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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 Walter Edward Myers

Myers, Walter Edward; attorney-at-law; born, Alliance, Ohio, April 29, 1875; son of Jonathan and Emma Coppock Myers; educated, Alliance High School, graduated 1893; graduated Mt. Union College, 1899, degree B. S.; graduated Western Reserve Law School, 1902; married, Alliance, May 23, 1904, Etta May Salmon; issue, two sons, Walter E., Jr., and Salmon Coppock Myers; came to Cleveland, Sept. 19, 1898; worked his way through law school, by working in a law office; on May 1, 1905, formed partnership with David E. Green, under firm name of Myers & Green, and on Jan. 1, 1913, firm name was changed to … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Max Myers

Myers, Max; vice pres. the Nicola, Stone & Myers Co., lumber dealers; born, Germany, April 10, 1866; educated in the Youngstown schools, and graduated from the Youngstown Business College, in 1881; from 1884 to 1890, with the Youngstown Lumber Co.; traveling salesman for the Nicola, Stone Lumber Co., 1890-1898; vice pres. The Lakewood Lumber Co.

Biographical Sketch of Charles B. Murray

Murray, Charles B.; chemist and metallurgist; born, Worcester, Massachusetts, April 6, 1866; son of Peleg F. and Mary Prince Murray; educated, common schools at Worcester; took B. S. degree at Polytechnic Institute, at Worcester, Mass., in 1887; married, Attleboro, Mass., Jan. 29, 1890; Ellen Lincoln Robinson; issue, two children, Philip F., and Mildred A.; after leaving school, asst. chemist at Joliett Steel Co., Joliet, Illinois; spent a year in Buena Vista, Virginia, as chemist, and a year with the Minnesota Iron Co.; January, 1893, was appointed chief chemist and metallurgist at the Eliza Johnson Works, of the Carnegie Steel Co.; … Read more

Biographical Sketch of George F. Murphy

Murphy, George F.; S. T. D.; Catholic priest: born, Cleveland. Oct. 20, 1864; son of William and Mary O’Neill Murphy: educated, St. John’s Parochial school, Cathedral, Cleveland; St. Charles College, Ellicott City, Md., 1881-1886; North American College, Rome, Italy, 1886-1892; ordained, June, 1892, S. T. D.; asst. Immaculate Conception, Cleveland, 1892-1893; asst. St. John’s Cathedral, 1893-1895; prof. St. Mary’s Seminary, Cleveland, 1895-1908; pastor St. Columbkille’s Cleveland, August, 1908, to November, 1909; pastor Immaculate Conception, Cleveland, appointed November, 1909.

Biographical Sketch of Lewis A. Murfey

Murfey, Lewis A.; banker; born, Cleveland, Feb. 25, 1855; son of Gardner B. and Julia Latham Murfey; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Nov. 1, 1881, Nina M. Armstrong; issue, three sons; charter member, now Troop A, O. N. G.; cashier and director National Commercial Bank; 1st vice pres. State Banking & Trust Co.; vice pres. Vulcan Oil Co., and Cuyahoga Builders Supply Co.; treas. John Huntington Benevolent Trust; local resident and director Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland; member Union, Roadside, Mayfield, and Country Clubs.

Biographical Sketch of Charles L. Murfey

Murfey, Charles L.; banker; born, Cleveland, Aug. 18, 1850; son of Gardner B. and Julia Latham Murfey; educated, Cleveland and Andover, Mass.; married, Cleveland, Oct. 13, 1886, Florence Spencer; two unmarried sons, Spencer L. and Clarence A.; member Cleveland Grays, 1869, three years; in 1868, began business with the old Merchant’s National Bank; then with the Mercantile National Bank, its successor; afterwards with the present National Commercial Bank; at this time, vice pres., mgr.; trustee, estate of John Huntington; director Cleveland & Mahoning Valley R. R.; trustee the John Huntington Benevolent Trust; member Masonic Order, Al Koran Temple, Nobles of … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Adam William Kuechle

Kuechle, Adam William; treasurer; born, Sandusky, Aug. 3, 1873; son of Adam and Otilda Kilcher Kuechle; educated, public schools and business college; married, Cleveland, Oct. 19, 1904, Mable Rose Miller; issue, Katherine Mabel and Helen Louise Kuechle; started, in 1893, as private sec’y to L. E. and Albert F. Holden; sec’y Cleveland Sarnia Saw Mill Co., Ltd., of Sarnia, Ont.; director and treas. The Hollenden Hotel Co.; director, sec’y and treas. Hub Transfer & Storage Co.; director Goodhold Farms Co.; member Halcyon Lodge, F. & A. M., McKinley Chapter, Forest City Commandery, K. T., Al Koran Temple, N. M. S. … Read more

Biographical Sketch of William J. Kuehn

Kuehn, William J.; mfr.; born Cleveland, Jan. 4, 1880; son of John and Elizabeth Jacoby Kuehn; educated, Cleveland High School and Business College; married, Cleveland, Sept. 28, 1910, Lulu Beck; started with Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle, 1898; with The Cleveland Refining Co. and The Republic Oil Co.; in 1907 with The Stevens Grease and Oil Co.; has been in the oil and grease business all his life; sec’y and director The Stevens Oil & Grease Co.; member Sons of Veterans, Cleveland Athletic, and Rotary Clubs.

Biographical Sketch of Carl Fred Kuehnle

Kuehnle, Carl Fred; milk dealer; born, Cleveland, Jan. 28, 1886; son of Carl and Caroline Keyerleber Kuehhle; attended Grammar school, and one year at Central Institute; never had any trouble with The Board of Health over impure milk, and does not accept uncleaned bottles, and believes in Pasteurized milk; member Loyal Order of Moose, Sivabian Singing Society; member Amity Club of Cleveland. Recreations: Bowling, Wrestling and Boxing.

Biographical Sketch of Otto J. Kuenhold

Kuenhold, Otto J.; heating business; born, Cleveland, Dec. 9, 1879; son of August and Katherine Greeve Kuenhold; educated, public schools, Y. M. C. A. night schools and correspondence schools, in mechanical drawing; married, Cleveland, March 6, 1906, Miss Rosine A. Kaercher; issue, two sons, Jack and Robert; began work in machine shops, foundries and pattern shops; at the age of 22, entered the draughting rooms of the MacBeth Iron Co.; became designing draughtsman; later went with The National Cash Register Co., as chief draughtsman of Invention Department; after several years, came to The Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Co.; as designing and estimating engineer; … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Theodore Kundtz

Kundtz, Theodore; manufacturer; born, Unter-Metzenseifen, Hungary, July 1, 1852; son of Joseph and Theresia (Kesselbauer) Kundtz; public school education; married, Cleveland, 1884, Marie Ballash; five sons, four daughters; mfg. of church, school and sewing-machine furniture, automobile wheels and bodies, and furniture hardware, beginning from the log, employing about 2200 people; inventor of several processes in aid of manufacture; knighted by Emperor Francis Joseph I., with the Franz-Josef’s Order, 1903; director United Savings & Trust Co., and Forest City Savings and Trust Co.; member of several benevolent and mutual societies. Favorite recreation: Automobiling.

Biographical Sketch of Paul Kunze

Kunze, Paul; florist; born, Germany, March 29, 1866; son of Samuel and Czernonwski Kunze; educated, Government schools, Germany; married, Cleveland, Jan. 28, 1893, Ellen Schultz; one child; served three years in German Army; with City Water Works, Cleveland, 1889 to 1890; eighteen months with Empire Plant Co.; 1892, started the florist business; pres. and treas. of the firm; decorator and designer; member Odd Fellow, No. 295, Cleveland Fraternal Order of Eagles, No. 135, American Insurance Union, No. 50, Cleveland W. O. W., American Camp; member Florist Clubs. Recreation: Hunting.

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 Charles T. Langdon

Langdon, Charles T.; mgr. Merchants Toilet Supply Co.; born in England, Oct. 4, 1871; son of W. M. and Anna Gray Langdon; educated in Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Feb. 21, 1896; two children, Charles W., Frank J.; stock brokerage, 1884; one year in cigar business; twelve years with the Merchants Toilet Supply Co.; member National Union, Loyal Order of Moose.

Biographical Sketch of Charles E. Lang

Lang, Charles E.; manufacturer; born, Cleveland, July 14, 1858; son of Joseph and Caroline Greimer Lang; educated, public schools, Cleveland; married, Cleveland, 1883, Katherine E. Schwinzer; one son, Elmer J. Lang, born April 28, 1884; started with Charles Rauch, Jan. 8, 1878, in the carriage and wagon business. taking full charge of the office work and later full supervision of the building of highgrade carriages; in 1885, purchased one-quarter interest in the firm, Rauch & Lang, until 1888, then organized as stock company, capital, $100,000, in 1906, began the building of electric carriages, discontinuing the building of horsedrawn vehicles, and … 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 Jacob Laub

Laub, Jacob; master baker; born, Germany, May 16, 1861; son of Henry and Margaretha Eck Laub; educated, public schools; married, Cleveland, Feb. 28, 1889, Catherine Schrister; three children; for past twenty years considered the most practical and scientific baker in Cleveland; started at 4832 Lorain St. with an output of 200 loaves of bread a day; after fifteen months, fire destroyed the small bakery; the place was rebuilt at once, and on the opposite corner of the street a modern plant was put up, the first of its kind on the West Side; the firm soon became wellknown for the … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Charles F. Laughlin

Laughlin, Charles F.; real estate investments; born, Hinkley, Ohio, May 18, 1874; son of Frederick and Esther Laughlin; educated in public schools of Cleveland; married, Cleveland, June 16, 1897, Grace A. McIntyre; 1888 to 1900, with The Cowell & Hubbard Co.; 1901-1904, asst. sec’y and treas. The Prudential Trust Co.; 1904-1909, treas. The Guarantee Title & Trust Co.; 1909, organized The Security Mortgage & Investment Co.; at present vice pres. of this corporation; in this capacity represent large Eastern insurance companies and large investors in real estate mortgages; pres. Cleveland Real Estate Board, 1912; now pres. of Ohio Association of … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Frank Duran Lawrence

Lawrence, Frank Duran; official National Carbon Co.; born, Cleveland, Dec. 1, 1864; son of Orin C. and Jane Donald Lawrence; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Oct. 16, 1888, Florence F. Prince; children, Herbert P., Lawrence, Raymond E., Ruth A., and Frank D. Jr.; engaged in the oil business for a time; 1892, entered the employ of The National Carbon Co.; traffic mgr. until 1903, then appointed auditor; in. 1912, made asst. treas., auditor, and asst. treas. National Carbon Co.; director Cleveland Chamber of Industry; member Chamber of Industry, Chamber of Commerce, and Athletic Club.