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From the inquitous proceedings in the case and the manner in which it was prosecuted and the excitement it produced, the com- munity was led to reflect upon the evils of the system and the oppres- sion of the law, and from that day until the slave girl Lucy was sent back into Virginia in 1862 (to appease, it was said, the wrath of the rebels), not a negro was sent back into slavery from Cleveland or Cuyahoga county.
Mr. Bolton left the democratic party in 1848, or, as he claimed, it left him when it adopted its national platform of that year. He then joined the freesoil party, was a delegate to the Buffalo conven- tion and one of its secretaries. In February, 1856, he assisted in organizing the republican party at the Pittsburg convention and in the summer of the same year was a delegate from his congressional district in the Philadelphia convention, which nominated Fremont and Dayton.
When Judge Bolton was admitted to the bar the court of common pleas, under the old constitution, consisted of four members, a presi-
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dent judge and three associates, elected by the legislature; and the supreme court of the state consisted of four judges, also chosen by the legislature. A session of the supreme court was held by two of its members once a year in each county, and three sessions a year were held by the court of common pleas in Cuyahoga and adjoining counties. In 1851, by adoption of the new constitution, the judges were elected by the people for a term of five years. Hon. Samuel Starkweather was the first judge elected under the new system and in 1856 Thomas Bolton was chosen his successor. In 1861 Judge Bolton was unanimously renominated and elected without opposition, and on the expiration of his second term, in 1866, he retired not only from the bench but also from the bar. He had come to the bar of Cleveland before the city was incorporated and entered upon prac- tice with the force and earnestness which were the ruling elements of his nature. He was a strong man among eminently able fellow prac- titioners and his promptness and punctuality in the courts were proverbial. If he granted indulgences, he never asked for any. He was less given to books than his partner, Moses Kelly, who was the student and chancery member of the firm, but in the ordinary depart- ments of the common law and in criminal practice Judge Bolton was most at home. He prepared his cases with the most thorough pre- meditation of the line of his own evidence and of all the opposing evidence that could possibly be anticipated. His arguments, while not studied as to finish, were strong, intensely practical and to the point. On the bench he was hardy and vigorous in his perceptions and understandings, thoroughly versed and ready in the law of pleadings and evidence. His ten years' service as judge was honor- able to himself and valuable to the public. In all the phases of his professional career and private life he was thoroughly upright. He retired with an ample fortune amassed through foresight and business energy and his remaining years were devoted to his family and home, of which he was very fond.
Judge Bolton first married Elizabeth L. Cone and after her death wedded Emeline Russell, who survives, as do his two sons: Charles C., of Cleveland, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work; and James H., who is clerk of the United States district court at Sioux City, Iowa. Judge Bolton's death occurred February 1, 1871.
Louis A. Osborn
L OUIS A. OSBORN is a successful and enterprising representative of business interests in Cleveland as the president of the J. M. & L. A. Osborn Company, jobbers in tin plate, sheet iron, metals, tinners', roof- ers' and furnace men's supplies. His birth occurred in this city in 1865, his parents being James M. and Hulda A. (Wheeler) Osborn, the former a native of New York and the latter of Michigan. In 1878 R. P. Myers and James M. Osborn organized the Myers, Osborn Company for the manufacture of stoves and jobbing in tin and sheet mill supplies. It is one of the pioneers in this line of activity in Cleveland, the business being started by R. P. Myers in 1859. Until his death, in May, 1909, M. J. Osborn was associated in business with his son Louis and was long numbered among the prosperous, respected and representative resi- dents of this city. His wife, who came to Cleveland in early life, is yet living and has an extensive circle of friends here.
Louis A. Osborn attended the public schools in the acquirement of an education and after putting aside his text-books entered the employ of his father in the capacity of shipping clerk, being grad- ually promoted to positions of greater responsibility as he demon- strated his faithfulness and capability in the discharge of the duties entrusted to his care. In 1888 the style of the concern was changed · to the J. M. & L. A. Osborn Company and manufacturing was dis- continued, the establishment being converted into a jobbing house. The business was incorporated in 1901 and they now enjoy an ex- tensive and gratifying trade as dealers in tin plate, sheet iron, metals, tinners', roofers', and furnace men's supplies. Most of their busi- ness is done in the central west. As the president of the company, Mr. Osborn has earned for himself an enviable reputation as a care- ful man of business, and in his dealings is known for his prompt and honorable methods. He is also interested in a number of other con- cerns, among them being the Merwin Manufacturing Company. The
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latter is the firm which manufactures most of the products handled by the Osborn Company.
In 1893 Mr. Osborn was united in marriage to Miss Emily L. Baldwin, of Youngstown, Ohio. Their children are three in num- ber, namely: William B., Lucretia M. and Mary Elizabeth. Mr. Osborn exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and is a devoted and consistent member of the First Baptist church. He has gained many friends during his life-long residence in this city and has won for himself favorable regard in business circles in recognition of his enterprise, his alert and ener- getic spirit and his successful accomplishment.
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D. Mumford Moore
MUMFORD MOORE, secretary and general mana- V ger of the Chisholm & Moore Manufacturing Com- pany, was born at Newtown, Long Island, New York, September 12, 1851. Newtown is now a part of Greater New York but the old homestead in which Mr. Moore was born still stands in a splendid state of preservation, although over two hundred years old. His father, Samuel H. Moore, was born in New York city in 1822. Early in life he tried farming on Long Island, but this not proving congenial, he returned to the city and engaged in the wholesale produce busi- ness, in which he remained for many years. He married Elizabeth Ann Sammis, of New York city, and to them were born two sons and five daughters.
V. Mumford Moore received his early education in the Fair- childs Institute at Flushing, Long Island, and later took a course in the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, graduating with the class of 1867. His father's store presented a business opening for the young man and in his seven years' association with the concern he gained a wide and valuable commercial experience. When the family removed west Mr. Moore went with them and resided for about one year in Madison, Wisconsin. They then concluded to go to Chicago and there he and his father and brother organized the firm of S. H. & E. Y. Moore, dealers in wholesale hardware and iron. This was subsequently merged into the Moore Manufactur- ing Company, with the subject of the sketch as secretary and treas- urer. The company continued in successful operation in Chicago for about fifteen years. In 1888, however, they removed to Mil- waukee, where under the name of the Moore Manufacturing & Foundry Company it held a secure place among the industrial con- cerns of the city for nine years.
In 1897 those at the head of the Moore Manufacturing Com- pany became of the opinion that Cleveland afforded superior ad-
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vantages for the manufacturing of their specialties and with this conviction they came to the city and enrolled themselves among her large enterprises. They continued for one year under the old name and then reorganized as the Chisholm & Moore Manufacturing Company, with Mr. Moore as secretary and general manager. The company manufacture chain hoists, trolleys and other specialties, many of which are the inventions of the Moores. Also among their output are malleable iron castings and kindred commodities. The plant, which is an extensive one, is situated at Lakeside avenue, North- east, between Forty-ninth and Fifty-third streets.
Mr. Moore, in 1879, was united in marriage to Miss Ida Louise Aldridge, who died in 1893. Three daughters were born to them. The eldest, Helene A., died at the age of two and a half years; Eliza- beth L. married J. E. Sawhill and now resides in Oregon; and Louise M. resides in Cleveland with her father.
Mr. Moore is a well known club man, holding membership in a number of the Forest city's important organizations, both social and athletic, the most of these being a pleasant combination of the two. They include the Colonial Club, the Mayfield Country Club, the Cleveland Athletic Club, the Cleveland Automobile Club, the Cleve- land Aero Club, and the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Moore is also a member of the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Merchants Marine League. He was formerly an enthusiastic bi- cyclist but since that sport became passe he extracts his greatest comfort and recreation from his automobile. He is, however, very catholic in his athletic tastes and warmly advocates all out-of-door games and amusements. Politically he gives his adherence to the republican party, and though reared an Episcopalian, is now a mem- ber of the Second Presbyterian church. Mr. Moore displays many of the traits of the ideal citizen, combining with splendid executive ability and business acumen, social and fraternal proclivities and a public-spirited desire to do all in his power to further the interests of the whole social body.
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Cyrus A. Jewett
C YRUS A. JEWETT, one of the directors of the George Worthington Company of Cleveland, is numbered among the native sons of Cuyahoga county, his birth having occurred at Newburg in 1858. His father, Captain Charles Porter Jewett, was born in Newburg township, Cuyahoga county, in 1824, and was a son of Moses Jewett, one of the pioneers of the Western Re- serve, coming to Cuyahoga county and settling in Newburg about 1820. He engaged in farming, became an extensive landholder and was one of the prominent citizens of his time.
Captain Charles Porter Jewett, who was actively engaged in agricultural pursuits in his early manhood, subsequently became one of the organizers of the South Cleveland Banking Company. He was likewise prominent in public affairs and was honored by election to the office of county commissioner, proving a faithful and efficient incumbent in that position. During the period of hostilities be- tween the north and the south he loyally defended the interests of the Union as a member of the Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infan- try and when mustered out held the rank of captain. His demise, which occurred in 1900, was the occasion of deep and widespread regret, for he had an extensive circle of friends in the county where his entire life had been spent.
His wife, who bore the maiden name of Adeline A. Adams and whose birth occurred in Massachusetts in 1826, still survives. Her parents became early settlers of Ohio and she has made her home in this state throughout practically her entire life. She was the daugh- ter of Joshua A. and Adeline (Athearn) Adams, who became resi- dents of Newburg, Ohio, in 1826. The first American ancestor of the Adams family was Henry Adams, who came from Devonshire, England, with his wife, eight sons and one daughter in 1632, set- tling in Braintree, Massachusetts, and in 1641 was voted a grant of land. He was the first clerk of Braintree after its separation from
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Boston. One of his grandsons was John Adams, the second presi- dent of the United States. One of his sons, Edward Adams, lived at Medfield, Massachusetts, where he was much employed in pub- lic duties, being ensign and selectman for many years. He also served as representative in the first two general courts. His eldest son, also Edward Adams, married Elizabeth Walley and one of their sons was Eliashib Adams, who married Reliance Mayhew, a descendant of Governor Thomas Mayhew. Their son, Mayhew Adams, born in 1729, married Rebecca Mayhew, and they became the parents of seventeen children. One of the sons, Mayhew Adams, was a Revolutionary soldier serving as second major of Colonel Beniah Norton's Dukes County Regiment Massachusetts militia, while a second son was James Adams, who married Dinah Allen. Of the six children of that marriage, Joshua A. Adams, married Adeline Athearn and became the founder of the Ohio branch of the family. He was the maternal grandfather of the subject of this review.
Dinah Allen was descended from George Allen, who was born in England in 1658 and came to America with the Puritans in 1635, settling at Sargus Lynn in 1637. He, with Edmund Freeman and others, purchased and settled the township of Sandwich, Massa- chusetts, where he served in various official capacities until his death in 1648. Governor Thomas Mayhew, ancestor of the Mayhew family, was born in Southampton, England, coming to America in 1635 and residing in the Watertown colony until 1645, when he went to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, of which province he served as governor. He was a man of wide influence and engaged in preaching to the Indians for many years, as did his son, the Rev. Thomas Mayhew, and his grandson, the Rev. John Mayhew, the lat- ter devoting his life to Indian mission work. After his death his work was carried on by his son, the Rev. Experience Mayhew, who served as chaplain of the four thousand New England troops who served in the taking of Louisberg in the war between the colonists on the one side and the French and Indians on the other. His mother was Thankful Hinkley, a daughter of Governor Thomas Hinkley, a son of Samuel and Sarah Hinkley, who came to Amer- ica in the ship Hercules in 1635. He served as the last governor of Plymouth colony, his term of office being from 1680 until 1692.
At the usual age Cyrus A. Jewett entered the public schools in pursuit of an education that would equip him for the practical and responsible duties of life and, after putting aside his text-books, in 1877, he became general utility man in the store of the George Worthington Company, jobbers of hardware. He has been continu-
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ously identified with this concern to the present time, gradually working his way up from a minor position to one of large responsi- bility. For twelve years he represented the firm on the road as a traveling salesman and is now one of the directors of the company, in which connection his excellent business ability and keen fore- sight have proven factors in its successful control.
In 1891 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Jewett and Miss Ella S. Jones, a native of Cleveland and a daughter of Edmund B. and Ella (Lockhead) Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Jewett have a daugh- ter, Margaret Adeline, who is now attending the Hathaway-Brown school. Mrs. Jewett before her marriage was prominent in musi- cal circles, having studied under Professor Underner and Signor Bonfi and was for some years contralto of the Grace Episcopal church choir of Newburg.
The political views of Mr. Jewett are indicated by his support of the men and measures of the republican party, while fraternally he is a thirty-second degree Mason and also belongs to the Mystic Shrine. His social nature finds expression through his membership in the Euclid, Roadside and Cleveland Athletic Clubs. He finds enjoyment in his leisure hours in golf and motoring. He is well known and highly esteemed throughout the county in which he has always resided. His prosperity is entirely due to his own labor, his utilization of opportunities and his persistency of purpose.
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Silas Brainard
N the pages of Cleveland's history as one of the pioneer representatives of the music trade appears the name of Silas Brainard-a name that is honored and re- spected wherever he was known and most of all where he was best known. Coming to Cleveland during the formative period in its history he estab- lished one of the early music houses of the city and for years main- tained a foremost place among the merchants of musical instruments and musical merchandise. Born in New Hampshire on the 14th of February, 1814, he acquired his early education in the public schools of the old Granite state. Coming to Cleveland at an early age he located on Superior street, where he opened a music store, having at first but one piano. Subsequently he opened the Brainard music hall which was afterward converted into the Globe theater and became the home of grand opera in Cleveland. He did much toward pro- moting the musical taste in this city by securing the talent of some of the most famous musicians and singers that are residents of or have visited America. He possessed an accurate ear, had the keenest appreciation for harmony and his own love of music prompted him to wish to give to others the pleasure which it brought to him. As the promoter of the Brainard music store he developed an excellent business which in time became the property of his sons.
On the 23d of April, 1840, Mr. Brainard was married to Miss Emily Mould, a lady of English birth, who crossed the Atlantic to the new world when a little maiden of ten years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Brainard have been born seven children: Charles Silas, now de- ceased, who married Minnie Wetmore, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; Henry Mould, who was engaged in business with his father and who married Miss Frances Hills, of Cleveland; Fannie Mould, who became the wife of Eugene L. Graves, of Bennington, Vermont, who is mentioned elsewhere in this volume; Emily Louise, the wife of George E. Armstrong, of New York; Arthur Wilberforce, who
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wedded Miss Maria Bressant, of Watertown, New York; Annie Mould; and Laura Caroline. The two eldest sons were in business with their father as S. Brainard & Sons. This was the second largest house of the kind in the United States at that time. They continued with the house after the father's death when it was conducted under the name of S. Brainard's Sons.
In his political views Mr. Brainard was an earnest republican, though he never sought nor desired office, but kept well informed on the questions and issues of the day. He attended Trinity Episcopal church, of which his wife was a prominent member, and took an active interest in all departments of the church work. His name was not unknown in connection with public and private charities, and he realized fully the obligations of man toward his fellowmen. His recreation was largely found in driving, for he was very fond of horses. In Cleveland he stood as a high type of the prominent bus- iness man and citizen, practical not only in the management of his own affairs but in all of his relations to the public. He died suddenly in 1871, at the age of fifty-seven years, and thus passed away one who had left a deep impress upon the commercial history and musical development of Cleveland.
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Albert C. Buell, M. D.
D R. ALBERT C. BUELL, a Cleveland physician, suc- cessful in his practice and not unknown as a contribu- tor to medical literature, was born in Northfield, Ohio, January 18, 1851. The Buell family is of Scotch origin and was established in Vermont in early colo- nial days. The father, David C. Buell, was a native of St. Albins, Vermont, born November 27, 1820, and about 1837 he became a resident of Hudson, Ohio, Soon afterward he removed to Northfield, that state, where he spent the last fifty years of his life, devoting the great part of that time to carpentering and contracting. He was one of the early settlers and was moreover a hard-working, industrious man, successful in business and of high standing in the community. He married Harriet E. Chapman, who was born in Hudson, Ohio, August 30, 1825, a daughter of Captain John Chapman, a veteran of the War of 1812 and one of the best known and most prominent citizens of that portion of the state in which he lived. Mr. and Mrs. David C. Buell were married at Hudson, Ohio, September 28, 1848, and the former died at North- field, June 15, 1898, at the age of seventy-eight years, while his wife passed away, November 7, 1900, at the age of seventy-five. Their family numbered three sons and a daughter: Henry, who was with the Standard Oil Company until his death, which occurred August II, 1902; Emma, who is the widow of Edward Bierce and resides at New Milford, Portage county, Ohio; Albert C .; and Dr. Edwin C. Buell, a surgeon of Los Angeles, California. ,
Dr. Albert C. Buell spent his boyhood in Northfield, Ohio, where he attended the public schools to the age of sixteen years and then began teaching. He was thus identified with the system of public instruction for eleven years, after which he conducted a private school of his own for a year. On the expiration of that period he took up the study of medicine and was graduated from the Cleveland Homeo- pathic Hospital College with the degree of M. D., in the spring of 1880. He at once located in the Forest city and has now been in
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practice here continuously for over thirty years. Before his gradua- tion he became associated with Dr. H. F. Biggar, Sr., under whom he studied for three years, and following the completion of his col- lege course he was associated with Dr. Biggar for some time. His attention has been devoted to the general practice of medicine and surgery and he was instructor in the Homeopathic College Training School for Nurses for two years. He has frequently been requested to accept chairs in the Homeopathic College but has always declined, feeling that the interests of his private practice make sufficient de- mand upon his time. He has been an occasional contributor to medi- cal literature and in strictly professional lines is connected with the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical Society, the Ohio State Homeo- pathic Medical Society and the American Institute of Homeopathy.
Dr. Buell has also become interested to some extent in financial enterprises and is president of the Chippewa Lake Club Company with properties at Chippewa Lake, Ohio, and in several other enter- prises. He belongs to the National Geographical Society and to the Cleveland Athletic Association. He is also a member of the Pioneer Society of Ohio and of the Cleveland Gun Club. A lover of outdoor sports and an ardent hunter he has gone on shooting trips in all of the states and territories of the Union and in many foreign lands lying to the north, spending the last season in Newfoundland. He has many trophies of the hunt, among which is one of the finest moose heads in the country. He is also the possessor of a fine collection of antiquities, gems, relics and rare speciments of various kinds which indicate the breadth of his interest and the extent of his reading and his research.
On the 20th of November, 1878, Dr. Buell was married in Cleve- land to Miss Ada A. Waite, a daughter of Benjamin Waite, of North field, Ohio. She was accidentally killed October 28, 1907. She had been active in private charitable work throughout the city and her good deeds and benefactions were almost numberless. In the family were three children but Albert C., the eldest died in 1884 at the age of four years. Clarion is the wife of Herbert G. Cannon, a mining engineer of Cleveland; and Helen married W. B. Woods, a member of the Cleveland bar. The Doctor was married June 9, 1909 to Miss Celia O. Barens, of Cleveland, the daughter of John Barens, of Tiffin, Ohio, well known for his mechanical abilities. Dr. Buell is one of the old-time family physicians, plain and unpreten- tious but genial and courteous in manner, and of a broad and cul- tured mind. These qualities have won him warm friendships and gained him firm hold on the affection of the many with whom he has come in contact.
Lorenzo Alson Kelsey
Lorenzo Alson Kelsey
L ORENZO ALSON KELSEY, one of the well known, old time citizens of Cleveland and one of the early mayors of that city, came from one of the oldest fami- lies of Connecticut. He was born February 22, 1803, at Port Leyden, New York (better known as Kelsey's Mills in that section). His father was Eber Leete Kelsey, who in 1797, went from Killingsworth, Connecticut, to Port Leyden, whence he removed to Cape Vincent in 1809, making the first clearing and erecting the first house. He was called to Cape Vincent in the interest of Vincent Le Ray, whose agent he was. Le Ray was largely interested in the great land company, "La Compagnie de New York," the property of. the colony of French exiles banished during the French Revolution, and who settled in Lewis and Jeffer- son counties, New York. Among them were Joseph Bonaparte and Count Real, of Paris, the latter chief of the secret police and the "council of ten." These exiles included a number of highly cultured and refined people, and a number of them were early friends of Mr. Kelsey. The mother of Mr. Kelsey was Lucy Leete, a great-grand- daughter of William Leete, one of the early colonial governors, and at the time of his death governor of Connecticut.
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