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MILO HICKS CRAWFORD, who, since October, 1909, has practiced at the Detroit bar, associated with the firm of Keena, Lightner, Oxtoby & Hanley, was born August 12, 1882, at Crawford's Corners, Pennsylvania, a place which was named in honor of his grandfather. His parents were Carlisle J. and Mary (McClelland) Crawford, the former an operator in the gas and oil fields of Pennsylvania.
The son was educated in the public schools of Emlen- ton and of Franklin, Pennsylvania, and afterward became a student in the law department of the Uni- versity of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated upon the completion of his course in 1909. On the 11th of October of the same year he became connected with the law firm of Keena, Lightner, Ox- toby & Hanley and is still associated therewith, the partners at the present time being Clarence A. Light- ner, Walter E. Oxtoby, Stewart Hanley and Milo H. Crawford, the last named being admitted to the firm on the 1st of January, 1918.
On the 27th of May, 1914, Mr. Crawford was mar- ried to Miss Maurine Graham of East Brady, Penn- sylvania, a daughter of Newton E. and Lenora (Fos- ter) Graham, the former a banker. Mr. Crawford, is a member of the Detroit Athletic Club, the Detroit Boat Club and the Red Run Golf Club, associations that indicate the nature of his interests and activities when
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professional demands are not claiming his entire time and attention. He started upon his business career after leaving high school, in the field of banking and for seven years was employed as bookkeeper and teller, but a desire to enter upon professional aetiv- ity led him to take up the study of law and his progress as a member of the legal profession has been continuous and consistent, he being now elassed with the leading representatives of the younger members of the Detroit bar.
EDWARD ARTHUR LOVELEY, who occupies a central place on the stage of real estate activity in Detroit and whose prominence was indicated in the fact that he was chosen president of the Detroit Real Estate Board in 1913, is now at the head of various corporate interests which are contributing to the de- velopment and improvement of the city through real estate activity. There was a time when real estate dealings consisted of little more than a matter of purchase or sale, but today real estate interests are as thoroughly organized, the business as earefully systematized as in any other field of labor.
The business requires character, courage, vision, foresight and executive ability of very high order. In these qualities Edward Arthur Loveley excels. A man of engaging manner and pleasing personality, he has made for himself a wide circle of friends not only in this city, but throughout the country. Un- selfish to a degree he has never failed to give gener- ously of his time and energy to the promotion of the welfare of Detroit, taking aetive interest in the work of its various eivie organizations. Thus, step by step Edward Arthur Loveley has advanced in his business connections until his labors have constituted a most potent force in the city's improvement and adornment, for through his efforts unsightly vacancies have been transformed into beautiful residence dis- tricts and along constantly broadening lines his labors are resulting in successful achievement. During the World war Mr. Loveley gave his services to the gov- ernment at $1.00 per year, acting as chief of the New York office of the real estate section of the war depart- ment. He is recognized as an expert in real estate appraisals and his advice and counsel on real estate matters is much sought throughout the country.
Mr. Loveley was born at Springfield, Massachusetts, June 11, 1879, his parents being Napoleon P. and Mary (Eno) Loveley. During his youthful days he was a pupil in the public schools of Springfield and of West Springfield. He started out on his business career as an employe at the Davis Eleetrieal Works in his native city, there remaining until 1900. The succeeding year was passed in the employ of the Western Envelope Company at Centralia, Illinois, and he first acquainted himself with the real estate busi- ness in Cleveland, Ohio. October, 1902, witnessed the arrival of Mr. Loveley in Detroit, at which time he became connected with the late W. W. Hannan. Two
years later he, in company with Harry A. Storm- feltz, his present associate, and others, incorporated a company, which later became The Stormfeltz-Love- ley Company, now considered one of the largest real estate corporations in the country, of which he became the vice president and secretary. From that point he has constantly broadened his interests, organizing and developing various companies for the handling of different properties. He is the secretary of the American Construction and Realty Company, the pres- ident of the Grosse Pointe Development Company, treasurer of the Boulevard Realty Company, president of the Crystal Lake Realty Company, president of the Goodrich Land Company, president of the Maple Road Land Company and president of the Oakland County Development Company. He is also the vice presi- dent of the Art Center Corporation, of the Detroit Land Contract Company, the Grand River Avenue Development Company, the Grosse Pointe Park Cor- poration, the Modern Homes Company, The Willow- brook Land Company, the S. & L. Realty Corporation and the Terminal Factory District. He is likewise a director of the Dearborn Hills Development Com- pany, the Federal Bond and Mortgage Company, the Grosse Pointe Township Improvement Company, the LaSalle Improvement Company, and the Park Manor Development Company. He is also the secretary of the Linwood Realty Company, of the South Bloomfield Highlands Company and the Stormfeltz Realty Com- pany, secretary and treasurer of the Victor Leasing Company and is the treasurer of the Red Run Land Company. He is known in financial circles as a director of the First State Bank and is a director of the Bankers Trust Company, The Motor Bankers Cor- poration and of the Guaranty Trust Company. His activities, therefore, cover a very broad scope and the real value of his labors cannot be definitely determined until the interests which he has promoted have reached their full fruition in Detroit's growth and progress. He stands a conspicuous figure among the men who have been most prominent in Detroit's real estate interests and aside from serving as president of the Detroit Real Estate Board he has been treasurer of the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges of America. He is also a member and former director of the Detroit Board of Commerce.
On the 8th of September, 1904, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Loveley and Miss Lina F. McLeod of Detroit. He is prominently known in the club circles of the city, having membership in the Oak- land Hills Country Club, the Grosse Ile Golf Club, the Detroit Golf Club, the Bloomfield Hills Country Club, the Lochmoor Club, the Detroit Riding and Hunt Club, of which he is president, the Automobile Country Club, the South Shore Country Club of Chicago, the Bankers Club, the Detroit Club, the Detroit Athletic Club, of which he is a director, Detroit Automobile Club, the Bloomfield Open Hunt Club of which he is a director, and the Exchange Club. He is a man to
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whom opportunity has ever spelled achievement. He has eagerly embraced every advantage for advance- ment and his life illustrates what can be accomplished through firmness of purpose, landable ambition and indefatigable energy.
ARTEMAS WARD, JR., has come steadily to the front through his successful management of the King Motor Company, of which he is the president and gen- eral manager. He has made the King car one of the most popular manufactured in Detroit, which pro- duces seventy-seven per cent of the motor cars made in the country. It is usually conceded that the man who is successful in professional life is not equally successful in commerical lines, yet Mr. Ward has demonstrated that he is the exception which proves the rule, for before entering the automobile trade he was a prominent lawyer of New York city. As a builder of King cars he has made his name almost as well known throughout the country as that of his illustrious father, Artemas Ward of New York city, who a few years ago won a national reputation by reason of his activities as the manager of the Sapolio Company, in which connection he introduced this commodity of the house through a notable system of advertising. He brought forth the advertisement which made the public known to "Spotless Town," an advertisement which drew more attention perhaps than any other in recent years. His efforts made Sapolio one of the best advertised household cleansers in the world. At length he resigned his position with the Sapolio Company to engage in the advertising business on his own account and secured control of all the advertising on the Manhattan elevated and subway cars and stations of New York and the inter- boroughs. He likewise became interested in many other important business projects, which included the manufacture of a popular brand of chewing gum. He also became interested in the manufacture of auto- mobiles and was equally active in many other lines, his labors at all times resulting in success. He is a man of marvelous energy, of keen business insight and intuition and has displayed notable power in coordinating and relating seemingly diverse business interests and bringing them into a harmonious and unified whole. He is likewise well known as the founder of the Phoenix Club of New York city, one of the largest clubs organized among advertisers in the world. Of this he became the first president and is still an honored representative thereof.
His son, Artemas Ward, Jr., was born in Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, November 9, 1875, and aside from his father there are back of him other ancestors who have won distinction and fame, for he is a direct descendant of Major General Artemas Ward, who was second in command under General George Washington and was later one of the first representatives in con- gress after the establishment of the republic. In fact every generation ha's produced men of promi-
nence. Artemas Ward, Sr., father of him whose name introduces this review, was born in New York city, while his wife, who bore the maiden name of Rebecca Robinson, was born in Philadelphia. They have, how- ever, resided for many years in the American metrop- olis and upon its business development Artemas Ward, Sr., has largely left the impress of his individuality and ability.
Artemas Ward, Jr., an only child, attended private schools in New York city, including the Drisler and Allen private school. Having prepared for college, he then entered Harvard University and was grad- uated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1899. He afterward entered the Columbia Law School but before reaching the point of graduation removed to Buffalo, New York, where he initiated his business career by entering the office of Moot, Spragne, Brownell & Marcy. While in the employ of that firm he passed the required examination for admission to the New York bar and also received the LL. B. degree from the Buffalo Law School. After practicing for a year in Buffalo he returned to New York city, where he entered the office of Robinson, Biddle & Ward at No. 79 Wall street, the last named being his uncle, Judge Henry Galbraith Ward, who is one of the federal judges of New York city. The firm acted as legal representative to the International Mercantile Marine, the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Clyde Line and many other large corporations. Mr. Ward worked in the office of the firm, gaining wide experience under the direction of his uncle and his associates, one of whom was United States Judge Hough. While there Mr. Ward also became actively interested in politics and was nominated in the twenty-fifth district for the New York state assembly. He was elected to the office and served in the session of 1908, after which
he was reelected and served in 1909, 1910 and 1911, being chosen each time by a large majority. He was connected with the legislature of New York during the administration of Charles E. Hughes as governor. He was made a member of the judiciary committee and while in the house was instrumental in passing many admirable laws, one of which attracted wide attention, as it checked fraudulent voting. He was likewise made a member of the legislative committee which investigated the telephone and telegraph com- panies as to the matter of placing them by legislative act under the supervision of the Public Service Com- mission. He was a member of the committee on cities in the legislature of 1911 and served at the time that legislation was enacted framing a new charter for the city of New York. In 1910 he was the only republican elected to the New York assembly among five candidates for the office in his congressional dis- trict in New York city, and upon the expiration of the term of 1911 he declined a renomination. Feeling that he greatly needed a rest he took a long trip through the west but was called back to Detroit to look after his father's interests in the King Motor
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Company, his father having in the meantime become a large creditor of the old King Motor Company, the business of which had been conducted in such a hap- hazard way that the company passed into the hands of a receiver. Mr. Ward, Sr., came forward with an offer to the creditors, which was accepted and con- firmed by the court and thus he became sole owner. He then reorganized the company, formulated plans for the development and conduct of the business and sent for his son to carry out his ideas. After affairs had once more been placed upon a paying basis, the plant supplied with modern equipment and the organization perfected according to modern com- mercial ideals, in all of which Mr. Ward, Jr., took an active part, he was elected to the vice presidency of the company. The reorganization took place in 1912 and the business was incorporated in 1913. Mr. Ward, Jr., continued to act as vice president until 1915, when he was made president and in 1916 gen- eral manager also, and has thus been the executive head of the business since. The company mannfac- tures the famous King motor eight-cylinder passenger car and is one of the few individually controlled auto- mobile manufacturing companies of the country.
In October, 1911, Artemas Ward, Jr., was married to Miss Grace Morley Robinson, the wedding being celebrated at Concord, Massachusetts. She is a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Robinson of New York city, her father being a well known phy- sician there. In his political views Mr. Ward is a republican and his religious belief is that of the Episcopal church. He belongs to the Harvard Club of New York, to the City Club of New York city, to the Detroit Athletic Club, to the Mayflower Society and to the Sons of the American Revolution. Back of him is an ancestry that has aided in making his- tory-a father who has been a dominant factor in the business circles of America's metropolis-and his own lines of life have been cast in harmony with the family record. He is making good in all that he attempts. His labors are crowned with successful achievement. The King motor car, of which he took charge in 1912, has been developed from a four-cyl- inder automobile to a high-powered eight and this is indicative of his own career and the spirit which has influenced him in all the activities of his business life.
JUDGE ROBERT EMMETT FRAZER. Well de- scended and well bred, Judge Robert Emmett Frazer was the possessor of two university degrees before he had attained his majority. His entire life record was marked by steady progress along the lines de- manding keen intellectuality and unfaltering perse- verance. From the age of five years he was a resident of Detroit and his life record was ever a credit and honor to the city which proudly names him as one of the most distinguished lawyers and jurists connected with the Michigan bar. His birth occurred at Adrian,
Michigan, October 2, 1840, and he displayed in his life many of the splendid characteristics derived from his Scotch-Irish ancestry. He was a direct descendant of Andrew Frazer, who removed from Scotland to Ire- land about 1730, becoming a resident of County Down. It was on the Emerald isle that Thomas Frazer, father of the Judge, was born in 1814. He became a civil engineer by profession and served for seven years with the Royal Engineers in the survey of Ireland. His early educational opportunities were limited, but the elemental strength of his character was displayed in the avidity with which he availed himself of every opportunity for advancing his knowledge and prepar- ing himself for an important life work. He was mar- ried in 1835 to Miss Sarah Wells, a native of Chelsea, England, and in 1837 he crossed the Atlantic to the new world, making his way to Monroe, Michigan, then a commercial and civic rival of Detroit. He found employment along the line of his chosen profession at Monroe and as a civil engineer was connected with the survey and construction work of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad for nearly three years. He afterward removed to Adrian, Michigan, still later to Galesburg and in 1841 became a resident of Detroit, where he entered the employ of the Michigan Central Railroad Company, doing civil engineering in connec- tion with the construction of the line. He was made superintendent of construction and also filled various other official and executive positions in connection with the road. He became associated with Colonel John M. Berrien, chief engineer, while the road was being built from Kalamazoo to Chicago and was made as- sistant engineer. With the completion of the road he returned to Detroit, entering the permanent engi- neering department of the company, his attention be- ing given to the supervision of bridges and allied work until an accident incurred in 1845 incapacitated him for further active service of this character. He was then made general ticket agent for the company at Detroit and continued to serve in that position for several years but finally resigned to concentrate his efforts and attention upon private business affairs. He was the originator of and introduced the coupon railroad ticket. His first wife died in Detroit in 1849 and Thomas Frazer afterward married Cecilia Clancy, whose death preceded his by several years. Of the first marriage there were four children, two of whom died in childhood, the others being Judge Frazer and his sister, Charlotte B. There were also four children of the second marriage: Thomas C., deceased; Georgiana; Lucius W .; and Allen H. The father passed away in 1902.
Robert E. Frazer was educated in the boarding school of the Rev. Moses H. Hunter, becoming a student there soon after the death of his mother in 1849, and in. Gregory's Select school of Detroit, where he remained until he entered the University of Michi- igan in 1855, when a youth of but fifteen years. He completed a course in the literary department at the
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age of eighteen and in the fall of 1859 became a law student in the university, winning the Bachelor of Laws degree in March, 1861, while the Bachelor of Arts degree had previously been conferred upon him. He located for the practice of law in Ann Arbor and at the same term of court in which he was ad. mitted to the bar he tried his first case. No dreary novitiate awaited him. His ability, resulting from a naturally analytical mind, and his comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence, acquired during his university course, brought him success al- most from the start. He remained at Ann Arbor until August, 1882, when he removed to Jackson, Michigan, being called to that city to take up the defense of Daniel Holcomb, accused of murder. Some of the best legal talent of the state was retained in that trial, but Judge Frazer won the suit for his client. While at Ann Arbor he had been associated with Daniel S. Twitchell, under the firm style of Twitchell & Frazer, and afterward with Judge Edwin Lawrence in the firm of Lawrence & Frazer, while upon his removal to Jackson he severed a connection with Judge Har- riman and A. W. Hamilton as a member of the firm of Frazer, Harriman & Hamilton. He became senior partner in the firm of Frazer & Hewitt at Jackson and was thus engaged in law practice until May, 1885, when he opened his office in Detroit. Here he be- came a partner of Levi L. Barbour and Dwight Rex- ford in the firm of Frazer, Barbour & Rexford, which soon won recognition as one of the most prominent law firms of the city. The name of Judge Frazer figures most conspicuously and honorably upon the legal records of Detroit. He was associated with many of the most prominent cases heard in the courts of the district and it was the recognition of his ability that led to his nomination in April, 1893, for the office of circuit judge. The election returns showed that he was defeated by twenty-four votes. On the 5th of June of the same year, however, Governor Rich appointed him judge of the circuit court of Wayne county, in conformity with a legislative act which gave to the county a fifth judge, an act that had been passed the preceding winter. In 1894 Judge Frazer was again nominated and at this election received a plurality of ten thousand and ninety-one votes, the highest number of votes received by any candidate at that election. In April, 1899, he was reelected and remained upon the bench for fourteen years. When he took up his judicial duties he found that the busi- ness of the court, owing to a lack of a proper system of assignment among the different judges, was accu- mulating beyond their power of disposition and Judge Frazer originated the system now in use. It proved so successful as to cause its permanent adoption, and it has been highly commended by members of the bar throughout the country. Judge Frazer was identified with the Detroit, the Michigan State and the American Bar Associations. He had great respect for the dig- nity of judicial place and power and no man ever
presided in a court with more respect for his environ- ment than did Judge Frazer. As a result of that personal characteristic the proceedings were always orderly upon the part of everyone-audience, bar and the officers from the highest to the lowest. His opin- ions are fine specimens of judicial thought, always clear, logical and as brief as the character of the case would permit. He never enlarged beyond the neces- sities of the legal thought in order to indulge in the drapery of literature. His mind during the entire period of his course at the bar and on the bench was directed in the line of his profession and his duty.
On the 3d of August, 1863, Judge Frazer was mar- ried to Miss Abbie M. Saunders, a daughter of Thorn- dike P. and Abbie B. M. (Barnaby) Saunders of Salem, Massachusetts. The three children of this mar- riage are: Carrie W., the widow of Walter W. Ruan, who died in 1912; Mrs. Ruan resides in Petersburg, Virginia, and is the mother of four children: Robert Frazer; Walter; John; and Carol, wife of Dr. Arthur H. Beebe of Stillman Valley, Illinois; Frances A., who is the secretary-treasurer of the Frazer Paint Company and lives with her mother; and William Robert, who died in 1911. He married Miranda E. Hood, and had two daughters, Elinor, wife of Oscar L. Knipe. They reside in Detroit and have one child, Robert Frazer Knipe; the other daughter of William Robert Frazer is Marion.
While Judge Frazer was preeminently a lawyer and jurist, he was also successful in business ventures to which he turned his attention. He became the presi- dent of the Frazer Paint Company, which established well equipped plants in Detroit, Michigan, and in Bedford, Virginia, and it was he who discovered the process by which the mineral-paint products of those factories were turned out, while the development of the large and successful business was due almost en- tirely to his efforts. He also discovered and placed on the market a mineral paste which is used for re- medial purposes and has been strongly endorsed by the medical profession. It was termed Fermisal and was manufactured by Judge Frazer under the name of the Fermisal Chemical Company. The Judge was also the inventor of the locomotive-front cement, which is now in use by fifteen different railway companies, and of the Frazer non-corrosive pipe-joint paste, handled by the American Radiator Company. Since the death of Judge Frazer his heirs have disposed of the business of the Frazer Paint Company, although the plant is still operated under the old name.
Judge Frazer gave his political support to the demo- cratie party until James A. Garfield was nominated by the republicans, when he became one of his sup- porters and continued to vote with the republican party until his demise. He was a most entertaining and forceful political speaker whose cooperation was sought in presidential campaign work, and he fre- quently addressed large audiences in New England and in the eastern states as well as in the middle west
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