The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Vol. IV, Part 26

Author: Burton, Clarence Monroe, 1853-1932, ed; Stocking, William, 1840- joint ed; Miller, Gordon K., joint ed
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Detroit-Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 1024

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In Detroit, on the 3d of November, 1885, Mr. Rex- ford was married to Miss Caroline M. Montgomery. They held membership in the Presbyterian church and Mr. Rexford belonged also to the Alpha Delta Phi, a college fraternity, and to the Detroit Athletic and Detroit Boat Clubs. His leisure was largely devoted to his reading, which covered a wide field. His po- litical endorsement was given the republican party and his interest in the welfare and upbuilding of his city was manifest in his membership in the Detroit Board of Commerce. He belonged to the Detroit Bar Association and to the Michigan State Bar Associa- tion. He remained throughout the period of his con- nection with the courts of Michigan a close and dis- criminating student of the principles of jurisprudence, his work in the courts being characterized by a careful preparation of his cases and a clear and concise presen- tation of his cause.

CARL SCHEFFLER BARRY, treasurer of the Otto Misch Company, contractors of Detroit, was born in Medina, New York, December 23, 1889, and is a son of Watson F. and Martha (Cogswell) Barry, both

of whom were natives of Orleans county, New York, where they spent their lives. The father is a promi- nent banker of Medina and is still president of the Central Savings Bank there. The mother passed away in 1914. In their family were three children, one of whom is deceased. Those living are: Mrs. A. H. Cosden of Southold, Long Island; and Carl S., of this review.

The last named in his boyhood days was a pupil in the schools of his native city and subsequently at- tended the Syracuse (N. Y.) University for three years. He later pursued a year's course in the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, where he did special work in architecture. Later he came to Detroit and was with the MeLean Building Company, in the archi- tectural department, for a year. He next became con- nected with the Otto Misch Company in 1912 as estimator, and rose gradually, being advanced from one position to another until he became the treas- urer and manager of the business, in which connec- tion he is still found, turning his attention to con- structive effort and executive control of a constantly growing business.

On the 19th of October, 1912, Mr. Barry was married to Miss Marguerite B. Sprague, a daughter of Mr. and . Mrs. R. F. Sprague, representatives of a prominent family of Greenville, Michigan. They have one child, Martha Cogswell Barry, who was born in Detroit, August 2, 1913, and is now in school.

Mr. Barry is identified with the Board of Com- merce and manifests a helpful interest in various proj- ects that have to do with Detroit's upbuilding and improvement. He belongs to the Phi Kappa Psi, Fellowcraft Club, the Detroit Auto Club, the Vor- tex Club and also to the Syracuse Alumni Associa- tion. He is a representative of that class of men whose individual efforts have gained for them the proud American title of self-made man.

DOUGLAS GRIER ALDEN, widely known in De- troit, is now connected with The Embroidery Hoop Company of Canton, Ohio. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, August 12, 1896, and is a son of H. W. Alden, who is mentioned at length on another page of this work and who is the vice president of the Timken-Detroit Axle Company. Douglas G. Alden at- tended the public schools of Detroit and following America's entrance into the World war he joined Base Hospital, No. 17, and was stationed for a time at Allentown, Pennsylvania. He afterward went to France with his unit and for nine months was at Dijon, becoming an ambulance driver. After a time he was commissioned a first lieutenant in a tank corps on duty at Paris and Tours, being identified with a new type of tank. He saw a great deal of service and made a most commendable record. He returned to the United States December 24, 1918, and was discharged on the 12th of January, 1919.

Mr. Alden, upon his return to Detroit, became iden-

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tified with the production department of the Wilson Body Company on metal schedule work. In May, 1920, he became associated with the Best Stove Company as a part owner and manager of the shop. This busi- ness was founded in 1911 and does a large metal stamping business, employing over fifty people. In January, 1921, Mr. Alden severed his connections with the Best Stove Company and moved to Canton, Ohio, to become general manager of The Embroidery Hoop Company. This concern is the largest maker of all metal embroidery hoops in the world, manu- facturing the famous two point contact, simplex and ideal hoops. His developing powers are winning him constant advancement and bringing him to positions of greater responsibility, and his friends feel no hesi- taney in predicting for him a most successful future.

On the 28th of January, 1919, Mr. Alden was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Moore and they have become the parents of a son, Herbert Watson, who was born January 25, 1920. Mr. Alden is a member of the Detroit Golf Club. He is widely known in the city, where almost his entire life has been passed and where he has a large circle of warm friends.

FRANK A. SCHULTE is one of the oldest bankers of Detroit and throughout his long connection with financial interests has ever maintained a most envia- ble position in banking and business circles. Since January, 1907, he has been the vice president of the Peoples State Bank, prior to which time he was for more than twenty years the vice president of the Peoples Savings Bank. Mr. Schulte was born in Westphalia, Germany, December 13, 1836, and has therefore passed the eighty-fourth milestone on life's journey. His parents were Frank A. and Elizabeth (Nueckel) Schulte, in whose home his boyhood days were passed, while his education was acquired in a business college. Attracted by the opportunities of the new world, he crossed the Atlantic in September, 1865, and spent one year in the copper country of the northern peninsula of Michigan. In October, 1866, he took up his abode in Detroit. Shortly after coming to this city he became connected with the Michigan Volks Blatt, remaining therewith for several years. In 1872 he entered the employ of the Peoples Savings, Bank in a clerical capacity. In the fall of that year he took charge of the savings department of the institution and continued in that position until 1887, when he was elected vice president. In the latter capacity he retained a general supervision of the sav- ings department, also taking charge of the mortgage loan department and looking after such real estate matters as fell to his branch of the bank. He con- tinued in that official connection until the institution was merged with the State Savings Bank under the style of the Peoples State Bank in January, 1907, since which time he has been the vice president of the new institution. Long experience has made him thoroughly familiar with the problems of banking. He has also

been identified with various other business interests of the city, being at one time president of the Detroit Edge Tool Works, and for a number of years was vice president of the Detroit Cabinet Company, of which he was one of the founders. He is likewise the president of the Hamtramck State Bank and was president of the First Commercial & Savings Bank of Wyandotte, Michigan, until January 1, 1920, when he resigned. His name is known and honored in banking circles throughout the state. In addition to the busi- ness connections already mentioned, he is the presi- dent of the Michigan Grocer Company and has been identified with that concern for over twenty-five years. He has been treasurer of the Michigan Fire & Marine Insurance Company for more than ten years, while for more than thirty years he has been connected with its management. Mr. Schulte is also vice presi- dent of the Grosse Ile Bridge Company.

On the 30th of November, 1889, Mr. Schulte was married in Detroit to Miss Bertha V. Hennes and they have one daughter, Laura E. The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church. Mr. Schulte has never been a club man nor has he been prominent in political connections and in fact has declined polit- ical appointments. Previous to 1896 Mr. Schulte might be said to have been a democrat, but since that year his support has been given to the republican party. He has concentrated his efforts and attention upon his chosen line of business and he is revered by his associates and friends of long years' standing. Mr. Schulte is a remarkably well preserved man both mentally and physically, and after a elose identifica- tion with banking affairs in Detroit, extending through nearly a half century, his career has been such as to secure for him the highest respect and regard of the vast number of patrons with whom he has come into contact, as well as a most ereditable position among the city's bankers.

WILLIAM NELSON WINFIELD, president of the Federal Lithograph Company of Detroit, his native city, was born September 23, 1868, a son of Henry and Sarah (Wilson) Winfield, the former a native of the state of New York, while the latter was born in Canada and came to Michigan in early life. The father was a carriage and wagon manufacturer and he and his wife are still residents of Detroit, where they reared their two children.

W. Nelson Winfield, the only surviving child, at- tended the public schools of Detroit and when a youth of fourteen started out to provide for his own sup- port by entering the employ of the Richmond & Backus Company, with which he remained for twenty- one years, working his way upward through the va- rious departments and eventually becoming a stock- holder in the concern. He retired in 1903 and later organized the Federal Lithograph Company, which began business on a small scale as lithographers and photo offset printers, and which has now developed

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one of the largest and best equipped plants of the kind in the state. As the executive head Mr. Winfield directs the business and his marked enterprise and sound judgment are manifest in the continuous suc- cess of the undertaking.

On the 11th of February, 1893, at Midland, Michi- gan, Mr. Winfield was married to Miss Nellie Larkin, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Larkin, and they have three children: Donald Larkin, who was born in Detroit in 1894 and who through the period of the World war was with a Michigan company, detailed on inspection work in the motor department; Eleanor M., who was born in Detroit in 1899; and Frederick Scott, born in 1908.

Mr. Winfield is a republican in his political views. Fraternally he is connected with Palestine Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and he also has membership in the Board of Commerce and is keenly interested in all the projects of that organization for the upbuilding and benefit of the city. His religious faith is that of the Congregational church and his life has been charac- terized by high and honorable principles, while his sterling worth has made him a man whom to know is to respect and honor.

JOHN ALEXANDER CAMPBELL. A spirit of en- terprise and progress has actuated John Alexander Campbell throughout the period of his connection with business affairs, bringing him to a point where he ranks with the leading real estate operators of De- troit. He is now serving as secretary-treasurer of the Maloney-Campbell Realty Company, dealing ex- tensively in improved properties, the firm's offices be- ing maintained in the Free Press building. Mr. Camp- bell was born near Belleville, in Hastings county, in the province of Ontario, Canada, June 15, 1872, a son of John A. and Sarah (MeKinnon) Campbell, who reared a family of five children. When he was two years of age his parents moved to Chatham, Ontario, and in the public schools of that city he pursued his education, completing a commercial course in the Chatham Business College in 1892. He then ac- cepted a position as an accountant at the Michigan Military Academy at Orchard Lake, where he served for eleven years, during which period he won promo- tion to the office of quartermaster. He next became identified with the Marine Sugar Company, with which he remained for two years, after which he was with a beet sugar company for four years, acting as an accountant in connection with construction work.

The year 1906 marked the arrival of Mr. Campbell in Detroit, at which time he entered the employ of the City & Suburban Homes Company as a salesman. continuing with that firm for a period of five years. In 1911 the Maloney-Campbell Realty Company was organized and incorporated with a capital stock of five thousand dollars, Mr. Campbell being made its secretary-treasurer. The firm specializes in the hand- ling of improved properties, such as apartment build-

ings and homes, and has negotiated many important realty transfers, tuis being one of the leading real estate firms in the city. Mr. Campbell is thoroughly conversant with every phase of the business, owing to his broad experience along this line, and is re- garded as an expert valuator. He is a shrewd, far- sighted business man, whose unerring judgment and keen discrimination have been potent factors in pro- moting the success of the company which he rep- resents, while his activities have at all times balanced up with the principles of truth and honor.

In 1905 Mr. Campbell was united in marriage to Miss Florence Strong of Orchard Lake, Michigan, and they have become the parents of two children: John A., Jr., who was born March 3, 1910, in Detroit; and Charlotte Marion, born June 3, 1917. In his political views Mr. Campbell is a stalwart republican, giving his earnest support to the principles and candidates of the party, and his interest in the welfare and progress of his city is indicated by his membership in the Board of Commerce, whose plans and projects for the upbuilding and development of a greater municipality receive his hearty cooperation. He is an active and earnest member of the Detroit Real Estate Board and he is likewise identified with the Detroit Automobile Club. Industry has been the key which has unlocked for Mr. Campbell the portals of success. Thoroughness and diligence have ehar- acterized all of his work and through his operations in the real estate field he has contributed in substan- tial measure to the improvement and upbuilding of his city.

W. C. OUELLETTE. With the metal manufacturing interests of Detroit W. C. Ouellette has long been identified and is now the secretary and treasurer of the Brass Products Company, one of the growing business concerns of Detroit. Mr. Ouellette was born in the old town of Sandwich, Ontario, Canada, and is a descendant of the old Ouellette family of Paris. His direct ancestors came from the French capital and settled in Canada at an early day. His parents were Joseph and Eleanor (Forest) Ouellette, the former crown attorney for Essex county, Ontario, for a number of years, and one of the best known lawyers in that section of the Dominion.

In the public schools of his native place W. C. Onellette obtained his education, after which he pur- sued a commercial course in Assumption College. While a student there he was a member of the base- ball team and also took part in the general athletics. He continued to reside in Sandwich until the death of his father, when it was necessary for him to go ont into the world and make his own way. He was employed in various capacities and along different lines for a time, but finally came to Detroit in 1900. For some time he had worked in the Dodge Brothers

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plant in Canada and on coming to Detroit he entered into association with the brass industry of the city as a metal worker. He became foreman in the Standard Brass Works and later joined the Penin- sular Brass Works, where he won rapid advancement and eventually acquired some of the stock. Later he was called to official position and for some time was vice president of that corporation.

Mr. Ouellette also served as superintendent of the Peninsular Brass Works, and in 1910 he joined forces with William H. Gehring, also connected with the Peninsular works, forming the Brass Products Com- pany. This was originally a partnership concern but in October of the same year they incorporated their interests under the same name, with Mr. Gehring as the president and Mr. Ouellette as secretary and treasurer. The business has been very prosperous from the beginning, and they have recently erected an addition to their plant that has doubled its capacity.

Mr. Ouellette was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Newman and they have two children: Wilfred J. and Marian E. The family are members of the Catholic church, and Mr. Ouellette is identified with the Knights of Columbus as a third degree member. He is fond of outdoor sports and recreation, especially fishing and swimming, but never allows outside in- terests to interfere with the faithful performance of his duties as a business man and is today one of the live progressive business men of Detroit, with well formulated plans which he is carrying forward to successful conclusion.

GUY WALTON MOORE, who since 1905 has en- gaged in the practice of law in Detroit, was born at Batavia, Michigan, on July 1, 1881, and is a son of George W. and Ella (Gallap) Moore. The father's birth occurred at Wabash, Indiana, in 1851 and in early manhood he came to Michigan, settling at Cold- water. He was a son of Nelson Moore, who was also a native of the Hoosier state, becoming a business man of Wabash, Indiana, in the '50s. Not long after his marriage George W. Moore removed to Batavia, Michigan, where he followed the occupation of farm- ing, there continuing his residence until his death in 1904. His wife survived him for about four years, passing away in 1908.

Guy W. Moore pursued his education in the public schools and later prepared himself for the teaching profession, which vocation he followed for five years, when he decided to make the practice of law his life work and became a student in the Detroit Col- lege of Law, from which he was graduated in 1905, with the degree of LL. B. He at once opened offices in Detroit, where he has remained, and the fact that he has for fifteen years been a representative of the bar of this city is indication of the success which he has achieved in his chosen profession. He is ad- mitted to practice in all the state and federal courts, including the supreme court of the United States.

On the 4th of May, 1912, in Detroit, Mr. Moore was married to Miss Elizabeth L. Blondin, daughter of Moses and Euphemia Blondin. Their children are: Walter Guy, Elizabeth Euphemia, and George Warren. Mr. and Mrs. Moore attend the Presbyterian church and he is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In the former he is a past master of Corinthian Lodge, No. 241, and has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in Michigan Sovereign Consistory. He is also a member of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the Board of Commerce, to the Detroit Automobile Club and to the Fellowcraft Athletic Club. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and his interest in matters of public concern is keen and helpful. During the war period he served on the legal advisory board of Detroit and at all times he stands loyally in support of those interests and activities which are matters of moment in the upbuilding of the city and the advancement of its standards.

DALE W. BAUER is the secretary of the Park Chemical Company. He came to Detroit from Pitts- burgh, Pennsylvania, in which city his birth occurred December 17, 1889, he being one of the four children of Harry H. and Edith (Irwin) Bauer, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, where they always resided. The father was engaged in the lumber business and also followed the profession of architec- ture, his last days being spent in Pittsburgh. His widow has since become a resident of Detroit, where reside her four children: Walter D., John Irwin, Mrs. Grace Hannert and Dale W.

The last named is indebted to the public school system of Pittsburgh for the educational training that qualified him for life's practical and responsible duties. He came to Detroit, where he started out in the business world as an employe of the Detroit Steel Treating Company, later becoming a stock- holder, where he remained for three years. In 1911, however, he became associated with W. P. Woodside in organizing the Park Chemical Company for the purpose of manufacturing case hardening materials and supplies for the heat treating of steel. The present plant is located at 3467 Lovett avenue in Detroit, and since the erection of the building the plant has been in constant operation. The business was incor- porated in 1911 with W. P. Woodside as president, Wm. E. Bee as vice president and Dale W. Bauer as secretary and treasurer.

It was in June, 1914, that Mr. Bauer was married to Miss Mary A. Breen of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who passed away in November, 1918. She was a daughter of Henry and Ella Breen of Pittsburgh, and at her death left one child, Dale W., born in Detroit, May 26, 1916. Mr. Bauer votes with the republican party, and indicates his support of many progressive public measures by his membership in the Detroit Board of Commerce. He is also a member

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of the Masonic Lodge, the Detroit Commandery, Knights Templar, the Consistory and Shrine, and he is identified with the Detroit Athletic Club. Along business lines he became active in the Detroit Steel Treating Research Society and was elected its first secretary. This organization has since steadily ex- panded until it has become an international society. He resides at 4110 Pingree avenue, Detroit, Michigan.

THOMAS H. BROWN, member of the real estate firm of Brown, Fay & McAlpine, has won substantial success in the conduet of his business affairs, display- ing sound judgment, energy and enterprise. He is a man of resolute spirit, whose plans are well defined and carefully thought out and in their execution he is prompt and decisive, carrying through to successful completion whatever he undertakes. He was born in Highland Park, Michigan, January 30, 1860, a son of Thomas S. and Amy (Castleton) Brown, who became the parents of six children, two sons and four daugh- ters, and four of the family are living, namely: Thomas H .; Margaret, the wife of J. H. Maxwell; Julia, who married William Hatch; and Emma, the wife of Elmer Knowles.

During the infancy of Thomas H. Brown the family removed to Greenfield, Michigan, and in the public schools of that locality he acquired his education. After completing his studies he assisted his father in the operation of the home farm, continuing to reside thereon until 1905, when he came to Highland Park and entered the employ of Robert Oakman, a prominent real estate operator of this city, being placed in charge of the work of improving all of Mr. Oakman's subdivisions. In 1906 Mr. Brown was elected to the office of supervisor of Greenfield, in which capacity he served for ten years, and in 1916 the present firm of Brown, Fay & MeAlpine was organized. Until the latter part of 1917 they engaged in the sale of farm properties on a commission basis but have since bought and sold their own property. They have negotiated many important realty transfers and their progressive business methods and well known reliability and integrity have won for them an enviable standing in commercial circles of De- troit. They specialize in farm lands and their opera- tions are conducted on an extensive scale.

On the 29th of November, 1887, Mr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Granzow of Royal Oak, Michigan, and they have become the parents of a daughter, Edna, who is now the wife of Harry E. Legg, identified with the Black Motor Car Com- pany. In his political views Mr. Brown is a stanch republican, loyally supporting the principles and can- didates of the party. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons and the Knights of The Maccabees and he also belongs to the Automobile Club and to several civic bodies, being deeply and helpfully interested in all that pertains to the welfare and progress of his city. He is recognized as an enterprising and

alert business man and as a loyal and publie-spirited citizen and his personal qualities are such that he has gained the warm friendship of many.

JAMES M. BERRY. One of the oldest and best known business firms in the mercantile circles of Detroit is that of the Thomas H. Berry Company, dealers in fine rugs and carpets. The firm has been continuously engaged in business here since 1869, and enjoys an unmistakable reputation for reliability and progressive methods. James M. Berry, the present head of the company is of the second generation of the family connected with the business, and it is probable that his son will succeed him, so that for three generations at least this business will be carried on by the Berry family.

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The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Vol. IV, Part 26

Author: Burton, Clarence Monroe, 1853-1932, ed; Stocking, William, 1840- joint ed; Miller, Gordon K., joint ed Publication date: 1922 Publisher: Detroit-Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company Number of Pages: 1024

Author: Burton, Clarence Monroe, 1853-1932, ed; Stocking, William, 1840- joint ed; Miller, Gordon K., joint ed
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Detroit-Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 1024