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Mr. Grinnell has been identified with the Grinnell Brothers music house of Detroit since the latter year. This company manufactures and deals in everything connected with the music trade. When Albert A. Grinnell removed to Detroit the business was carried on under a partnership relation, and when the com- pany was incorporated in 1912 he was elected sec- ond vice president and treasurer and so continues to the present time. In the years which have intervened since he came to Detroit Mr. Grinnell has proven himself a prominent factor in the successful manage- ment and conduct of the business and is regarded as an executive of high standard.
On the 26th of September, 1888, Mr. Grinnell was united in marriage to Miss Helen A. Avery of Barre, Orleans county, New York, and they have one dangh- ter: Lola Marion. The religious faith of the family is that of the Episcopal church and Mr. Grinnell is also identified with the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation. His political endorsement is given to the re- publican party and the nature of his activities and in-
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terests is further indicated in the fact that he is a member of the Detroit Board of Commerce, of the New York State Society, of the Detroit Athletic Club, the Detroit Golf Club, the Automobile Country Club, the Ingleside Club and the Exchange Club. In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scot- tish Rite, is a member also of the York Rite bodies, of the Mystic Shrine, and Detroit Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar. He is likewise connected with the Odd Fellows and is most loyal in his support of any cause which he espouses and champions. His business activities have been of constantly broadening scope and importance. As his powers have developed he has eagerly embraced every opportunity for ad- vancement and his labors have ever been of a charac- ter which have contributed to public progress and prosperity as well as to individual success.
VAN H. RING, a successful attorney of Detroit, who holds to high professional standards, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, March 2, 1887, a son of George R. M. A. and Josephine (Van Horn) Ring. He attended the publie schools in various states and later became a pupil in the Central high school of Detroit, after which he entered the Detroit College of Law, from which he was graduated with the LL. B. degree on the 15th of June, 1911. On the following day he was admitted to the state bar and entered upon the work of his profession in this city, forming a partnership with A. L. Cornelius, the firm style becoming Cornelius & Ring. This relationship was maintained from January 1, 1912, until May 1, 1917, after which Mr. Ring asso- ciated himself with M. E. Fitzgerald and the firm of Fitzgerald & Ring existed until the 15th of May, 1918, when Mr. Ring withdrew to take up his duties as assistant prosecuting attorney of Wayne county, which office he filled until January 1, 1921. On June 1, 1921, he formed a partnership for the practice of law with Raymond J. Kelly, their offices being located in the Majestic building. He is a man of logical mind, studious, well versed in the law and therefore highly qualified to take care of important litigation. He has won the confidence of the public and has been connected with a number of important causes which have come before the courts of the district.
On the 7th of September, 1912, Mr. Ring was united in marriage to Miss Julia E. Mehlman, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mehlman, well known resi- dents of this city. To this union has been born a son: Robert George, whose birth occurred on the 12th of December, 1915.
Fraternally Mr. Ring is identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Royal Arcanum, the Benevolent Pro- tective Order of Elks and the Masons, belonging to Palestine Lodge, No. 357, F. & A. M .; Damascus Com- mandery, K. T .; and Shadukium Grotto in the last named organization. He is also a member of the Ma- sonic Country Club, the Lawyers Club and the Detroit Bar Association. He has much natural ability but is
withal a hard student and is never content until he has mastered every detail of his cases. He is making continuous progress in his profession and enjoys the respect and confidence of his fellow practitioners and of the general public as well.
FREDERIC M. SIBLEY, president of the F. M. Sibley Lumber Company, was born in Detroit, October 29, 1883, and while spending his youthful days in the home of his parents, Frederic M. and Mary J. (Clapp) Sibley, he attended the public schools, mastering the work of successive grades until he had completed a course in the Central high school. He afterward won the LL. B. degree from the Detroit College of Law in 1908 and was likewise a student for a time in Cornell University.
Mr. Sibley became connected with the lumber trade as assistant to his father, the organizer of the present business, and acted as treasurer of the F. M. Sibley Lumber Company until the father's death, when he succeeded to the presidency. This is a close corpora- tion, his mother being vice president of the company. The business was organized as a corporation in 1908, after many years successful existence under individ- ually controlled ownership. F. M. Sibley, the founder, remained in active charge until October, 1912, when death called him, and his son, Frederic M. Sibley, be- came then the directing head of the business, which is one of the substantial proportions, four yards being conducted in Detroit and one in Pontiac. Nearly four hundred people are employed in the conduct of this business, which is the second largest lumber enterprise of Detroit. Frederie M. Sibley of this review is prov- ing an excellent executive and man of board business vision, forming his plans carefully, his purpose being at all times dominated by a laudable ambition and by thoroughly reliable and constructive business methods.
On the 12th of August, 1910, Mr Sibley was mar- ried to Miss Mabel M. Bessenger and they have four children: Josephine, Frederic M., Jr., Dorothy, and Suzanne. They now occupy an attractive home at Grosse Pointe Park. The religious faith of the family is that of the Presbyterian church and Mr. Sibley is serving as a deacon in the First Presbyterian church of Detroit. He gives his political endorsement to the republican party and he has membership in the Board of Commerce and also in the Theta Lambda Phi, a college fraternity. Moreover, he has an interesting military record, for he served in the World war, join- ing the Signal Corps. He was connected with the bureau of aircraft production, in which capacity he had charge of all airplane propeller production, buying all the mahogany and hardwoods used in their manu- facture. He purchased the propellers manufactured in this country and used by the United States forces during the war, being stationed at Washington, D. C., and he saw service from December 15, 1917, until the 1st of January, 1919. During this period his pri-
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vate business interests were placed in the background that his attention might be given to his military duty, and following his discharge he returned to Detroit to assume once more active control of the important and extensive business of which he is the head.
JUDSON BRADWAY. One of the foremost realtors of Detroit, Judson Bradway has for nearly a score of years figured in the real estate circles of the city, turning his attention to this field at a time when Detroit was entering upon a period of steady growth leading to the marvelous development of recent years. Because of his understanding of the real estate field and market conditions here Mr. Bradway has been able to take advantage of these circumstances with their consequent demands for real estate, and the intelligent direction of his efforts has brought him to an enviable position in real estate circles. No realtor in the city has greater prestige, not only in local circles but national as well. He is now the head of the Judson Bradway Company, which has handled and negotiated many important property transfers. He was born at Birmingham, Michigan, July 27, 1882, and is a son of Albert and Mary (Render) Bradway, the former a native of New Jersey, while the latter was born in Michigan. The father came to this state in early life and took up the occupation of farming, becoming one of the successful agriculturists of the state. Both he and his wife are residents of High- land Park and he is now living retired. They were parents of two childern: Minnie, the wife of Edward L. Benedict of Detroit; and Judson.
The latter spent his early life as a pupil in the schools of Birmingham, Michigan, and in 1900 he matriculated in the University of Michigan, having in the spring of that year graduated from the Birming- ham high school. He spent two years as a student in the State University and then entered the real estate business at Detroit. The following year he became a student in the Detroit College of Law, in which he remained until graduated in 1906 with the LL. B. degree. His knowledge of law has been of immense benefit to him in the conduct of his real estate busi- ness, in which he has continued consistently and consecutively since 1902. His business has grown from a small undertaking to an institution of large pro- portions and has been organized under the name of the Judson Bradway Company, with Mr. Bradway as the directing head. Not only do they promote large real estate and building enterprises but also handle loans and insurance. Mr. Bradway, aside from the Judson Bradway Company, is the president of the Bloomfield Estate Company, of the Trowbridge Farms Company, the Oakland Lakes Realty Company, the Waterford Beach Corporation, the Home Develop- ment Company, the Oakland Avenue Development Com- pany, the Art Center Corporation and the Cass Lake Venice Company, and is secretary and treasurer of the Martin Farms Company and of the Broadway Realty
Company. There has been no phase of real estate devel- opment and activity in Detroit for the past eighteen years with which Mr. Bradway is not thoroughly fa- miliar and his efforts have been an element in the substantial growth and improvement of Detroit as the city has endeavored to meet the changed con- ditions brought about by the marvelous growth of its manufacturing and industrial interests. Mr. Bradway was the first realtor to give attention to Bloomfield Hills as a high-class residential community and has handled thousands of acres of this choice property.
On the 28th of June, 1910, Mr. Bradway was mar- ried to Miss Florence Michell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Michell of Detroit. They have become the parents of two children: Judson, Jr., who was born in Detroit in 1912; and Virginia Mary, born in 1917. Mr. Bradway belongs to the Detroit Athletic Club, the Detroit Golf Club, the Bloomfield Hills Country Club and the Oakland Hills Country Club and is also a member of Phi Delta Theta, a national college fraternity. His interest in his adopted city has been manifest in many tangible ways. He has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce since its organi- zation and was a member of the city charter revision commission of 1913 and also of the building code re- vision commission through appointment of Mayor Os- car B. Marx. Mr. Bradway has been very active in the work of the Detroit Real Estate Board, serving as president in 1912, and has been a member of the executive committee almost continuously since that time. He was one of the prime movers in the in- stallation of a geographical tract index for Wayne county and has been chairman of the tract index committee of the board since the formation of that committee. He was one of the first realtors in the United States to advocate a license law for the con- trol and regulation of real estate brokers and sales- men and was chairman of the committee that drafted the present real estate license law of the state of Michigan. He likewise acted as chairman of the legislative committee of the real estate board that secured the passage of this law by the state legis- lature. Mr. Bradway was one of the organizers of the National Association of Real Estate Boards and has been a member of the executive committee and chairman of several standing committees, while at the present time he is chairman of the license law committee of the national body. He is president of the National Real Estate Journal Company of Chi- cago, a corporation publishing the National Real Es- tate Journal.
ALLAN P. COX. While advancement at the bar is proverbially slow, Allan P. Cox has made for himself a creditable name as an attorney of Detroit in his practice, covering a period of twenty years, following his admission to the bar in 1900. He has always lived in this city, his brith having here occurred February 7, 1876, his parents being William and Eva M. (Van
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Riper) Cox. At the usual age he entered the public schools and passed through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school. Later he pursued a literary course in the University of Michigan and then entered upon the study of law there, winning his LL. B. degree upon graduation with the class of 1900. In the same year he began practicing in Detroit in the offices of Otto Kirchner, but has been alone since 1901, and his progress, therefore, is the direct out- come and result of his ability, laudable ambition and devotion to the interests of his clients. He is recog- nized as a man strong in argument, clear in his rea- soning and logical in his deduction and he is seldom, if ever, at fault in the application of legal principles. He belongs to both the Detroit and Michigan State Bar Associations and is likewise a member of the Lawyers Club of Detroit, enjoying the warm friend- ship and regard of many of the representatives of the profession.
He largely finds his recreatiou in literature and reads broadly. Fraternally he is connected with both the Masons and the Odd Fellows. With America's entrance into the World war his deep desire to aid his country led him to enlist and he entered the second officers training camp at Fort Sheridan on the 27th of August, 1917, but on the 5th of October of the same year he was honorably discharged because of physical disability. In a civic capacity, however, he did everything in his power to further the interests of the government and promote the welfare of the sol- diers overseas and on this side of the Atlantic. He concentrates his efforts and attention upon his legal practice, his devotion to his clients' interests being proverbial, and the thoroughness with which he pre- pares his cases has been one of the strong elements in his growing success.
ABRAM P. SHERRILL. As president of Edson, Moore & Company, wholesale dry goods merchants, Abram P. Sherrill is an influential factor in con- trolling the affairs of one of the oldest and most substantial commercial enterprises of Detroit, his re- tention in this responsible position indicating his su- peror business ability and administrative powers. He was born January 19, 1850, in the state of New York, his parents being Abram P. and Elizabeth (Saxton) Sherrill, both of whom were born on Long Island. After completing his public school education he entered the field of finance, becoming bookkeeper for a bank at Pontiac, Michigan, in 1869. He remained with that institution until 1873, when he joined the firm of Edson, Moore & Company of Detroit in their book- keeping and credit department and in 1892 he became a partner in the firm. The business had been founded in 1872 by James L. Edson, George F. Moore and Ran- som Gillis, and on its incorporation on the 1st of January, 1909, with an authorized capital of one million dollars, Mr. Sherrill became its first president and has been continued in that office. He has given
his close personal attention to the details of the business, also has the ability to see clearly its larger aspects, and has been farsighted in the direction of the policy of the company, which owes its present prestige largely to his capable management. This is one of the oldest commercial enterprises in Detroit, having been in existence for almost a half century, and throughout this period it has enjoyed a steady growth until it has become recognized as the leading wholesale dry goods house of the city.
In his political views Mr. Sherrill is a republican and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Fort Street Presbyterian church, in which he has been an elder for several years. He is a valued member of the Board of Commerce, is also connected with the Detroit Athletic, Detroit Club, Detroit Boat, Detroit Automobile and Automobile Country Clubs, and fraternally is identified with the Masons, belonging to Union Lodge, F. & A. M .; Peninsular Chapter, R. A. M .; and Damascus Commandery, K. T. With industry and determination as dominant qualities Mr. Sherrill has made steady progress in the business world, ad- vancing from a humble position until he now ranks with Detroit's foremost business men.
WARREN A. MORLEY. For a period of fifteen years Warren A. Morley has been a representative of insurance interests in Detroit, and since 1913 has been senior partner in the firm of Morley & Coleman. At the same time he is secretary and treasurer of the Dalrymple-Morley Company, dearlers in Ford cars, and is identified with still other business interests. He was born in Bay City, Michigan, July 14, 1883, and is a son of Ira W. and Juliette (Baker) Morley, the latter now a resident of Clarkston, Michigan.
After pursuing his high school education at Pontiac, Michigan, Warren A. Morley continued his studies in the Ferris Institute at Big Rapids and later secured the position of clerk with Shaw, Warren, Cady & Oakes, now Warren, Cady, Hill & Hamblen, of Detroit, remaining with them from 1901 until 1906. In the latter year he entered the employ of the Bankers' Surety Company, thus serving until 1911, when as a member of the firm of Morley & Fisher he became a general agent for the Southern Surety Company of St. Louis. He thus continued until 1913, when the firm of Morley & Coleman became general agents for various casualty insurance companies, which they have repre- sented since the 10th of July, 1913. Associated with William A. Coleman, Mr. Morley still engages in the conduct of a general insurance business. He has also become the secretary and treasurer of the Dal- rymple-Morley Company, Ford dealers, and he is the secretary of the Newport Manufacturing Company of Newport, Kentucky, building Ford truck bodies. These enterprises have been developed to extensive proportions
On the 8th of September, 1906, Mr. Morley wedded Jessie I. Ross of Detroit, and they have become parents
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of a daughter, Helen Ross. Mr. Morley belongs to the Sons of the American Revolution, his eligibility coming through Samuel Callender, a maternal ancestor, who was with the Continental forces in winning national independence. His political support is given to the republican party and his interest in commun- ity affairs is indicated in his membership in the Board of Commerce. He likewise belongs to the Credit Men's Association, the Elks, the Detroit Automobile Club and the Detroit Yacht Club.
WILFRED W. CAMPBELL, president of the Boyer- Campbell Company, hardware merchants of Detroit, was born in Anderson, Ontario, Canada, September 6, 1878. He is of Scotch ancestry and is a son of John and Mary W. (Wilkinson) Campbell. He pur- sued a commercial course in the Detroit Business University and since 1896 has been connected with the hardware trade of Detroit, making substantial advance- ment as the years have passed. In 1906 he assisted in organizing the Boyer-Campbell Company, which has since handled a complete line of mechanical tools, factory and mill supplies. From the beginning Mr. Campbell has been the president of the company, largely shaping its policy and directing its activities. His efforts have resulted in the continuous extension of its trade relations, the business having long since assumed substantial and gratifying proportions. He was likewise one of the organizers and is a director of the Brown-McLaren Manufacturing Company, man- ufacturers of automatic serew machine products.
In Detroit, on the 26th of June, 1909, Mr. Camp- bell was married to Miss Mabel E. Cooper and they have become parents of two children: Mary Margaret and Robert Graham, the latter born February 7, 1919. They reside at No. 318 Chicago boulevard and enjoy a wide acquaintance in the leading social circles of the city. Mr. Campbell gives his political endorse- ment to the republican party, and while preferring that his public service shall be done as a private citizen rather than as an office seeker, his cooperation and aid can always be counted upon to further any well organized plan for the benefit and upbuilding of Detroit. To this end he has membership in the Board of Commerce. He also belongs to Palestine Lodge, No. 357, A. F. &. A. M .; King Cyrus Chapter, R. A. M .; and Detroit Commandery, K. T. He likewise belongs to the Detroit Athletic Club, the Bloomfield Hills Country Club, the Aviation Country Club, of which he served as president in 1920, and the Detroit Golf Club. A game of golf constitutes one of his chief sources of recreation.
WILLIAM CHARLES GOTTMAN, member of the Detroit bar, was born in Nankin, Michigan, February 21, 1869, and is a son of Charles and Edith (Morgan) Gottman. The father was a native of Sweden and the mother of Denmark. Coming to this country in early life, they were pioneer settlers of Michigan, in which
state they were married. The mother passed away four years ago at the advanced age of eighty-one years and the father passed away April 21, 1920, at the age of eighty-four years.
William C. Gottman, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, pursued his early education in public schools of Michigan and afterward attended the State Normal and also the Universiy of Michigan, in which he became a law student, there winning his LL. B. degree upon graduation with the class of 1892. In the meantime he had devoted three years, from 1887 until 1890, to the profession of teaching, and fol- lowing the completion of his law course he entered upon the active practice of his profession in Detroit, where he has remained. He has never sought the limelight but through his capability in handling intricate and involved legal problems has made a financial success of his career. For a time in the early period of his practice he was associated with William B. Jackson and since then has been alone, continuing in the gen- eral practice of law, his colleagues and contempora- ries in the profession acknowledge the ability which he displays in handling involved and intricate legal problems.
Mr. Gottman was married on the 3rd of June, 1897, to Miss Charlotte Roeder, of Detroit, and they are rearing an adopted daughter, Lois Elenor. Their religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Gottman gives his political endorsement to the re- publican party and he belongs to the Lawyers Club and to the Detroit Automobile Club.
SAMUEL CRAWFORD, a representative of one of the old and prominent families of the state, has long been numbered among the successful real estate op- erators of Detroit and his activities have ever bal- anced up with the principles of honor, uprightness and integrity. He is one of Detroit's native sons and his grandfather, Francis Crawford, was a resident of Newburgh, New York. His parents were Samuel and Mary Ann (Reid) Crawford, who came to Michigan in 1852, casting in their lot with its pioneer settlers, and the father was one of the first republicans in the state.
Mr. Crawford was born January 10, 1874, and in the pursuit of an education he attended the public schools of Detroit, while later he became a student at the Michigan Agricultural College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1896. He then engaged in engineering work in the employ of James J. Hill, of the Great Northern Railway, but soon afterward returned to Detroit and entered the real estate busi- ness, in which he has continued active, confining his operations to factory and acreage properties. He is well informed regarding real estate in all parts of the city and is considered an expert valuator. He has negotiated many important property transfers and in connection with his real estate interests also con- duets an insurance department, both enterprises prov-
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ing profitable. He is a keen, farsighted business man, who has displayed notable sagacity and marked enter- prise in the conduct of his interests and success in substantial measure has rewarded his efforts.
In his political views Mr. Crawford is a republican and he is an Episcopaliau in religious faith. He is an active and valued member of the Detroit Real Estate Board and is also a member of the Fellowcraft Club, while fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, in which he occupies a prominent position. He has assisted in advancing several of the leading men of the city and state through the higher degrees of the consistory. His membership is with Oriental Lodge, No. 240, F. &. A. M .; King Cyrus Chapter, No. 133, R. A. M .; Monroe Council, No. I, R. & S M .; Michigan Sovereign Consistory, A. & A. S. R .; and Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is an ex- emplary follower of the craft, endeavoring to fulfill in his life its principles concerning mutual helpful- ness aud brotherly kindness. He has thoroughly iden- tified his interests with those of his native city, with whose remarkable growth and development he has been closely and actively connected through his extensive operations in the real estate field, and Detroit has greatly profited through his progressiveness and en- terprise.
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