In other words, he readily draws to him those whom he meets and friendship is -never sacrificed by an unworthy act on his part. WILLIAM WALLACE SEELY, A. M., M. D. Dr. William Wallace Seely, who for nearly forty years was prominent in the medical circles of Cincinnati and gained recognition as one of the leading oculists of ,America, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, August 17, 1838, a son of John F. and Louisiana Seely, and died at his home, in this city, November 7, 1903. A native of the Buckeye state, his life was closely identified with its interests. He owed his success to remarkable energy, ability and good judgment, all of which were prominent features of his character. Always courteous and affable, his integrity was above question and his honor above reproach. As 908 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY a master of his chosen specialty he had no superiors and was recognized as an authority upon the eye in both Europe and America. on the maternal side Dr. Seely was a descendant of one of the early families of Colonial times, being of the sixth generation from John Conant, of Beverly, Massachusetts, who was a member of Captain Appleton's Company in King Philip's war. Dr. Seely was also eighth in descent from Roger Conant, of Beverly, who was governor of the colony at Cape Ann, in 1625-1626, and at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1627-1629. He also served as deputy to the general court of Massachusetts in 1634. After receiving his preliminary education in the Andover Academy, Dr. Seely entered Yale University, from which he received the degrees of A. M. and M. D., in 1862. He pursued his medical studies further at Vienna, Austria, and in the great hospitals of Europe, where he came into personal contact with leading instructors and demonstrators. Possessing natural adaptability to the practice of his art, he was a ready learner and in later years became a teacher of rare merit, thousands of young men coming under his influence. He possessed the ability, in an unusual degree, of arousing the interest of his classes and leading students to undertake original investigations. He was a clear and convincing speaker and never failed to make plain any point which he attempted to present. He began practice in Cincinnati in 1862 and continued his profession without interruption until 1900 except when pursuing studies elsewhere or taking necessary vacations for relaxation from the strain of extensive professional work, as his services were in great demand, many of his patients coming from far-distant parts of the Union. He was connected with the principal local and national medical societies from 1874 to 1899, a period of twenty-five years, was a prominent member of the faculty of the Medical College of Ohio. He served as dean of the college from 1881 to 1900, resigning from the position in the year last named. He was very prominent as a lecturer and instructor and also as a writer and author. He contributed many articles of practical value to medical magazines and reviews and was the author of several medical works, which were accepted as standard and are now to be found in the medical libraries. In 1870, at Boston, Massachusetts, Dr. Seely was united in marriage to Miss Helen Simpson, and to this union three daughters were born : Elizabeth, the eldest daughter, who was married, at Cincinnati, November 19, 1903, to Arthur Espy, a well known attorney of this city, whose father was .a prominent banker and capitalist; Grace, whose marriage to C. B. Groesbeck took place January 4, 1905; and Helen, who became on August 6, 1907, Mrs. Joseph Wilshire. Dr. Seely was a man of highly cultivated tastes, an extensive traveler, a thorough scholar and a student and investigator, who was never satisfied until he arrived at the truth. He had an extensive acquaintance among prominent men of this country and Europe, and found time to carry on a large correspondence on science and other subjects, notwithstanding the great demands of professional and college work upon his energies. He was of a frank, pleasing, genial and philanthropic temperament and gladly gave his services to the poor entirely without compensation or hope of reward. He was prominent socially in Cincinnati, and he and his family were also well known in the most cultivated social circles of New York and Boston. By virtue of his ancestry he held membership in the Society of Colonial Wars. The death of Dr. Seely was felt as a distinct loss CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 909 by the entire community, where he had passed the most active and useful years of his life, and by members of the profession it was generally acknowledged, that difficult, indeed would it be to find a successor upon whose shoulders the mantle of the departed leader would gracefully rest. He is remembered as one of the most venerated and beloved of Cincinnati's citizens and no history of the city would be complete without adequate mention of his name and the services he rendered to his fellowmen and in attracting attention to Cincinnati as one of the most prominent medical centers of America. Mrs. Seely still resides in this city, where she has a host of friends. The home is on Grandin road. WILLIAM T. HARVEY. As a merchant and traveling salesman William T. Harvey has proven his worth in the business world. He has for eighteen years been a partner in the business, which in February, 1910, was incorporated as The Fine Woolen Company of New York city. Throughout this period he has closely studied the conditions of the trade and as manufacturers' agent has built up a business which is extensive and profitable. Mr. Harvey was born in Highland county, Ohio, and in 1874 came to Cincinnati, where he secured a clerkship in a hardware store although but a boy in years. He entered the employ of T. & A. Pickering, in the establishment afterward conducted under the name of The Pickering Hardware Company, continuing with that house for a number of years. He afterward became associated with the Periti & Gaff Manufacturing Company, a wholesale hardware concern, which he represented in the stock cutlery department. His identification: with that business covered the period from 1878 until 1881, and later he was with the Adams Express Company for several years. About 1883 he went upon the road as representative of the Hiram. W. Davis Company, carriage manufacturers, for whom he traveled for about three years. On severing that connection he returned to The Pickering Hardware Company as city salesman, and was in that employ for several years. He next became connected with the Billirks, Taylor & Company of Cleveland, with whom he remained for five years, or until 1893, when he returned to Cincinnati and made this place his headquarters. In that year he began to act as manufacturers' agent and has been in the business continuously to the present time. He deals largely in carriage trimmings and in 1898 he became a member of the firm of Howells Brothers. For eighteen years he has been associated with the firm which was incorporated in February, 1910, under the name of The Fine Woolen Company, previous to which time the business had been carried on under the firm style of Howells Brothers. Mr. Harvey also handles a line of carriage leather and rubber cloth and spends part of his time upon the road, traveling over the central states in tFie interest of his business. He maintains offices in the First National Bank building and has built up a trade of large and gratifying proportions. In 1901 Mr. Harvey was married to Miss Adeline French, of Glendale, a daughter of the late Maynard French. They now have one child, Edith. Mr. Harvey belongs to the Carriage Club and the Business Men's Club, also the 910 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY Merchants Association of New York city. He is well known in Masonic circles,. having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. From his youthful days he has been dependent upon his own efforts and has proven himself a man of resourceful ability, of unfaltering enterprise and of. progressive ideas. He has ever utilized the best means at hand for the accomplishment to be. attained and as the years have gone by has made an excellent record. LUCIUS DEMARIUS DREWRY. Lucius Demarius Drewry is a well known representative of insurance interests in Cincinnati, now acting as state agent for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, for Ohio and as well for Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. Progress has constituted the keynote of his business career. He has recognized the fact that there is always something to learn and has kept a mind receptive to the value of each experience and observation, so that his work has been characterized by increasing usefulness throughout the passing years. He is one of Cincinntai's citizens who claim Georgia as the state of their nativity, his birth having occurred at Griffin, Spalding county, May 9, 1861. His father was a Virginian, while on his mother's side Mr. Drewry is descended from General Israel Putnam, one of the intrepid officers of the Revolutionary war. Lucius D. Drewry completed his education in the high school of his native town and when seventeen years of age became connected with the fire insurance business in the office of his uncle, Israel Putnam, of Atlanta, Georgia. His work in that connection proved congenial and his services satisfactory to those whom he represented. For four years, after leaving the service of his uncle, he remained in Georgia as solicitor for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, with which company he severed his connections on the 1st of October, 1887, to enter the service of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company. His work proved so acceptable to that corporation, that in March, 1896, he was called to the home office of the company at Newark to take charge of its agency business, at the same time retaining the general agency in Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. His knowledge and his usefulness have increased year by year, for laudable ambition has prompted his advancement, and he has sought in all honorable ways to further his own progress by rendering his work of worth to his company. In January, 1897, he was appointed superintendent of agencies, an office created for the purpose of relieving Vice President Pearson of a part of the duties of his department. Preferring agency work, he resigned the superintendency of agencies on September 1, 1897, and was then made state agent for Ohio, with offices in. Cincinnati, in addition to the agency for Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, which he had retained while at the home office of his company. Mr. Drewry has long been regarded as a prominent figure in insurance circles and was made a member of the executive committee of the National Association of Life Underwriters, while at the annual meeting of 1895 he was chosen secretary of the association, in which position he remained until the following year, when he declined a reelection. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 911 On November 18, 1886, Mr. Drewry was married to Miss Annie Clara Gray, a daughter of Dr. Y. T. Gray, who was a very prominent physician and planter of Spalding county, Georgia. Mr. Drewry is a member of the Queen City Club, Cincinnati Country Club, Pelee Island Fishing Club, Cincinnati Golf Club, Business Men's Club, Automobile Club and the Pen and Pencil Club. He has never sought to figure prominently before the public in any other than a business connection and his advancement in insurance circles has been based upon individual worth and the value of his service to those whom he represents. C. W. LOUGH EAD. In these days of keen competition it requires a man of unusual initiative and business sagacity as well as determination of purpose to found and develop on limited capital an enterprise, that within less than a decade wins recognition as a well established and flourishing industry. This has been the accomplishment of C. W. Loughead, who is head of The C. W. Loughead Company, a cleaning and dyeing establishment founded in 1900. He was born in this city on November 13, 1867, and is a son of Edward R. .and Rosanna Jane (Pennell) Loughead. The father, who was a native of northern Ohio, came to Cincinnati in his early manhood, subsequently becoming engaged in the manufacture of building materials with a Mr. Porter, their business being operated under the firm name of Loughead & Porter. He continued to be identified with this industry until shortly prior to his death, which occurred in 1893, at the age of sixty-eight years. Always having applied himself closely and intelligently to the direction of his affairs, his efforts were rewarded by more than an average degree of prosperity, and he was recognized one of the successful representatives of this line of manufacturing. A man of beneficent character, his influence was always directed toward the support of every worthy movement, and he was an active member of the Presbyterian church and of the Odd Fellows 'fraternity. The Loughead family originally came from the north of Ireland, but they have long been residents of the United States. When he had attained the usual age C. W. Loughead became a student in the public schools, his preliminary education being completed upon his graduation from the, Hughes high school. He later entered the Nelson Business College, where he pursued a commercial course, and entered the business world in the capacity of a stenographer. He continued to follow this vocation for three or four years in Cincinnati, before he went west, locating in Pueblo, first, and later becoming a resident of Denver, where he was a salesman for the Columbia Building & Loan Association. In 1900 he returned to this city and started the business he has ever since been conducting. He was first located. at 104 and 106 West Court street and, operating a high-class establishment in strict accordance with accepted modern commercial methods, he quickly gained reputation and his business developed so rapidly, that he was compelled to enlarge his quarters and soon occupied the adjoining buildings, both in front and rear. The business was incorporated in 1907, and in 1911 they moved to their present fine, commodious quarters. Their plant is strictly fire-proof and was designed by the archi- 912 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY tects James and Robert Stewart. The main building is fifty by. one. hundred and sixty feet, very simple of design but so substantially constructed and appropriately adapted to its purpose that it gives an impression of strength and dignity that is most effective. The various minor buildings are of the same, materials and constructed along the same general lines, their arrangement and location being both convenient and appropriate from an architectural point of view. Every convenience and facility for the comfort of the employes has been provided in this plant, which is thoroughly equipped with all of the most recent models in machinery required in their work, while they have installed their own lighting system. An attractive electric sign, built by the Novelty Sign Company, calls attention to their establishment and adds greatly to its general appearance. When he first engaged in business, Mr. Loughead engaged four helpers, but at the present time his payroll contains fifty names. The company maintain six stores at various places in the city, and are recognized as one of the leading firms in their line, the quality of their work and their reliability and punctuality bringing them the very best class of patrons. Mr. Loughead married Miss Jeannette Bromley, a daughter of Robert Bromley of Cincinnati, who was a native of England, and they have become the parents of one son, Wilber B., who is associated with his father in the business. Fraternally Mr. Loughead is affiliated with the Masonic order and belongs to N. C. Harmony Lodge, No. 2, F. & A. M.; Walnut Hills Chapter, No. 151, R. A. M.; and he is also a member of the Woodmen of the World. He takes an active interest in all public affairs and is identified with the Business Men's Clubs in both Walnut Hills and Cincinnati, while his connection with organizations of a more purely social nature is confined to his membership in the Cincinnati Golf Club. Mr. Loughead has met with unusual success in his undertakings, possessing those qualities that win recognition among all business men, who instantly note the force of character and executive ability that stamp the Man who not only recognizes but creates opportunities, thus paving the way to the attainment of his ambition. CAPTAIN J. VICTOR EHRHART. A well known river man of Cincinnati is Captain J. Victor Ehrhart, who is head of the Ehrhart Marine Wrecking Company, which he established about thirty years ago. He is a native of Switzerland, his birth having occurred, on August 8, 1846, but at the age of eight years he emigrated to the United States with his parents, who located in Cincinnati. Here he obtained his education in the common schools of the city and grew to manhood, and at about the age of twenty years he went on the river. The work proved to be very fascinating to him, having at that time just enough danger attached to it to make a strong appeal to a healthy, vigorous youth such as he was. At that period there were many wrecks, but the government snag boats have cleared up the river and government lights now mark the course of the channel, so that navigation has been robbed of the many dangers that made it alluring to the youth of days gone by. River wrecks in the early part of the last century and on past the Civil CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 915 war provided ample opportunity for many acts of chivalry and heroism, that were adapted to both song and poem as well as romance. After he had familiarized himself with the river and navigation generally Captain Ehrhart engaged in the wrecking business, and for over forty-five years he has been a submarine diver. He has followed his vocation from Pittsburg to New Orleans, up the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers, and has a very extensive acquaintance with men in all of the various capacities of inland navigation, throughout the central states. About thirty years ago he became associated with George W. Neare, who conducted the large insurance agency of Gibbs & Company and was given charge of the wrecking and rating departments of their business. Mr. Ehrhart has been very successful, and is one of the widely known and most capable men in his line on the river. Captain Ehrhart married Miss Anna M. Shields, a daughter of John Shields of New Orleans, who passed away on the 11th of April, 1911. Five of the children born unto Captain and Mrs. Ehrhart are living, and in order of birth they are as follows : Captain Leonard, who is associated in the wrecking business with his father ; Ernestine ; William; Minnie ; and J. Victor, Jr. Captain Ehrhart has been a resident of Cincinnati for fifty-seven years, and during that time has witnessed the many changes that have taken place in the city with the progress and development of modern civilization. River transportation has very largely been supperseded by the many railroads that now run into the city, while he has also witnessed the improvement and modern luxuries that have been introduced for the comfort of passengers on the boats, making this mode of traveling a source of pleasure rather than the danger fraught hardship it was fifty years ago. WILLIAM E. KENNEY. William E. Kenney, who has been engaged in the merchant-tailoring business in Cincinnati since 1892, can claim a host of friends in this city. He has lived here all his life and his course has been such as to attract the confidence and esteem of all with whom he has come into contact. Born August 26, 1862, he is a son of William and Mary (Cain) Kenney. The father was born at Roscommon, Ireland, and received his early education in his native country. At the age of sixteen years he left the Emerald isle for America and established his home in Cincinnati, where he was for a number of years employed by S. C. Tatum Company. He died in 1881, leaving a widow and eight children. Mr. Kenney, whose name introduces this sketch, possessed advantages of education in the parochial schools of Cincinnati. At the age of twelve years, however, he was obliged to leave school, in order to assist in maintaining himself and other members of the family and began learning the tailor's trade with Daniels & Coomb. He continued with this firm for twelve years and was later for several years connected in the same line of business with other firms of the city. In 1892 he associated with J. M. Morrissey in the merchant-tailoring business under the title of Morrissey & Kenney, but he has conducted the business in his own name for many years. He prospered in his calling and in 1898 Vol. III-42 916 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY erected the building in which his establishment is now located. He is one of the most successful merchant tailors of Cincinnati, as is indicated by the fact that among his patrons are to be found many of the leading men of the city. Fraternally Mr. Kenney is identified with the Knights of Columbus. He was one of the organizers of the Doyle Institute and was its first president. Politically he has from the time of reaching his majority been a stanch supporter of the principles of the democratic party. Although he has never sought the honors or emoluments of public office he has been elected city treasurer. He is broad in his religious views, believing that all should work in brotherly harmony for the betterment of mankind and the alleviation of distress and, therefore, that differences of dogma should be kept in the background. He takes a great interest in educational and benevolent work and is noted for his charities—a trait which he inherited from worthy parents, who were generous even beyond their limited means. In an important degree a self-made man, Mr. Kenney has endeavored in all the relations of life to perform his duty, and it is the opinion of those who know him best that he has very largely succeeded in the accomplishment of that laudable determination. It is evident that he is rightly numbered among the broad-minded and progressive men of Cincinnati. HON. JULIUS FLEISCHMANN. Hon. Julius Fleischmann, mayor of Cincinnati, politician, business man, financier, sportsman and club man, is a remarkable composition of all the characteristics which make up what Americans delight to call their representative citizen. What is also remarkable in the case of Mayor Fleischmann is that in all these various circles he is equally at home, eminent in each. Julius Fleischmann bears an honorable name in Cincinnati, his father, the venerable philanthropist as well as business man, having long been one of the city's most esteemed citizens. His birth took place at Riverside, now a part of the city of Cincinnati, June 8, 1872, and he is a son of Charles and Henrietta (Robertson) Fleischmann. The educational training of our subject was obtained in the Cincinnati public schools, for three years being a pupil in the Hughes high school. At the age of fifteen he left the latter to take a preparatory course in the Franklin school, intending to enter a university, but one year later decided to begin his business career under his father's supervision. The wisdom of the latter's methods has been shown by the son's commercial success and to these methods Mayor Fleischmann attributes his present financial condition. In 1889 he entered the establishment of Fleischmann & Company in the capacity of a clerk and displayed enough ability to satisfy even his exacting father, so that in a very few years he assumed the entire management of the vast business. Mayor Fleischmann is not only the active head of all the Fleischmann interests, one of the largest unincorporated business enterprises in the country, but he holds many other responsible positions. He is president of the Market. National Bank, of Cincinnati ; president of the College of Music, of Cincinnati ; president of The Union Grain & Hay Company ; president of the Riverside Malting & Elevator Company ; president of the Illinois Vinegar Manufacturing CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 917 Company, of Chicago, which is capitalized at one hundred thousand dollars, and ranks as the largest concern of its kind in the country ; one of the governors of the Queen City Club ; a prominent member of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce ; and a member of the Manufacturer's Club, Business Men's Club, Commercial Club, Walnut Hills Business Men's Club, Phoenix Club, Country Club, Riding Club, Young Men's Blaine Club, Stamina Republican League and the North Cincinnati Turnverein. He is a member of Avon Lodge, No. 542, F. & A. M., and is a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner. He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum, Knights of Pythias, Elks and a large number of social organizations. In addition to his other business interests, he is vice-president of the C. N. & C. Railroad Company, which is the only quasi-public corporation with which he is connected, having sold all of his stock in the Cincinnati gas and street railway companies when he accepted the mayoralty. As a sportsman Mayor Fleischmann was, up to a few years ago, well known through the country, having maintained for several years a large racing stable in the east. In his turf interests he was a close associate of the late William C. Whitney and August Belmont and his stable was always rated as one of the best in the country, such notable horses as "Halma," "Hurstburn," "Africander," "St. Daniel" and "Wax Candle" having raced in his colors. Mr. Fleischmann also sent each year a division of his stable to Latonia, where he established the "Cincinnati Trophy" for two-year-olds, a magnificent silver cup. Because of the demands of his gigantic buiness interests, however, Mr. Fleischmann was compelled to dispose of his stable during the season of 1903. Mr. Fleischmann owns the yacht "Hiawatha," acknowledged to be one of the fleetest and most attractive boats in eastern waters. He is one of the principal owners of the Cincinnati Baseball Club and a member of the New York and Atlantic Yacht Clubs. He is an all-round athlete and has a life membership in the Cincinnati Gymnasium. He delights in driving and riding and even gives some attention to golf. From his days of early manhood, Mayor Fleischmann has taken a deep interest in the success of the republican party, and in 1894 he succeeded his father as aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor McKinley. Since his election as mayor of Cincinnati, in 1900, and his reelection, in 1903, he has displayed the same executive ability in the discharge of public duties which has characterized him in the management of his private affairs and he was the most popular mayor with all classes that the city ever had. That his heart is in the improvement and development of this city, can scarcely be questioned by those who have conversed or consulted with him or have given attention to his public utterances. At no time in the history of Cincinnati were the railroads given more encouragement than when Mayor Fleischmann assumed municipal charge, it being his view that plenty of transportation facilities are of the greatest encouragement to business. It is a fact known to the whole country that the police department of Cincinnati excels that of every other great city in the United States. His attitude toward educational institutions of every kind is so well known that in this city may be found, since his administration began, schools of all kinds for special work gaining a foothold and assisting in making Cincinnati a center of culture. 918 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY In a very timely message to the city council, Mayor Fleischmann gave publicity to his views in these concluding paragraphs : "Cincinnati's economical and progressive administration is of the vastest importance in bringing new enterprises to the city, and in advancing the interests which for so many years have made Cincinnati so justly famed for her commercial soundness and integrity. It is to the city which is well governed, and whose financial interests are managed as a prudent business man would care for his private investments, that capital is attracted." The era of municipal improvement which has ensued since the first election of Mayor Fleischmann testifies to the soundness of his views and to the sincerity of his promises. On April 8, 1893, Mr. Fleischmann was married to Lillie Ackerland, who is a daughter of A. and Louise Ackerland, a charming and talented lady whom he had known from childhood. Three children have been born to them, namely, Louise, Charles and Julius, Jr. GEORGE PUCHTA. George Puchta, a man of modest reserve, free from all self-seeking, by reason of his merit and ability, stands today in a prominent position in business and official circles, being the president of The Queen City. Supply Company and, by reason of appointment, assistant United States treasurer in charge of the sub-treasury of Cincinnati. He has always been a resident of this city, his birth having here occurred April 8, 1860. At the usual age he entered the public schools and later was graduated from a business college, thus qualifying for the practical and responsible duties of life. He started in the business world as a clerk with J. C. Fuller, who handled shoe machinery and tanners' supplies. For twenty-one years he has been president of The Queen City Supply Company and in this connection has built up a business of mammoth proportions, the plant being located at the corner of Pearl and Elm streets. The business was established as a partnership concern and conducted under the name of the Puchta, Pund Company until 1902, when it was incorporated as The Queen City Supply Company. Their enterprise, as the name indicates, is a supply house, for they handle all kinds of goods used in machine shops, factories, mills, quarries and by railroads. The company handles over five thousand different articles, all of which are being used daily in connection with mechanical and industrial activity and their stock represents the product of more than thirty firms. The business is conducted most systematically, so that orders may be filled promptly and the trade interests of the company reach out to all sections of this continent. The business was organized in 1890, becoming successor to Post & Company, which firm had been in existence for more than a quarter of a century. Watchful of all the details of his enterprise, Mr. Puchta gradually extended the scope of the business and surrounded himself with a corps of competent assistants, enabling him to develop one of the extensive and profitable business concerns of the city. His standing in commercial circles is indicated in the fact that in 1902 he was elected to the presidncy of the Business Men's Club, filling the position for two years. In 1908-9 he served as president of the National Supply & Machine CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 919 Dealers Association, Which position he resigned later. He is not only president of The Queen City Supply Company at this writing but is also a director of the Market National Bank, the Security Savings' Bank & Trust Company, the Cincinnati Frog & Switch Company and The Brownell Company. He is a member of the City Park Commission, the Queen City Club, the Commercial Club, the Optimists Club and the Hamilton County Golf Club. Fraternally he is associated with Norwood Lodge, No. 576, A. F. & A. M.; Willis Chapter, No. 31, R. A. M.; Ohio Consistory, S. P. R. S.; and Syrian Temple of the Mystic Shrine. In addition to his other connections Mr. Puchta is a trustee of the Young Men's Mutual Life Association. He has never sought political prominence and his recent appointment as assistant United States treasurer came to him in recognition of his personal worth and his fitness for the position. He has ever recognized the duties and obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship and has stood for those things which are of essential value in good government. On the 6th of October, 1886, Mr. Puchta was united in marriage to Miss Anna Marguerite Meinhardt, a daughter of Henry Meinhardt, who was an early settler of Cincinnati. They have two children, namely : Ella A., who is a graduate of Lasell Seminary of Massachusetts ; and Lawrence G., who attended the Franklin school and later entered Yale University. DAVID L. CARPENTER. David L. Carpenter, sole owner of the firm of D. L. Carpenter & Company, has been engaged in the carriage hardware business in Cincinnati since 1886, and the progressive methods he has employed and a spirit of unfaltering enterprise has made him a dynamic force in commercial circles. He has never depended in the least upon the influence or aid of others, save the legitimate support which comes in trade, and his success is attributed entirely to his own well directed efforts. He is a native of Boone county, Kentucky, his birth having occurred there on a farm, April 6, 1853. His father, Caleb Carpenter, removed to Covington, Kentucky, when his son, David L., was a young lad, and in that city the latter was reared and educated. In early manhood he secured a position as bookkeeper in a hardware store in Covmanufacturinger in the cigar manufacturing business, and was thus engaged until he and his brother, John C. Carpenter, opened the present business in Cincinnati. They adopted the firm name of Carpenter Brothers and were associated in their trade interests until October, 1904, when John C. Carpenter retired because of ill health. The following January 1st, David L. Carpenter purchased his brother's interest, the latter being now a resident of Los Angeles, California. The first location of the firm was on Vine street, near Second, from which point a removal was made to the present location in 1890. The firm occupies the entire building at No. 652 Main street—a six-story brick structure, in which is carried a fine line of carriage hardware and trimmings. The business of the house has constantly grown in volume and importance and the reliable trade methods instituted at the beginning he constiuted a chief source of success. Mr. Carpenter, however, does 920 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY not confine his attention to this business alone, for he is now president and largest stockholder of the Foy & Starr Company, dealers in mantels, grates, etc., in Cincinnati, and also a director in the Cincinnati Horse Shoe & Iron Company. Moreover he gives much time, thought and energy to his duties as president of the board of trustees of the Long View Hospital for the Insane. Mr. Carpenter was united in marriage to Miss Grace Hill in 1891 and they now have a daughter, Mildred. They occupy an enviable place in social circles and Mr. Carpenter's chief line of recreation is indicated by the fact that he is a member of the Miami Golf Club. Public-spirited to an eminent degree, he takes great interest in the welfare of the city and his efforts in that direction are practical and resultant. Cincinnati numbers him among her valued residents, his worth in business, social and charitable circles being well known. JOHN HENRY. John Henry, well known for many years in commercial circles in Cincinnati as a representative of the wholesale grocery business; gained that success and prosperity which comes through diligence and determination when guided by sound judgment and supplemented by keen discrimination. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, on the 6th of January, 1809, and passed away in Cincinnati on the 21st of May, 1881, after reaching the seventy-second milestone on life's journey. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry, both of whom died in the Emerald isle. There the subject of this review remained until about eighteen years of age, when he came alone to the new world,. after having acquired a fair English education in the schools of his native land. The voyage completed, he did not tarry on the Atlantic coast but made his way into the interior of the country and at Maysville, Kentucky, engaged in the grocery business with Mr. Thomas. Later he disposed of that undertaking and came to Cincinnati, where he became connected with the wholesale grocery trade in partnership with Mr. Core. This association was maintained until the death of Mr. Core, when Mr. Henry formed a partnership with Mr. Poland and conducted a wholesale grocery house on Second street near Vine under the firm style of Poland & Henry. It was this undertaking that claimed his attention until his death and the growth of the trade made him in time a wealthy man. In the conduct of the business only such methods were employed as would bear the closest investigation and scrutiny. The house realized the fact that satisfied patrons are the best advertisement and it sought ever to meet the demands of its customers, thus building up a business along the legitimate lines of trade. Gradually the firm's connection with retail houses extended until shipments covered a wide territory and the annual sales reached a large and gratifying figure. On the 8th of March, 1864, in Cincinnati, Mr. Henry was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Duer, a daughter of Robert and Mary Duer, the former a physician who was born at Snow Bill, Maryland. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Henry were born nine children : Margaret, now the deceased wife of William Lawson, of Cincinnati, and the mother of three children, Margaret, Lucile and Dorothy, of whom Lucile is married to Thorne Baker, of Cincinnati ; John, deceased; CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 921 William, a resident of Hamilton county. Ohio; Elizabeth, the wife of E. 0. McCormick, vice president of the Southern Pacific Railroad line in California, and the mother of four children, Henry 0., Ernest 0. and Mary K. and Margaret D., twins ; Charles S., at home; Katherine, the wife of John G. Deshler, of Milford, Ohio ; Anna, at home; James P., who is connected with mining interests in Japan; and one who died in infancy. Mrs. Henry has spent the greater part of her life in Cincinnati and now occupies a fine home on Walnut Hills. The death of Mr. Henry occurred May 21, 1881, and his remains were interred in St. Joseph's cemetery. He was a member of the Catholic church and guided his life according to its teachings. In business he made steady advancement because of his close application and gradually worked his way upward, winning that success which is the goal of all endeavor. HON. HARRY LINCOLN GORDON. An enumeration of the men, whose records reflect credit upon the city and state which have honored them, would he incomplete and unsatisfactory were there failure to make prominent reference to H. L. Gordon, a distinguished member of the Cincinnati bar, and a man whose ability and integrity in public life have placed him in a prominent position as a political leader in the state. He has made his home in this city since January 1897, His birth occurred at Metamora, Indiana, August 27, 1860, his parents being M. B. and Sophia (Tracy) Gordon, The father was for many years a leading figure in agricultural circles in Indiana and died in that state, in 1892, at the age of seventy-six years. H. L. Gordon, the fifth in order of birth in his father's family, was a pupil in the public schools of his native county until he had mastered the elemental branches of learning, after which he entered De Pauw University, at Greencastle, Indiana, and was there graduated in 1882, with the Bachelor of Philosophy degree. Three years later the master-of-arts degree was conferred upon him, in recognition of excellent work done in the intervening period. A consideration of the broad field of business led him to select the profession of law as his life work and in preparation for this calling he became a student in the office and under the direction of McDonald, Butler & Mason, well known attorneys of Indianapolis, with whom he remained until 1887, securing his initial experience in practice in their office following his admission to the bar. In the year mentioned Mr. Gordon sought a home in the west, settling in Wichita, Kansas, where he was engaged in law practice for ten years. In that period he served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Sedgwick county and later as city attorney of Wichita. While somewhat outside of the strict path of his profession, he was also chosen in 1895 to represent his district in the state senate of Kansas. He made for himself a notable place as a lawyer and law-maker of the Sunflower state, but in 1897 again sought the opportunities of the east and in January of that year came to Cincinnati. Here he formed a partnership with Otto G. Renner, with offices in the Blymyer building. At the time Mr. Gordon 922 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY retired from the firm, in 1901, the style was Renner, Gordon & Renner and since that time, except for a short period during which the firm of Gordon & Granger existed, he has practiced alone and now has large and extensive offices in the Provident Bank building, and has been accorded a liberal clientage connecting him with much of the important litigated interests and legal work of the district. The zeal with which Mr. Gordon has devoted his energies to his profession, the careful regard evinced for the interests of his clients and an assiduous and unrelaxing attention to all the details of his cases have brought him a large business and made him very successful in its conduct. His arguments have elicited warm commendation not only from his associates at the bar, but also from the bench. He is an able orator ; his briefs always show wide research, careful thought, and the best and strongest reasons, which can be urged for his contention, presented in cogent and logical form and illustrated by a style unusually lucid and clear. It followed as a natural sequence that the services of Mr. Gordon should be sought in connection with public interests and in 1899 he was appointed a member of the board of supervisors, whereon he served most creditably for four years. On the 26th of June, 1902, appointment made him lieutenant governor of Ohio, his term of office continuing until January, 1904. In the previous yea! he was elected by popular suffrage to the office of vice mayor of Cincinnati and in the absence of Mayor Fleischmann acted as chief executive of the city. His politics allegiance has always been given to the republican party, but he has never sacrificed the general good to partisanship nor the welfare of the majority to personal aggrandizement. His political as well as professional and personal integrity have made his influence sought by party leaders on important questions and his views are always regarded as of value where vital interests are involved. In his fraternal relations Mr. Gordon holds membership in Avon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., he is a shriner and has attained the thirty-second degree in Masonry. He is also an Elk and a member of the Queen City, Hamilton County Golf, Auto and Business Men's Clubs. Those who meet him find him genial and approachable. His position is never a doubtful one, where questions of education, morality and good citizenship are involved. He stands for law and order, for truth and the right, and his ability places him with those who rank foremost as representatives of the Cincinnati bar. ELMORE BERNARD TAUBER, M. D. Dr. Elmore B. Tauber, a practitioner of medicine and surgery in Cincinnati since 1902, in which year he was graduated from the Ohio Medical College, now a department of the University of Cincinnati, was born in the city of Cincinnati May 4, 1879. His father, Dr. Bernard Tauber, was a graduate of the old Cincinnati Medical College and practiced his profession here for many years, his death occurring in 1903. Under the parental roof Dr. Elmore B. Tauber spent his youthful days and attended school in Colorado, where the family lived for some years. He com- CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 925 pleted a course, however, in the Franklin School of this city, from which he was graduated in 1896. He then attended the University of Cincinnati for a year and a half, after which he took up the study of medicine and, as previously stated, completed the course in 1902. The same year he went abroad and studied in Vienna, Berlin and Heidelberg. During his college days he also studied in Vienna and Paris. In his practice he has made a specialty of skin and genital urinary diseases, and is very proficient in this particular field. He is now lecturer and demonstrator of dermatology in the University of Cincinnati and is serving on the staff of the Cincinnati Hospital as junior dermatologist. He belongs to the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Medicine and the American Genito-Urinary Society. He has prepared several papers for the American Medical Association, the Academy of Medicine and the Ohio State Medical Society, and his opinions have carried weight in professional councils. In 1903 Dr. Tauber was married to Miss Louise Schaffner, of Cincinnati. He belongs to two Greek letter societies, the Omega Upsilon Psi and the Theta Nu Epsilon. He holds to high standards in his professional work and his laudable ambition prompts his continued research and investigation whereby his skill and efficiency are continuously increasing. B. C. BLOWNEY. Among the successful commercial enterprises of the country is the National Aniline & Chemical Company, which maintains offices is various large cities. The Cincinnati office of the company is in charge of B. C. Blowney, who was selected for this important position on account of his thorough knowledge of the business and his ability as a sales manager. He has directed the affairs of the company at Cincinnati for seven years past and on account of his energy and progressiveness has gained an enviable reputation among the patrons of the house and his business associates. Mr. Blowney was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1868. He received. his early education in the public schools of his native city. In 1889 he entered the employ of the same company with which. he has ever since been connected. He continued at Chicago until 1904 and then cam.e to Cincinnati to take charge of the office in this city. The National Aniline & Chemical Company is the only manufacturer of anilines in the United States and also deals very extensively in dye stuffs. The headquarters of the company are in New York city and twelve branches are maintained in various parts of the country. The Cincinnati branch was established about 1901 and was originally operated under the title of the Schoellkopf-Hartford & Hanna Company, being owned by the same persons who are financially interested in the National Aniline & Chemical Company. The territory over which the Cincinnati office has. jurisdiction covers southern Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, and the business of the company in this region yields handsome annual returns. In 1903 Mr. Blowney was married to Miss Mary J. McDonough, of Evanston, Illinois, and they have one child, Marie Katherine. Mr. Blowney is not 926 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY identified with any religious denomination but his wife is a member of St. Mary's Catholic church. He has made it a principal of his life to promise nothing he does not fulfill and he has been governed by the highest integrity in all his operations. As a result he has attracted friends wherever he is known and his word is regarded as equivalent to his bond. Socially he is prominent in the city, being a member of the Business Men's Club, the Hyde Park Club and the Cincinnati Country Club. Fraternally he is connected with Waukegan Lodge, No. 78, A. F. & A. M., of Waukegan, Illinois ; Oriental Consistory, S. P. R. S. of Chicago ; and Medinah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Chicago. He also holds membership in Waukegan Lodge, No. 702, B. P. 0. E., of Waukegan. EDWIN WATERMAN MITCHELL, M. D. Twenty-nine years ago Dr. E. W. Mitchell began the practice of his profession at Avondale, and he is now one of the oldest physicians as to years of service in the community. He was born at Newark, Ohio, May 29, 1854, being a son of Rev. James Mitchell, a well known minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He received his early education in the schools of various towns in Ohio, where his father officiated, and in 1876 was graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan University of Delaware, Ohio. Soon after leaving college he was elected principal of the high school at Logan, Ohio, which position he held for two years and then for a similar period was principal of the high school at Circleville, Ohio. In the meantime he had decided to take up the medical profession and became a student of the Medical College of Ohio at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1882. He began practice at Avondale and as years passed gained high standing in the profession. He makes a specialty of internal medicine and diseases of children. His ability as a teacher was many years ago recognized by his professional brethren, and for a year he served as professor of medicine in the old Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery. He was then elected to the chair of Materia-Medica and Therapeutics at Miami Medical College, afterward filling the chair of children's diseases in the same college until the merger of the Ohio and Miami Medical Colleges into what is now the medical department of the University of Cincinnati. At the time of the change mentioned he was elected clinical professor of medicine for the medical department of the University of Cincinnati, which chair he still holds. He has also served as member of the staff of the City Hospital since 1894. He is a Member of the American Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical Society, the Mississippi Valley Medical Society, the Cincinnati Obstetrical Society, and of the Cincinnati Society of Medical Research and the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati, being at the present time one of three members of the board of censors of the latter organization. In 1882 Dr. Mitchell was united in marriage to Miss Annie Roe of Zanesville, Ohio, and they have four sons namely : Roe Reamy, who is now a student of theology at Boston University ; Edwin, a graduate of the agricultural school of Cornell University and now conducting a fruit farm in eastern New CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 927 York ; Laurence, who is a student in the medical department of the University of Cincinnati ; and Prescott, a student in Hughes high school. Dr. Mitchell is an active member of the Masonic order and Knights of Pythias and is also connected with the Phi Kappa Psi and Alpha Kappa Kappa college fraternities. His office and residence are at the corner of Ridgeway avenue and Reading road. He has been a lifelong student, an indefatigable investigator and is recognized as one of the foremost men in his profession in southwestern Ohio. Never satisfied with mediocrity he has always aimed at the highest possible attainment in his profession, and as a teacher has been instrumental in arousing many students to a lively and an abiding sense of their responsibility. He has never sought to figure in public life, his time and talents being devoted exclusively to the great profession of which he is a notable and highly successful exemplar. HENRY J. CAIN. Henry J. Cain has passed the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten and is now enjoying that rest from labor which should crown the efforts of every man, who in his business career has been diligent and faithful, managing his interests so that substantial results are achieved. In former years Mr. Cain conducted a profitable enterprise as a wholesale dealer in oysters and fish, and the house which he established still enjoys the prestige of his name, for the old firm style has been retained; although he is not connected with the enterprise at the present day. Mr. Cain was born at Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland, December 25, 1840, and is a son of Dennis and Mary (Bolton) Cain. His grandfather, John Cain, fought in the Irish revolution of 1798 and represented one of the prominent old families of that country. In the year 1849 Dennis Cain came to America, landing at New York city, whence he made his way to western New York. He conducted business as a contractor in ditch and sewer building, residing much of the time at Niagara Falls. His death occurred in 1854, his remains being interred in Lewiston, New York. His wife belonged to an old family of. Ireland of the conservative class. Henry J. Cain was a little lad of about nine years when brought to America and here he continued his education as a public school student until thirteen years of age, when it became necessary that he provide for his own support. He was very young to assume the burdens and responsibilities of the business world, but he bravely faced the situation and soon learned the valuable lesson that industry and close application are the indispensable elements of success. For about five years he was employed in driving a team, after which he entered the service of Robert Orr & Company, wholesale oyster and fish importers. He first engaged as shipping clerk and later became salesman, severing his connection with the house after ten years, in which his faithfulness had won him gradual advancement with proportionate remuneration for his services. Carefully saving his earnings, his economy and industry at length brought him capital sufficient to enable him to engage in business on his own account. He then opened a similar establishment and met with success from the beginning. The name of Cain be- 928 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY came well known in connection with the' fish and oyster trade of the city and so. valuable an asset that it is still retained by his successors, although Mr. Cain is not interested in the business at the present time. For a number of years he continued active in its management and then retired, placing his capital in real estate. stocks and bonds, and other worthy and safe investments. Mr. Cain was married in Cincinnati, August 18, 1861, to Miss Maria Jackson and they have recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, having traveled life's journey happily together for fifty years. They have one daughter, Mary E., who became the wife of John J. Gilligan, an embalmer and undertaker. Mr. and Mrs. Cain reside at No. 2926 Woodburn avenue and hold membership in St. Francis De Sales Catholic church. Mr. Cain also belongs to the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, while his political views are manifest in the earnest support which he gives to the democratic party at the polls. He is truly a self-made man, having been both the architect and builder of his own fortunes. His record is another proof of the fact that America offers limitless opportunities to her adopted sons and that in this country "labor is king." It is the only sovereignty which our liberty-loving: people acknowledge and moreover it is a victorious contestant in all encounters. with difficulties and obstacles, winning success when fortified by perseverance and. determination. MURRAY MARVIN SHOEMAKER. A comprehensive history of Cincinnati requires that mention shall be made of the men of the younger generation, who are coming forward and will assume the larger responsibilities, as their elders retire from active participation in affairs. Murray Marvin Shoemaker is well established in the practice of law and gives promise of increasing usefulness as the years pass and opportunities are presented for men of energy and special ability, to assume leadership in matters of large importance. Born at Saratoga Springs, New York, September 6, 1874, he is a son of Murray Colegate and Frances Barnum (Marvin) Shoemaker, the former of whom was born at Tiffin, Ohio, September 18, 1844, and the latter at Saratoga Springs, June 3, 1869, being a daughter of James M. Marvin. The paternal grandparents of our subject were Robert Myers and Mary Colegate (Steiner) Shoemaker. Robert Myers Shoemaker was well known in the west in the earlier years, having been one of the pioneer railroad contractors of Ohio and neighboring states. Murray Colegate Shoemaker, the father of our subject, possessed rare advantages of education and was graduated from .Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio,. in 1862 with the degree of A. B., also receiving the A. B. degree from Yale University in 1864. He entered Cincinnati College Law School, from which he was graduated in 1865, and then became a student of Columbia College Law School, receiving the degree of LL. B. from that institution in 1866. He engaged successfully in practice and held a number of positions of trust and responsibility in connection with corporations, among which may be named his CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 929 appointment as assistant land commissioner and attorney for the Kansas Pacific Railroad in 1867 and as attorney for the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railway in 1872. He was also appointed secretary of the Cincinnati & Springfield Railroad in 1872 and secretary of the Cincinnati Southern Railway in 1878. Throughout his connection with important interests he showed a judgment and capacity that were the result of conscientious attention to worthy ideals. He died April 8, 1885, and was buried in Spring Grove cemetery. On the 3d of June, 1869, at Saratoga Springs, he was married to Miss Frances Barnum Marvin and of their children two are now living: Murray Marvin and Mrs. Henrietta S. Rockwood, who has one son, Nash. Mr. Shoemaker served as a private in the Ohio Militia in 1862. He is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon college fraternity, having joined the Lambda Chapter in 1863 and the Phi Chapter in 1864. He is also a valued member of the Yale University and Queen City Clubs of Cincinnati. Mr. Shoemaker of this review received his preliminary education at a preparatory school, near New York city, and later entered Yale University, graduating with the degree of A. B. in 1896. He early evinced a strong inclination for a professional life and having decided to follow in the footsteps of his father, he became a student of the Albany Law School, graduating therefrom, in 1899, with the degree of LL. B. He has devoted his attention to general civil practice and from the start showed a capacity and an interest and enthusiasm in his work which give brilliant promise as to his success in one of the most arduous of all professions. He possesses a clear, analytical mind, strong powers of presentation of any case before court or jury, and courage and confidence so necessary in meeting and overcoming obstacles which arise in daily contact with men. He has gained a highly creditable place at the bar of Hamilton county and by his gentlemanly address and kindly manner has won the lasting friendship of many. In 1894 he became a member of the Phi Chapter, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and he holds membership in the Ohio State Bar Association and the Cincinnati Bar Association. Socially he is connected with the Queen City, University and Yale Clubs of Cincinnati. THE CINCINNATI MANUFACTURING COMPANY. No other country in the world has made such great strides in manufacturing as the United States and there are few cities of its size that compare with Cincinnati as a manufacturing center. Among the concerns long in operation in this city may be named The Cincinnati Manufacturing Company, with offices and factory at Nos. 1243-1249 West Sixth street. The business has been in existence since 1844, a period of sixty-seven years, and consists of the manufacture of ornamental wire, brass, iron and bronze work. The company is now making a specialty of "The Cincinnati Manufacturing Company" metal frame fly screens which have attracted general attention throughout America. The main growth of the company dates from 1889 when H. H. Suydam purchased a half-interest in the concern and he has ever since taken an active part in its management. In 1894 a stock company was organized and the capital 930 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY stock is now one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. The officers are H. H. Suydam, president and treasurer ; and A. H. Shoenberger, secretary. The original location of the plant was on Walnut street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, and there it remained for many years, but about 1897 larger accommodations were secured at No. 512 Main street. Here the company continued until 1902, since which time it has occupied its present quarters in a modern brick factory building on Sixth street. This building is supplied with the latest improved machinery arid every facility for turning out work of a high quality in the shortest possible time. The company gives employment to about one hundred and twenty-five skilled workmen and judging by its progress during the past ten years, is destined to become one of the large manufacturinstablishments of the city. H. H. Suydam was born in Cincinnati in 1863. He received his early education in the public schools and after growing to manhood traveled for several years in the same line of business in which he is now engaged. He is one of the prominent men of the city and occupies several offices of trust and responsibility. He is president of the West End Bank and Trust Company and a member of the board of directors of the Fifth-Third National Bank and the First National Bank of Norwood. He has been prominently connected with the Business Men's Club ever since its organization and has served on may committees of the club which were formed to assist in the advancement of Cincinnati. In 1893 he was married to Miss Anna Spargur and they have two children, Elizabeth and Virginia. A. H. Shoenberger was born in Cincinnati in 1868. He attended the public schools and after laying his school books aside entered the employ of the Bromwell Brush and Wire Company, continuing with this organization for four years. He resigned in 1890 to become a traveling salesman for The Cincinnati Manufacturing Company of which was elected secretary in 1907. He was married to Miss Lillian Tibbles and two children have been born to this union. The success of The Cincinnati Manufacturing Company has been due to the harmonious cooperation of various departments, its prompt and fair dealings and the desire on the part of its officers to merit the confidence of patrons. The officers have given their best energies to the business and by personal attention to details and untiring efforts have won deserved prosperity. MICHAEL J. FLYNN. Michael J. Flynn, who for the past five years has been engaged in the real-estate business in Cincinnati, was born in this city, on the 23d of September 1869. He is of Irish extraction in the paternal line, as the name would suggest, his father having been a native of Garrison, County Cork, while his grandfather was a prosperous resident of the Emerald Isle and a large property owner. In the acquirement of an education Michael J. Flynn was sent to St. Patrick's school, and later to St. Joseph's College, being graduated from the latter institution in 1888. He began his business career as bookkeeper and clerk for James Maguire & Company, continuing to be identified with that firm for sev- CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 931 eral years. Upon leaving their service he became assistant bookkeeper for the Board. of Public Service, but withdrew from this position at the expiration of a year to become general bookkeeper for the waterworks department, retaining this position for a similar period. In 1906 he gave up clerical work and became associated with M. Y. Cooper in the office and as a salesman for fifteen months, at the end of which time Mr. Flynn started in business for himself. In addition to the operation of his real-estate business Mr. Flynn also engages in contracting and building, and is meeting with satisfying success. He makes a specialty of selling farm lands, his efforts in this direction having met with such excellent returns that he has been entrusted wth the sale of some very fine properties. His business receives the closest attention, and this together with his honorable methods of conducting his transactions have been the means of bringing Mr. Flynn his large and constantly increasing patronage. He is very careful tc represent all property he offers for sale in strict accordance with facts, and thus has established a reputation as a thoroughly reliable and trustworthy man, this in itself having been one of the most prominent factors in promoting his prosperity. For his wife Mr. Flynn chose Miss Amelia Schildmeyer, a daughter of Henry Schildmeyer, for forty years a member of the fire department and al the time of his death assistant marshal. In matters of faith both Mr. and Mrs. Flynn are Roman Catholics and he is also a member of the Knights of Columbus and is editor and press agent for the Knights of Columbus Compass. All public affairs have always engagec much of Mr. Flynn's attention and in 1909 he with four others was candidate for alderman in the first ward, running second to William Moss, the successfu candidate. He was identified with the Hyde Park Loan & Building Association and has held the office of corresponding secretary and also that of director of this organization, and he also belongs to the Real Estate Exchange. Mr. Flynt is -meeting with success in his business, having a large circle of acquaintances who in appreciation of his 'many substantial qualities are always ready to give him the benefit of their influence in promoting his interests. HARRY W. BROCK. One of the more recent but thriving industries of Cincinnati is The Ward. Brock Sash & Door Company, of which Harry W. Brock is vice president an treasurer. He was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1867, and is a son of William Wallace and Persis (Whittier) Brock, who was for many years engaged in business there. The early years of the life of H. W. Brock were spent in his native count in whose schools he acquired his education. When a youth of sixteen year he entered the employment of an uncle, who owned and operated a planing mill with whom he remained for ten years. In 1893 he came to Cincinnati, entering the service of Pease & Company, with which firm he was continuously idea tified until 1907, when he became associated with R. G. Ward. They firs formed a partnership, engaging in the manufacture of high-grade building ma- 932 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY terial, particularly sashes and doors and hardwood trims. Their enterprise developed in such a gratifying manner that in 1908 they incorporated with R. G. Ward, president ; H. W. Brock, vice president and treasurer; and E. J. Roll, secretary. They own a finely equipped plant located at 616 to 620 Freeman avenue, where they give employment to thirty men. In connection with the manufacture of building material they are distributers of the Morgan Perfect Hardwood doors. In 1887 was solemnized the marriage union of Mr. Brock and Miss Helen Struff, a daughter of Anthony Struff of Cincinnati. Of this union there have been born four children : Edna, who married G. W. Lampton, a resident of Chicago; Amy, wife of James .Raleigh, of Chicago; Leland, who is associated with his father's business ; and Persis. Mr. Brock is a member of the Rotary Club, and of the Commercial Association of Cincinnati. He is meeting with very good success in his efforts, and is highly regarded among those with whom he has transactions as a capable and thoroughly trustworthy business man. HOMER A. WESSEL. For thirty-four years past Homer A. Wessel, of Cincinnati, has devoted his attention exclusively to the railway-supply business and the Cincinnati Railway Supply Company, of which he is president, treasurer and general manager, is one of the most important organizations of the kind in the country. He is a native of New York city, born in 1856, a son of Augustus and Eliza Wessel. The father was a native of Osnabruck, Germany, and was born June 26, 1832. His parents died when he was young but he was reared under favorable influences and secured advantages of education in the public schools. At the age of nineteen he started out to seek his fortune in a foreign land and secured employment in a hardware store in New York city. Believing that more favorable conditions existed in the west, he came to Cincinnati in 1857 and embarked in the railway-supply business in the same block in which the business has ever since been conducted. He represented William Jessop & Sons Limited, of Sheffield, England, and was the first man in Cincinnati to import steel from Europe. He dealt exclusively in steel products and supplied the demands in this city and also throughout an extensive surrounding territory. He was successful in his undertaking and developed a large business which reflected upon him the highest credit. In 1855 Mr. Wessel was married to Miss Eliza Albray, of Tolland Springs, Connecticut, and five children were born to this union : Homer A., of this review ; W. B. ; A. C. ; Mina E., who married A. L. Shapleigh, a prominent business man of St. Louis, Missouri ; and Sarah A., deceased. Mr. Wessel died May 24, 1911, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He was a member of the Walnut Hills Methodist Episcopal church, with which his wife is also connected, and was for many years a trustee of that organization. Mrs. Wessel is still living, and, although eighty years of age, she still retains in a large measure her physical and mental powers. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 935 Mr. Wessel, whose name introduces this sketch, was brought to Cincinnati by his parents in his infancy and has passed practically his entire life in this city. He received an excellent education in private schools and in 1877 became connected with his father in business. In 1897 the firm was incorporated as the Cincinnati Railway Supply Company with Augustus Wessel as president Homer A., as treasurer and general manager ; and Homer A., Jr., as vice president. After the death of the founder of the company Homer A. Wessel became president and as he understands every detail of the business and is in close touch with patrons there is scarcely a doubt as to the continuance of the prosperity which has heretofore rewarded his efforts. In 1878 Mr. Wessel was married to Miss Louise M. Meyer, a daughter of M. H. Meyer, of New York city, and they have three children. Homer A., Jr., the eldest, is now associated with his father in business. Pauline married S. McL. Loweree, of New York city. Margery is the wife of John H. McCluney, Jr., of St. Louis. Mr. Wessel is a member of the Walnut Hills Methodist Episcopal church, while his wife is identified with the Church of the Advent. For social and recreative purposes he holds membership in the Cincinnati Country Club. A man of fine address, marked business ability and unexceptionable character, Mr. Wessel possesses the entire confidence of his associates and acquaintances. He has ever been actuated by a spirit of progress and help' fulness and the gratifying success which he has attained has been well merited. In politics he adheres to the republican party but not through any desire for preferment as he has never aspired to public office. CHARLES R. HUBBARD. Charles R. Hubbard, who was one of the organizers and is secretary of the Hubbard, Hauss & Ragsdale Company, live-stock commission merchants of Cincinnati, has for about forty years been closely identified with the development of this city as a live-stock market and is senior member of one of the largest commission firms at the stockyards. Born on Walnut Hills in 1849, he is a son of Rufus Hubbard. The father was superintendent of public schools of Walnut Hills but about the middle of the '50s removed with his family to Iowa and for the remainder of his life devoted his attention to agricultural interests. In the common schools of Iowa Charles R. Hubbard received his early education and later he became a student of Iowa State University. He remained with his parents until about nineteen years of age and then came to Cincinnati and secured employment as a bookkeeper with the firm of Tingle & Benn, which was one of the oldest and most important firms of the kind in the city. After two years Mr. Hubbard was advanced to partnership in the business and after the death of the older members of the firm the title was changed to Huddleston, Hubbard & Company. The business was so conducted until after the death of Mr. Huddleston and in 1907 the firm was incorporated under the laws of Ohio as the Hubbard, Hauss & Ragsdale Company, of which Mr. Hubbard is secretary. This is one of the largest concerns at the stockyards and Vol III-43 936 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY is favorably known among the stock men of many states on account of its reliability and thoroughly honest methods. Mr. Hubbard is also secretary of the Stock Yards Bank and Trust Company and of the Cincinnati Abattoir Company. He has made a number of good-paying investments in local business enterprises and ranks among the substantial men of the city. In 1874 Mr. Hubbard was married at Cincinnati to Miss Bessie W. Jones, a daughter of Michael Jones, who was head of the firm of Jones Brothers, the first wholesale dry-goods dealers of Cincinnati. Three children have been born to this union. Edwin W., the eldest, is now serving as assistant secretary of the Hubbard, Hauss & Ragsdale Company and will probably succeed his father in this organization when the latter retires from active business affairs. Louise is the wife of Horace M. Todd, assistant cashier of the Stock Yards Bank and Trust Company. Mabel, the youngest of the children, married T. H. Birch, who is connected with the Stacy Manufacturing Company of this city. Mr. Birch is the son of a former mayor of Carthage, Ohio. Mr. Hubbard and his family reside in a beautiful home at Hartwell. He is now past the age of three score and by a life of activity, enterprise and integrity has gained high standing as a business man and at the same time acquired a competence. Fortunate in possessing a good education in his younger clays, he was well prepared for contact with the world and soon advanced to a position of responsibility. His honor has never been questioned and those who have longest been associated with him in business are among his warmest friends. He has a very wide acquaintance among live-stock men and his course has been such as to win from all with whom he has had business or social relations the highest confidence and respect. SAMUEL B. GRIMES, M. D. Dr. S. B. Grimes, whose connection with the leading hotels of Cincinnati as house physician has, made his name familiar to the traveling public and who also has a large general practice, began as a farmer's boy and has fairly won the responsible position he now fills. He was born on a farm in Brown county, Ohio, June 18, 1867, a son of William H. Grimes, who was a scientific farmer. The father died when the son was five years old. Dr. Grimes attended the district schools of his native county until he was fifteen years of age and then entered a business college at Lexington, Kentucky. Later he became a student of the University of Kentucky. During all the time that he was studying literary subjects, he was also applying himself to the study of medicine, having read his first medical book when he was only ten years of age. He matriculated in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D., in 1890. He practiced for three years at Burtonville, Kentucky, and then, having decided to pursue his medical education further, he entered the Bellevue Hospital College of New York city, in which he took the regular course, graduating in 1895. He also pursued special studies on diseases of the throat under competent instructors at the New York Polyclinic. In 1896 he returned west to Adams CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 937 county, Ohio, where he practiced for a year, at the end of which time he opened an office in Cincinnati. He does a general practice and also is house physician for the leading hotels of the city, including Hotel Sinton, the St. Nicholas Hotel, Hotel Havlin, the Palace Hotel, the Burnet House and Hotel Monroe. He is a valued member of the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati and the Ohio . State Medical Society. In 1893 Dr. Grimes was married to Miss Marguerite Harrison of Kentucky, who died in 1909. Fraternally Dr. Grimes is identified with Harmony Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M. He spared no time or labor in perfecting himself for his profession and has been amply repaid, as his success has been very marked. Few physicians in Cincinnati are more widely known and it is doubtful whether any can claim a larger circle of friends. WILLIAM McDOWELL DOUGHTY, M. D. Dr. William M. Doughty was born in Covington, Kentucky, November 4, 1881, a son of Charles L. and Ann (Parvin) Doughty. The father was a native of Cincinnati and for years engaged in the advertising agency business. Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, Dr. Doughty completed his public-school education in the Hughes high school and then began reading medicine, attending the regular courses of lectures in Miami Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1906. During the two succeeding years he served as interne in the City Hospital. Later he went to Europe and studied in the hospitals of London, Vienna and Berlin. He then returned to Cincinnati and has since been associated with Dr. J. C. Oliver. He is also serving on the staff of the City Hospital, and Episcopal Hospital for Children and Christ Hospital. He belongs to the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the Society for Medical Research and the Cincinnati Hospital Clinical Society. Dr. Doughty also holds membership with the Alpha Kappa Kappa and his religious faith is indicated in the fact that he is a member of the Cumminsville Methodist Episcopal church. C. L. HILS. C. L. Hils, who is the largest dealer in raw materials for the manufacturing industries in Cincinnati, was born in this city, on October 15, 1863, and is a son of Henry A. and Ellen (Forbes) Hils. The father, who was born in Cincinnati, has resided on Kilgour street next to Mt. Adam's incline for over fifty years. The mother was born and reared in Toronto, Canada, and died when the son was ten years old. In the acquirement of an education C. L. Hils attended the public schools, until he had sufficient knowledge of the common branches to enable him to begin his business career. He first worked for B. Benjamin & Company in 938 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY this business and gradually accumulated sufficient capital to go into business for himself when he started the enterprise he has ever since been successfully conducting. He carries all raw materials used in the different manufacturing industries, and has met with excellent financial success in his undertaking. His establishment has developed steadily ever since started and he now gives employment to thirty-five or forty people, and judging by present indications is going to be compelled to build an addition to his present quarters. He is not only the largest dealer in his line in the city but he is numbered among the highly successful business men. His prosperity he attributes to his close attention to his affairs and the fact that he has always given his personal supervision to every detail of his business. For his wife Mr. Hils chose Miss Anna M. Scheifers, of Cincinnati, a daughter of R. F. Scheifers, and they became the parents of eleven children, six of whom are living, as follows : Flora, who is a Sister of Charity in Hyde Park, Massachusetts ; and Ellen, Rudolph, Henry, Lawrence and Norbert. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hils are communicants of the Roman Catholic church, in the faith of which denomination they have reared their family. His political endorsement is given the republican party, but the extent and importance of his business activities and the development of his interests require his entire time and energy, and preclude his connection to any considerable length with political affairs. He takes an active interest in all public matters, however, and is an active member of the Commercial Club. WILLIAM T. CALERDINE. William T. Calerdine, of Cincinnati, a member of the firm of Calerdine, Son & Company, importers and wholesalers of lace curtains, is a native of this city, born January 31, 1877, a son of Thomas H. and Mary (Unger) Calerdine. Mr. Calerdine comes naturally by the lace business as his grandfather, Thomas Calerdine, was a manufacturer of laces at Nottingham, England, and Thomas H. Calerdine, the father, has since 1871 been prominently identified with the sale of lace curtains in .this city. Mr. Calerdine, Sr., arrived in America from Nottingham in 1869. He bought a farm in Stark county, Ohio, and for two years engaged in farming and also in importing lace goods. On account of the rapid growth of his mercantile business he sold his farm and settled in Cincinnati in 1871. He has purchased goods in England, France and Switzerland and has crossed the Atlantic eighty-three times, probably seeing more of the progress in ocean transportation during the last forty years than almost any other landsman in America. He still takes an active part in the lace business as senior member of the firm and looks forward with pleasure to many other trips across the ocean. Spending his youthful years under the protection of the paternal home, William T. Calerdine attended the public schools and the Hughes high school, graduating from the latter institution in 1895. Immediately after leaving high school he became connected with his father's firm as office boy and is now junior partner and manager. He has from the start applied himself with en- CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 939 ergy and untiring activity, and being attentive to customers and strictly honest in all his dealings, the firm is now known as one of the most successful of the kind in the entire country. On the 8th of June, 1905, William T. Calerdine was married in this city to Miss Bessie Lynn, a daughter of M. E. and Agnes (Sneathen) Lynn, the former manager of the Queen City Coal Company. They have two children : Bessie Ethel, who was born July 28, 1908; and William Lynn, born May 8, 1911. Politically Mr. Calerdine is independent and takes special pains to investigate the character and qualifications of the candidates whom he supports. He is of that growing class of citizens who believe that municipal affairs should be conducted upon a business rather than upon a political basis. Religiously he affiliates with the Presbyterian church. He is a lover of outdoor recreations and is a member of the Hamilton County Golf Club, some of his happiest hours being spent on the golf links. He ranks as one of the most prominent young business men in Cincinnati and, an upright and representative citizen, he is an honor to his family and the city of his birth. RALPH RAYMOND WILKINSON, M. D. Dr. Ralph Raymond Wilkinson, specializing in his practice as an obstetrician, was born in Winterset, Iowa, July 17, 1876, a son of the Hon. Austin Wiley and Helen Ruth (Davis) Wilkinson. The father is now a resident of Winterset, Iowa, and a prominent representative of the judiciary of that state. He served as judge of the circuit court and as a member of the supreme bench for twenty years and in the early period of his practice before the Iowa bar filled the office of district attorney. In a calling where advancement depends entirely upon personal merit and ability he has gained a place of marked prominence and the record of few judges has covered a longer period of service on the bench, while none has been more faultless in honor, fearless in conduct and stainless in reputation. He is also a prominent Mason, holding membership in the Knight Templar commandery and in the consistory as well as in the Mystic Shrine. Dr. Wilkinson, spending his youthful days in his parents' home, completed his public instruction with the high-school course at Winterset and then in preparation for the practice of medicine entered the Miami (Ohio) Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1902. Broad, varied and valuable experience came to him as interne in the Jewish Hospital, where he remained for eighteen months. He then became associated with Dr. S. Stark, with whom he has since continued. He has belonged to the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine since 1904 and also' holds membership with the Ohio State Medical Society. Dr. Wilkinson was united in marriage to Miss Grace Helen Scott, a daughter of Matthew William Scott, of Leamington, Ontario, and they now have one child, a daughter, Jean Scott Wilkinson. The parents hold membership in the Episcopal church and are well known socially, having many warm friends in this city. Dr. Wilkinson was made a Mason at Winterset and has always been loyal to the teachings of the craft. Realizing the fact that best results are ac- 940 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY complished when one concentrates his energies upon a single line of work and knowing that no one individual can hope to become proficient in every branch of medicine, he has specialized in the field of obstetrics and in this particular department of practice has shown considerable skill and ability, bringing him liberal and well merited success. JOHN REMPE. John Rempe, senior member of the firm of F. Rempe & Son, lumber dealers and planing mill proprietors, of Oakley, is one of the prosperous business men of Hamilton county. He was born in Cincinnati, September 2nd, 1859, a son of Frederick and Margaret (Schnelle) Rempe. The father died in Oakley in 1907, having arrived at his eightieth year. He was a native of Germany. He came to America at the age of eighteen and settled at Cincinnati, where he lived for many years. In 1863 he moved with his family to Silverton, Ohio, and two years later to Oakley. He engaged in business at Madisonville, Ohio, as a member of the firm of Rempe & Hahn, proprietors of a planing mill, although he made his home at Oakley. In 1870 he sold his interest in the planing mill to Mr. Hahn and he and his son John engaged in the same line of business .at Oakley under the firm name of F. Rempe & Son. This name has ever since been retained out of respect to the father, who was a man of many estimable characteristics. The father's interest was purchased by one of his sons, E. H. Rempe, in 1902, and the firm is now composed of the two brothers, John and E. H. Rempe. John Rempe received his education in the public schools and since seventeen years of age has had charge of the financial department of the business, with which the family has been identified. He has resided at Oakley since 1865 and has been closely identified with the growth of the town. He and his brother became interested in the contracting and building business and at one time employed more than one hundred men, erecting over two hundred houses a year. In 1883 they erected forty-six houses in East Norwood. They were the builders of the third house in Hyde Park and of many houses in Norwood, Oakley, Silverton, Madisonville and nearly every suburb of Cincinnati in Hamilton county, also operating extensively in the city itself. They recently retired from the building business and now maintain two large lumberyards and planing mills, which cover more than three acres and furnish employment to twenty or thirty men. They have one of the largest auto delivery trucks that is manufactured and they deliver lumber to all parts of the city. In 1905 the firm erected a substantial, modern, brick planing mill on the spot formerly occupied by the family homestead and this is now one of their leading supply centers. Mr. Rempe was one of the organizers of the Oakley Bank in 1907 and is now serving as its president. He is also vice president and director of the Acme High Speed Knife & Manufacturing Company of Oakley. This company, although very recently inaugurated, bids fair to become one of the leading manufacturing concerns of Cincinnati. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 941 On the 1st of October, 1884, Mr. Rempe was married to Miss Minnie Cordes, a daughter of Louis and Louisa (Steinkamp) Cordes, the former well known as a pioneer resident of Norwood. They have four children : Mabel, who is the wife of Dr. Howard Van Dahm, of Oakley ; Louise; Clifford; and John, Jr. Mr. Rempe has taken an active part in politics and, although he has never aspired to public office, he was induced to be a candidate for township trustee of Columbia township. He was elected by a good majority and served most creditably in that office for fourteen years. He is a valued member of the Business Men's Club of Oakley. He is a very public-spirited man and aided greatly in the movement which resulted in securing street-car service between Cincinnati and Oakley. Few men are better known in Hamilton county and none is more highly respected than John Rempe. GEORGE B. EHRMANN, M. D. Dr. George B. Ehrmann, who in the general practice of medicine has proven his ability to handle intricate and difficult cases, thus testing his broad scientific knowledge and his efficiency in making application thereof, was born September 29, 1858, in the city which yet remains his home. His parents were Benjamin and Elizabeth (Bigler) Ehrmann., the latter a 'sister of Dr. George W. Bigler. His paternal grandfather, Frederick Ehrmann, was a resident of Germany who engaged in the practice of medicine as a life work. Benjamin Ehrmann also became a representative of the profession. He was a graduate of the Homeopathic College of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and afterward located for practice in Chillicothe, Ohio. In 1849 at the solicitation of Dr. Pulte he removed to Cincinnati and as partners they continued in practice for a long period, doing especially commendable work during the cholera scourge. Dr. Ehrmann's labors in the treatment of cholera were particularly successful and as a general practitioner he also did excellent work that won for him a liberal practice. He continued as an active follower of the profession until his death, which occurred in 1886, when he was in his seventy-fifth year, his birth having occurred in 1812. One of his sons, Dr. Albert Ehrmann, for many years was an active representative of the profession but retired from practice about fifteen years ago and now lives in Paris. Another son, Benjamin F. Ehrmann, was a lawyer but now lives retired and spends much of his time in travel. Two daughters of the family have passed away, the only living sister of Dr. Ehrmann, of this review, being Adelaide, a resident of Mt. Auburn, Cincinnati. The mother's death occurred in 1886, the same year in which Dr. .Benjamin Ehrmann departed this life. Dr. George B. Ehrmann attended the public and high schools of Cincinnati and was graduated from Chickering Institute with the class of 1876. He afterward entered the Pulte Medical College in 1882 and following the completion of his work there pursued a post-graduate course in the Philadelphia Homeopathic School. At its close he returned to Cincinnati, where he has since engaged in general practice, specializing somewhat in the treatment of chronic diseases. His work has been attended with a gratifying measure of success. 942 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY He has never been hasty in discarding the old and time-tried methods of practice and at the same time has not been slow in taking up new ideas which his judgment has sanctioned as of value in professional services. That he is well equipped for his chosen life work and successful in his practice is indicated by the liberal patronage which for many years has been accorded him. In 1893 Dr. Ehrmann was married to Miss Mary Bartholomew, a daughter of G. K. Bartholomew, one of the early educators of Cincinnati, conducting here a girls' school. Dr. and Mrs. Ehrmann have four children, Elizabeth, George, Albert and Robert, who are now public-school students. Dr. Ehrmann belongs to the Queen City Club but his attention is chiefly devoted to the medical profession of which his family have been representatives for a century. He now belongs to the Ohio State Homeopathic Society, and to the International Hahnemann Society and thus he keeps in touch with the advanced work of the followers of the school in which he has always practiced. Careful in the diagnosis of cases, his judgment is sound, his discrimination is keen and as the years have gone by, he has maintained a creditable place as a representative of the medical profession of Cincinnati. In 1911 Dr. Ehrmann retired from the active practice of medicine and now devotes his time and attention to the education of his children. RICHARD JAMES NELSON. While Richard James Nelson entered business circles in connection with The Nelson Business College Company and for an extended period has been at its head, he also has many other important interests, which represent a considerable investment and bring him a substantial financial return. A native of Cincinnati, he was born October 29, 1858, his parents being Richard and Ellen Nelson, both of whom were educated at the Belfast University of Ireland. Of them extended mention is made elsewhere in this volume. The son was sent as a pupil to the public schools and when he had mastered the branches of learning that constituted its curriculum he attended the Chickering Institute. His first position in the business world was that of assistant bookkeeper with John Church & Company, of this city, and within a year after he had first become connected with that hoUse he was made manager of the Cincinnati- Printing Concern. He became his father's associate in the conduct and ownership of the Nelson Business College and went to Springfield, Ohio, to take charge of the branch of the school that was established there in 1882. Since his father's death Richard J. Nelson has been elected to the presidency of The Nelson Business College Company, which has its offices in the Odd Fellows Temple, and since Mr. Nelson has taken charge the attendance has increased one hundred per cent, while applications for office assistance show an increase of five hundred per cent, significantly indicating what value is placed on the school's courses by the commercial world. His success in this field has enabled him to become financially interested in various other business projects and many of these have elected him to official positions. He is now president of the New York Wall Paper Mills, president of the Queen City Wall Paper Company, president of the Cincinnati & Springfield CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 945 Publishing Company, a director of the River & Rail Coal & Coke Company of Morganfield, Kentucky, and a director in a number of other concerns. In 1903 he published Nelson's Commercial Arithmetic which is very profitably and extensively used, while in 1908 appeared Nelson's Bookkeeping, a book containing very advanced ideas on this subject that will come into practical use in later years. Mr. Nelson has always voted with the republican party, believing that its principles and policy will best conserve the interests of good government. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs also to the Business Men's Club, the Hamilton County Golf Club, the Schoolmasters Club, the Cincinnati Automobile Club and the Rotary Club. His church relationship is with the Methodist denomination. He was married in Cincinnati, on the 1st of June, 1881, to Miss Carrie M. Mitchell, a daughter of J. L. Mitchell, and their children are: Charles H., who married Nelle Lafferty, of Springfield, Ohio ; and Richard C. Nelson. If Mr. Nelson's own business career should be taken as a criterion of what can be done in the training of young men for the business world the Nelson colleges would be even more liberaly patronized than they are today. His own record proves the worth of careful preparation as well as the value of close and unremitting application in later years. PHILIPP WEICHSELFELDER. During the entire thirty years he has been a resident of the United States, Philipp Weichselfelder has been identified with The Jno. Schneider Milling & Baking Company, of which he is now the secretary. He was born in Thuengen, Bavaria, Germany, on the 5th of June, 1864, his parents being Kasper and Sophia Weichselfelder, both of whom spent their entire lives in their native country. Philipp Weichselfelder pursued his education in his native city until he had completed the course of the Praeparanden Anstalt, when he laid aside his text-books to assume the heavier responsibilities of life. At the age of eighteen years he concluded to emigrate to the United States, having decided to pursue a business career in the land of promise across the sea—America.. Upon his arrival in Cincinnati he was successful in obtaining employment in the shipping department of the company founded by the late John Schneider. After he had been identified with the firm for about ten years Mr. Schneider was succeeded by his son George, and in 1907 the company was incorporated under the name of The Jno. Schneider Milling & Baking Company, with offices and factory located at Nos. 1420 and 1428 Walnut street. Being a most ambitious youth he assiduously applied himself to the thorough mastery of his work and to acquiring a better knowledge of English, for which purpose he attended night school during the first year of his residence in the city. At the expiration of two years he was put in charge of the books, continuing to be promoted from time to time in accordance with his abilities until he had attained 946 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY the position he now holds. As this is a close corporation Mr. Weichselfelder is also a member of the board of directors. In Cincinnati in 1892 Mr. Weichselfelder was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Schaefer, also a native of Germany, who passed away in 1907 and was laid to rest in the Vine Street Hill cemetery. He has a very beautiful residence at 3218 Glendora avenue, which he erected in 1893. During the first year of his residence in America and before he was yet able to speak the language fluently Mr. Weichself elder identified himself with the Seventh Ward Building & Loan Association, being desirous of investing advantageously his small savings. He has ever since been connected with this organization of which he has been one of the directors and assistant secretary for twenty-five years. In his allegiance to the city of his adoption he has ever been most loyal and for more than twenty years has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce. For over a quarter of a century Mr. Weichselfelder has been a naturalized citizen of the United States, having taken out his final papers in 1885. During that period despite a few minor disappointments and unfortunate business transactions, which mark the career of every successful man, Mr. Weichselfelder has had no occasion to regret the transference of his citizenship to the American republic, his efforts having been rewarded with most gratifying financial returns. JAMES HEEKIN. James Heekin, pioneer merchant, churchman, philanthropist, prominent citizen, was for nearly a half century identified with the commercial, civic and social development of Cincinnati. He was the senior partner of James Heekin & Company, president of the Heekin Can Company and president of the Heekin Spice Company and was identified as stockholder and director with various other financial and industrial organizations. He was a native of Malinbeg, County Donegal, Ireland, where he was born December 8, 1843, and came with his parents to this city when a small boy. He received a liberal education and began his business career as -a clerk in a local mercantile establishment. By industry and careful management he was able a few years later to engage in the coffee and spice business on his own account. Beginning in a small way, the evidences of his commercial genius were soon apparent and the enterprise enjoyed so remarkable a growth that within a few years James Heekin & Company became one of the largest and most widely known houses in the United States. Later the Heekin Can Company and the Heekin Spice Company were organized and each met with gratifying success. Of an inventive turn of mind, he did much to perfect the methods of handling coffee and spices, and a coffeepot of his invention alone earned him a handsome fortune. James Heekin was an active factor in the commercial development of the city for nearly half a century, during which time by industry, hard common sense and strict integrity he rose from a clerkship to the head and ownership of one of its largest single, producing industries and became one of its most prominent and wealthy citizens. CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 947 In Cincinnati, Mr. Heekin married Mary Malloy, daughter of Daniel Malloy and Mary Gallegher, and they became the parents of fifteen children. Outside his strictly commercial activities Mr. Heekin devoted much of his time and means to the various philanthropic causes that had claimed his interest and sympathies, and few men gave more liberally of their time or wealth. It would seem in fact that his pleasure in creating wealth lay in the possibilities it afforded of helping those less fortunate than himself. He .served for many years as mayor of Linwood before its annexation to the city. Mr. Heekin was one of the most prominent laymen of the Catholic. church of this city and his cooperation and interest in its many affiliated charities and the work of the church in general brought him into close touch and friendship with the heads of the diocese. His death occurred January i0, 1904., at the family residence in Heekin avenue, Linwood. The funeral was attended by many of the city's most prominent men, chief among whom were the venerable Archbishop William Elder and his coadjutor, Bishop Henry Moeller, who had been for many years his intimate personal friends. The funeral sermon at St. Stephen's church, of which he was a member, was delivered by Rev. Father. Mackey, who paid a glowing tribute to his many sterling qualities of heart and mind. Few men have lived and died in Cincinnati whose passing was more sincerely mourned by the host of friends who had learned to admire him either as business associate, friend or neighbor, and none has left to posterity a prouder heritage or an example more worthy of emulation than did James Heekin. S. J. D. MEADE, M. D. Dr. S. J. D. Meade, a medical practitioner of Cincinnati, devoting his entire attention to hotel practice, having his home and office at the Grand Hotel, was born near Evansville, Indiana, in 1858. His father was a farmer of the southern part of the state and upon the old homestead Dr. Meade spent his early childhood and youth. His preliminary education was acquired in the public schools of Evansville, in which he passed through consecutive grades to the high school. Later he pursued a course in the Central Normal College of Danville, Indiana, and then made his initial step in professional circles as a teacher in the public schools. Thinking that he would find other professional labor more congenial and profitable, he became a student in the Pulte Medical College, a homeopathic medical school of Cincinnati, which he entered in 1882, being graduated therefrom with high honors in 1885. In that college he afterward became professor of anatomy and was connected with the school for eight years as one of its most capable and well liked instructors. After his graduation he at once entered upon the active practice of medicine in Cincinnati and he has further qualified for his chosen calling in a post-graduate course at the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College. For the past ten or twelve years his attention has been given to first-class hotel and corporation practice and living in a hotel he devotes his energies to hotel work exclusively. On the 19th of April, 1905, Dr. Meade was united in marriage to Miss Fannie Belle Mullins, of Cincinnati, a daughter of Stephen Mullins. They are 948 - CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY widely known socially in the city and have many friends. The borders of Cincinnati do not limit Dr. Meade's professional acquaintance, however. He is widely known to the profession throughout the state and his patrons are from all sections of the country. He holds membership in the American Institute of Homeopathy, the Ohio State Medical Society, the Miami Valley Medical Society and the Cincinnati Lyceum. He was president of the medical staff of the Protestant Home for Foundlings for ten years and has done not a little charity work in connection with his professional duties. His success may well be attributed to personal effort, to wide and discriminating study and conscientious regard for the duties and obligations of the profession. He never refuses to respond to a call where professional aid is needed, as underneath all his work lays a broad humanitarianism that reaches out in kindly sympathy and helpfulness to those in need. RUFUS BARTLETT HALL, A. M., M. D. Public opinion names Dr. Rufus Bartlett Hall as one of the most distinguished physicians and surgeons of Cincinnati, where he specializes in gynecological and abdominal surgery. Concentrating his energies upon that particular department of practice, the knowledge and skill which he has gained along this line places him in a conspicuous and enviable position as among the foremost representatives of his branch of the profession. He is one of Ohio's native sons, having been born in Aurelius township, Washington county, May 15, 1849. His parents were Joseph B. and Irene (Bartlett) Hall, and the former was a son of Justus Hall, who came to Ohio from the neighborhood of Seneca Lake, New York. Accompanied by his family he journeyed to Pittsburg, where he built a raft on which he and his five children floated down the river, landing at what is now West Marietta, in 1809. During the trip down the river one of the children was killed by the Indians. The family experienced many of the hardships and privations incident to the reclamation of the frontier for the purpose of civilization, but as time passed on Justus Hall developed and improved a farm whereon he lived to be more than eighty years of age. Levi Hall, a brother of Dr. Hall, is now occupying the old homestead in Aurelius township. It was upon that farm that Joseph B. Hall was reared and, early developing habits of industry and perseverance, he in time attained a position among the successful men of that part of the state. He possessed natural mechanical skill and ability which he used in building water-mills. Saving his earnings he entered land and at one time was the owner of one thousand acres. Appreciative of the value of education, he gave all of his children excellent opportunities in that direction. His family numbered fourteen children, twelve of whom reached years of maturity. His wife bore the maiden name of Irene Bartlett and was the eldest of the three children of Rufus Bartlett. She was born near Memphis, Tennessee, and with her sister and brother was left an orphan, her parents dying in an epidemic of yellow fever. The children were then taken to Ohio, where they were reared and in early womanhood Irene CINCINNATI—THE QUEEN CITY - 949 became the wife of Joseph B. Hall and the mother of a large family. The death of Mr. Hall occurred in April, 1886. Dr. Hall was reared upon the old homestead farm and attended the public schools until thirteen years of age, after which he entered the select school at Marietta, Ohio, and five years later returned to his native township, where he engaged in teaching school for two years. During that period he took up the study of medicine with Dr. W. D. Putman, of Lowell, Ohio, as his preceptor, and in 1869 he entered the Miami. Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1872. On the 26th of March of that year he opened an office in New England, Athens county, Ohio, but after two years went to Santa Barbara, California, where he engaged in practice for a year. He then returned to his old home for a short visit and later made a tour of the southern states, seeking a suitable location for practice of his profession. He next located at Chillicothe, Ohio, where he practiced successfully until April, 1888, when, seeking a still broader field of labor, he removed to Cincinnati and was not long in establishing himself in a prominent position among the medical practitioners of this city. He has always remained a student of his profession and in 1884 he went to Europe for post-graduate work in Birmingham, Vienna, Berlin, London and Edinburgh. There he had the benefit of instruction and clinical work under some of the most renowned physicians and surgeons of the old world and since his return he has given special attention to gynecological and abdominal surgery. He now has a large consulting practice and is clinical professor of gynecology in the medical department of the University of Cincinnati. He was given the degree of master of arts by Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, for original work in gynecology. In addition to his private practice and his professorship he is serving on. the staff of the Cincinnati Hospital and is prominent in various societies for the dissemination of knowledge concerning the science of medicine. He belongs to the British Gynecological Society ; the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ; the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Society ; the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, of which he was at one time president ; the Cincinnati Obstetrical Society, of which he has also been president ; the Ohio State Medical Society, which likewise honored him with its presidency ; and the American Medical Association. On the 14th of March, 1872, Dr. Hall was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Chandler, a daughter of Joseph and Ann (Bigley) Chandler. They have become parents of four children. Joseph Arda, the eldest, was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati and in the Methodist College of Delaware. From Miami Medical College he was graduated with the class of 1897 and is now associated with his father in practice. He married Lucia Wheeler, a daughter of Thomas B. Wheeler, of Troy, Ohio. The younger members of Dr. Hall's family are Anna Leona, now Mrs. N. R. Park, of Cincinnati ; and Rufus Bartlett, attending law school, graduate Yale 1910. The second daughter, Lydia, is deceased. Dr. Hall and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian church of Walnut Hills, of which he is an elder, and he "belongs to the Odd Fellows Society and the Masonic fraternity. In the latter he has taken the degrees of the lodge, chapter and commandery and he is also a member of Syrian Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Dr. Hall is a prolific writer on subjects pertaining to his branch of medical science, and he frequently con-