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Her deeds of kindness, quietly and unostentatiously performed, number into the thousands and she and her husband were always in fullest sympathy in their church and benevolent interests.
EDWARD BROUGH.
Edward Brough, who since 1896 has been a representative of the business interests of Cleveland as a dealer in mineral water, is now the president of the Brough Company. His birth occurred in Manchester, England, on the 27th of July, 1864, his parents being John and Myle Jane Brough. The father, a native of Dublin, Ireland, followed the trade of shoemaking throughout his active busi- ness career and passed away in 1904. The mother was called to her final rest in 1903.
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Edward Brough attended the public schools of his native land until twelve years of age and then secured a position as scaler with a concern engaged in the manufacture of shoe blocks at Manchester, England, being thus employed for two years. Subsequently he took a position as packer with a company engaged in the printing and dyeing of calico, but resigned at the end of two years and set sail for the United States. From New York he made his way direct to Cleveland, Ohio, here entering the service of the W. S. Tyler Company, with which concern he likewise remained for two years. On the expiration of that period he left the wire works and returned to his native country, again entering the employ of a company engaged in the printing and dyeing of calico. When a year had passed, however, he once more came to the United States and, again locating in Cleve- land, reentered the service of the Tyler wire works. Four years afterward he went to Newark, Ohio, and for two years remained in the employ of the Newark Wire Cloth Company. On severing his connection with that concern he returned to Cleveland and established himself in business as a dealer in mineral water and a manufacturer of all kinds of soft drinks, conducting the enterprise at No. 3859 St. Clair avenue until 1898. In that year he purchased his present property and recently has enlarged the plant in order to meet the growing demands of the trade. The Brough Company employs eighteen men, utilizes ten wagons and turns out eighteen thousand bottles a day. The output is disposed of to custom- ers in all parts of the city, and under the directing hand and capable control of Mr. Brough the business has proved most successful from the beginning.
On the 3d of November, 1892, in Cleveland, Mr. Brough was united in mar- riage to Miss Ida Vogel, by whom he has two children: Edward Lionel, who is fourteen years of age and is attending the public schools, and Hilda, a maiden of thirteen, who is also a public-school student. The family residence is at No. 712 East One Hundred and First street.
In his political views Mr. Brough is a stanch republican, while in religious faith he is a Protestant. He has been identified with the Benevolent and Pro- tectve Order of Elks for eight years and also belongs to the Foresters of America and the Protective Home Circle. Utilizing his opportunities to the best advan- tage, he has gained the prosperity in quest of which he came to the new world, and has long been numbered among the prosperous business men and respected citizens of Cleveland.
WILLIAM THOMAS JACKMAN, D. D. S.
Dr. William Thomas Jackman, who has attained much more than local prominence in connection with the profession of dentistry, has practiced contin- uously since 1880 and since the fall of 1887 has been located in Cleveland. He was born October 31, 1858, near California, Washington county, Pennsylvania. His father, Barnard Jackman, was born December 14, 1821, in California, Penn- sylvania, and was of Scotch-Irish descent. He devoted his life to farming and passed away January 17, 1909. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Lydia Ann Hum, was born near Columbiana, Ohio, January 8, 1840, and was of Ger- man-Scotch lineage, so that the mingled strains of Scotch, Irish and German blood flow in the veins of Dr. Jackman.
In the country schools Dr. Jackman began his education and afterward con- tinued his studies in the high school of Columbiana, Ohio, and later attended the Normal School at Lisbon, Ohio. His experiences and habits of early youth were those of the average farmer boy but he had no love for the work of tilling the soil and therefore determined to follow some other vocation. During the first eight years of his life he lived in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and in 1866 accompanied his parents on their removal to Columbiana county, Ohio. In early manhood he began teaching school and was connected with the public
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educational interests of Columbiana county for several years, after which he began the study of dentistry with Dr. Charles E. Mason, of Columbiana, Ohio, as his preceptor. In the fall of 1880 he began the practice of dentistry in Way- nesburg, Ohio, and practiced under a state certificate for several years and then, after taking the prescribed course, was graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College in the spring of 1887. In the fall of the same year he sought the broader fields of labor offered by the city and removed to Cleveland, where he has since continuously and successfully practiced. He desired a professional rather than an agricultural or commercial life and chose dentistry as being best suited for the development of his natural abilities. That his choice was a wise one is in- dicated in the success which has attended his efforts. He is a member of the National Dental Association, the Ohio State Dental Society, the Northern Ohio Dental Association and the Cleveland Dental Society. He is chairman of the committee on dental education and oral hygiene of the Ohio State Dental Society and has been for several years. He was honored with the presidency of the Cleveland Dental Society in 1892, and of the Northern Ohio Dental Association in 1905. From 1892 to 1896 he filled the chair of prosthetic dentistry and metal- lurgy in the dental department of the Cleveland University of Medicine & Sur- gery.
On the 26th of February, 1885, in Waynesburg, Ohio, Dr. Jackman was united in marriage to Miss Laura Louise Blythe, who was born in 1858 and died in 1907. His children are Florence Ethel and Margaret Ruth Jackman. In his political views Dr. Jackman is a stalwart republican and was a member of the village council, while in Waynesburg, but has not been a politician in the sense of office seeking, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his professional du- ties. Fraternally he has been connected with the Masons since 1904, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has ever worked toward high ideals and has thus assisted in giving dentistry the high standing it now has among the learned professions.
HENRY GEROULD, M. D.
Dr. Henry Gerould, who was born in 1829 and passed away in 1900, was five generations removed from Dr. Jacques (or James) Jerauld, who came to this country from Languedoc, France, soon after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The name of Dr. Jacques Jerauld appears in the list of settlers in Boston in the year 1700 but he finally located in Medfield, Massachusetts, where he died in 1760. He had three sons, one of whom changed the spelling of the name to Gerould and another to Gerald. The third son retained the original spelling. The subject of this sketch was the son of Jabez Lawrence Gerould, born in Newtown, Connecticut, and Margaret Beebe of Geneva, New York. Henry was the fourth child in the family and was born in East Smithfield, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1829. Owing to the premature death of his father he was early thrown upon his own resources and determined to adopt the profes- sion so generally and successfully followed by his ancestors. To this end he studied in Geneva, New York, and Cleveland, Ohio, receiving in 1864 his degree from the medical school connected with Hudson College, now changed to West- ern Reserve University. He subsequently spent three years in the hospitals of Boston under the leadership of Dr. H. K. Storer. He practiced medicine in Ohio for a period of thirty-five years, thirty of these being spent in Cuyahoga county.
In June, 1870, Dr. Gerould married Julia J. Clapp, of Mentor, Ohio, whose ancestors had moved to this state from Massachusetts in the year 1806. To them were born three children: Harry Clapp, whose birth occurred in 1871; Ruth Whitcomb, born in 1879; and Lavinia Clapp, who was born in 1882. All
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of these children died in the year 1883. From this time Dr. Gerould largely gave his attention to helping educational and missionary enterprises. His name is known around the world for helpfulness to young people who wished to pre- pare for the mission field, or who were unable, on account of the lack of funds, to secure an education. Having lost his own children, he applied himself to helping young people who were preparing for service in any good work. To this end he gave away nearly all his income and doctored gratuitously all who came to him for aid. November 10, 1900, he died very suddenly, just when he Was preparing for greater service to others. It was said of him that "he was always helping," and the years when he said, "I will make place for young men in my profession," were his busiest years. Having lived so unselfish a life, his death caused universal sorrow. He had endeared himself to thousands as a physician and friend. Gerould Cottage in Hiram, purchased as a memorial for his own daughters, a memorial station in India and many minor institutions stand as evidences of his generosity and. helpfulness. Among the hundreds of testimonials received after his death the following probably expresses his charac- teristics as well as any: "What a vigorous, persistent, faithful, single-minded, resolute, confident Christian man he was! We shall never see his like again. Dr. Gerould has long filled a great place in our thoughts and hearts, and the world will never seem the same without him."
FRANK HOUSE BAER.
Frank House Baer is commercial agent for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company, better known as the Nickel Plate. He is thus well known in the business world, while in other directions he is also widely known, especially as a collector of interesting relics which indicate the trend of the times and progress in certain fields. He was born in Cleveland, November 12, 1863. His father, Anthony Baer, came to America in 1851, locating in Hartford, Con- necticut. Almost immediately afterward he removed to Cleveland where he re- sided until 1895, being here engaged in the wholesale crockery and glassware business until 1873, after which he dealt in stone until 1876 in connection with the opening of the Berea quarries. He next became associated with the Standard Oil Company and was thus a factor in business circles until 1890, when he re- tired to private life and some years later removed to Boston, Massachusetts, where he still lives at the age of seventy-nine years. He married Lucy May House who was born in 1840 in New York city, was of Scotch ancestry and died at Med- ford, Massachusetts, in 1901.
Frank House Baer pursued his education in the public schools of Cleveland and entered the service of the Standard Oil Company as clerk, thus obtaining his first business experience. After five years he became traveling salesman for the wholesale grocery house of Franklin McVeagh & Company, of Chicago, there continuing until 1889, when he resigned and went to Europe, spending a year abroad. Upon his return he entered the service of the Nickel Plate Railroad Company as commercial agent and has since occupied this position. His care- fully formulated and well executed plans, his systematic management of the office and his keen business discernment make him a valued representative of the company. He is also interested in various railroad and commercial enterprises which are sources of substantial revenue.
On the 2d of July, 1908, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Mr. Baer was married to Miss Elizabeth Hunter, a daughter of Charles Hunter, of Philadelphia. They occupy a pleasant home at 1921 East seventieth street. They have one child, a son, Chisholm Spencer, born on May 3, 1909.
Mr. Baer is fond of golf and is not without interest in the phases of social life, especially manifest through his membership in the Union, Euclid, Rowfant and
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Transportation Clubs. In politics he is a stalwart democrat, active in the work of the party and local affairs, and was a candidate for state senate on the gold democratic ticket at the time when William Jennings Bryan was making the free coinage of silver a campaign issue. He was a member of the public library board for three years and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He was one of the fathers of the plan adopted by the city for the grouping of its public build- ings, being much of the time closely associated in this work with Professor Charles F. Olney, the originator of the idea. He belongs also to the Euclid Avenue Baptist church. All of these associations bring him a wide acquaintance, while his attrac- tive qualities gain him many friends.
Mr. Baer is also known in another direction as a collector of old valentines and patch boxes. He began collecting books but has concentrated his energies upon other collections. He has the only collection of old valentines in this country, containing two thousand specimens of those brought forth at an early date, this being the largest and best collection in the world. It is most interesting to note the development that has come in this line as the expression of sentiment between the young. He also has a fine collection of old prints, especially of early cari- caturists of transportation and of views of Cleveland. He now possesses every early print of the city of Cleveland with one exception. His views are most in- teresting and valuable, showing the growth, progress and development of this city. Mr. Baer is a man of kindly spirit, cordial and genial, and association with him means expansion and elevation.
HARRY C. GAMMETER.
Harry C. Gammeter, inventor of the multigraph and now director and me- chanical expert of the American Multigraph Company, was born February 27, 1870, in Akron, Ohio. He is a son of Christian and Anna (Mauerhover) Gam- meter. The father was a cornice maker, who died at the age of forty-nine years, while the mother passed away at the age of sixty-one. Both were natives of Switzerland and, coming to America, established their residence in Akron, Ohio.
Harry C. Gammeter acquired his early education in the public schools of his native city, attending there to the age of sixteen years. Later, realizing the value of thorough and advanced training for the lines of life to which his talents and tastes seemed to direct him, at the age of twenty-four years he entered Buchtel College at Akron, Ohio, where he pursued a scientific course. He com- pleted his education at the Case School of Applied Science. For seven years there- after he traveled quite extensively, studying modern methods of manufacturing and familiarizing himself with the methods of manufacture both as to the con- struction and the operation of machinery. All through his life he has been alert to the opportunities of broadening his knowledge and thus promoting his effi- ciency in work as a factor in the business world. He was also engaged with the United Typewriting & Supplies Company while traveling and during this period he recognized the need of a duplicating machine and began experiments along that line. His efforts and ideas at length took tangible form in the multigraph, of which he is the inventor and by means of which it is possible to obtain an absolute facsimile duplicate of typewritten work. He then became associated with H. C. Osborne and the work on the multigraph was developed in its early stages. In 1902 a company was formed with a capital of three hundred thousand dollars, which was later increased to five million dollars. The company now has sixty- five officers and heads of departments and employs six hundred men, such being the growth of the business. The multigraph met a great need in the business world, where the saving of time, labor and material is of utmost value, and the en- terprise is today one of the most important productive industries of Cleveland.
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Mr. Gammeter is not only mechanical expert of the American Multigraph Com- pany but is also a stockholder and director of the Lake Erie Forging Company.
On the 25th of October, 1905, Mr. Gammeter was married to Miss Maud F. Frye, a daughter of E. W. and Electa (Fuller) Frye. They now have two chil- dren, Electa L. and Harry F. Mr. Gammeter is a stalwart republican in his po- litical views but not a politician in the sense of office seeking. An Episcopalian in religious faith, he attended St. Paul's church in Akron and took an active interest in its work. He is a member of the Business Men's Club, of the Chamber of Com- merce, the Young Men's Christian Association and of the Aero Club of America and is president of the Aero Club of Cleveland. He is likewise a member of the Engineers Club and of the Manufacturers Club and is interested in many lines of scientific research, especially those which bear upon the broad field of mechanics. He belongs today among America's successful and notable inventors, his position being due to careful study of existing conditions and the possibility of improve- ments. He is most careful in analysis and, reasoning from the standpoint of prac- ticability and demand, he has had the courage to champion his own ideas and to utilize every resource until he has accomplished his purpose. Every new inven- tion meets with opposition but time tests the value of all things and Mr. Gammeter has lived to see the work of his brain take tangible form and become one of the valuable and now indispensable devices of the business world. He is fond of out- door athletic sports and enjoys motoring, yachting, fishing and tennis.
MAURICE R. HODGMAN.
Maurice R. Hodgman, conducting a private banking business in Cleveland, was born in Chicago, Illinois, August 20, 1873. His ancestry can be traced back to one of the old New England families that was represented in Vermont in colonial days. His great-grandfather removed from the Green Mountain state to Ohio when that region was still a pioneer district and the grandfather, Charles Hodgman, was born in Marietta, Ohio, in 1820. He married Eliza Williams, a daughter of James Williams, and their family included James A. Hodgman, whose life record began in Canada, in September, 1844. A removal of the family to Illinois followed and he spent his boyhood in Naperville, that state. For many years he has been identified with the shoe business, operating stores in Chicago, Aurora and various other Illinois cities. He wedded Sarah J. Hackstaff, of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, and they became the parents of four children : James A., who is a prominent mine owner of San Diego, California, and president of the Orange Blossom Extension Mining & Milling Company, one of the finest equipped mine properties in the west; Charles T., who is proprietor and editor of the Knights of the Royal Arch Journal of Oakland, California; Leah, the wife of John B. Chandler of Minneapolis, Minnesota, an official of the Minneapolis Northern Railway Company; and Maurice R.
In the public schools of Aurora, Illinois, Maurice R. Hodgman acquired his education and his first business experience was in connection with his father, under whose direction he became acquainted with the shoe trade. In his twentieth year he left his father's employ and went to Chicago, where for a time he was con- nected with the Frazin Shoe Company as manager. He afterward acted in a like capacity with the Foreman Shoe Company and later was connected with the shoe departments of A. M. Rothschild & Company and Mandel Brothers. He was next engaged in the shoe business on his own account for two years and later became associated with a private banking business, in which capacity he came to Cleve- land in 1903 to look after his firm's interests in this city. In 1905 he engaged in business on his own account, with offices in the Cuyahoga building, and that he has continued in this field of activity is in itself proof that he is meeting with
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success. His financial rating is high, his business activity and enterprise well known, while his business integrity is above question.
On the 29th of June, 1898, Mr. Hodgman was united in marriage to Miss Grace Daniels, a daughter of George and Lena (Baker) Daniels, of Aurora, Illi- nois. They have one child, Douglas, who is with them in the pleasant home at No. 1521 Wyandotte avenue. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hodgman hold membership in the Baptist church and Mrs. Hodgman is very active in both church and charitable work and is, moreover, an accomplished musician. In his political views Mr. Hodgman is a stalwart republican and he finds rest, recreation and interest in auto- mobiling and in all outdoor sports and athletics. Born in the city, which in its marvelous development has been regarded as one of the wonders of the world, and reared amid the bustling activity of life in the middle west, he has come to judge correctly of his own capacities and powers and of life's contacts and experiences.
MILTON R. SLOCUM.
Milton R. Slocum, who for twelve years has been well known as a represen- tative of the piano trade in Cleveland, is a native of Orleans county, New York, and when about four years of age came with his parents to Ohio, which state claims so many great men. He acquired his education in the public schools of Osborn and his connection with the music trade dates from 1876, when as a mere boy he became a salesman in a piano store of Dayton, Ohio. Notwith- standing his inexperience in that line his tastes led him to decide upon following the business permanently. Early in life he learned to make use of all of his leisure moments and thus acquired proficiency in several branches of knowledge, including music, while at the same time he developed a habit of self-discipline along temperance and religious lines.
Continuing in active connection with the music trade, Mr. Slocum was for many years a traveling salesman and became well known throughout the country east of the Rocky mountains as a genial and energetic gentleman, ever mindful of the interests of his employers and the dignity of his calling. Through all the years he was ambitious to engage in business on his own account and in 1897 he embraced an opportunity leading to this end. Opening a music house in Cleveland he has since achieved a goodly degree of success. After years of study of the piano and of close application, it may be said of him that he knows the piano as thoroughly as the clergyman his Bible. He can describe every de- tail of piano construction with such fluent ease that the listener often becomes a willing purchaser by the result of his persuasive eloquence. It is said that he can sell a half dozen pianos to a half dozen customers at the same time, or he can spend a half day or a whole evening with some captious individual without the least sign of irritability, wearing a smile even as he bids farewell to one who has given him no return for his labor. In May, 1908, Mr. Slocum allied himself with "The House of Frederick" taking charge of the Cleveland branch for northeast- ern Ohio. They are acknowledged to be the largest retail piano house in the United States, controlling over sixty stores and agencies from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi river.
On the 6th of August, 1889, Mr. Slocum was married to Miss Minnie M. Walsh, of Elyria, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Lucile who, having passed through the grammar grades, is continuing her education in the schools of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Slocum are members of the Second Church of Christ, Scien- tists, on Euclid avenue. Mr. Slocum is a member of the Elks lodge; Marysville Lodge, No. 87, I. O. O. F .; the Cleveland Commercial Travelers, No. 1824; and the Toledo Traveling Men's Association, No. 536, his identification with the last named dating from 1889. He is also a member of the Tippecanoe Club; of Ohio Council, No. 57, of the North American Union; and of Forest City Council,
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No. 196, of the National Union. In the years in which he was upon the road as a traveling salesman he learned to adapt himself to every condition and to meet opposition and argument with geniality and tact. The same qualities are manifest in the conduct of his business in Cleveland and his ability as a sales- man, combined with his thorough understanding of piano manufacture, has made his enterprise one of the profitable mercantile concerns of the city.
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