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The late Mr. Ibold was thoroughly educated, possessed the attributes which win and keep friends and was one of the most popular young men in Cincinnati. For some years he had been the superintendent of his father's wholesale and retail cigar manufacturing business, which is located on Sixth street and Central avenue, where his business sagacity and general good judg- ment were displayed, both in the constant excellence of the output and in the cordial relations he sustained with the employees. The immediate cause of his death was tuberculosis, which attacked him but three months before the fatal issue. He was a charter member of the famous Yellow Bank Fishing Club, and when the sad news of his death reached that organization, it was recalled that out of the 50 original incorporators 14 had succumbed to con- sumption.
Mr. Ibold was married to Sophia Hageman, who with two children survives. The solemn funeral obsequies were conducted at St. George's Church, where requiem high mass was said, and all that was mortal of Julius
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Ibold was laid away. His death was a sad blow to those who had known him from childhood and through young manhood had learned to admire, as well as to love him whose every instinct was one of kindness and whose pleasant disposition made him a congenial companion.
WOLF MEYERFELD.
WOLF MEYERFELD, a pioneer of Green township, Hamilton County, Ohio, and one of the most highly esteemed residents of Cheviot, a suburb of Cincinnati, passed out of life, September 12, 1897. He was born at Bever- ungen, Prussia, September 24, 1821, and was one of eight children, being a son of Phineas Meyerfeld. He has one brother now living, Solomon Meyer- feld, a resident of Detroit, Michigan.
Wolf Meyerfeld came to America when a young man, settling in Chev- iot, Ohio, where he engaged in the stock business. He became firmly estab- lished in this business, of which he made a great success, and attained con- siderable prominence in Cincinnati. He was a man of superior intelligence and possessed a pleasing manner which won him many friends. Mr. Meyer- feld was prominently connected in Jewish circles, and was a member of the Mound Street Temple. He did much good and many of his kind and gen- erous acts never became known to the public.
In July, 1852, Mr. Meyerfeld was united in marriage with Karlina Block, a daughter of Aaron and Hannah (Benedict) Block, by whom he had six children, as follows: Benjamin; Matilda (Mrs. Sigmund Long) ; Hattie (Mrs. Henry Rollman) ; Hannah (Mrs. David F. Brown) ; Racie, who lives with her sister, Mrs. Sigmund Long; and Aaron, who died Feb- ruary 1, 1879, being at that time clerk in the county clerk's office.
Benjamin Meyerfeld was married June 28, 1898, to Rose Long, a daughter of Jacob and Caroline (Vogel) Long.
Matilda Meyerfeld was married November 15, 1871, to Sigmund Long, a son of Jacob and Caroline (Vogel) Long. He was one of 10 children and was born at Lambsheim, Bavaria, November 23, 1845. Coming to America in 1863, he engaged in the live stock business and is to-day senior member of the well known firm of Long, West & Company, live stock commission merchants of Cincinnati. He is a member of Avon Lodge, No. 542, F. & A.
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M., and attends the Mound Street Temple. He and his wife are parents of the following children: Oscar M .; Hortense, who was married September 16, 1903, to Isidor Muelilfelder, a son of Philip and Fannie ( Mendel) Muehl- felder; Beatrice Hope, who was married December 20, 1900, to Oscar Silber- schmidt, who was born at Fürth, Bavaria, Germany, December 14, 1871, and is a son of Isaac and Bertha (Kahnreuter ) Silberschmidt,-they have one child, Elsa, born October 3, 1901; and Irene C.
Hattie Meyerfeld was married April 28, 1886, to Henry Rollman, who was one of three children born to Isaac and Fanny ( Ehrman) Rollman, namely : Samuel, Henry and Sarah. His father was founder of the exten- sive department store of The Rollman & Sons Company. This union is blessed with three children : Justin A., Madeline and Stella. Henry Roll- man is a member of Avon Lodge, No. 542, F. & A. M., and belongs to the Plum Street Temple.
Hannah Meyerfeld, was united in marriage, April 25, 1888, with David F. Brown, a son of Ferdinand and Sophie ( Klopfer) Brown. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 5, 1856, and received his education in the schools of this city. He is at present junior member of the well known firm of Long, West & Company, live stock commission merchants at the Union Stock Yards. He is a member of Avon Lodge, No. 542, F. & A. M., and the Mound Street Temple. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have the following children : Lucille Sophie, born March 20, 1890; D. Ferdinand, born November 23, 1891; Karline Meyerfeld, born August 22, 1893; and Dorothy Wolf, born June 26, 1896.
Wolf Meyerfeld will long be remembered as one of the pioneer business men of Cincinnati and vicinity. Honest and fair dealings won him many friends in business and in the social world.
HENRY HOOPER.
HENRY HOOPER, United States commissioner, and one of the prominent attorneys of Cincinnati, with most convenient offices at No. 30 East Third street, is also identified with the social and literary life of the city. Mr. Hooper was born in London, England.
In young manhood, Mr. Hooper came to Cincinnati, joining relatives
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here, and completed his education in this city. His reading of the law was prosecuted under the late Attorney-General Henry Stanbery, whose sketch appears in this volume; he was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School and admitted to the Hamilton County bar in 1863. From the first, his ability was recognized, and he was appointed by Attorney-General Stanbery, assistant to Gen. Durbin Hard, who was then United States district attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. This was the beginning of service for the State, and for more than 25 years Mr. Hooper held the appointments of assistant United States district attorney and of United States commissioner.
In politics, Commissioner Hooper is a stanch Republican, and his judg- ment is frequently consulted concerning party moves. His work at the bar of Cincinnati has been one of brilliancy, and there have been few cases of important litigation in the city in which he has not been in some way inter- ested, his success in government trials being notable.
Mr. Hooper has long been one of the literary lights of Cincinnati, and is ex-president of the Literary Club of Cincinnati. Much of his literary work has been in the direction of the law, although some of it has been in lighter vein. Judging by two works from the Lippincott press, "Wash Bolter, M. D.", which is a political satire, and "The Lost Model", Mr. Hooper is very versatile. His tastes are those of a refined and cultured man, art and music appealing to him. ' His education makes him at home in German and French literature, as well as in English. Mr. Hooper has never married.
PROF. ANDREW NEMBACH.
PROF. ANDREW NEMBACH, distinguished as musician and composer, died at his home, No. 930 Laurel street, Cincinnati, October 14, 1902. He was born June 29, 1839, in Bavaria, Germany, and was educated in the cities of Coburg and Leipsic.
Professor Nembach's musical talent came to him by nature and he fos- tered it according to the models of Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. He came to America in pursuit of a wider field of endeavor, and established a piano conservatory at Richmond, Kentucky. It was his misfortune to have his career checked and his business interrupted by the troubles incident to the Civil War, these being particularly severe in this old aristocratic and
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artistic center; following the loss of his means and prospects, he joined the Confederate forces, under Morgan. He was eventually captured and, but for the intervention of a German officer, Cincinnati would have never been his musical debtor, as it must always remain.
In 1862 the young musician came to Cincinnati and secured the position of organist in St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, now St. Paul's Pro- Cathedral. Later he established a conservatory of music at Covington, Ken- tucky, which he successfully conducted for a few years. Returning to Cin- cinnati, he became organist at the Vine Street Congregational Church, in which position he continued 16 years. He was organist and musical director at the Jewish Synagogue at Eighth and Plum streets 20 years, and was also organist at the Ninth Street Baptist Church for 12 years.
Professor Nembach was a musician of the old and classic school and all his compositions, of which there are many, bear the impression of the great masters of music. It would be impossible, in these limits, to mention all his works, but his concert overtures, the opera of "Harvest Home"; the setting of the 30th Psalm; and the invocation which was performed at the Golden Jubilee of the Scottish Rite are indications of his magnificent talent. He was the composer of nearly all of the special music used at the Scottish Rite reunion and was organist of the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Masons. He was, himself, a Mason of high standing, having attained the 33rd degree. He was the first one to introduce music into Masonry services in Cincinnati. Ilis funeral services were in charge of the Scottish Rite fraternity.
Professor Nembach was married to Rosalind Dessauer, daughter of Wolf Dessauer, on the 28th of August. 1866, in Newport, Kentucky. He is survived by his widow and three children,-Andrew Jr., Mrs. George Steinle and George,-who live at No. 930 Laurel street. Professor Nembach labored with great success; as an organist and composer, he took high rank, and as a man, he was unusually esteemed.
WILLIAM W. SYMMES.
WILLIAM W. SYMMES, a prominent member of the Cincinnati bar, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was born in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, February 17, 1849, and is a son of Americus and Martha F. (Scott)
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Symmes. On both paternal and maternal sides Mr. Symmes comes of not- able ancestry.
Americus Symmes, his father, was born in Bellefonte, Misouri, and was a son of Capt. John Cleves Symmes, Jr., a United States army officer, who served in the War of 1812. He was a son of Timothy Symmes, who was a brother of Judge John Cleves Symmes, who was one of the most conspicuous figures in the history of the Northwest Territory. During the Revolutionary War, Judge Symmes served with the rank of colonel, and im- mediately after the conclusion of the conflict was made a judge of the Su- preme Court of New Jersey. Later he was a member of Congress from New Jersey, and then settled in Ohio, where he served as United States judge of the Northwest Territory. It was the brilliant mind of Judge Symmes that conceived the idea of subdividing the public lands into sections and ranges, and the plan, adopted first in this territory of the Miami, was sanc- tioned by the government and thereafter this simple and convenient method of surveying was used, and is still employed.
Capt. John C. Symmes, Jr., the grandfather of the subject of this writ- ing, was the author of "The Theory of Concentric Spheres and Polar Voids." His remains lie buried in the center of a park in Hamilton, Butler County, having been left there to secure to the city the title to the park property which had been dedicated to it for cemetery purposes. The youngest son and child of Capt. John C. Symmes, Jr., who bore his father's and grand-uncle's name, became a very distinguished man. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, the most brilliant young man in decades. His invention of a breech-loading gun, closely resembling the present Rem- ington, was considered a remarkable advance in the development of firearms. The outbreak of the Civil War found him on furlough at Berlin, Germany, where he had gone to consult specialists concerning his eyes, but he imme- diately returned to his own country and reported for duty. The decision that his impaired sight would prevent his active service in defense of his coun- try caused his resignation, and his final return to Berlin. He planned and constructed the first bridge in this country ever made wholly of iron, and per- formed many engineering feats which for his day were nothing less than marvelous. John C. Symmes, Jr., built many public structures, one of these being the arsenal at Fort Leavenworth., It will be recalled by the student of history, that a daughter of Judge John C. Symmes became the wife of
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Gen. William Henry Harrison, President of the United States, and the grand- mother of the late President Benjamin Harrison.
On the maternal side the family of our subject was also one of distinc- tion. His mother was born in Boone County, Kentucky, where the family had settled upon removal from Virginia. Few names have been more honored than that of Scott, Mrs. Symmes coming from the same branch of the family that produced that grand old hero, Gen. Winfield Scott, and that soldier, patriot and gentleman, Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock. The children of Amer- icus Symmes and wife, who reside in Cincinnati, are: Anthony L .; Florence, widow of S. S. L'Hommedieu, and William W., our subject.
William W. Symmes was educated at Louisville, Kentucky, and was graduated, valedictorian of his class, at the University of Louisville, in June, 1869. He spent the following year engaged in teaching, at Frankfort, during this time applying himself to the study of the law in the office of the late Col. John Mason Brown, of Frankfort, and then with Pirtle & Caruth, prominent attorneys of Louisville, where he was admitted to the bar, in 1871. A few months later, Mr. Symmes located for practice in Cincinnati, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of the law and where he has met with the success his marked ability deserves. He is a Democrat but has never aspired to political honors.
On November 20, 1896, Mr. Symmes was joined in marriage with Anna Hurd Hayward, of Cincinnati, whose great-grandfather, Capt. James Mor- ris, settled at Columbia, now a part of Cincinnati, in 1805,-he was a naval officer and distinguished himself in the war with Tripoli in 1804.
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GIDEON BURTON.
GIDEON BURTON, a pioneer citizen and old merchant of Cincinnati, passed away May 1, 1903, at Cupalo, Pennsylvania, at the age of 92 years. He was born August 11, 1811, in Louis, Sussex County, Delaware, and at the age of 14 years went to Philadelphia, where he obtained employment in a dry goods house in which he became a partner in 1833. In 1848 he came to Cincinnati and conducted a silk store and later was engaged in the shoe business with Thomas Quigley. The last 22 years of business life were de- voted to the fire insurance business.
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During all his life, Mr. Burton was a devoted member of the Protestant Episcopal Church and was active in all charitable work. He was the last survivor of the 12 original vestrymen of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, which was founded by him and James C. Hall in 1849, at which time they raised the sum of $25,000 in a few days, and built the edifice which the church now occupies at the corner of Seventh and Plum streets. For many years he was a director of the Union Bethel and taught Sunday-school for over 75 years.
In 1835 Mr. Burton was married to Catherine M. Torbert, daughter of William Torbert, of Bucks' County, Pennsylvania. A surviving son, William T. Burton, is a well known business citizen of Cincinnati, located at Third and Walnut streets.
The funeral services of Mr. Burton were impressive on account of the solemnity of the occasion and also because of the presence of so many rep- resentative old business men who gathered to pay a last tribute to the memory of their old friend and associate. It took place from the home of William T. Burton, No. 3732 Clifton avenue, to the Church of Our Savior on Hol- lister street and thence to the family lot in Spring Grove Cemetery. The pall- bearers were W. H.' Calvert, L. L. Blakemore, J. H. French, C. E. Peters, W. K. Halsted and Jennings Miller.
ROBERT SHANNON FULTON.
ROBERT SHANNON FULTON, senior member of the legal firm of Fulton & Woost, of Cincinnati, and a representative member of the bar of Hamil- ton County, was born January 8, 1842, on his father's farm, in the vicinity of Newark, Licking County, Ohio. He is a son of the late John M. Fulton, who was born in Virginia, but for years was a prominent farmer of Ohio.
Mr. Fulton obtained his education in the public schools of Newark, was graduated from the Newark Iligh School in 1862, and then entered Marietta College, from which he was later creditably graduated. Mr. Fulton came first to Cincinnati as superintendent of the Young Men's Christian Association, a position for which his exemplary character and clean record particularly fitted him. His law reading was followed under the guidance of the well known firm of Lincoln, Smith & Warnock. In 1869 Mr. Fulton was ad-
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mitted to the bar, beginning his professional career in the office of his pre- ceptors. Later he formed his present partnership with Henry Woost, making a very strong combination. This firm has handled a large amount of legal business and in so thorough a manner as to win the approbation of the public. Messrs. Fulton and Woost are known as able attorneys and wise counsellors.
Mr. Fulton was married, October 5, 1873, to Mary F. Morse, a daugh- ter of Stephen Morse, late president of the American Insurance Company. One daughter, Blanche, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Fulton. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Fulton has been one of the elders for some 30 years.
Mr. Fulton from youth has been a man of sterling character and has been prominently identified with both religious and educational institutions. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Western Female Seminary, at Oxford, Ohio, and for years has been on the directing board of the Young Men's Christian Association, an organization in which he has been most deeply interested. In Sunday-school work he has also taken much interest and has served as president and as corresponding secretary of the Sunday- School Association of the Cincinnati Presbytery.
EDWARD SYDNEY McKEE, M. D.
EDWARD SYDNEY MCKEE, M. D., stands very high in Cincinnati, both as a physician and surgeon and as a prominent and representative citizen. He was born January 6, 1858, near Hamilton, Ohio, and is a son of William and Louise (Stipp) McKee, the former of whom was of Scotch extraction, and the latter of German. Each passed out of life at an advanced age, leav- ing behind them memories of exemplary lives. Of their family of 13 chil- dren, one died in infancy ; all of the others grew to manhood and woman- hood to reflect credit upon their parentage and training.
Of a family of 13, Dr. McKee is the youngest, and he grew up on his father's farm with an environment that gave him a vigorous, healthy boy- hood. His education was pursued in the public schools, in the Miami Uni- versity and later in the University of Cincinnati. He began the study of medicine with Dr. Daniel Millikin, at Hamilton, and was graduated Febru- ary 21, 1881, from the Medical College of Ohio. Before beginning his prac- 26
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tice, he visited the medical schools of London, Paris, Vienna, Leipsic, Berlin and Dublin, studying their methods and informing himself thoroughly as to their theories and discoveries. Upon his return he was fully qualified to enter upon a practice which has been successful and eminently satisfactory in every way. Dr. McKee has made a specialty, in these days of specialties, of the complicated diseases of women and is now clinical lecturer in this branch at the Medical College of Ohio. He belongs to the leading medical organ- izations of the city, county, State and nation, and is a regular contributor to many of the medical journals. One of his papers was considered of such medical value that it was copied by the gifted German author, Dr. A. Martin, of Berlin, in his invaluable work, "Diseases of Women."
Dr. McKee was a member of the International Medical Congress which was held in London in 1881, and again was a member when the Congress assembled in 1887 at Washington, D. C., and when the Congress assembled in Paris in 1900. Aside from his private and hospital practice, Dr. McKee serves as examining surgeon for a number of insurance and benefit associa- tions and is one of the best known as he is one of the most highly regarded physicians and surgeons of this city.
On November 16, 1882, Dr. McKce was united in marriage with Louise .McClintock, daughter of Robert S. and Sarah (Smith) McClintock, resi- dents of Butler County, Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. McKee belong to the Presby- terian Church. They have a pleasant home at Grand and Nassau streets, while the Doctor has well appointed offices at No. 10 West Seventh street. In politics he is a Republican. Dr. McKee has devoted his life to the care- ful study of his noble profession and has gained a position of great influence in his particular line. He is a man of public spirit and is a liberal contributor to church work and to religious and educational enterprises.
JACOB HAAS.
JACOB HAAS, for many years a prominent commission merchant of Cin- cinnati, Ohio, and one of the oldest residents of Corryville, was called to his final rest November 10, 1902. As a business man, he was one of the first calibre, attaining a high degree of success, and in his private life established many friendships, which endured until death. A man representative of the
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highest type of citizenship, possessing many excellent traits of character, and a strong personality, his influence was felt in the best interests of the city.
Mr. Haas was born in December, 1827, at Wiedermohr, Germany. He left his native home on the 21st of January, 1854, and arrived in New York, the 2211d of February, 1854. After settling in Cincinnati, he was best known by his connection with the commission business. First with Christ. Eberle under the firm name of Haas & Eberle, located on Vine street, opposite Green street, and then with Nicholas Diehl, under the firm name of Haas & Diehl, located on Elder street. After the dissolving of the latter partnership, he retired, to spend the remainder of his life in the peace and happiness of his home.
Mrs. Christian Haas (nèe Gerth), her daughters, Christine C., Matilda A. and Clara R. and a son, Jacob Thomas, reside at the old home, No. 2606 Vine street.
HON. LEVI C. GOODALE.
HON. LEVI C. GOODALE, member of the board of trustees of the Cin- cinnati Southern Railway Company, ex-president of the Cincinnati Cham- ber of Commerce, superintendent of the Cincinnati division of The Brad- street Company, is one of the Queen City's most useful and conspicuous citi- zens. Mr. Goodale was born in Pike County, Illinois, and is a son of Samuel D. and Mahala Goodale, the former a descendant of an old New England family of note; the latter was of Scotch extraction.
On account of the early death of his mother, our subject was sent to the home of his paternal grandfather in Massachusetts, and was there reared with New England strictness until 1858, when he was taken by his father to Cincinnati and placed in the public schools. He is an old pupil of Wood- ward High School. In 1863 he entered the United States Navy, taking service as master's mate under the late Admiral Porter. In 1865, he became associated with the firm of Sellew & Company, wholesale dealers in tin-plate and metals, and remained with that house until 1876. The confidence of the firm in his business ability was shown as early as 1870, when he was made vice-president of the Aurora Iron Company, a branch controlled by Sellew & Company, located at Aurora, Indiana.
The death of Enos Sellew in 1876 caused changes in the firm and, as
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he was in poor health at the time, Mr. Goodale took the opportunity to make a protracted trip through Central America. Upon his return to Cincinnati, he took charge of the Cincinnati division of the commercial agency of The Bradstreet Company, with which his name was prominently identified until 1890, when other business enterprises severed that connection for a time. As organizer and president of the Central Trust & Safe Deposit Company, his work in financial circles is easily recalled; his policy as to the organiza- tion of a savings department did not fully accord with the views of some of the members of the board, when he resigned. He was probably better known in matters concerning the legality and the rights of trust companies in Ohio than any other capitalist of the city. Withdrawing from the trust company, he again became superintendent for The Bradstreet Company's agency, a responsible position he still fills.
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