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"Sayler's Statutes". A well known publisher, who was competent to judge, once said of the work: "From beginning to end it was admirably done; no better index was ever prepared, no more careful compilation was ever made." A part of this edition was purchased by the State and distributed, and the series including the work of such eminent jurists as Chase and Curwen forms an important part of the history of Ohio. After the completion of this great task, Judge Sayler prepared what is known as the "American Form Book", which has gone through several editions and is of great assist- ance to practicing lawyers. In addition to this work, he devoted himself to the practice of the law, and commanded a large clientage. Upon the death of Judge Noyes, he was appointed by Governor Campbell to fill the unexpired term as judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati, September 8, 1890. In the fall of 1892, he was nominated by the bar of Hamilton County for the Common Pleas bench, and his election resulted by a majority of 6000 votes. On the completion of his term of office, in 1897, he returned to the practice of the law. In the spring of that year he was appointed a trustee of the Cin- cinnati Southern Railway, which position he still holds. He is a professor of law in the Cincinnati Law School, and devotes much of his time to the teaching of law.
HON. STEPHEN H. BURTON.
For many years the late Stephen H. Burton was one of the conspicuous men of the State of Ohio and was largely instrumental in promoting the growth and development of the city of Cincinnati. He was born June 25, 1816, at Albany, New York, and attended school there until the age of 12 years, when his school books were put aside for business responsibilities.
Mr. Burton started out at the age of 14 years to seek that fortune which we all believe must be awaiting us somewhere, and was led by a spirit of adventure, when 19 years of age, to join the band under Colonel Fannin, then engaged in the deliverance of Texas from Mexican Dominion. After various exciting adventures, including capture, sentence to execution by Gen. Santa Anna, and final escape, Mr. Burton in 1844 came to Cincin- nati and here engaged in business, first with a Mr. Lockwood and later with Miles Greenwood, being connected with the latter for almost 50 years. In
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1869 he retired from business entirely, the possessor of great wealth and much political and social prominence. His home was situated in Avondale, of which suburb he was elected mayor ; he was a very useful member of the Village Council of Avondale and made many substantial improvements in that section of the present city of Cincinnati. In 1843 he was the selection of the Republican party for the State Senate. He was a man of education and culture, his later years being devoted to extensive travel.
Mr. Burton's death took place April 12, 1884, at the home of his brother, Francis C. Burton, at Albany, New York, to whose bedside he had hastened when the latter was attacked with mortal illness. - The devoted brothers were separated by death but a few days. Both left behind them records of useful lives, both having devoted portions of their large estates to charitable and public spirited enterprises.
In 1839, Mr. Burton was married, at Troy, New York, to Martha Whipple, and the two surviving children of this marriage are: Stephen R., vice-president of the National Lafayette Bank, of Cincinnati ; and Casper H., of C. H. Burton & Company, of Cincinnati, manufacturers of and dealers in foreign and domestic veneers and carbuilders' and cabinetmakers' lumber. The marriage ceremony performed for Mr. Burton was by Rev. Noah Lev- ing, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who, 10 years later, when on a mission of official duty in Cincinnati, became a guest of Mr. Burton, at whose home he fell ill and died. In 1861 Mr. Burton gave for publication a most interesting account of his escape from the Mexican soldiery. It was filled with situations of the most exciting character.
HON. ANDREW W. McCORMICK.
HON. ANDREW W. MCCORMICK, senior member of the prominent legal firm of A. W. McCormick & Sons, pension attorneys and claim agents, of Cincinnati, a valued member of the Chamber of Commerce, is one of the city's most prominent and useful citizens. Although so closely identified with Cincinnati, he is not a native son of the Queen City. Judge McCor- mick was born on his father's farm in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in the vicinity of Waynesburg, February 3, 1830, being one of 11 children born to Robert and Lavina (Wilson) McCormick.
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Our distinguished subject was given educational advantages at the col- lege conducted at Waynesburg and at the age of 18 years he entered the printing office of the Examiner at Washington, Pennsylvania, where he re- mained three years, thoroughly mastering the trade of printer. His long connection with the printing business brought forth talents before unsus- pected and in 1852 he became editor and proprietor of a newspaper at Park- ersburg, West Virginia, and in the following year took charge of the Marietta Republican, at Marietta, Ohio. His ability brought him early rec- ognition and he was appointed postmaster of Marietta, in 1857, and was the incumbent at the time of the outbreak of the Civil War. Not the least honor- able and memorable part of the life of Judge McCormick was included in the years of strife and struggle which then ensued. He raised a company of which he was made captain, for the 77th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and for gallantry at the battle of Shiloh was brevetted major, suffering, however, a severe wound and capture on April 8, 1862. Until partially recovered, he was kept in a military prison at Madison, Georgia, and was then sent to Libby Prison, being paroled in the following October. At the battle of Marks' Mills, Arkansas, the gallant soldier commanded the regiment and for exceptional gallantry was brevetted lieutenant-colonel; but there he was again taken prisoner, on April 25, 1864, and for almost a year languished at Camp Ford. He was finally paroled in February, 1865, at Red River, Louisiana. Among the hundreds of adventures which marked these years and some of which have left indelible traces, was an attempted escape from intolerable prison conditions, when he and others were pursued by bloodhounds, captured and brought back to the camp, where their conditions were worse than before. No patriot ever more richly deserved an honorable discharge than did Colonel McCormick at the close of the war in 1865.
Prior to entering his country's service, the young man had begun the reading of the law and after his return and recuperation he resumed his studies with Colonel Alban, and in 1867 was admitted to the bar. His suc- cess in practice was immediate, and in 1870 he was elected judge of the Pro- bate Court of Washington County, and most capably filled the office until 1876, having been honored by a reelection. He removed to Cincinnati in the early part of 1878, seeking a wider field, and his success is well known to the residents of his city, county and State, the firm of A. W. McCormick & Sons being regarded as leading pension and claim agents. Frank R. Mc-
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Cormick and Dr. R. Lynn McCormick are the junior members of the firm. The offices of A. W. McCormick & Sons in Washington, D. C., which were located on the corner of Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, were dis- continued in October, 1902. The Cincinnati offices are in the Atlas Bank Building.
On December 25, 1851, Judge McCormick was married to Alice J. Leckliter, and a family of II children have been born to them, of whom six now survive, namely: Emma A. (Mrs. D. R. Greene), of Colorado; Frank R., who is superintendent of mining mills at Idaho Springs, Colorado; A. Lee, a physician of Cincinnati; R. Lynn, a physician of Pueblo, Colorado; Ida E., a physician of Cincinnati; and May Belle, who resides at home with her parents.
Through his long and honorable career as editor, patriot and jurist, Judge McCormick has made himself respected in public, and esteemed in private, life. His laurels are many and his fellow citizens deem them well deserved.
HERMAN M. MOOS.
HERMAN M. Moos, one of the leading attorneys of Cincinnati, a trav- eler, publisher, author and poet, died at his home on Rockdale avenue, Avon- dale, January 28, 1894. Thus passed away a man of much more than ordi- nary ability and one who had made a deep impress on Cincinnati's literary life. Mr. Moos was born in 1836, in Hechingen, Hohenzollern, Germany. His parents brought the family to America and located at Knoxville, Ten- nessee, when our subject was three years old.
The youth grew up strong and sturdy in the mountain air, and imbibed principles which made him, at the outbreak of the Civil War, stanch in sup- port of the Union. He was surrounded by those who were devoted to the Confederacy, but he continued loyal although often at the risk of his life and property. When the Union troops were in the vicinity, he often directed their paths safely over the mountains with which his own ramblings had made him familiar. His services of this character were much appreciated at the battle of Shiloh. As he grew older, he began to seek surroundings more congenial to advancement, and came to Cincinnati. Here he entered into partnership with the publishers of the American Israelite and his career as
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a publisher extended over some years. During this time he also published the Literary Eclectic. Several books from his pen were also given publica- tion, and a notable poem, of great dramatic power, entitled "Mortara, or the Pope and His Inquisitors", attracted wide attention. Mr. Moos was possessed of many gifts and, instead of devoting his life to literature, he en- tered the law, in which profession he was eminently successful and amassed a large fortune. He was always interested in the higher things of life, was an observant traveler and an omnivorous reader. His personality was that of a refined, genial gentleman, accomplished in all the graces of social life, while the peer of leaders in his profession.
Mr. Moos was married to a daughter of the late Leopold Levi, of Cin- cinnati, a congenial union, broken only by his death. Among those who gathered at the mortuary chapel of the United Jewish Cemetery, to pay their last respects to one so universally esteemed, were representatives of the highest circles of Cincinnati.
A. L. CARRICK, M. D.
A. L. CARRICK, M. D., who in life was one of the most prominent phy- sicians of Hamilton County, died very suddenly at the home of the well known attorney, Louis Reemelin, his son-in-law, at No. 3232 Gilbert ave- nue, East Walnut Hills, June 22, 1903. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, almost fourscore years ago, and in his native land acquired his medical and surgical education, securing experience as a surgeon in the English Army prior to coming to America.
Dr. Carrick settled at Cincinnati and is sadly missed by families who through all these years have relied upon his skill, being at the time of his death the second oldest practicing physician in the city. He served with great distinction during the Civil War as surgeon in the 2nd Reg., Tennessee Vol. Cav., and was promoted to be chief of staff under General Gilliam. For years he was prominent politically and served two terms as coroner of Hamilton County, during which period he succeeded in securing the erection of the Hamilton County Morgue on East Eighth street so as to do away with the practice of committing the unknown dead to undertaking estab- lishments. He was a skilled and earnest surgeon whose services were at the
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command of all who needed them. His benevolence and kindness were known to all classes, although the amount of his charities or the aggregation of his donated professional services will never be known. Dr. Carrick was not only esteemed, honored and admired, but was sincerely loved. His lib- erality and philanthropy were, like the man, unostentatious, and his services were rendered with no expectation of having them redound to his credit. In many ways Dr. Carrick was a type of an almost extinct class, for he pos- sessed the knightly manners and the personal dignity of the old-time gentle- man, combined with the geniality and sincerity of his race.
Dr. Carrick was united in marriage with Margaret Baxter, and after her death formed a second union with Marie DeRoode, who now lives in Chicago. He was the father of four children, namely : Mrs. S. L. Hagans ; Mrs. Helen Mclemore of Chicago; Mrs. Louis Reemelin; and Edgar B., of New York. Mrs. Reemelin is the only one of the children residing in Cincinnati at the present time. Dr. Carrick was a prominent member of the Masonic order, with which he became affiliated in Ireland, and served many years as medical examiner of the order in Cincinnati. He was also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Religiously, he was a faithful member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
CHRISTOPHER VON SEGGERN.
CHRISTOPHER VON SEGGERN, one of the older residents of Cincinnati, who has gained respect, esteem and prominence through years of honorable activity, was born in 1827, in the Duchy of Oldenburg, Germany, and is a son of Frederick Von Seggern, who came to America when his son was two years old. The father located at Wheeling, Virginia, now West Virginia, and there engaged in work at his trade, that of carriage blacksmithing. In January, 1830, he removed to Cincinnati and followed his trade in this city in a shop located on the present site of the National Theater. Soon after, he started in business for himself, being the pioneer German in his line of manufacturing. His death was caused by cholera in 1849.
Christopher Von' Seggern learned the trade of wagonsmith with his father and worked at that and at coopering until 1848. After his marriage he secured political advancement and filled a number of the local offices, in
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1850 becoming deputy sheriff under Sheriff C. J. W. Smith, who was a prominent Democratic politician of the day. Mr. Von Seggern then served six years in the recorder's office where his services were much appreciated, he together with Fred H. Oehlman having compiled during his service in the recorder's office the present system of general indexes. In the meantime he had applied himself so successfully to the study of the law that in 1857 he was admitted to the bar and entered an office in the company of the late Frederick Hassaurek, with whom he remained until that brilliant man was appointed United States Minister to Ecuador.
Mr. Von Seggern is the oldest member of the City Council, having represented the Ninth Ward in 1851, when the honorable body of city fathers had no better council chamber than the second story of a volunteer fire com- pany building, on the north side of Fourth street, between Walnut and Main streets. He has been identified with the city's interests in many ways, at the age of 16 years becoming a member of the old Volunteer Fire Company, No. 7. His services in the Council extended through the years 1851-52-55- 58-59-60-63, and 1869 to 1871. In the "Board of Trustees and Visitors of the Common Schools of Cincinnati", as the Board of Education was then . denominated, he served during 1859 and 1863 and 1868. No history of Cincinnati can recall a more familiar figure.
Mr. Von Seggern was married in 1848 to Louise Wagner, who was born January 6, 1831, and a family of 12 children were born to this union.
Mr. Von Seggern is still active in his profession, although Time has silvered his locks. He possesses the sturdy strength of his nationality and from the same source inherited many of his most worthy characteristics. He is well and widely known in this city, as we have stated, has connection with many of the leading business and social organizations, and justly represents the old body-guard which had so much to do with building the foundation of Cincinnati's present prosperity.
JEROME D. CREED.
JEROME D. CREED, an attorney and counsellor at law of Cincinnati, was born in this city, September 9, 1854, and is a son of D. K. and Mary (Ring) Creed. :
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After completing the prescribed course in the public schools of his natal city, he attended St. Xavier College, and still later Nelson's Business Col- lege, becoming an expert bookkeeper. The life of a bookkeeper, however, was not in accord with his tastes, and he entered upon the study of the law under the preceptorship of Hon. Alexander Long. He was admitted to the bar and opened his office for practice March 1, 1880, and from that time to this has constantly engaged in professional work. He represents many of the leading breweries and iron manufactories of the city, and is attorney for numerous merchants and corporations. He has been identified with considera- ble important litigation, which has brought his ability prominently before the public, and has had wide experience in the settlement of estates. Com- mercial and real estate law have demanded a great deal of his attention. Court records show his name frequently as assignee and receiver, and in court prac- tice he has been uniformly successful. He has never sought nor accepted political preferment, save as a member of the Council and School Board of Mount Airy, and as mayor of that suburb. However, he has frequently served as delegate to State and county conventions. He is a member of the St. Xavier Alumni Association and the Young Men's Blaine Club.
On October 29, 1879, 'at White Oak, Hamilton County, Ohio, Mr. Creed was married to Mary F. Brigel, a daughter of Conrad B. and K. Brigel, and they have four children : Jerome D., Jr .; William J .; Oliver L .; and How- ard A.
CHARLES E. PRIOR.
CHARLES E. PRIOR, a prominent figure in the public eye of Cincinnati, is a member of the well known law firm of Foraker, Outcalt, Granger & Prior, of which Senator Joseph Benson Foraker is senior member.
Mr. Prior was born in Cincinnati, January 16, 1861. He received a primary education in the public schools of the city, then attended college and in 1882 was graduated from law school, after having been carefully prepared for the profession. Immediately after graduation, he was ad- mitted to the bar of Hamilton County, and entered upon a practice which has gradually increased with the passing years. He possesses a clear, dis- criminating mind, is a strong thinker and an earnest advocate, and whether as counsellor or advocate has served his clients with marked ability and
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in such manner as to redound to his credit. He was appointed executive clerk for Governor Foraker, and served as such to the end of the latter's term, in 1890. He was a member of the School Board of Norwood for a num- ber of years and from 1899 to 1901 served as mayor of that beautiful suburb.
Mr. Prior was joined in marriage with Sophia M. Roever, a daughter of Frederick W. Roever, and they have the following children: Benson Foraker; Ethel M .; Florence E .; Charles E., Jr .; and Gertrude R. Our subject and the members of his family are members of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church of Norwood.
HON. FRANK W. HENDLEY, M. D.
HON. FRANK W. HENDLEY, M. D., a prominent physician of Cincinnati, who is also identified with the city's social and fraternal life, was born April 26, 1860, in Cincinnati, and is a son of George Wesley and Jane (Broken- shire) Hendley, natives of England.
George Wesley Hendley was born in Pendleton Palford, near Man- chester, England, October 6, 1826, and removed, in August, 1850, to Cin- cinnati, where he died March 7, 1889. He was a retail hat merchant in Cincinnati from 1853 to 1884. His wife was born at St. Columb, Cornwall, England, August 23, 1824.
Dr. Hendley completed the public school course in this city, attended Chickering Institute and the Hughes High School, and then assisted his father in the store, the latter conducting a hat business on Fifth street. Two years later, in 1880, he entered the Medical College of Ohio, where he was . shown appreciation by an appointment in March, 1884, as interne in the Cin- cinnati Hospital. This position he faithfully filled for one year and was then made receiving physician of the institution for the succeeding year. He then engaged in private practice, during which period he was attending physician, for five years, to the Branch Hospital for Contagious Diseases This was followed on June 1, 1892, with the appointment of superintendent of the Cincinnati Hospital, which position was held until August 10, 1896. Dr. Hendley is very popular in Cincinnati and on November 30, 1889, was appointed captain and assistant surgeon of the First Regiment (infantry) of the Ohio National Guard. In 1895 he succeeded as major and surgeon.
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During the Spanish-American War he was major and surgeon of United States Volunteers from April 26, 1898, to January 21, 1899, serving with the First Ohio Volunteer Infantry and being detailed as surgeon-in-charge of the Second Division, Fourth Army Corps Hospital at Fernandina, Florida, and later as chief surgeon of the combined Second and Third divisions of the Fourth Army Corps at Fernandina, Florida, on the staff of Maj .- Gen. L. A. Carpenter, U. S. V. After the muster-out of his regiment, October 25, 1898, he was continued in the service to make physical examinations of Ohio troops at Columbus, Ohio, until January 21, 1899.
Dr. Hendley has long been very prominently associated with the various branches of Masonry. He is past master of Price Hill Lodge, No. 524, F. & A. M .; past high priest of Willis Chapter, No. 131, R. A. M .; past com- mander of Hanselmann Commandery, No. 16, K. T .; member of Ohio Sov- ereign Consistory, S. P. R. S., 32nd degree; Ohio Council of Deliberation, A. A. Scottish Rite; and Syrian Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is also con- nected with all of the leading medical organizations of the State and of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, also of the Association of Military Sur- geons of the United States. He has been particularly active in the affairs of organizations growing out of the Spanish-American War service, being at this time (1903) surgeon general of the National Army of Spanish War Veterans, and also recorder of the Ohio ,Commandery of the Naval and Mili- tary Order of the Spanish-American War, and is a member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States.
Dr. Hendley was a member of the House of Representatives of the 74th General Assembly of Ohio ( 1900-01) being elected from Hamilton County as a Republican on the Fusion ticket.
JACOB A. HAERR, M. D.
JACOB A. HAERR, M. D., ex-coroner of Hamilton County and one of the prominent physicians of Cincinnati, was born in 1854 in .Lagonda, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of Valentine and Elizabeth Haerr.
After obtaining a good common school education in his native county, Dr. Haerr spent a portion of his youth as errand boy and general clerk in the Champion Machinery Company's works at Springfield, then under the
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control of the firm of Whiteley, Johnson & Wilson. His connection with this company lasted from 1870 to 1876 when he entered upon the study of medicine with the late Dr. A. O. Longstreet. In 1876 he matriculated in Pulte Medical College in Cincinnati and took the course of three years, dur- ing which time he attended the clinical lectures in the Cincinnati Hospital. In 1881 he graduated and began the practice of his profession here, where he has met with more than ordinary professional success. In the fall of 1894 he was nominated by the Republicans of Hamilton County for the office of coroner to which he was elected by an overwhelming majority.
Dr. Haerr is fraternally connected with Cincinnati Lodge, No. 5, B. P. O. E., and is prominent in the Young Men's Blaine Club. In addition to his professional duties, he is interested in a number of business enterprises in this city. He has a wide circle of friends and is universally respected both in and outside his profession.
MOST REV. HENRY MOELLER.
MOST REV. HENRY MOELLER, coadjutor to Archbishop Elder of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, who has but recently been advanced to his high and holy office, has long been one of the distinguished prelates of the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, December II, 1849, and is a son of Bernard and Theresa Moeller, the former of whom was a well known citizen of this city at that time.
Archbishop Moeller secured his early education at St. Joseph's Parochial School where he was graduated in 1863. Having determined upon a cler- ical calling, he then entered St. Xavier College and spent six years of serious study of the classics there. In 1869 he went to Rome to still further prose- cute his studies, and in that home of the church he received his degree of Doctor of Divinity, in 1876. Upon his return to America, he was made pastor of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church at Bellefontaine, Ohio, and took charge of the parish in October of that year. His learning and eminent clerical qualifications early attracted the attention of his spiritual superiors, and in October, 1877, he was made professor in St. Mary's Seminary at Cin- cinnati. This chair he occupied until November, 1879, when he was ap- pointed temporary secretary to Bishop Chatard of Indianapolis. From 1880
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