Muckley, Henry C.; asst. supt. of instruction, Cleveland Public Schools; born, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1850; educated, public schools and Oberlin College, degree of A. M., from Hiram College, 1896; taught school in Tuscarawas and Stark Counties, until 1872; then in the village schools of Mt. Union for one year; moved to Youngstown, and …
Baser, Newton Diehl; mayor; born Martinsburg, W. V., Dec. 3, 1871; son of Newton Diehl and Mary (Dukehart) Baker; B. A., Johns Hopkins, 1892; LL. B., Washington and Lee University, 1894; married Elizabeth Lepold, of Pottstown, Pa., July 5, 1902; pvt. sec. to Postmaster-General Wilson, 1896-97; began practice at Martinsburg, W. Va., 1897; city solicitor …
Nally, John Aloyius; attorney-at-law; born, Cleveland, 1878; son of Thomas W. and Bridget A. Dempsey Nally; educated, St. Patrick’s Parochial School; private tutorship; Baldwin University, LL. B.; married, Cleveland, Aug. 16, 1905, Regina U. Aron; sec’y and treas. The Brown Automatic Hose Coupling Co.; pres. and treas. The Nally Realty Co.; partner Morgan & Nally; …
Kunze, Paul; florist; born, Germany, March 29, 1866; son of Samuel and Czernonwski Kunze; educated, Government schools, Germany; married, Cleveland, Jan. 28, 1893, Ellen Schultz; one child; served three years in German Army; with City Water Works, Cleveland, 1889 to 1890; eighteen months with Empire Plant Co.; 1892, started the florist business; pres. and treas. …
Bachelder, Frank Jerome; division engineer, B. & O.; born, Durand, Wis., July 5, 1877; son of W. F. and Mattie Bowman Bacheldor; graduate Univ. of Wisconsin; civil engineering; married, Butler, Ind., Nov. 15, 1904, Mabel Reed; one daughter; entered B. & O. service as rodman in 1900; transit man 1902; division engineer Aug. 10, 1902; …
Wells, Thomas Henry; insurance and real estate; born, Lurgan, Ireland, Oct. 13, 1857; son of John and Sara McMurray Wells; educated, district school, Jefferson, 0., and Grand River Institute, Austinburg, O.; married, Cleveland, Dec. 13, 1882, Ella E. Rader; issue, one son, Howard R., born, 1890, and Gladys May, born, 1894; spent 24 years in …
Taft, Gilbert Leslie; U. S. Customs Office; born, Cleveland, July 26, 1873; son of Sherman B. and Isabella M. Duncan Taft; educated, Cleveland schools; married, Cleveland, Feb. 22, 1898, Thusnelda Schipke; issue, one son, Homer S. and one daughter, Marjorie A.; chief examiner of merchandise, United States Customs; member Masons, Sons of Veterans, and National …
Diedricks, Carl J.; contractor and builder; son of Frederick and Henriette Heinemann; educated Neenberg and Buxtehude Technisum; graduated as brewmaster, as competent for government work, 1876; married, Harburg, Jan. 20, 1878, Juliana Marian Bortz; issue, three sons and three daughters; contractor and builder and mnfg. of fly screens and cabinet work.
O’Reilly, Thomas C. Right Reverend ; S. T. D., LL. D., Monsignor; chancellor of the Diocese of Cleveland, and pastor of St. John’s Cathedral; born, Cleveland, Feb. 22, 1873; son of Patrick and Delia Readdy O’Reilly; educated, St. Patrick’s, Cleveland 1879-1887; Spencerian Business College, Cleveland, 1887-1888; St. Ignatius College, Cleveland, 1889-1893; St. Mary’s Seminary, Cleveland, …
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Rockefeller, Frank; capitalist; born at Richford, Tioga County, N. Y., in 1845, where he lived for several years, until his father and brothers moved to Cleveland; for several years, he followed various occupations, until he became interested with his brother, John D. Rockefeller, in the oil business, becoming one of the principal promoters of the …
Maedjb, Charles W.; newspaperman; son of Christian and Caroline Maedje; born, July 30, 1856; educated, Cleveland Elementary and High Schools; married, Cleveland, Sept. 26, 1888, Emma H. Heimerdinger; issue, Irma M. Carl, and Hildegrade L.; identified with the newspaper business since 1874, 1889, pres. and mgr. Waechter and Anzeiger; director State Banking & Trust Co.; …
Sholes, Justin Grant; sec’y-treas. the Ohio Chemical & Mfg. Co.; born, Cleveland, Feb. 9, 1871; son of Thomas G. and Harriet Estee Sholes; educated at Brownell St. School and Central High; married, Cleveland, Dec. 16, 1908, Alice Everrett; issue, one son, Justion Everrett Sholes, born April 29, 1910; with the Grasselli Chemical Co., 1886 to …
Caine, Frank C.; contractor; born, Cleveland, June 15, 1863; son of William C. and Jane Caley Caine; educated, Cleveland public schools and Spencerian Business College; married, Chicago, Ill., Nov. 10, 1891, Gertrude C. Coffman; with Geo. Worthington Co. ten years; organized saddlery and harness business, wholesale hard-ware three years, organized concrete business in 1895, and …
Garrettson, George Armstrong; banker; born, Columbiana County, O., Jan. 30, 1844; son of George and Ann Griffith Garrett-son; educated, public schools and private schools, Cornwell-on-the-Hudson, N. Y.; in 1870, married to Ann Scowden; in 1888, second marriage to Emma R. Ely; issue, three children, Margaret, George and Hiram; enlisted in Co. E, 84th O. V. …
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Brush, Charles Francis; scientist; born at Euclid, O., Mar. 17, 1849; son of Isaac Elbert and Delia Wisner (Phillips) Brush; M. E., University of Michigan, 1869; Ph. D., Western Reserve, 1880; (hon. M. S., University of Michigan. 1899; LL. D., Western Reserve, 1900; Kenyon, 1903); married Mary E. Morris, of Cleveland, Oct. 6, 1875; chem. …
Biggerstaff, Charles Thomas; mason contractor; born, Welland, Can., May 16, 1885; son of Thomas and Harriet Ann Castle Biggerstaff, educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, May 16, 1906, Minnie Schroeder; one daughter, Harriet, age 6 years, and one son, Thomas, age 4 years; his father and mother left Oxford, Eng., in 1884, and came to …
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Bishop, George Taylor; owner of electric railways; born, Ravenna, O., Oct. 11, 1864; son of Clark B. and Arvilla A. Taylor Bishop; public school education; married, Brownsville, Pa., Nov. 26, 1891, Anna L. Swearer; pres. and director Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis R. R. Co.; director Cleveland Trust Co.; director National Bank of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md.; …
Little, Bascom; contractor; born, Cleveland, April 24, 1879; son of Hiram H. and Laura Brown Little; educated, University School, Cleveland, Cornell University, A. B., 1901; married, Cleveland, June 2, 1906, Florence Cobb; issue, Bascom Little, Jr., Julia Little; member first Charter Commission; director of following: Citizens Savings & Trust Co., Union National Bank, Guarantee Title …
Litzler, Louis I.; attorney; born, Cleveland, Nov. 17, 1873; son of John and Caroline Marsal Litzler; educated, St. Mary’s Catholic Parochial School; St. Ignatius College and The Cleveland Law School; LL. B., Cleveland Law School of Baldwin University; married, Cleveland, June 5, 1895, Albertine Fischer; issue, five children, Louis, Jr., Rose, Agnes, Cyril, and Genevieve; …
Linley, Arthur; electric business; born, Sheffield, Eng., Oct. 2, 1872; son of Perry and Eliza A. Linley; educated at Montgomery College, England; married, Cleveland, Nov. 20, 1897, Minnie V. Gaul; two children; started out to be a chemist, but drifted into the electrical business when 21 years old; has got out a number of electric …
