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On the 24th of May, 1904, Mr. Busby was married to Miss Sarah Ann Moore, daughter of George Moore, vice president of the John H. Busby Company. They have four children: Evelyn, born in Detroit, March 21, 1905, now a student in the Northwestern high school; Ruth, born May 8, 1909, also attending North- western high school; George, born April 26, 1913; and Jane, born April 28, 1918. The family occupies a fine home in the city at 7634 Dexter boulevard, and also
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has a most attractive summer residence at Pine Lake, Michigan. Mr. Busby and his wife are members of the Congregational church. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to the Knights Templar, Damascus Com- mandery, No. 42, and to Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He has membership in the Fellowcraft Ath- letie Club, the Detroit Auto Club, the Canopus Club, of which he was a charter member, and in the Detroit Board of Commerce. He is also identified with va- rious trade organizations. He belongs to the Michigan Builders & Traders Exchange, of which he was for- merly a director, is a member of the Michigan Con- tractors Association, the American Institute of Elec- trical Engineers and the Electrical Contractors and Dealers Association. In his business connections he is president of the Freer Sand, Gravel & Brick Com- pany, of which he was one of the organizers. His progress has been continuous since he started out in business and his advancement has resulted from his close study, his thoroughness and his fidelity to the interests of those from whom he receives business patronage. The simultaneous achievement of success and an honored name constitutes his life record and he is today one of the prominent young business men of Detroit.
ROBERT L. CHOPE. To plan, promote and project a large business enterprise requires a man with marked powers of organization and executive control, and to this class belongs Robert L. Chope, whose position as president of the Chope-Stevens Paper Company places him with the most prominent business men of Detroit. There is no greater stimulus to individual activity and enterprise than that which is found in the life history of such men as Mr. Chope, who has worked his way upward from a humble position in the business world. He is widely and favorably known in Detroit, for he has here passed his life, his birth having occurred in this city on the 28th of June, 1860, the youngest son of Edward and Eliza- beth (Anscomb) Chope, in whose family were eight children, namely: Edward B., Mary, Charles H., Clara B., George W., Frank F., Ella and Robert L.
In the district school of Greenfield and the Cass high school of his native city Mr. Chope acquired his education and his first business experience was obtained as messenger boy with the American Na- tional Bank and its successor, the American Exchange National Bank, with which he remained for a period of seven years, gaining much valuable information regarding financial operations, being assigned to the collection desk and also performing other tasks. Sub- sequently he entered commercial circles on his own account, engaging in the real estate business, in which he was active for six months. Mr. Chope is possessed of considerable mechanical ingenuity and has in- vented a paper coin wrapper. He devoted several years to the manufacture of this article, but sub- sequently disposed of his interest in the business.
He has since given his attention to the paper manu- facturing business and in 1894 became associated with Mr. Paige, formerly identified with the firm of Paige & Strachn. Subsequently Mr. Paige sold his interest in the business to Arthur E. Stevens and the Chope- Stevens Paper Company was then organized, with Mr. Chope as the president, Mr. Stevens as the vice president and treasurer and Mr. Miller as secretary, the officers of the company all being recognized as substantial and reliable business men. Mr. Chope has had charge of all departments of the business, which is largely the expression of his initiative spirit and pro- gressive policy. He has constantly sought to increase the efficiency of the plant, to improve in every way pos- sible the quality of the product and to extend the trade of the company to new territory. His efforts have been productive of excellent results, for the business has now assumed extensive proportions, the Chope-Stevens Paper Company conducting the largest enterprise of this character in the state of Michigan, while the business methods employed by the house have ever been such as would bear the closest in- vestigation and scrutiny. Mr. Chope is gradually turn- ing over the management of the undertaking to Mr. Stevens, hoping to be entirely relieved of his ex- ecutive responsibilities in the near future.
On the 5th of December, 1883, Mr. Chope was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie A. Reilly and they have become the parents of three children: Clara C .; How- ard B .; and Elsie F., who is now the wife of F. E. Good. Howard B. Chope is a salesman with the Chope-Stevens Paper Company.
Mr. Chope is a republican in his political views and his interest in the welfare of his city is indicated by his membership in the Board of Commerce, whose plans and projects for the development and upbuild- ing of Detroit meet with his hearty cooperation. He is also identified with the Detroit Athletic and De- troit Curling Clubs and with several other societies. For sixty-one years he has resided in this city, wit- nessing its remarkable growth, and in the work of progress and advancement he has borne his full share. His is a most creditable record. Starting out in life with no capital except the determination to succeed he has attained the preeminence which follows su- perior business ability and concentrated effort and stands today as a splendid example of that peculiarly American product-a self-made man.
CLAYTON A. YATES. The ancestry of Clayton A. Yates is distinctively American in both the lineal and collateral lines. He comes of one of the oldest and best known families of this country on the pa- ternal side and his mother is a descendant of one of the pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. His great-grandfather Yates was governor of the state of New York, and descendants of the family still live in Schenectady and Monroe counties, that state. The father of Clayton A. Yates was born in the Empire
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state, and removing westward, settled in Michigan. He was superintendent of the old Detroit & Saline Plank Road for many years, and his wife's father was one of the original members of the old volunteer fire department in the city of Detroit.
Clayton A. Yates was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and while spending his youthful days under the par- ental roof pursued his public school education, which was supplemented by study in the State Normal school at Ypsilanti and in Goldsmith's Business Col- lege of Detroit. After starting out to provide for his own support, he entered the employ of Daniel Scotten & Company, tobacco manufacturers, with whom he remained for fifteen years. He was later with Nelson, Baker & Company, manufacturing chem- ists, for twelve years as credit manager, and in August, 1911, became treasurer of the Detroit Leather Specialty Company, conducting business under that name until 1918, when the style was changed to the Horace G. Preston Company, Mr. Yates remaining in the position of treasurer. This company manufactured leather packings for mechanical purposes, for air hoists, pumps, or wherever there is any compression of water, oil, air, etc. The business is now one of substantial pro- portions, a liberal patronage being accorded them.
Mr. Yates was married to Miss Anna J. MeLogan of Detroit. He has followed in his father's footsteps by giving his political support to the republican party, and by becoming a member of the Methodist church. To both he is loyal, and he takes a lively interest in the city's upbuilding and prosperity. Whatever tends to advance the welfare of Detroit receives his endorsement and support and he is highly esteemed as a man of genuine personal worth, as well as of excellent business ability.
FREDERICK C. MATHEWS. There is perhaps no record in this volume that indicates more clearly the fact that success and an honored name may be won simultaneously than does the history of Frederick C. Mathews, the president of the Frederick C. Mathews Company, who throughout his career has based his business activities upon humanitarian principles and whose success is the result of a legitimate and intel- ligently directed use of time, talents and opportunities. He has been a resident of Detroit since 1906 and through this period has been variously and prominently connected with the business interests of the city. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, October 6, 1878, and is a son of Robert W. and Kate (Chapman) Mathews of St. Paul, Minnesota. His youthful days were passed in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he attended the public schools, and while still a youth in his teens he took up newspaper work, in which he engaged until 1903. The three years following were largely passed in connection with advertising business in Chicago and he traveled throughout the United States as a rep- resentative of that line. In 1906 he came to Detroit and was again engaged in the advertising business
as a representative of the Curtis Advertising Com- pany. Subsequently he was with the Toledo Comput- ing Seale Company as sales and advertising manager and eventually organized the firm of Mathews, Kaye, Mann & Company, printers and advertisers. Each step in his career has been a forward one, bringing him a broader outlook and wider chances for advancement. There are few men who so thoroughly understand the advertising business in all of its phases and branches and the thoroughness of his work, his indefatigable energy and undaunted enterprise have been strong elements in the attainment of the prominent position which he occupies among the advertising men of the country.
Mr. Mathews' big work, however, has been the organization and development of the Frederick C. Mathews Company, known as the "Servants to the Dairy Industry," which was organized and incorpo- rated in 1915 with a capital of less than five thou- sand dollars and has grown to a capital of over two hundred thousand dollars. This institution was started alone for humanitarian purposes and now is the largest manufacturer of books, posters, window trims, booklets, magazines and educational literature ex- clusively for the milk, ice cream, butter and cheese plants. The work done by the company is national in scope and authoritative articles by notable writers upon the subjects connected with the above industries are published regularly and widely distributed. Food campaigns are conducted to educate the people on proper nutrition. This is the largest company in the United States serving the industries mentioned and the one that serves the dairy industry by furnishing advertising material at prices lower than competition. Prices have not been raised in three and a half years. This has been made possible by large pro- duction. The workers in the plant are non-union, and probably are better paid than in ninety-five per cent of other similar industries. They are all given a week's vacation each year with full pay, paid when sick, no matter how long, and many other advantages. There are no dues for this. The Mathews Company operates its own union on the big family idea.
On the 18th of June, 1901, Mr. Mathews was mar- ried to Miss Louise T. Jerrems of St. Paul, Minnesota, and they have one daughter: Louise J., eighteen years of age, who is attending the Miss Liggett School for Girls in Detroit. The religious faith of the fam- ily is that of the Episcopal church and Mr. Mathews is now a vestryman of Grace church. He gives his political endorsement to the republican party and he is a valued member of the Ingleside, Adcraft and De- troit Automobile Clubs and Detroit Board of Commerce. When leisure permits he turns to hunting and fishing as a means of enjoyment and relaxation, but the major part of his time and attention is given to the devel- opment of the business of the Frederick C. Mathews Company. His experience in connection with the ad- vertising business brought to him a most compre-
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hensive knowledge of business conditions and of the methods of business men. From this knowledge he has gleaned many valuable lessons and has developed therefrom the highest standards, early realizing that if energy and industry are directed into right channels the results are certain. Business is to him but one phase of life nor has it ever overshadowed his recog- nition of his obligations and duties to his fellowmen.
CHARLES L. MANN, a prominent member of the Detroit bar and a representative of one of the pioneer families of the state, was born at Onsted, Michigan, March 28, 1885, a son of Ira P. and Alice (Bowlby) Mann. The family is of Manx extraction, the original American ancestor settling in the state of New Hamp- shire. The grandfather, Daniel Mann, came to Mich- igan in pioneer times, hewing a farm out of the wilderness, and the homestead is now operated by his son, Ira P. The mother is deceased.
In the district and high schools of his native state Charles L. Mann pursued his early education and sub- sequently entered the law department of the Univer- sity of Michigan, from which he was graduated with the class of 1908. In the same year he was admitted to the bar, after which he became interested in edu- cational work, going to the Philippine Islands as supervisor of schools, having under his charge the schools of five towns, thirty-seven iu number, the pupils and teachers all being natives of the islands. He was very successful as an educator and remained in the Philippines for a period of four years, or until 1913, when he returned to Michigan and at once took up the practice of his profession at Detroit, spending four years with various law firms of the city. In 1917 he opened an office of his own and has since engaged in practice independently, building up a good clientele. He is a man of logical mind, studious, well versed in the law and therefore well qualified to take charge of important litigation. He is most careful in analysis, clear in his reasoning and logical in his deductions and has won many verdicts favorable to his clients. He engages in general practice and is recognized as an able and successful attorney.
Mr. Mann is a member of the Detroit, Michigan and American Bar Associations and also belongs to the Lawyers Club and the University of Michigan Club. He holds to high standards in professional service, has great respect for the dignity of his calling and zealously devotes his energies to his profession, in which he is making continuous advancement. He is a public-spirited citizen, interested in all that pertains to the welfare and advancement of his city, and his personal qualities are such that he has gained the warm friendship of many.
ALBERT McCLATCHEY, a member of an old and prominent family of the state, has attained distinc- tion at the bar of Detroit, where since 1895 he has successfully followed his profession. A native of
Michigan, he was born in Royal Oak, his parents being Robert and Nancy (Noyes) McClatehey, the latter of whom was born on the present site of the D. M. Ferry seed store. The paternal grandfather was a native of Scotland and when a young man emigrated to the United States. His son, Robert McClatehey, was for many years a prominent hotel man of Detroit, being connected with the Biddle House, one of the old and well known hostelries of the city, and sub- sequently with the Russell House, which stood on the site of the First & Old Detroit National Bank, and also the Michigan Exchange. The Noyes family came to this city from New England and they were also prominent in the business life of Detroit for many years.
In the schools of Royal Oak, Harrisville and Bay City, Michigan, Albert MeClatchey acquired his pre- liminary education and in Bay City he pursued his law studies, being admitted to the bar in 1895, and he has continued in active practice. He has been connected with a number of important law cases and the list of his clients is an extensive one, his ability and integrity being indicated in the fact that the majority of his clients have for many years retained him as their attorney. He is regarded as an able attorney whose knowledge of the law is comprehensive and exact.
In 1902 Mr. McClatehey was united in marriage to Miss Evelyn La Valley and they have become the parents of two children: Chester Albert and Helen Marie. He holds to the highest standards of profes- sional ethics and has ever remained a close and dis- criminating student of those elementary principles that constitute the basis of all legal science. His time and attention are chiefly given to his law practice, in which he has made continuous advancement, being now numbered with the leading representatives of the Detroit bar. He manifests in his life the sterling traits of the Scotch people-persistency of purpose, thrift and business integrity-and he enjoys the respect aud esteem of a large circle of friends.
GEORGE BREWSTER LOUD. The name of Loud has long been a prominent one in connection with the lumber industry in Michigan and George Brewster Loud is operating extensively along this line as a member of the Brewster Lond Lumber Company. He is characterized by his ability to think in large terms and is preeminently a business man whose record has been written in terms of success. He is a native of Michigan, his birth having occurred at Au Sable, June 28, 1882, and his parents were Henry N. and Agnes E. (Hathaway) Loud. In the acquirement of an education he attended the graded and high schools of Au Sable and the high school at Ann Arbor, later becoming a student in the University of Michi- gan. On starting out in life independently he became a clerk in the employ of the H. M. Loud Sons Lumber Company of Au Sable, of which his father was the
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head. He devoted every energy to mastering the business and through close application and faithful, efficient work won rapid advancement, rising to the position of general superintendent of the company, with which he was identified from 1902 until 1911. In August of that year he went to Rogers City, Mich- igan, to look after the Loud interests in that section of the state. In December, 1912, he engaged in the lumber manufacturing business on his own account, and has since conducted his interests successfully. He is the owner of logging camps in Roscommon, Crawford and Montmorency counties and also operates a lumber mill at West Branch, Michigan, running about thirty thousand feet a day. He is sole owner of the Brewster Loud Lumber Company, vice president of the Talbot Lumber & Coal Company, as well as being interested in other lumber yards in different sections of the state, and from December, 1916, until the spring of 1919 he was secretary and treasurer of the Fort Shelby Hotel Company. His business interests are extensive and important and in their control he displays initiative, enterprise and execu- tive ability of a high order.
On the 25th of April, 1906, Mr. Loud was united in marriage to Miss Estelle Montgomery of Chicago, Illinois, and they have become the parents of four children: George Brewster, Jr., born April 30, 1907, in Au Sable, Michigan; Stewart Nelson, born Septem- ber 8, 1912, in Chicago; Nelson Montgomery, born April 29, 1914, in Chicago; and Hugh Hathaway, born September 15, 1920, in Detroit. Mr. Loud is a pop- ular member of the Detroit Boat, Detroit Athletic, Lochmoor Country and University Clubs and is treas- urer of the Michigan Chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, affiliating with the consistory at Bay City, Michigan, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree, and he also has membership with Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Detroit. He is thoroughly familiar with every phase of the lumber industry in Michigan, upon which he is able to speak with authority, and his present notable measure of success is due to his persistent effort, close applica- tion and the fact that he has never dissipated his energies over a broad field but has continued in the line of activity which he first adopted as a young man. He is a man of high personal standing and of marked business integrity and ability, and the sterling worth of his character is recognized by all with whom he has been associated. He resides at 2184 Iroquois.
GEORGE W. SANDERS has the creditable record of having for forty-five years been a representative of the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company, of which he is now actuary. He was born in Jefferson county, Indiana, December 7, 1845, and is a son of John T. and Anne (White) Sanders. His father was born in Philadelphia, while his mother was a native of the city of Baltimore. The Sanders family has been
represented on the American continent through many generations. His gradfather, James White, was a soldier at Fort McHenry when "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written during the War of 1812.
George W. Sanders was reared in his native state and was graduated from the University of Indiana as a member of the class of 1869 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He subsequently received his Master of Arts degree in recognition of his contribution to the world's work. He took up the profession of civil engineering in the south' and west and was thus engaged until 1873, when the memorable panic of that year brought the business of the country to a stand- still, depression heing felt in every line and in every section of the country. In 1875 Mr. Sanders became connected with the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company in a clerical capacity and has since repre- sented this corporation. After a time he was advanced to the position of assistant actuary and in 1891 was made actuary for the company, which position he has since filled, and is regarded as one of the most efficient and trustworthy representatives of the busi- ness. He is a charter member of the Actuarial Society of America and a fellow of the American Institute of Actuaries. He likewise belongs to the Phi Kappa Psi, a university fraternity.
Mr. Sanders was united in marriage to Miss Annie M. Cronk and they have become parents of two chil- dren: Olive S., who married J. Howard Millan, who died in 1917; and George T., chemical engineer for the Ford Company of Canada. Mr. Sanders has passed the seventy-fifth milestone on life's journey but is still leading a busy and active life and is a won- derfully well preserved man. Old age does not neces- sarily suggest idleness or want of occupation. On the contrary there is an old age which gives out of its rich stores of wisdom and experience for the benefit of others and grows stronger mentally and morally as the years pass. Such is the record of George W. Sanders.
JOSIAH CLARK FLEMING, president of the De- troit Hoist & Machine Company, was born in the city which is still his home, and through the utiliza- tion of the opportunities here offered he has reached the commanding position in business circles. The public schools of Detroit afforded him the educational opportunities which he utilized as a preparation for life's responsible duties, and when his textbooks were put aside he accepted a position with the Griffin Wheel Company, with which he remained for two years. He then obtained a position with the Detroit Steel & Spring Company, where he was employed for three years, and on the expiration of that period he removed to Chicago, where he devoted his attention to the real estate and building business for eighteen years, conducting an extensive, growing and profitable business throughout that period.
During his residence in Chicago, Mr. Fleming was
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drawn into political activity but unobtrusively, and became well acquainted with the recognized leaders of political life in Chicago. His qualifications for handling public affairs were recognized and appreciated to such an extent that he was urged to allow his name to be presented for nomination for congress on the republican ticket, but the honors and emoluments of office have never had attraction for him.
It was in 1905 that Mr. Fleming returned to De- troit to look after some investments which he had made here and the result of his visit was that he accepted the management of the Detroit lloist & Machine Company. He was elected president of the corporation and has presided over the destinies of the company since that date, with the result that the business has steadily grown and he has won for him- self the well deserved reputation of being one of the most alert and progressive business men of the city. He has been characterized as a live wire, carrying with him that electrical force that produces most tangible results in shaping business interests and winning prosperity.
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