Cleveland Ohio

Biographical Sketch of Albert William Johnston

Johnston, Albert William; railroad office; born, Boston, Mass., March 4, 1853; son of Thomas Hunter and Anne Metcalf Johnston; educated, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; married, Steubenville, O., Sept. 17, 1880, Flora P. Kimball; one daughter, Pauline Kimball Johnston; entered the railroad business in 1875; has resided in Cleveland since 1884, as Division Engineer, N. Y. C. & St. L. R. R. Co., and has successfully held positions of division supt. Eastern Division, general supt. and gen. mgr. entire line; member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Rotary Association and American Rotary Guild; member College Fraternity, Chi Phi Tau, Boston, 1873; … Read more

Biographical Sketch of James Hotchkiss Rogers

Rogers, James Hotchkiss; pianist, organist; born, Fair Haven, Conn., Feb. 7, 1857; son of Martin L. and Harriet (Hotchkiss` Rogers; educated, Lake Forest, Ill.; studied music, Berlin and Paris, 1875-1880; married Alice Abigail Hall, of Indianapolis, Oct. 20, 1891; composer of about 150 compositions, including songs, piano pieces, anthems and part songs; two cantatas: “The Man of Nazareth”; “The New Life”; as well as part songs and music for organ and violin.

Biographical Sketch of Earl Frederic Hauserman

Hauserman, Earl Frederic; pres. The E. F. Hauserman Co.; born, Parma, O., March 24, 1884; son of Frederic J. and Rinda B. Fuller Hauserman; educated, Cleveland public schools and Lincoln High School, Adelbert College, W. R. U., 1907; married, Cleveland, Aug. 6, 1907, Mary E. Martin; three children; asst. city purchasing agt.; mngr. Union Metal Mnfg. Co., Canton; vice pres. The Oveisser-Bliss Co., Cleveland; pres. The E. F. Hauserman Co., dealers in steel sash, cement, tile roofing, and factory building materials; member Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, Cleveland Advertising, Civic and City Clubs, and Chamber of Industry. Recreation: Golf.

Biographical Sketch of Frank C. Caine

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 National Concrete Fireproofing Co., 1898; pres. The National Concrete Fire-proofing Co.; pres. and treas. The Frank C. Caine Co.; director and vice pres. The Square Realty Co.; same offices in The Seneca Realty Co.; director and treas. The River Land Co.; director The Nock Fire … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Truman Monroe Swetland

Swetland, Truman Monroe; real estate; born, Middlefield, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1848; son of Eli and Sophia McGregory Swetland; educated, public schools; married, Rochester, Nov. 30, 1871, Carrie Raymond Hamilton; issue, four sons; instrumental in organizing a company for the erection of several large office buildings in Cleveland; treas. and gen. mgr. The Park Investment Co.; gen. mgr. The City Investment Co.; 32nd degree Mason; member the Pine Ridge Country Club, Isle of Pines, West Indies; fond of farming; in 1657, the first Swetland, an Englishman, settled in Connecticut; he was master and owner of his own ship, “The James,” … Read more

Biography of Alexander Owens

June 17, 1830, near Belfast, Ireland, the subject of this sketch was born. He was the son of Archibald and Mary (McMaster) Owens, both lifelong residents of the Emerald Isle. Their children were Jane, Mary, Alexander, Margaret, Anna, William and Jennie, all of whom became citizens of the United States, and all of whom, with the exception of Jennie and the subject of this review, are now deceased. Alexander came to America when but sixteen years of age and settled at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. There he earned the carpenter’s trade, which he has followed the greater part of his life. At … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Ivan T. Quick

Quick, Ivan T.; general insurance; born, Canada, April 5, 1888; son of Oscar and Clara Clark Quick; educated, Lincoln, Ill., Odd Fellows Orphan’s Home, eighth grade; clerk in wholesale grocery house in Aurora, Ill., in 1904; 1905, came to Cleveland; formed partnership of Quick & Hunter, in Pittsburgh, in 1906, failed; was then in the employ of the East Ohio Gas Co. for a year and a half; employed by The Paul E. Kroehle Co., merchandise brokers, in 1908; employed by The Manhattan Soap Co., of New York City, as salesman, in 1909; started in the insurance business in Cleveland, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Harry Decker

Decker, Harry; merchant; born, Cleveland, Feb. 14, 1864; son of Denceman and Adriana Van Lesser Decker; educated public schools of Cleveland; married, Cleveland, May 31, 1888, Evelyn Weihl; five daughters; dry goods.

Biography of Milo Eugene Davis

Milo Eugene Davis, of San Bernardino, was born in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1841. His father, Asa M. Davis, was a Vermont Yankee, and married a French lady by the name of Salinas. When Eugene was a lad of twelve years, they moved from Ohio to Nebraska, then a wild frontier territory, and settled in Beatrice, which place Mr. Davis laid out and named. Their nearest neighbor lived thirty miles distant, and the city of Omaha was then but a mere hamlet. Mr. Davis died years ago upon the homestead he then founded, and being a distinguished Mason, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Myron Metzenbaum

Metzenbaum, Myron; specialist, ear, nose and throat; born, Cleveland, April 1, 1876; son of Joseph and Fanny Firth Metzenbaum; educated, Cleveland public schools and High School, Adelheft College, special student Chemical Dept., Case School of Applied Science, B. S., Ada University, Western Reserve University, Medical Dept., 1900, post-graduate work, Vienna, 1901; married, Cleveland, March 20, 1912. Elsa Puldheim; St. Alexis Hospital, interne, 1899 to 1900; resident house surgeon 1900-1901; lecturer of Anatomy, Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1903-1905; associate laryngologist Mt. Siani Hospital; Government medal, 1904, for original research in the medical value of radium; sec’y of legislative committee, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Theodore Dluzynski

Dluzynski, Theodore; publisher and editor; born, Poland, 1866; son of Simon and Dorothia Dluzynski; educated, St. Mary’s College, Dayton, O.; married, Cleveland, May, 1901, Lotti Milosyenska; three children; worked one year in the post office money order department; ten years deputy County Treasurer; sec’y of the Polonia in Amuryre Corporation Polish Newspaper, organized twenty years ago; after seven years the corporation sold the paper to him; is now the sole owner and publisher; has improved the publication, increased the circulation; it is read mostly by the Polish people in the State of Ohio; has a membership of 7,000; see’y and … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Sylvester Liebenthal

Liebenthal, Sylvester; wholesale liquors; born, Cleveland, Nov. 13, 1873; son of Emanuel and Cordelia (Strauss) Liebenthal; educated, Brownell School, Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Oct. 14, 1907, Maud Sloss; one son, born Oct. 17, 1911; worked for Wm. Edwards Co. for ten years; started in business in 1899; manager Liebenthal Bros. Co.; member Elks, Chamber of Commerce, Municipal Ass’n, and Excelsior Club. Fond of Equestrian exercises.

Biographical Sketch of Henry Apthorp

Apthorp, Henry; capitalist; born, Mayfield, Cuyahoga Co., O., Feb. 9, 1841; son of William and Chloe Howard Apthorp; educated, district school in Mayfield and later at academy in Mayfield and in Geauga Seminary; married, Willoughby, O., Dec. 8, 1859, Harriet E. Strong; one son, Warren; worked in a saw mill and hauled some of the lumber that went into the building of the Kennard House in Cleveland; until 22 years of age engaged in farming and lineman and foreman for the Western Union Telegraph Co. and the Lake Shore R. R.; 1876-1880, editor of The Democratic Standard of Ashtabula, O.; … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Malcolm Chandler Willis

Willis, Malcolm Chandler; insurance; born, Cleveland, Oct. 5, 1871; son of George Henry and Martha Tiebout Willis; educated, public schools, Cleveland; married, June 21, 1899, Elsie Dutton; with Insurance Exchange for twenty years; sec’y thirteen years; director The Home Financing Co., The Mudge & Beech Co.; sec’y Cleveland Fire Insurance Exchange; member Insurance Society of Cleveland; Chamber of Commerce and Clifton Club.

Biographical Sketch of Willard Grant Aborn

Aborn, Willard Grant; manufacturer; born Wakefield, Mass., Sept. 23, 1870; son of George W. and Mary Frances Pennel Aborn; educated Wakefield High School; Academy at Monson, Mass.; graduated from Dartmouth College in 1893, degree of A. B., and A. M. in 1896; married, Chicago, Ill., Sept. 23, 1896, Miss Florence Louise Higgins; issue, one daughter Mary Louise and one son John Russell; spent summer vacations during college education working at engineering on water work construction; spent two yrs. in that line of work after graduation; in summer of 1895 worked for Spaulding-Pepper Tire Co., of Chicopee Falls, Mass., 1896, sec’y … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Adrian Dwight Joyce

Joyce, Adrian Dwight; Sherwin-Williams Co., mgr.; born, Sumner, Ia., Nov. 18, 1872; son of M. H. and Anne Hotham Joyce; educated, Olivet College and University of Michigan; married, Stafford, N. Y., June 9, 1879, Anna Page; issue, Marion, born March 11, 1898, Dwight, born May 31, 1900, Dorothy, born Jan. 27, 1902, Phyllis, born July 23, 1909; lived on a farm until he was 17 years old; taught country school, after leaving home; also village school for three years, unable to finish college course because of poor health; went into the wholesale hay and grain business in Memphis, Mich., in … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Frank S. Sheets

Sheets, Frank S.; flour, seed and grain business; born, Cleveland, Feb. 9, 1885; son of James M. and Hattie Bell Snow Sheets; educated, Cleveland Grammar and High School, 1914, Oberlin College, Oberlin, O.; director The Sheets Bros. Elevator Co.; stockholder in the following; The Columbia Savings & Loan Co., The Canfield Certified Milk Co., The South End Realty Co., The Cleveland Worsted Mills Co., The Sheets Bros. Elevator Co.; member Euclid Lodge, No. 599, F. A. M., McKinley Chapter, No. 181, Couer De Lion Commandery No. 64, Cleveland Council No. 36, Mystic Shrine, Al Koran Temple, Scottish Rite Masonry, 32nd … 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 George Wellington Mercer

Mercer, George Wellington; florist and decorator; born, Toronto, Canada, 1872; son of Albert and Eliza Bye Mercer; educated in public schools of Ontario, Canada; come to United States in 1888; three years with J. F. Sullivan, florist, Detroit; two years with J. H. Rebstock, florist, Buffalo; then came to Cleveland; two years with J. M. Gassers Co.; two years with F. R. Williams Co.; organized own business 1898; married, Cleveland, May 24, 1898, Jessie Withycombe; issue, two children; member Pilgrim Congregational Church.

Biographical Sketch of Elmer A. French

French, Elmer A.; general contractor; born, Cleveland, Mar. 20, 1880; son of Albert and Harriet E. Maguire French; went through Lakewood High School, class of 1899; is a grandson of R. G. French, who settled in Lakewood (which was East Rock Port at that time), about 1830; he was a carpenter and contractor, one of the best of his time; many of the buildings that he constructed are still standing; has given up house contracting and has taken up asphalt shingle roofing as a specialty. Recreations: Sports of all kinds.