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degree of the Scottish Rite, the Knight Templar degree of the York Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Cleveland Whist Club and the Cleveland Athletic Club-associations which indicate much of the nature of his interests. He is fond of outdoor sports and his interests of that character undoubtedly constitute the source of the physical strength which must always con- stitute the basis of success in business. His political allegiance is given to the re- publican party and, strong in his advocacy thereof, he nevertheless does not seek office as a reward for party fealty. His time and energies have always been given to his business affairs in a manner that has brought substantial results, and those whom he has met in business circles as well as in social life entertain for him high regard and respect.
R. MAYNARD MURRAY.
R. Maynard Murray, of the Murray Auction & Storage Company, is a son of Robert and Sophronia (Parmelee) Murray, of Mentor, Lake county, Ohio, and was born on the 28th of November, 1841. His father was a successful drover and stock-raiser, while spending his youthful days under the parental roof R. Maynard Murray attended the public school of Mentor and later he was af- forded the opportunity of continuing his education in Willoughby University and Oberlin College. He then matriculated in the Cleveland Law School, from which he was graduated with the class of 1860, and after his admission to the bar in the same year he practiced in the office of Ranney, Backus & Noble. In 1864 he put aside all business and personal considerations in order to respond to his country's call, enlisting as a member of Company D, One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment of United States Volunteers. He continued with that com- mand until just before the close of the war, when he was mustered out.
Following the close of the war Mr. Murray became connected with the First National Bank, of Painesville, Ohio, where he remained for ten years, acting for eight years of that time as cashier. Later he was for five years connected with manufacturing interests at Piqua, Ohio, and was president of the board of educa- tion there for ten years, or until 1890. He took an active part in the general in- terests of the community and wielded considerable influence in molding public thought and opinion. In 1890 he was elected to congress from the third Ohio district on the democratic ticket, serving for one term, at the end of which time the state was gerrymandered and he did not again become a candidate until four years later when he was unanimously nominated for reelection but was defeated, the district being largely republican. While serving in the legislative halls of the nation he acted as a member of the military and pension committees. Follow- ing his return from Washington he became financial agent for The F. Gray Com- pany of Piqua, Ohio, whom he thus represented for six years. His various busi- ness experiences made him well known in the financial circles of this city and in 1895 he came to Cleveland as cashier of the Marine Bank, with which he was associated until it discontinued business. Mr. Murray then organized his present storage business, conducted under the name of the Murray Auction & Storage Company. His storage house and contents were destroyed by fire July 22, 1909.
In 1867 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Murray to Miss Alice G. Gray, a daughter of H. C. Gray, who was the editor of the Painesville Telegraph for thirty years and the last survivor of the Ohio constitutional convention. He died in June, 1906. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Murray have been born two sons and two daughters : J. M. and Kate M., living ; and Paul G. and Helen A., deceased.
The parents are of the Episcopal faith and are prominent socially in the city, having made many friends during the fifteen years of their residence here. Mr. Murray continued to give his political allegiance to the democracy until 1890, when a change in his political views led him to give his support to the republican
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party, with which he has since voted. This was characteristic of the man, for his position has never been an equivocal one as he has always been honest and fearless in support of his convictions. He has had not a little to do with molding the material development and political history of the localities in which he has resided, and his efforts have been by no means actuated alone by a desire for his own promotion, for his labors have constituted forceful factors in the public wel- fare.
JOHN J. O'DONNELL.
John J. O'Donnell, one of the representative men of this city, and one who has been identified with some of the large interests here, is now occupied in super- intending his real-estate holdings, which are considerable. He was born in New- burg, Ohio, June 17, 1861, and after receiving a common-school education he began to earn his own living, when only twelve years of age, as a water boy in the Newburg rolling mills, now the Cleveland Rolling Mills. After years of strenuous and continued effort he rose until he became superintendent of the rod mills. From 1872, when he entered the employ of the old company, until 1903 he was almost continuously connected with this concern. In 1899 the old company was taken over by the American Steel & Wire Company, and the last mentioned in turn by the United States Steel Corporation. Mr. O'Donnell was one of the few practical iron men who were able to make the present method of producing steel rods and bars a success. Because of this, the Cleveland Rolling Mills Com- pany put him in complete charge of their rod mills in Newburg.
In 1902 Mr. O'Donnell, John Moss, of Massachusetts, and I. C. Norton, of Chicago, were appointed a committee of three by the United States Steel Corpora- tion to make inspection of all their rod mills. The committee did its work faithfully and made complete reports thereon. In 1903 Mr. O'Donnell severed his connection with the steel trust on account of his health, and in order to be more in the open air he began handling real estate with H. H. Nelson, the two building up a considerable business. However, his personal interests became so large that he withdrew, and is now fully occupied in looking after his private concerns, among which is the perfection of a steel railroad tie.
In 1885 Mr. O'Donnell was married in Cleveland to Catherine McDonough of this city, and they reside in a beautiful home on the Lake Shore boulevard, which Mr. O'Donnell erected in 1907. They are members of St. Aloysius Catholic church and Mr. O'Donnell belongs to Gilmore Council, K. C. In his busy life he has illustrated what can be effected by concentration and ambition. Having a definite goal ahead of him, from the time he was a mere lad of twelve Mr. O'Don- nell has continually pushed forward, ever learning something new and making practical application of it until as a result, he is now numbered among the sub- stantial men of this great city.
LOUIS J. CAMERON.
Louis J. Cameron, the efficient and popular cashier of the Central National Bank of Cleveland, was born in Millersburg, Holmes county, Ohio, on the 26th of July, 1866. His father, Robert M. Cameron, was formerly actively and suc- cessfully identified with mercantile interests as a dry goods merchant but is now living retired at Millersburg. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Rachel R. Mayers, is a daughter of Louis Mayers, a merchant of Millersburg, who for a number of years was president of the Exchange Bank at that place.
Louis J. Cameron supplemented his preliminary education, obtained in the public schools of his native town, by a course at Bethany College, of Bethany,
JJOHN J. O'DONNELL
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West Virginia, being graduated from that institution in 1889. Starting out in life on his own account, he gained his first banking experience as an employe of the Exchange Bank at Millersburg, while subsequently he became connected with the First National Bank at Niles, Ohio. On leaving that institution in 1890 he accepted a position as bookkeeper with the Central National Bank of Cleveland, which had just opened its doors for business. His worth and ability were soon recognized and the following year he was made teller of the bank, while in January, 1900, he became assistant cashier and in January, 1909, was promoted to the position of cashier. He is likewise the secretary, treasurer and director of the Euclid Improvement Company; a director in the Ohio Steamship Company; and secretary and director of the Coe Manufacturing Company of Painesville, Ohio.
Mr. Cameron is a valued member of the Union, University, Hermit, Cleve- land Athletic and Gentlemen's Driving Clubs and also belongs to the Beta Theta Phi, a college fraternity. Of social, genial nature, he is a man appreciative of the amenities which go to make up the sum of human happiness and at all times he is a genial, courteous, honorable gentleman, much esteemed by those who know him.
HYLAS S. JANES.
Hylas S. Janes, now living retired from the active duties of life, belongs to one of the old families of Cleveland and was born here in 1856. He is a son of Lorenzo Janes, who was born near Columbus, Ohio, in 1822, but was brought to Cleveland in 1825 by his parents. He was here reared and engaged in farming and gardening at what is now Eighty-third street and Euclid avenue. In 1855 he married Abigail Nichols, a native of Vermont, but then residing in Cleveland. Four children were born to Lorenzo Janes and wife, namely : Hylas; Andrew O., who died in 1893; Milton M., who died in 1907; and Alice, who died in infancy. In 1901 the father passed away, his wife having died in 1898, and both are buried in Lake View cemetery.
Hylas S. Janes attended the common schools and the East high school, being graduated with the class of 1875. He then studied dentistry and followed that profession for a short time. On the 28th of February, 1896, Mr. Janes married Lula Van Valkenburgh, daughter of Dr. Van Valkenburgh. Four children have been born of this union, one son and three daughters. They are as follows: Andrew L., born July 6, 1898; Mary A., born November 8, 1899; Elsie J., born June 3, 1901 ; and Gladys, born July 27, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Janes are con- sistent members of Unity church, at the corner of Euclid avenue and Eighty- second street. They are numbered among the substantial, solid people of Cleve- land. Coming of excellent stock on both sides they are connected with many of the old established people here and have many friends throughout the city and country where their lives have been spent. Mr. Janes is proud of his city and in- terests in its advancement, and, having retired from business, is able to devote much of his attention to thoughts of civic reform and development.
JACK C. ANDERSON.
Jack C. Anderson, whose ability as a man of business is evidenced through the fact of his being secretary and treasurer of the Paragon Insulating Company, one of the flourishing manufacturing concerns of Cleveland, was born in this city, December 18, 1879. His parents were Samuel N. and Mary C. Anderson. The former was superintendent of the Teachout Boiler Works until the time of his death, which occurred December 29, 1896, when he was forty-eight years of
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age. His wife had preceded him to the grave for she had passed away August 2, 1895.
Jack C. Anderson qualified for the responsibilities of life in the public schools of Cleveland, entering the Central high school after he had completed the course of the grammar grades. Upon laying aside his text-books he obtained a position as clerk in a grocery store in Adrian, Michigan, holding it for a year. The next twelve months he spent in travel through the west and upon his return to Cleve- land, became connected with the H. E. Teachout Boiler Works. He remained in the employ of that concern until June 5, 1899, when he joined his interests with those of the Paragon Insulating Company, with which he is still associated. This enterprise has grown rapidly during the course of years, creating a wide field of operations and for the distribution of the product-a weather-proof pro- tection for wire and cables. The firm is established upon sound business prin- ciples, is guided by men who are good managers as well as progressive, and its stability and flourishing condition are in no small degree the result of the ability displayed by its secretary, who has an office at 612 Century Building. He is also connected, as manager, with the Sabin Machine Company, located at 5714 Eu- clid avenue.
Mr. Anderson, since he has been of an age to exercise the right of franchise, has invariably cast his ballot for the candidates of the republican party. He has not actively participated in municipal affairs, but his influence and the record of his life have contributed to the high standard of the citizenship of Cleveland.
BURROUGHS FRANK BOWER.
Burroughs Frank Bower, editor-manager of The Cleveland News, was born at Ann Arbor, Michigan, a son of Henry and Margaret Gertrude Bower. The father was a general merchant and dealer in lumber and incidentally for some years, the publisher of a weekly newspaper, which was edited by an elder son.
In the common schools of Ann Arbor, B. F. Bower acquired his early educa- tion, but while still in his teens ill health seemed to demand a cessation of study and the young man spent two years in the then far west. Returning home with health restored, he pursued special courses in the University of Michigan. He was instructed in international law by President James B. Angell; in English lit- erature by Professor Moses Coit Tyler ; in history by Professor Adams ; in ethics and philosophy by Professor B. F. Crocker, and in constitutional law by Thomas M. Cooley. He was graduated from the law department with the LL. B. degree in 1878 and was admitted to the bar in the circuit court at Washtenaw county, Michigan, in the year of his graduation, but aside from two years in the law office of Judge Robert E. Frazer at Ann Arbor, during his undergraduate course, never practiced the profession nor attempted to do so, pursuing the study of law only as an aid to newspaper work.
Mr. Bower acquired a taste for newspaper work while employed during the vacation periods on the weekly newspaper edited by his brother. Later while in college he edited for two years the Ann Arbor Courier. Immediately after his graduation, in connection with Colonel John L. Burleigh, he founded a weekly paper, The Democrat, at Ann Arbor and conducted it to a successful issue. He retained a proprietary interest in this paper for ten years, but meantime, for five years, he was connected with The Detroit Evening News, and afterward became dramatic and city editor of The Detroit Post and Tribune, so continuing for two years, subsequent to which time he devoted three years to the duties of managing editor of the same paper. He was next editor of The Detroit Journal and in 1890 came to Cleveland, where, with F. B. Squire as president and B. F. Bower as vice president and treasurer, was founded The Cleveland Daily World. This paper Mr. Bower managed until 1895, when The World was sold to Robert P.
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Porter. A month later Mr. Bower became general manager of The Cincinnati Tribune. Francis B. Loomis, afterward assistant secretary of state at Washing- ton, was editor-in-chief of The Tribune, but soon thereafter resigned to enter the diplomatic service, being succeeded by Wade H. Ellis, afterward attorney general of Ohio and now assistant United States attorney general, who was man- aging editor; R. J. Wynne, afterward postmaster general, was the Washington correspondent. The Tribune was consolidated with The Commercial in June, 1896, and in the late fall of that year Mr. Bower returned to Cleveland and ac- quired sole ownership of his old paper, The World, remaining its editor and publisher until the merger of 1904, when The World, The Evening News & Herald, and The Evening Plain Dealer were combined under the ownership of Charles A. Otis. Since then Mr. Bower has been vice president of the company and editor-manager of The Cleveland News.
A Mason of high rank, Mr. Bower belongs to Kilwinning Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Detroit, which he joined in 1889, attaining in the same year the thirty- second degree of the Scottish Rite in the Michigan Sovereign Consistory, and also in that year crossing the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. In politics he is an independent republican. He is a member of Phi Delta Phi, the law fraternity now prominent at numerous universities, and while at the university in Ann Arbor was chosen to represent that society on the editorial board of The Paladium. He is a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Com- merce, his membership dating back to 1891. He attends the Second Presbyterian church in Cleveland, although not a member thereof.
Mr. Bower was married in Detroit on the 3d of June, 1891, to Agnes Sin- clair Patterson, the widow of Major John H. Riggs, United States Volunteers.
WILLIAM FLOOD.
William Flood, president and treasurer of the William Flood Company, con- tracting painters and dealers in paints and oils, is a man exceptionally fitted by experience and training for his position, as evidenced by the closeness with which he keeps in touch with all of its details. He was born in Cleveland, March 27, 1854, a son of James Flood, who in 1852 married Annie Aylord, a native of New York city, who came to Cleveland with her parents in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Flood had five children as follows : William; Mark, who died when seventeen years of age; Frances, who married Frank D. Alexander; Anna, who married her sister's widowed husband; and Frank, a dairyman who lives in Cleveland. The first Mrs. Alexander died in 1903, leaving a son, Burt A., who is a builder and contractor, aged twenty-two.
After attending the grammar schools of Cleveland, William Flood went into the paint house of Aylord & Bennett as an errand boy in 1868, and worked up through successive positions, becoming superintendent of the painting depart- ment. For thirteen years he remained with this firm, and then in 1881 bought the business and has continued it ever since, on the same site. Mr. Alexander, his brother-in-law, is his superintendent. During the forty-one years Mr. Flood has occupied his present location, he has executed contracts for some of the most prominent people and in the most important buildings of the city, including the Young Men's Christian Association building, Plymouth church, Pilgrim church, Calvary church, American Trust building, Country club and the Lake Shore depot of Toledo, aggregating over one million dollars worth of business. Mr. Flood employs from twenty-five to thirty skilled workmen and takes great pride in the quality of his finished product.
Mr. Flood married Nellie Dennison, daughter of J. W. Dennison, a member of the firm of Dennison Brothers, wholesale hide and leather dealers. Mr. and Mrs. Flood have a son and daughter. Mabel attended the common and high schools,
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then married J. P. Witt, secretary and treasurer of the Lake Shore Electric Rail- road Company, and they live in Cleveland. Earl D., eighteen years of age, is at present in his senior year in the technical high school.
Mr. Flood is a member of the Builders Exchange and the Chamber of Com- merce. Mrs. Flood and children belong to the Euclid avenue Methodist church. No one can honestly question Mr. Flood's good faith, his ideals are high, he is energetic and possesses a zest for doing things, and doing them well.
JAMES MILTON JONES.
James M. Jones, whose life record was a most creditable asset of Cleveland, was born in Hertfordshire, England, April 28, 1827, and when a lad of four summers was brought to the new world by his parents, who in the spring of 1831 bade adieu to friends and native country and sailed for the United States. They did not pause on the eastern coast but made their way at once to Cleveland, which was then a village of but a few hundred inhabitants and with little industrial or commercial prominence. When the boy had reached the designated age he was sent to the common schools, pursuing his studies in the Rockwell school and later continuing his education in the classical academy conducted by W. D. Beattie, A. M. After leaving school he engaged in business for a short time and subse- quently secured a position in the postoffice under J. W. Gray. Other pursuits also claimed his attention and at times he devoted his leisure to the study of law. At length determining to devote his life to the practice of law he entered upon a regular course of reading which he completed under the direction of Charles Stetson and William Collins. In June, 1855, he successfully passed the exami- nation required for admission to the bar and almost immediately entered upon a good practice. He soon demonstrated his ability to successfully handle the intricate problems of litigation and in the trial of cases with which he was con- nected during his early professional career he displayed careful powers of analysis and marked ability in indicating the relation between legal principles and the points at issue. His advancement in professional lines logically followed and in 1857 he was nominated for police judge, but was defeated by the late Judge I. C. Vale. In 1865 he became attorney for the Western Union Telegraph Com- pany and two years later was elected county prosecuting attorney. In 1873 he received the nomination of both political parties as one of three to be elected judges of the supreme court of Cleveland, and by popular suffrage was placed upon the bench for a five-years' term. The court, however, ceased to exist in July, 1875, but in October of the same year a law went into effect providing for four additional judges for the common pleas court and Judge Jones was chosen one of the number, thus serving out the term of five years. In November, 1880, he resumed the private practice of law, but a year later, on the retirement of Judge Prentiss from the common pleas bench, he was again appointed to that position and served until 1887. On his retirement he again engaged in private practice and an important clientage was accorded him. His career was remark- ably successful, chiefly by reason of his natural ability and his close application in preparing and presenting his cases. His mind was of a judicial cast, capable of an- impartial view of both sides of a question and of arriving at a just con- clusion. Whatever he did was for the best interests of his clients and for the honor of his profession. He achieved the highest distinction and he deserved it for in his practice he never sought to lead the court astray in a matter of fact or law. He sought by every honorable means to win his case, but he never forgot that there were certain things due to the court, to his own self respect, and above all to justice and a righteous administration of the law which neither the zeal of an advocate nor the pleasure of success would permit him to disregard. Aside from his practice he was known in financial circles as one of the directors of the Citizens Savings & Trust Company from its organization until his death.
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Judge Jones was married February 8, 1860, to Miss Ermina W. Barrows, daughter of Harmon and Lenora (Kellogg) Barrows, and they became parents of three daughters : Myrtle L., Jessie B., and Mrs. George N. Sherwin. Judge Jones belonged to the Union Club and to several other societies and the social qualities of his nature made him popular in all gatherings. He passed from this life July 11, 1904, at the age of seventy-seven years, and his name was then placed on Cleveland's honor roll.
WILLIAM HAWKSLEY WEIR, M. D.
Dr. William Hawksley Weir, well known in medical circles, has won for him- self a substantial place in the profession, keeping in touch with the most modern lines of thought and methods of practice concerning his chosen life work. He was born in London, Canada, January 5, 1876, his parents being Oswald and Maude Amy (Hill) Weir. He spent his boyhood in Brantford, Ontario, where he at- tended the public schools and later entered Trinity University, where he won his M. D. degree in 1896. He was house surgeon for one year in the Toronto General Hospital and afterward pursued post-graduate work in the Johns Hopkins Hos- pital at Baltimore.
In January, 1898, the Doctor came to Cleveland to accept the position of resi- dent gynecologist at Lakeside Hospital and thus served until January, 1901. Later he went abroad for post-graduate work in Vienna and Prag in 1901 and 1902 and upon his return to the new world located in Cleveland, entering upon the private practice of medicine here, making gynecology his specialty. He was appointed instructor in gynecology to the Western Reserve University Medical College in 1899 and has so continued to the present time, while since 1902 he has been as- sociate visiting gynecologist to Lakeside Hospital. He was assistant professor in physiology to the dental department of the Western Reserve University from 1903 until 1906, has been professor of physiology from 1906 to the present time in the same institution, and is also editor of the Cleveland Medical Journal, which work he took up in 1907. He belongs to the Cleveland Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the Cleveland Medical Library Association. Through these connections he keeps in touch with the most advanced thought of the profession, knows the experiments that are conducted, the results that are achieved and the truths which are gleaned from exhaustive scientific research and investigation. His professional labors have been attended with a gratifying measure of success.
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