Cuyahoga County OH

Biographical Sketch of Davis Hawley

Hawley, Davis; banker; born near Hamilton, Ont., Sept. 18, 1850; son of Davis and Sabra Amelia Lake Hawley; educated, district schools; married, Cleveland, November, 1873, Miss Mary Switz; issue, one son, Davis Hawley, Jr., born Oct. 5, 1878; employed in Detroit, Mich., two years, came to Cleveland in 1866, went to work as cigar boy at the Weddell House; after three years entered the shops of the White Sewing Machine Co.; remained three and one-half years; in 1878, clerk Hotel Clinton, run by his brother, in 1878, became mngr. of the Hotel Clinton; in 1882, with his brother, D. R. … Read more

Biographical Sketch of John Howard Webster

Webster, John Howard; assignee The Variety Iron Works Co.; born, Portsmouth, N. H., Nov. 8, 1846; came to CIeveland in 1850; public school education, graduated from Yale in 1868; degree A. B., Union Law College, 1870; degree LL. B.; received degree of A. M. from Yale in 1871; engaged in the practice of law in Cleverland until 1891, when he was appointed assignee for the Variety Iron Works Co.; still serving; pres. Chamberlain Cartridge & Target Co., Buckeye Milling Co.; vice pres. Penton Publishing Co.; interested in other corporations; member Union, University, Rowfant Clubs, Cleveland, and University Club, New Haven, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of S. Lewandowski

Lewandowski, S.; steamship, foreign exchange, etc.; born, Poland, Nov. 16, 1864; son of Joseph and Miss Koszucka Lewandowski; educated, public schools, Bay City, Michigan; married, Posen, Nebraska, Aug. 16, 1885, Anna Kahinowska; issue, three sons and five daughters; for over twenty-one years an employee of the United States Government in the Cleveland post office; handling all cash postage for second class and permit matter, under the title of supt. of second class matter; in 1901, opened, on Sowinski Ave., Cleveland, an office, doing a steamship, foreign exchange and real estate business; one of the organizers and founders of the first … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Joseph Reiman

Reiman, Joseph; roofer; born, Germany, Oct. 22, 1867; educated in the public schools of Germany; married, Germany, 1886, Anna Kuehl; six children; lumber business four years; with Elaborated Roofing Co.

Biography of Augustus Keefer Boom, M.D.

AUGUSTUS KEEFER BOOM, M. D., holding a noteworthy position in Western Massachusetts, has done much both along private lines of practice and in the public service and as a leading physician of Adams he is considered one of the foremost men in his profession in this section. Giving to the world his highest endeavors, his progress governed by lofty ideals, and his ever forward looking attitude, Dr. Boom has made his influence strongly felt in various lines of current endeavor, as well as in his professional work. He is a member of an old and honored family of America, originally … Read more

Biographical Sketch of William Joseph Akers

Akers, William Joseph; business and philanthropy; born, England, Aug. 2, 1852; son of John and Catherine O’Leary Akers; educated, public schools, Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Miss Maud M. Miller of Brooklyn, N. Y.; at the age of 13 went to work in a blacksmith shop, since then interested in the hotel business; owner with S. T. Paine of the Forest City House, Cleveland; partner Sagertown Inn, Sagertown, Pa.; formerly connected with many railroad eating houses; organized the Cleveland Hotel Men’s Ass’n, and was pres. for several years; one of the organizers of the State Hotel Men’s Assn, and was its second … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Edward J. Adams

Adams, Edward J.; milk dealer; born, Germany, Feb. 26, 1856; son of John Adams; educated, Germany; married, Cleveland, May 7, 1882, Fredricka Franz; issue, 8 children; Republican; treas. Milk Men’s League, and Martin Luther Church; member Milk Men’s Fraternal League.

Biographical Sketch of Wilbur Leroy Davidson

Davidson, Wilbur Leroy; clergyman; born, Woodsfield, O., April 3, 1853; son of William A. and Margaret (McGregor) Davidson; A. B., Scio. College, 1870; B. D., Drew Theological Seminary, 1876; (D. D., Claflin U., 1889); married, Belle Clark, of Lexington, Ky., 1890; ordained, M. E. ministry, 1876; in pastorates, 1876-1886; field agt. Sunday School Union, 1886-1889; field agt. Chautauqua Literature and Scientific Circle, 1895-1902; supt. instruction at 15 Chautauquas, 1887-1911; sec. The Am. Univ., 1899-1908; mgr. Nat. Chautauqua Bur. since July, 1908; Lyceum lecturer; del. Ecumenical Methodist Conference, London, 1901; member National Geographical Society. Clubs: University (Washington). Author: Over the Sea, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Frank C. Scott

Scott, Frank C.; lawyer; born, New Wilmington, Pa., July 12, 1862; son of William J. and Mary J. Wald Scott; educated, Westminster College, at New Wilmington, Pa, degree of A. B.; married, Cleveland July 24, 1889, Anna B. Graham; issue, William Waid Scott and Elizabeth G. Scott: director the Antisdale Realty Co.; trustee and vice pres. of the Cleveland Law Library Ass’n; member Independent Order of Foresters.

Biographical Sketch of Thomas A. Knight

Knight, Thomas A.; real estate broker; born, Toronto, Can., Feb. 24, 1876; son of Stephen W. and Clara Oram Knight; married, Cleveland, 1896, Leora Agnes Squire; two daughters, Edith L. and Dorothy M.; newspaper man for years; write “Country Estate of the Bluegrass,” “Country Estates of Cleveland Men,” “History of The Cleveland Police Department,” “The Kentucky Horse,” etc.; was editor of The Ohio Architect and Builder, and for several years has devoted all his time and attention to the “Factory” end of real estate; proprietor “The The Factory Man”; member Business Men’s Club.

Biographical Sketch of William Howard Brett

Brett, William Howard; librarian, Cleveland Public Library; born, Braceville, O., in 1846; son of Morgan Lewis and Jane Brokaw Brett; educated, public schools, Warren, O., studied Western Reserve College, Hudson, O., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; graduated from Hiram College, Hiram, O., degree A. M.; married, Cleveland, 1879, Alice L. Allen; issue, 6 children, 1 deceased; appointed to his present position in 1884; devoted to the cause of public libraries, and a student with a broad general knowledge; instrumental in forming the Ohio Library Ass’n, pres., 1895 and 1896; in 1897, pres. of the American Library Ass’n; chairman, in … Read more

Biographical Sketch of William Francis Lyon

Lyon, William Francis; merchant; born, Meadville, Pa., Aug. 16, 1868; son of Thomas and Johanna Corbett Lyon; Meadville High School, graduated in class of 1885; married, Cleveland, Oct. 26, 1892, Lisette Baus; issue, Marie, Josephine, William Francis, Jr., started in Cleveland, Sept. 9, 1885; elected sec’y and treas., May 24, 1897, of The Cady-Ivison Shoe Co., and pres. and gen. mgr. of same Company, Jan. 20, 1913; charter member of the Cleveland Association of Credit Men, and pres. from 1902 to 1903; member Knights of Columbus, and Catholic Mutual Benefit Assn; member Athletic Club. Fond of Horseback Riding.

Biographical Sketch of Fred J. Woodworth

Woodworth, Fred J.; banker; born, New Haven, O., Sept. 22, 1871; son of Jonathan and Martha Welch Woodworth; public and High School education; married, Cleveland, Nov. 22, 1905, Nellie F. Patton; issue, two daughters, Muriell, born Aug. 19, 1895, Marjorie, born Oct. 27, 1898; bookkeeper and teller First National Bank, Plymouth, O., March, 1886 to February, 1889; February, 1889, entered Euclid Avenue National Bank, employed as discount clerk, teller and in various capacities; July 1, 1895, began as asst. cashier of Park National Bank and continuously associated with it until consolidation with Euclid Ave. National Bank in 1903; continued as … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Henry A. Everett

Everett, Henry A.; capitalist; born, Cleveland, Oct. 16. 1866; educated, public and private schools, Cleveland; pres. Toledo Railways & Light Co., Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co., London St. R. R., London, Can.; chairman board of the Detroit United R. R.; interested in numerous corporations, telephone and traction companies; member Union, Euclid, Century, Colonial, and Electric Clubs.

Biographical Sketch of Joseph Ralph Poe

Poe, Joseph Ralph; civil engineer; born, Brooklyn, O., Aug. 10, 1877; son of Joseph Charles and Elizabeth Dundas Smith Poe; educated, Cleveland public schools, Case School of Applied Science, degrees of Bachelor of Science, 1901, and Civil Engineer, 1905; married, Cleveland, Sept. 7, 1904, Ottilia Ida Obert; issue, Joseph M. Poe and Ida O. Poe; 1897, employed by City of Cleveland helping to lay out City Park System along Rockefeller Parkway and Shaker Heights; with Brown Hoisting Machine Co., designing and detailing several large coal and ore-handling installations, including a coal unloading crane for the Panama Canal; with The Forest … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Theodore Ensign

Ensign, Theodore; milk business; born, Chester, O., March 26, 1882; son of George L. and Celia M. Foster Ensign; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Sept. 22, 1909, Clara Zarnoio; foreman City Ice Delivery Co. for four years; gen. mgr. of Lake City Ice Co. for two years; vice pres. of the Milk Dealers’ Fraternal League. Recreations: Motoring and Music. In the last year the quality of the milk and methods of doing business have doubled their business.

Biographical Sketch of George M. Rogers

Rogers, George M.; Plain Dealer; born, Ashtabula, Dec. 4, 1879; son of Judson and Florence Elizabeth Butts Rogers; educated, Western Reserve University; married, Cleveland, April 23, 1903, Florence F. Stone; issue, Martha Stone Rogers, born April 13, 1904, Joan Rogers, born June 3, 1909, and Herbert Stone Rogers, born Aug. 7, 1912; has been on the Plain Dealer ever since he finished College; business mgr. The Cleveland Plain Dealer; member Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity (Beta Phi Chapter); W. R. U.; member Hermit, Athletic, City, and Cleveland Advertising Clubs.

Biographical Sketch of Charles Pierpont Punchard

Punchard, Charles Pierpont, Jr.; landscape architect; born, Farmingham, Mass., June 3, 1885; son of Charles P. and Mattie Blanchard Punchard; educated, public schools, Farmingham, Mass., Brookline, Mass.; special student, dept. Landscape Architecture; graduate School of Applied Science, Harvard University, 1909-1911; member Troop A, First Squadron Cavalry, O. N. G.; enlisted, May, 1912; previous to coming to Cleveland, was connected with various landscape architects in Boston, on both private and public work; partner Evans & Punchard; member American Society Landscape Architecture. Recreations: Tennis and Riding.

Biographical Sketch of S. H. Weis

Weis, S. H.; architect; born, New York City, September, 1888; educated in the grammar and High Schools of Cleveland, and University of California; married in Cleveland in 1911; pres. and treas. Esplanade Realty Co.; member Chamber of Commerce.

Biographical Sketch of Robert H. York

York, Robert H.; mnfr.; born, Michigan, Oct. 29, 1866; son of Barney H. and Julia Harkness York; educated, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; married, Cleveland, Oct. 3, 1892; Clara Gordon; issue, three children; pres. The Berkshire Mnfg. Co.; member Union, Tavern, Euclid, Country, Mayfield, Country, and Roadside Clubs, Cleveland; Manhattan, N. Y.