A history of Cleveland, Ohio, Volume II, Part 85

Author: Orth, Samuel Peter, 1873-1922; Clarke, S.J., publishing company
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Chicago-Cleveland : The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1150

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On the 21st of January, 1874, Mr. Graves was united in marriage to Miss Fannie Mould Brainard, a daughter of Silas Brainard, one of the oldest music dealers in the state of Ohio. In 1878 Mr. Graves came to Cleveland and embarked in business with the firm of Brainard Sons, remaining with that house until they removed to Chicago. Since that time Mr. Graves has lived retired, his enterprise and diligence in former years enabling him to overcome the difficulties and ob- stacles that are always to be met with in business life. Gradually he worked his way upward until he reached the plane of affluence, and now with a substantial competency he is living retired.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Graves have been born two children : Jane M. and Eugene Silas. The son is a graduate of the Case School of Applied Science and of Co- lumbia University at New York city. After completing his course in the latter institution he went abroad to study in the Textile College in Crefield, Prussia. He was the first American to be admitted to the Hohere Preusiche Farberei Ap- pretur Schule. After leaving Prussia he returned to America and took charge of

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a large textile school in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he remained for seven years. He is now at the head of the New Bedford & Agawam Finishing Company, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the world, and his opinions and word are regarded as standard in the field in which he labors. He has written over sixty different articles on scientific subjects and his views are largely ac- cepted as authority on the subjects under discussion. He was married to Miss Delia Newton, of Brooklyn, New York, and they have three children, Albro New- ton, Eugene Brainard and Hubert Newton Graves.

ARNOLD GREEN.

In the years of his active life Arnold Green was well known at the Cleveland bar and as a leader in the ranks of the democracy, his opinions carrying weight in the councils of his party, while his labors were an effective element for success. He was born on a farm near Adolphustown, Ontario, Canada, October 16, 1845. The family name was originally Grenney, but changes in orthography at length brought it to its present spelling. His father, John Cameron Green, was the son of an officer in the English army, and his mother was the daughter of Edwin Mallory, a United Empire loyalist, who emigrated to Canada from Connecticut. John C. Green combined the occupations of farmer and carpenter contractor, which he followed until his death in 1891. His children were Edwin, now a resi- dent of Denver, Colorado; Arnold, of this review; Myra, the wife of G. P. Sills, of Vancouver, British Columbia ; and Fred R., of Cleveland.

Arnold Green was reared and educated in Canada and when twenty-two years of age came to Cleveland. Here he engaged in carpenter work for a year or two, but he did not feel that that field of labor offered to him as broad op- portunities as he desired, and, determining upon the profession of law as his life work, he became a student in the office and under the direction of William Heisley for several terms city solicitor. Two years later he was admitted to the bar, and that he had won the respect and good will of his former preceptor is indicated by the fact that he entered upon practice as a member of the law firm of Heisley & Green, an association that was maintained for several years. He afterward spent a number of years as a partner of Ulric Birney and for a short time was associated with Judge Peter F. Young. With the exception of these partnerships he always practiced alone. Before the last mentioned partnership was formed he was elected on the democratic ticket in 1874 clerk of the supreme court for one term and was afterward appointed a member of the examining committee for the ex- amination of applicants to the bar. He was the author of a volume "Mandamus Proceedings" of nearly six hundred pages, which was published about 1885 and was well received. He won his fame as a trial lawyer, not as an office lawyer, being a forceful speaker, his oratory swaying his hearers, while his sound logic and clear reasoning carried conviction concerning the correctness of his position.

In politics Mr. Green was long known as a prominent democrat of Cleveland and served as a member of the city council for a number of years. During that period he acted as chairman of the finance committee. On three separate occa- sions he received the democratic nomination for judge of the common pleas court and at one time came within twelve votes of election, although the state at that time was strongly republican and he was ever active in the democratic party. The large vote which he polled was a tribute to his personal popularity and the con- fidence reposed in him. He never asked for office for himself, his official prefer- ment coming to him from his friends in recognition of his ability and trustworthi- ness. His brother Frederick was private secretary to Governor Hoadley during his second term and was also deputy city auditor for eight years.

On the 16th of October, 1876, Mr. Green was united in marriage to Miss Vir- ginia Darlington, a daughter of James and Margaret (Bowman) Darlington, of

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Zanesville, Ohio. They had two children: Cameron, who was born August 26, 1882, and died in September following; and Darlington, who was born August I, 1892, and died May 20, 1909.

Mr. Green was an Episcopalian in religious faith and served as a vestryman of the Church of the Good Shepherd, but for some years prior to his death at- tended the Trinity Cathedral. He always managed the legal business of the cathe- dral and without charge. He was prominent in social circles, holding member- ship in the Colonial, Cleveland Yacht and the Cleveland Whist Clubs. Ever fear- less in defense of his honest convictions, nothing could swerve him from a course which he believed to be right, and at various times he sacrificed his personal wel- fare to the cause of the democratic party, the principles of which he stanchly championed. On the 7th of November, 1906, while trying a case in court he sus- tained a stroke of apoplexy and for two years was in an invalid condition prior to his death, which occurred on the 16th of June, 1909. At his demise the bar as- sociation met to take action concerning his death, which was the occasion of deep regret to many who had known and honored him in life and who entertained for him high personal regard.

WARREN SHERMAN HAYDEN.

Addresses : Business, No. 706 Citizens Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Residence, 1884 East Eighty-Ninth street, Cleveland, Ohio. Hiram College, Ph.B., 1892. Attorney-at-law, 1898.

Representative, Lamprecht Brothers & Company, Cleveland, 1892-5. Man- ager bond department, Lamprecht Brothers & Company, 1895-1903. Partner, Hayden, Miller & Company, Cleveland, dealers in investment bonds, 1903 -. Trustee, Hiram College 1900 -. Treasurer, University Club 1905 -. Director, Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railroad Company 1906 -. Director, Springfield & Xenia Railway Company 1904 -.

Memberships : Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Ohio State Board of Com- merce, Cleveland Council of Sociology, Ohio Archaeological and Historical So- ciety, New England Society of Cleveland. Union Club, University Club, Nisi Prius Club.

Family : Warren Sherman Hayden, born Danbury, Connecticut, October 20, 1870. First wife, Blanche Rebecca Squire, daughter of Frank and Delilah Squire of Hiram, Ohio. Child, Margaret. Second wife, Elizabeth Strong, daugh- ter of Edgar E. and Mary E. C. Strong of Cleveland. Child, Sherman Strong. Father, Warren Luce Hayden, born Deerfield, Portage county, Ohio, May 20, 1835. Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. Line, (1) John Hayden, Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1630, Braintree 1640. (2) Nehemiah, (3) Samuel (4) Chris- topher, Braintree, Massachusetts, Basking Ridge and Morristown, New Jersey, (5) Samuel, Rostraver township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, Colum- biana county (now Mahoning county), Ohio, (6) Daniel, Deerfield, Ohio, (7) Warren Luce, (8) Warren Sherman. Mother, Anna Flower Sherman, born Sandgate, Vermont, August II, 1835, died July, 1892. Daughter of Grandison and Emily Flower Sherman of Sandgate, Bennington county, Vermont.

EDWARD H. HARVEY.

Edward H. Harvey, whose influence was a potent force in all that works for culture and aesthetic progress and whose life was at all times honorable and up- right, commanding the confidence, good will and respect of his fellowmen, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, July 6, 1844. His life record covered the intervening

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years to the 13th of November, 1907. He was a son of Henry and Ruth (Allyn) Harvey, and while spending his youthful days under the parental roof pursued his early education in the public schools. He afterward enjoyed the advantage of instruction in the Western Reserve University, where he pursued a classical course and was graduated in 1867. He later assisted his father in the milling business for several years and afterward went abroad, spending a few years in travel on the European continent. He was an interested student of men and events as well as of the European countries and gained in his sojourn abroad that culture and broadening experience which only travel can bring. On his return he became interested in the iron business but, being a student and fond of books and travel, he retired from commercial pursuits a few years later. He was a man of wide learning and marked intellectual attainments, possessing a fine library, with the contents of which he was largely familiar. He became well known as a col- lector of books and art and was a connoisseur on such matters. He was always very fond of music, having a well trained ear that was appreciative of the most delicate harmonies. He also loved outdoor life and sports and thus never became a recluse, as is apt to happen when one's tastes are extremely literary or artistic.

At the time of the Civil war Mr. Harvey left college in answer to President Lincoln's call for troops and served as a hundred-day man, going to Washington for military duty. Later he returned to Cleveland, where he was mustered out. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and he kept well informed on the questions and issues of the day but with no desire for office as a reward for party fealty. He held membership in the First Presbyterian church and found social recreation and pleasure through his membership in the Union, Roadside and Rowfant Clubs. On the 9th of June, 1869, Mr. Harvey was married to Miss Martha C. Williams, a daughter of George and Mary (Baldwin) Williams, the former a native of Windsor, Connecticut, and the latter of New York. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Harvey was born a daughter, Melania, the wife of Dr. Edward F. Cush- ing, a prominent physician of Cleveland. Mrs. Harvey occupies a most high and enviable position in social circles. Mr. Harvey was most devoted to the welfare of his family and delighted in surrounding them with works of art and those things which contribute to aesthetic culture.

WILLIAM CUMMING.

William Cumming, of Cleveland, was one of the best known captains on the Great Lakes. He devoted many years to sailing and to marine transportation interests and stood as a high type of those men who have devoted their lives to this somewhat perilous but always fascinating undertaking. He was born at Ogdensburg, New York, July 5, 1841, a son of Ishmael Cumming, who always remained a resident of the Empire state.

William Cumming pursued his education in the schools of his native city and when fourteen years of age came to Cleveland, arriving in 1855. His early experience as a seaman came to him in sailing the lakes with Captain Garls and Captain Eba Ward and, after a thorough preliminary training, he engaged with M. A. Hanna & Company as captain of boats. He sailed the first steel steamer constructed. This was the Cambria, built in 1887, and the next year he bought the Corsica. He continued to command different vessels until 1896, when he was made superintendent of the building of the Coralia, which was built for the Mutual Transportation Company, and was at that time the largest boat on the lakes. It was christened by his granddaughter, Adaline Hurlbukt, now Mrs. William Weidmann. After the United States Steel Company bought out the line of boats of M. A. Hanna & Company, Captain Cumming remained in command of the Coralia until the autumn preceding his death. He had been selected to command the "William J. Fitch," and had gone so far as to pur-

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chase the furnishings for that vessel, but illness prevented his taking active com- mand and he died August 4, 1902.

In 1868 Captain Cumming was married to Miss Adaline Van Steenburgh, a daughter of James Van Steenburgh, of New York. Captain and Mrs. Cum- ming had four children: Mrs. Nellie A. Kerr; Cora, the wife of F. J. Miller ; Ishmael G., who was drowned while sailing on the Anna L. Craig; and William G., who died at the age of eight year.

While on shore Captain Cumming spent his most pleasant hours with his family for he was a man of domestic taste. He belonged to the Masonic fra- ternity, in which he took the degrees of lodge and chapter, and he was a mem- ber of the Franklin Circle Church of Christ. He was always public-spirited and also charitable and had the highest estimation for true worth and felt the keenest opposition for all that is false and unreal in life. He could relate many interesting incidents of his voyages and his experiences as a mariner, and he had the deepest love and attachment for the lakes and the life that he lived.

ROBERT G. INGLESON.

Robert G. Ingleson, a mechanical engineer who is superintendent of the Whitney Power building, was born in Manchester, England, March 20, 1868, a son of Robert and Hannah Ingleson. The former was a farmer during his active years but, like his wife, is now deceased.

Robert G. Ingleson received his education in a private academy in England and later was enrolled as a student in the Royal School of Arts, from which he was graduated in 1885. Two years subsequently he came to America, locating in Cleveland, where he became connected as an apprentice engineer with the Walker Manufacturing Company. During the first years of his association with that firm he assisted in designing and installing the cable railway system on Payne and Superior avenues. In 1891 he entered the employ of the Westing- house Company of Pittsburg, but after three years spent with them he returned to Cleveland, again identifying himself with the Walker Manufacturing Com- pany. The next year he became chief engineer for the Perry-Payne estate, his experiences during the next few years fitting him more fully for the larger work which fell to his share. In 1898 the Whitney Power building was erected ac- cording to his designs. It was a novel project, built with the intention of rent- ing space and furnishing power to manufacturing plants. It is five hundred feet long, eighty feet wide and five stories high, accommodating all varieties of manufactories such as those for automobiles, women's wear, candy and others. There are now between twenty-five to thirty different concerns operating in this building and as Mr. Ingleson has its supervision as his work he must have more than superficial knowledge of the various industries pursued within its walls. Since it was erected other buildings of like character have been put up, namely, the St. Clair building, the Erie Street building, and the Perry building, with other buildings planned by the Perry-Payne Company. These stand as a tribute to the ability of Mr. Ingleson, who has the distinction of having planned and designed the original building of its kind.

On the 14th of April, 1892, Mr. Ingleson was married to Miss Ardel, daugh- ter of Jno. Wesley and Nancy (Jones) Muhnkarn, of Oil City, Pennsylvania. Mr. Ingleson is a member of the Episcopal church and since he has become a citizen of this nation he has looked to the republican party for guidance in polit- ical matters. He belongs to the Electric Club, while he is fraternally con- nected with the Masonic bodies. In 1902 he served as president of the National Association of Engineers and in 1904 was president of the Masonic Engineers of the United States. During the same period he was first vice president of the Ohio Society of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers. It is to such men as he-

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possessing original ideas and endowed with the means of bringing them into execution-that the nation owes so much of its progress. He has made possible one phase of the mercantile development of Cleveland and for this, if for no other reason, he will be remembered in the future.

HON. HENRY M. CHAPMAN.

Hon. Henry M. Chapman, whose services as representative and senator from this district has left its impress upon the history of the state, while his activity in the field of business has been an influencing factor in the growth and develop- ment of Cleveland, is now living retired. He was born in Euclid, July 26, 1830, when Cleveland's population numbered but one thousand and twenty-five. His father, William S. Chapman, came from Connecticut to Cleveland on horse- back in 1821 and built what was probably the first carding machine in this city. Ile was married on the Ist of January, 1828, to Miss Harriet Dille, and re- moved to a farm in Euclid. In 1840 he was elected assessor of Cuyahoga county when it was all one district. In his family were three sons and three daughters but Henry M. Chapman is the only one now living. His brother Edward enlisted in 1861 for service in the Union Army during the Civil war and died at Mills Springs, Kentucky. He was a member of Standard's Battery attached to Gen- eral Barnett's Brigade. The father, who was born in 1800, died in 1851, and the mother, whose birth occurred in 1810, passed away in 1844. They were members of the Euclid Presbyterian church and were buried in the East Cleve- land burial-ground.

After leaving the common schools Henry M. Chapman studied law for two years with the firm of Williamson & Riddle and then continued his course in Oberlin College, after which he returned to Cleveland and was admitted to the bar. In 1861 he married Miss Cornelia Bardwell, a daughter of J. P. Bardwell and a native of Oberlin. In the field of business he turned his attention to farming and fruit-growing and was one of the pioneers in the introduction of grape culture in northern Ohio. In this he was very successful and he insti- tuted many new plans and originated many new and practical ideas in connection with horticultural and agricultural pursuits. He retired from that field of labor in 1892 and in the meantime had become interested in the real-estate business, handling his own investments. He laid out allotments in East Cleve- land and made extensive and valuable improvements there, especially in the way of planting shade trees, thus adding greatly to the beauty and attractive- ness of that district and performing a work for which coming generations may well feel grateful.

While actively engaged in business Mr. Chapman at the same time took a deep interest in public affairs and his fellow townsmen, appreciative of his worth and enterprising spirit, called him to various offices. In 1866 he was elected on the republican ticket as justice of the peace and served for many years, his decisions being strictly fair and impartial. In 1872 he was elected to the house of representatives and in 1874 was reelected, serving in the sixtieth and sixty-first general assemblies. During that period he gave careful consider- ation to each question that came up for settlement, seeking. the good of the commonwealth, which he placed before partisanship or personal aggrandizement. That his course received the endorsement of the district is indicated in the fact that in 1892 he was chosen its representative to the state senate, serving in the upper house of the seventy-first general assembly. It is of interest to note that Mr. Chapman was the only member of this body who paid his own fare on the railroads.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Chapman have been born two sons and a daughter. Henry Bardwell, born in 1864, attended Shaw's School also a preparatory

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school at Oberlin and was graduated with the class of 1885. He entered the Harvard Law School, from which he was graduated in the class of 1890. The previous year he was admitted to the Ohio state bar and began the practice of law in the office of Williamson & Cushing, with whom he remained for two years. He was afterward with Sherman, Hoyt & Dustin for two years and in 1894 he formed a partnership with Paul Howland, now a member of congress, which continued until he was elected as common pleas judge in 1905. He also taught law in Western Reserve University for ten years. He was clerk of the village of East Cleveland from 1890 until 1905 and has figured promin- ently in the public life of the community as well as in legal circles. In 1896 he wedded Edith M. Perry, a native of Cleveland and a daughter of L. W. Perry, a lumber merchant. Harriet Bardwell, the daughter, born in 1869, is .a gradu- ate of the Shaw high school, also studied at Oberlin College and was graduated from the Wellesley College, near Boston, with the class of 1893. Then deter- mining upon a professional career she completed a course in the Cleveland Medical College by graduation with the class of 1896 and later spent a year in London and Vienna, where she became familiar with the methods of practice of some of the eminent physicians and surgeons of the old world. She then practiced as a specialist in the treatment of diseases of the eye and ear in this city. In 1905 she became the wife of Dr. R. W. Reynolds and they have a daughter, Marian, three years of age. William Bardwell Chapman, born in 1872, is a graduate of the Shaw high school, was a student in Oberlin College and the Case School of Applied Science, in which he devoted his attention to civil engineering. He has been for many years with the Morreau Gas Fixtures store and was for a time a merchant at Lake View. He married Elsie Parsons, a native of Cleveland, and they have one child, Margaret E., eight years of age.

Henry M. Chapman is a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree. He also belongs to Al Koran Temple of the Mystic Shrine of Cleveland and since 1871 has been a Knight Templar of Oriental Commandery. His reading and experiences have been broadening and from no narrow nor contracted standpoint does he look at life but in every relation has studied the questions that have arisen with a view to making the most of the opportunities presented, not only for his own benefit but for the community at large. He has been actuated in his public service by unfaltering devotion to the general good and over the record of his legislative career, as well as his private life, there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil.

J. K. DORN.

Another illustration of the opportunities which America offers to her citizens is found in the life record of J. K. Dorn, one of Germany's native sons who in the year 1852 came to the United States. He was born in 1836, pursued his education in the fatherland and continued there until sixteen years of age, when he crossed the Atlantic to America and made his way direct to Cleveland, com- ing over the Lake Shore Railroad after it had been in operation for only two weeks. At the same time his parents also came to Cleveland and Mr. Dorn con- tributed to their support and provided a home for them as long as they lived. As his financial resources were limited at the time of his arrival in this city, neces- sity rendered it imperative that he secure immediate employment and his first posi- tion was in a rope factory. In 1853 he first became connected with the shoe business as an apprentice of John Gerloch, with whom he was connected until 1860. In that year he went to Texas to embark in business for himself and remained in the Lone Star state for about a year, when the war broke out and, being a northern man, he returned to Cleveland. Here he established his present

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business, which is now conducted under the name of the Dorn Shoe Company, on Woodlawn avenue. This is one of the oldest shoe houses of the city and one of the best appointed and most successful. This company makes a specialty of manufacturing shoes for invalids and has an extensive patronage in that class of its trade. Mr. Dorn continued an active factor in the business for a long period, but at the present time is living retired, for the fruits of his former toil are sufficient to supply him with all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life.

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A history of Cleveland, Ohio, Volume II, Part 85

Author: Orth, Samuel Peter, 1873-1922; Clarke, S.J., publishing company Publication date: 1910 Publisher: Chicago-Cleveland : The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 1150

Author: Orth, Samuel Peter, 1873-1922; Clarke, S.J., publishing company
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Chicago-Cleveland : The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1150