Cleveland Ohio

Biographical Sketch of Theodore Elijah Burton

Burton, Theodore Elijah; U. S. senator to March 3, 1915; born, Jefferson, O., Dee. 20, 1851; son of Rev. William and Elizabeth ‘(Grant) Burton; A. B., Oberlin College, 1872, A. M. 1875; (LL. D., Oberlin, 1900, Dartmouth, 1907, Ohio University, 1907); unmarried; admitted to bar, 1875, and since in practice at Cleveland; member 51st (1889-1891), and 54th to 61st (1895-1911) congresses; 21st Ohio Dist.; resigned from 61st Congress, March 4, 1909; U. S. senator, 1909-1915; chairman Inland Waterways Commission, 1906-1908; chairman National Waterways Commission; member National Monetary Commission; Republican nominee for mayor, Cleveland, 1907; delegate Republican National convention, 1904, 1908 … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Emil F. Kraus

Kraus, Emil F.; insurance; born, Milwaukee, Wis., April 22, 1877; son of Michael and Margaret Casper Kraus; educated, public and high schools, Milwaukee, Wis.; married, Milwaukee, Wis., June 29, 1904, Clara L. Steiner; in June, 1892, began as office boy for The Northwestern National Insurance Co., at Milwaukee, Wis.; transferred to Minneapolis, in July, 1907, as special agt. for Minnesota, North and South Dakota; appointed mgr. of Cleveland Branch, December, 1908; member Athletic Club.

Biographical Sketch of Hubert Bruce Fuller

Fuller, Hubert Bruce; lawyer, author; born, Derby, Conn., June 15. 1880; son of Robert Bruce and Harriet A. Prentice Fuller; A. B., Yale, 1901; A. M., 1904, LL. M., 1903, Columbian (now George Washington) University; awarded Cobden Club medal (England), 1901; married, Florence B. Dennis, of Chanute, Kan., May 25, 1910; practiced law at Cleveland since 1903; sec’y to Senator Theodore Burton (q. v.), since 1909; Republican; member S. A. R.; Phi Sigma Kappa, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Council of Sociology, Western Reserve Historical Society. Author: The Purchase of Florida, 1906; Tax Returns in Ohio, 1907; The Speakers of the … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Arnold E. Williams

Williams, Arnold E.; lake coal shipping agent; born, England, March 12, 1877; son of Alfred and Mary Ball Williams; educated, High School and Business College, Canton, O.; agent Northwestern Fuel Co., The Consolidation Coal Co., The Empire Coal Co.; director The Northern Lakes Steamship Co.; mgr. Triton Steamship Co.; 32d degree Mason, Noble of Mystic Shrine; member Euclid, Athletic, Tippecanoe and Cleveland Tennis Clubs.

Biographical Sketch of John Rankin

Rankin, John; cement contractor; born, Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 12, 1878; son of John and Elizabeth Wilson Rankin; educated, Alexander School. Glasgow; married, Cleveland, O., March 9, 1910, Margaret Brocklehurst; issue, Elizabeth Watson, Rebecca Margaret, John Ambler; gunner 82nd Light Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, 1897-1900; foreman on the concrete Breakwaters, Clyde, built by the Glasgow Harbor Trust; came to Canada in 1902, and filled important concrete contract at Indian Head, and elsewhere in Saskatchewan; came to Cleveland in 1907, and engaged in same business here; installed the only reinforced platform in the city. Recreations: Horsemanship and Automobiling.

Biographical Sketch of James Craven Wood

Wood, James Craven; surgeon; born, Wood County, 0., Jan. 11, 1858; son of General Henry A. and Jane Kankle Wood; A. M., Ohio Wesleyan University, M. D., University of Michigan, 1879, honorary A. M., University of Michigan, 1912; married, Monroe, Mich., Dec. 26, 1884, Julia Kellogg Balkley; issue, Capt. James L. Wood, Mrs. Arthur P. Williamson, Justin B. Wood; writer and author of a text book on Gynecology; for nine years professor of obstetrics and the diseases of women and children, University of Michigan; for twenty years professor of diseases of women and children, Cleveland Medical College; Expres. of the … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Thomas H. Garry

Garry, Thomas H.; lawyer; born, Stratford, Ont., 1868; graduated, University of Wisconsin, class of 1893; married, Cleveland, Jessie Graham; one daughter, Margaret; Asst. United States Atty. Northern District of Ohio, 1904-1910; member law firm Goulder, Day, White & Garry; trustee St. Luke’s Hospital Ass’n; member Athletic Club.

Biographical Sketch of Thomas Henry Geer

Geer, Thomas Henry; general insurance; born, Ledyard, Conn., Sept. 3, 1840; son of Nathaniela Bellows and Julia Davis Geer; educated, common schools, Ledyard, Conn.; 1854, Irving Institute, Tarrytown, N. Y.; 1857, State Normal School, Westfield, Mass.; graduate, 1861-1862, Norwich Academy, Norwich, Conn.; married, Poquetanuck, Conn., June 30, 1868, Fanny Halsey Brewster; one daughter, Mary Brewster Geer; Republican in polities; 1859, teacher Grammar School, West Gloucester, Mass.; 1860, principal of High School, Rockport, Mass., 1862-1865, teacher Burlington College, Burlington, N. J., 1866 to date, general insurance business, Cleveland; pres. The Thomas H. Geer Co.; sec’y The Triton Steamship Co.; sec ‘y … Read more

Biographical Sketch of George William Phypers

Phypers, George William; insurance; born, Cleveland, April 8, 1873; son of George S. and Catherine E. Barker Phypers; common school education; married, Cleveland, Sept. 1, 1900, Maude P. Maynard; issue, five children; began as postal telegraph messenger boy; clerk L. S. & M. S.; insurance business 19 years; with Phypers Bros. & Co., since 1900; vice pres. Neale-Phypers Co.; member East Cleveland Baptist Church.

Biographical Sketch of Casper James Miller

Miller, Casper James; steamship agency; born, St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 12, 1876; son of Casper and Frances Speck Miller; education, common and high schools; married at Cleveland, June 25, 1907, May R. Hart; issue, Casper Hart Miller, Lawrence William Miller; first employed as clerk in the Collver Steamship Agency, in 1896, and rose to partnership; now in full charge of the steamship business of Collver & Miller; member Gilmour Council, Knights of Columbus. Chief recreation: Baseball.

Biographical Sketch of Sidney Rose Badgley

Badgley, Sidney Rose; architect; born at Ernestown, Ont., Can., May 28, 1850; son of William Edwin and Nancy (Rose) Badgley; educated, public schools and academy; studied architecture under R. C. Windeyer, Toronto, Can.; married Alma A. Clark, 1872 (died 1874); Charlotte J. Gilleland, of St. Catherine’s, Ont., Sept. 21, 1876. Came to U. S., 1887; specialist in church architecture, has built churches and other buildings in various parts of U. S. and Canada; vice pres. Equity Savings & Loan Co.; member Cleveland Chamber of Commerce; Republican; Methodist.

Biographical Sketch of John Murton Gundry

Gundry, John Murton; banker; born, Mineral Point, Wis., Sept. 7, 1859; educated, public schools in Mineral Point and Northwestern University; left at close of junior year; three law course at Baldwin University, graduated, 1903, LL. B.; married, Sept. 5, 1894, Frances Ruth Gilchrist; issue, five children; spent one year in Chicago, then went to Silverton, Colo.; went into the San Juan County Bank; became partner and cashier of the bank in 1882; acting cashier for a time of the First National Bank of Lincoln, Neb.; same position in the Schuyler National Bank of Schuyler, Neb.; in 1888, engaged in coal … Read more

Biography of John Hall, M. D.

John Hall, M. D., was born near Leeds, Yorkshire County, England, in 1819. He was reared and schooled in his native place, and early in life learned the printer’s trade. In 1845 he came to the United States and located in La Fayette County, Wisconsin, and, after a visit to New Orleans, was there engaged in the lead mines as a smelter. In 1848 he went to Canada, where he engaged in work at his trade as a printer in Toronto. He also entered upon the study of medicine in the Toronto School of Medicine. In 1857 he returned to … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Edward Brush Finch

Finch, Edward Brush; dealer in motor cars; born, Holly, Mich., Oct. 17, 1873; son of Nathaniel A. and Mary Hadley Finch; educated University of Michigan; married, Detroit, Mich., January, 1900, May Pruegs; issue, Edward B., Jr., William Roberts; member Michigan Naval Reserves and Michigan State Militia; 1900-1906, sec’y and treas. Pungs-Finch Auto & Gas Engine Co.; 1906-1908, asst. to factory mngr. and head of Technical Dept., Packard Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.; 1908-1910, head of Inspection and Service Divisions with The Chalmers Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.; July, 1910, established business dealing in Chalmer Motor Cars in Cleveland; pres. American … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Albert Harlow Bates

Bates, Albert Harlow; patent lawyer; born, Cincinnati, O., Jan. 24, 1869; son of Cyrus S. and Lavena S. Bates; educated, Kenyon Military Academy, Gambier, O.; Brooks Military Academy, Cleveland; Lehigh University; graduated, 1889, Mechanical Engineer, Ohio State University; graduated, 1892, LL. B.; married, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 11, 1904, Kathleen Jones; two daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth; one son, Darwin Bates; in 1892-3, in legal dept. of The Brush Electric Co., Cleveland; 1893-96, with Robert H. Parkinson, patent lawyer, Chicago, Ill.; 1897-1905, member the firm of Thurston & Bates, patent lawyers, Cleveland; 1906-9, member firm of Bates, Fonts & Hull, patent lawyers, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Solon L. Severance

Severance, Solon L.; banker; born, Cleveland, Sept. 8, 1834; son of Solomon Lewis and Mary H. Long Severance; educated in district and private schools; married, Kinsman, O. Oct. 10, 1860, Emily C. Allen; issue, three children; Julia, now Mrs. B. L. Millikin; Prof. Allen D. Severance, and Miss Mary Severance; one of the organizers of the Euclid Ave. National Bank; its first cashier and last pres.; later it became the Euclid Park, and later the First National Bank; still interested in the banking business; member Union Club, Chamber of Commerce, Second Presbyterian Church. Recreation: Travel, twice visited China and Japan, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of William Koehl

Koehl, William; architect; born, Akron, O., Aug. 22, 1883; educated, Parochial School, Akron, O., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Can., St. Charles College, Elliott City, Md.; married, Cleveland, June 23, 1909, Alma Keidel; two sons, William J. and Thomas F.; received early training in architecture in prominent offices in Akron and Cleveland; for six years previous to entering partnership with A. C. Wolf, was associated with Frank B. Meade; entered into partnership with A. C. Wolf in 1911, remaining until 1913, when he established his own offices in the Park Building.

Charles Orville Todd of Cleveland OH

Charles Orville Todd9, (Marvin M.8, Lorenzo D.7, Marvin6, Daniel5, Daniel4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born March 23, 1887, in Elyria, O., married in May 1908, Emily Yeager, of Cleveland, O. He passed his boyhood days in Elyria, O., where he passed through the grammar grades at school, and then took a course in the Elyria Business College. He has been very suceessful since he entered the business world. In 1912, he was living at 7113 Linwood Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Children: 2743. Marie Elouise, b. June 29, 1909. 2743a. Bruce Orville, b. Jan. 19, 1917.

Biographical Sketch of William F. Young

Young, William F.; sales mgr.; born, Jonesboro, Ind., July 9, 1862; son of James and Lucinda Bird Young; educated, public schools of Jonesboro and Marion Normal College, married, Jonesboro, Jan. 29, 1887, Phebe C. Adams; issue, two sons; taught school five years in Jonesboro; five years principal of the Gas City, Ind., schools; fifteen years in employ of Brunswick, Balke, Callender Co., first as traveling salesman, then as branch manager; served as township trustee for five years in Mill Township, Grabt County, Ind.; member B. P. O. E., No. 39, Omaha, Neb.; K. of P., No. 7, Omaha; Ben Hur … Read more

Biographical Sketch of John F. Lewin

Lewin, John F.; mason contractor; born, Isle of Man, Sept. 5, 1875; son of John and Jane Bridson Lewin; educated, Kirk Patrick, Isle of Man; married, Kirk Braddon, March 20, 1901, Netta Quirk; issue, three children.