Cuyahoga County OH

Biographical Sketch of John Robertson Petrie

Petrie, John Robertson; plumber; born, Scotland, Sept. 26, 1863; son of William and Charlotte Robertson Petrie; 1869-1877, Cleveland public schools, and Elgin, County of Moray, Scotland; married, Elgin, Sept. 23, 1886, Margaret Sutherland; six children; 18 years in military service, volunteer; retired as col. sergt. of B Go., 6th U. B., Carlton, Highlanders, 1905; sixteen years in the plumbing business at Aberlour, Bauffshire, Scotland; five years in business in Cleveland; member Order of Scottish Clans, Clan Grant, No. 17, Cleveland, Euclid Lodge, No. 599, F. & A. M.; member the Old Stone Church.

Biography of Hiram B. Miller

Hiram B. Miller. Kansas wheat and corn and other farm products have been so much emphasized as partly to obscure the fact that the great basic industry of the state up to twenty-five or thirty years ago was live stock. Older residents of the state, now a little past their prime, will recall that the leading industry of their youth, except perhaps in the few counties along the eastern border, was the raising of live stock on the great ranges. Of the men who stood pre-eminent in that industry special mention should be made of the late Hiram B. Miller, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Tyler W. Brainard

Brainard, Tyler W.; merchant; born, Brooklyn, O., Nov. 19, 1848; son of George W. and Delight Hall Brainard; educated, district school in the village of Brighton; enlisted in the army in 1864, so that ended his school days; married, Ashtabula, O., Oct. 15, 1872, L. Adella Puffu; one daughter, Mabel; was elected to city Council for one term in 1884; traveling salesman for Tuller, Warren & Co., from 1872-1875; in 1876, engaged in the wall paper and decorating business, on Pearl Street; still in the business; was charter member in organizing the Brooklyn Heights Cemetery; was 1st. vice pres. for … Read more

Biographical Sketch of John Alvin Alburn

Alburn, John Alvin; lawyer; born, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9, 1879; son of John Frederick and Cecelia Luebben Alburn, educated, Rayon High School, Youngstown, Ohio; A. B., Adelbert College, Cleveland; O. B. K. and Magna A. M., Western Reserve University; LL. B., W. R. U. Law School; married, Columbus, O., Oct. 10, 1911, Maybelle Murphy; one daughter, Annabelle Alburn, teacher in Youngstown township and in Cleveland night High Schools; Chief Probation Officer, Cuyahoga Co., Juvenile Court; Councilman-at-Large, Cleveland; Asst. Atty. Gen. of Ohio; Special Counsel to the Atty. Gen. of Ohio; was advisor to Prosecuting Attorneys, City Solicitors and various state departments … Read more

Biographical Sketch of W. W. Daviess

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

Biographical Sketch of Salmon Portland Halle

Halle, Salmon Portland; merchant; born, Cleveland, Aug. 6, 1866; son of Moses and Rebecca Weil Halle; public school education in Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Dec. 3, 1893, Carrie B. Moss; issue, Marion R., Feb. 26, 1896, Salmon Portland, IL, Jan. 13, 1909; pres. Halle Bros. Co.; director Mutual Building & Loan Co., Service Recorder Co.; Sheriff St.; member Cleveland Athletic, Excelsior, Oakwood Clubs, Cleveland; Aldine Club, New York.

Biographical Sketch of Virgil P. English

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

Biographical Sketch of Horatio E. Needham

Horatio E. Needham is a native of Addison County, Vermont, born September 10, 1827, near the village of Shalott. While in his infancy his, parents migrated to St. Lawrence County, New York, remained six years, and then went to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where they remained until 1852. During this time Horatio was employed on the farm and also at stone-cutting. In 1859 he went to Fremont County, Iowa, and in 1862 enlisted in Company E, Twenty-ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was on duty three years, being in many important engagements, among which were the battles, of Little Rock, Helena, Mobile … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Frank A. Scott

Scott, Frank A.; manufacturer; born, Cleveland, March 22, 1873; son of Robert Crozier and Sarah Ann Warr Scott; educated, grammar schools, Cleveland; tutored in Latin and mathematics by Prof. John H. Dynes; married, 1886, Bertha B. Dynes; issue, Katherine B., Chester B., Eleanor L.; married Faith A. Fraser, 1911; asst. sec’y Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, 1895-1899; sec’y Chamber of Commerce, 1899-1905; sec’y and treas. Superior Savings & Trust Co., 1905-1908; receiver Municipal Traction Co., Cleveland, 1908-1909; sec’y-treas. The Warner & Swasey Co., 1909; member and chairman Military commandery, Chamber of Commerce, 1898, to date; vice pres. Associated Charities; director Humane … Read more

Biographical Sketch of James Broggini

Broggini, James; granite carver; born, Brenno, Italy, June 9, 1850; son of John and Lucia Paretti Broggini; public school education; married, New York, May 10, 1879, Maria Comolli; at the age of 9 years went to work in Italy; came to this country in 1871; worked for the United States Government 8 years and then came to Cleveland and started in his present business; has been in the same location for 33 years.

Biography of Earl J. Andrews

Andrews, Earl J.; architect and builder; born, Wilmington, O., Nov. 16, 1882; son of William Garner and Rachel Seal Andrews; educated, Marion, Ind., high school and Marion Normal & Science College; married, Canton, O., April 10, 1904, Birdette Wertenberger; learned carpenter’s trade in Cleveland during summer vacations and in 1903 finished trade and took up drawing and de-signing at the same time following practical building work; in 1905 started in business for myself; was the first Cleveland architect to dispense with sub-contractors and employ my own labor and material, thus eliminating annoyance to clients in dealing with a great number … Read more

Hubert Grey Todd of New Orleans LA

Hubert Grey Todd9, (James A.8, Alfred7, Caleb6, Caleb5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Sept. 1, 1872, in Sherman, Mich., married Jan. 16, 1907, Annie Lee, daughter of Frederick A. and Lee J. (Guice) Dicks, who was born Oct. 30, 1876, in Natchez, Miss., her father having been born in Mississippi and her mother in Minnesota. He went with his parents in 1874, to Burr Oak, Mich., where he attended school and graduated from the High School there in 1888. He took a commercial course in 1892. He began learning the printing business in March 1888, when he secured a position … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Albert Z. Howe

Howe, Albert Z.; contract mgr.; born, Lockport, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1872; son of Albert E. and Olga C. Zallee Howe; educated, public schools, Buffalo, N. Y., and private tutor in mathematics, geometry, and trigonometry; married, St. Louis, Mo., July 31, 1897, Mary Frances Hogue; first business experience, at seven-teen years of age, was in surveying and civil engineering in Buffalo, N. Y., followed by several years of the same class of work in railroad construction in the West and Southwest; later chief draftsman for the St. Louis Water Department, six years, when the sedentary occupation compelled a change; came … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Edward C. McKay

McKay, Edward C.; real estate broken; born, Cleveland, Nov. 19, 1876; son of George A. and Margaret Adam Creech McKay; educated, Grammar and Central High School; married, Plainfield, N. J., June 20, 1905, Louise Patten; two daughters, Margaret and Louise; business record, chief clerk Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and American Trust Co.; also Pittsburg Steamship Co., and Cleveland office of Carnegie Steel Co., and United States Steel Corporation; sec’y and treas. The Ohio Rubber Co.; pres. The Bodifield Belting Co.; real estate operator; member Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery, and The Cleveland Naval Reserves; member Cleveland Real Estate Board, Loyal Legion, Chamber … Read more

Slave Narrative of John W. Matheus

Interviewer: Bishop & Isleman Person Interviewed: John Williams Matheus Location: Steubenville, Ohio Age: 77 Place of Residence: 203 Dock Street WPA in Ohio Federal Writers’ Project Bishop & Isleman Reporter: Bishop (Revision) July 8, 1937 Topic: Ex-Slaves Jefferson County, District #5 JOHN WILLIAMS MATHEUS Ex-Slave, 77 years “My mothers name was Martha. She died when I was eleven months old. My mother was owned by Racer Blue and his wife Scotty. When I was bout eleven or twelve they put me out with Michael Blue and his wife Mary. Michael Blue was a brother to Racer Blue. Racer Blue died … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Dayton Clarence Miller

Miller, Dayton Clarence; physicist; born at Strongsville, O., March 13, 1866; son of Charles W. D. and Vienna (Pomeroy) Miller; A. B., Baldwin University, 1886, A. M., 1889; D. Sc., Princeton, 1890; married Edith C. Easton, of Princeton, N. J., June 28, 1893; prof. natural science, Baldwin University, 1883-1889; asst. in mathematics and physics, 1890-1893; prof. physics, since 1893, Case School Applied Science; fellow A. A. A. S. (sec’y Sect. Physics, 1903-1907, vice pres. 1908; gen. sec’y 1910), member American Physical Society, American Astronomical Society, Cleveland Engineering Society (pres., 1906); trustee Baldwin University since 1899. Author: Laboratory Physics, 1903; Boehm … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Harry Burkhart

Burkhart, Harry; florist; born, Cleveland, Oct. 9, 1885; son of Fred and Katherine Weber Burkhart; educated, public schools; married, Cleveland, 1909, Mary Wilhelm; two children; with The Westinghouse Co. in 1904, as moulder and coremaker; has been in the florist business one year; pres. and treas. The Burkhart Bro.’s Co.; designer and decorator; member Modern Woodmen, and Florist Club, and Holy Name Church. Recreation: Hunting.

Biographical Sketch of Paul Scott Crampton

Crampton, Paul Scott; attorney-at-law; born, St. Clair, Mich., March 6, 1886; son of Benjamin Franklin and Emeline Jenks Crampton; educated, University of Michigan, LL. B., class of 1908; married, St. Clair, Mich., Sept. 18, 1912, Mary Rummels Fayram; color sergt. 5th Regiment, O. N. G.; commenced practicing law in Cleveland in July, 1908; treas. University of Michigan Alumni Ass’n; member Euclid Ave. Presbyterian Church, and City Club. Recreations: Walking and (formerly) Football.

Biographical Sketch of Charles B. Walkey

Walkey, Charles B.; contractor; born, Cleveland, Sept. 29, 1880; son of William W. and Lida A. Stephens Walkey; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Aug. 24, 1909, Mary A. Forquer; issue, two children, one daughter and one son; general building contractor; with L. S. & M. S. R. R. Co., for five years; member M. E. Church, Masonic Order, Knight Templars, K. of P.

Biographical Sketch of William Andrew Leonard, Rt. Rev. D. D.

Leonard, William Andrew, Rt. Rev. D. D.; Bishop of Ohio; born, Southport, Connecticut, July 15, 1848; educated, Philips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, St. Stephen’s College, Annadale, N. Y., and Berkley Divinity School, Middletown, Conn.; ordained May 31, 1871, degrees of D. D. from St. Stephen’s College, and Washington and Lee University, Virginia; Rector the Church of the Redeemer, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1872-1880; St. John’s Parish, Washington, D. C., 1880-1889; consecrated Bishop of Ohio, Oct. 12, 1889; in charge of the American Episcopal churches on the continent of Europe, 1897-1906; one of the founders of the University Club; Chaplain Ohio Society of … Read more