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Judge Burnet was married in 1844 to Mary Lynd, who is a daughter of the noted Baptist divine, Rev. Dr. S. W. Lynd. A family of six children were born to this marriage, four of whom, with their mother, still survive, namely : Mrs. F. E. Wilson, Eveline, Charles and Albert. Mrs. Burnet is
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spending her declining years, surrounded by all the comforts of life, in her home at No. 3185 Epworth avenue, Westwood,-one of Cincinnati's beautiful suburbs.
Judge Burnet was eminently qualified for the demands made upon him in his professional life. He passed away a man of stainless honor, personal independence, social importance and valued citizenship.
HON. MAX SILBERBERG.
HON. MAX SILBERBERG, member of the State Senate of Ohio, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, is a prominent citizen and a leading Re- publican politician of Cincinnati, and stands very high both in business and public life in the Queen City. He is of Hebrew ancestry, was born in Ger- many in 1843, and came to America when a lad of 15 years.
The outbreak of the Civil War found Mr. Silberberg a resident of Penn- sylvania, and he became a private soldier in one of the regiments going out from that State, and served his adopted country loyally until the close of the war. In 1879 he came to Cincinnati and embarked in the clothing busi- ness in which he has been interested ever since, at present being a member of the well known clothing firm of Feder, Silberberg & Company, located at Nos. 30-32 West Third street.
Mr. Silberberg has been a leading business citizen for so many years that few commercial enterprises of importance in his line are started in this city without his advice and counsel being sought. He was one of the or- ganizers of the National Manufacturers' Association, which is now active in the extensive exportation of American products, an enterprise of immense moment to Cincinnati manufacturers. As a leading member of the Credit Men's Association, he has served officially at its conventions and at the meet- ing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was the unanimous choice for chairman of the clothing conference committee. He is a large owner of real estate and a wise dealer, and for a number of years has been and is now president of the Business Men's Building Association, and a director in the Ohio Valley Building Association.
Politically Mr. Silberberg is a Republican and for years has been an active member of the party. For the two years preceding his election, in
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the fall of 1903, to the office of State Senator, he had been a member of the lower house of the State Legislature from Cincinnati. Mr. Silberberg is a member of the Young Men's Blaine Club and of the Phoenix and Cin- cinnati clubs. He has always taken an active part in the movements of the Grand Army of the Republic, and is past commander of August Willich Post, No. 195, and a conspicuous figure at all the national encampments.
In 1869 Mr. Silberberg was united in marriage with Dora Feder and four children have been born to them. The beautiful family home, located at No. 3576 Bogart avenue, Avondale, is one of the most hospitable ones in the city, as well as one noted for its costly and appropriate adornments.
LOUIS P. HOTTENDORF, M. D.
LOUIS P. HOTTENDORF, M. D., well known in Cincinnati as an able physician, whose ability and success have given him eminence in the pro- fession, was born April 9, 1846, at Achim, Hanover, Germany. He is a son of a former distinguished physician of Germany, the late Dr. Augustus L. Hottendorf, who was born at Verden, Hanover, Germany, May 10, 1804, graduated in medicine at Wurzburg, and successfully practiced for a period of 45 years at Achim, where he died October 27, 1880. Our subject's pater- nal grandfather, Frederick Augustus Hottendorf, was a native of Verden, and for years was senator for that city, where he died at the age of 84 years. The mother of Dr. Hottendorf, formerly Dorothy Maria Christina Schubert, was also born at Achim, April 17, 1813.
Dr. Hottendorf attended the schools of Achim, but did not then study for the profession in his native land, immigrating to America and arriving at Cincinnati to join his brother, September 28, 1860. Here he studied pharmacy with his brother Augustus Hottendorf and later with John A. Singhoff, and in 1866 returned to his native land to avail himself of the great educational advantages offered at the University of Gottingen. There he studied medicine under those eminent men, Profs. Marx, Woehler and Henle. He then returned to Cincinnati and spent the year of 1867-68 at the Medical College of Ohio and again entered for 1870-71, graduating in the . spring of the latter year.
In 1871 Dr. Hottendorf opened up an office for practice at Dublin,
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Wayne County, Indiana, where he continued until the fall of 1873, when he again returned to his native land. There for three years he practiced at Achim, in association with his father, and in 1875 attended lectures at the University of Leipsic, coming back to America in the fall of 1876. Dr. Hottendorf then opened an office on York street, Cincinnati, and has been actively engaged in practice ever since. He is a valued member of the Cin- cinnati Academy of Medicine and the Ohio State Medical Society and is widely known for his learning. A favorite contributor to the medical jour- nals, some of his articles, which have attracted more than usual attention, were those on such disputed points as "Hot Water Dressings in the Treat- ment of Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia", "Abortive Treatment of Typhoid Fever", "Treatment of Scarlatina and Diphtheria", and many others.
On September 15, 1876, Dr. Hottendorf was married at Frankfort-on- the-Oder, Germany, to Elizabeth Wilhelmina Mary Zickerick, who is a daughter of Theodore H. and Mary Pauline. (Franke) Zickerick, the former of whom was born August II, 1826, at Cuestrin-on-the-Warthe, Germany, and died January 23, 1886, at Frankfort-on-the-Oder. Dr. and Mrs. Hot- tendorf have three children, viz .: Elizabeth Dorothy, born October 31, 1877; Louis Theodore Augustus, born August 25, 1883; and Ida Mar- garet Louise Philipine, born October 3, 1890.
JAMES M. SPRAGUE.
JAMES M. SPRAGUE, one of the self made, prominent, business citizens of Cincinnati, general agent for the Bankers' Security Company for Southern Ohio, with offices in the Traction Building, and a well known and popular politician, was born October 23, 1864, in this city. He is a son of Henry B. and Elizabeth Sprague, natives of New York.
Mr. Sprague left school at an early age and was first employed as an office boy by the law firm of Cowan & Ferris. He then became connected with the Bromwell Brush & Wire Goods Company as collector, and still later was a conductor on the Cincinnati Street Railway. After two years of faith- full service, Mr. Sprague resigned that position in order to accept that of gov- ernment storekeeper, from which he was promoted to that of gauger. He was later made deputy revenue collector, but a change of administration brought
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about his withdrawal from that position. Soon after, he was appointed deputy in the Probate Court, which position he held for several years, re- signing it in order to accept the general agency of an Eastern surety com- pany. That position he also resigned and accepted his present responsible position on October 1, 1901.
Mr. Sprague was married in 1898 to Caroline Virginia Fieber, and they have a handsome home at No. 1529 Lincoln avenue. They have one child, Elvina Stoll, a beautiful and bright little girl.
Mr. Sprague is identified with a number of fraternal organizations. As a Mason, he is past master of his blue lodge, and has taken all the degrees up to that of Shriner. He is a member of Cincinnati Lodge, No. 3, Knights Templar, National Union, Cincinnati Gymnasium, Gymnasium Boat Club and is an Elk of high standing, being a member of the Past Master's Associa- tion.
Mr. Sprague well represents the progressive, energetic, reliable business men of this city, alert for every chance of individual or civic advancement, devoted to the upbuilding of the city's trade and reputation, and contributing time and influence to further all public spirited movements. Personally, Mr. Sprague has many friends who enjoy the sincerity of his friendship and the genial nature of his companionship.
Mr. Sprague was nominated in the fall of 1903 on the Republican ticket for the State House of Representatives from Hamilton County at large.
GUSTAV R. WERNER.
GUSTAV R. WERNER, whose well appointed offices are conveniently located in the Bavaria Building, on the corner of Court and Walnut streets, Cin- cinnati, is one of the city's leading attorneys and public spirited citizens. Mr. Werner was born November 11, 1863, in Cincinnati, and is a son of Fred- erick J. and Lena (Meyer) Werner, the former of whom was born in 1830 in Germany.
Frederick J. Werner came to the United States in 1849 and in 1851 came to Cincinnati, where he was for some years in the employ of the Mar- met Coal Company. On the outbreak of the Civil War, he offered his services and performed the duties of a loyal citizen to his adopted country
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all through the time of strife. For four years Mr. Werner was cashier of the Western German Bank, with which he was associated a number of years. At present Mr. Werner is one of the leading capitalists of Cincinnati, and the able secretary and treasurer of The John Hauck Brewing Company of this city. The mother of Gustav R. Werner is a daughter of the late Christian Meyer.
Our subject was thoroughly instructed in the common and high schools of the city, graduating at Woodward High School and subsequently ac- cepting a clerical position with the German Banking Company. Deciding to follow a professional career, he chose that of the law, and was prepared in the office of Von Seggern, Phares & Dewald for the Cincinnati Law School, where he was later most creditably graduated. He entered into practice in 1884 and continued with the above named reputable firm for some years and then opened an individual office where he has engaged in a lucrative practice ever since. In a city where competition is keen and pro- fessional ability noted, Mr. Werner has achieved much success, and has won an enviable reputation.
Mr. Werner married Anna Dupuis, who is a daughter of William Du- puis, one of the prominent business men of this city. There have been born three sons : Carl G., Frederick J. and William G. The handsome family residence is at No. 525 Terrace avenue, Clifton, and in that aristocratic suburb Mr. Werner and his family are prominent socially.
In politics Mr. Werner affiliates with the Republican party. Fraternally he is a member of the National Union; Hanselmann Lodge, No. 208, F. & A. M .; and the North Cincinnati Turnverein.
GEORGE A. A. VOIGE.
For almost a half century, the late George A. A. Voige was a prominent factor in tobacco circles in Southern Ohio, for many years a directing force, a keen, far seeing business man whose judgment was so highly esteemed that great interests were placed under his management.
Mr. Voige was of German extraction, a native of Bücken, Hanover, born September 17, 1833, and he was 18 years of age when he came to
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America. Shortly after, in the "fifties," he associated himself with Francis Nuelson, in tobacco trading in Cincinnati, and in 1866 was established the firm of Voige & Winter, John A. Winter being the junior partner, which firm remained in existence until November, 1902, at which time the business was merged into a stock company. When the partnership was formed, the firm entered upon a wholesale jobbing business in cigars and tobacco, including also the manufacture of cigars. The factory of Voige & Winter was the first one in Ohio to come under the internal revenue laws and this district number was labeled "No. 1.". During the many years of busi- ness life, it was the close and careful management of Mr. Voige which safely conducted this great business through financial crises and marked fluctuations, at no time showing any weakness but continually prospering until the time of the organization of the stock company. With the infirmities of age creeping upon him, Mr. Voige at that time withdrew from active manage- ment, retaining however his directorship on the board. The factory formerly in use was discontinued at that time, the new firm entering other avenues, beconfing the principal local distributer of the nickel goods of the American Cigar Company.
Since 1898 Mr. Voige had not enjoyed his former robust health, but the immediate cause of his decease was bronchial pneumonia from which this most highly esteemed pioneer merchant and manufacturer died at his beautiful home on Washington street, Newport, Kentucky, December 8, 1902. His widow, formerly Anna Wendt, survives him with these chil- dren : William H., George A., Charles H., Alfred M., Mrs. Edward C. Wendt and Mrs. Louis D. Poock. The impressive services at the funeral of this valued citizen were held in the Salem Methodist Church of Newport, in which for many years he had been deeply interested and served as president of the board of trustees.
Mr. Voige was one of the typical representatives of his native land, possessing those characteristics which have made the German race so notable wherever found. Plain spoken, he was one of the most kind hearted men of the city and was ever in the forefront in charitable movements while his private benefactions were innumerable. His business integrity was dear to him and he carefully guarded it, leaving an honorable name to his chil- dren. With large means he was simple and unostentatious, was a true friend `and was singularly devoted to his home and the welfare of his family. Among
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those who have made Cincinnati known to the world as a great business center and a home for the tobacco trade, few have occupied a more prominent position that George A. A. Voige.
CHARLES HOEFINGHOFF.
CHARLES HOEFINGHOFF, late president of The Hoefinghoff & Laue Foundry Company, one of the largest industries of its kind in the country, died at his residence on Ohio avenue, Cincinnati, November 20, 1898. Mr. Hoefinghoff, who was one of the most highly esteemed residents of this city, was born January 20, 1833, in Gleiwitz-Schleisen, Germany, and was a fine example of a race which has made itself notable in every portion of the globe where it has settled.
When Mr. Hoefinghoff died, he was one of the large capitalists of Cincinnati, but his success was attained through his own industry and ability for he was entirely a self made man. Prior to 1853, he traveled from one province to another in his native land, working at his trade of molder, all the time endeavoring to grow more and more skillful and better acquainted with the workings of every plant where he was employed. Ambition urged him to come to America, and a ship from Bremen, in 1853, brought the young molder to New York. Circumstances led him to soon make his way to Cincinnati, where he landed in the early winter of 1854, with a cash capital of 19 cents. It would be most interesting and beneficial to trace step by step the progress of Mr. Hoefinghoff to the eminent position which he attained in later life, but lack of space precludes this. A few years later found him the proprietor of a grocery business on Court street, and there he accumulated sufficient means to enable him to fulfill the desire of his ambi- tion and purchase an iron foundry. This was a small shop on the corner of Front and Lawrence streets and was the nucleus of the immense plant of which he later became the able president. From a beginning with two employees, his pay-roll increased into the hundreds. Early in 1870 he associated with him C. M. Laue, and The Hoefinghoff & Laue Foundry Company was formed, and a great house established which will long recall him as one of the great iron men of Cincinnati. For many years this con- cern held contracts with the City Water Works, the Walnut Hills Cable
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Works, and in 1888 it secured an immense contract from the North Chicago Street Railroad Company, of Chicago, Illinois. Although his business- sagacity accumulated a large fortune and made him prominent in public, business and social life, it never changed his sturdy inherited qualities or led him to forget to listen to the calls of either friendship or charity. His bene- factions in both directions would reach large amounts, but he was never one to herald his good deeds.
Mr. Hoefinghoff passed away with his wife and six children beside him, and in their grief they had the sympathy of all who had ever known this kindly man. In politics he was identified with the Republican party and was an active member of the Lincoln Club. He was interested in science and never missed a meeting or dinner of the Cuvier Club. He belonged to all the lead- ing social German organizations, and was also a 32nd degree Mason and a Knight Templar.
JOHN URI LLOYD.
JOHN URI LLOYD, whose fame as a pharmacist is by no means confined to the limits of America, is a lecturer in the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, and was one of the founders of the Lloyd Library of Botany and Pharmacy of this city.
Mr. Lloyd was born in West Bloomfield, Ontario, Canada, April 19, 1849, and is a son of Nelson Marvin and Sophia (Webster ) Lloyd. He was a small boy when he accompanied his parents to Petersburg, Kentucky, and he received his education in the schools of that town, Burlington and Florence. He began to learn the drug trade, in 1864, in the store of W. J. M. Gordon & Brother, of Cincinnati, and subsequently learned the Ger- man branch of pharmacy with George Eger. He later bought the interest of Dr. T. C. Thorp (H. M. Merrell & Company), the pharmacy located at the corner of Court and Plum streets, and the firm of Lloyd Brothers, manu- facturing chemists and wholesale druggists, was established. He became a lecturer in the Eclectic Medical Institute in 1878, and has since been identified with that institution. With his brother, Curtis Gates Lloyd, he established the Lloyd Library of Botany and Pharmacy, which contains a rare collection of scientific books, many of which could not be duplicated and are possessed by few libraries or individuals in the world. Curtis G.
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Lloyd has made a specialty of botany, and has attained as high distinction as has his brother in the field of chemistry. The library contains over 15,000 botanical volumes, 30,000 pressed botanical specimens, and 3,000 volumes on pharmacy and chemistry. Through the publication of a scientific quarterly known as Drugs and Medicines of North America, which continued for some years, the Lloyd brothers become known extensively in Europe, and are sought ont by noted pharmacists upon their visits to the United States. In 1880, John Uri Lloyd published the "Chemistry of Medicines;" later a supplement to "King's American Dispensatory ;" then a- work on "Elixirs." He has written extensively for the different medical and pharmaceutical journals of the country, and his literary ability has received due recognition for his "Etidorpha" and Kentucky studies such as "Stringtown on the Pike." He has received every honor in the gift of the American Pharmaceutical So- ciety. and when the European Pharmaceutical Society, in convention at Berne, Switzerland, decided to publish the biographies and portraits of 80 of the greatest pharmacists of the world, he was one of the five in America thus honored.
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Mr. Lloyd was married to Adeline Meader, who lived but a few days after her marriage, December 26, 1876. He formed a second union with Emma Rouse, a daughter of Thomas and Nancy ( Henderson) Rouse, and they have four children: John, Thomas, Annie and Dorothy. Fraternally, our subject is an Odd Fellow, a member of the Ancient Essenic Order, the National Union, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars and other patriotic societies.
GOTTLIEB MUHLHAUSER.
One of the prominent and representative German-American citizens of Cincinnati is Gottlieb Muhlhauser, president of The Windisch-Muhlhauser Brewing Company, whose portrait accompanies this sketch. He has con- tributed in many ways to the up-building of this city and is one of its largest land owners and one of its most useful and liberal residents.
The birth of Gottlieb Muhlhauser took place January 24, 1836, in Ba- varia, Germany ; four years later he accompanied his parents in their voyage to America, and at the age of ro years became a student in the public schools of Cincinnati. His career under Professor Hoelferich, his teacher, was cut
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short. however, by the death of his father, when he was compelled to look about for some employment by which he could assist in contributing to the support of his widowed mother. He possessed a generous share of national thrift, energy, perseverance and economy, and gladly accepted a situation in a pottery on Freeman avenue, where he could earn $1.25 per week, all of which was gladly given the good mother. Later he obtained a better position in a mineral water establishment where he remained until 1854, learning the business thoroughly in the meantime and secretly cherishing the idea of starting a business of his own. With an economy and self denial that many youths would not have practiced, he finally saved $90 and with this sum set up in the mineral water line for himself. His methods were honest, his product was acceptable to the public, and his whole attention was centered in the work. Prosperity shone on him and soon after it was found advis- able to start branch depots in Chillicothe and Hamilton, Ohio. By 1859 Mr. Muhlhauser had accumulated enough to enter upon a larger enterprise and he erected a mill for the cracking and grinding of malt and later on opened a steam flouring mill with a capacity of from 150 to 200 barrels per day, the product of which mill was largely disposed of to the government dir- ing the Civil War. In 1861 Gottlieb Muhlhauser took in as partner in the milling business his brother Henry.
After the war, in company with Courad Windisch and his brother Henry, our subject organized the Lion Brewery, and extensive buildings were erected. The late Mr. Windisch, of whom extended mention is made elsewhere in this work, had a large experience in the brewing business and soon initiated his partners, Gottlieb taking charge of the manufacturing department, and Henry attending to the outside interests. Mr. Muhlhauser continued in the general superintendency and as the business increased placed improved machinery and appliances in the plant, and was one of the first to introduce ice machines, now so universally used in the brewing business. As early as 1881 two large "Arctic" ice machines were used for the cooling of the brewery's great cellars, an improvement followed by many others. In 1882 the firm became a stock company, with a paid-up capital of $1,000,000, and Gottlieb Muhlhauser was made its president, a position that he has ably filled ever since.
In 1857 Mr. Muhlhanser was united in marriage with Christina Wind- isch, a sister of Conrad Windisch, Of their five children, Henry Muhlhauser,
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Jr., has been treasurer of The Windisch-Muhlhauser Brewing Company since its incorporation, in 1882, and Edward C. Muhlhauser is also with the com- pany.
The Lion Brewery is one of the largest in the State and one of the leading industries of Cincinnati. Personally, its president is most highly esteemed both in American and German quarters.
COL. JOHN KENNETT.
COL. JOHN KENNETT, who was senior member of the insurance firm of Kennett, Heckle & Hall, of Cincinnati, and one of the old and most honored citizens of the Queen City, died at his home, No. 414 Rockdale avenue, Avondale, on December 12, 1898. Colonel Kennett was born in 1809, at St. Petersburg, Russia, where the family resided at the time, his father being connected with the United States embassy. His education was acquired at Andover, Massachusetts.
Colonel Kennett's business life was interwoven with the growth of Cincinnati. Prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, he was senior partner in the great tobacco firm of Kennett & Dudley, and was a leading member of the Chamber of Commerce. After the close of the war, in which he took a distinguished part, he embarked in the insurance business and soon was made president of the Franklin Insurance Company, which liquidated after the great Chicago fire. Since that time until his decease, he was senior member of the well known firm of Kennett, Heckle & Hall.
On August 30. 1861, Colonel Kennett was commissioned colonel of the 4th Reg., Ohio Vol. Cav., which was organized by Gen. John C. Fremont, and it was then that his associate members of the Chamber of Commerce testified to their appreciation of him, by presenting to him a splendid uniform sword, which he treasured to the last day of his life. His military record was one of distinction, one notable incident being the occasion when he received the surrender of the city of Nashville. The late Gen. Henry Ken -. nett, whose honorable war service is known so well, was a son of Colonel Kennett.
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