Cuyahoga County OH

Biographical Sketch of Elmer B. Wright

Wright, Elmer B.; civil engineer; born, Cleveland, 1870; son of James M. and Margaret While Wright; educated, Cleveland public schools and N. E. O. N. C., Canfield, O.; married, Cleveland, 1896, Alice E. Pritchard; issue, one daughter, Margaret R. Wright; chairman of Board of Trustees of Public Affairs, Nottingham, O.; municipal engineering and surveying in Cleveland and nearby cities and villages; in charge of a large part of Cleveland’s Park System; since 1903 in private practice, supervising improvements in many additions to city; surveys all lands owned by the Pennsylvania Co., and Cleveland Short Line R. R. in the city; … Read more

Biographical Sketch of J. Milton Curtiss

Curtiss, J. Milton; pres. The Curtiss-Ambler Realty Co.; born, Harrisville, Medina County, O., Feb. 26, 1840; educated in the district and city schools, Brooklyn Academy and Cleveland Institute, University Heights, now Lincoln Heights; taught district school one year; engaged in the nursery business for twenty years, helped to organize and was one of the first trustees of Brooklyn village; moved to Cleveland in 1868; member City Council, 1876 to 1883; appointed Park Commissioner by Mayor Herrick; served two years; for five years supt. Riverside Cemetery; pres. Riverside Cemetery Ass’n.

Biographical Sketch of Lewis H. Wain

Wain, Lewis H.; real estate; born, Ravenna, O., Oct. 15, 1863; son of Hugh and Hannah Jennings Wain; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, May 5, 1897, Mary Jenness Merwin; issue, three children; active in the reorganization of the Cleveland Real Estate Board in 1895; pres. of the Board in 1896, and a trustee for five years; operator and broker in real estate and mortgages; pres. The L. H. Wain Co.; director Land Title Abstract Co.; pres. Cleveland Realization Co.; member Sons of American Revolution; has demonstrated the substantial and profitable character of Cleveland and adjacent real estate as an … Read more

Biographical Sketch of James Welch Frazier

Frazier, James Welch; consulting engineer; born, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 4, 1870; son of George G. and Sadie B. Smith Frazier; educated, Grammar and High School, Allegheny, Pa.; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; graduated, 1894, degree of Civil Engineer; married, Troy, N. Y., 1895, Jennie H. Van Deusen; two daughters, Ruth and Helen; chief engineer Federal St. & Pleasant Valley R. R., Pittsburg, 1894-1896; asst. engineer Pennsylvania Co., in office of chief engineer, 1896-1899; engineer Brown Hoisting Mchy. Co., 1899-1905; member of firm Frazier & Fox, 1905-1910; pres. The J. W. Frazier Co., 1910, to date; member of board of consulting engineers in … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Egbert Nelson Fairchild

Fairchild, Egbert Nelson; flour mfgr.; born, Peekskill, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1868; son of Egbert Henry and Mary Seymour Fairchild; public school education; married, Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1893, Gertrude A. Kenny; two daughters Catherine and Mary; in flour milling business twenty-seven years; becoming pres. of the Cleveland Milling Co. in 1910; before that mgr. Pittsburgh Flour Co., Minneapolis; member Cleveland Athletic and Euclid Golf Clubs.

Biographical Sketch of Ralph Martin Hulett

Hulett, Ralph Martin; architect; born, Cleveland, March 28, 1873; son of Martin Paul and Esther Fawcett Hulett; graduated from the Cleveland public schools in 1891, then took up the study of architecture under special tutors; married, Bradford, Pa., Aug. 28, 1895, Clara C. Goodyear; one boy, Coulter Townsend Hulett, age 15; was architect for numerous buildings in Cleveland, such as high class apartments and residences, The Farmers & Mechanics Bank Bldg., the lodge rooms of Brooklyn Lodge, F. & A. M., The Richmond Hotel, Akron and several school buildings for the centralized school districts adjacent to Cleveland and Akron; since … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Frank H. Fagan

Fagan, Frank H.; dentist; born, Cleveland, Oct. 26, 1874; graduate Western Reserve University, Dental Department; married, Cleveland, Ella Yanch; member Northern Ohio Dental Ass ‘n, Forest City Lodge, F. & A. M., Banner Lodge, I. O. O. F.

Biographical Sketch of James Mathews

Mathews, James; lawyer; born, Bellwood, Pa., Sept. 4, 1868; educated at Mifflintown; graduated, Princeton University, 1890, degree A. B., Cincinnati Law School, 1893, degree LL. B.; admitted to the bar, and began practice in the United States attorney’s office, in Pittsburgh, Pa., 1893; come to Cleveland in 1894, as attorney for Cleveland, Akron & Columbus R. R.; formed partnership with Senator H. W. Wolcott, continuing until Wolcott was made gen. mgr. Kansas City & Leavenworth Ry.; then with Berkley Pearce, firm name Mathers & Pearce; member Century, Euclid and Hermit Clubs; politically Independent.

Biographical Sketch of Carl Lorenz

Lorenz, Carl; journalist; born, Stuttgaart, Germany, March 31, 1858; early education in Germany; at the age of 18, went to Switzerland for further study; remained three years; graduated from the University of Geneva, in 1879; taught school in Paris for two and one-half years; taught Languages in London for two years; came to the United States in 1881; engaged in newspaper work in New York City, for two years; in 1883, located in Portsmouth, O.; resumed teaching, and was principal of a German School until 1887; came to Cleveland, and in 1880, became connected with The Waechter and Anzeiger; now … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Oliver N. Chamberlain

Chamberlain, Oliver N.; architect; born, Portsmouth, O., Oct. 10, 1882; son of Irwin and Mary J. Finy Chamberlain; educated, common schools, Portsmouth, O., and private instructor at Columbus, O.; married, Sandusky, July 22, 1905, Carrie Iona Richards; one child; ten years work at practical construction work; two years in the general contracting business, in Cleveland; six years a practicing architect, in Cleveland, doing a general line of work; member Lakewood Chamber of Commerce. Recreations: Baseball and Bowling.

Biographical Sketch of Joseph J. Schuster

Schuster, Joseph J.; jeweler and optician; born, Cleveland, May 18, 1881; son of Joseph and Lena Bissman Schuster; graduated from the following schools; public, Edminston Business College, 1897, Northern Illinois College of Opthamology and Otology; also, Northern Illinois College of Engraving, 1901, and Canadian Herological Institute, 1900; married, Cleveland, March 16, 1910, Martha C. Schwebke, one daughter; for several years has been watch inspector for the Erie R. R.; member American Assn of Opticians, Ohio Optical Ass’n, and American National Retail Jewelers Ass’n.

Biographical Sketch of Frederick Wilhelm Huston

Huston, Frederick Wilhelm; attorney-at-law; born, Millersburg, O., 1889; son of John and Sarah Close Huston; educated, Western Reserve University, LL. B.; member the firm Huston, Huston & Bricker; member Theta Lambda Phi, William R. Day Chapter, The Singers Club and Trinity Cathedral Choir.

Biographical Sketch of George F. Grahl

Grahl, George F.; mason contractor; born, Cleveland, Sept. 17, 1882; son of John F. and Fredericka Oldach Grahl; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, June 21, 1911, Marie Henke; issue, one (laughter; served five years in Battery A, First Field Artillery; for five years with the Black Engineering Co.; then went into contracting business; member Loyal Order of Moose, Cleveland Lodge, No. 63. Recreations: Baseball and Bowling.

Biographical Sketch of George H. Worthington

Worthington, George H.; merchant; born, Toronto, Can., Feb. 13, 1850; son of John and Mary Wellborn Worthington; public school and business college education; married, Mount Vernon, O., in February, 1878, Mrs. Hannah L. Weaver; worked in a wholesale grocery store in Canada for three years; came to United States to take charge of his fathers interests as contractor in building the Southern Central R. R., in New York State; then went to Brownhelm, O., and worked for his father and brother in operating a stone quarry; in 1873, admitted to the firm which later became the Cleveland Stone Co.; became … 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 Anton Karl Rehor

Rehor, Anton Karl; cement contractor; born, Bohemia, Dec. 7, 1871; son of Joseph and Frances Klika Rehor; public school education; married, May 3, 1904, Anna Goll; issue, Anton K. Jr., Anna, and Alfred; came to Cleveland in 1899; started as cement worker, and in 1902, went into business for himself; in 1907, laid for City of Cleveland, 105,000 square feet of cement work; does most of brewery contracting, floors and walks; member Sokol (Turners), Eagles; member Marblehead Hunting and Fishing Club. Recreation: Hunting.

Biographical Sketch of William Thomas Corlett

Corlett, William Thomas; physician; born Orange, O., April 15, 1854; son of William and Ann Avery Corlett; educated, Oberlin College, 1870-1873; M. D., Wooster University, 1877; student and asst. London Hospital, 1879-1881; Hospital St. Louis, Paris, winter 1881; diploma Royal College Physicians, London 1881; later studied in Vienna, Berlin and Breslau; married at Rheinpfalz, Germany, Amanda Marie Leisy, of Cleveland; June 26, 1895; prof. diseases of the skin and genito-urinary diseases, Wooster University, 1883-1885; prof. dermatology and syphilograph, Western Reserve University, since 1885; fellow Royal Society Medicine (Great Britain); member 11th International Medical Congress, Rome, 1894; American Public Health Ass’n, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Gardner Abbott

Abbott, Gardner; attorney; born, Cincinnati, O., Dec. 11, 1878; son of Willard and Caroline Powers Younglove Abbott; educated Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; Yale University, A. B.; Columbia Law School, LL. B.; married, Cleveland, Oct. 16, 1912, Lois A. Allen; member Cleveland Board of Health, 1912; Troop A, 1st Sergt.; entered the office of Blandin, Rice and Ginn, 1905; started business for himself in 1909; vice pres. Bates Valve Bag Co.; pres. Abbott Realty Co.; sec’y Babies’ Dispensary and Hospital and Cleveland Music School Settlement; member Andover P. A. E.; Alpha Delta Phi; Wolf’s Head; Columbia Phi Delta Phi; director Union … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Max P. Goodman

Goodman, Max P.; attorney-at-law; born, Cleveland, Aug. 28, 1872; son of Jacob and Rosa (Herskovitz) Goodman; educated, public schools; married, Cleveland, Dec. 14, 1909, Julie E. Baumberger; one son, Julian M. Goodman, born, Jan. 1, 1913; councilman 5th district, 1899-1901; left school at 12 and worked at a fruit stand; at 15, drove a coal wagon; at 17, worked in a grocery and studied music; began to play the violin with an orchestra and became director; at 19, went to business college, continuing music study; became a stenographer; wrote The Ohio Governor’s March for McKinley’s Inaugural; obtained employment in the … Read more

Biographical Sketch of George Franklin Clough

Clough, George Franklin; L. S. & M. S. R. R. Co.; born, Cleveland, March 27, 1876; son of John Johnson and Mary Rivers Lowman Clough; public school education, Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Nov. 22, 1898, Blanche Mildred Leither; two sons, Kenneth and Herbert; started with L. S. & M. S. R. R. Co. in 1894, as stenographer; was private sec’y to Freight Traffic Mgr., General Traffic Mgr., and Chief clerk to General Freight Agt., to January, 1913; commercial agent L. S. & M. S. R. R. Co.; member Presbyterian Church. Recreations: Amateur Photography, Fishing, and Motoring.