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railway was consolidated with the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianap- olis Railway Company, he came to Cleveland and was given charge of the ticket and freight accounts of bothi roads. Later he became the chief accountant in the auditor's department, occupying the position of assistant auditor. With the passing years the development of his business ability qualified him for larger responsibilities and on severing his connection with the railway service, in April, 1889, he entered the Euclid avenue office of the East End Banking & Trust Com- pany, where almost immediately his wonderful gift as an organizer of office forces and as an accountant became apparent, soon winning him promotion to the position of assistant treasurer. He was afterward elected treasurer and when the bank was purchased by the Cleveland Trust Company he became the manager of the East End branch, to which he gave most wise and excellent ser- vice to the time of his death. He was a man of unquestioned reliability as well as enterprise, of keen discernment and of ready recognition of opportunity. While engrossed in the management of the company's affairs he never forgot that there were around him a corps of assistants needing human sympathy and aid, and his cheery greeting, his kindly spirit, his words of generous encourage- ment, and his timely hint of assistance, won him the affectionate esteem and re- spect of all who were with him in the bank and he was held in equally high re- gard by its patrons.
Mr. Whitman was united in marriage in early manhood to Mattie Harbison, of Indianapolis. His second wife was Miss Kate Ford, a representative of one of the old and prominent families here. Her mother, Mrs. Ford, is still living and was born in Cleveland eighty-four years ago. She bore the maiden name of Martha Cordelia Cozad. Her grandfather was one of the first settlers of Cleve- land and puchased a large tract of land from the government in East Cleveland. In the affairs of the city Mr. Whitman took a very active and helpful part, con- tributing in large measure to its early progress. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Whitman were born two children: Walter Freeman, born in 1893; and Cordelia, born in 1896. Mr. Whitman passed away June 1I, 1906, his demise being immediately occasioned by an operation which he underwent in Lakeside Hospital. He had long been a devoted member of the Euclid Avenue Congregational church and in its work took a most helpful part, while his life was ever guided by its teachings and by the highest Christian ideals. He never lost an opportunity to do good to a fellowman or speak a word of hope and encouragement. While not without the laudable ambition to win success, he was always in true accord with the words of Lincoln: "There is something better than making a living-making a life." He knew that character counts for more than all else in the world and in all that he did he was actuated by lofty purposes to stand for that which is best each day and to prove not a hinderer but a helper in the world's great work. When he was called from the scene of his earthly labors the board of deacons of the church in which he held membership adopted the following resolutions :
WHEREAS, Our Loving Heavenly Father, in his inscrutable wisdom has permitted the removal from our sight, for a time, of our associate and dearly loved friend
BRYANT F. WHITMAN.
We commend to the tender mercies of our Heavenly Father the bereaved tional Church, desire to express our appreciation of the loss we sustain in the absence of his kindly presence, his wise counsel, his inspiring faith; and to acknowledge the largeness of the place he has filled for so many years in the history of our Church as superintendent and teacher in our Bible School; as a member of the Board of Deacons, and at the time of his death its chairman, in which spiritual activities he has been such a force for righteousness and the highest usefulness of our church, as only eternity can adequately measure.
We commend to the tender mercies of our Heavenly Father the bereaved family ; and we pray that on them, as on every member of our church, may con-
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tinue to be exerted the influence of him who "Though dead yet speaketh," in the memory of his dignified, simple and consistent Christian life.
The resolutions adopted by the board of trustees of the same church was an equally beautiful tribute to his memory and read as follows :
It having pleased the All-wise Father to call our dearly beloved associate, Bryant F. Whitman, to his heavenly home, we, the Trustees of the Euclid Ave- nue Congregational Church, desire to express our appreciation of his worth, and extend to his family our sincere sympathy.
The church is a monument to the memory of our brother, who labored un- ceasingly for its upbuilding, and his unselfish devotion was not limited to any one branch of its activities. He served faithfully on many Committees, in the Bible School, and on the Board of Deacons, as well as on the Board of Trustees, where his wise counsel, clear judgment and untiring energy were important fac- tors in promoting the prosperity of the church. His influence was always for the betterment of his fellowmen, his life an inspiration to those associated with him and a forceful power in the church.
He was always found where Duty called. His life was sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust, and when the summons came to join the innumerable throng, he wrapped the drapery of his couch about him and lay down to pleasant dreams.
ANDREW J. DUNCAN.
Andrew J. Duncan, a citizen of Cleveland, was born in Poland, Mahoning county, Ohio, January 25, 1836, being a son of Hugh and Rachel (Warren) Duncan. The father was born in northeast Pennsylvania in 1800 and in his early days was a civil engineer, in connection with the Erie, the Pennsylvania and the Ohio canals as surveyor. He came to Ohio in 1825, locating at Poland.
Andrew Duncan received a common school and academic education. He was early possessed with "der wanderlust" and attracted toward the west, going in 1854 to the western borders of Missouri, where he witnessed the contest between the friends of freedom and those of slavery, from 1854 to 1856, which has since been called the skirmish ground of the Civil war, a period of lawlessness demoral- izing to both sides. He remained there until the fall of 1856, going down the Missouri by boat when he met "John Brown of Osawatown" returning to the states under an assumed name. The boat was crowded with pro-slavery men and he volunteered as an improvised "safe guard" for his protection until he arrived at St. Louis. He was in the oil business in 1857-8, commencing the study of law with Judge Gliden in 1860, for his own benefit.
At the firing upon Fort Sumter he was ready at the first call for troops, en- rolling himself a few days later, but was not accepted until January 11, 1861, when he enlisted in the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Colonels Rosen- crantz, Seamon and Hayes being respectively the different commanders. Besides these he had many other comrades who became conspicuous during the war and subsequently. His services as a soldier continued from June II, 1861, to Decem- ber 4, 1865, during which time he was in active service as private, lieutenant, assistant quartermaster and mustered out as captain. He joined General Sher- man at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, and was with his command until the sur- render of Johnston, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1865, when he was mus- tered out.
Captain Duncan was in the mercantile business at Pittsburg and other places from 1866 to 1869, when he was appointed special agent for the land department in the west, serving until the fall of 1893. He was appointed inspector of the building loan associations, serving from 1893 to July, 1897. He was then ap- pointed by the secretary of the interior as inspector of Indian affairs In 1897
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he was commissioned to go to Florida in the interest of the Seminole Indians in and around the Everglades for the purpose of securing lands for them. In 1898, in company with competent surveying force, he entered the Everglades by Fort Lauderdale and proceeded to the Prophet's Islands and completed the survey. The circumstances under which this survey was made (the first attempted) were unusually difficult owing to the want of water, the dense growth of "saw grass," mosquitoes and poisonous insects. A detailed report of the survey and the con- dition of the Indians is contained in the "Report of the Secretary of the Inte- rior" published for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1898. He resigned this posi- tion in July, 1891, to accept an appointment as national bank examiner for the northern district of Ohio, which position he held until April, 1895.
Captain Duncan was married February 26, 1867, to Sarah E. Mckinley and they had four children: Mrs. Mary Bowman; William Mckinley Duncan, an attorney ; A. J. Duncan, Jr., an electric engineer ; and Mrs. Sarah Winslow.
REV. WILLIAM J. GALLENA.
Rev. William J. Gallena was born in Canada in the year 1883. Most of his studies were made in that country, at Assumption College, Sandwich, Ontario. After having completed his course in Rome, Italy, he was ordained to the priest- hood in the year 1908.
Shortly after ordination he returned to the diocese of Cleveland, where he has lived since 1896. He was at once appointed an assistant to Holy Name church, Cleveland, in which place he is still stationed.
HERMAN L. MORGAN.
No history of Cuyahago county would be complete without mention of Her- man L. Morgan, who was a representative of one of its oldest families and was himself for many years prominently connected with farming and stock-dealing interests. The residence which his family still occupy was at one time in the midst of the Morgan farm, but the growth of the city and the extension of its boundaries have brought it within the corporation limits. It was in that home that Herman L. Morgan was born November 4, 1832, his parents being Youngs L. and Caroline (Thomas) Morgan, both of whom were natives of Connecticut. The family is an old one in New England and is of Welsh lineage. The first of the name in this country was James Morgan, who left the little rock-ribbed coun- try of Wales in 1640 and established his home in Connecticut. Youngs L. Mor- gan, Sr., the grandfather of Herman L. Morgan, and Major Minor Spicer, the grandfather of Mrs. Morgan, were from the same locality in Connecticut and the two families, together with the Fish family, made the journey westward to Ohio in covered wagons in 1811, being thirty-six days on the road. Youngs Morgan purchased three hundred acres of land, one hundred acres covering the district now enclosed by Broadway and Fifty-fifth street, one hundred acres at Aetna Road and Broadway and one hundred acres at No. 7093 Union avenue. He and his sons, Youngs, Jr., Caleb and Ashbel, cleared up most of the land themselves. It was covered with a native forest growth, not a clearing having been made or an improvement upon it. With characteristic energy the father and sons reso- lutely took up the task of transforming the forest district into cultivated fields. Youngs Morgan, Sr., departed this life April 7, 1843, while his wife, who bore the maiden name of Betsey Jones, died October 5, 1827. The land which was secured by the family was purchased from General Perkins, the agent of the
H. L. MORGAN
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Connecticut Land Company, which originally owned much of the land in this part of the state.
Youngs L. Morgan, Jr., the father of Herman L. Morgan, was born in Con- necticut, October 3, 1797, and was therefore a youth of about fourteen years when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio. He took up his abode on a farm which is now the home of Mrs. H. L. Morgan and there occa- sionally, from 1814 until 1818, he cut and sold wood from the district now bor- dered by Long and Michigan streets. This he exchanged for boots, shoes and clothing. He assisted in clearing what is now the Broadway property and also acted as foreman of a force of two hundred men during the building of the Ohio canal. In 1822 he engaged in the fur trade in connection with John Jacob Astor and went to Lake of the Woods, where their sleds were drawn by dogs. The party also traveled five hundred miles on snowshoes without seeing a white man and they were obliged to kill their dogs for food and afterward gave fifty dol- lars for a bushel of corn. Thus with the early pioneer development of the mid- dle west Youngs Morgan, Jr., was closely associated and aided in planting the seeds of civilization in various districts, but most of all was closely and helpfully associated with the development and progress of Cuyahoga county. He was greatly interested in the political, intellectual and moral progress of the com- munity. It was his cousin, Senator Edwin Morgan, who went to the rescue of Senator Charles Sumner when he was attacked by Senator Brooks of South Carolina on the floor of the senate while speaking against slavery. Y. L. Mor- gan was also a warm personal friend of General Garfield, whom he often enter- tained at his home during the two years that the latter was preaching at the Miles avenue church in Newburg.
On the 25th of September, 1828, Youngs Morgan was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Thomas, a daughter of Anthony and Mary Thomas. Her father died in New York, while her mother passed away in Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan became the parents of five children, three of whom died in early life, while C. C. and Herman L. Morgan reached years of maturity. The father passed away June 22, 1888, at the venerable age of ninety-one years. Almost his entire life had been spent in Cleveland and he had been a witness of the growth and progress of the city from its foundation, for it was a mere hamlet when the family came from Connecticut to the Western Reserve. He availed himself of every opportunity for promoting the best interests of the city and county and was a man of marked influence, his genuine worth and ability making him a leader of public thought and opinion.
Herman L. Morgan, whose name introduces this record, was reared on the home farm and supplemented his early education by study in Hiram College. When his college days were over he returned to the old home and devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits. He remained upon the farm until it became a part of the city of Cleveland and after that time he subdivided the land and engaged in a real-estate business.
On the 30th of September, 1857, Mr. Morgan was united in marriage to Miss Sarah H. Smith, who was born in Akron, Ohio, November 28, 1838, and was a daughter of Warren H. and Lydia Smith, members of old Connecticut families. The father was a native of that state and came to Ohio with his parents, Moses and Sarah Smith, in 1826. Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Smith have two children : Harrison D., a well known wholesale confectionery manufacturer of Cincinnati; and Mrs. Morgan. Unto her marriage there were born five children, of whom three are living: Cora M., now the wife of Noyes P. Gallup; Alice M., the wife of W. Guenther ; and Julia Katherine, now Mrs. W. H. Marlatt.
In his political views Mr. Morgan was a stalwart republican and his position upon any vital question was never an equivocal one. He held membership in the Christian church, in which he and his father were for a long time elders. For six years he was a trustee of Hiram College, a school conducted under the auspices of the Christian church, and he was also a member of the Cleveland
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Disciples Union, which assists in the establishment and care of churches not self- supporting. Throughout his life he never centered his activities upon his bus- iness affairs to the exclusion of other interests but viewed life from a broader outlook and sought progress in intellectual and moral as well as material lines, both for himself and for the community at large.
JAMES D. MCAFEE, M. D.
Dr. James D. McAfee, superintendent of the City Hospital of Cleveland, was born in Summit county, Ohio, on the 27th of August, 1861. His father, Daniel McAfee, who was a native of Ireland, crossed the Atlantic to the United States in 1851, when about twenty-five years of age, locating in Solon, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where, with the exception of a few years, he spent the remainder of his life. He followed his trade as a blacksmith and locksmith until the time of the Civil war, when he enlisted as a mechanic, serving for a period of four years. When the war was ended he turned his attention to general agricultural pursuits, to which he devoted his time and energies throughout the remainder of his active business career, with the exception of ten years spent in charge of the construc- tion of bridges for Cuyahoga county. His demise occurred in September, 1899, when he had attained the age of seventy-three years. His widow, who bore the maiden name of Mary Bell Huddilston, comes of Scotch parentage and is a native of Ireland. She was brought to the United States when a little maiden of six years and from that time to the present has made her home at Solon, this county, being now seventy-four years of age. The period of her residence in this county therefore covers more than two-thirds of a century and she has a wide and fa- vorable acquaintance within its borders, being highly esteemed as a lady of many excellent traits of heart and mind.
James D. McAfee attended the country and village schools until sixteen years of age and then spent two years at Grand River Institute in Ashtabula county. Subsequently he followed the profession of teaching for four years and after- ward pursued a course of study in the Normal school at Ada, Ohio. He next devoted another year to teaching and then took up the study of medicine in the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College, which institution conferred upon him the degree of M. D. in March, 1891. Locating for practice in this city, he opened an office at the corner of Harvard street and Broadway and remained an active and successful representative of the medical fraternity as a private practitioner until the Ist of July, 1907, or for a period of sixteen years. Immediately after en- tering practice he pursued a post graduate course at the Huron Street Hospital, thus adding broad practical experience to his theoretical training. He was one of the original members of the board of health, with which he was identified from 1903 until 1907 and served as president during the last two years of his connection therewith.
On July I, 1907, after a more or less stormy career, culminating in public criti- cism and a series of investigations (the executive department having been in charge of non-medical officials), the City Hospital found itself in need of reor- ganization. Dr. James D. McAfee was appointed superintendent by the city ad- ministration, it being conceded that this post should be held by a member of the medical profession. The duties of the superintendent were mainly executive (the care of the patients being in charge of the medical staff) and he found a tremendous task awaiting him. He soon realized that sweeping changes were necessary, also that undue haste in making them might precipitate conditions that would disrupt the entire institution. Gradually, however, the nursing depart- ment and Nurses' Training School were reorganized, new heads placed in the various departments, a new schedule of instruction was arranged, the number of nurses was increased from twenty-seven to fifty, the nurses' quarters were en-
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larged and in June, 1909, the graduates of the Training School became eligible to membership in the Graduate Nurses' Association of the city and state and in the National Federation of Graduate Nurses, as well as in the Nurses' Central Registry of Cleveland and were recognized by the Visiting Nurses 'Association- privileges which had hitherto been denied them. The city administration also turned over the entire control of the hospital to the medical staff and the superin- tendent, thus removing the institution further from politics than it had ever been before. The medical staff then reorganized its resident staff, increasing the num- ber from eight to eighteen members, and later perfected a reorganization of the visiting and consulting staff which resulted in new and stringent rules which insure for the institution a medical service which will compare favorably with the best in the country. A new contagious disease hospital with sixty beds, started prior to the administration of Dr. McAfee, is being completed under his direction. The infirmary buildings, vacated by removal of the infirmary inmates to War- rensville, or at least such as can be remodeled, are undergoing changes that will make them available as additional hospital wards, making a hospital capacity of over five hundred beds. Laboratory and other equipment necessary for scientific research have been supplied and plans are drawn for additions to the hospital to keep pace with the growth of the city and the needs of the institution. Dr. McAfee deserves great credit for the rare good judgment and executive ability displayed in bringing order out of chaos and in placing the City Hospital upon a sound, practical and scientific basis. While connected with the medical profes- sion in a private capacity he acted as examiner for the Security Mutual Life In- surance Company but otherwise confined his attention exclusively to his practice, having no desire for connections which might prove distracting.
On the 18th of October, 1893, at Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Dr. McAfee was united in marriage to Miss Lulu Martha Kent, a daughter of Julius and Martha Kent, early settlers of that place. They now have four sons, namely: James Kent, thir- teen years of age; Norval Bentley, who is eleven years old; Wayne Dudley, ten years of age ; and Homer Staughton, a little lad of six. Mrs. McAfee is very ac- tive in the work of the Disciple church, being especially helpful in the children's department, the Sunday school and the social activities of the church. She is a granddaughter of Adamson Bentley, the founder of the Disciple church in this section.
Dr. McAfee has always taken a lively interest in all matters pertaining to the general welfare and is a stanch advocate of all public improvements but is not an active politician, preferring to give his undivided attention to his professional labors. Fraternally he is identified with the Royal Arch Masons and religiously is connected with the Disciple church, of which he has been a member for more than thirty years. He is a man whom to know is to respect and honor and it is therefore with pleasure that we present his record to our readers.
HARRY M. BAKER.
Harry M. Baker, the secretary and general manager of the South Cleveland Lumber Company, was born in Norwalk, Ohio, on the 10th of December, 1862, his parents being Henry and Clara M. (Hall) Baker. The father, whose birth occurred in Norwalk on the 7th of July, 1832, was there engaged in business as a tanner for a number of years. On coming to Cleveland he also followed that line of activity but afterward removed to Kansas City and there turned his atten- tion to the drug business. Subsequently he took up his abode at Gates Mill, Cuyahoga county, where he still resides. His wife, who was a native of Ver- mont, eventually became a resident of Michigan. Her demise occurred in July, 1893. The maternal grandfather of our subject acted as president of the col-
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lege at Granville, Ohio, for a number of years and was also a professor in the old seminary at Norwalk.
Harry M. Baker left his native city when but three or four years of age and his education was acquired in the schools of Kansas City and Michigan. After putting aside his text-books he secured a position with a lumber concern at Springfield, Missouri, but after a short time was sent to Taylorville, Illinois, to take charge of the company's lumberyards at that place. He held that posi- tion for four years and then entered the service of the Reddington & Chester Company, a Chicago firm. He next made his way to Cleveland and here became identified with the Belle Cartwright Lumber Company, remaining with the con- cern until its failure. The firm again resumed business under the style of the Meade Lumber Company, which was later bought out by the South Cleveland Lumber Company and with this enterprise Mr Baker has since been continuously connected, now serving as its secretary and general manager. The other officers are as follows: R. H. Jenks, president ; J. H. Jenks, vice president ; and A. B. Lambert, treasurer. The business has grown and expanded until it is now one of extensive proportions and the success which has attended the enterprise is attributable in no uncertain degree to the untiring energy and capable manage- ment of Mr. Baker.
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