A history of Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland, (Vol. 1), Part 3

Author: Coates, William R., 1851-1935
Publication date: 1924
Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society
Number of Pages: 600


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Linndale Village, I, 75


Lintz, Adam H., III, 265


Litch family, I, 208 Literary figures, I, 474


Local government, I, 24


Local option law, I, 136


Locke, David R., I, 481


Locomotive, first, I, 506


Lodges, Brecksville Township, I, 58; Brooklyn Township, 78; Indepen- dence Township, 98; Middleburg Township, 138; Dover Township, 151; Lakewood, 193; Chagrin Falls, 234


Log cabin, hard cider campaign, I, 60 Log cabin home, I, 195


Logan, Andrew, I, 474 Logan, Raymond J., II, 296


Logan Post, G. A. R., I, 56


Long, David, I, 320, 361; (illustration) 462 Long, Thomas J., III, 132 Loomis, Elisha S., II, 47


Lorain Street Savings and Trust Com- pany, I, 502 Lord, Samuel P., I, 63, 69 Lottery, I, 332 Lower, J. C, I, 468 Lower, William E., I, 472


Lowman, Isabel W., III, 130 Lowman, John H., III, 127 Lumber district, (illustration) I, 377 Lumber trade, I, 523


Lyceum Village, I, 128


Lynch, Charles P., I, 193


Lyndhurst, I, 243, 255 Lyons, Dennis J., III, 131


MacEwen, William E., II, 304


Machine works, I, 508


Madson, George R., III, 91


Mahrer, Max, II, 195


Mail, airplane, I, 553


Maloney, Cornelius, III, 20


Warrensville Manxmen, settlers in Township, I, 263


Manual training, I, 418


Manufacturers, Automobile, I, 504, 509; clothing, 512 Manufacturing, the White Company, I, 508 Mapes, John, I, 198


Mapes Brothers farm, I, 209


Mapes family, I, 209


Maple Heights races, I, 44


Maple Heights Township, I, 43


Maple Heights Village, I, 43


Maple Sugar, I, 216


Marble, Barzilla L., III, 181


Marble Chair Company, I, 41


Marcus, Sarah, II, 256


-Maresh, Anthony L., II, 211


Marietta, I, 21


Marine hospital, I, 359, 376


Marks, Nehemiah, I, 275


Marvin, John, I, 31


Maschke, Maurice, II, 78


Maska, John E., II, 265


Masonic orders, I, 525


Mason Tire and Rubber Company, I, 41 Matches, I, 218


Mather, Samuel, I, 431, 440, 465, 489; III, 165


Mather, Samuel H., I, 493


Mather, Samuel, Jr., I, 299


Mather, William G., II, 294


Matia, Felix T., III, 22


Matteson, John, III, 240


Matuska, Ignatius W., II, 320


Maurer, Charles E., II, 169


Mayfield Academy, I, 242


Mayfield Township, I, 237; first settle- ment, 237; roads, 238; township offi- cers, 239; schools, 239; first mills, 240; Mormonism, 240; physicians, 242; churches, 242; Civil war sol- diers, 242; schools, 243; township officers, 244 Mayfield Village, I, 243


Mayors of Cleveland, I, 359, 364


McArthur, Rial, I, 91


McBride, Alexander, I, 129


McBride, J. H., I, 427


McBride, Leander, III, 158


McBride, Ralph C., II, 209


McCall, James H., III, 223


McClure. Albert E., III, 316 McGannon, William H., I, 459


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McGee, John B., III, 168 McGonagle, John C., III, 279 McIlrath, A. C., I, 294 McIlrath, Thomas, I, 284 McKay, Edward C., III, 25 McKisson, Robert E., I, 366 McLane, James W., superintendent of schools, I, 272 McLaren, William E., I, 481


McMahon, Sylvester V., II, 287


McMyler Interstate Company, I, 41


McQuigg, John R., II, 61


Meacham, Levi E., I, 85


Meacham, Roland T., II, 274


Medical Building, I, 469


Medical Central Building, I, 469 Medical Clinics, I, 461


Medical Colleges, I, 461; Cleveland, 427, 464


Medical practice in World war, I, 472 Medical profession, I, 461


Medicine, practice of in Independence Township, I, 98 Mellen, Frank B., III, 317


Memorial Woods of Harriet Keeler, I, 538


Memorials and Monuments, I, 543 Merchants, I, 522


Merwin, Noble H., I, 316


Metcalf, Clarence S., III, 220 Metropolitan Business College, II, 111 Metropolitan Park Board, I, 538


Mexican war, I, 97, 338


Meyer, Edward S., I, 448 ~ Mica, I, 13 Michigan-Ohio Boundary Dispute, (map) I, 30


Middleburg Township, I, 121; first wedding in, 122; first church in, 123; township officials, 124; first things in township, 124; quarries, 124; schools, 126; first Sunday school in, 127; temperance sentiment in, 127; first lawyer in, 127; first tavern in, 127; Utopia, 127; industries, 128; first physician, 129; township offi- cials, 130; schools, 131; newspapers, 136; churches, 137; fraternal orders, 138


Midland Bank, I, 501 Mihelich, John L., III, 18 Miles, Daniel, I, 281 Military companies, I, 522 Militia companies, I, 309 Mill and Dam, Albion, (illustration) I, 114 Mill Creek, I, 275 Miller, Bertrand C., II, 178


Miller, Dayton C., I, 110 Miller, D. T., II, 72 Miller, Edwin E., II, 303


Miller, Elizabeth C. T., III, 4


Miller, "Father," prophecy, I, 229 Millerites, I, 230


Mills, Olmsted Township,


I, 162; Cleveland rolling, 507 Miner, Daniel, I, 169 Mines, prehistoric copper, I, 12 Minshall, William E., II, 129


Minton, Junius H., III, 240 Missions, I, 380


Mitchell, Horace E., III, 288 Mix, Charles M., II, 147


Mock, Wallace K., III, 101 Molder, Henry M., II, 145


Molyneaux, J. B., I, 342 Money and banking, I, 491


Monroe, William M., II, 171


Monument to Marcus A. Hanna, (illustration) I, 537


Monument to Tom L. Johnson, (illus- tration) I, 535 Monuments and Memorials, I, 543


Moore, Charles L., II, 157


Moore, John J., II, 198


Moorehead, Warren K., I, 9


Morgan, Charles, I, 32


Morley, Isaac, I, 226 Mormonism, I, 226, 240


Morrill, Alpheus, I, 215


Morrison family, I, 220


Morrow, James B., I, 487


Morse, Florence, I, 62


Morse, John, I, 214, 247


Mortgage Companies, I, 502


Morton, Samuel, I, 31


Moses, Louis A., II, 86


Mother Parker's Tavern, I, 43


Motor busses, I, 136


Moulton; Edwin F., I, 421


Mound Builders, I, 9; tools of, 13


Mounds in Cuyahoga County, I, 15


Moving Picture Theaters, I, 540


Mueller, Jacob, I, 344


Municipal bath house, I, 378


Municipal Court, I, 24, 458; judges, 459


Municipal government, presidents of, I, 355


Munro, Neil A., III, 67


Munson, William, I, 95


Munz, James J., II, 267


Museum of Art, The Cleveland, I, 541


Music, pioneer, I, 87


Music in schools, I, 414


Nail factory, pioneer, I, 148 Nally, John A., II, 37


Nash, Archibald C., II, 200


Nast Theological Seminary, I, 135


National Banks, I, 491


National City Bank, I, 492


National Refining Co., The, II, 304


National Republican Convention, I, 543 Natural gas, I, 521


Nau, Carl H., I, 428


Navigation, I, 6; air, 521


Needham, John, I, 94


Neff, W. B., I, 458


Negro colonization society, I, 336


New York Central System, I, 515 Newberry, Henry, I, 358


Newburgh, I, 320; county seat, 332; 363, 384, 517 Newburgh Heights, I, 97, 279; Village. 280


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Newburgh Township, 1, 275; first grist mill on Western Reserve, (illustra- tion) 274; 275; township officers, 278; schools, 279; Austin Powder Company, 279; physicians, 280 Newcomb, Nelson O., 11, 113 Newman, George A., III, 119


Newspapers, Bedford, 1, 41; Brooklyn village, 74; Berca, 136; Chagrin Falls, 229; 321; the first, 474; foreign language, 483


Nicholas, Charles, 1, 83


Nicholas, James, 1, 172, 182


Nicholson, Ezra, 1, 182


Nicholson Log, inventor of, I, 183


Nine Mile Creek, I, 287


Nobles, Elijah, I, 29


Nolan, James T., III, 295


Normal School, 1, 415


Norris, Abraham, I, 284


North Dover, first postmaster of, I, 146


North Randall, I, 269


North Solon, I, 206


North Union Community, I, 265


Northern Ohio Soldiers' Aid Society, 1, 343


Northrop. Benjamin, I, 117, 118, 119


Norton, Asher, I, 82


Norton, Clifford, III, 191


Northwest Territory, (map) I, 32


Nottingham, I, 255


Nungesser, Irene, I, 460; III, 281


Nnnn, Isidor C., III, 198


Nursery, first in Royalton Township, I, 102 Nye, Nathaniel K., I, 31


Odd Fellows, I, 528 Ohio, admitted to Union, I, 22


Ohio Business College, I. 432


Ohio Canal, I, 54, 91, 95, 324, 334, 336, 515, 519 Ohio Canal Packets, (illustration) I, 514 Ohio City, I, 23, 69; mayors of, 72; 359, 360


Ohio counties, 1799, (map) I, 27


Ohio's first counties, 1796-1799. (map) 1,26


Ohio State Jockey Club, I, 44 Oil territory, I, 13


Old Liberty Guard, I, 462


Old Stone Church, I, 361, 387; (illus- tration) 400


Old Trinity Church, (illustration) I, 381


Old workhouse, (illustration) I, 370 Oldest house in city, I, 301


Olds, Benjamin B., I, 113


Olds, Edson B., I, 113 Olmstead. Aaron, I, 161


Olmsted Falls, I, 161, 163; village offi- cers, 165


Olmsted, George H., III, 154


Olmsted Township, I, 155; pioneer history, 155; pioneer tragedy, 156: first named Kingston, 157; first events, 158; first grist mill and saw- mill, 160; sugar making, 160; town-


ship officers, 160; schools, 160; town- ship name changed from Lennox to Olmsted, 161; mills, 162; churches, 162; stores, 162; debating school, 162; railroads, 163; quarries, 163; industries, 163; schools, 165; town- ship officers, 165; soldiers from, 166 Omic, John, 1, 43, 309, 314, 315


One hundredth anniversary, I, 366


Onion growing, Middleburg Town- ship, 1, 130 Open Shop, I, 530


Orange Center, I, 198


Orange Hill, I, 197


Orange Township, I, 195; first settler, 197; first election, 198; township officers, 198; first store, 206; Civil war soldiers, 206; dairying, 206; churches, 206; schools, 206; town- ship officers, 207


Original glacial channel, (map) I, 5 Orlikowski, Carl, II, 206 Orr, Charles, I, 425


Orr, George W., III, 84


Orr, James, I, 33 Orr, Stanley L., III, 319


Osborn, Eli, I, 127 Osborn, Homer W., III, 77 Osborne, Abner, II, 93 Osborne, Abner W., II, 93


/Osborne, C. M., I, 294 Osborne, Francis M., II, 92


Osborne, William M., II, 94


Osteopathy, I, 472


Otis, Charles A., I, 480; III, 164


Otis, William A., (illustration) I, 361; 490 Otis Steel Company, I, 509 Owens, John R., II, 151


Paine, Edward, I, 223, 304


Paine, Erwin, I, 100


Paine, Robert F., I, 443, 483


Paine, Seth, I, 48


Paine, Mrs. Seymour, I, 376


Paine, Winnie, I, 483


Panic of 1837, I, 235, 228, 336


Paper Company, the Cleveland, I. 507


Paper Mills, first in Chagrin Falls, I, 229; 232 Park, Wade, I, 366


Park Board, I, 535


Park system, I, 370


Parks, I, 534


Parma Heights Village, I, 88


Parma Township, I, 80; first settlers, 81; first school, 82; first person born in township, 83; first death in town- ship. 83; first marriage ceremony in, 83; first sermon in, 84; churches in, 84; schools, 85; township officials, 85; schools, 88 Parochial schools, I. 430


Parshall, Jonathan, I, 180


Parsons, Richard C., I, 351


Patchen House, I. 168. 172


Patriotic orders, I, 530


Patriot's war, I, 336


Patterson, Robert L., II, 163 Payer, Harry F., III, 34


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Payne, George M., I, 31, 34 Payne, Henry B., I, 337, 351, 437; (illustration) 437 Payor, Harry, I, 459 Peake, George, I, 169


Pearl Street Savings and Trust Com- pany, I, 496 Pease, Noble, I, 187


Pease, Seth, (illustration) I, 247; 300


Pease's Tavern, I, 303


Peebles, E. D., I, 136


Pelton, Frank H., III, 203


Pelton, Seth, I, 252 Perkins Block, (illustration) I, 359 Perrin, John W., I, 425


Perry, Nathan Sr., I, 333


Perry, Nathan, I, 321


Perry, Oliver H., I, 318


Perry Day Parade, (illustration) I, 356 Perry monument, I, 340; (illustration) 536


Perry's victory, celebration of, I, 339, 373


Petroleum, I, 361 Phare, William G., II, 158


Phelps, E. J., I, 62


Phillips, Francis C., II, 167


Phinney, Benjamin, I, 146, 176 Phinney family, I, 176


Physicians, first in Bedford Township, I, 35; in Brecksville Township, 54; in Independence Township, 95; in Strongsville Township, 113; in Middleburg Township, 129; in Berea Township, 137; in Dover Township, 143; in Solon Township, 215; in Chagrin Falls, 225; in Mayfield Township, 242; in Newburgh Town- ship, 280; in Cleveland, 315; and Sur- geons, 461; first women, 464 Pickands, Henry S., I, 432 Pilgrim Church Institute, I, 401 Pillars, A. J., I, 136


Pindras, John M., II, 271


Pioneers, I, 16; work, 26; days, 27; so- cial life, 28; music, 87; recreation of, I, 103; lighting, 116; highways, 146; manufacturers, 148; history, signifi- cance of, 155; tragedy, Olmsted Township, 156; life, hardships of, 171; names in Warrensville Town- ship, 263; families of Warrensville, 268; hat, 320; of Lakewood, 181 Pioneer Parade, (illustration) I, 159 Plain Dealer, I, 474 Plain Dealer, I, 480 Plain Dealer Newspaper Plant, I, 482 Plank road, I, 34, 189, 242; the first, 268; Station, 268 Playgrounds, I, 537 Playhouse Square, I, 540


Playhouses, I, 534 Plum Creek, I, 8 Podunk money, I, 125 Poe, Joseph M, I, 89 Polish Army, I, 551 Political Clubs of Cleveland, I, 532 Politics, Independence Township, I, 96 Polygamy, I, 227


Population in 1850, I, 338


Port of Cleveland, I, 360


Porter, Asahel, I, 141, 146


Porter, Morris, I, 258


Porter, Nehemiah, I, 143


Porter, Samuel, I, 144


Porter family, of Dover, I, 144


Porter Library, I, 145


Potash, manufacture of, I, 116; ash- eries in Dover Township, 148


Potter, James, I, 220


Powell, Emory A., II, 300


Powell, William R., III, 216


Prehistoric copper mines, I, 12


Prenter, William B., II, 63


Prentiss, James, I, 261


Prentiss, Luther, I, 262


Prentiss, Samuel B., I, 442


Prescott, William, II, 6


Presidential campaign of 1840, I, 153, 228


Presidents of municipal government, I, 355


Press, the, I, 474


Prestien, Charles T., III, 183


Pritchard, Benjamin F., I, 232


Private Schools, I, 36


Probate Court, I, 345


Prohibition amendment, I, 524


Prosecuting Attorneys, I, 346


Prosser, Dillon, I, 385


Public Buildings, I, 534, 538


Public improvements, I, 353; roads, 353 Public Library, I, 416, 420, 422 Public Square, I, 363; (illustration) 497; 505, 515, 534 . Public Utilities, I, 521


Pyke, Bernice S., II, 30


Pythias, Knights of, I, 528


Quarries, 89, 92; Middleburg Town- ship, 121; Olmsted Township, 163; Rockport Township, 170, 254 Quilliams, Frederick F., III, 98 Quilliams, William, I, 294


Quinby, Janet F., III, 106


Quinby, May C., III, 106


Quinby, William H., III, 105


Race track, I, 44 Radcliffe, William K., II, 99 Ragged school, I, 385


Railroads, I, 128; at Berea, 129, 136, 163, 190, 219, 230; electric, 235, 253; Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula, 253; 268, 288, 322, 337; to Cincin- nati, 360; 515; Belt Line, 515


Railway Trainmen, Brotherhood of, I, 530 Randall Station, I, 268


Ranney, Rufus P., I, 344, 438 Rapid transit line, in Shaker Heights Village, I, 271 Rappe, Bishop, I, 394 Rathbun, Edmund, I, 276


Rattlesnakes, I, 49 Raymond, Samuel A., III, 133 Read, Opie, I, 488 Real estate values, I, 19


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Realty Investment Company, II, 172 Red Cross Work, I, 546; Drive, 548 Reed, David C., II, 297


Reformed Church, first, I, 404 Reid, Thomas, II, 114


Reitz, Henry G., III, 192


Remington, Justus, I, 31


Renker, Henry G., III, 144


Renker, Julius, III, 145


Republican, National Convention, I, 543


Republican Party, formation of, I, 479 Revivals, I, 38


Revolutionary war, I, 331


Reynolds, Iri, I, 456


Rhodes, Dan P., I, 183


Rhodes, James H., I, 448


Rice, Harvey, I, 339, 351, 362, 435; monument, (illustration) 539


Richmond Heights Village, I, 255


Rickey, Harry N., I, 483


Rickoff, Andrew J., I, 412, 413; (illus- tration) 414


Riddle, A. G., I, 487


Rigelhaupt, William, III, 222


Righter, John, I, 277


Riley, George B., II, 193


Ritter, H. A., III, 309


River Road, I, 97


Riverside Village, I, 243


Roads, first, I, 34; 97; Strongsville


Township, 113, 146; Rockport, Township, 169; 238; public improve- ment of, 353


Robbins, Archibald, I, 216


Robbins, Jason, I, 212


Robbins, S. H., II, 94


Robbins family, I, 212


Robechek, Emil, III, 64


Roberts, George H., II, 204


Robertson, T. A., II, 279


Robinett, Allen, I, 34


Robinson, Benjamin, I, 170


Robinson, John P., I, 463


Robinson, Ted, I, 487


Rockefeller, John D., I, 392, 507, 536 Rockport Township, I, 168; first white settler, 168; roads, 169; Common Pleas judges, 169; quarries, 170; pioneer life, 171; first tavern, 172; first tannery, 172; first marriage, 173; Indians, 173; postoffices, 174; township officers, 175; churches, 177; schools, 177


Rocky River, I, 4, 168; first bridge over, 174


Rocky River bridge, I, 208; (illus- tration) 337


Rocky River Railroad, I, 183 Rocky River Village, I, 177; officers of, 180


Rope making, I, 102


Rose, Charles T., II, 252


Rose, Mrs. W. G. III, 139


Rose, William G., III, 231 Rose, William R., I, 487


Rosenthall. Lester M .. II. 278


Rounds. William A., II, 134


Rouse, Mrs. Benjamin, I, 342


Rouse, Rebecca E., II. 293


Rowe, Joseph J., III, 42 Rowland, Amy F., II, 259


Royalton Township, I, 99; first settle- ment in, 99; first nursery in, 102; first frame building in, 102; first postmaster of, 103; sawmills, 103; first tavern in, 104; postoffice, 104; Weather Bureau station, 104; town- ship officials, 105; first election, 105; township officers, 106; churches, 106; schools, 108; first teacher, 108 Royalton Township, dairy section, I, 109 Rudolph, Lucretia, I, 203, 204


Ruetenik, Martin L., II, 308


Ruggles, Benjamin, I, 333


Ruggles Family, I, 280


Ruple, John, I, 250, 284


Russell, Melinda, I, 265


Russell, Ralph, I, 265


Russell Family, I, 266


Ruth, Gordon W., II, 262


Ryan, William F., II, 164


Ryder, James F., I, 484


Salisbury, John H., I, 463


Saloons, in Berea, I, 136 Salt, I, 13


Sanders, J. C., I, 463


Sanders, William B., I, 446, 541; III, 306


Sanitary fair, I, 343


Sargis, Yacob A., II, 116


Savage, Hugh J., III, 69


Savage, James B., III, 217


Savage, Mary T., III, 218


Savings and Loan Companies, I, 502


Savings and Trust Company, Central National Bank, I, 501


Savings and Trust Company, Lorain Street, I, 502 Sawicki, Joseph F., II, 34


Sawmills, I, 27, 103; 160


Sawyer, Wilbur J., III, 93


Saxton, Eva C., II, 316


Saxton, Frank R., II, 315


Scales, Isaac, I, 158 Scenic Park, I, 183


Schade, Otto M., III, 293


Schaefer, Henry G., II, 58


Scherz, Ralph A, III, 211


Schlather, Anna C. S., II, 24


Schlather, Leonard, II, 22


Schmehl, George E., II, 294


Schmitt, Carl, III, 55 Schneller, Paul, II, 239


School apparatus factory, I, 128 Schools, I, 27; Bedford Township, 35; Brecksville Township, 56; Brooklyn Township, 67; first in Parma Town- ship, I, 85, 88; in Independence Township, 95; Royalton Township, 108; Strongsville Township, 113, 118; Berea Township, 126; Middle- burg Township, 131; Dover Town- ship, 150; Olmsted Township, 160, 165: consolidation agitation, 165; Rockport Township,


177; Lake- wood Township. 192; Orange Township. 206:


Solon Township,


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221; Chagrin Falls, 231; Mayfield Township, 239, 243; Euclid Town- ship, 257; Warrensville Township, 267; Shaker Heights Village, 270; Cleveland Heights, 272, 279, 290; East Cleveland, 295; first in Cleve- land, 307, 318; and Libraries, 407; superintendents, 413; system of 1892, 419; of Catholic Church, 430; of Lutheran Church, 431; of music, 433


Schreiner, Paul P., II, 197


Schrembs, Joseph C., I, 395


Schumacher, Leo S., II, 185


Schurman, John, II, 238 Schwab, Henry A., II, 202 Schwan, Ernst C., III, 196


Scott, Frank A., I, 512, 544


Scott, William J., I, 464


Scott, Winfield, I, 338


Screw propeller, the first, I, 521


Scrinns Publishing Company, I, 483 Searles, L. S., I, 106 Second National Bank, I, 495


Seibig, Arthur H., III, 85


Seither, Frank, III, 206


Seliskar, James M., III, 221


Selzer, Charles L., I, 74; III, 53


Semple, William J., III, 116 Senators, state, I, 350 Seneca Chief, I, 332 Settlement, I, 26 Severance, Mary H., III, 230


Severance, Solon L., III, 152 Sewing machines, I, 509


Shaker communities, I, 265; North Union Community, 265; Union Vil- lage, 265


Shaker Covenant, I, 265


Shaker Families, I, 266; East Family, 266; Center Family, 266; Mill Fam- ily, 266


Shaker Heights Village, I, 264, 269, 270; schools, I, 270; rapid transit line, I, 271; 515 Shakers, The, I, 262, 264


Shanty Town, I, 535 Sharp, B. F., I, 8 Shattuck, A. L., I, 41


Shaw, John, I, 284 Shaw Academy, I, 259, 284, 289 Shaw High School, I, 284, 296 Shea, Timothy, III, 137


Shea, (John) old house, (illustration) I, 51


Sheep industry, Dover Township, I, 153 Sheldon, Henry O., I, 127, 137


Shem, Carl A., II, 166 Shepard, Aaron, I, 33 Shepard, Jason, I, 31


Shepherd, Francis A., III, 237 Shepherd, John, I, 99, 100 Sheriffs, I, 347 Sherman, Charles, I, 451 Sherman, Henry S., III, 32 Sherwin-Williams Company, I, 504 Sherwood, W. E., I, 104


Shimansky, O. K., II, 280 Shinplasters (illustration) I, 491


Ship building, I, 253; industry, 311; in Cleveland, 316


Ship canal I, 6 Shipping interests, I, 336, 515


Shumaker, F. B., I, 235


Sickels, Sheldon, III, 251


Siegrist, Charles F., III, 108


Siemon, Lester E., II, 80


Silk industry, I, 294


Singleton, Wilfred, II, 51 Skeel, Lee E., II, 140


Skeels, A. K., I, 62


Skeels, Arthur, I, 62


Skeels, Frank, I, 62


Skinner, David P., I, 93


Skinner, Ichabod, I, 93


Slaves, runaway of, I, 337; fugitive, 399 Slavery, question of, I, 291


Sloan, Laura S., II, 221


Smigel, Peter S., II, 314


Smith, Joseph, I, 12


Smith, Sylvanus, I, 144


Smyth, Anson, I, 344


Smythe, A. Burns, III, 23 Snake story, I, 237


Snell, Carlisle H., III, 302


Snow, Jane E., I, 85, 86, 107; II, 104


Social settlement, I, 127


Socialism, I, 226


Socialistic community, I, 128


Society for Savings, I, 492 Soils, I, 3


Soldiers, from Independence Town- ship, I, 97; from Dover Township, 152; in War of 1812, 334; in Civil War of Cuyahoga County, 340; in World War, 549


Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, (il- lustration) I, 341


Soldiers' home, I, 343


Solon Township, I, 212; early settlers, 213; first school teacher, 213; town- ship officers, 214; first marriage, 215; first physician, 215; churches, 215; schools, 215; maple sugar, 216; first store, 216; Civil War soldiers, 219; railroad, 219; churches, 219; township officers, 219; schools, 221 Sorter, Elijah, I, 241


Sorter, Harry, I, 245


South Brooklyn, I, 72


South Euclid Village, I, 255


South Newburgh, I, 97


Spafford, Miss Anna, I, 407


Spafford's Map of Cleveland, 1801, I, 20


Spalding, Rufus P., I, 438


Spang, Fredericka, II, 175


Spang, Julius, II, 175


Spang, William, II, 175


Spaulding, F. E., I, 421


Spaulding, Orson F., II, 289


Spencer, Jonathan, I, 175 Spencer, Platt R., I, 432 Spencer House, I, 281 Sperry, Amos, I, 144


Spofford, Hiram, I, 31


Sprague, Calvin, I, 105 Sprague, David, I, 105


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Sprague, Ernest M., II, 282 Sprague, Knight, I, 102


Squire, Andrew, I, 445; III, 16


St. Alexis, I, 469; Hospital, (illustra- tion) 467 St. John's Church, (illustration) I, 382


St. Luke's Hospital, I, 469


St. Vincent Hospital, I, 466


St. Ignatius College, I, 428


Stafford, Jonas, III, 280


Stafford, Oliver M., III, 280


Stage Lines, I, 514 Standard Oil Company, I, 361, 507; Works, (illustration) 510 Stanley, John J., III, 226


Stannard, Charles B., III, 301


Starkweather, Samuel, I, 435, 444


State Bank statue, I, 322


State Banking and Trust Company, I, 500


State Road, I, 97


State senators, I, 350


Steamboats, coming of, I, 520


Stearns, D. J., I, 157, 160, 166


Stearns, Elijah, I, 157


Stearns, F. M., I, 129


Stecher, Frederick W., II, 32


Stecher, Henry W., I, 497; II, 29


Steel and Wire Company, the Ameri- can, I, 507 Stein, Carl A., III, 245


Stephan, Kate, I, 415


Stetson, Charles, I, 444


Steuer, David B., III, 134


Stevens, Henry S., I, 517


Stewart, Gabrielle, I, 460


Stewart, N. Coe, I, 414


Stigwanish, I, 332


Stiles, Mrs. Job, I, 303


Stinchcomb, William A., I, 538


Stober, George W., II, 319


Stocking, Joseph, I, 143


Stockwell, John N., I, 61; III, 124


Stomach pump, I, 98 Stone, Amasa, I, 492


Stone, Carlos M., I, 110, 119, 442


Stone, John W., III, 199


Stone, Walter F., I, 116, 119


Stone, Warren S., I, 530; II, 8


Stone Cutting Mill, I, 253


Stone showing footprints of animals, (illustration) I, 7 Stores, I, 523 Stranahan, J. J., I, 229, 235


Streator, D. G., I, 35


Street railways, I, 336, 451, 517


Strickland Block, (illustration) I, 358 Strimple, Theodore L., II, 102


Strohm, Jacob, I, 220


Strong, Caleb, I, 111


Strong, John S., I, 111, 113, 116 Strong, L., I, 97


Strongsville Center, I, 117


Strongsville Township, I, 110; first marriage in, 112; Indians, 112; first things in township, 113; township officers, 113; education, 113; high- ways, 113; churches, 114; industries, 116; last bear hunt, 117; schools,


118; Civil war soldiers, 119; Bar, 119


Stucky, Albert G., III, 247 Subers, Lawrence A., III, 286


Subways, I, 516


Sugar making, Olmsted Township, I, 160 Sullivan, C. E., III, 7


Sullivan, Jeremiah J., III, 6


Sullivan, John J., I, 352, 446, 451, 453, 457, 489, 502, 532; III, 281


Sunday Schools, first in Middleburg Township, I, 127; in Olmsted Town- ship, 162 Sunkle, Robert H., III, 250


Superintendent of Cleveland Schools, I, 412


Superior and Seneca streets, (illus- tration) I, 375


Superior Court, I, 450


Superior Street High Level bridge, I, 208


Superior Street viaduct, I, 19, 354, 479 Surgeons and Physicians, I, 461


Surveys, original, I, 25


Svoboda, Frank J., III, 189


Swasey, Ambrose, I, 512; III, 167


Sweeney, Martin L., III, 40


Sykora, Joseph, II, 180


Szabadsag (Liberty), III, 271


Tannery, first in Rockport Township, I, 172


Tanno, Giuseppe, III, 199


Taverns, first, I, 31; early, 93; first in Royalton Township, 104; in


Strongsville Township, 115; in Mid- dleburg Township, 127; in Dover Township, 146; in Rockport Town- ship, 172; in Warrensville Town- ship, 268


Tayler, Robert W., I, 451


Taylor, Benjamin F., I, 485; II, 292


Taylor, Mrs. B. F., I, 421


Taylor, Daniel R., III, 10


Taylor, John, I, 143


Taylor, Philo, I, 143, 168


Taylor, Royal, I, 220


Taylor, Vincent A., I. 40


Taylor, William W., III, 237


Taylor, W. O., I, 30, 40


Teachers, Bedford Township, I, 36


Teachout, Abraham, I, 109


Teachout, Abraham Sr., I, 104


Teachout, Catherine C., I, 102


Teachout (A) Company, I, 105


Telegraph, I, 522


Temperance pledge, I, 174


Temperance question, I, 105, 129 Temperance sentiment, Independence Township, I, 97


Temperance Society, Brecksville Township, I, 59; societies, 531 Theatres, I, 539 Thomas, Fred W., III, 270




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