The Book of Clevelanders: A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland. Burrows Book Company. 1914.
Bader, Walter J.; dentist; born, Cleveland Aug. 31, 1887; son of Herman B. and Anna Mary Vogt Bader; Cleveland grammar and high schools; Western Reserve University Dental Dept.; mgr. Cleveland Branch, New York Tire Filler Co.; member Northern Ohio Dental Ass’n; National Dental Ass’n; member Lakewood Chamber of Commerce and Lakewood Tennis Club. Recreations: Tennis and Yachting.
Lewis, Walter Irving; business maps and real estate; born, Chicago, Oct. 23, 1878; son of Wallace F. and Ella C. Slosson Lewis; educated, public and high schools, Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, B. S. M. E., 1901; married, Cleveland, Feb. 18, 1897, Marion D. Raymond; sales mgr. Rand Drill Co., New York, 1901-1902; sales mgr. Cleveland Chocolate & Cocoa Co., 1902-1906; advertising mgr. The Raymond Co., 1908-1910; pres. and treas. City Improvement Co.; sec’y Sincere Realty Co.; sec’y and treas. The Raymond Co.; director The Euclid Point Co.; member Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and Real Estate Board, Athletic Club.
Smith, Walter Hubbell, division freight agt., L. S. & M. S. R. R.; born, Cleveland, O., June 15, 1861; son of James H. and Mary Hubbell Smith, Cleveland public schools, married, Cleveland, Sept. 17, Mame E. Smith, three children, entered R. R. service April 1, 1879 with L. S. & M. S. R. R., has been connected with the general freight dept. of that road ever since; Oct. 1, 1881, to June 1, 1885, chief clerk, Revision Dept.; June 1, 1885 to July 1, 1889, chief rate clerk; July 1, 1889, to Jan. 1, 1897, chief clerk, General Freight Dept.; … Read more
Cottingham, Walter Horace; president The Sherwin Williams Co.; born, Ounenice, Ont., Canada, Jan. 8, 1866; son of William and Lucy Cottingham; first employed as clerk in hardware store in Peterboro, Ont.; prop. Walter H. Cottingham & Co., paints and varnishes, Montreal; senior partner Cottingham, Robertson & Co., Montreal; in 1896, mgr. Montreal branch, The Sherwin Williams Co.; appt. gen. mgr. Sherwin Williams Co. of Ohio, in 1898; vice pres. and gen. mgr. in 1903; pros. in 1908; is also pres. Sherwin Williams Co. of Canada, Ltd.; Cleveland Box Co. and Ozark Smelting Co.; chairman of board, Lewis Berger & Sons, … Read more
Stern, Walter G.; physician (orthopedic surgeon); born, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 6, 1874; son of Bernard and Theresa Ehrmans Stern; educated, Adelbert College, B. A., W. R. U., Medical College, M. D., University of Vienna; post graduate course, Royal General Hospital, Vienna; married, Milwaukee, Wis., May 27, 1903, Lora B. Baer; issue, two children, Bernard and Marjorie; orthopedic surgeon, Children’s Fresh Air Camp, 1902-1908; Mount Siana Hospital, 1902; Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum, 1903; lecturer on Orthopedic Surgery at the Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Ohio Wesleyan University, 1903-1911; chairman of the Clinical Pathological section of the Cleveland Academy of … Read more
Myers, Walter Edward; attorney-at-law; born, Alliance, Ohio, April 29, 1875; son of Jonathan and Emma Coppock Myers; educated, Alliance High School, graduated 1893; graduated Mt. Union College, 1899, degree B. S.; graduated Western Reserve Law School, 1902; married, Alliance, May 23, 1904, Etta May Salmon; issue, two sons, Walter E., Jr., and Salmon Coppock Myers; came to Cleveland, Sept. 19, 1898; worked his way through law school, by working in a law office; on May 1, 1905, formed partnership with David E. Green, under firm name of Myers & Green, and on Jan. 1, 1913, firm name was changed to … Read more
Newcomb, Walter E.; orthodontist; born, Parkman, O., Aug. 2, 1879; son of Wallace E. and Ada Moore Newcomb; Ohio State University Doctor of Dental Surgery, 1902; married, Columbus, O., April 28, 1906, Louise P. Ruggles; one son and one daughter; graduate Angle School of Orthodontia; member Ohio State Dental Society, Cleveland Dental Society, Northern Ohio Dental Society, and Professor of Orthodontia, Western Reserve University, 1908-1000; member Xi Psi Phi Fraternity; belongs to Euclid, Athletic, and Gun Clubs, and Lakewood Yacht Club.
De Voe, Walter; author; born near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 11, 1874; educated at Cedar Rapids; unmarried; teacher and lecturer on new psychology. Author: Healing Currents from the Battery of Life, 1904; Mystic Words of Mighty Power, 1905; Sacred. Science of Regeneration, 1906; The Doors of Life, 1909. Frequent contbr. to New Thought, Nautilus, Unity.
Meals, Walter D.; judge; born, Mill Creek, Pa., Jan. 4, 1872; educated in the public schools of Harrisburg and Lewiston, Pa.; Juniata College, Huntington, Pa.; graduated from Keystone State Normal School, 1888; taught school in Minnesota two years; graduated, Law Dept., University of Michigan, 1892, degree of LL. B.; admitted to the bar, and began practice in Lewistown, Pa.; came to Cleveland in March, 1894, and has practiced here since that time; member Iris Lodge, Masons, Criterion Lodge, K. of P., and B. P. O. E., No. 18; chairman Cuyahoga County Republican Executive Committee, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, judge Court … Read more
Baker, Walter Charles; pres. American Ball Bearing Co.; born, Hinsdale, N. H., June 27, 1868; son of G. W. and Jeannette R Hall Baker; educated, public schools, Cleveland, and Case School of Applied Science; married, Cleveland Oct. 27, 1891, Fannie E. White; organized the American Ball Bearing Co.; in 1894 was elected pres. and Mechanical Engineer, still serving; interested in other corporations; member Union, Euclid, Clifton Park and Engineers Clubs; Republican; member Unity Church.
Ong, Walter Cain; lawyer; born, Jefferson County, Ohio, Nov. 24, 1848; son of Moses Harlan and Mary Cain Ong; educated in the district schools; High School at Mt. Pleasant, O., Richmond College; graduated in 1870, B. A, degree; law course, University of Michigan, LL. B., 1873; admitted to the bar, 1875; married Jefferson County, Ohio, April 8, 1875, Anna M. Mansfield; issue, four children, two living and two deceased; elected prosecuting attorney of Jefferson County, in 1875; served four years; practiced law at Steubenville, O., until June, 1882; came to Cleveland, and practiced until 1886; in 1893, elected to the … Read more
Bellchambers, Walter A.; hairdresser; born, New York City, Jan. 18, 1874; son of Robert F. and Ellen Shugg Bellchambers; educated, New York City public schools; two years at Nazareth, Pa., Military School; married, Cleveland, June 21, 1804, Maud L. Weaver; one son, F. Walter Bellchambers; came to Cleveland in 1892; in 1893, bought the business of Geo. Greenfield, which was established in 1854; Mason, Brooklyn, No. 454, F. & A. M., Hellman Chapter, No. 166.
Hyde, Walker F.; building contractor; born, England, Oct. 12, 1866; son of James Butler and Elizabeth Love Hyde; educated, public schools of England, graduated from Ardingly College, Eng.; married, Cleveland, May 3, 1897, Mary B. Markham; issue, four children; at the age of eighteen after leaving college assisted his father, who was in the general contracting business in England; came to America in 1898, and started work as a carpenter; has been associated with several large firms as foreman and supt.; organized the firm of W. F. Hyde Co., in 1909; pres. and gen. mgr. the firm has had a … Read more
Daviess, W. W.; real estate broker; born, Louisville, Ky., March 1, 1870; son of Wallace Buchanan and Kate Applegate Daviess; educated, Louisville public schools; married, Louisville, Ky., Sept. 6, 1892, Grace Darling Bruner; two daughters; promoted the town of Conway, Ark., in 1908, selling 1,372 lots in 3 days; sold over $4,000,000 worth of real estate in Cleveland and vicinity in 1912; trustee St. Luke’s Hospital; member Chamber of Commerce, and Athletic Club; Joseph Hamilton Daviess statesman and a great uncle, has a county in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky named for him; the name ceases at his death, as he … Read more
Congalton, W. P.; real estate; born, Guelph, Can., 1875; came to Cleveland when a boy; public school and Spencerian Business College Education; business career, clerk for several years Relief Dept. of the Pennsylvania R. R.; asst. bookkeeper Standard Tool Co.; for three years charge of Real Estate Dept. of the Old Savings & Trust Co.; previous to its consolidation with the Citizens Savings & Trust Co.; in 1902, became associated with John H. Blood in the capacity of real estate salesman; in 1906, started in business for himself, making a speciality of business realty; member Chamber of Commerce, Athletic Club, … Read more
Rosenberg, W. L.; orginator and mgr. of the Windsor Institute for Backward Children; born, Westphalen, Jan. 10, 1850; son of Henry Rosenberg; educated in common schools and University of Berlin; married, New York, 1884, Marie Vessie Rosenberg; one son, Dr. Percy Rosenberg, and one daughter, Mrs. Eisie Werley; taught Latin and German for two years in Boston; then worked for Chicago, New York and Cincinnati newspapers; in 1897-1899, local editor of the Waechter-Anzeiger; then returned to his profession as teacher of backward children; is a Social-Democrat; for eight years was teacher of Latin and Greek in Germany; left on account … Read more
Canniff, W. H.; railroad business; born, Litchfield, Mich., Oct. 22, 1847; business career, entered railway service in 1863; until 1865 was night watchman on the Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana R. R., at Osseo, Mich.; February 1865, to August 1868, was agt. of the same road at Trenton, Mich.; August 1868, to August 1872, joint agt. of The Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana, and Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railways, at Salem Crossing, Ind.; August 1872, to December 1879, trackmaster of the Kendallville Division of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R. R.; December 1879, to November 1880, trackmaster of … Read more
Kline, Virgil P.; lawyer, born, Conneaut, Nov. 3, 1844; educated, Electric Institute, Hiram, O.; graduated from Williams College, 1886; studied law in Cleveland, and passed examinations in 1870, and was admitted to the bar; with Albert T. Slade, until his death in 1876; member of the firm of Henderson, Kline & Tolles; later Kline, Tolles & Goff; when Mr. Goff became pres. of the Cleveland Trust Co., firm was organized as Kline, Tolles & Morley; powerful orator; special student of financial and economic questions; Democrat; frequent nominee for office; ran ahead of party ticket, but majority of Republican party caused … Read more
English, Virgil P.; physician; born, Salem county, N. J., Jan. 8, 1858; son of Enos P. and Mary Finlaw English; public school education; admitted to Kansas bar, 1883; graduated Phrenol. Institute, New York, 1886; M. D., Homeopathic Hospital Medical College, Cleveland, O., 1892; married, Minnie Ghent of Frankfort, Ind., March 5, 1891; taught school for several years; practiced law a short time; traveled from New York to Los Angeles, lecturing on phrenology, hygiene, etc., 1886-1892; in practice as specialist, nervous diseases and diseases of women, since 1892, propr. Ohio State Pub. Co., Power & Poise Pub. Co.; editor Power and Poise … Read more
Taylor, Virgil Corydon; real estate; born, Twinsburg, O., Aug. 4, 1838; son of Hector and Polly Carter Taylor; educated, public schools and Geauga Seminary; married, June 23, 1863, Marguerite Minerva Sachet; issue, four children, Harriet, now Mrs. F. E. Bunts; Katherine, now Mrs. R. O. Carter; Grace, now Mrs. J. B. Cochran, and Alexander S. Taylor; joined the Union Army in Company 1, 84th O. V. I.; commissioned 1st lieut. and assigned to the Army of the Potomac; business career, entered father’s store, and received general education in mercantile lines; came to Cleverland in 1856; entered the dry goods business, … Read more