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THOMAS V. CULLEN.
Thomas V. Cullen, who was born in that part of Brooklyn township that is now included within the corporation limits of Cleveland, his natal day being March 25, 1864, died on the 9th of March, 1908, at the comparatively early age of forty-four years. His parents were Peter and Mary (Martin) Cullen, who were natives of County Wexford, Ireland, and crossed the Atlantic to Canada in 1859. Three years later they arrived in Cleveland, where the father estab- lished a small brickyard at the foot of East Clark street and continued in the manufacture of bricks until his death.
Rearcd in his native city, Thomas V. Cullen attended St. Bridget's Catholic school until fourteen years of age and afterward spent two years in the Fran- ciscan German College on Chapel street. He then had the benefit of a business course in the Spencerian College and, entering his father's employ, learned the brick-manufacturing business. After the death of his father he and his brother continued the business, and he was a very active, energetic man, attending to all the important interests of the concern. He superintended the erection of the new plant, which was just completed at the time of his death. He had become thor- oughly familiar with the best processes of brick manufacture and through his capable management and keen discernment developed an enterprise of consid- erable importance. After having gained success and fortune by hard labor and
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unremitting attention to business he died at a comparatively early age, never having the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of his former toil.
On the 19th of July, 1892, Mr. Cullen was united in marriage to Miss Mary S. Burns, a daughter of John and Mary (Rowley) Burns, who came to Cleve- land from Ireland in 1863. Here the father was appointed a member of the city police force on the 8th of May, 1869, and after serving as patrolman for a num- ber of years was made acting sergeant on the 26th of October, 1883, and on the 4th of December, 1885, was appointed to the rank of sergeant. On the 19th of February, 1889, he was appointed lieutenant and so continued for thirty-five years, when he retired. Mrs. Cullen was born in Cleveland September 16, 1868, and is well known in the city, where she has an extensive circle of warm friends. By her marriage she became the mother of four children, Mary G., Thomas F., John P., and James E., all of whom are students.
Mr. Cullen was a democrat in his political views and kept well inofrmed con- cerning the vital political questions, but never sought nor had desire for public office. He held membership in St. Bridget's Catholic church and was a man of domestic tastes, devoted to his family, to whom he ever manifested a kindly and generous spirit. His associates found him at all times reliable in business and enterprising in citizenship, and as the years passed on he gained a firm hold on the affection of his friends.
HENRY ROHS.
Another example of the man of foreign birth who seeks in the opportunities of the new world the chances of business success and advancement is found in the life history of Henry Rohs, who was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, January 8, 1841. His life record spanned the years to the 25th of April, 1908, when he was called to his final rest. Within that time he had demonstrated the wisdom of his judgment in seeking a home on this side of the Atlantic, for as the years passed by he made substantial progress in a business here.
Mr. Rohs was a son of Andrew and Elizabeth Rohs, the former a blacksmith of Hesse-Darmstadt. The parents both died when their son Henry was but seven years of age, and thus left an orphan he was early thrown upon his own resources and was truly a self-educated and self-made man. He attended the village schools of Elben Rod until fourteen years of age, after which he began learning the blacksmith's trade under the direction of his elder brother. They. had taken over their father's business after his death, and Henry Rohs was thus identified with industrial interests in his native country until 1860, when at the age of nineteen years he came to America. Making his way to Cleveland, he worked at his trade for William Tottel on Euclid avenue and afterward pur- chased the business from his employer, in whose services he had continued for several years. The purchase was made when he was twenty-two years of age, after which he conducted his enterprise on Euclid avenue until the lease ex- pired. He then purchased property on Fairmont road and removed his business to that locality, there continuing until 1906, when he retired from active busi- ness, being succeeded, however, by his sons. He was a self-made man, kind hearted, loving and generous to his family and well known among the German people of the city.
On the 3d of July, 1863, Mr. Rohs was united in marriage to Miss Mary Stoll, a daughter of John and Margaret (Buechler) Stoll, who came from Switzer- land to Cleveland in 1854. The children of that marriage are: Edwin H., Mrs. O. P. Everhard, Charles T., John A., Mrs. L. H. Weber and Albert W.
From the time that he became a naturalized American citizen Mr. Rohs gave his political allegiance to the republican party and always kept well informed on the questions and issues of the day. He was also a member of the First Ger-
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man Methodist Episcopal church for forty-seven years, and his life was an up- right and honorable one, winning for him the kindly regard of all who knew him. His resolute purpose in business enabled him to overcome the difficulties and obstacles which barred his path, and as the years went by he achieved suc- cess that was creditable and gratifying. More than that he won an honored name, which is rather to be chosen than great riches, for he was never known to take advantage of the necessities of others in business transactions but was always straightforward and reliable. His widow still survives him and is now a mem- ber of the Old Settlers' Association.
LEWIS W. BAILEY.
The substantial improvement of Cleveland was greatly augmented through the efforts of Lewis W. Bailey, who for many years conducted a general con- tracting business in this city and in many of the residences here are still seen evi- dences of his handiwork. He was born in Rock Creek, Ohio, November II, 1828, and was a representative of one of the early families of the state. His father, Gurden F. Bailey, became one of the pioneer settlers of Ashtabula county, Ohio, where he was extensively engaged in farming.
It was in that locality that Lewis W. Bailey was reared and educated, and in early manhood he learned and followed the carpenter's trade, with which he was connected for a long period. He arrived in Cleveland in 1881 and for years was actively associated with contracting and building interests in this city. He engaged on the construction of all kinds of buildings and did a general contract- ing business, which included the erection of many residences that are still stand- ing and indicate the thoroughness of his handiwork and the attractiveness of his ideas in relation to business affairs.
Mr. Bailey was married in 1857 to Miss Sarah D. Bond, and they became the parents of two daughters, Mrs. Ida B. Fisher and Mayme. Mr. Bailey was never a club man but loved his home and family, being most devoted to their interests and welfare. He rejoiced in his success, not because of the pleasure he got in having an income but because of what it enabled him to do for the mem- bers of his own household. As the years passed he won a comfortable compe- tence and about three years prior to his demise retired from active life, spend- ing his remaining days in the enjoyment of well earned rest. He died December 4, 1904. having reached the age of seventy-six years. He never regretted his determination to make his home in Cleveland but found it a most pleasant place of residence, won success here and was ever keenly interested in the welfare and progress of the city.
ARTHUR HARRISON HAWGOOD.
Those things which count as resultant forces in the business world are not qualities difficult of attainment but such as any may cultivate. The great major- ity, however, are found lacking either in the desire for or the determination to win success when they realize that it must be done at the cost of earnest, self- denying effort. The world, however, instinctively pays both honor and defer- ence to him who thus achieves his advancement, for it displays in him a weight of character and a strength of purpose that are most commendable. One is led to this line of reflection in a review of the record of Arthur Harrison Hawgood who at the age of fifteen became a sailor on the lakes and is now the president of The Neptune Steam Ship Company. His birth occurred in Lake county, Wisconsin, July 12, 1865, his parents being Thomas and Mary Ann (Nash)
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Hawgood. He was educated in the district schools and in the business college at Bay City, Michigan. He spent the first fifteen years of his life on his father's farm, working in field and meadow and thus becoming familiar with all of the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He left home, however, at the age of fifteen years and became a sailor on the lakes, for the life was fascinating to him, and he has been continuously connected with it to the present time. Through successive promotions he gradually worked his way upward until he became captain of the steamer Belle P. Cross. He commanded that vessel for two years and for three years was captain on other steamships, after which he came ashore and was chosen secretary and treasurer of the Hawgood & Avery Transit Company, having a fleet of steam vessels on the lakes engaged in the transportation business and carrying trade. One of the finest steamships on the lake is the Arthur H. Hawgood, named in his honor. His opinions are largely accepted as authority on matters of marine transportation, for the prac- tical experiences of his youth and early manhood as well as his later connection with the management of shipping interests have given him comprehensive knowl- edge concerning everything that pertains to navigation.
Mr. Hawgood was married in 1892 to Miss Belle L. Dibley, a daughter of Ebenezer Dibley, a pioneer of Milwaukee county, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Haw- good have one son, Harvey Roland, and a daughter, Aldyth O. Mr. Hawgood is in- terested in many matters of municipal importance, is serving as a trustee of the Homeopathic Hospital and belongs to the Ship Masters Association. His polit- ical allegiance is usually given to the republican party, but he does not consider himself bound by any political tie, and when his judgment sanctions an inde- pendent course he follows it. From a humble position in the business world he has made steady and logical progress until in a position of administrative direc- tion and executive control he is taking a large part in the management of the shipping interests which center in Cleveland.
NATHAN EDWARD FRIEDMAN, M. D.
Dr. Nathan Edward Friedman, a representative of the medical fraternity of Cleveland, is of foreign birth, for Austria is his native land, and there he first opened his eyes to the light of day on the Ist of November, 1877. His father, Joseph Friedman, came to America in 1881 and a year later brought his family to the western world. For a long period he was engaged in the manufacture of cigars in this city but is now living retired at the age of sixty-three.
Dr. Friedman was in his fourth year when the family crossed the Atlantic, and at the usual age he entered the public schools wherein he pursued the reg- . ular course until his graduation from the Central high hchool with the class of 1896. From the age of seven he had earned his own living, and his labor had made it possible for him to continue in school. He thus early displayed the elementary strength of his character and the laudable ambition which has ever been one of his salient and commendable characteristics. A desire for a college course led to his adoption of plans that would enable him to do manual labor while pursuing his studies in college and thus provide for the usual expenses of the course. He was matriculated in the Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1896 and was graduated therefrom in 1900 with the M. D. degree. The previous year, through competitive examination with the senior class, while he was yet a junior, he won the appointment of house physician at the Cleve- land General Hospital and thus served from October 1, 1899, until October 1, 1900. This gave him broad and varied practical experience, proving an excel- lent training-school for his later duties as a general follower of the profession, when in the latter year he entered upon the private practice, in which he lias since continued. He has for several years been associated with Dr. A. J. Cook,
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one of the oldest physicians of the city. Dr. Friedman was medical examiner for the Prudential Life Insurance Company from 1901 until 1904 and is the present examiner for the Independent Order of Foresters, the Knights of Pythias and the Street Railway Beneficial Association. He was also assistant accident surgeon to the Grasselli Chemical Company for some years and also assistant surgeon for the old Cleveland Electric Railway Company. He belongs to the Cleveland State Medical Society.
On the 28th of May, 1901, Dr. Friedman was married to Miss Stella Blau, a daughter of Nathan Blau, of this city, and they reside at No. 5423 Mumford avenue. Dr. Friedman belongs to Ansher Chesed congregation, to the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Foresters. In the last two he has held offices for several years. He is also connected with the Cleveland Independent Aid Society and in the practice of his profession gives various evidence of his charitable and generous nature, often rendering active assistance when he knows that no financial remuneration will be received. He is modest and unaggressive in spirit but possesses a pleasing personality and genial nature, which have won him the friendly regard of many with whom he has been brought in contact.
CHARLES WILLIAM HOPKINSON.
That Cleveland has a number of most able architects is indicated in the fine structures which have added to the improvement and adornment of the city. Important work of this character has been done by Charles William Hopkinson, who since 1890 has maintained an office in this city for the practice of his profes- sion, in the ranks of which he has constantly forged forward until his position is now an enviable one. His life record stands in contradistinction to the old adage that a prophet is never without honor save in his own country, for in the city of his nativity Mr. Hopkinson has won successes and honors. He was born in Cleveland, April 13, 1865, a son of Alanson G. and Harriet (Farand) Hop- kinson. His father is now deceased. His mother, a native of Rockport, Ohio, is descended from an old Vermont family and is still living. She comes of Revolu- tionary stock and her grandfather, Jared Farand, was one of the pioneers of Cuyahoga county, where he lived to the very remarkable old age of one hun- dred and five years.
In the public schools Mr. Hopkinson pursued his studies until he became a high-school student. He prepared for the Case School of Applied Science at Cleveland but, changing his plans concerning an education, he entered Cornell University at Ithaca, New York, and was graduated from that institution in 1887 with the Bachelor of Science degree in architecture. He was one of the speakers at the commencement exercises, delivering an address on "The Future of Amer- ican Architecture."
After his college days were over Mr. Hopkinson spent three years in New York city with prominent architects, during which time he went abroad, travel- ing in western Europe, where he gathered many photographs. In 1890 he opened an office in Cleveland and in the intervening years has gradually forged to the front as an architect, doing important work in this connection. He did extensive overhauling of the Garfield monument, built the Colonial and Clifton club houses, the Haddam apartments and had charge of the extensive additions to Lakeside Hospital. He has also done a great deal of extensive private work on business and church property and he built the Rockefeller Mining Building at the Case School of Applied Science. He was also the architect and builder of the Hough Avenue Congregational church but has never sought public work. That he is honored by his fellow members of the profession is indicated in the fact that he was twice elected to the presidency of the Cleveland Chapter of American Insti-
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tute of Architects. He is also a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and was formerly president of the Civil Engineers Club of Cleveland. He is prominent in the Cornell Alumni Association of this district and was a member of its board of directors for several years.
In 1889 Mr. Hopkinson was married to Miss Franc Warren, of Deansville, New York, and unto them has been born a daughter, Ruth Warren. Mr. Hop- kinson has appreciation for the social amenities of life and is a member of the Union Club and the Clifton Club. He is also a member of the Masonic frater- nity, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree. He takes great pleas- ure in golf and belongs to the Dover Bay Golf Club. He is also a member of the Congregational church and is eligible to membership with the Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution. He is very fond of the study of architecture and has frequently been chosen to speak on that theme. He has the keenest appreciation of what can be accomplished in the line of beauty and adornment in the way of architec- ture at the present age and as well of what has been done in the past, as repre- sented in some of the finest buildings of the old world. He holds to high ideals in his profession and his work has ever been of a most acceptable character.
ANDREW F. KELLEY.
Andrew F. Kelley is a shoe merchant who by the originality of his methods of advertising and the spirit of enterprise which he manifests in the management and control of his store has drawn to himself the attention of the public and has established his name as a synonym for progressive commercialism in the Forest city. His parents were Andrew W. and Mary E. (Cassidy) Kelley, the latter a daughter of a pioneer family of Cleveland. Andrew F. Kelley was here born November 7, 1876, and supplemented his public-school instruction by study in the Jesuit College of St. Ignatius. When sixteen years of age he went to New York, attracted by those things which seem most alluring to the young man in America's greatest business center, but he only remained six months, becoming convinced that Cleveland's business opportunities were sufficient for his needs. On his return he entered the employ of his father, who was a contractor and carpenter and under his direction the son learned the carpenter's trade. His ambition was not quenched by his early attempts but was rather stimulated for the accomplishment of what he undertook, and gradually he made substantial progress. On leaving his father's employ he entered the service of the Curtiss- Ambler Realty Company as draftsman and superintendent of construction, and the worth of his work is indicated in the fact that he remained with the company for nine years. He had complete charge of the erection of one hundred and sixty-six houses in one section of Cleveland for the company, but at length he withdrew from the building field and went into vaudeville work as a monologist in the Keith circuit. He continued successfully on the stage for a time but at length returned to Cleveland and established a shoe business on his own account under the name of Kelley's Bootery at No. 2020 East Ninth street. The orig- inality of the name indicates something of the methods that he has employed in building up his business. He has made for himself a record in Cleveland by his unique and interesting advertisements in the daily papers, which keep the public constantly on the qui vive to see what he will next produce. This is but one means of drawing trade, however, for he places his real dependence upon the fine line of goods which he carries, the tasteful and attractive arrangement of his store and the uniform courtesy and attention which he demands that all of his employes shall give to the patrons. He has thus secured a high class of trade, and his business is constantly growing. He also owns an interest in the Mount Sinai Cigar Company.
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Mr. Kelley was married in Cleveland to Miss Leah Hartill, of this city, in 1897, and unto them have been born a son and daughter, Andrew and Leah, aged respectively ten and seven ycars. Mr. Kelley is independent in politics. In 1902, however, hc sought the nomination for the city council on the democratic ticket but was defeated by twenty-six votes. He is interested in municipal affairs, as every public-spirited citizen should be, and has been an active endorser of many movements for the general good. His religious connection is with St. Agnes church.
CHARLES HIGLEY.
Charles Higley, practicing at the Cleveland bar as a member of the firm of Higley, Maurer & Dautel, was born in South Bend, Indiana, October 11, 1866. His paternal grandfather, John Higley, was a native of Connecticut and a farmer by occupation. At an early period in the development of Ohio he made his way westward to this state and cast in his lot with the pioneer residents of Windsor. A strong opponent of the system of slavery, he served as one of the conductors on the underground railroad in ante bellum days. He also took an active part in affairs of public prominence and importance and served as a mem- bcr of the general assembly for several years. There were only four or five families in the Western Reserve at the time of his arrival. There are now many representatives of the name of Higley in Windsor. As the years passed on his influence extended as his activities increased, making him one of the leading citizens of the community. His son, Aaron Higley, who was born in Windsor in 1826, became a manufacturer of the Higley Street Car Journal and of the street-car bearings. In 1867 he came to Cleveland and not only was closely asso- ciated with manufacturing interests here but was also a heavy real-estate owner and made extensive and profitable investments in city property. He died May 10, 1886. He had married Charlotte Finney, who was born in Groton, New York, in 1836, and is now living in Cleveland. Her father, Ezra Finney, was a farmer by occupation and one of the early settlers of Trumbull county, Ohio, establishing his home in Bristolville.
Charles Higley pursued his early education in the public schools of Cleve- land, passing through consecutive grades to his graduation from the Central high school with the class of 1884. He afterward devoted one year to study in the Case School of Applied Science and attending the University of Michigan, was graduated from the law department in 1890, with the LL. B. degree. He then commenced the practice of law in Cleveland and for a year was in the office of R. P. Ranney. Later he became associated with E. P. Hatfield, under the firm style of Hatfield & Higley. which relation was maintained for a year, after which Mr. Higley again practiced alone, until the firm of Zangerle, Higley & Maurer was formed. This relation was maintained for some time, when the firm of Higley, Maurer & Dautel was formed and still exists. Mr. Higley also engages in general practice, and his extensive clientage has made him one of the well known members of the Cleveland bar, while his understanding of legal principles, his careful preparation of his cases and the accuracy with which he applics the points of the law to the points in litigation have been the sa- lient features in his professional career.
In his political views Mr. Higley is a democrat although not active in the ranks of the party. In 1895 he was the second assistant director of law in Cleveland, filling the position for a year. He is now a citizen member of the Cuyahoga Building Committee, having in charge the erection of the court house. He was appointed to this office by the common pleas justice, the committee being composed of four citizen members and three county commissioners. In matters relative to the welfare of the city he is deeply interested, and his cooperation has often proved a tangible and helpful factor for the public good.
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On the Ioth of January, 1894, Mr. Higley was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Edith Smith, a daughter of Alexander and Mary (Gould) Smith, of Cleveland. Mr. Higley possesses a genial, social nature, which finds expression in his membership in the Euclid, Cleveland Athletic and Westwood Golf Clubs. He was only a year old when brought to this city, where his entire life has since been passed, and among his stanchest friends are many who have known him from his boyhood to the present time-a fact indicative of the many stalwart qualities which are numbered among his characteristics.
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