Cuyahoga County OH

Biographical Sketch of William L. Blair

Blair, William L.; railroad business; born, Hamilton, O., Dec. 27, 1858; son of William Henry and Angeline Linn Blair; educated, High School, Hamilton, O.; married, Hamilton, O., November, 1908, Ella Brant Elliott; member Troop A, O. N. G., 1886 to 1897; entered the employ Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R. R., as telegraph operator, in December, 1872; telegraph operator, train dispatcher and clerk until September, 1880; with N. Y., C. & St. L. R. R. Co. September, 1881, to September, 1893; chief clerk and gen. mgr. September, 1893, to March, 1901; supt. Eastern Division, March, 1901, to October, 1905; supt. Telegraph, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Charles Alfred Paine

Paine, Charles Alfred; banker; born, Cleveland, Oct. 18, 1865; son of George S. and Mary Pinkney Paine; married, Cleveland, June 6, 1890, to Margaret Helen Martin; married, second time, Jan. 14, 1905, Ruth Elizabeth Kendig; issue, one son, Charles A. Paine, Jr., and Margaret Paine; asst. cashier Central National Bank, 1890; cashier same bank, 1900; vice pres. Superior Savings & Trust Co., 1909; pres. National City Bank, 1913; director First National Bank, Burton, O., National Discount Co., Martin Barres Co., Acme Transit Co., Superior Steamship Co.; member Union, Athletic, Mayfield, and Hermit Clubs.

Biographical Sketch of William P. Champney

Champney, William P.; vice pres. and treas. The Eberhard Mfg. Co.; born, Cleveland, May 22, 1850; son of William Story and Julia Pomeroy Cunningham; married, Cleveland, Feb. 23, 1882, Clara F. Pitts; issue, Bessie Coe and William P., Jr.; member Union and Country Clubs.

Biographical Sketch of George C. Lang

Lang, George C.; furniture and undertaking business; born, Dunkirk, New York, Sept. 27, 1870; son of John A. and Theresa Fischer Lang; married Emma M. Stocker of Cleveland; lived on a farm until 21 years old; two years at the German-Wallace College; at 23, entered the coal and stone business, at Chicago Junction, Ohio; two years at Dunkirk, N. Y., in the ice and coal business; in 1897, went into the furniture and undertaking business in Cleveland, at Lorain Ave. and W. 95th St.; supt. of the German M. E. Sunday school; trustee of The German-Wallace College; member of the … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Elmer Joseph Lang

Lang, Elmer Joseph; automobiles; born, Cleveland, April 28, 1884; son of Chas. E. J. and Katherine Schwetzer Lang; educated, public, University and West High schools; married, Parma, O., Sept. 5, 1906, May R. Dixon; issue, Karl, born Aug. 3, 1907, Martha May. born July 15, 1910; started, in 1902, with Rauch & Lang Carriage Co.; in 1905, took charge of Repair and Selling Department; director Rauch & Lang Carriage Co.; sec’y Lakewood Land Co.; member Electric Vehicle Mnfrs. Ass’n; member Halcyon Lodge, Thatcher Chapter, Forest City Commandery, Al Koran Chapter; member Athletic Club, Automobile, and Rotary Clubs, and Dorean Literary … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Patrick F. Hayes

Hayes, Patrick F.; cement contractor; born, Limerick, Ireland, Oct. 6, 1857; son of Patrick and Ellen Fitzgerald Hayes; educated, Parochial schools; married, Cleveland, July 9, 1889, Bridget Dennig, three children, Mary, James and Florence; gunner in Royal Artillery, British Army, for six years; for the last twelve years, has been in the business of a cement contractor; member Catholic Order of Foresters, Loyal Order of Moose, Cleveland, No. 63. Recreation: Baseball.

Biographical Sketch of Stephen E. Brooks

Brooks, Stephen E.; pres. The Brooks Co., mfg. stationers and printers; born, Elyria, O., Dec. 13, 1850; son of Henry J. and Abagail Hart Brooks; grandfather, Samuel Brooks, one of Lorain County’s early settlers, driving ox team from Connecticut; family moved to Cleveland in 1861; public school education; 1871, founded present house of the Brooks Co., which was incorporated in 1878, with himself as president, the position he still holds; pres. of the Forest City Savings & Trust Co., of which he was an incorporator; director Peoples’ Savings Bank Co.; director W. S. Gilkey Printing Co.; stockholder of many banks … Read more

Biographical Sketch of John Aloyius Nally

Nally, John Aloyius; attorney-at-law; born, Cleveland, 1878; son of Thomas W. and Bridget A. Dempsey Nally; educated, St. Patrick’s Parochial School; private tutorship; Baldwin University, LL. B.; married, Cleveland, Aug. 16, 1905, Regina U. Aron; sec’y and treas. The Brown Automatic Hose Coupling Co.; pres. and treas. The Nally Realty Co.; partner Morgan & Nally; pres. West End Improvement Ass’n; member Chamber of Industry, Ancient Order of Hibernians, The Utica Club Co.; honorary pres. also of The Lakewood Tennis Club Co.; admitted to the bar in 1889. Recreations: Reading, Hunting and Motoring.

Biographical Sketch of Torald Hermann Sollmann

Sollmann, Torald Hermann; physician; born, Coburg, Germany, Feb. 10, 1874; son of August and Adelhaid (Eckhardt) Sollmann; educated, gymnasium, Coburg, 1884-1888, special studies, 1888-1893; student of pharmacy, chemistry and medicine, Paris, France, 1893-1894; M. D., Western Reserve University, 1896; special studies, Strassburg, summer, 1899; married Alice M. Sersall, of Warren, Pa., June, 1902; demonstrator physiology, 1895-1899, lecturer pharmacology, 1898-1901, asst. prof. pharmacology and materia medica, 1901-1904, prof. since 1904, Western Reserve Medical College; member council on pharmacy and chemistry, A. M. A. Author: Textbook of Pharmacology with Some Allied Science (2d edition), 1906; (with R. A. Hatcher) Textbook of Materia … Read more

Biographical Sketch of John Ralph Owens

Owens, John Ralph; dentist; born, Burlington, Ia., May 15, 1853; son of John James and Martha Ann Yocum Owens; educated, public schools, Burlington, Ia.; graduated from High School in 1870, salutatorian of class; received degree of D. D. S. from Philadelphia Dental College, 1875; vice pres. of the class; married, Cleveland, May 15, 1889, Louise Benton; issue, three daughters, Beatrice, Theodora, and Louise; enlisted in the Cleveland first troop of Cavalry, 1880; served twelve years, having risen to 3rd sergt.; member Municipal Ass’n; trustee Y. M. C. A., 1884; charter member Cleveland Dental Society, its third pres. and fourth treas., … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Willis E. Bonesteel

Bonesteel, Willis E.; sec’y Worden Tool Co.; born, Northampton, O., Oct. 7, 1862; son of George H. and Loretta C. Prior Bonesteel; public school education; married, Cleveland, Oct. 4, 1886, Annabell Scott; director Land Title Abstract Co., Cleveland Savings & Loan Co.; member Brooklyn Lodge, F. & A. M., Webb chapter, R. A. M., Oriental commandery, K. T., Lake Erie Consistory, Al Koran Temple.

Biographical Sketch of Fred S. Borton

Borton, Fred S.; sec’y Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern R. R.; born, Plymouth, Ind., Oct. 25, 1861; public school education; came to Cleveland, 1881; with Geo. Cooper & Co., till 1884; then with the American Wire Co.; 1884-1891, with Dime Savings & Banking Co.; asst. treas.; elected sec ‘y Cleveland Electric R. R. Co., and the A. B. C. R. R. Co.; then in various capacities with the Everett-Moore Syndicate; in 1906, severed connection; with Herrick, Parmlee & Crawford, with which firm closely associated in 1904 and 1905; and with his brother, T. E. Borton, established the firm of F. S. … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Samuel Douglas Dodge

Dodge, Samuel Douglas; lawyer; born, Cleveland, Aug. 25, 1885; son of George C. and Lucy A. Burton Dodge; educated private schools of Cleveland, Graylock Institute, at South Williamstown, Mass.; graduated from Williams College with degree of B. A. in 1877; law course at Columbia University, LL. B., 1879; married, Cleveland, Oct. 25, 1882, Miss Jeanette Groff; issue, Henry Groff Dodge, born, Oct. 24, 1883, and Miss Janet Dodge; entered active law practice in the office of Virgil P. Kline, and later in the office of Judge E. J. Blandin; has devoted his time to general practice and real estate law; … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Clifford E. Pierce

Pierce, Clifford E.; treas. The Betz-Pierce Co.; born, Greenfield, O., July 15, 1880; Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Sept. 2, 1903, Jessie V. Palmer; with The Bassett-Presley Co. for fifteen years; sales manager; when they were merged into the Steel Corporation, A. B. Betz and himself formed Betz-Pierce Co., incorporated, July 3, 1911; jobbers high-grade steel; now treas. and director; his grandfather, Franklin Pierce, came to Cleveland, then Ohio City, about 1830; member Cleveland Athletic Club, Halcyon Lodge, F. & A. M., McKinley Chapter, it. A. M.

Biographical Sketch of Jacob Dolson Cox

Cox, Jacob Dolson; manufacturer; born, Warren, O., May 15, 1852; son of Jacob Dolson and Helen Finney Cox; educated, public schools; married, Cleveland, 1878, Ellen Atwood Prentiss; three children; when 17 years old began work in the iron business, worked 8 years, learning roll turning, puddling, heating, rolling and practical machinist work with The Cleveland Iron Co.; in 1876, started present business manufacturing twist drills and tools; director Cleveland Trust Co.; director Cleveland & Pittsburgh R. R. Co.; trustee Case School of Applied Science; pres. The Cleveland Twist Drill Co.; member American Society Mechanical Engineers; member Loyal Legion; Society Mayflower … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Ezra Selig Brudno

Brudno, Ezra Selig; author; born in Lithuania, May 28, 1877; son of Issac and Hannah (Model) Brudno; attended Adelbert College (Western Reserve University), 1896-1897; at Yale, 1898-1900, reading law and at same time pursuing academic studies; finished law studies at Western Reserve University, 1900; unmarried; began practice of law in Cleveland, 1901; assistant district attorney since 1909; Republican. Author: The Fugitive, 1904; The Little Conscript, 1905; The Tether, 1908. Contributor to magazines.

Biographical Sketch of William S. Blau

Blau, William S.; manufacturer; born in Austria, Sept. 7, 1875; son of Samuel and Katherine Blau; public school education, until 15 years of age; married, Cleveland, Oct. 20, 1892, Miss Sloss; issue, four children, Katherine, William, Jr., Sol, and Alan; three years with Cohn & Sampliner, dealers in wholesale notions; in 1883, started in business on Bank Street, with H. Friedman, in 1904, firm moved to East 37th and Perkins Avenue, incorporated as the Friedman-Blau-Farber Co., manufacturing a general line of fancy knit goods; employing over 400 people and shipping goods all over the United States; treas. the company; Republican, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of David H. Humphrey

Humphrey, David H.; gen. mgr. The Humphrey Co.; born, Townsend, O., June 5, 1855; son of Dudley and Mabel Truman Fay Humphrey; educated in the district schools; spent years in farming and was engaged in business with his brothers before coming to Cleveland; since coming to the city has spent his time in developing the business of The Humphrey Co., and has had a large part in the remarkable success of the enterprise; his father came to Ohio in 1835, from Goshen, Conn., his birthplace; he located in Parma, O.; was engaged with his brother in the lumber business; he … Read more

Biographical Sketch of William Addison Howe

Howe, William Addison; merchant; born, Cleveland, O., March 4, 1839; son of Amariah D. and Elizabeth Shaw Howe; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Jan. 17, 1866, Rachel Sage; issue, one daughter, three sons; served three years in the Civil War, as private, sergeant, 1st and 2nd lieut. and capt. in the 7th Ohio Volunteer infantry; pres. Cuyahoga Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Committee; vice pres. Society Army of the Potomac; past commander Army and Navy Post; several years in the picture frame business; established, in 1878, incorporated, in 1895, business for mounting and finishing paper for lithographers and printers; specializing … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Francis H. Haserot

Haserot, Francis H.; wholesale grocer; born, Cleveland, Dec. 19, 1860; educated in the public and German Lutheran schools of Cleveland; married, Cleveland, 1889, Miss Sarah Henrietta McKinney; issue, three sons and one daughter; business career, 1881 to 1883, merchandise broker; junior member of the firm of W. J. Hayes & Co.; 1886 to 1894, partner in the firm of S. F. & F. H. Haserot & Co.; firm reorganized, and became vice pres. of the Haserot Co.; in 1903, became pres. of the company; pres. The Merchantile Warehouse Co., Hough Ave. Bank & Trust Co., and director The First National … Read more