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In 1864 occurred the marriage of J. K. Dorn and Miss Louise E. Speith, a native of Medina county. Unto them have been born five children, a daughter and four sons, and two sons of the family are yet living. Albert A. Dorn, born in 1870, is a graduate of the University of Michigan and after completing school he became associated with his father in the shoe business and at the present time is conducting the business on the public square under the name of the Dorn Shoe Company. O. K. Dorn, born in 1875, passed through consecutive grades in the public schools, then became associated with his father and is at present manager of the Dorn Shoe Company. Henry H., born in 1880, was in business in San Francisco, California, until his death, May 10, 1909, when his remains were brought back to Cleveland for interment. Another son, W. F., died at the age of thirty-six years.
The family residence since 1895 has been at No. 3050 West Fourteenth street. Mr. Dorn has erected a number of houses here and is an extensive owner of real estate, which proves an excellent divident-bearing investment. He holds membership in St. Paul's church on Scovill avenue and has always manifested a deep and commendable interest in the moral progress of the community and in its advancement along many substantial lines.
Fifty-seven years have come and gone since J. K. Dorn arrived in Cleveland. He has not only been a witness of the wonderful growth and development of the city but has kept abreast with its progress, and his own business career illus- trates what may be accomplished when one has the will to dare and to do. When he took up merchandising he found it a field for which his talents fitted him and closely studying the trade and considering the wishes of his patrons he was enabled to build up a business which constantly grew in volume and importance, making his investment, therefore, a very profitable one. In all of his business career he never brooked obstacles that could be overcome by persistent and earnest purpose and as the years passed by his energy and determination sur- mounted all obstacles that barred his path to the goal of success.
MORRIS B. GROVER.
To invest intelligently and profitably large funds requires more than average ability and those who have made this branch of financial activity a life study have done much towards the development of any community. Each enterprise has to be backed by capital to be successful, and Cleveland is the home of many institu- tions in which are invested immense amounts of money and which pay out equally large amounts in their annual salaries and wages. One of the men who has been interested in investments of great magnitude as well as in Cleveland realty is Morris B. Grover who was born in the Forest city, April 8, 1883. His father, Chris E. Grover, was born in Vermilion, Ohio, August 7, 1850, and is connected with navigation interests of Cleveland, having his office on the ninth floor of the Schofield building. He married Elinor Bradley, who was born in Vermilion, Ohio, but after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Grover came to Cleveland, where they have since resided.
Morris B. Grover attended the university of Cleveland, then left school for a year after which he entered the preparatory school of Ithaca, New York, even-
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tually graduating from Cascodils of Ithaca. For a year following his graduation Mr. Grover was connected with the well known automobile house of The Winton Company, when his attention was called to the importance of Cleveland real- estate transactions, and he therefore established himself in the realty business in which he has since continued with marked success.
On the 22d of February, 1905, Mr. Grover married Miss Leontine Woolsey, of Sandusky, Ohio, daughter of Fred Woolsey who was a member of the Wool- sey Wheel Company of Sandusky. Mr. Grover belongs to the following clubs in which he is deservedly popular: Hermits, Roadside, Cleveland Athletic, Auto- mobile and Lakewood Yacht. He is a young man of unusual ability, alive to all the possibilities of his business and his name is connected with some of the largest realty transactions in the city.
GEORGE BARNES HARRIS.
There have been no unusual chapters in the life history of George Barnes Harris but it is a record of fidelity to duty, of laudable, ambition of persistent purpose and of successful accomplishment. He is actively connected with the profession which has important bearing upon the progress and stable prosperity of any section or community and one which has long been considered as con- serving public welfare by furthering the ends of justice and maintaining indi- vidual rights. Since his admission to the bar in 1903 he continually practiced as junior partner of the firm of Klein & Harris, until the Ist of May, 1909, when the firm was changed to Hidy, Klein & Harris.
His birth occurred in Findlay, Ohio, October 27, 1881. . His grandfather, Charles Harris, a native of New York, died in Michigan. He had for a consid- erable period engaged in merchandising in Battle Creek, that state, but retired from business several years prior to his death. His son, Julius Harris, born in Strongsville, Ohio, was a shoe merchant. At the time of the Civil war, how- ever, he put aside business and personal considerations, enlisting from Michigan in 1863 in defense of the Union cause. He was assigned to the Second Missouri Cavalry, known as the Merrill Horse Cavalry, under General Sheridan and Col- onel George C. Barnes, in whose honor the subject of this review was named. Throughout the period of his service he was connected with Sheridan's forces. After the war he wedded Emma Wolfe, who was born in 1851 and died April 14, 1888. She was a daughter of Joseph Wolfe, a native of Pennsylvania and a foun- dryman, who died in 1884.
As a public-school student, George B. Harris mastered the elementary branches of learning and following his graduation from the Findlay high school in 1895, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University and was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1900. Three years later he received the Master of Arts degree and in the same year he was graduated from the Cleveland Law School of Bald- win University with the Bachelor of Law degree. For two years he was profes- sor of mathematics at that university. The same year he was admitted to the bar, locating for practice in Cleveland, has since been a member of the firm of Klein & Harris, now Hidy, Klein & Harris, well known as general practitioners of law with a constantly increasing clientage. He is an efficient and attentive observer of men and measures and through his wide general information is also promoting his ability at the bar. He is following a profession wherein ability and industry are indispensable elements and, possessing these qualities in an eminent degree he is meeting with success and, moreover, is recognized as a lawyer faithful to every interest committed to his charge.
Mr. Harris is also an active republican, cooperating effectively in measures and projects for the growth and development of the party. He is a member of the Tippecanoe, Western Reserve and Twenty-fifth Ward Republican Clubs and
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has been a delegate to county conventions but does not seek political preferment for himself. He belongs to the Beta Theta Pi and the Phi Beta Kappa, two col- lege fraternities whose membership is based on scholarship. In municipal affairs he is deeply interested and belongs to the Chamber of Commerce. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and professionally with the County and State Bar Associations, while the nature of his recreation is manifest in his member- ship in the Cleveland Athletic, University and Lakewood Yacht Clubs.
On the 22d of September, 1909, Mr. Harris was united in marriage with Miss Fannie B. Davis, of Coshocton, Ohio, whose father, David Davis, is a coal operator.
WILLIAM MYLECHRAINE.
William Mylechraine who for twenty-eight years gave the best of himself to the service of Cleveland as one of its capable members of the police force, is now living here retired. He was born on the Isle of Man, June 26, 1849, be- ing a son of Thomas and Catherine (Corlett) Mylechraine. By trade Thomas Mylechraine was a tailor. Coming to America in 1857 he located in Cleve- land and here became engaged in a marble buisness owned by Jones Brothers, located on Prospect and Middle streets. When the war broke out he joined the navy, enlisting and serving on the gunboat Choctaw and on the gunboat Clara Dolson. His enlistment took place July 24, 1863, and several months there- after the Choctaw was blown up and he received such severe injuries that on September 9, 1863, he was discharged from the hospital boat Pinckney in New York harbor and returned home.
The education of William Mylechraine was received in the schools of Cleve- land, but at an early age he engaged as a painter with Vleit & Herron and con- tinued with this firm for four years, learning the trade. In 1873 he was ap- pointed a police officer and for the following twenty-eight years he served with distinction or until his resignation in 1900, since which he has lived in retire- ment. He was appointed under Mayor Pelton and had a great admiration for that official. In politics he is a republican and has always served his party faithfully.
On August 25, 1873, Mr. Mylechraine married Susanna Phillips, daughter of William and Sarah A. Phillips, who came from Toronto, Canada, to Cleve- land in 1864. The children born of this marriage who are still living are: Wil- liam T., Leonard C., Mrs. William Hawkins and Mrs. John E. Durfee, all of whom reside in this city. Sarah Ann died in infancy.
Mr. Mylechraine is an Odd Fellow and also belongs to the Old Settlers' As- sociation and the American Insurance Union. His religious affiliations are with the Epworth Memorial church. Mr. Mylechraine is an excellent example of the sterling citizens the Isle of Man gives the United States. Faithful in dis- charging what he has believed to be his duty, careful to protect the interests of others, conservative and thoughful in action, he was a most excellent officer and now is numbered among the representative men of the city he has served so well.
CHARLES ZUCKER.
One of America's greatest statesmen said, "In all this world the thing su- premely worth having is the opportunity coupled with the capacity to do well and worthily a piece of work the doing of which shall be of vital significance to mankind. The labors of Charles Zucker and the influence of his life constituted a force for good whereby the material and moral interests of the community in
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which he lived were promoted. He was widely known as one of the most capable business men of Cleveland, of dauntless energy and unfaltering determination. But while he won notable success his business ability was evenly balanced with a kindly spirit that utilized the opportunities which are found on every hand of doing good to one's neighbors and associates.
He was born in Cleveland, December 25, 1866. His parents were Abraham and Sarah (Grim) Zucker, of Prague, Germany. The father was a prominent and successful cattle dealer in that country. In 1860 he came from Germany to America with five of his children and lived a retired life here. He was also accompanied by his father, David Zucker, who lived to the remarkable old age of ninety-two years. The death of Abraham Zucker occurred in 1879 when he was sixty-five years of age, and he is still survived by his wife, who has reached the age of eighty years.
At the usual age Charles Zucker entered the public schools of Cleveland, wherein he continued his studies to the age of seventeen, when he was graduated with honors at the Central high school. Shortly afterward he took up the study of law in the office of his brother, Peter Zucker, and in order to provide for his own support at the same time he did bookkeeping at nights. His thorough school training and his broad reading constituted an excellent foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional learning and he soon mastered many of the principles of jurisprudence and was qualified to pass the examina- tion whereby he was admitted to the bar in 1887. He was then admitted to a partnership by his brother, who was one of the most successful and prominent lawyers here at that time. Charles Zucker continued in active practice in that relation until 1895, when his brother Peter went to New York, after which he became connected with Max P. Goodman, who had studied law under his direc- tion, with offices in the Society for Savings' Building. He, too, attained distinc- tion in his chosen profession and was accorded a liberal clientage of an important character. Moreover, he became a prominent and prosperous business man and at the time of his death had achieved fame and fortune as the president of and legal advisor to various business enterprises. He was widely recognized as a man of resourceful ability, who looked beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities of the future and wrought along lines that lead to the goal of prosperity. His fertility of resource enabled him when one avenue of oppor- tunity seemed closed to seek out another path that would lead to the desired re- sult, and he was capable as well of formulating plans for the management of extensive interests that have constituted important factors in the complex busi- ness life of the present day.
On the 12th of June, 1889, in Cleveland, Mr. Zucker was united in marriage to Miss Addie Wormser, a daughter of Isaac and Hanna ( Emerich) Wormser, the former born in Michaelstadt, Germany, and the latter in Hemsbach, Ger- many. Her father was one of Cleveland's pioneer business men, being connected with ship chandlery interests in his early life, while later he operated in real estate. Her grandfather, Liki Loeb Wormser, was a renowned rabbi, cabalist, and Talmudist, of Michaelstadt, Germany. He was born in 1768 and died in 18.16. He enjoyed a wide reputation in that province and his name is still known and recorded in Jewish history throughout the world. He was also known as a Ba'al Shem in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Zucker had three sons, namely : Alvin Charles, born May 13, 1890; Walter E., born November 20, 1893; and Roger A., November 3, 1899.
Mr. Zucker was most devoted to his family, finding his greatest pleasure at his own fireside, where he was known as a loving husband and father. He was also fond of reading and possessed a fine library containing many beautiful and rare volumes. He found his most pleasant associations, aside from the compan- ionship of his family, with the master minds of all the ages and gleaned from their works all that is most precious and valuable. He was confirmed in the Scovill Avenue Temple and served for many years as one of its most active
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members. He always had the welfare of the Temple at heart and no effort on its behalf was considered too great for him. He was chairman of its ritual com- mittee for several years and did everything in his power to promote the work and extend the influence of the organization. He was always a liberal donor to charity and ever willing to extend a helping hand to the poor and needy. He held membership with the B'nai B'rith, the Excelsior Club, and Forest City Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
It seemed that each moment of his life was used to good advantage, whether in business, in church circles, in social activities, or in the home. Association with him meant expansion and elevation, for his influence was always on the side of right and progress. He was generous in spirit, kindly in action, and held at all times to the highest principles of honorable, upright manhood. And too, a devoted friend, his geniality made his presence like a ray of sunshine and the world is certainly better for his having lived. At his death, which occurred No- vember 30, 1906, Dr. Machol delivered a beautiful tribute to his memory, in the words of which thousands of friends concurred. The memory of such a man can never die while living monuments remain upon which were imprinted the touch of his noble soul.
NORMAN O. STONE.
Norman O. Stone, president of the firm of N. O. Stone & Company, retail shoe merchants of Cleveland, was born at Strongsville, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, December 3, 1844. His parents were Marvin and Hannah (West) Stone. The father, born in Connecticut, came to this state in 1837 and located on a farm, where he resided until his death in 1872, his wife surviving until 1876.
The youthful days of Norman O. Stone were spent upon the father's farm to the age of fifteen years, after which he entered the Baldwin University at Berea, thus supplementing his public school education. When seventeen years of age he entered a retail shoe store in Cleveland and was employed as a clerk until 1864, spending one year with Smith, Dodd & Company, while for about four years he was with Suttles & Company. In 1864 he engaged in business for him- self, feeling that his previous experience and his careful expenditure justified this step. He opened a store under his own name and in 1874 incorporated the business under the style of N. O. Stone & Company. From a small beginning the enterprise has developed until it is today the largest retail shoe store in the state. His success found its root in no esoteric phase. On the contrary his business methods have ever been such as will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny, for along legitimate lines of labor and in keeping with the progressive spirit manifest in the modern business world he has developed his mercantile inter- ests and has justly come to the position of distinction which he now occupies as the foremost representative of the retail shoe trade in Ohio.
Successful in the management of this concern Mr. Stone extended his ef- forts to other lines and for many years has been actively interested in banking in connection with the Cleveland National Bank as its vice president. He is also a stockholder and director in the Citizens Savings & Trust Company and is in- terested in various other financial and commercial enterprises which not only constitute sources of individual success but are also factors of general prosper- ity inasmuch as they promote the business activity of the city. He is a director of the Bell Telephone Company, also of the Scott-Triggs Dry Goods Company, of Cleveland, and the Western Reserve Insurance Company.
On the Ist of May, 1867, Mr. Stone was married to Miss Ella Andrus, of New York, in which state the marriage was celebrated. They reside on Euclid avenue in a residence built by Mr. Stone in 1900 and are prominent in the social circles of the city ..
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Mr. Stone is a popular member of the Union, Country and Roadside Clubs. He is likewise a member of the Chamber of Commerce and is interested in all practical and progressive efforts put forth by that organization to promote the growth of Cleveland and to enhance its attractiveness along lines of general im- provement and adornment. Since taking up his abode in this city he has held mem- bership in the Trinity Episcopal church. His political allegiance is given to the democracy but his activity is along general rather than political lines. He is noted locally as an equestrian and his love of horses makes him prefer driving to the automobile. He has traveled extensively, both in this country and abroad, giving about eight years to visiting the scenes of historic and scenic interest in the old world and the new, and twice he has circumnavigated the globe. The attainment of success has in no way influenced him in his friendships and all find him a courteous, genial and approachable gentleman, who kindly recognizes and is appreciative of true worth in others.
SAMUEL C. MOORE.
Samuel C. Moore was a self-made man who realized that in the individual and not in his environment lies the opportunities for success. He figured actively in industrial circles and was equally prominent in church work, standing as one of the most earnest and efficient advocates of Methodism in Cleveland. His birth occurred in Norwich, England, October 19, 1818, his parents being Samuel and Sarah Moore. The father was a silk manufacturer in his native country but his circumstances were such that he was unable to keep his son in school after he was sixteen years of age. The boy was very quick in mathematical lines and it was the father's hope that he might obtain for him a position in the Bank of England, but financial reverses came to Samuel Moore, which led him to emi- grate with his family to America. Making the voyage across the Atlantic in one of the old-time sailing vessels, they reached the American port in November, 1834, and soon after were settled on a farm which the father purchased at Glen- ville, in Cuyahoga county, Ohio.
Samuel C. Moore did not continue his education after coming to the new world but devoted the strength of his young manhood to the work of the farm, ably assisting his father and brother in developing the fields. They also engaged in burning a charcoal pit, to which attention must be paid night and day. That they might have a lodging place near their work they built a little cabin, where they rested and slept by turns when released from their watch at the coal pit. It was during the silent hours when his mind was given to meditation concerning the work of life and God's purposes to the world that Mr. Moore resolved to place himself in the ranks of the religious workers and to give his heart to the Master. He became identified with the church and thereafter was most loyal and active in advancing its interests and promoting its influence. It was always said of him that his word was as good as his bond, his integrity standing as one of the unquestioned factors in his career.
In 1846 Mr. Moore was married in Rockport, Ohio, to Miss Margaret A. King, a daughter of James King, one of the early settlers of Ohio, who came to this state from Canada. The following year, 1847, Mr. and Mrs. Moore removed to Cleveland and united with the Hanover Methodist Episcopal church. Later he became identified with a little company of that organization, which is now the Gordon Avenue church. For a long period he was secretary of its Sunday school, also Sunday school superintendent and church trustee, taking a very active part in the different branches of church work. He led a most consistent Christian life, endeavoring always to closely follow the Golden Rule and do to others as he would have them do to him.
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In early life Mr. Moore learned the cooper's trade and built a small shop on his father's farm. On his removal to Cleveland he opened a shop on Main street, then on the west side. Later he engaged in the planing mill business for some time with the firm of Moore, Cahoon & Company, and eventually he became in- terested in the lumber business as a member of the firm of Fisher, Wilson & Com- pany. He continued an active member of the firm until his death and his business enterprise and energy were salient features in the success of the institution. He displayed keen sagacity in the control of commercial interests, made himself thor- oughly conversant with the lumber trade and in the management of his interests utilized every opportunity to the best advantage, so that he won a substantial measure of prosperity as the years passed by.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Moore were born three children, of whom two are living, Mrs. Alida Lufkin, who has one daughter, Florence A., who became the wife of James A. Shaw and has one son, Edward L. Nellie M. Moore, the second daughter, became the wife of Albert J. Harris and has two daughters: Emily, now Mrs. Howard Richards; and Mabel. Mrs. Harris is a member of the board of lady managers of the Jones Home. The Moore household was deprived of the presence of a loving husband and father on the 22d of January, 1882. He was devoted to the welfare of his wife and children and was a loyal advocate of all those interests which are of substantial benefit in building up the community. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and at one time he was solicited to become candidate for mayor of the city, but declined. He did not seek nor desire political preferment yet was never remiss in the duties of citizen- ship. He preferred to give his time to his home, his business and his church and for many years was a prominent and most helpful member of the Franklin Ave- nue Methodist Episcopal church . His Christian faith permeated his life and es- tablished his connections with his fellowmen. A philosopher of old said "An hon- est man is the noblest work of God," and such might well be placed as an epitaph upon his tomb, for his unswerving integrity stood ever as an unquestioned fact in his career.
Mrs. Moore always shared with her husband in his deep interest in church work and has been equally active in charitable lines. She has taken a deep in- terest in the Eliza Jennings Home and has been particularly active in the develop- ment and upbuilding of the Jones Home for Friendless Children which was or- ganized for the purpose of taking care of orphan and friendless children between the ages of four and eleven years. The home was opened with three children and now has sixty-five, while many have been placed in good homes through the agency of this institution. Mrs. Moore was president of the board of lady man- agers of this home for more than eighteen years and has devoted much time to the extension of this work, which is a most commendable charity. Owing to her health she resigned from the presidency and has since been made honorary presi- dent of the board for life.
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