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in Cleveland, the trade constantly increasing, for the output of the house is en- tirely satisfactory to the patrons, and the business methods of the firm commend them to a liberal and growing trade.
In 1903 Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Ella Maude Mears, a daughter of William and Ella Mears, and they have one child, Marjorie. They belong to the Methodist Episcopal church and are well known socially in the city, having many friends here. From the age of fourteen years Mr. Williams has been dependent entirely upon his own resources, working for the success and the opportunities which he has enjoyed. In the utilization of the latter he has found a path that has led to continuous advancement in business circles, and he now has a large trade which he not only holds but also increases through his re- liable methods.
JOSEPH H. CHAMP.
Joseph H. Champ, vice president and general manager of the Bishop & Bab- cock Company, manufacturers of air pumps, brass goods, tacks and nails, is a well known business man of Cleveland and one who has made steady progress, being both the architect and builder of his own fortunes. Throughout his entire career he has retained the high regard of a wide circle of friends, a fact indica- tive that his pronounced traits of character are those which everywhere command confidence and trust. While he is connected in an executive capacity with the Bishop & Babcock Company he also has many other business interests which are proof of the wisdom that he displays in investment and in the control of indus- trial and commercial affairs.
Cleveland numbers Mr. Champ among her native sons and is proud of the record that he has made. He was born October 1, 1857, of the marriage of Charles Champ and Sarah Barnard, both of whom were natives of England. The father resided in England for a number of years and then passed from this life but the mother is still living, her home now being in Dover, Ohio. Joseph H. Champ is indebted to the public schools of Cleveland for the educational privi- leges which he enjoyed. It was in 1873, when he was sixteen years of age, that he began learning the plumbing trade which he followed until 1879. In that year he entered the employ of Bishop & Babcock and by faithful and meritorious service won promotion and was eventually admitted to a partnership in the business in 1890, at which time he became general superintendent of the company. He continued in that capacity until 1895 when he was elected to his present posi- tion of vice president and general manager. In this connection he displays a thorough, intimate and accurate knowledge of the business in its various phases and sound judgment and keen discernment in its control. He also has numerous other interests for in 1902 he became president of the Julier Baking Company and so remained until 1906 when because of the demands of his other interests he re- signed his position, remaining, however, as a director of the corporation. He or- ganized the Cleveland Savings Bank Company, of which he was president for one year when the bank was sold. He is now a director in the Standard Welding Company and is interested in other corporations.
Mr. Champ was married in Cleveland to Miss Lena Baisch, of this city and their children are: Stella M., now the wife of Edgar Parker, of Cleveland; Lena, the wife of Harry M. Diemer, of Cleveland; Willard J .; Gardner; Kenneth B .; and Lois.
In 1901 Mr. Champ erected his home on East Eighty-ninth street, which has since been the family residence.
Mr. Champ is a member of Iris Lodge, No. 229, F. & A. M .; Webb Chapter, R. A. M .; Cleveland Council, R. & S. M .; Holyrood Commandery, K. T .; and to all of the Scottish Rite bodies up to and including the thirty-second degree.
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He has also crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of Al Koran Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Socially he is connected with the Union, Colonial and Eu- clid Clubs. He is likewise a member of the Rushmere Club, at St. Clair Flats, Michigan. He has been president of the board of trustees of the St. Clair Hospi- tal for the last six years and his broad humanitarianism is one of the salient features in his life. As a member of the Chamber of Commerce he takes an active interest in everything pertaining to general progress and improvement in the city. He is liberal, kind hearted and a public-spirited citizen, a genial and approachable gentleman and one who enjoys the well earned distinction of being what the world terms a self-made man.
ENOCH THOMAS.
Enoch Thomas, an honorable, upright man, interested in all that was for the good of Cleveland, where he lived for many years, was born in Gloucestershire, England, August 17, 1837. The years of his boyhood were passed in his native country, and at the age of nineteen he crossed the Atlantic to America. For a few years he lived in Buffalo, New York, but in 1862 removed from that city to Cleveland, and after a brief period he here established an insurance and real-estate business, writing all kinds of insurance and also buying and selling real estate. He likewise erected many buildings on the west side and thus contributed in sub- stantial manner to the improvement and progress of that section of this city. Both branches of his business grew rapidly, proving remunerative. He thor- oughly informed himself concerning realty values, knew the property that was on the market and was thus enabled to assist his clients in making judicious purchases and profitable sales. He was equally conversant with the insurance business, and in both lines he met with that success which is the goal for which all men are striving.
Ere removing to Cleveland Mr. Thomas was married in Buffalo, in 1860, to Miss Eliza Cannon, who was also a native of England but was brought to America when a little maiden of twelve years. She grew to womanhood in Buf- falo and there gave her hand in marriage to Mr. Thomas. Unto them were born four children. Anna, the eldest, is now the wife of John McGean, who was born in Cleveland and was a member of the firm of Upson, Walton & Company for some time. At length he severed his connection with that firm in order to go to New York as president of the American Linseed Company. He is thus the chief executive officer in one of the most extensive and important interests in the coun- try, being active in the management of its affairs in the eastern metropolis. He makes his home at Montclair, New Jersey. Fred P., the second member of the family, is extensively engaged in the insurance business here. Nellie R. is at home with her mother. William E., who was also connected with insurance busi- ness, died in June, 1908.
Mr. Thomas was greatly interested in everything pertaining to Cleveland's growth and substantial improvement, whenever possible cooperating in move- ments for the general good. If all men held to as high standards of citizenship and as fully met the obligations that devolve upon one in that connection, there would be no talk of mismanagement in public affairs nor any necessity for the restrictive and regulative legislation that is now demanded by the conditions at the present time. Mr. Thomas was also greatly interested in church work. He belonged to the Methodist church and was very active in promoting its growth and development in many lines. He was domestic in his taste, interested in anything pertaining to the welfare of his home and family and most of his leisure time outside of his business hours was spent at his own fireside. He was not un- mindful, however, of the joys and pleasures of friendship and won the kindly regard of his colleagues in business, while those who met him in social relations
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found him a congenial and ever courteous gentleman. He died December 11, 1906, and his death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. For him- self he held rigidly to the highest standards, yet he did not manifest a spirit of severe criticism or hasty judgment in his opinion of others. There was nothing narrow nor restricted in his views, but on the contrary he looked at life from the standpoint of a broad-minded man who realizes that only in strict adherence to the laws of righteousness and honorable manhood is the greatest liberty found.
WILLIAM MACK PETTET.
William Mack Pettet, whose family have been residents of Cleveland since 1865, was born at Earl Soham, Suffolk county, England, on the 6th of June, 1837, and died in Ohio on the 28th of February, 1863. His parents were Thomas & Sophia (Crick) Pettet, who were natives of the same locality, the father there conducting business as a farmer and gardener.
In the common schools of his native land William Mack Pettet pursued his education to the age of sixteen years, when he put aside his text-books and after- ward engaged in clerking in England for two years. He then bade adieu to friends and native country and with the hope of bettering his financial condi- tion in the new world came to America in 1855, settling first at Boston, where he made his home for five years, during which period he was engaged as clerk in a dry-goods store. In 1860 he came to Oberlin, Ohio, where he purchased a farm, and throughout his remaining days his attention was given to its develop- ment and improvement. He passed away in 1863 in his twenty-eighth year, and following his demise his widow sold the farm and came to Cleveland in 1865 with her small daughter.
On the 2d of September, 1861, in Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Brooks was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca Thompson, a daughter of George and Sarah (Wolff) Thompson, also of Boston, where her father conducted a coopering business. Mr. Pettet was survived by one daughter, who is now the widow of Captain C. T. Morley, who was a well known lake captain of Cleveland.
In his political views Mr. Pettet was a republican. He held membership in the Episcopal church and always sang in the choir, for he possessed superior musical talent and ability. His life was in harmony with his professions as a member of the church, and those who knew him yet remember him as a young man of enterprise and of sterling worth, esteemed by all for his many good qualities. Mrs. Pettet has been a resident of Cleveland for forty-six years and is a member of the Old Settlers' Association. She has many friends in this city, where she has so long resided, and her substantial qualities of heart and mind have gained for her affectionate regard.
WILL F. MAURER.
Will F. Maurer, a member of the firm of Higley, Maurer & Dautel, is now giving special attention in his law practice to brewery law, and the firm with which he is connected has the largest clientage of this character in Cleveland. This is his native city, his birth having here occurred May 21, 1873. As the name indicates, the family is of German origin and was founded in America by his grandfather, Andrew Maurer, who was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and after coming to the United States engaged for some time in the wholesale liquor business, but retired a number of years prior to his demise. His son, Leonard Maurer, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, in 1843, and he and his father came together to the new world, he being a young man at the time. They both
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entered the wholesale liquor field, in which Leonard continued until his death in 1885. His wife, Elizabeth Lehr, was also a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, and died in 1878. Her brother, William Lehr, entered the Union army from Ohio at the time of the Civil war and lost a leg in battle. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Maurer were born three sons, the brothers of our subject being Andrew L., assistant manager and bookkeeper of the Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Com- pany, and Fred J., who is engaged in the laundry business in Texas. The only daughter of the family, Susan, is the wife of Fred H. Leick, manager of the Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Company of this city.
In the public schools Will F. Maurer pursued his studies until he was grad- uated from the West high school with the class of 1891. He then attended the Harvard Law School and was graduated in 1895 with the LL.B. degree. In October of that year he commenced law practice in Cleveland and was alone until 1898, when he became associated with John A. Zangerle, although they practiced under their individual names for a year. In 1899 the firm of Zan- gerle, Higley & Maurer was formed, they being joined by Charles Higley, which association was maintained until 1902, when Mr. Zangerle retired and the firm remained Higley & Maurer until January 1, 1909, when Carl Dautel was admitted under the present firm style. Mr. Maurer is engaged in general practice.
Mr. Maurer is independent in politics, nor does he seek recognition or prefer- ment along political lines. He belongs to the Socialier Turnverein and to the Cleveland Gesangverein. On the 28th of June, 1898, he was married to Martha Grothe, a daughter of William and Anna Grothe, of Cleveland. The father is superintendent of the White Sewing Machine Company. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Maurer have been born three children: Elva F., Norbert W. and Walter Carl.
CORNELIUS C. YOUNG.
Cornelius C. Young, for twenty-five years a representative of the Cleveland bar, practicing at the present writing-1910-as a member of the firm of Carpen- ter, Young & Stocker, was born in Upshur county, Virginia, now West Virginia, on the 28th of February, 1858. His father, Earl E. Young, born in 1822, devoted his life to agricultural pursuits in West Virginia, where he died October 17, 1874. He wedded Mary E. Clark, whose birth occurred in 1827, while in 1886 she was called to the home beyond.
Cornelius C. Young began his education in the public schools of his native state and afterward entered Wittenberg College at Springfield, Ohio, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in the class of 1881. He received his Master of Arts degree from the same college and in 1884 was grad- uated from the Law School of Cincinnati College with the Bachelor of Law de- gree. At Wittenberg he had been first honor man and at the law school he passed the examination with the highest standing in a class of sixty-five. Broad literary knowledge and thorough understanding of the principles of law thus qualified him for his chosen life work, which he entered upon in the office of A. G. Carpen- ter, in October, 1884. For six months he filled a clerical position and on the expiration of that period was admitted to partnership, since which time he has been continuously connected with Mr. Carpenter, while the third member has been added to the firm under the style of Carpenter, Young & Stocker. They engage in general practice but specialize to some extent in commercial and cor- poration law and are retained on many important cases. The same thorough- ness and careful preparation that was manifest in his college days characterizes Mr. Young's law practice, and he has made steady progress during the twenty- five vears of his connection with the Cleveland bar.
On the 17th of November, 1892, Mr. Young was married to Miss Ella C. Benham, a daughter of O. J. and Elizabeth A. (Coburn) Benham, of Cleveland.
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They have three children: George Benham, Wallace Clark and Charlotte Eliza- beth, the first named being now a high-school pupil.
Mr. Young takes an active interest in the Chamber of Commerce and as one of its leading members is now serving on its committee on sanitation. He be- longs to the Cuyahoga County Bar Association and to the Euclid Avenue Pres- byterian church, in which he has served as a trustee for several years. His salient qualities of character aside from his professional relations commend him to the confidence and good will of his fellowmen, and his circle of friends has been a constantly increasing one.
FRANZ CHILDS WARNER.
Cleveland, the Forest city, is widely known for its fine business blocks, its beautiful residences, its splendid thoroughfares and park ways. The most casual observer becomes at once aware that its citizenship contains many architects of ability for the buildings throughout Cleveland are evidences of this fact. It is to this profession that Franz Childs Warner is devoting his energies and many buildings of a public and private nature are the visible evidence of his handiwork and his skill. Born in Painesville, Ohio, September 6, 1876, he is a representative of one of the oldest families of the state established here more than a century ago. His great-grandfather was Daniel Warner, who came to Painesville from Connecticut in 1796. He was a farmer and pioneer of that locality. It was not until several years later that the state was admitted to the Union and only here and there had a town been built to indicate that the seeds of civilization had been planted in this part of the country. Daniel Warner bore his full share in reclaim- ing the wild region and making it a habitable district for the white man. His son, Field D. Warner, was born near Painesville and became a prominent business man and financier. He was also equally well known as a public-spirited citizen and his enterprise proved an important factor for Ohio's development along sub- stantial lines. F. G. L. Warner, the father of our subject, was also a native of Painesville and for many years has been connected with merchandising there. The extent and importance of his business affairs have made him prominently, widely and favorably known and he is yet numbered among the valued residents of his native city. He married Isabelle Childs, a native of Ashtabula, Ohio, who is still living.
Franz Childs Warner was educated in the public schools, passing through consecutive grades until he was graduated from the high school with the class of 1896. He then attended the Case School of Applied Sciences in Cleveland in order to acquaint himself with the architect's profession, finishing his course there with the class of 1900. He entered upon his professional career in connection with Frank L. Packard of Columbus. In 1905 he came to Cleveland to.open up an office for the individual practice of his profession and has succeeded beyond his expectation here. He built the Club House for the Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association, in Cleveland. He erected the City Hall and the Fire Department Police Station of Painesville and also the high-school buildings of that place. He has erected numerous apartment houses in Cleveland and has also done consid- erable work on other residences. He is now erecting the church for the Chris- tian Scientists at Painesville and he devotes his undivided attention to his pro- fession, in which he has come to be recognized as a man of worth, thoroughly conversant with the scientific principles which underlie his labors as well as that of the practical phases of the business. He is a member of the Institute of Ameri- can Architects and his fellow members of the profession recognize his worth in this field of labor, while the confidence of the public is manifest in the liberal support that is given him.
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On the 12th of July, 1904, Mr. Warner was married to Miss Hazel Virginia Ward of Youngstown, Ohio. He is fond of motoring and all outdoor sports nor is he neglectful of the social amenities of life. He belongs to the Beta Theta Pi, a college fraternity and in matters of friendship he is always loyal while in busi- ness circles he sustains an unassailable reputation for his reliability.
SHANDOR HARRY MONSON, M. D.
Dr. Shandor Harry Monson, physician and surgeon of Cleveland, his native city, was born May 29, 1880. Though his years are comparatively few, they do not seem any bar to his success, for he has made rapid strides in his profession. His parents were L. H. and Annie (Janowitz) Solomonson, natives of Hungaria and Bohemia, respectively. The father came to America as a young man, lo- cating in Cleveland, where he engaged in the optical business until his death, which occurred in 1888. His widow came to America in her childhood and lived in Cleveland until her death. in 1909.
Dr. Monson, entering the public schools at the usual age, pursued his studies through consecutive grades until he was graduated from the Central high school with the class of 1897. He then entered the Case School of Applied Science and pursued a four years' scientific course, being graduated in 1901 with the Bach- elor of Science degree. His literary and scientific training constituted an excel- lent foundation upon which to build the superstructure of professional knowledge, and he entered the medical department of Western Reserve University, from which he was graduated in 1905 with the M. D. degree. He then spent a year and a half as interne at Charity Hospital and later pursued a post-graduate course in Philadelphia Polyclinic and Wills Eye Hospital of Philadelphia. He then went abroad and spent several months in study at the General Hospital in Vienna and in the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital of London. His study and investigation in European centers greatly increased his knowledge and pro- moted his efficiency and well equipped him for strenuous and difficult profes- sional service, when he resumed his chosen life work in Cleveland.
Upon his return to this city in September, 1907, Dr. Monson engaged in pri- vate practice as a specialist in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He is now assistant ophthalmologist to the Lakeside Hospital dispensary and assistant in ear, nose and throat diseases to Charity Hospital. He is also ophthalmologist to Mt. Sinai Hospital and consulting eye, ear nose and throat specialist to the Jewish Infant Orphans' Home. He belongs to the Cleveland Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical As- sociation, the German Medical Society of Cleveland, the Cleveland Medical Lib- rary Association and the various hospital organizations. He is also a member of Tau Beta Pi of the Case School and in more strictly social lines is connected with Excelsior Club. He is well known in social circles and has many friends throughout the city, in which his entire life has been passed.
THOMAS URBANSKY.
There are many notable instances in American history of men who, born across the water, have come to this country empty-handed and in straitened financial cir- cumstances, have for a considerable period met the duties and experiences of life but eventually have wrought fortunes from the hands of fate. Such has been the record of Thomas Urbansky who in 1882 arrived in Cleveland and made a most unpretentious start in the business life of the city. Today he is a prosperous leather merchant at No. 2364 Ontario street, enjoying a large and growing pat-
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ronage. He was born December 1I, 1858, in Hungary, which was also the birth- place of his parents, John and Mary (Guyasky) Urbansky. He began his educa- tion in the public schools, but his opportunities were very limited as he had to work hard, assisting his father on the home farm until thirteen years of age. He then began learning the shoemaker's trade and this left him no opportunity for the improvement of his education. The more valuable lessons of life he has learned in the school of experience whereby he has become a far-sighted business man, also well informed on many lines of general interest. After learning the shoemaker's trade he was employed as a journeyman in his native country until twenty-two years of age, and in 1882 he completed his arrangements whereby he sailed for the United States. Having bade adieu to friends, home and native country, he took passage on a westward bound sailing vessel and eventually landed at New York city, where he remained for eight months. He was there employed as a candymaker, after which he came to Cleveland, believing that there were better opportunities in this city than in the overcrowded marts of trade of the eastern metropolis. Here he was employed as a laborer for a time but eventually secured a position in a blast furnace.
In 1883 Mr. Urbansky was married in this city to Miss Bertha Gerbory, a na- tive of Hungary, and unto them have been born two sons, Thomas and John. They began their domestic life in Cleveland, where they remained until 1886 when they went west to Butte, Montana, and Mr. Urbansky was employed as furnace man at a copper smelter for three years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Cleveland and secured a situation in the Cleveland blast furnace where he remained for some time. All through the years subsequent to his arrival in the United States he has made good use of his opportunities and has won advance- ment by reason of his willingness to work, the efficiency of his labor and his trust- worthiness. He carefully saved his earnings until, as the result of his economy, his financial resources permitted him to embark in business on his own account, which he did, as a dealer in leather and shoe findings, at No. 2364 Ontario street. Here he has worked up a large and profitable business as a leather merchant, and his trade is continually increasing. He seldom loses a patron and often gains many new ones, who find in his reliable business methods and the excellent quality of the goods which he handles an incentive to continue their patronage. Mr. Urbansky belongs to the National Leather & Shoe Finders' Association. His life is a notable example of what may be accomplished by the young men of foreign birth who are willing and determined, for in this land where effort is unhampered by caste or class the rewards of labor are sure and certain.
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