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WILLIAM R. WOOD.
Wood, Wood & Nathan, Patent Attorneys and Counselors at Law.
Born January 14, 1871, at Cincinnati. Ohio; son of Edmund E. and Anna E. Wood. Attended public schools of Cin- cinnati, Woodward high school, Kenyon Military Academy and was graduated in the 1893 class of the Cincinnati Law Col- lege. Is a member of the Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court of Ohio, and various of the U. S. District Courts east of the Mississippi.
FREDERICK C. BUSSE.
President and Treasurer of the United States Varnish Company.
Born March 15, 1868, in Cincinnati: son of Frederick C. and Catherine Busse. Father was born in Altona. Germany; came to Cincinnati in 1858; was member of the Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry dur- ing the Civil War; and afterwards served for eighteen years as head bookkeeper for Ackerland & Co. With others started the U. S. Varnish Company in 1883. Mother was born in Rheinpalz, Germany, and came to Cine'nnati when tive years old. Frederick C. Busse attended the public schools of Cincinnati and for two years the Woodward high school. Went to work as a boy with the U. S. Varnish Company and has remained with it ever since. Belongs to Carson Lodge, F. & A. M., Scottish Rite and Shrine; also member of the Cincinnati Gym Boat Club, and the Queen City Furniture Club. In 1896 was married to Miss Marie Le- Roux, a native of France.
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L. P. KUHN.
Proprietor of the New York Laundry Co., of Cincinnati.
GABE M. WEIL.
JACOB J. PFEFFER.
President and Manager, Jacob J. Pfeffer Co. Wholesale Liquors and Wines.
A. R. CONNER. M. D. Physician. Offices at Sixteen East Seventh Street.
DR. J. ERNST KUNWALD.
Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Or- chestra. Office, Union Trust Building.
Treasurer of the Union Central Life Insurance Company, of Cincinnati.
WILLIAM STACEY.
Wm. Stacey Auction & Storage Co.
CAPTAIN OSCAR BARRETT.
Prop. Barrett Line of Tow Boats; Also Bar rett Mill and Lumber Company.
H. J. PFIESTER.
President, M. B. Farrin Lumber Co., Man- ufacturers of Sidings and Floorings.
President. The Weil-Brockman Co. Commis- sion Merchants, Cincinnati.
LOUIS BREILING.
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L. P. KUHN.
Proprietor of the New York Laundry Co .. of Cincinnati.
Born January 18, 1871, at Richmond. Va .; son of Lilburn P. and Isabelle (Travers) Kuhn. Educated at Richmond, Va. Came to Cineinnati 1889. Member Cuvier Press Club, Business Men's Club, Cincinnati Laundrymen's and Allied Traders Club; Federation of Laundry Owners; Ohio State Laundry Association; National Laundry Association; Ohio Linen Supply Association; Order of Eagles, No. 142 Aerie.
A. R. CONNER, M. D.
Physician. Offices at Sixteen East Seventh Street.
Born October 27, 1877, at Cynthiana, Harrison County Ky .; son of Alpheus and Susan Amelia (Reed) Conner. Attended Cynthiana High School; graduated from Ohio Medical College in 1905 and passed State board examination in Ohio June 15 of the same year. Is at present perfecting arrangements for building a sanitarium and health resort at Dover, Ky., about fifty miles from Cincinnati. Dr. Conner is a member of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the American Medical Association; Cincinnati Academy of Med- icine; the Alumni of Ohio Medical Col- lege and the faculty of the Cincinnati Polyclinie and Post Graduate School.
H. J. PFIESTER.
President, M. B. Farrin Lumber Co., Man- ufacturers of Sidings and Floorings.
Born December 25, 1872, at Cincinnati, O .; son of Jacob and Mary (Krcis) Pfies- ter. Educated in public schools of Cin- cinnati, graduate of Cincinnati Techni- cal School. In 1902 was made Superin- tendent of Electrical Distribution, Cin- cinnati Gas and Electric Company, and in that capacity installed the present lighting system of Cincinnati. Became associated shortly after this with the Farrin Lumber Company, and soon after the death of Mr. M. B. Farrin, in 1908, was made President of the company. Belongs to Queen City, Automobile, Busi- ness Men's and Cincinnati Gun Clubs, and is a member of the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War. In 1902 married Ella Farrin, daughter of the late M. B. Farrin.
JACOB J. PFEFFER.
President and Manager, Jacob J. Pfeffer Co., Wholesale Liquors and Wines.
In 1880 Jacob J. Pfeffer established the Jacob J. Pfeffer Company. In 1905 a stock company was formed with Mr. Jacob I. Pfeffer as president and man- ager and Mr. Andrew Hochstrasser as secretary and treasurer. Since the death of Mr. Pfeffer in 1913, the business has continued under the management of Mr. Hochstrasser.
GABE M. WEIL.
President, The Weil-Brockman Co. Commis- sion Merchants, Cincinnati.
Born October 10, 1867, at Cincinnati, Ohio; son of Meyer and Betsy Weil. : At- tended Cincinnati public schools and later took a course in bookkeeping at Nelson's Business College. In 1893 he organized the firm of Weil, Brockman & Co., which in the year 1906 was incorporated as The Weil-Brockman Company, at which time Mr. Weil was made president and given active management of the concern, now one of the leading fruit and produce houses in this section of the country, handling goods from all parts of the United States and from foreign countries. He is a director of the United Fruit Auction Company and secretary-treasurer of the Cincinnati Fruit Auction Company, a member of the Business Men's Club, the Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, Cin- cinnati Lodge No. 133, McMillan Chapter, Cincinnati Council, Jewish Hospital and all Jewish charitable organizations.
DR. J. ERNST KUNWALD.
Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Or- chestra. Office, Union Trust Building.
Born April 14, 1868, at Vienna, Aus- tria; son of Dr. Ludwig and Emma (Pol- lak) Kunwald. Studied law at Vienna and music at Leipzig Conservatory of Music, where he graduated with high honors. Practiced law from 1891-93; theatrical conductor (opera) 1893-97, in Leipzig, Rostock, Londershausen, Essen, Halley, Frankfort-on-Main, Berlin and Nurnberg; Symphony conductor at Ber- lin (Philharmonic) 1907-'12; since 1912 Symphony conductor at Cincinnati. Con- ducted May Festivals in 1914. Member Optimist Club and Musicians' Club. Mar- ried Lina Rucker, 1899.
WILLIAM STACEY.
Wm. Stacey Auction & Storage Co.
Born October 21, 1857, at Cincinnati, O., within one block of present business lo- cation; son of Edward and Mary Stacey. Educated in public schools of Cincinnati. Started present business in 1878 with one wagon which he drove himself. Now connected with Roehe-Bruner Building Company and Alco Service Company. Member Cincinnati Commereial Associa- tion, American Warehousemen's Asso- ciation, Chamber of Commerce, N. Y. Furniture Warehousemen's Association, and Central Warehousemen's Association.
LOUIS BREILING.
Treasurer the Union Central Life Insurance Company, of Cincinnati.
Born June 3. 1863, at Cincinnati, O .: son of Frank and Henrietta Broiling. both of Wurtemberg, Germany. Educated in Cincinnati public schools, Began his business career as oflice boy with the Union Central Life Insurance Company, and by application and hard work at- tained his prosent position. Resides in Terrace Park, where he has filled almost
every political office from Mayor down. Is President of the Terrace Park B. & L. Co .; member Business Men's Club and Chamber of Commerce. Married in 1886 to Ida M. Rauscher.
CAPTAIN OSCAR F. BARRETT.
Prop. Barrett Line of Tow Boats; Also Bar- rett Mill and Lumber Company.
Reared in Kentucky; educated in public schools of that State and Hughes High School, Cincinnati. Received first mas- ter's papers at twenty-one. Is President of the Campbell County Bank and the Frankfort Elevator Company. Member Board of Directors Louisville and Cin- einnati Packet Company, The Consoli- dated Boat Store Company and the Co- lumbia Life Insurance Company. Mem- ber Ohio Valley Improvement Associa- tion, Business Men's Club, Fort Mitchell Golf Club, Cincinnati Golf Club, Automo- bile Club, Loyal Legion, 32nd degree Mason, Knight Templar and K. of P. Married August 20, 1890 to Mayme E. Slack.
CHARLES PHELPS TAFT.
President and Treasurer of the Cincinnati Times-Star Company.
Editor; born at Cincinnati December 21, 1843; son of Alphonso (Attorney Gen- eral, 1876) and Fannie (Phelps) Taft; half brother of President William How- ard, Henry Waters and Horace Dutton Taft (all q. v.) A. B., Yale, 1864, A. M., 1867; J. U. D., Heidelberg, 1887; also studied at Berlin and Paris; married An- nie, daughter of David Sinton, of Cincin- nati, December 4, 1873. Admitted to bar 1866; practiced at Cincinnati 1869-79: purchased controlling interest in Cincin- nati Times, 1879, which he consolidated with the Star, 1SS0, as the Times-Star, of which has since been editor. Member Ohio House of Representatives, 1871: member Fifty-fourth Congress 1896-7. First Ohio District: President Board Sinking Fund Trustees, Cincinnati 1898- 1908; presidential cleetor-at-large from Ohio, 1904: President Ohio Electoral College. January. 1905; delegate-at-large from Ohio to Republican National Com- mittee, 1908. Extensively interested in National League Baseball teams. Large contributor to Cincinnati Symphony Or- chestra, Home: 316 Pike street. Ollice: Times-Star Building, Cincinnati.
JULIUS FLEISCHMANN.
President of the Fleischmann Co .: President the Market National Bank.
Ex-Mayor, son of Charles and llen- riette (Robertson) Fleischmann; brother of Max C. F. (q. v.) President Market National Bank. Security Savings Bank and Safe Deposit Company, Union Grain and Hay Company, American Diamalt Company. Mayor of Cincinnati for term expiring 1905: member of board of park commissioners, 1908-12. Republican. Home: 3555 Washington avenue. Avon- dale. Ollice: 419 Plum street, Cincin- nati,
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LOUIS GROSSMANN, D. D. Professor Hebrew College. Rabbi; Plum Street Temple, Cineinnati.
ARTHUR C. BACHMEYER, M. D.
Supt, and Medical Director of the Cineinnati Tuberculosis Sanitorium, Residence 229 East Rochelle.
GEORGE H. JUNG.
President of the George H. Jung Co .; Adver- tising Novelties.
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JOSEPH H. BIECKER.
Cincinnati Real Estate Broker; Member of Firm of Biecker & Lang.
President and Treasurer of the J. & F. Sehroth Packing Company, Pork Packers.
WILLIAM KLAPPERT.
Of the Firm of William Klappert &
Insurance Brokers. First National Bank Building.
Co.,
PHILIP C. FOSDICK. President of the Cincinnati Gear Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.
CHRISTIAN R. HOLMES, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon. Permanent Chair. man of the Cineinnati Hospital Commission.
FREDERICH SCHROTH.
E. R. BOOTH, PH. D.D. O. Osteopath and Physician. Offices in the Traetion Building.
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LOUIS GROSSMANN, D. D.
Professor Hebrew College; Rabbi Plom Street Temple, Cincinnati.
Born at Vienna, Austria, February 24, 1863; son of Ignatz and Nettie Gross- mann. Ancestry dates from the fifteenth century and is traced to the famous Rabbi Bezalel, Rabbi of Pargue, and one of the famous writers in the history of Jewish literature. Grandfather was Rabbi and Dayan in Pressburg and author of many works; father was prominent Rabbi and author; of the brothers, Rabbi Julius Grossmann is Rabbi in Ipoly Sagh, and author of a number of Commenaries to the Bible; Dr. Rudolph Grossmann, a graduate of the Hebrew Union College and University of Cincinnati and well- known Rabbi of Temple Rodef Shalon of New York City. Dr. Louis Grossman was educated in Cincinnati, being a graduate of University of Cincinnati and Hebrew Union College. Rabbi at Detroit, Mich., 1884-1898; in 1898 was called to the pul- pit of Plum Street Temple in association with the eminent Dr. Isaac M. Wise. In same year became Professor of Theology at Hebrew Union College. In 1909 found- ed Teachers' Institute for the training of religious teachers. Is Professor of Peda- gogy and Ethics of the Hebrew Union Col- lege. Author of "Judaism and the Science of Religion," London and New York; "Maimonides," London and New York; "Responses, Hymns and Prayers," "The Jewish Pulpit," "Songs of Israel," "The Real Life," "The Life and Works of Isaac M. Wise;" contributor to "Jewish Ency- clopedia" and for a number of years con- tributing editor of the "American Israel- ite." Member University Club, Confer- ence of American Rabbis, President Jew- ish Religious Teachers' Association, member City Club Committee on Univer- sity, and Wednesday Club.
E. R. BOOTH, PH. D., D. O.
Osteopath and Physician. Offices in the Traction Building.
Dr. E. R. Booth has been practicing osteopathy in Cincinnati since August, 1900. In June of that year he graduated from the American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Missouri. Before taking up the study of osteopathy Dr. Booth was a teacher. He had experience in almost every phase of school work as teacher and superitendent from the country school and primary grades to the university. He was a teacher in the St. Louis Manual Training School, the first of its kind and the one after which most of the manual training schools in this country are pat- terned. As principal of the Technical School of Cincinnati for ten years he be- came identified with the educational in- terests of Cincinnati and was one of the first in the manual training and voca- tional movement. Later the Technical School was merged with the University of Cincinnati and developed into its en- gineering departments.
Dr. Booth has always been an active worker in professional and civic organ-
izations. He has served as president of the Missouri State Teachers' Association, the Southwest Ohio Teachers' Associa- tion, the Manual Training Department of the National Educational Association, the American Osteopathic Association, the Ohio Osteopathic Society, the Miami Val- ley Osteopathic Society, and the Cincin- nati Chapter of the Ohio Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
PHILIP C. FOSDICK.
President of the Cincinnati Gear Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.
A life-long resident of Cincinnati; son of James William and Louise Fosdick. Attended district schools and Hughes High School of Cincinnati. In 1887 or- ganized the Fosdick Machine Tool Com- pany, which is still one of Cincinnati's largest industries in that line. Was a member of the Seventy-second General Assembly, member and President of Board of Control for five years, and is at present Director of Public Service. Be- longs to Business Men's Club; Country Club; Automobile Club; Cincinnati Whist Club; Blaine Club and various Masonic bodies. Mr. Fosdick is the author of the" celebrated High Hat Bill passed by the Legislature of Ohio in 1896. Ohio being the first State to adopt this law.
ARTHUR C. BACHMEYER, M. D.
Supt. and Medical Director of the Cincinnati Tuberenlosis Sanitorinm. Residence 229 East Rochelle.
Born Dec. 6, 1886, at Cincinnati, O .; son of Harry and Caroline (Weist) Bach- meyer. Educated in public schools, Wood- ward High School, Miami Medical College and Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati. Interne and later House Surgeon at the Cincinnati Hospital: As- sistant Superintendent Cincinnati Hospi- tal, August 15, 1913 to Feb. 12, 1914. Member American Medical Society, Ohio State Medical Society, Cincinnati Acad- emy of Medicine, Clinical Society, Cin- cinnati Hospital, Anti - Tuberculosis League, Social Service Association, Cin- cinnati Hospital, University Medical So- ciety, Alpha Kappa Kappa Frat, Auto- mobile Club and Vattier Lodge, No. 386, F. & A. M. Married Imil Troeger, 1910.
JOSEPHI H. BIECKER.
Cincinnati Real Estate Broker: Member of Firm of Biecker & Lang.
Born July 21, 1882, at Cincinnati, Ohio. Began his business career as errand boy and clerk; became interested in real es- fate, and opened a small ollice in the Bell Block, later forming a partnership with George A. Lang under the firm name of Biecker & Lang, with offices at 601 First National Bank Bldg. Mr. Biecker is a member of Masonic Order, Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan, Knights of Pythias, Pleasant Liberty Club, Diamonds S. C. B. A. and Bavarian Society, Mar- ried Anna F. Federmann, July 22, 1903.
CHRISTIAN R. HOLMES, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon. Permanent Chair- man of the Cincinnati Hospital Commission.
Born October 18, 1857, at Veile, Den- mark; son of Christian R. and Karen Michelson Holmes. Studied in Denmark, Germany and America, graduating from Miami Medical College in 1885. Is a mem- ber of the Queen City Club, Commercial Club of Cincinnati, Academy of Medicine, Cincinnati, American Medical Assn., Am- erican Laryngological, Phinological and Otological Society, American Ophthalmo- logical Assn., the Ophthalmological and Oto-Laryngological Society, American Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, etc., etc. Was married in 1892 to Bettie Fleisch- mann and has three sons.
GEORGE H. JUNG.
President of the George H. Jung Co .; Adver- tising Novelties.
Born July 18, 1866, at Cincinnati. Has been in the printing business all his life and is one of the best known advertising men in the country. Is a member of the Business Men's Club, Chamber of Com- merce, Hyde Park Country Club, and nu- merous other organizations. Was married in 1893 and has two boys (twins), Geo. H., Jr., and Robt. L. Jung, both of whom have just graduated from Ohio Military Institute.
FREDERICH SCHROTH.
President and Treasurer of the J. & F. Schroth Packing Company. Pork Packers.
Born April 2, 1845, at Cincinnati, O .: son of John and Katherine (Schantz) Schroth. Attended public schools of Cin- cinnati. In 1868 started in the pork and beef curing business on Marshall avemie in Camp Washington, Cincinnati. In 1886 formed a partnership with his brother John, under the name of The J. & F. Schroth Packing Company; incorporated January 23, 1892, with Frederich Schroth as President and John Schroth as Vice President. Upon the death of John Schroth in 1901, his son John Schroth, Jr., succeeded him and was Vice Pres- ident until 1909, when Henry Schroth. son of Frederich Schroth, was elected Vice President, Frederich Schroth Presi- dent and Treasurer, lohn Schroth, Jr .. Second Vice President, and Jolin .1. Schroth, son of Frederich Schroth, Sec- retary.
WILLIAM KLAPPERT.
Of the Firm of William Klappert & Co. Insurance Brokers. First National Bank Building.
Born June 14, 1856, at Cincinnati, Ohio: son of John Jacob and Mary Elizabeth Dohrman Klappert, Win. Klappert & Co. are sole agents for the London & Lan cashire Fire Insurance Co. of Liverpool. England: Orlent Insurance Co., of Hart- ford, Conn .; National Fire Insurance Co .. of Hartford, Conn .: Calumet Underwriters Agency, of Pittsburg, Pa .: General Fire Assurance Co., of Paris, France, and the Fidelity and Casualty Company, of New York, Mr. Klappert Is a member of the Walnut Hills Masonle Lodge, Schoolmates' Association, Business Men's Club, East Walut Hills Welfare Association, and a Trustee of the Clueinnati Salvage Corps.
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REUBEN JOHN BEAMAN.
Accountant. Offices at Room 2709. Union Central Life Ins, Building.
JESSE CHARLES MAYER.
Mayer. Deppe & Walter, Investment Brokers, Cincinnati, Ohio.
CHARLES A. J. WALKER.
Attorney and Counselor at Law. Offices in The Johnston Building,
SAMUEL O. BAYLESS.
Attorney-at - Law. Office. First National Bank Building, Residence, 1353 Locust.
GEORGE D. MEEKER.
Meeker & Klomann, Chirapractors; Room 10, at 9 West Fourth Street.
President, The Williams Directory Co .; Publ lishers of City Directories.
CHARLES WILLIAM SIMPSON.
Local Manager. Diamond Rubber Company of New York, Automobile Tires.
ERNEST FRANKLIN BARDIN.
General Sales Manager of the Wyatt Coal Company, Cincinnati, O.
AMERICUS V. WILLIAMS.
J. W. WITT.
President and Treasurer, The Witt Cornic Co. 2118 Winchell Avenue.
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REUBEN JOHN BEAMAN.
Accountant. Offices at Room 2709, Union Central Life Ins. Building.
Born May 3, 1885, on farm south of Sidney, Ohio; son of John and Anna J. Beamen. Attended Sidney high school, Sidney, Ohio, and Miami University, Ox- ford, Ohio. Became a Certified Public Accountant February 7, 1914. Is presi- dent and treasurer of the Cincinnati Se- curities Company, and a member of the Business Men's Club of Cincinnati and the Hyde Park Business Men's Club. Was married in 1908 to Miss Linda M. Holden.
SAMUEL O. BAYLESS.
Attorney-at-Law. Office, First National Bank Building. Residence, 1353 Locust.
Born June 24, 1848, in Tippecanoe County, State of Indiana; son of John M. and Christiana Bayless. Was educated in the common schools of Indiana; later took a literary course at Lombard Univer- sity and a full course in Law Department of University of Michigan. Began prac- tice of law in 1870 at Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana, and continued to prac- tice there until 1895. Was elected Mayor of the city of Frankfort, Indiana, in May, 1874, and was re-elected for three suc- cessive terms. Came from Indiana to Cincinnati in 1895. Is a thirty-second degree Mason and member of Indian- apolis Consistory. Married in 1872 to Emma D. Clark.
CHARLES WILLIAM SIMPSON.
Local Manager, Diamond Rubber Company of New York. Automobile Tires. r
Born December 11, 1877, at Chicago, Ill .; son of Mary M. and Geo. H. Simpson. Educated at Northwestern University. Evanston, Ill. Came to Cincinnati seven years ago as sales manager for the B. F. Goodrich Company, of Akron, Ohio, and the Diamond Rubber Company, of New York. Is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Carriage Makers' Club and the Cincinnati Automobile Club. Was married in Chicago in 1898 and has one daughter, Helen Simpson.
JOHN ROLL MCLEAN.
Proprietor of The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Journalist; born at Cincinnati, Sep- tember 17, 1848; son of Washington and Mary 1. M .; educated in public and pri- vate schools in Cincinnati, and at Har- vard; bought interest of his father in Cincinnati Enquirer; became sole owner in 1881. Also owns Cincinnati Commer- cial Tribune. Delegate-at-large Demo- cratic National Conventions since 1884; candidate for United States Senator 1885; Democratie candidate for Governor of Ohio in 1899; Ohio Member Democratie National Committee. Resides in Wash- Ington. Address, Cincinnati or Washing- ton.
JESSE CHARLES MAYER.
Mayer. Deppe & Walter, Investment Brokers. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Born March 29, 1877, at Cincinnati, Ohio; son of Charles and Theresa Nettie Mayer. Attended Cincinnati public sehools and Franklin school. Is a mem- ber of the Phoenix Club, Business Men's Club, Chamber of Commerce, Cuvier Press Club, and Elks. Married Miss Helen Hoffheimer at Wiilkesbarre, Pa., December 23, 1912, and has one son, Charles Mayer.
GEORGE D. MEEKER.
Meeker & Klomann, Chiropractors: Room 10. at 9 West Fourth Street.
Born December 19, 1886, at Bantam, Ohio; son of Wm. and Elizabeth Meeker. Attended Ohio State University, and Carver-Denny Chiropractic College, at Oklahoma City. Is a member of the Board of Directors of Ohio Chiropractor's Association, and of F. A. A. M. of Bethel, Ohio.
ERNEST FRANKLIN BARDIN.
General Sales Manager of the Wyatt Coal Company, Cincinnati. O.
Born March 23, 1881, at Black Creek. N. C .; son of Isaac B. and Nellie Bardin (nee Aycock). Attended high school ad- jacent to this early home at Black Creek, N. C., and later the Massey Institute at Richmond, Va. In 1900 he entered the coal business as an office assistant with the New River & Kanawha Fuel Co., at Richmond, Va .; in 1902 he resigned to accept a position with the sales organiza- tion of the C. & O. Coal & Coke Co., when that organization was in its infancy, and made such a remarkable record that he was placed in charge of the Chicago branch, succeeding in a short time to the general managership of the entire West- ern Division with headquarters in Cin- cinnati. In March, 1912, he again re- signed to assume complete charge of the sales organization of the Wyatt Coal Company, which was then a new venture and today stands forth as one of the largest and most successful corporations in the coal business. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Cincinnati Business Men's Club, Cincinnati Coal Chib, Hyde Park Business Men's Club and the Order of Ko-Koal. In 1903 he married Mayrie A. Tucker and has one child, Marjorie Nadine Bardin.
H. A. POVELEITE.
General Freight Agent. C. N. O. & T. P. Railway. Offices in Cincinnati.
Mr. Henry A. Poveleite is the general freight agent of the Cincinnati, New Or- leans & Texas Pacific Railway-"Queeu & Crescent Ronte"- with ollices in the Ingalls Building. He resides at 4116 Erie Avenue.
CHARLES A. J. WALKER.
Attorney and Counselor at Law. Offices in The Johnston Building.
Charles A. J. Walker has been prac- ticing law for over twenty years, with his offices in the Johnston building. He was for many years associated with the late Judge John S. Conner. Is engaged in the general practice of law in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, and all the courts of the State of Ohio, as well as the courts of Kentucky, particularly Kenton County. He is a member of the Hamilton County and Ohio State Bar Associations, the Kenton County, Kentucky, Bar Associa- tion, and the National Bar Association. He belongs to the Queen City Club and the Fort Mitchell Country Club. He has been an active Mason and belongs to both the Knight Templar and Scottish Rite bodies. He is also an Odd Fellow. Mr. Walker is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and takes an active part in church and charitable work.
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