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His profession is Dr. Dickenson's chief interest in life and he is making steady progress in this great and important field of labor. He was chosen president of the Charity Hospital Medical Society for the year 1908-9, is a member of the Cleveland Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the Cleveland Medical Library Association and is chairman of the membership committee of the Academy of Medicine. He belongs to the Sigma Chapter of the Nu Sigma Nu, is a member of the Antituberculosis League and has written a number of articles which have appeared in the current litera- ture of the profession. His political support is given to the republican party and
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he belongs to the Euclid Avenue Baptist church. He resides at No. 2189 East Seventy-ninth street and is popular among a large circle of friends, many of whom have known him from his boyhood to the present time.
JOHN B. GUTHRIE.
John B. Guthrie, now retired, but extensively interested in various freighter companies, was born in Kingston, Canada, September 10, 1845, his parents be- ing John and Catherine (McDonald) Guthrie. The father was a soldier in the British standing army for ten years and was stationed at Kingston, but was re- tired for many years prior to his death in 1875. The mother died in 1868.
Mr. Guthrie spent his early years in Morrisburg, Canada, a town situated on the picturesque St. Lawrence river. There he attended school until the age of sixteen and two years later removed to Cleveland. He first secured employ- ment as a carpenter, working under Captain Alva Bradley, and it is a comment on his ability and trustworthiness that he remained with him for eighteen years. Equipped at the end of this time with a thorough knowledge of his trade, he was well fitted to assume the more important duties of a contractor, in which capac- ity he continued for some time. His surplus earnings he invested in boats of the freighter description and in 1904 gave up contracting entirely to devote his attention to the surveillance of these investments. The freighter companies in which he is interested are the Nichols, the Dan Hanna, the Payne, the Hutch- more, the Stanton, the Butler and many others, all of whose vessels ply the lakes. Mr. Guthrie is also a stockholder in the Cleveland Furnace Company. In 1895 he built his present residence at 2087 East Ninty-sixth street, where he has lived ever since.
Mr. Guthrie was married in 1868 to Miss Catherine Tooney, a native of Ver- mont, their union being celebrated in Sandusky, Ohio. They have a family of three children. The two daughters, Catharine Elizabeth and May K., are at home, and the son, Walter F., is in the fertilizing business in Buffalo, New York.
A stanch and stalwart republican, Mr. Guthrie votes the straight ticket and takes a keen interest in public matters. He is numbered among the self-made men, having started out upon life's journey entirely without means, and now through his dauntless opposition of difficulty and his native ability, he finds him- self in a position to enjoy a well earned rest and a comfortable competence. Fraternally he has been a member of the Royal Arcanum for twenty-five years.
HON. MILAN GALLAGHER.
Hon. Milan Gallagher is the son of Anthony Aaron and Catherine E. (Moran) Gallagher, who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in the late '40s. His father was a contracting stevedore. very popular among the marine men, and did a successful business in that line.
Milan Gallagher, one of Cleveland's native sons, was born September 23, 1856. He is a product of Cleveland schools and has been a successful business man, one of civic pride, and naturally took part in politics. He is a stanch re- publican and served on the county committee of his party for thirteen years. He was selected by Hon. George W. Gardner for the important post of sealer of weights and measures for the city of Cleveland in 1889 and was known as a popular city sealer.
Mr. Gallagher was unanimously nominated for the office of state representa- tive by the republican convention of his county in 1891 and was elected on the ticket with Mckinley at his first election as governor of Ohio. He was known
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as one of the leaders of the Seventieth Ohio general assembly, was selected by Speaker Laylin as one of the caucus committee; also on railway and telegraphs, municipal affairs and other important committees. -
Mr. Gallagher is known as the "father of the park bill" for Cleveland, which has since made Cleveland famous for its beautiful parks, where in season the plain people enjoy themselves by the thousands everyday. He is author of the manual training bill for Cleveland schools, out of which tax levy the present technical high school is the result. As a leader of the house of representatives he defeated senate bill No. 120, known as the ninety-nine-year franchise bill for street railways, at which action the street railway corporations became very much incensed. He also aided in the passage of the county road bill, the vesti- bule bill for street cars; in fact, his work in the Ohio legislature will live for- ever.
Mr. Gallagher was connected with the United States treasury department ten years. When his son Chester A. was graduated from school in 1892, he entered the Cleveland Law School with him, and both graduated with high honors in June, 1905, when the degree of Bachelor of Law was conferred on father and son by Baldwin University. Both were admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Ohio and also in the United States circuit and district courts at the same time. Immediately they formed a law partnership and the law firm of Gallagher & Gallagher is well and favorably known and enjoy a good practice.
In 1877 Mr. Gallagher was married to Inez I. Phillips, of Cleveland, and their children are: Mable E. Grace I., Chester A. and Daphne S. The parents attend and hold membership in St. Paul's Episcopal church. Mr. Gallagher be- longs to the Odd Fellows, in which he takes an active interest, having received all the honors that could be conferred by Tyrian Lodge. He is now, and has been, president of the M. A. Hanna Club for twelve years, and he is also chair- man of the board of directors of the League of Republican Clubs of Cuyahoga county. Mr. Gallagher has been on the platform for his party every year for twenty-five years, and no man loves to sound its praises more than he, and it is said that he knows how to do it.
ELI N. CANNON.
Self made, with little opportunity in youth to gain the preparation which many regard as essential to success in life, Eli N. Cannon nevertheless worked his way upward and by the simple weight of his character and ability reached a creditable position in business circles and won the financial rewards of earnest, persistent and intelligently directed labor. For a considerable time he was iden- tified with building operations in Cleveland as a contractor and also engaged in the real-estate business until within a few years of his death, when he retired to private life. He reached an honorable old age, passing away February 9, 1904, in his seventy-ninth year. He was born in Blandford, Massachusetts, January 2, 1826, his parents being James and Louisa O. (Hamilton) Cannon, also resi- dents of Blandford, where the father conducted business as a farmer and shoe- maker, having a wide acquaintance in that district. On the tide of emigration that was steadily flowing westward he came to Ohio in 1833, settling in Solon township, Cuyahoga county, where he resumed the occupation of farming.
Eli N. Cannon was at that time a lad of seven years. In the acquirement of an education he attended the country schools near Solon for about eight years, pursuing his studies through the winter months, while through the remainder of the year he assisted his father in the work of the home farm, being thus engaged until twenty-two years of age. He then went to Shalersville, Ohio, to assist his uncle, who was engaged in the operation of a lime kiln, and there re- mained for two years. When a young man of twenty-four he returned to Solon,
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where he learned the carpenter's trade and also acquainted himself with the bus- iness of making shingles. In 1865 he left the farm and came to Cleveland, where he took up carpentering and contracting. His thorough and expert work- manship in that line brought to him an extensive patronage that enabled him, as his financial resources increased, to turn his attention to the real-estate business, in which he operated successfully, purchasing various pieces of property, which he sold to good advantage. He was a self-made man and his life record proved what may be accomplished through determination and persistent effort and the wise use of opportunity. His sound judgment enabled him to see advantages which others passed by heedlessly and he continued in business until within a few years of his death, when he retired.
On the 6th of October, 1852, Mr. Cannon was united in marriage to Miss Serphina Smith, a daughter of John G. and Nancy (Burnside) Smith, of Orange, Cuyahoga county. Her father was a pioneer farmer, who came from the state of New York to Ohio in 1812. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cannon's ances- tors came originally from England and Scotland in the eighteenth century and established homes in eastern states. James Burnside, the grandfather of Mrs. Cannon, fought with distinction throughout the Revolutionary war, and General Burnside, of Civil war fame, was her mother's cousin.
In his political views Mr. Cannon was a republican and kept well informed on the questions and issues of the day, although he did not seek nor desire office. For almost forty years he was a resident of Cleveland and during that period his business activity and probity, his loyal citizenship and his many other sterling traits of character gave him firm hold upon the respect, regard and good will of those with whom he was associated.
ERWIN G. GUTHERY.
Erwin G. Guthery, one of the younger members of the Cleveland bar, entered upon the practice of law in 1902. He is senior member of the firm of Guthery & Guthery, composed of himself and his brother, Bernard J. Guthery, with offices at 1201 Citizens building. The firm enjoys an excellent reputation and has built up a clean, substantial civil practice. Although engaged in general practice, they are making a specialty of corporation law. Mr. Guthery is resident vice president and counsel for The American Fidelity Company, of Montpelier, Vermont, and an officer and director in several corporations.
The Guthery family in this country came from Scotland and traces its lineage to the proud owner of Guthrie Castle, a stopping-place for the royalty of its day. The family is of Scotch-Irish descent, and only part of that branch of the family to which Mr. Guthery belongs has dropped the Scotch spelling of the name. Colonel John Guthery was brought to this country in childhood and reared on his father's farm in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He served in the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812, ranking as colonel. In 1797, he came to Ohio with his four sons and founded the town of Piketon, Pike county, Ohio, where a monument is now erected to his memory. Besides an agriculturist, he was a contractor of wide reputation, having built the first Ohio state house at Chillicothe, Ohio. Joseph D. Guthery, one of the four sons of Colonel John Guthery, and Mr. Guthery's great- grandfather, was one of the early settlers of Pennsylvania. He was engaged in the produce business, and rafted his produce down the Ohio river, thence by the Mississippi to New Orleans. He continued in this business until the year 1826, when he invested all his money in a raftload of produce and the same was lost en route to New Orleans. This misfortune left him penniless and in debt. He then removed with his family to Marion county and settled upon a small tract of land. Here the family cow was taken on execution, but he finally paid all his debts and at his death left his family in moderate circumstances. John D. Guthery,
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a son and the paternal grandfather, continued as an agriculturist after the death of his father. He died in 1903 at the age of eighty-four years and was rated at his death as the largest stock raiser and landowner in Marion county, Ohio. He was active in politics, a stanch democrat, served as state representative for two years and held many offices of trust in his town and township.
Joseph D. Guthery, the father, was born at La Rue, Ohio, March II, 1854, and now resides in Marion, Ohio. He has made a comfortable fortune, prin- cipally in farming and stock raising, and is now living in retirement, although giving active superintendence to his agricultural and other interests. He is active in democratic circles and has held some minor political offices. He married Mary E. Wolford thirty-three years ago at Green Camp, Ohio, who now enjoys his retirement with him. She is a woman of strong convictions and splendid com- mon sense, a devoted mother, and has considerable artistic ability.
Erwin G. Guthery received his early education in a country school about a mile from his home and at the age of thirteen entered the La Rue high school, from which he was graduated three years later. He then entered the Ohio Wes- leyan University in the fall of 1895, graduating with the class of 1900 and re- ceiving the Bachelor of Arts degree. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Alpha Epsilon, college fraternities. While in college, Mr. Guthery met Miss Anna Bragg, a daughter of Henry E. Bragg, of St. Joseph, Missouri, of the class of 1899, whom he married June 23, 1902. They have one daughter, Kath- arine.
After leaving college, Mr. Guthery entered the law offices of his uncle at Ma- rion, Ohio, where he studied for six months. He then came to Cleveland and continued his studies in the offices of Brewer, Cook & McGowan, where he held a clerkship for two years. He then took the examination for the bar in 1902, win- ning first honors. In January, 1903, he opened an office in the Citizens building, and has been engaged in the general practice of law since that time. The present partnership with his brother was formed January 15, 1907.
In politics Mr. Guthery is a republican. He is a member of the Tippecanoe Club and takes an active interest in all political issues. He is a member of the Lakewood Methodist Episcopal church and the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion. He is much in demand as a public speaker and has a forceful and convinc- ing manner of address.
ABRAHAM TEACHOUT.
No history of Cleveland would be considered complete without mention of Abraham Teachout, a venerable manufacturer and capitalist who has now passed the ninety-second milestone on life's journey. Seventy-one years ago he came to Cleveland and for two years prior to that time he had been a resident of Cuyahoga county. As succeeding years have been added to the cycle of the centuries, he has been a promoter of varied business interests which have con- tributed to the general upbuilding of the city, and, while he has now put aside strenuous labor in connection with business affairs, his judgment is yet a factor in the successful control of the commercial interests with which he is financially con- nected. He was born August 17, 1817, at Manchester, Ontario county, New York, and attended the district schools through the period of his boyhood and youth. Realizing somewhat of the opportunities that the new and rapidly developing west afforded, when nineteen years of age he arrived in North Royalton, Cuya- hoga county, and through the succeeding two winters engaged in teaching in the district schools. During his early residence in Ohio he was intimately acquainted with John D. Rockefeller, who was then a boy in his teens and had not yet en- tered upon his marvelous career in the development and promotion of the oil interests of the country. Their acquaintance has continued in a business way
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through all of these years and Mr. Teachout regards Mr. Rockefeller as a per- sonal friend. In 1838, arriving in Cleveland, Mr. Teachout accepted the posi- tion of steersman on a canal boat in the employ of Mr. Eggleston, and thus served until he became the owner of a canal boat which was operated between Cleveland and Portsmouth and branches of the canal. Three years were thus passed, after which Mr. Teachout became associated with another of the early enterprises of this city, having charge of the first grain elevator of Cleveland, the property of William Mittleberger. Becoming acquainted with Robert Bray- ton, who was with the Cuyahoga Steam Manufacturing Company, the two gen- tlemen formed a partnership and built the first steam sawmill at North Royal- ton. In this business Mr. Teachout was engaged for about four years, the part- nership being terminated by the sale of the business in 1842. The year 1846 found him engaged in general merchandising in North Royalton and with the passing years the scope of his activities has broadened and his business affairs have not only become a source of greater revenue to himself but have also consti- tuted features in the commercial and industrial development of this part of the state. Joined by his eldest brother, Albert R. Teachout, he built a steam flour mill at Madison, Lake county, Ohio, where he resided until 1853, and in that year he removed to Painesville, building the first flour mill at that place. It was operated by water power and Mr. Teachout continued as its proprietor for eight years, when he sold out to N. P. Goodwill, after which he turned his attention to general merchandising, in which he continued until a period subsequent to the close of the Civil war. He next went south to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was engaged for many years in the lumber business in that section of the country, being one of the first men to ship lumber north of the Ohio river by rail. In 1873, associated with his son, Albert R. Teachout, he established the present business now conducted under the name of The A. Teachout Company. They make a specialty of doors, sash and glass and the enterprise has been developed to mammoth proportions. Mr. Teachout of this review is the president of the company and his son is the vice president and treasurer. Their main plant is on Prospect street and they do a business amounting to nearly a million dollars annually. They also have a branch establishment at Columbus, Ohio, conducted under the name of The Teachout Door & Sash Company, doing a business of about five hundred thousand dollars each year. The enterprise was established along safe and conservative lines and has been maintained in accordance with the strictest ideas of commercial integrity. A progressive business policy has also been, followed and the success of the undertaking indicates the sound judg- ment and keen business discernment of the men who are at its head. Extending his efforts into other fields of labor Mr. Teachout organized the Teachout Realty Company, capitalized for sixty thousand dollars. This was organized on a cooperative basis, his purpose being to give his nieces a safe and permanent investment, and the stock of the company is nearly all held by them. This com- pany erected a business house at Columbus which is rented to The Teachout Company and which pays six percent on the investment. Questions relating to his business operations have been readily and correctly solved by Mr. Teachout, who thoroughly understands every work which he undertakes and by persistent and earnest effort reaches the goal which he sets out to attain.
In 1842 Mr. Teachout was married to Miss Julia Ann Tousley, of North Royalton, Ohio, to whom was born an only son, Albert R., who is now his father's associate in business as the vice president and treasurer of The Teach- out Company. The mother died in Cleveland in 1882, her remains being interred in the Riverside cemetery. For his second wife Mr. Teachout chose Laura A. Hathaway, of Painesville, Ohio, who died in 1895 and was also laid to rest in Riverside cemetery. His present wife was formerly Mrs. Mary B. Hamilton, at one time the lady principal of Hiram College.
Mr. Teachout early manifested a deep interest in the educational welfare of his district and was a school trustee for many years. He has always continued
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an active advocate of a progressive educational system, both in connection with public and private schools, and has been connected with Hiram College as one of its trustees for forty years and superintended the construction of most of the buildings owned by that college. He has donated to the college over fifty thou- sand dollars and in the last few years has given twenty thousand dollars to the Cotner University, at Lincoln, Nebraska, and endowed a department of practi- cal education, which is now successfully conducted by Dr. J. A. Beattie, who was formerly principal of Hiram College and is the brother of the present Mrs. Teachout. Mr. Teachout has always been a very charitable man, responding readily to any tale of sorrow or distress and giving freely of his means to the support of charitable and beneficial purposes and institutions. He has never selfishly hoarded his earnings but has given freely of his means as occasion de- manded and few men have realized more fully the responsibilities and obliga- tions of wealth. Both he and his wife are members of the Franklin Circle Disciple church, taking an active part in its work, and their lives have been actuated by all that is most honorable and upright in man's relations to his fel- lowman. Mr. Teachout stands today as a prominent manufacturer and capital- ist, to whom business, however, is but one phase of existence and does not ex- clude his active participation in and support of the other vital interests which go to make up human existence. On attaining his majority he joined the whig party, casting his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison at Newark, Ohio, but during the slavery agitation he joined the ranks of the republican party, and now on account of his views on the temperance question takes an active part in prohibition work.
EDWARD T. HOLMES.
Edward T. Holmes, who as secretary and treasurer of the Hale & Holmes Company, is an important factor in the commercial life of Cleveland, was born in this city, October 16, 1867, the first member of his family whose birth occurred upon Ohio soil. His parents were Daniel and Laura (Spencer) Holmes. The former was born in Niagara county, New York, but came to Cleveland in 1865. Here he engaged in the real-estate business, with which he was connected until his death in April, 1908. His wife is still living in East Cleve- land.
Edward T. Holmes was graduated from the West high school of Cleveland with the class of 1886, and the subsequent two years were spent with Benton, Meyers & Company. Then he became connected with the East End Savings & Trust Company, which was organized about that time, and in the twelve years he remained with them he witnessed the growth of that institution to a position of importance among the financial concerns of the city. It is now a branch of the Cleveland Trust Company. After leaving that firm, Mr. Holmes became associated with the Woodland avenue office of the Union Bank & Savings Com- pany, and in 1902, seeing an opportunity to engage in business for himself, he and others bought the paint department of the Van Cline Glass Company, mak- ing it the foundation upon which the Hale & Holmes Company has been built. The concern started upon their existence under not very favorable conditions, occupying two stores but it has grown rapidly in the past seven years, now utilizing seven stores and basements. The business is principally wholesale and jobbing, but at the same time they have gone extensively into the manufacture of certain lines, such as shellacs, colors in oil, shingle stains and paint specialties. In the face of strong competition, through good management and foresight, this firm has risen to a high position among others of its kind in the city and has proved a profitable enterprise.
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In 1892 Mr. Holmes was united in marriage to Miss Allie Jaynes, of Cleve- land, a daughter of Harris and Cecelia (De Wolf) Jaynes, her father being a pioneer florist of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have one daughter, Catherine. Mr. Holmes is deeply interested in the commercial welfare of Cleveland, as is indicated by his membership in the Chamber of Commerce. He is also a mem- ber of the Cleveland Paint, Oil & Varnish Club, the Credit Men's Association, and the Colonial Club. A man of initiative and high principles, his worth is attested by the universal respect in which he is held.
FRED C. ENGEL.
Fred C. Engel, now deceased, had a very wide acquaintance in Cleveland, being particularly prominent in secret society circles as well as in business con- nections. He established one of the most extensive news agencies of the state and in this business showed marked ability to plan and to perform. He was born in Cleveland in 1854, a representative of a family that was among the first to settle in Newburg. Frederick Engel, father of our subject, came to Cleveland from Ger- many in 1852. His father, Martin Engel, came to Cleveland with his wife after others of his family located here and both died at an old age. Some of the land which the family first secured on arriving here is still in possession of their de- scendants. They took up their abode at Newburg when the southern part of the city was an open country and as the years went by were active in contributing to the general improvement and development of the city. The large tract of land which they purchased they cleared and improved and later subdivided it and sold it in town lots. It comprised that portion of the city which now covers Engel avenue and Hillman street. Frederick Engel, the father, remained a resident of Cleveland until he had reached an advanced age when he made a trip back to his native coun- try and died while there. His wife bore the maiden name of Sophia Schmidt.
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