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to 1900 he was secretary and chancellor to Archbishop Elder, of Cincin- nati. On April 6, 1900, he was elected to the Columbus Diocese bishopric. In 1903 he was selected by the Congregation of the Propaganda at Rome for the high churchly position he occupies, and was appointed by Pope Leo XIII on April 6, 1903.
Archbishop Moeller was made titular Archbishop of Areopolis, which is an extinct see, this being a custom of the church. He will not be vested with the pallium, the distinctive vestment of an archbishop, until he succeeds to the local see. His dignity is a rare distinction and gives proof of the high regard in which he is held at Rome. By this distinction he takes precedence of all the other bishops of the Cincinnati province, 10 in number, and be- comes Archbishop Elder's assistant, not only in the affairs of the local see but also of the province. Archbishop Elder, whose sketch may be found on other pages of this work, warmly welcomed his coadjutor, with whom he has held the most intimate relations for a number of years, the esteem and affection being mutual. He enjoys the distinction of being the second indi- vidual raised to the archbishopric in his native place, the other case being that of Archbishop Williams of Boston.
Archbishop Moeller is very well known in his native city and it is very gratifying to his many friends, both inside and outside of his own religious body, that the choice should have fallen on one so worthy in every way of the high office in so important a field.
CHRISTIAN MOERLEIN.
CHRISTIAN MOERLEIN, founder of The Christian Moerlein Brewing Company, and for many years president of the concern, died at his home in Cincinnati, May 14, 1897, after an unusually active life. His career was a striking example of the triumph of energy over adverse circumstances. He was born May 13, 1818, in Truppach, Bavaria, and his father was Con- rad Moerlein, who was a farmer and blacksmith at that place.
Until he was 13 years old, Christian attended the village school and was then apprenticed to a local blacksmith, with whom he worked, at different times, until he was 18 years old. In the meantime he had assisted on the home farm and in his uncle's small brewery, and in the latter place he learned
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the rudiments of a business which in later years placed him at the head of one of the great brewing organizations of another country, and enabled him to amass a large fortune. This future prosperity, however, was not imag- ined by the youth who started out from home, with his kit of tools on his back, seeking work as a journeyman blacksmith.
For five years Christian worked through the provinces of his native land, earning his board and a Prussian dollar a week; this enabled him to lay aside but very little to add to the necessary sum required to pay his passage to America, whither his ambition turned. His father assisted him to the extent of 100 guilders and he started on foot for Bremen, hoping to be able to. sup- port himself on the way by work at his trade. He accomplished the journey of 300 miles, after which he worked for three weeks at his trade in Bremen, and was then accepted as a passenger on the sailing ship "Rebecca", for Balti- more, Maryland, which city he reached safely after a tempestuous voyage of 58 days. Of his remaining capital of $12 he paid $8 to reach Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he met with disappointment in his search for employ- ment. Undaunted, he started again on foot, visiting various towns and at Hendrysburg, Ohio, obtained work at a salary of $7 a month and board. He located in Cincinnati in 1842, his means at that time forcing him to accept such work as cellar digging at 50 cents a day. However, his pros- pects brightened from that time, his industry and perseverance gaining him confidence, and after a short season of work at his trade he opened a shop of his own, on Findlay street. There he continued until 1853, when he sold his blacksmith business, and with Adam Dillman started a brewery on a small scale, their first product being sold on March 1, 1854. After the death of Mr. Dillman, in the following May, Mr. Moerlein formed a part- nership with the late Conrad Windisch, in 1866 purchasing his partner's interest for $130,000. In September, 1881, the business was incorporated under the name of The Christian Moerlein Brewing Company, with a cap- ital of $1,000,000. The great success of this company is well known through- out the business world.
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In 1843 Mr. Moerlein was married to Sophia Adams, a native of Stras- , burg, France, who died in 1849, leaving three children, the one survivor be- ing John Moerlein, now president of The Christian Moerlein Brewing Com- pany. The second marriage was to Barbara Oeh, a native of Bavaria, who died January 6, 1903, at the age of 76 years. She came to Cincinnati in
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1840, nine years prior to her marriage. Nine children were born to this union. Three died while quite young. Of the six that grew to maturity, four now survive, namely: Jacob, vice-president of The Christian Moerlein Brewing Company ; Mrs. John Goetz, Jr .; Mrs. Conrad Born, wife of a mil- lionaire brewer of Columbus, Ohio; and Emma, who resided with her mother until the latter's death. The second son, George, died August 31, 1891; and the youngest son, William, died September 17, 1896. Mrs. Moerlein was a very charitable woman, but always lived a quiet life, never caring for society, beyond a few intimate friends.
Mr. Moerlein, as his financial position became more and more assured, took an interested part in public matters and fostered many of the city's most notable improvements. In 1873 he was elected a trustee of the City Water Works and was subsequently reelected. Like his wife, he was generous to the worthy and charitable to the poor. In many ways he was a remark- able man and justly deserves a place among the builders of Cincinnati's commercial prosperity. A portrait of Mr. Moerlein accompanies this sketch. being shown on a foregoing page.
RICHARD CARROLL.
The death of Richard Carroll, on September 28, 1900, removed from the city of Cincinnati a most highly esteemed citizen, and from the railway service one of its most capable officials. Mr. Carroll was born in Ireland in 1847, and came to America in boyhood.
Our subject's parents, Patrick and Nancy (Kelly) Carroll, came to this country in 1849 and located in Cleveland, Ohio, where the mother died before the period of the Civil War, and where the father passed away in 1873.
When the Civil War broke out, young Carroll testified to his bravery by becoming a soldier, enlisting in August, 1862, in Company D, 104th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and serving until the close of the war. His con- nection with railroad work began when he was but 18 years old, on the Atlantic & Great Western. From there he went to the Union Pacific, and still later to the Missouri Pacific and by that time had secured knowledge enough to make him a freight conductor on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain &
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Southern Railroad. He was later promoted to be passenger conductor. In 1874 he came to the old Louisville & Cincinnati Short Line, now a part of the Louisville & Nashville. With that road he remained seven years. In 1881 he became assistant superintendent of the Northern Division of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway, and on July 1, 1883, was promoted from the position of assistant superintendent to general super- intendent and finally was appointed general manager. This most responsi- ble position he filled with great efficiency. In October, 1895, he retired from the road and did not reenter the service again until February, 1897, when he was made vice-president and general manager of the Mobile & Ohio Rail- road. A record of Mr. Carroll's rise to prominence is surely commentary enough on the value that industry, honesty, perseverance and energy have in the shaping of a young man's career.
On February 15, 1889, Mr. Carroll was married to Mrs. Henry Raabe, who was formerly Mary E. Louden, of Henry County, Kentucky. Mrs. Carroll with one daughter survives. Mr. Carroll's genial personality won him friends under all circumstances, and it may be mentioned that no rise of fortune ever made him forgetful of the friends of earlier days. He was one who could be but sadly spared and his memory is still tenderly cher- ished.
JOHN LEVI CLEVELAND, M. D.
JOHN LEVI CLEVELAND, M. D., is one of the old and most successful physicians of Cincinnati, where he has been engaged in practice for so many years. He was born in Kenton County, Kentucky, September 20, 1841, and comes of good old Quaker stock, both through father and through mother. He is a son of Washington and Hannah (Allen) Cleveland, and a grandson of Capt. Levi Cleveland who removed from Virginia to Kentucky in the pioneer days and was noted as an Indian fighter.
Dr. Cleveland received a superior education in the public schools and in college, from which he was graduated in 1863. He then attended Prince- ton College for two years, after which he matriculated in the Medical Col- lege of Ohio, from whichhe was graduated in 1868. He served one year as an interne in the Cincinnati Hospital, then opened an office for the general practice of medicine, in which he has been eminently successful. From 1870 to
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1873, the Doctor was demonstrator of anatomy in the Medical College of Ohio, and was lecturer on the practice of medicine in Laura Memorial Wo- man's Medical College for seven years. He has been a member of the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati since 1869, and is one of its past presi- dents. He has also been a member of the staff of St. Mary's Hospital for 15 years.
Dr. Cleveland was first married in August, 1872, to Clara Whittaker, a daughter of James and Olivia (Lyon) Whittaker of Covington, Kentucky, her ancestors having removed from Maryland to Kentucky. She died in 1882, leaving one daughter, Olivia Hanna Cleveland, who lives with her father in his beautiful home at No. 838 West Seventh street. In August, 1892, the Doctor was married to Louise R. Kieffer of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They have a very comfortable home, surrounded by all the luxuries of life, where they extend hospitality to their many friends throughout the city.
THOMAS PATRICK HART, A. M., M. D., PH. D.
THOMAS PATRICK HART, A. M., M. D., Ph. D., who is equally well known as a skilled physician in Cincinnati, and as the able editor of the Catholic Telegraph, is a native of this city. He is a son of Thomas and Bridget Hart, both of whom were born in Ireland.
Dr. Hart was carefully educated in St. Xavier's Parochial School and has proved himself one of its most creditable graduates, going from there to St. Xavier College, where he received the degrees of A. B., A. M., and Ph. D. In March, 1887, he was graduated from the Medical College of Ohio, and immediately entered upon the practice of his profession, locating at first at No. 171 East Fifth street, removing at a later date to the Pike Build- ing, where he was one of the victims of the fire that occurred during the past year.
A man of literary tastes and intellectual vigor, Dr. Hart has been identified with literary life in Cincinnati for a number of years and has been particularly prominent in matters connected with the Catholic Church and with St. Xavier College organizations. He has served as president of St. Xavier College alumni. He was chosen a delegate to the first Catholic Congress, in the fall of 1888, and again in September, 1893. Politics have
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also engaged his attention and from 1889 to 1891 he served as president of the Parnell Branch of the Irish National League of America. When this organization was merged into the Innisfail Branch of the Irish National Federation of America, he was again honored with the presidency. Quite a few years ago he took charge of the Catholic Telegraph, which under his management has become a powerful organ.
On August 16, 1888, Dr. Hart was married to Mary Byrnes, who is a daughter of James and Mary Byrnes, both of whom were born in Ireland. The hospitable home of Dr. and Mrs. Hart is located at No. 533 East Fifth street. Dr. Hart is a valued member of the Academy of Medicine of Cin- cinnati. In both literary and professional circles he is held in the highest esteem and is considered as one of the representative men of this city.
WILLIAM STRUNK.
WILLIAM STRUNK, whose professional life of a quarter of a century has made him prominent in legal circles, and whose long connection with educa- tional matters has identified him closely with the public schools of Cin- cinnati, was born in this city, October 31, 1838. His parents, who were natives of Germany, came to the United States and located in Cincinnati in 1832.
William Strunk was a graduate of the Woodward High School, in the class of 1855, and later was elected president of the Woodward Alumni Association, and was made treasurer of the committee which had charge of the erection of the statue to the memory of William Woodward, founder of this famous school. A graduate of the Cincinnati Law School, he was admitted to the bar in 1867, and for 30 years has been an active practitioner. During the Civil War he served as Ist lieutenant of Company E, 138th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and served also, under special detail, as post engineer of Fort Ohio, on the Appomattox River.
Mr. Strunk has been prominently identified with the cause of education in Hamilton County, and for 14 years was a teacher in the public schools of Cincinnati, during six years of this period being president of the 12th District and Second Intermediate schools. He served on the Board of Education for four years, and on the Public Library Board for two years,
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during the last year of which he was its president. For six years he was also a member of the Board of Examiners for teachers for the public schools. In 1889 he was appointed one of the directors of the University of Cin- cinnati, for a term of six years and was reappointed in 1895 for a second term. In 1892 he was appointed a member of the Board of Review, by the Superior Court of Cincinnati, and in 1893 was made a member of the Board of Supervisors for a term of three years.
On July 11, 1867, Mr. Strunk was married to Ella C. Garretson, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Corey) Garretson, old residents of this city, the former of whom was born in New Jersey, and the latter in Boston, Massachusetts. The four children born to this marriage are: William, Jr., a graduate of Woodward High School and University of Cincinnati, now professor in English and comparative philology at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Howard G., a graduate of Woodward High School; Ella G., a graduate of the Bartholomew English and Classical School; and Allen C., a student at the Walnut Hills High School. Both Mrs. Strunk and daughter belong to the Daughters of the American Revolution, eligible through Capt. Nathan Corey and Samuel Nevers, Jr., the latter of whom was a "minute man" at the battle of Lexington, these patriots being the great-grandsires of Mrs. Strunk. The beautiful home of Mr. Strunk and family is located on Stanton avenue, Walnut Hills. In religious faith, the family is Presby- terian.
William Strunk, Jr., eldest son of our subject, received the degree of Ph. D. in 1896 from Cornell University. Dr. Strunk is editor of two volumes of annotated English classics, in the "English Reading Series." Hav- ing accepted a traveling fellowship from the University, he spent 1898-99 in attendance upon the courses of the Sorbonne and the Collège de France, Paris, finally receiving the distinction of "Eteve Titulaire de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes."
WILLIAM BUCK.
WILLIAM BUCK, a pioneer in the pork packing industry of Cincinnati, passed out of life at his late residence, No. 1207 Harrison avenue, January 25, 1903, his death being due to the infirmities incident to advanced years, as he had passed the 87th milestone of life.
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Mr. Buck was long a very prominent factor in Cincinnati's industrial circles. He learned the butcher's trade in early life, and prior to coming to America in 1855 had worked at the same both in Paris and in London. He embarked in business in Cincinnati on Harrison avenue, opening up a daily market and gradually expanding until he went into the pork packing business in which he accumulated a large fortune. Like other large packers, he not only supplied home trade but invaded other countries, giving his name to specialties which are still known and in demand the world over. He was a man of progressive ideas, and was the first packer to export sausage casings to London, and his business in this one line reached a magnitude that hastened his retirement from the cares of active business. He was always prominent, and invested large amounts in real estate in the West End. From small beginnings Mr. Buck built up his great enterprise through native ability, honesty and close and careful attention to details.
Mr. Buck is survived only by a daughter, Mrs. Jacob Cormany, wife of the vice-president of the Board of Education.
WILLIAM C. COCHRAN.
WILLIAM C. COCHRAN, a leading member of the Cincinnati bar and a prominent and representative citizen, was born at Oberlin, Ohio, March 29, 1848, and is a son of William and Helen (Finney) Cochran. The former, who was professor of mental and moral philosophy at Oberlin College, died at the early age of 33 years. His widow was the daughter of the dis- tinguished theologian, Charles G. Finney, then president of Oberlin College. She was widowed prior to the birth of our subject. Later she became the wife of Jacob D. Cox.
In 1851 the family removed to Warren, Ohio, and there our subject attended school and graduated from the Warren High School in 1863. He started out in life in a business line, engaging successfully as clerk, book- keeper and cashier in several mercantile establishments at Warren, Ohio, and at Quincy, Illinois. In 1865 he entered Oberlin College where he was graduated in 1869, during the last two years of the course teaching Latin, Greek and geometry. For some. 18 months following, he served as clerk in the Indian Trust Fund office of the Department of the Interior at Wash-
CHRISTOPHER REICHEL.
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ington, D. C., and it was during that period that he began the study of the law. A year of foreign travel followed and then Mr. Cochran returned to Cincinnati, resumed his study of the law more seriously and in 1872 was admitted to the bar. He became a member of the legal firm of Cox, Follett & Cochran, and continued to be associated with John F. Follett during the years of General Cox's residence in Toledo, Ohio. In 1879 he again was associated with General Cox after his return to this city and so continued until 1885, since which time he has practiced alone. Mr. Cochran's early business training has enabled him to conduct successfully various manufactur- ing enterprises as an assignee.
In politics Mr. Cochran is a Republican. Since 1875 he has been a valued member of the Literary Club of Cincinnati, and has been a voluminous contributor. Mr. Cochran has inherited many gifts from his distinguished forebears, which added to his educational training have borne fruit. His latest addition to literature is a very valuable book of reference, entitled : "The Student's Law Lexicon."
In November, 1878, Mr. Cochran was married to Rosa D. Allen, sister of Prof. F. D. Allen, formerly of the University of Cincinnati, later of Yale and Harvard. Five children were born to this union, namely: Mary R., William S., Helen F., Allen D. and Frances E. The beautiful family home is situated on Gilman avenue, Mount Auburn. Mr. Cochran occupies commodious offices in the Johnston Building. Religiously, the family are connected with the Presbyterian Church.
CHRISTOPHER REICHEL.
CHRISTOPHER REICHEL, ex-sheriff of Hamilton County, and one of Cincinnati's most progressive and enterprising citizens, was born in Ger- many May 8, 1844, and died in this city March 15, 1899. He was one of a family of three children born to his parents, Martin and Elizabeth (Richtey) Reichel, and accompanied his father and mother to the United States when he was an infant. Here he underwent his mental training, and when he grew to manhood, he associated himself with Addy, Hull & Company, and it was while with them that he began his teaming operations. His business in the above line increased very rapidly, and he took his son into
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partnership in his prosperous undertaking, and the concern expanded to large proportions.
Mr. Reichel served in the Civil War as a Ist sergeant in the 183rd Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. He was in the battles of Franklin, Chattanooga and Golds- boro.
Through his interest in various organizations of a public and benevo- lent nature Mr. Reichel formed a wide range of acquaintances. His good qualities as a man gave him great popularity, so much so that in the year 1895 he was nominated and elected sheriff of Hamilton County. He served in that position with satisfaction to all, and his honorable and manly deal- ings won for him a second term, which he was serving at the time of his death. The exceptionally large vote received by him on his reelection re- flected the great confidence reposed in him by the citizens of Hamilton County. No one could have been more faithful and efficient in performing the duties of a sheriff and fulfilling the obligations of his office. . His was a quiet, unassuming character, and he never sought publicity or notoriety. Mr. Reichel served as director of the German Protestant Orphan Asylum, on Mount Auburn, and was also a director of the Blaine'Club.
The subject of this sketch was united in marriage to Mary Distler on October 2, 1863, and on his demise left his widow and four children, as well as many friends, to mourn his loss. A portrait of Mr. Reichel accom- panies this sketch, being presented on a preceding page.
I. D. JONES, M. D.
I. D. JONES, M. D., one of the most prominent physicians in Cincinnati, was born in Newtown, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 4, 1843, and is a son of Daniel Jones, who was a pioneer of Hamilton County.
.Dr. Jones was reared in his native locality and received his primary education in the local schools. In 1865 he graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan College and University, of Delaware, Ohio, bearing off the highest honors. He then returned to his native county and engaged in teaching school, for two years being principal of the California. (Ohio) schools, and principal of the Columbia (Ohio) schools for the same period. After attending lectures, he was graduated in . 1871 at the Medical College of Ohio; he spent one
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year as interne in the Good Samaritan Hospital, and soon after located on Walnut Hills, where he has his office and where he has met with great success in his practice.
On April 3, 1879, Dr. Jones was married to Edith Beatrice Gibbs, who lived near Toronto, Canada. Mrs. Jones is a daughter of Hon. W. H. Gibbs, who was at one time a member of the Canadian Parliament. Her mother's maiden name was Colton.
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Dr. Jones has been a member of the medical staff of Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, for the past 14 years. He is a prominent member of the Walnut Hills Methodist Episcopal Church, and a member of its official board. He is president of the Missionary Society of Cincinnati, has also served as vice- president, and for 14 years has been a director of the same. The Doctor is very much interested in mission work, especially home mission work in this city. He is regarded as the founder of the Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, to the support of which, from its earliest beginnings, he contributed liberally both in time and in money. Every Sunday evening he practically devotes to church and mission work.
Dr. Jones was one of the charter members of Walnut Hills Lodge, No. 483, F. & A. M., and is one of its past masters. He is a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason.
THOMAS H. FOULDS.
THOMAS H. FOULDS, whose long and honorable business career contrib- uted largely to the best interests of Cincinnati, died April 11, 1891, at his home in this city. He was born in Cincinnati, March 20, 1829, and was a son of William H. and Keturah ( Hall) Foulds, both of whom were natives of Baltimore, Maryland.
Soon after their marriage, the parents of our subject removed to Louisiana, where they resided for a period of 12 years. The father, William . H. Foulds, died in 1839, and his widow removed to the old home in Cin- cinnati where she hoped to be able to educate and provide for her children. Under these circumstances, Thomas H. Foulds had few of the advantages of education, his school days being shortened so that he could early become an earning factor. He began in a business way as errand boy in the retail store of James K. Ogden, and two years later was employed as clerk in a
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