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MEMOIRS C
OF THE
Lower Ohio Valley
PERSONAL AND GENEALOGICAL WITH PORTRAITS
(
1
VOLUME I
MADISON, WIS. FEDERAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 1905
Nestorcial $15.00 (2.V.) 3-294- 7-52%
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INDEX, VOLUME I
A PAGE
Adams, J. M.
305
Brown, N. C. 150
Adams, W. M
241
Bruce, A. J . 141
Ahman, I. M
155
Bulthaup, Henry 104
Ahrens, Theodore
296
Buttorff, P. C .. 218
Akers, Hiram
315
Alford, T. A. . 67
Campbell, William. .384
Anderson, G. S. 220
Cannon, Thomas 238
Anderson, Jacob
79
Anderson, J. R .365
Carney, M. 381
Annis, D. A. 126
30
Cash, R. B. 401
B
Cisco, J. M. 185
Badger, G. W 221
Bardes, Louis . 45
Barker, R. M 145
Barnard, T. H 202
Clegg, Edward. 209
Barth, August.
254
Cochran, T. J 151
Baschang, Jacob 46
Coffey, John. 49
Coghill, C. C. 153
Cole, J. E. 210
Beinkamp, C. M 87
Coll, B. A.
209
Berry, A. S. 53
Berry, J. L
273
Bitz, L. A
.353
Bohne, E. C. 284
Columbia, G. C.
85
Boluss, Thomas. .379
Bond, Marc L. 95
Conaway, C. H. 102
Connor, F. D. 225
Contri, L. G. 179
Bonser, R. J. . 51
Conway, G. H. 153
Conway, Richard . 156
Bosworth, C. A.
29
Conway, W. H 95
Coolman, E. B. 235
Corson, J. W 135
Breed, W. J. 41
Cottingham, T. B. 118
Brewer, J. H. .295
Cottingham, W. A 127
Brill, J. R. 373
Coulter, J. P. 101
Brimson, W. H 206
Cowen, B. R. 27
Brisby, E. L 235
Cowen, Jos. B. 41
Brock, T. J. .215
Cox, J. B.
360
Brown, G. G. .282
Cragg, H. C.
39
V
48
Collins, James
Collins, S. H 109
Colt, R. H 88
.Comstock, F. D. 31
Bond, R. C 94
Bond, R. L 174
Booth, F. M. 203
Bourland, I. N. 403
Bowton, James .131
City National Bank 380
Clark, G. M 260
Clause, Martin
66
Bauer, J. M 83
Bax, Laurence. 308
C
Cardwill, G. B 223
Carroll, John W 26
Archibald, J. A.
PAGE
vi
INDEX
D PAGE
Daily, John. 409
Daniel, William. 317
Dant, J. P.
305
Darling, A. W
139
Daughters, A. P
115
Davies, C. H
346
Davis, C. W. 32
Day Leather Co. 259
Deatherage, G. W. 171
Denny, G. E.
199
.397
Deweese, J. S.
157
Dilger, H. F.
214
Dimick, C. C. 392
Dimick, G. F 391
Doherty, Martin. 408
Drake, C. R 180
Duck, Robert.
133
Durr, P. W.
38
Durrett, R. T. 274
E
Edwards, G. T. 396
Elder, W. H. 22
Ellis, J. T.
164
Ellis, Robert.
170
Ellspermann, J. C. 325
Emmert, E. J.
108
Enslinger, Frank
265
Esslinger, Isidor.
.378
F
Faller, E. M. 258
Fegenbush, C. J 307
Fisher, D. W. 205
Fitch, Harris
116
Fleischman, Julius
19
Fogle, T. E. 246
Foster, Joseph. 395
Fox, E. C.
77
Francisco, Hiram,
184
Frohock, T. J.
405
Furnish, W. H
172
G
Gaines, F. H
142
Galbreath, E. E. 35
Gardner, S. J. 268
Gebhart, J. F.
272
Gex, J. A.
150
Gibson, G. H. D 220
Gordon, H. L. 20
Gosney, J. H. 65
Grabfelder, Samuel. 286
Graham, J. L. 181
Grant, Mark. 326
Graydon, T. W 44
Green, Henry 262
Green, J. M. 173
Greene, W. H. 99
Griesbacher, George. .362
Grimes, J. W 103
Grose, W. V. 244
H .
Habermel, J. F.
.313
Haines, Wesley
175
Hanlon, Thomas 229
Hargan, James
316
Hargitt, Thomas
130
Harris, J. T. 166
Harris, W. J 328
Harrison, W. G
243
Hartman, William 62
Hatch, H. S.
196
Hegewald, Charles.
257
Henderson, G. W 80
Henning, E. C.
343
Heustis, J. E
125
Hickey, M. J
303
Hill Family
73
Hindman, Biscoe
289
Hite, W. W.
.290
Hoagland, E. P. 165
Hoard, Garfield
200
Hoffer, Tobias.
269
Holloway, O. T.
26
Holtz, E. W. .367
Holzhauer, L. P. 148
Howard, P. J. 387
Huddleston, R. F.
122
Huelsmann, J. H.
47
I
Ingalls, M. E.
17
Isherwood, J. W
107
J
Jackson, J. H
119
Jacobs, J. F.
168
Jahrries, C. A
324
Jaquith, O. S.
90
PAGE
Devous, J. L
vii
INDEX
PAGE
. Jenkins, Pleasant 312
Jett, A. N. 147
Jeunesse, Remi. 302
Johnson, C. R. 194
Johnson, Richard.
188
Johnston, D. E. 119
K
Kanzler, Christ .356
Kellner, J. F. 280
Kelly, Walter 149
Kerr, T. R.
390
Kessler, Anton.
.356
Kevekordes, Theodore.
.325
Kinstler, M 75
Koch, Andrew 350
Koch, J. A. .355
Kolker, G. H.
35
Kopp, William.
.300
Kramer, Louis.
.372
Kraft, J. S.
243
Kratz, Christian.
382
Krementz, J. T 266
L
Laughlin, C. E. 366
Laut, George. .370
Laut, H. S. 371
Leap, John.
77
Lee, E. M. 86
Lehmann, J. S. 143
Lemmon, Amos 311
Leopold, J. F.
76
Libbert, E. J.
113
Little, S. W
.342
Little, W. F 352
Logan, D. A. .406
Logan, J. R. 400
Logsdon, J. J. 398
Lohstroh, W. F
56
Lovell, H. L 42
Lutz, B. C ..
219
Lyon, V. W. 212
Mc
McArthur, P .. 57
McCallister, William 23
McGehee, W. S. 404
McIntire, William
385
McIntyre, G. B.
245
McKinley, G. W
216
McLean, W. A. 261
M PAGE
Maag, Fred ... 40
Manus, Frank. 264
Marshall, Curtis 189
Marshall, Orrin. 322
Mattison, H. A. .336
Mayfield, F. M 213
Meddis, S. S. 299
Meek, T. H. 106
Melish, C. B. .198
Meyer, J. F. 123
Miller, E. D 354
Miller, G. H. 71
Mobley, J. G 393
Monfort, E. R 24
Montgomery, H. C. 211
Morris, R. J 233
Morris, R. W. 227
Moser, George. 264
Muench, Julius 294
Mundt, Walter 319
Myerhoff, C. H
344
N
Nevitt, G. W 124
New Albany Pub. Lib 242
Newman, W. P. 134
Niebaum, E. H
112
Niklaus, L. W.
.197
North, H. J. .138
North, L. L. 169
Nowlin, A. E. 84
Nowlin, C. W
132
Nowlin, R. J.
121
Nye, W. S. 317
O'Brien, W. H
81
Oertel, J. F. 298
Osborn, J. H 363
Ott, A. J.
338
Owen, W. T.
158
P
Parker, R. T.
68
Parks, G. B. 222
Parsons, Byron. .330
Patterson, A. B.
110
Peak, W. F.
176
Pentland, J. A 36
Perkins, W. T.
32
Pernett, J. S
207
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INDEX
PAGE
Perry, T. W. 213
Pfender, Christopher 69
Poole, E. C. 328
Poschinger, Mathias .297
Posey, F. B .374
Powell, J. P .178
Prosser, C. A.
239
Protsman, W. O. .140
Puls, H. A. J 309
R
Ralston, W. G. 348
Ransdell, B. W. 167
Rauschenbach, T. E. 368
Rechtin, T. E
.358
Rickwood, S. G.
349
Rider, Edgar
399
Riedel, Andrew
320
Riedel, Daniel. 60
Riedlin, William. 47
Roberts, C. J. 204
Roberts, G. M.
89
Rogers, J. W
402
Rohrman, John 293
Rose, B. S. 351
Rowlett, W. W
270
Ruby, J. T. 267
Ruehrwein, William
38
Rump, Henry.
137
Ruston, Thomas.
361
S
Saunders, J. D. .335
Scarborough, James 347
Schaefer, Joseph. 364
Schenck, A. J 182
Schroeder, A. H.
359
Schroeder, C. F.
359
Schwab, G. D. 323
Schwan, J. A. 371
Schwartz, Hubbard. 54
Scott, C. B. 230
Scott, E. E.
195
Searcy, Bartlett. 163
Searcy, R. T 163
Sebree, F. P. 144
Shanks, John.
.120
Shaw, Archibald. 89
Shaw, C. W. 73
Shaw, J. F 78
Sherlock, E. J .321
Sherriff, J. T 88
Shirley, W. A. 161
Shoemaker, W. M .292
Shopbell, Clifford. .329
Shrader, F. L. 228
Shrader, W. A. .304
Shutt, J. F. 237
Shutts, F. B 107
Sink, W. G. 136
Slider, E. T
255
Smith, E. Q
.369
Smith, E. R
369
Smith, Edwin.
96
Smith, H. J.
98
Smith, T. J. 43
Spaeth, H. P. 111
Spencer, J. W .377
Spivey, A. T. 394
Stahlhefer, H. W 327
Stanley, H. J. 29
Stark, W. E. 114
Stoner, G. IV 208
Stoy, L. A.
.232
Stoy, L. R.
252
Stoy, P. R. 251
Strunk, I. G 248
Sulzer, Louis. 191
Sutton, George 91
Sutton, H. H.
93
Swales, Francis
129
Swearingen, E. L.
278
T
Tandy, C. S
159
Tandy, Nannie S 177
Tandy, Willis 165
Thatcher, F. S
72
Thomas, J. W 192
Thornton, J. T 61
Thuman, C. J.
341
Toggweiler, J. A
310
Tucker, F. A.
34
U
Umbreit, Charles
250
Utz, W. C.
234
V
Van Dusen, E. W.
50
Vanosdol, A. D.
186
PAGE
ix
INDEX
PAGE
PAGE
Varner, G. W
339
Wilkins, J. W
383
Varner, W. T.
357
Wilkinson, R. C. 366
Vernia, E. P.
268
Vinyard, A. A.
386
Winders, H. M .389
Winterberger, Alois 411
W
Woolley, R. J. 160
Waite, R. W 253
Waldo, F. J
133
Wall, M. A.
217
Walter, Frank
.301
Waltz, S. S. 287
Wymond, R. J. 110
Warder, J. H. 218
Wartmann, J. W 376
Y
Webber, C. D. 97
Young, B. H.
276
White, James.
201
Young, J. J.
186
Whitney, J. H.
33
Wilcox, F. H.
247
Wilder, J. H.
113
Wright, J. C. 114
Wright, J. F. 63
Wright, S. F
59
Wulber, W. C. 105
Z
Zollman, Charles
.216
·
Wilks, W. J. 407
INDEX, VOLUME II
Ackerman, O. P. A PAGE
406
Bucher, Eberhard. 253
Allen, E. C. 359
Buckman, B. Z. 135
Anderson, J. C. 306
Austin, J. B. 143
B
Baker, C. M 388
Barger, Jacob. 329
Barret, H. P.
52
Barret, J. R.
32
Barret, J. H. 32
Barret, J. H., Jr 35
Barrett, Strachan.
60
Barter, L. E. 119
Bean, H. M . 297
Bean, J. M.
. 338
Carroll, Charles
319
Cassidy, G. P. .385
Becker, G. J. 264
Bennett, Fred. .367
Champion, W. B 191
Bennett, H. S
.106
Bennett, Z. A.
212
Berry, W. M 142
Bethel, J. T. 48
Bingham, S. H 170
Bishop, J. P.
168
Bishop, J. T
172
Bishop, U. S 152
Blackard, F. G. .342
Blackard, H. P.
.289
Blue, J. S. 138
Boaz, H. C. 45
Compton, W. H. 148
Connor, J. W 407
Cook, F. W. 84
Cook, H. N. 98
Cooley, F. W.
74
Cothron, L. H.
199
Covert, C. G .. 68
Cowper, R. B. .201
Cowper, W. F 198
Crabb, R. W.
131
Craney, Robert. .
159
Bruce, R. J 282
C
Caldwell, Peter
401
Callicott, F. E. 314
Cambron, C. Z. 130
Cambron, J. M 141
Chapman, G. H. 122
Charles, A. L. 190
Clark, W. C. 341
Clarke, W. I. 196
Clements, A. W 137
Clements, G. W.
125
Clements, S. L
157
Clopton, J. A. 211
Coffman, W. C. 145
Colbert, J. T. 389
Combs, G. W. 287
Bockstege, Frederick 94
Boetticher, Edward. 88
Bondurant, A. A.
344
Book, T. B. 59
Bosse, Benjamin. 83
Bowling, J. M. .290
Bowling, J. W .322
Bozarth, H. P. 335
Bradley, B. B
240
Brashear, Walter.
53
PAGE
Buckman, J. E 133
Buckman, J. M 134
Buder, E. A. 228
Bush, J. W 200
Bush, P. H. 206
Butler, W. N. 255
Butsch, Alfred.
81
Beck, Christopher. .251
Caulton, D. E. 132
Crenshaw, J. H.
373
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PAGE
Cruz, J. B 151
Cunningham, G. A. D
Davenport, A. F 268
Davis, L. B 214
Davis, R. M 284
Denby, Charles 100
Devous, Joseph.
280
Dewey, E. S. .233
Dewey, W. S. 230
Dillard, Jonathan. 297
Dixon, Henry. 37
Dorroh, C. C. 184
Dorsey, J. L. 30
Douglas, S. W. 63
Downen, Felix 387
Drury, G. L
139
Dunn, M. C. 47
Dyer, H. R. 167
E
Edwards, Leonard. .304
Edwards, W. G. 302
Ehs, A. P. 267
Emig, Martin, Jr. 98
Ensle, J. F 72
Esslinger, J. A.
76
Evans, S. G.
93
Evans, Thomas.
209
F
Farnsworth, R. P. 40
Feith, Mrs. M. E 263
Ferrill, J. P. .396
Feuchter, Charles 237
Fitzgerald, E. P. .366
Foster, I. A.
377
Foster, G. C. 64
Fraser, A. S. .362
G
Galligan, J. H .221
Garnett, B. R
184
Gilbert, John. 398
Gilbert, M. F. 231
Gilbert, W. B 224
Gillen, James. .345
Glasscock, T. H. .307
Goad, W. B .. . 165
Gordon, L. W .327
Graham, J. T. .177
Grassham, C. C. 195
Grassham, Montgomery . 180
Grassham, R. H. 182
Greaney, J. B. .252
Greaney, W. P. 250
Green, Reed. 222
Gregg, F. A.
288
Gregg, H. C. 292
Gregory, C. E 262
Griggs, J. N. 147
Grumley, John. 302
Gwaltney, Amariah. 308
H
Hale, Josiah. 27
Hales, J. W 270
Hall, S. J. 408
Halliday, Douglas. .
243
Halliday, E. W. 248
Halliday, H. E 241
Halliday, H. L. 242
Halliday, W. R. 353
Harrelson, George. .386
Harrington, J. W .311
Harris, J. W. 148
Harth, J. F. 71
Hastings, Samuel.
244
Haynes, C. C. 354
Heeger, E. G. 69
Heilman, G. D
73
Hemenway, J. A. 114
Hendrick, A. G. 197
Henson, C. G. 54
Herbert, Louis. 400
Hercules Buggy Co 103
Hessian, C. E .348
Heyns, William 96
Hick, T. B .. 383
Hickman, R. T 58
Hite, J. W. 158
Hite, W. P. 160
Hodges, John.
236
Hogan, J. T 279
Holland, R. M. .305
Houston, G. L. 324
Hovey, A. P . 17
Howell, Lee. 112
Howell, W. A. .320
Humphrey, B. F
.164
Huston, J. H. 99
PAGE
77
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INDEX
Inman, William
I
PAGE
293
J
Jennelle, J. J.
219
Jourdan, Johr
87
K
Karges, A. F
86
Keaton, C. L., Jr. 347
Kellenaers, C. A. J.
126
Kellenaers, Theophilus
405
Kimmel, S. H.
39
King, C. L. 55
Kinsall, D. M. 274
Kleymeyer & Klute
41
Kluge, William
266
Koepke, Martin.
97
Kratz, C. W
65
L
Lambert, M. E. 272
Lancaster, Charles 361
Landram, G. W.
207
Langan, P. T.
358
Lansden, J. M.
238
Lasher, O. C 194
Lawler, R. E 374
Lilly, J. E.
136
Lindle, W. G.
162
Little, L. P. 25
Logsden, Joseph
370
Logsdon, J. E. 391
Logsdon, T. B.
.390
Lowery, J. S
188
Lutz, W. M
118
Mc
McBane, A. M. L. .325
McCue, Josiah. 310
McCurdy, W. H
.104
McFarland, R. C.
46
McKeaig, G. W.
172
McKernan, W. R.
.312
McKnight-Keaton Co
347
347
McKnight, W. A.
M
Magner, A. S 363
Markwell, W. S. 156
Marstall, Herman
44
Martin, J. T
149
Mattingly, C. I
123
PAGE
Mattingly, G. E. 123
Mayer, Jacob 95
Menzies, G. V 19
Merritt, R. N.
129
Miller, J. A.
216
Mills, Edgar. 277
Mitchell, James .369
Mitchell, L. P 186
Moore, G. W 332
Morlock, F. A. 121
Moss, S. J .. 187
N
Naas, Frederick
299
Neal, M. R. .185
Nellis, F. D. .365
New York Store Co.
. 348
Noggle, C. P.
174
Noggle, G. W.
175
Nunn, J. B.
169
Nunn, W. H.
166
O
Ogden, H. H
91
Old State Nat'l Bank. 76
O'Rourke, James 376
Orr, David.
395
Overby, W. H
49
P
Parker, L. P.
261
Pendleton, G. H.
245
Penn, J. W.
193
Phillips, W. S.
333
Pierce, J. A.
182
Pike, Sylvester
127
Pittman, C. E. 82
Powell, J. H. 38
Powell, L. W
43
Pride, J. D.
178
Q
Quick, J. A
379
R
Ragon Brothers
105
Rankin, J. E.
31
Reed, Charles
222
Reed, J. B
246
Reid, Dent
282
Reid, Robert.
309
Rennie, J. T.
247
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INDEX
PAGE
Rheinlander, John.
79
Rice, Edward. 294
Richards, A. J .404
Richeson, A. G .276
Riggle, E. H.
.235
Rittenhouse, Henry. .397
Roberts, E. F. 150
Robinett, Blueford .. 384
Robinett, Joseph. .372
Robinson, J. H
.349
Roche, J. S. .215
Roney, J. M.
162
Rosencranz, A. C
89
Rudd, G. A.
210
Rudolph, R. M
.339
S
Sanks, H. G. 267
Sanders, F. N 296
Sanders, W. J
.295
Satterley, William
.381
Schatz, William.
364
Sellers, Elijah. 57
Sellers, Elijah, Jr. 61
Siddall, J. P.
.271
Siebman, A. L.
.378
Sihler, Charles 67
Smith, C. L. 355
Smith, Elmer.
258
Soaper, R. H.
36
Sonntag, M. S.
108
Stacey, Britton .394
Stanley, A. O.
28
Steagala, Joseph
.260
Stephens, H. T
.259
Stevens, C. R.
.193
Stiles, W. H.
.300
Strickland, H. C. .269
Strong, J. E. .340
Stuart, Lester
.403
Sturgis, S. P ..
176
Sullivan, J. C.
343
Sutherland, W. H.
.356
T
Tadlock, E. L 357
Taylor, J. R. 128
Taylor, N. P.
50
Teare, William
.124
Thomas, Cyrin
158
PAGE
Threlkeld, W. T. 205
Towles, W. A. 21
Turner, C. W. 331
Turner, J. B. 331
Twitchell, La Fayette
392
Tyner, J. J.
189
V
Veatch, Abbott
26
W
Walker, J. P. 62
Waller, M. R. 140
Waller, William 153
Walsh, Thomas 116
Walters, J. B
368
Warner, J. B .351
Wathen, Ignatius 161
Watson, J. W 179
Wenger, J. W
257
West Side Bank
91
Whitehead, John. 173
Whitledge, H. E. 132
Willard Library
108
Willis, J. C. .229
Wilson, C. H. .202
Wilson, G. M.
204
Wilson, G. S.
153
Wilson, Harrison 55
Wilson, W. W. W 51
Winston, J. S. 171
Winston, P. H 155
Winter, Claude.
.352
Wisehart, R. J.
.380
Wiseheart, Marshall.
317
Wolflin, J. C.
146
Wood, E. W .. 24
Woodford, B. F 254
Woolfe, J. T.
181
Worthington, G. N
70
Y
Yearwood, E. F.
117
Yewell, Martin.
24
Young, J. W.
382
Z
Zabler, Francis
408
Zirkelbach, W. J.
303
Zutt, J. C.
92
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LOWER OHIO VALLEY
PERSONAL AND GENEALOGICAL ·
WITH PORTRAITS
VOLUME I
HON. MELVILLE EZRA INGALLS, president of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis railway, more pop- ularly known as the "Big Four," was born at Harrison, Me., Sept. 6, 1842, his parents being Ezra T. and Louisa In- galls, descendants of that old New Eng- land stock whose industry, patriotism and inherent love of honesty have been such potent factors in moulding the charac- ter of American institutions. His youth was passed on his father's farm, and in attendance upon the common schools during the winter months. At the age of sixteen he was granted a teacher's certificate and from that time until he reached his majority he was engaged in the onerous labor of the country schoolmaster or in attending higher institutions of learning. After graduating from Bridge- ton academy he entered Bowdoin college in 1860, but his finances run- ning low he did not finish the course. In 1862 he entered the Harvard law school, from which he graduated the following year, receiving one of the prizes for a legal essay. Shortly afterward he opened a law office at Gray, Me., but, the place being small, he decided to
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remove to a larger center of population, and in 1865 he located in the city of Boston, where he was associated with Judge Charles Levi Wood- bury. Mr. Ingalls soon won the attention of bench, bar and the public in his new home, and in 1867 he was elected to the State senate. At the close of his term he declined a re-election and turned all his atten- tion to his profession. About this time his successful management of several corporation cases attracted wide attention, and when, in 1871, the old Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette railroad became seriously involved he was requested by the stockholders to assume the manage- ment of its financial affairs. Notwithstanding the magnitude of the undertaking, Mr. Ingalls accepted the receivership and in a short time restored order out of chaos. He was then elected president of the company in recognition of his executive ability, but in 1876 the com- pany was again confronted with bankruptcy and he was again ap- pointed receiver. Four years later the company was reorganized under the name of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago railroad, Mr. Ingalls being elected to the presidency. Now began the real work of Mr. Ingalls' life-the building up of a great railroad system. In 1889 the interests of his company were consolidated with the Cleve- land, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis railway (the old "Bee Line Route"), and the present name adopted. Mr. Ingalls was elected pres- ident of the new organization and has held the position ever since. The wonderful growth of the Big Four is due in a large degree to his execu- tive ability and foresight. From about four hundred miles in 1889, the system at present comprises more than two thousand miles. Track, rolling-stock, roadbed and buildings have been improved, and few rail- way systems stand higher in the popular favor than the Big Four. Besides his interests in this company, Mr. Ingalls was president of the Kentucky Central from 1881 to 1883, and of the Chesapeake & Ohio from October, 1888, to January, 1900. In 1879 he was elected by the Cincinnati chamber of commerce one of the commissioners of the indus- trial expositions, and the following year was chosen president of the board. He was also instrumental in securing the fifty-three subscrip- tions, of one thousand dollars each, to build the art museum, and upon the death of the first president, Joseph Longworth, was chosen to suc- ceed him. For some time he was president of the Cincinnati Commer- cial club, an organization limited to fifty of the city's leading business men, and having for its object the promotion of the commercial prosper- ity of the city. Mr. Ingalls is a member and president of the Unitarian church of Cincinnati, and as such is active in promoting all worthy movements tending to better the moral and spiritual condition of the
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masses. He is not narrow in his religious views, is liberal and charita- ble in the extreme, and is one of the most approachable men in the country. He is noted for his literary taste, and, although a busy man, he finds time to cultivate the acquaintance and association of scholars. On Jan. 19, 1867, Mr. Ingalls was united in marriage to Miss Abbie M. Stimson, of Gray, Me., and to this union have been born six chil- dren. The Ingalls home is the abode of happiness and social culture.
JULIUS FLEISCHMANN was born at Riverside, Cincinnati, on June 8, 1872. His father, Charles Fleischmann, the well- known banker and manufacturer of com- pressed yeast, which made the name inter- nationally famous, was of Austrian ances- try. The family of his mother, who was a Miss Henriette Robertson, was of Scot- tish origin, settled in Germany. Mr. Fleischmann's early education was re- ceived in the public schools of Cincin- nati, and the Franklin school, also of that city, from which he graduated. His first business experience was in the occupation of clerk in his father's house, which business was then as now conducted under the firm name of Fleischmann & Co. He familiarized himself with this vast business in such a thorough manner that in 1884 he became manager, which position he held up to the time of his father's death, in 1897, when, in conjunction with his brother, Max Fleischmann, he assumed control of all the various Fleischmann interests, among which may be enumerated the following, in the management of every one of which Mr. Fleisch- mann takes an active part, being president of the Union Grain and Hay Company, the Market National bank, the Security Savings bank and Safe Deposit Company, the Riverside Malting and Elevating Company, all of Cincinnati ; Illinois Vinegar Manufacturing Company ; the Fleisch- mann Manufacturing Company, of New York, and vice-president of the Cincinnati, Newport & Covington Street Railway Company. Aside from the numerous interests which engage his time, of which the fore- going are some of the most important, Mr. Fleischmann, withal, finds ample opportunity for social diversion and attention to public matters. In military affairs he has always taken the deepest interest, having served with distinction on the staff of William McKinley, when gov- ernor of Ohio. He also served in the same capacity under Governors
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Bushnell and Nash. Politically, Mr. Fleischmann has affiliated with the Republican party since attaining his majority, but despite the con- sistency of his partisanship, a public-spirited recognition of his capacity for the high office to which he was elected on April 2, 1900, rallied to his support the conservative business element irrespective of political creeds. At the municipal election held in April, 1903, Mr. Fleischmann was re-elected mayor by the largest plurality ever given a candidate for that office. His administration during the four years of his incumbency in office has been such as to challenge universal admiration. His pro- gressive ideas, his unquestioned executive ability, his breadth of mind and warmth of heart have earned for him popularity to a degree never before enjoyed by any mayor of Cincinnati. Mr. Fleischmann is a governor of the Queen City club, director of the Phoenix club, and member of the Commercial club, and the Riding club, of Cincinnati ; the New York Yacht and the Atlantic Yacht clubs, of New York; a thirty-second degree Mason, an Elk, Cincinnati Lodge No. 5, and a Knight of Pythias. He has also been the recipient of many civic honors, a fact which is attributed to the ardent interest which he has taken in the city of Cincinnati and its progress. In yachting he takes a lively interest, as is witnessed by his ownership of the magnificent floating palace, "Hiawatha." Mr. Fleischmann was married on April 12, 1893, to Miss Lilly Ackerland, of Cincinnati, and three children have been born to them, Louise, Charles, and Julius Fleischmann, Jr.
HON. HARRY L. GORDON, a prom- inent attorney and vice-mayor of the city of Cincinnati, O., was born in the pic- turesque little village of Metamora, Franklin county, Ind., Aug. 27, 1860. He is a son of M. B. and Sophia (Tracy) Gordon, the father being one of the lead- ing farmers of the Whitewater valley until his death, which occurred in 1892. Harry L. Gordon was reared on his father's farm, assisting in the cultivation of the crops during summer and attending the public schools in the winter, until he was eighteen years of age. He then left his country home to attend college. After a season in the Normal college of Ladoga, Ind., he entered DePauw university at Greencastle, from which institution he was graduated with honors in 1882, receiving the degree of Ph. B.
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Three years later, after post-graduate work, he was honored with the degree of Master of Arts. He entered the law office of McDonald, Butler & Mason, one of the leading law firms of Indianapolis, Ind., in 1882, and remained in the office until 1887, being the chief clerk nearly all that time. In January, 1887, he went to Wichita, Kan., where he opened a law office and soon won a high standing at the bar. There he practiced successfully for ten years, and during that time filled sev- eral offices of trust and responsibility. For some time he was assistant prosecuting attorney of Sedgwick county, was then city attorney for Wichita, and in 1895 was elected a member of the Kansas state sen- ate. In June, 1897, he removed to Cincinnati, where he became a mem- ber of the legal firm of Renner, Gordon & Renner and soon became well -known in all the courts as one of the successful lawyers of the city. Subsequently he retired from this firm and established offices in the Union Trust Building, where he carries on a large and profitable law practice. Mr. Gordon is a Republican in his political affiliations and stands high in the councils of his party. In 1899 he was appointed to a place on the board of supervisors of Cincinnati, and the following year was made president of the board, a fitting recognition of the high order of his executive ability and his progressive ideas of municipal affairs. This position he continued to hold until April 1, 1903. On June 26, 1902, he was appointed by Gov. George K. Nash to fill the vacancy in the office of lieutenant-governor caused by the resignation of Hon. Carl L. Nippert, and served until the expiration of the term in 1904, discharging the duties of the position with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the people of Ohio. In April, 1903, he was elected vice-mayor and president of the council of the city of Cin- cinnati, which position he now holds. In all the official positions occu- pied by Mr. Gordon he has received the unqualified support of the bet- ter class of people because of his championship of law and order, public morality, education, and all those things that go to mark a community progressive and refined. In social life Mr. Gordon is a well-known figure, being a Scottish Rite Mason, a Knight Templar, a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, a member of the Itan-Nic-Nic club, as well as several other leading clubs and business organizations of the city. Although an indefatigable worker in his profession and the duties of official posi- tion he finds time to attend his lodge and club meetings occasionally, where he is always welcomed because of his genial disposition and entertaining qualities. On April 20, 1892, Mr. Gordon led to the altar Miss Esther I. Langtree, of Aurora, Ind., and to this marriage there has been born one son, Harry L., Jr., now ten years of age.
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