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 Charles Orr

Orr, Charles; investments; born, Xenia, O., 1862; son of John and Henriette Kiloh Orr; married, Xenia, O., Emily L. Currie; book business, Xenia, 1880-1886; same New York, 1886-1889; librarian, Case Library, Cleveland, 1889-1905; director of schools, Cleveland, 1905-1912 (member Board of Education, 1902-1905); investment, 1912 to date; pres. Ohio Library Ass’n, 1897-1899; member State Library Commission, 1898-1911; member American Library Ass’n, American Historical Ass’n, Rowfant Club; pres. Glen Valley Club.

Biographical Sketch of Charles D. Chamberlain

Chamberlain, Charles D.; attorney-at-law; born, Warrensville, O., Oct. 8, 1854; son of Charles D. and Rosetta H. Marks Chamberlain; married, Bedford, O., Oct. 12, 1873, Estella V. Tryon; issue, Charles W., Alpha Beatrice, and Carl D.; general counsel for The National Petroleum Ass’n, an organization of independent refiners of petroleum in the U. S.; member Cleveland Bar Ass’n, and American Society of Jurisprudence; member Summit Chapter, No. 74, R. A. M., and Bedford Lodge No. 375, F. & A. M.

Biographical Sketch of Lewis Hall

Hall, Lewis; life insurance; born, Ox Bow, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1S57; son of Caleb G. and Catherine J. Lewis Hall; educated, Cazenovia, N. Y., Evanston, Ill.; married, Theresa, N. Y., March 31, 1896, Henrietta C. Simonds; twenty years representative The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., Newark, N. J., at present with The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co., Hartford Conn.; director T. H. Geer & Co.; member of Wade Park Lodge, No. 800, I. O. O. F.

Biographical Sketch of Vernon H. Burke

Burke, Vernon H.; attorney-at-law; born, Saybrook, O., Dec. 22, 1865; son of John F. and Minerva C. Stewart Burke; educated, Canisius College, Buffalo, N. Y., Stratton’s Business College, The University of Notre Dame; B. A., C. E., LL. B. degrees; married, Cleveland, Dec. 21, 1892, Matilda B. Hahn; one son, Vernon A. Burke, Jr.; Republican; served on police bench by appointment; senator from Cuyahoga county, 1896-1900; vice chairman Cuyahoga County Republican Committee; has been a trial lawyer; pres. James F. Allen Contracting Co., Cleveland Smelting Co., Idle-wild Co.; sec’y Guest & Buell Co., Fleishman & Smith Co.; director The Cleveland … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Melvin Daniel Kilmer

Kilmer, Melvin Daniel; manufacturer; born, New York State, July 29, 1858; son of Augustus and Vianna Barner Kilmer; educated, Eastman’s Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; married, Schenectady, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1886, Mary T. Hoag; two sons, Augustus H. and Melvin D. Jr.; pres. and mgr. The Kilmer Spring Support Co.; the company also manufactures wire-forming machines and bale ties; copartner with M. D. Kilmer & Co., and A. H. Kilmer & Son; Mason, Emennal Lodge, Cleveland, Highland Chapter, Newburg, N. Y., Hudson River Commandery, Newburg, N. Y., New York Consistory, Mecca Temple, New York City; member Masonic Club.

Biographical Sketch of Otto A. Wilhelmy

Wilhelmy, Otto A.; florist; born, New York City, May 29, 1889; son of Curt A. and Marie Holoechter Wilhelmy; educated, Cleveland public schools and Prag, Germany, High School; married, Cleveland, June 29, 1911, Emily Witting; 1905-1907, at greenhouses of The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.; 1908-1909, at Long Island private place, gardening and hot house work; 1909-1911, landscape work in the south near Jacksonville and Tampa, Fla.; 1912, landscape work in Cleveland; 1912-1913, florist, decorator and designer.

Biographical Sketch of L. J. Wolf

Wolf, L. J.; investments; born, Cleveland, 1856; son of Jacob and Mathilda Mandelbaum Wolf; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Erie Pa., 1886, Carolyn Mandelbaum; issue, two sons; pres. Wolf, Baker Co., Aurora, Elgin & Chicago R. R. Co., Western Ohio R. R. Co., Cleveland Mining Co., Laurence Mines Co.; vice pres. Cleveland, South Western & Columbus R. R. Co.; sec’y Morrison Realty Co.; partner Mandelbaum, Wolf & Lang; member Excelsior, Athletic and Oakwood Clubs.

Biographical Sketch of Wilfred S. Pollock

Pollock, Wilfred S.; dept. mgr. Weideman Co.; born, New York City, Sept. 3, 1863; son of Joseph and Sarah Beardsley Pollock; educated in New York schools; married, New York, April 14, 1887, Harriet A. Hotchkiss; issue, one son, Preston Ganson, March 13, 1902; came to Cleveland in 1893, as dept. mgr. with Weideman Co., which position he still holds; director Weideman Co.; member U. S. Geographical Society; member Chamber of Commerce, Sons of American Revolution, Cleveland Athletic, Hermit, and Rotary Clubs. Favorite recreations are Golfing and Farming.

Biographical Sketch of John Royal Snyder

Snyder, John Royal; attorney-at-law; born, Stark County, O., Feb. 11, 1876; son of John J. and Maria Shearer Snyder; educated, Mt. Union, 1899, A. B., Junior Scholarship prize; Harvard, 1909, L. B.; married, Massillon, Gertrude Smith; treas. Stark County, 1902-1906; deputy county treas. 1899-1902; treas. City of Canton, 1902-1904; member B. P. O. E., No. 68, F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., No. 39; Jr. O. U. A. M., No. 60, and A. T. O. Fraternity. Recreations: Tennis, Baseball and Football.

Biographical Sketch of Joseph Leopold Borgerhoff

Borgerhoff, Joseph Leopold; University prof.; born, Belgium, Sept. 27, 1870; son of Theodore and Elizabeth (Opt’ Eynde) Borgerhoff; education, Ecole Moyenne, Leau; Ecole Normale de I’Etat, Burgess; University of Brussels; came to America in 1895; M. A., Vanderbilt University, Tenn., 1901; studied University of Wisconsin, University of Chicago; married Elizabeth Woodward Guerard, of Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 16, 1903; fellow and assistant in romance languages, Vanderbilt University, 1900-1; assistant in Germanic languages, University of Wisconsin, 1901-1902; fellow in Romance languages and assistant in Spanish, University of Chicago, 1902-1903; instructor romance languages, 1903-1906, associate professor, 1906-1910, professor since 1910, Western Reserve University; … Read more

Biographical Sketch of George H. Schwan

Schwan, George H.; Consular Agent for the German Empire; born, Cleveland, March 27, 1860; educated, Cleveland public schools: graduated from Concordia College. Ft Wayne, Ind., 189; took post-graduate course, Concordia University, St. Louis, Mo.; read law and admitted to the bar in 1882; began practice in Cleveland and continued same until elected to the common pleas bench in 1904; appointed by Gov. Nash to Police Court, in 1901, to fill out an unexpired term; member a number political organizations; Republican; member German Lutheran Church.

Biographical Sketch of Chauncey F. Minnick

Minnick, Chauncey F.; building contractor; born, Pierceton, Ind., Dec. 1, 1871; son of F. V. B. and Lucy A. Miller Minnick; educated, public schools, Goshen, Ind.; married, Cleveland, Jan. 14, 1904, Helen Minerva Cleveland; sec’y and treas. The Geo. A. Rutherford Co.; sec’y Land & Building Co.; member Cleveland Builders’ Exchange; pres. Mason Contractor’s Assn, Cleveland; member Athletic Club.

Biographical Sketch of Willis W. Norris

Norris, Willis W.; secretary of police; born, Dec. 19, 1877; Smithville, O.; educated, public school and Normal Academy, Smithville, 0., graduating in 1898; married; served as a volunteer in the Spanish-American War, 8th O. V. I.; taught school for five years, 1900-1905, and during this time, attended summer school at Wooster University and Law School, Ada, O.; came to Cleveland in 1905, and worked as a lather; was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of Ohio in 1908; and as such gave particular attention to legislation in the interests of labor; most important of … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Charles Sumner Howe

Howe, Charles Sumner; college pres.; born, Nashua, N. H., Sept. 29, 1858; son of William R. and Susan D. Woods Howe; B. S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, and Boston University, 1878; post-graduate course, mathematics and physics, Johns Hopkins; Ph. D., University of Wooster, 1887; (Sc. D., Armour Institute Tech., Chicago, 1905; LL. D., Mt. Union College, Ohio, 1908; and Oberlin College, 1911); married, Abbie A. Waite, of North Amherst, Mass., May 22, 1882; prin. Albuquerque (N. M.), Academy, 1879-1881; prof. mathematics and astronomy, Buchtel College, 1883-1889; prof. mathematics and astronomy, 1889-1902, acting pres. 1902-1903, pres. since 1903, Case School of Applied … Read more

Fred Herman Todd of Elyria OH

Fred Herman Todd9, (Marvin. M.8, Lorenzo D.7, Marvin6, Daniel5, Daniel4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born July 23, 1879, in Elyria, O., married in 1904, Dorothy Maude Walters, of Medina, O. He graduated from the Elyria High School, in 1897. Later he secured a position at Warner and Swaseys, in Cleveland, O., where he learned the machinists trade. Since his marriage he has lived in Elyria, O., where he works at his trade of machinist and tool-maker. Children: 2741. Marvin Eugene, b. July 17, 1905. 2742. Richard Allen, b. May 2, 1911.

Biographical Sketch of Maurice Buford Bonta

Bonta, Maurice Buford; physician; born, Kentucky, 1875; B. S., University of Michigan, 1897; M. D., Johns Hopkins University, 1904; medical house officer for Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1904-1905; married, Cleveland, 1909, Mabel Wilson McLennon; one child; member Cleveland Academy of Medicine.

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 Albert A. Cohn

Cohn, Albert A.; cloak mfr.; born, Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 10, 1873; son of Herman and Kate Eiseman Cohn; common schools of Wheeling and Cleveland; married. Cleveland, Aug. 31, 1900, Alice May Newman; issue, Robert N., Margaret A., Janet E.; sec’y and treas. Cohn, Goodman Co.; director H. Cohn Clothing Co. and Cleveland and Sandusky Brewing Co.; member Excelsior and Oak-wood Clubs.

Biographical Sketch of Ernest P. Lenihan

Lenihan, Ernest P.; underwriter; born, Saginaw, Michigan, Oct. 5, 1873; academic education; married; resident director Wilcox, Peek & Hughes, New York, prior to coming to Cleveland in 1901 engaged in marine insurance business in New York and Chicago; director in the following companies: New York Fire & Marine Underwriters, Knickerbocker Insurance Co., Lloyds, N. Y., Manitowor Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., The Wilbrand Co., Wilcox, Peck & Hughes; Independent politically; member The Association of Average Adjusters of the United States, Chamber of Commerce; member Union, Country, and Mayfield Clubs. Fond of Gulf.