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In the summer of 1903 Mr. Strobel made a trip to England, combining business with pleasure, and in the midst of his enjoyment received the inev- itable call of his Master, dying suddenly in the city of London. He was brought to Cincinnati for burial, simple services being held at his home in Clifton, which were attended only by his family, closest friends and fra- ternal brothers. The active pall-bearers were employees of his factory, and his honorary pall-bearers consisted of eight honored citizens of Cincinnati, namely: Leopold Kleybolte, Frederick Diem, George Guckenberger, Otto Hanke, Karl F. Benndorf, Emil Deckebach, Louis Heil and Joseplı Kempter. Mr. Strobel left a large estate, and Mrs. Strobel was appointed executrix without bond, the whole of the estate having been bequeathed to her abso- lutely.
On November 26, 1861, Louis A. Strobel was joined in marriage with Eliza Manderschied, who with four children survives. The children are : Oscar A .; Mrs. G. Edward Deckebach, whose husband was president of the F. C. Deckebach Sous Company, coppersmiths of Cincinnati,-he was stricken with paralysis and died at his home on Marion avenue, Clifton, February 6. 1903; Mrs. Robert Wuest, also of Clifton; and C. Herman. The two sons represent their father's interest in the factory established by him and Oscar A. Strobel is superintendent. The latter has a beautiful home at No. 248 Lo- raine avenue, Clifton.
The home of Louis A. Strobel was at No. 245 Loraine avenue, Clifton. where lie spent many happy years, and as he was endowed with apparent robust health, it was thought he would live to enjoy many more. He is sadly missed in the Western German Bank, where his advice was always sought ;
GEN. JOSHUA HALL BATES.
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in Hanselmann Lodge, No. 208, F. & A. M., of which he was a valued mein- ber; in the great business house which he had founded, but most of all in the family circle where he was dearly beloved. He had for many years been a member of the Chamber of Commerce, which body mourns with deepest regret the loss of one of its most able, conscientious and valuable members.
GEN. JOSHUA HALL BATES.
GEN. JOSHUA HALL BATES, distinguished as soldier and lawyer, and one of Cincinnati's prominent citizens, was born in Boston, Masachusetts, March 5, 1817, a son of Dr. George and Elizabeth (Hall) Bates, both natives of the Bay State. His paternal grandfather was a major in the Revolutionary War, and on his mother's side were ancestors who became distinguished in public life.
The father of our subject was a prominent physician of Boston and a personal friend and political supporter of Andrew Jackson. On account of that friendship and support, Joshua Hall Bates, after his graduation from the public Latin School of Boston in 1832, was appointed by President Jack- son as a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was graduated in 1837. He was assigned to the Fourth United States Artillery, with rank of 2nd lieutenant, and was shortly afterward ordered South where he served more than five years in the army, more than half of which time was spent in active service in the Seminole wars and in sup- pressing other Indian outbreaks. He was then sent with his regiment to the Northern frontier to quell the patriot disturbance with Canada, remain- ing there two years. During this service he was promoted to the rank of . Ist lieutenant for brave and meritorious conduct, and was in command at Fort Niagara when he resigned in September, 1842. Though he had strong inducements to continue his military career, with every reason to hope for high rank in the army, he determined to enter the legal profession. While in the service he entered upon the study of the law and after resigning at- tended lectures at the law school of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Family re- lationships and ties drew the young law student to Cincinnati where lie en- tered the office of Hon. Bellamy Storer, Sr., under whose instructions he continued his study. He was admitted to the bar in '1842 and associated 7
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himself in practice with Hon. William Key Bond, an old attorney and ex- Member of Congress, with whom he remained two years. His next partner was W. S. Scarborough, with whom he continued until he answered the call to arms of his country in 1861. His reputation and military service being known, he was summoned to Governor Dennison and at once commissioned brigadier-general and placed in command at Camp Dennison to organize the · volunteers into regiments, and to transmute by drill and discipline the raw ma- terial into soldiers. By October, 1861, General Bates had forwarded 15 regiments to the field. He spent much time in active support of the Union cause and was frequently called to Washington for consultation with the high- est civil and military authorities of the government. He was stationed at Cincinnati on account of the threats and rumors of trouble, and was in a position to defend her in case of armed invasion or internal disturbances. Occasionally, when in a reminiscent mood the General entertains his friends with accounts of these visits and of his impressions of President Lincoln ob- tained from personal contact. General Bates had command of the troops sent against Kirby Smith's raid into Ohio, and rendered valuable service to the cause wherever and whenever opportunity presented itself. In 1864 he was elected to fill an unexpired term in the State Senate, and after the dec- laration of peace was declared he resumed the practice of the law in partner- ship with his eldest son, Clement Bates. He was again elected to the State Senate on the Republican ticket in 1875, and served his constituency very ably. Upon the expiration of his term he continued the practice of the law with un- interrupted success, in 1883 forming a partnership with Hon. Rufus B. Smith, now judge of the Superior Court. He afterward associated himself with H. P. Kauffman, under the name and style of Bates & Kauffman, which partner- ship still exists. He has been identified with many important cases, and his practice has been large and varied. He has never aspired to political prefer- ment but has always evinced a deep interest in political affairs. He was a Democrat until he joined the Republicans on war issues, and since that time has been unswerving in his allegiance to the latter party. In 1872 he was chosen a member of the electoral college which elected General Grant Presi- dent for a second term. He has been a citizen of Cincinnati for nearly 60 years and stands equally well with the citizens as he does with the members of the bar. For many years he has made his home in Woodburn, a suburb of Cincinnati, and for several years served as mayor of the town.
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In 1844, General Bates was united in marriage with Elizabeth Dwight Hoadly, a daughter of George and Mary A. Hoadly, of Cleveland, Ohio, and a sister of ex-Governor George Hoadly, whose death occurred recently. To this union have been born five children : Clement, a practicing lawyer of Cincinnati and formerly judge of the Court of Common Pleas, who is the author of several important law books on insurance, partnership, etc. ; Charles, Jr., who is a civil engineer of New York City; William S., who is a patent lawyer of Chicago; Marrick L., who is living in New York City, after spend- ing several years in Europe pursuing literary studies; and James H. S., who is an electrician living in New York City. General Bates is a member of sev- eral fraternal organizations, among which are the following: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, with which he has been connected many years; Mili- tary Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; and the Grand Army of the Republic. His portrait accompanies this sketch.
FRANKLIN OLDS LOVELAND.
FRANKLIN OLDS LOVELAND, clerk of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, was born in Norwich, Windsor County, Ver- mont, Devember 12, 1861, and is a son of David A. and Clara (Olds) Love- land. He had superior educational advantages and his college career was a brilliant one. While attending St. Johnsbury Academy, in Vermont, from which institution he was graduated in June. 1882, he was editor-in-chief of the Academy Student, a paper published by the students of that school. He then attended Dartmouth College, and for a time was manager of the board of editors of The Dartmouth, the oldest college paper published in America. having been established by Daniel Webster in 1801. Under his manage- ment, the paper had the largest circulation of any college paper in the country. He was graduated from Dartmouth in 1886, with "Final Honors" for pro- ficiency in physics. Immediately after graduation, he came to Cincinnati. and began the study of the law in the office of Parkinson & Parkinson, with which firm he was identified until December 31, 1880. In the meantime he attended Cincinnati Law School, from which he was graduated May 22. 1888. He was admitted to the bar at Columbus, Ohio, on May 23rd of the
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same year, and the following day was admitted to practice in the Federal courts at Cincinnati, and to practice in the court of which he is now clerk, at the time of its organization, June 16, 1891. On January 1, 1890, Mr. Loveland opened an office in Cincinnati for the practice of patent law, and continued successfully until October 2, 1894, when he received the appoint- ment of clerk of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He has since filled that office and has shown great ability in the discharge of his duties. Mr. Loveland has contributed a large number of articles to law journals, to the Cincinnati Graphic and to the Frank Leslie periodicals. He is the author of "Forms of Federal Practice," published in 1894, and revised in 1903,-2 volumes,-a work that is recognized as an authority. He is also the author of "A Treatise on the Law and Proceedings in Bankruptcy," which was published in Cincinnati by W. H. Anderson & Company in 1899; a new edition of the same will appear in 1904.
Mr. Loveland was married at Glendale, Ohio, June 6, 1894, to Miss Richardson, and they have three children. The family residence is on East Walnut Hills, Cincinnati.
ELLIOTT HUNT PENDLETON.
ELLIOTT HUNT PENDLETON, an attorney-at-law of Cincinnati, is a seion
, .of a family that has been closely identified with the affairs of this nation since colonial times, and with the history of Cincinnati and vicinity since early in the 19th century. It has furnished many learned men to the legal profession and other calling's, men who have served with honor and credit in various official capacities and in the legislative and judicial departments of this government.
The Pendleton family can be traced back to Henry Pendleton of Nor- wich, England, whose two sons, Nathaniel and Philip, immigrated to this country as early as 1674. settling in that portion of New Kent County, Vir- ginia, which now forms Caroline County. The former was a minister of the Established Church of England, and died without issue. Philip Pendle- ton married and among his issue was Henry Pendleton. the father of Nathan iel and Edmund Pendleton.
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Edmund Pendleton was one of the most conspicuous figures in the early history of Virginia, and from 1752 until the time of his death, a period of more than 50 years, held high public offices. He became eminent as a public speaker in the House of Burgesses. In 1764, he was a member of the com- mittee which prepared the memorials to the House of Commons, to the House of Lords and to the King of England. In 1773, he was appointed a member of the Committee of Correspondence, was chosen a delegate to Congress in 1774, but declined a reappointment as delegate in 1775. He was a member of all the Virginia conventions, and presided over the conventions of 1775 and May, 1776. He was at the head of the Committee of Safety in 1775; as such and as president of the conventions of 1775 and 1776 he was head of the Colony of Virginia during the interval between the downfall of the British rule in 1775 and the creation of the Colonial Constitution and government in 1776. As a lawyer he was possessed of great ability, and for 25 years was presiding judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson, who was his chief opponent, remarked of him: "Taken all in all, he was the ablest man in debate I have ever met with."
Nathaniel Pendleton, above mentioned and great-great-grandfather of our subject, was father of Nathaniel Pendleton, who was born in Virginia in 1746. The latter entered the Revolutionary Army in 1775, and throughout that struggle served as aid-de-camp to Gen. Nathaniel Greene, enjoying the confidence of that officer to the highest degree. When the Federal gov- ernment was organized, he was appointed by President Washington as judge of the United States District Court for the State of Georgia, the first United State Court ever held in that State. In 1796, he removed with his family to New York City and there engaged in the practice of the law. He was an ardent Federalist, and was a strong personal friend of the leader and exponent of his party, Alexander Hamilton. When Mr. Hamilton became involved in the difficulty with Aaron Burr in 1804, he applied to Judge Pen- dleton to be his second in the fatal duel which followed. The latter accepted and accompanied Hamilton to Hoboken Heights, July 11, 1804, the day on which Hamilton met his tragic death.
In 1793, while his father resided in Savannah, Georgia, Nathaniel Greene Pendleton, grandfather of our subject, was born, and was named in honor of Gen. Nathaniel Greene. He served as aid-de-camp to General Gaines from 1813 to 1816, and in 1818 removed from New York to Cincinnati,
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Ohio, which was then a small village. He entered upon the practice of the law and in 1819 was elected prosecuting attorney. He was a member of the Ohio State Senate in 1825, and in 1840 represented his district in Con- gress, serving one term. His tastes were not in accord with the require- ments of political office, and he refused a reelection. He was an intimate friend of Gen. William Henry Harrison, and the only political meeting which the latter addressed during his campaign was held in "Pendleton Woods," at the corner of Hunt and Broadway streets, Cincinnati, to the rear of the old Pendleton mansion. In 1820, Mr. Pendleton was married to Jane Frances Hunt, a daughter of Jesse Hunt, who was one of the pioneers in the Western country, locating in Cincinnati as early as 1791, at a time when it was protected by the guns of Fort Washington. Mrs. Pendleton was a woman of great depth of character, a fact best evidenced by the words of another in referring to her: "She was possessed of sound judgment, strong will and unbending purpose, and, at the same time, of such sweet temper, and gentle manners and considerate delicacy for the feelings of others, that she was universally beloved. She was a devout and humble Christian, and of her life it may be truly said, even when she was in the last stages of fatal disease, 'she went about doing good.'" Nathaniel Greene Pendleton and his faithful wife were the parents of the following children, all of whom are now deceased: Elliott Hunt; Hon. George H., formerly United States Senator from Ohio, also United States Minister to Germany; Nathaniel; Mrs. Robert B. Bowler; Mrs. Dr. A. S. Danbridge; and Anna, wife of Rev. Dr. Noah Hunt Schenck, of Brooklyn, New York. By a second union, Mr. Pendleton had two children: Edmund, the novelist, who resides at Bar Harbor, Maine; and Charlotte, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Elliott Hunt Pendleton, Sr., father of the subject of this sketch, was for years one of the most prominent citizens of Cincinnati, in which city he was born December 19, 1828. He received his education at Woodward High School, the old Cincinnati College, and through private instruction. At the age of 19 years, he went abroad in company with the eminent physician, Dr. Nathaniel Foster, and a few years later made a second visit to the Old World. He first entered the field of business in 1848, becoming identified with Charles B. Foote in the cordage trade. He subsequently engaged in business with his brother-in-law, Robert B. Bowler, and when the latter be- came president of the Kentucky Central Railroad Company, Mr. Pendleton
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succeeded him as the head of the largest wholesale business in the city, it being thereafter conducted under the firm name of Pendleton, Swift & Com- pany. He had a very successful business career, and was one of Cincinnati's most progressive citizens.
Mr. Pendleton's entire attention was far from being confined to business affairs of a personal nature. His commercial successes were overshadowed by his accomplishments as a Christian worker, attending to the relief of suffering and the amelioration of conditions among the poorer class. Al- though brought up an Episcopalian, he united with the Second Presbyterian Church, June 23, 1858. In 1860, he was elected a ruling elder of the church and continued as such until his death. He was particularly interested in mission and Sunday-school work. In December, 1848, Dr. Fisher, pastor of his church, organized the Young Men's Home Missionary Society, which at first sustained a missionary in the then frontier State of Iowa. Mr. Pen- dleton was a director of this organization from the time of its inception, and for many years served as first vice-president. It began its home missions in Cincinnati, being greatly interested in mission Sunday-schools. Ten Sun- day-schools were established in the city, of which the Church Sunday-school was the center. Mr. Pendleton was superintendent of the Pilgrim Mission School on Mount Adams. During the Civil War he was a very active member of the Sanitary Commission, and rendered valuable service, a vast amount of medical stores and many nurses and doctors being sent from the vicinity of Cincinnati. Funds were raised by private subscription, and a sanitary fair held in a temporary building erected on the Fifth Street Market space yielded more than $100,000. In 1866, Mr. Pendleton went with his family to Europe, sepnding three years in Paris and one in Dresden. He was an active member and trustee of the American Chapel in Paris, and for a time was superintendent of the Sunday-school, connected therewith. While in Dresden he organized a Sunday-school of which he was also superintendent. It has been remarked that "he set an example to Americans resident abroad, who sometimes think their religion should not be taken traveling, but should be carefully reserved for home consumption." He visited Spain during the struggle for religious liberty, and at great personal risk identified himself with the work of the reformers. He left Paris just in time to escape the siege of that city during the Franco-Prussian War, returning to Cincinnati in 1870. After his return he became president of the Commercial Bank,
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and served as a director of that institution the remainder of his life. About 1871, he was appointed president of the Board of Park Commissioners by the mayor of Cincinnati, the only public office he ever consented to accept. The Home Missionary Society, in Dr. Fisher's time, had bought and with the assistance of L. H. Sargent paid for the Poplar Street Presbyterian Church. It maintained the pastor for several years, and finally presented the church, unincumbered, to the congregation worshiping there. Mr. Pen- dleton was vice-president of this society from the time of its reorganization until his death, and was one of its most enthusiastic workers and financial supporters. This society assisted many churches in rebuilding and extend- ing their accommodations, and freed some of them from debt. When the Irwin Mission was established on Sixth street, he threw his whole soul into the work and contributed more toward its success than any other man. He had charge of the mission regularly on Saturday evening, and assisted Dr. David Judkins on Sunday evening. It was in the session of the Second Presbyterian Church, of which he was senior member, that his loss was most keenly felt outside of the family circle. Mr. Pendleton died October 14, 1892, from the effects of a paralytic stroke.
Elliott Hunt Pendleton, Sr., was married November 7, 1850, to Emma Gaylord, a daughter of Thomas G. Gaylord, the founder of the Gaylord Rolling. Mill Company and the Gaylord Iron & Pipe Company. Mr. Gay- lord was a prominent member of the Second Presbyterian Church and the Society of the Cincinnati, to which his daughter also belonged. To this union were born: Elliott Hunt; Nathaniel G., Lena G., Lucy (White) ; and Susan (Powell).
Elliott Hunt Pendleton, the subject of this sketch, was born in Cincin- nati, December 8, 1859. His education was acquired from 1866 to 1869, in Paris, France, and in 1869-70 in Dresden, Germany, during the stay of his parents in Europe. Upon their return to this country, he entered Chicker- ing Institute, in Cincinnati, in 1870, and continued until 1877, when he was graduated, being valedictorian of his class. He then entered Harvard Uni- versity, from which he was graduated in 1882. In the latter year he entered the Cincinnati Law School, in the meantime reading law in the office of Ramsey & Matthews, and on December 4, 1883, was admitted to the bar. He has since engaged in practice, specializing in real estate and the man- agement of estates. He is a member of and counsel for the Cincinnati Real
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Estate Exchange, and is manager of the Eckstein, Dandridge, Schenck, Bowler, Hunt, Pendleton and other estates. In the fall of 1895, he was nominated on the Democratic ticket for the State Senate, but with the rest of his party went down in defeat. He has been president of the Apollo Club since its organization in 1883, and for several years has been a member of the Cincinnati University Club.
Mr. Pendleton was married to Isabella Gibson Eckstein, a daughter of Frederick and Harriet ( Holabird) Eckstein, and they have three children : Harriet Holabird, Isabella Eckstein, and Elliott Hunt.
HENRY LEWIS.
After a long and useful life, Henry Lewis, a leading citizen of Cincin- nati, died in this city on February 12, 1893, and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery. Mr. Lewis was born May 11, 1826, in Uwchlan township, Ches- ter County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of Isaac and Esther (Ottenkirk) Lewis, the former of whom was born February 3, 1793, in Chester County where he died July 15, 1874. The latter was also a native of Chester County, where she was born June 18, 1798, and died December 13, 1888.
The Lewis family is of Welsh extraction,-the progenitor, of the same name as the late Henry Lewis, emigrated with his family from Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, early in the year 1682. Upon his arrival in Pennsylvania he purchased 800 acres in Haverford township, Montgomery County, that State, and was one of the first three landed proprietors in that township who derived title under William Penn.
Immediately after the city of Philadelphia was laid out and surveyed, Henry Lewis bought a lot in the new city, and built a house thereon in which he resided thereafter during a part of each year. His summers were spent on the property in Haverford which he improved and put under cultivation. He served as foreman of the first grand jury which sat for the county of Philadelphia, and was one of the peacemakers appointed for that county. He was also a township officer for Haverford.
Henry Lewis, the oldest son of the former, was also a prominent and wealthy citizen of Philadelphia, and was a member of the Assembly in 1700- 08-09-15 and 1718.
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Isaac Lewis, the oldest son of the preceding Henry Lewis, acquired property in Uwchlan township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he and his descendants thereafter lived and prospered. The late Henry Lewis was of the fourth generation from Isaac Lewis.
Henry Lewis, the subject of this sketch, was brought up on his father's farm and was given excellent educational advantages, graduating at Bristol College, Pennsylvania, in 1848. During his studies and afterwards, the young man engaged in school teaching, and in this profession finally went to Flemingsburg, Kentucky, where he remained one season. Desiring to identify himself with some prosperous business house, he then came to Cincinnati and soon became a member of the firm of A. D. Bullock & Com- pany, of which he became the managing partner, a position he filled with great fidelity and success until his retirement from the firm in 1884. Messrs. Bullock and Lewis were jointly interested in many affairs and their associa- tion and friendship was intimate and lifelong.
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