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Mr. Hollingsworth was married in 1843 to Susan Kidd, who survives
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with these children: Edward L., who is a minister in the Methodist Episco- pal Church, being stationed at King's Creek; William, George W., Fred, Clarence, Lee, Lucy and Mrs. Samuel Tudor. George W. Hollingsworth is one of Cincinnati's foremost draftsmen, being engaged in that capacity with The Hall's Safe Company. The family reside in Avondale, the aristo- cratic part of Cincinnati.
The funeral services over the remains of their old friend and comrade were attended by a large concourse and all that was mortal of Edward T. Hollingsworth was tenderly laid away in Spring Grove Cemetery, in a beautiful and costly ornamental vault that was recently built by the family.
VIVIAN J. FAGIN.
VIVIAN J. FAGIN, United States marshal, one of the prominent and rep- resentative citizens of Cincinnati, was born in New Richmond, Clermont County, Ohio, February 27, 1853. He is a son of Francis M. and Lorenza R. Fagin, natives of Ohio.
Mr .. Fagin was educated in the common schools of Cincinnati, and he later took a thorough commercial course at Bryant, Stratton & De Han's Commercial College, in this city. His business career began as bookkeeper for the extensive shoe manufacturing firm of Kilsheimer & Sondheimer, and he later became head bookkeeper for the Cincinnati Shoe Manufacturing Company; and still later served as bookkeeper for the P. Sullivan Shoe Manufacturing Company. Succeeding this long experience, he spent some time in the capacity of traveling accountant or auditor for The Christian Moerlein Brewing Company.
Mr. Fagin's connection with the government service began as store- keeper in the internal revenue service. In 1881 he was made chief account- ant in the Coast and Geodetic Survey Department at Washington, D. C. On April 1, 1899, Mr. Fagin was appointed to the responsible position of United States marshal, by the late President Mckinley, and in March, 1903, was reappointed to the same office by President Roosevelt. The enthusiasm shown by his fellow citizens upon the reception of the news of this honor testified very plainly the esteem in which Mr. Fagin is held in his own city and ward. His friends took this occasion to present to him a diamond
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ring of great value, a life-size photograph, and a testimonial including the names of those who especially honored him. The occasion was one to be long remembered with pleasure.
For many years Mr. Fagin has been an important factor in county and city government, filling many of the most responsible offices with efficiency · and distinction. In 1889 he was made deputy city treasurer under Treas- urer Henry Ziegler, and served as such for three years, taking then the position of chief deputy county recorder, during the first term of Recorder George Hobson. He has been a tireless worker for his party and appreciation of his services was shown by his election as president of the Vivian J. Fagin Republican Club. He is probably the most popular man in the Fourth Ward, which he represented as alderman for four years, and in 1892 he entered upon a seven-year term as assistant county treasurer. He represented the First District in the State Republican Central Committee for eight con- secutive years. Mr. Fagin has filled these, various positions with a fealty and integrity which has never been questioned. As a United States marshal, his duty is performed with the fearlessness and courage, characteristic of the man.
On November 23, 1875, Mr. Fagin was married to Sallie J. Tucker, daughter of James Tucker, the ceremony being performed in the Seventh Presbyterian Church, of which the family are members. Two sons and two daughters have been born to this marriage, namely: Harry and Harvey, and Florence and Josie.
Mr. Fagin has been prominent in a number of fraternal and social organizations, has been treasurer of the Mount Carmel Senate, Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order; is identified with Ivanhoe Council, Royal Ar- canum; president of the Mount Adams Social Club; and a director of the Essenic Building Association. His whole career has been marked with those elements which not only bring success, but also win personal respect and high regard.
1 FRANK R. MORSE.
FRANK R. MORSE, a well known attorney-at-law of Cincinnati, was born May 17, 1854, at Tiro, Crawford County, Ohio, and is a son of Amos and Mehitable (Carlisle) Morse. His parents were of English extraction, the
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father, a native of Ohio, and the mother, a native of New York, and a lineal descendant of the White family that came to this country in the "May- flower."
Frank R. Morse received his early education in the public schools of Tiro, after which he attended Denison University, at Granville, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated in 1885. Having decided to enter the profession of the law, he removed to Cincinnati, where he read law in the ' office of Cowan & Ferris. He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court in Columbus in 1889, and began practice immediately thereafter in Cincinnati, where he has since continued with uninterrupted success. In 1891 he formed a partnership with Hon. James B. Swing, under the firm name of Swing & Morse, which continued until December 1, .1903, when Mr. Swing was elected to the Common Pleas bench.
Mr. Morse was married in November, 1875, to Alvira B. Stock, a daughter of John Stock, who was a farmer of Crawford County, Ohio. Our subject was solicitor of Linwood for many years, and makes his residence there. He and his wife are members of the Linwood Presbyterian Church.
CHARLES P. TIBBLES.
CHARLES P. TIBBLES, one of the best known men in Cincinnati, died very suddenly at his home in this city, June 1, 1903. Mr. Tibbles had long been a resident of Cincinnati, although he was born at Elizabeth, Penn- sylvania, March 4, 1843. He was a son of Henry and Mary Tibbles.
Mr. Tibbles had a wide acquaintance among newspaper men and in printing establishments, being a practical printer and for 41 years was connected with the Cincinnati Commercial. For some years he has been connected with the City Health Department in which he proved a most capable official, and it was while in the performance of duty that he sus- tained the injury which ultimately resulted in his death. He was ex-presi- dent of the old Volunteer Firemen's Association and a member of Typo- graphical Union, No. 3. He was distinguished for his strict adherence to duty and for manly characteristics which brought him respect, esteem and the warmest friendship.
On September 17, 1854, Mr. Tibbles was married to Elizabeth Keenan,
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and he is survived by these children: George W .; Edward; Harry, who married Delia Gorman, of Cincinnati; Mrs. T. A. McCaffrey, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Al. Schoenberger, of Cincinnati; Marie, who is con- nected with the Cincinnati Public Library; and Emma, a dressmaker of this city. The eldest son, George W. Tibbles, who resides on Walnut Hills, is a well known citizen and prominent Republican politician. He married Frances Dieckmann, daughter of Bernard Dieckmann, a prominent West End merchant, and has a daughter,-Lillian. He was for eight years a Dow deputy tax collector, and in November, 1902, was one of the three magistrates elected on the Republican ticket by a large majority. He has been a life member of the Cincinnati Lodge, No. 5, B. P. O. E., since March 24, 1889.
The beautiful, impressive funeral services of Charles P. Tibbles were conducted from the Church of the Assumption on Gilbert avenue, with interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery. A beautiful feature of the solemn services was an escort of eight children from St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, who preceded the casket in the cortege in recognition of the many valuable services rendered by a son of the deceased to this institution. The pall- bearers included John Keenan and Robert Sweeney, of the sheriff's office; Adam B. Wilson and Godfried Ludwig, of the Volunteer Firemen's Associa- tion; and Charles A. Brill and Robert Curl, of Typographical Union, No. 3.
GEORGE E. STRIETMANN.
GEORGE E. STRIETMANN, whose widely lamented death occurred at his late residence, No. 2716 Vine street, Cincinnati, on September 5, 1903, was not only the president of an old established business of 30 years stand- ing, but was also prominent in the city's social life. Mr. Strietmann was born in 1871 and hence was but 32 years of age. During these years he had not only displayed great business ability in carrying on the affairs entrusted to his charge, but by a whole-souled nature and a genial personality had so won to himself friends from all classes, that his death fell as a real calamity to all who had ever known him.
Mr. Strietmann was a son of the late George H. Strietmann, a member of one of the first German families of Cincinnati, who in 1873 established
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the manufacturing house which is now known as The George H. Strietmann's Sons Company, which conducts one of the largest plants for the manufacture of superior cakes, crackers, biscuits and pastries in the city, located at 12th and Plum streets.
George E. Strietmann married Anna E. Reutepohler, a daughter of Frederick Reutepohler, a member of a well known German family of high standing in Cincinnati. Mr. Strietmann is survived by his widow and one daughter, Georgia. Until within a few months of his death, he seemed in robust health and enjoyed the distinction of being the largest member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in the country. He was much devoted to this organization and the last sad services performed over his remains were by his attached comrades. These were conducted by Exalted Ruler Amor Smith, Jr., and were of much solemnity. He was also a mem- ber of the Turners' Society and of the Gander Club, in both of which organ- izations he was very active.
Mr. Strietmann was a young man of unusual ability and attractiveness, possessing all those attributes which attract friends. While his business judgment was keen, enabling him to build up a large fortune during his comparatively brief career in the world of commerce, he was honest in all his dealings and enjoyed to the utmost the confidence of all with whom he came in contact. His rare personal magnetism, his friendly interest in the welfare of others, his ready sympathy in times of trouble and his charity of purse and spirit for those who needed them, will never be forgotten.
GEORGE CARLISLE.
GEORGE CARLISLE, one of the most prominent citizens of Cincinnati a half century ago, president of the Lafayette Bank (now the National Lafayette Bank), a director and vice-president of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Company and a leading figure in mercantile circles, was born in Walpole, New Hampshire, October 27, 1797, and died in Cincinnati March 21, 1863.
Mr. Carlisle came to Cincinnati about 1817, by direction of his em- ployers, Stone & Bellows, of Walpole. The next year he was sent by this
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firm to St. Louis to purchase buffalo robes. Upon his return to Cincinnati he entered the dry goods store of D. Brooks & Company, which concern represented Stone & Bellows. Later the firm of Stone & Bellows became Stone, Bellows & Company, in which company Mr. Carlisle became a partner and represented the firm in Cincinnati for some years. This firm was suc- ceeded by that of Carlisle & Shaw, which in turn, in later years, became Steadman & Carlisle, in both of which houses he was a partner and took a leading part. He was very successful in all his financial operations and is considered to have been one of the most prominent merchants Cincinnati has ever had.
In the year 1820 Mr. Carlisle made a trip on horseback from Cincinnati to his old home at Walpole, New Hampshire. He proceeded through the central part of Ohio to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, thence to Blaine's Gap in the neighborhood of what is now called Altoona, thence to Bellefonte, and then into the vicinity of Unadilla, New York, crossing the West Branch of the Susquehanna River at Owego; traveled up the Wyoming Valley and then up the East Branch of the Susquehanna River to its source at Otsego Lake, New York. There he stopped at Cooperstown, where he made his sister a visit, and then proceeded to Walpole, New Hampshire. After a visit in Walpole, he returned to Cincinnati in a Yankee wagon which his father gave him, covering about 40 miles a day, the return trip taking about three weeks.
In the prosecution of his different business ventures, Mr. Carlisle did a great deal of traveling, resorting to the modes of transportation that then obtained. If these trips were by land, he traveled on horseback or by wagon; if by river, he used a small boat. He often went to St. Louis, taking the trip down the river in a boat and returning through Illinois and Indiana on horseback or by means of a wagon. He also traveled through the States of Ohio and Kentucky to a great extent. Mr. Carlisle's accounts of these trips-describing the dangers encountered and the hardships endured-were very interesting.
In addition to his mercantile operations, Mr. Carlisle assisted in organ- izing the Lafayette Bank, of which he was president for a great many years, holding that position at the time of his death. He was very active in estab- lishing the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway and was the company's vice-president ; it was in his honor that one of the stations on the road was
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named "Carlisle." Through his influence, the Atlantic & Great Western . Railroad, now the Erie, entered Cincinnati by the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway.
Mr. Carlisle was married to Sarah B. Loring, who was born in New York City, and came to Cincinnati in 1814 with her parents, David and Maria (Lowey) Loring. David Loring was a well known citizen of this city in its early days, being interested in the grocery business. Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle had eight children : George, Maria R., John, Susan J., George Willie, Fanny, Clara G. and Florence. The Carlisle homestead was located on the southwest corner of Fourth and Walnut streets, the site of the present Carlisle building. From Fourth and Walnut, Mr. Carlisle moved his home to the southeast corner of Fourth and Race streets, to the house now occupied by the St. Nicholas Hotel. Mr. Carlisle was originally a Whig in politics, later became a Republican, and did much to assist in wiping out slavery, giving liberally of his time and means. He was a power for good in all channels of the life of the Queen City. He was a strict Uni- tarian and belonged to the only society of that denomination in the city at that time, whose church structure was situated on the corner of Fourth and Race streets; he gave liberally to this church.
EDWIN RICKER FREEMAN, M. D.
EDWIN RICKER FREEMAN, M. D., who ably fills the chair of demon- strator of anatomy in the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, occupies a very prominent position in the medical fraternity of the State of Ohio. Of this State he is a true product, born within her borders and educated and trained in her most advanced schools.
Dr. Freeman was born May 8, 1865, at Cincinnati, and is the son of the late distinguished Dr. Edwin Freeman, whose sketch appears alsewhere in this work, and Rosella Ricker, his wife.
Dr. Freeman laid the foundations of his successful professional career by becoming thoroughly grounded in all the common branches of study and took the classical course at the Woodward High School from 1879 to 1883, in the latter year entering the University of Cincinnati. There he particu- larly devoted himself to the study of chemistry and natural history. In
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1887 he entered the Eclectic Medical Institute where he was graduated in 1889, subsequently taking special courses in miscroscopy, histology, path- ology and bacteriology at the Medical College of Ohio, and constantly avail- ing himself of the opportunities of study offered in all branches at the Cincinnati Hospital. He has resided continuously in this city with the ex- ception of two and a half years spent at Fresno, California, to which city he had accompanied his father, then in failing health. In May, 1892, Dr. Freeman returned and resumed his practice in Cincinnati. During the sub- sequent two years he lectured at the Eclectic Medical Institute on minor surgery, only resigning that position in order to give more attention to an increasing practice. In the autumn of 1901 he was induced to accept his present position, and probably has few equals in this very difficult branch of medical science.
Dr. Freeman is a valued member of a number of leading medical or- ganizations and is prominently identified with the National, Ohio State and Cincinnati Eclectic medical associations and the Alumni Association of the Eclectic Medical Institute. Fraternally he belongs to the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the Knights of Pythias and the Sons of St. George.
Dr. Freeman's office is conveniently located at the northeast corner of Seventh and John streets, Cincinnati.
HERBERT JENNEY.
HERBERT JENNEY was born at Fairhaven, Massachusetts, on August 2, 1839. He is the son of William Proctor Jenney and Eliza Le Baron Gibbs, his wife. He received his early education in his native town where he gradu- ated at the High School, after which he attended the Academy of Middle- boro, Massachusetts, for a time, and finally went abroad and studied for some time in Paris. He came to Cincinnati in 1861, was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1862, and at once entered upon the practice of his profession. He became associated with the late Aaron Fyfe Perry in 1868 under the firm name of Perry & Jenney, and this partnership continued for 21 years. He was married February 21, 1871, to Mr. Perry's daughter Mary, and
LEWIS LAMONT SADLER.
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they and their two children,-Herbert Russell Jenney and Bertha Jenney, --- are living in Vernonville, one of Cincinnati's beautiful suburbs.
During the more than 40 years throughout which Mr. Jenney has prac- ticed his profession in Cincinnati, he has stood among the most respected members of the bar. He has been engaged in much of the most important litigation in this city, and has had charge of the administration of a number of the large estates of the community. He has been also much interested in the social and literary life of the community, and for more than 40 years has been a member of the Literary Club of Cincinnati, of which he served two terms as president, and was afterwards elected an honorary member. He has also been governor of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Ohio, and of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Ohio, chairman for Ohio of the Order of the Descendants of Colonial Governors, president of the New England Society of Cincinnati, and a vice-president of the Ohio Society of the Sons of the Revolution.
LEWIS LAMONT SADLER.
LEWIS LAMONT SADLER, one of the leading business men of Cincinnati and sole proprietor of the great commission and live stock house of J. F. Sadler & Company, was born near Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, August 1, 1843. He is a son of Elijahi and Cordelia (King) Sadler, who removed from Massachusetts in 1832 and settled on the homestead in Butler County, where they lived many years. Our subject is the sixth son and the seventh member of a family of nine children, seven of whom still survive.
Mr. Sadler attended the country schools and worked on his father's farm until he was 15 years old and then began an apprenticeship to the printing business in an office at Richmond, Indiana. Quick to learn and industrious, with a natural leaning to the trade, within one year he had learned suf- ficient of the details of printing to perform the duties of a journeyman printer and would have doubtless become known in the printing trade had not an affection of the eyes debarred him from further progress in that direction. He returned to his mother who was then a widow, and assisted his brother on the farm until he became a teacher at the age of 17, and taught in the same district school where he had obtained the elements of his own education.
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After two terms there, he taught in another locality until July, 1862, when he enlisted as a private soldier in Company C, 93rd Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf .. and was at once appointed 4th sergeant and soon after was again advanced to orderly sergeant. In the gallant resistance of his regiment at the battle of Stone River, he was wounded in the shoulder so seriously as to keep him invalided for several months, but he rejoined his regiment at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and took part in all the various movements of the regiment, and participated unhurt in the slaughter at Chickamauga, being one of the five men of his company who escaped uninjured from that bloody field. Just prior to leaving on a recruiting mission in his home locality, occurred the battle of Missionary Ridge and he was one of the wounded durng that mag- nificent charge up the heights. He was thus disabled from further active service and returned to his mother's home at Oxford.
In August, 1865, Mr. Sadler came to Cincinnati and accepted a posi- tion as bookkeeper with the firm of Fort, Havens & Company, and took a complete course in a business college. In 1869 upon the retirement of Mr. Havens, he was taken as a partner in the firm which then became Fort, Sadler & Company, commission dealers in live stock. Ten years later Mr. Fort withdrew and the firm then became J. F. Sadler & Company (J. F. & L. L.). Upon the death of his brother, J. F. Sadler, in 1898, our subject became the head of the firm of J. F. Sadler & Company. The concern has grown and prospered and now has branches in Buffalo, New York and Cleveland, Ohio. Not long ago Mr. Sadler became sole proprietor of the business. He is also a member of the commission and live stock firm of Sadler, Huddleston & Company, of East Buffalo, New York.
Mr. Sadler is an acute and cool-headed man of business and is also much more. For seven years he was a member of the Board of Education, of which he was president for two years. He was a trustee of the Public Library for 13 years, being treasurer of the board of managers of that institution for a portion of this period. He was a member of the City Council for eight years and president of the same for four years. In 1883 he was nominated by the Republican party for mayor. He is a self made man, one who enjoys and has earned public esteem. He is one of the city's capitalists.
In June, 1871, Mr. Sadler was married to Rebecca Beckman, a daughter of Henry Beckman of this city; Mrs. Sadler died in 1884. He has three
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children : Cordelia Anna, a talented artist and musician, who married Richard W. Proctor, superintendent of The William S. Merrell Chemical Company of Cincinnati, and they have one daughter, Mary Helen; Edna Lola, who married John D. Lutz, of Steubenville, Ohio; and Alvin Lewis, who mar- ried Jennie Davis, for many years a teacher in the public schools of Cin- cinnati and whose. father, David Davis, was for a long period connected with the Cincinnati Enquirer,-they have one son, Alvin Lewis, Jr. The Sadler family home is an elegant residence on the corner of McGregor and Highland avenues. Fraternally Mr. Sadler belongs to the I. O. O. F., and is a life member of Lodge No. 5, B. P. O. E. His portrait accompanies this sketch.
HON. HOWARD CLARK HOLLISTER.
HON. HOWARD CLARK HOLLISTER, born September 11, 1856, in the family residence on Southern avenue, Mount Auburn, is the son of Hon. George B. Hollister and Laura B. (Strait) Hollister. His father was born at Plattsburgh, New York, where his parents, both natives and residents of Manchester, Vermont, lived a few years, and was a descendant of one of Ethan Allen's "Green Mountain Boys." After being educated at Middle- bury College, George B. Hollister came to Cincinnati in 1848 and entered the law office of the well known attorneys, Thomas J. Strait and S. S. Cox. He subsequently married Mr. Strait's daughter, and resided afterwards in the old homestead which has been the residence of this family for more than a half century. George B. Hollister was for many years, as was his father-in-law before him, one of the most prominent and popular members of the Cincinnati bar.
Howard C. Hollister received his early education in the public schools of Cincinnati and at Woodward High School. He subsequently spent a year at the then celebrated Greylock Academy at South Williamstown, Massa- chusetts, preparing for Yale College which he entered in the fall of 1874. He received his degree as Bachelor of Arts in June, 1878. He immediately took up the study of the law in the office of his father and also attended lectures at the Cincinnati Law School where he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in May, 1880. He had already a short time previous to this been admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Ohio. In 1881 he
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