History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 115

Author: Nelson, S.B., Cincinnati
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Cincinnati : S. B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1592

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of gold, and his explanation of the principle involved laid the foundation for a new era in operative dentistry, as is fully set forth in the inaugural address of the presi- dent of the Columbian Dental Congress, at Chicago, in September, 1893. In 1877, after patient research and experiment, he succeeded in a long cherished desire to produce a crystaline form of gold for use in filling teeth. This he has since per- fected and it has come to be popularly known as crystaline gold. This product of Dr. Leslie's inventive genius, scientific knowledge and patient and unselfish labor, received honorable mention at the Vienna Exposition, and the judges having such matters to consider awarded a diploma for the discovery, which was conveyed to Dr. Leslie through the United States government. The introduction of crystaline gold has been going forward gradually, but steadily, and it is now recognized as, scientifically, the best thing for the uses for which it was intended, and its adoption by the entire dental profession is only a matter of time. Crystaline gold still claims much of Dr. Leslie's attention, and he is laboring tirelessly for its perfection. About twenty years ago, the Ohio College of Dental Surgery conferred upon Dr. Leslie the degree of D. D. S., and he has for a long time been a frequent and most instructive lecturer before the classes of that institution. This work he has per- formed voluntarily, and without compensation, for the good he could do in the way of advancing dental science, and adding to the sum total of practical knowledge of metallurgy in its adaptability to the uses of this profession. It was natural for one of his studious bent and habits upon coming into a strange community, to seek the benefits of such libraries as might be in existence, and in 1839 he availed himself of all the privileges of advancement which it offered by becoming a member of the Ohio Mechanics' Institute. At this time he is probably the oldest member of this body living, and since early manhood he has done everything in his power to advance its interests. He has been a director and trustee of this institution for many years, and for two years past has been and is now its president. Dr. Leslie has all his life been an advocate of everything tending to the broadest lawful human liberty. As an abolitionist, he was in the days of the Freesoil agitation equally prominent here with Salmon P. Chase, Gemaliel Bailey, A. Hamilton, Samuel Lewis, D. Philips and others long since passed away, and a history in detail of the stormy scenes in which he participated during that period of our national history would make a most interesting volume. The same love of humanity and equal rights for all, which made him risk his financial prosperity, even his life, for the freedom of the negro, early made him a stanch advocate of female suffrage, which he still urges as opportunity offers, firm in the conviction that woman will eventually, and at no remote date, take her place side by side with man in the management of those inter- ests which no one can deny affect the sexes in like manner. He has come to be known as one of the "Fathers of Republicanism," a title in which he takes the greatest pride, in view of the period of wonderful change and development through which he has lived. But deep as has been his political convictions, he has never interested himself in politics for personal aggrandizement, and has steadfastly declined the many offices that have been tendered him by his fellow citizens. Dr. Leslie in 1839 united with the Cincinnati Disciples' Church, now the Central Chris- tian Church, which worshiped then in the old Sycamore Street Baptist church, and worships now in the Central Christian church on Ninth street. During the pro- tracted period of his membership he has constantly exerted himself for the upbuild- ing of the Church, and has from time to time filled every office in its gifts with the greatest devotion and the utmost fidelity.

In 1852 Dr. Leslie was married to Miss Rachel Marsh, a daughter of William E. (familiarly known as "Uncle Billy") Marsh, proprietor of the old "Gault House," which was then the center of the visible activity of the town, in which Mr. Marsh was long a conspicuous figure. Mrs. Leslie died in 1853, and in 1854 Dr. Leslie married Miss Elizabeth Orange, a native of Kentucky, who died in 1887. He has had born

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to him six children, two of whom survive: Dollie O. Leslie, who lives with her father, and Lillie R. (widow of the late Edward P. Donnell, the inventor), a resident of Chicago. The life of Dr. Leslie has been long and eminently useful, and no man in Cincinnati more truly deserves a prominent place in the history of the rise and development of this, his adopted city.

DR. D. W. CLANCEY was born in the State of Vermont December 15, 1842, and is of Norman-Irish ancestry. His father being a farmer by occupation, his life up to his eighteenth year was spent as a farmer boy, and his education was received from the district school and academy. Like many another New England boy he looked to the West as offering a wider field to begin life, and the breaking out of the Civil war found him in the city of Cleveland. At the call of President Lincoln for 75,000 men, he enlisted for three months, and at its expiration enlisted for three years in the Seventh O. V. I. In March, 1862, he was wounded so badly at the battle of Winchester, Va., as to unfit him for military duties, and in the following June was mustered out of the service. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and was graduated from that institution in 1869. He subsequently attended and was graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College, and took up the practice of dentistry. He is widely known as a skillful and intelligent dentist, and has enjoyed a large and lucrative practice for many years at No. 261 West Seventh street. He is vice-president of the board of trustees of the Ohio Dental College; member of State and National Dental Societies, also member of the Academy of Med- icine and of the Odontological Society of Cincinnati.

Dr. Clancey has been married three times, and has two children: Artbur H., by his first marriage, who is now a dental student, and Harrison B., a bright boy, by his present wife, whom he married in London in 1887. Dr. and Mrs. Clancey are Episcopalians in faith, she being a communicant. They worship at St. Paul's, in Cincinnati. They have a handsome country place where they spend the spring, summer and autumn.

GEORGE WASHINGTON SMITH, D. D. S., was born October 25, 1839, in Huntingdon county, Penn. His parents, Peter and Elizabeth (Shoup) Smith, descended from German ancestors who were among the earliest settlers of the American colonies, and participants in the Revolutionary struggle for American independence. A great- uncle of Dr. Smith was a miller who furnished flour for Gen. Washington's army. Peter Smith was a manufacturer of firearms, and during the Civil rebellion served as fifer for a Pennsylvania Volunteer Company. He died in Huntingdon county in 1884.

Dr. Smith is the ninth of eleven children. He was reared to rural pursuits, attended the common schools, and also received private instructions. In 1861, at the beginning of the Rebellion, he promptly enlisted to defend his country. He served three years in Company A, Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, acting as second sergeant, and participating in many hard-fought battles, among which were Rappahannock, Seven-days fight before Richmond, Gettysburg, and Fredericksburg. On November 24, 1863. he was wounded in a charge during the battle of Rappa- hannock. At the expiration of his term of enlistment, he repaired to Philadelphia, where he studied dentistry, and was graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in 1870. He practiced in Pennsylvania until 1876, when he removed to Cincinnati, and has here built up an extensive practice. He is the inventor of several instruments now in general use by the dental fraternity. He is a, prominent member of the Mississippi Valley Dental Association. Dr. Smith was married December 19, 1870, to Mary Ellen Granville Vivian, daughter of Richard Vivian, born in the State of New York, and this union has blessed them with three children: George Vivian, Charles Stanley, and Mattie Ruby. The family belong to the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, in which the Doctor is steward and class leader. He is a Republican, and is highly respected by all who know him.

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GRANT MOLYNEAUX, D. D.S., while he is still a young man, is one of the best known in the profession of dentistry in Cincinnati. He was born in New Richmond, Ohio, where his father, Robert Allen Molyneaux, has for many years resided, and still continues in the practice of his profession as a dentist.

Our subject received his early education in the public schools of his place of birth, completing it at Parker's Academy in Clermontville, Ohio. He then came to Cincinnati, and, determining to adopt his father's profession as his own, he entered on the study of dentistry in the Ohio Dental College in that city, from which he was graduated, receiving the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. His talents in his chosen profession were at once recognized by the Faculty of the college, and he was in the year of his graduation appointed assistant demonstrator of anatomy in that institution. Subsequently he was called to fill the chair of demonstrator of mechan- ical dentistry in the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. At the present time he is pro- fessor of mechanical dentistry and metallurgy in the Ohio Dental College, which position he fills with that credit and ability which his standing in the profession would warrant. Dr. Molyneaux enjoys a large and lucrative practice, and his standing in the profession is already well established. He is a Mason, and a prominent mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias. In April, 1890, he was married to Miss Virginia M., daughter of Samuel Bailey, Jr., the United States sub-treasurer at Cincinnati, Our subject resides on Walnut Hills, and has his office at the southeast corner of Seventh and Elm streets, Cincinnati.

ASHER ISAAC FALK BUXBAUM, M. D., D.D.S., office No. 511 McMillan street, Cin- cinnati, residence No. 544 East Locust street, Walnut Hills, was born in Louisville, Ky., May 14, 1865. He is a son of Morris Charles and Sarah Buxbaum, the former born in Marburg, Germany, November 24, 1839; he has followed the wholesale shoe business for over thirty years; he is a son of K. and Amelia (Freund) Buxbaum, the former an umbrella manufacturer. Sarah Falk Buxbaum was born in New Orleans, La., December 1, 1842, daughter of A. W. and Margaret (Henz) Falk, the former a native of Prussia, coming to this country, and settling in Florence, Ala., becoming a slave-holder and extensive landowner. Margaret (Henz) Falk was born near Saar- brucken.

Our subject received his early education in the public schools of Cincinnati, graduating from Hughes High School. As if by inspiration, he early determined to follow the profession of dentistry, and with this object in view, during the summer of 1881, he spent his vacation at the dental chair under the teaching of Dr. Clancey, of Cincinnati, and the succeeding vacations under the guidance of W. H. H. Hunter, dentist, of Cincinnati. After graduating from Hughes High School, he pursued the course of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. Fred Fordiemer, of Cincinnati, devoting six months of each year to medicine and the other six months at the dental office of Dr. Hunter, graduating from the Ohio Medical College in the spring of 1886, with honor, receiving the gold medal in anatomical drawing and the prize in gynecology. The following-six months were devoted to practicing dentistry in the little village of Mt. Oreb, Ohio. In September, 1886, he went to Philadelphia, and in the spring of 1887 was graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College. He be- gan the practice of his profession in August, 1887, at No. 266 West Eighth street, Cincinnati. Success at once crowned his efforts, and lie later removed to Garfield place. To better meet the demands of his growing suburban practice, he at the same time. opened an office on the corner of McMillan and Kemper lane, Walnut Hills. In a short time he gave up his city office, and removed to No. 511 McMillan street, Walnut Hills. Dr. Buxbaum is a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, and the Ohio State Medical Society. He was appointed a member of the Columbia Dental Congress to give a clinic on his new invention, the dentimeter. Dr. Buxbaum was during the sessions of 1891-92-93 professor of arthodontia and of clinical dentistry at the Dental Department of the Cincinnati College of Medicine

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and Surgery. From this position he resigned in January, 1893. The Doctor has prepared, and read before the Academy of Medicine, various papers, among which we mention: "Development of Teeth and Jaw;" "Physician and Dentist," "The Six Year Molars," and at intervals writes for the dental journals. Dr. Buxbaum was married December 3, 1889, to Miss Emma, daughter of Louis and Sarah New- burgh, the father a native of Pottsville, Penn., a successful 'merchant in the whole leaf tobacco trade; the latter a native of Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Buxbaum is the inventor of the "Buxbaum Universal Servix Clamp," adopted by adjustment to fit any tooth in the mouth. He is also the inventor of the "Buxbaum Dentimeter," intended to take measurements of roots and teeth for crown and bridge-work, and is considered the best instrument for that purpose on the market. The Doctor is a successful practitioner, and is an earnest worker for the advancement of his pro- fession; politically he is a stanch Republican.

WILLIAM AUTENRIETH, manufacturer of surgical and orthopedical instruments, was born in Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, March 18, 1837, a son of Frederick Ferdinand Autenrieth, a publisher and bookseller of Stuttgart, who came to this country with his family in 1849, locating in Cincinnati, Ohio. For several years the subject of these lines was employed in learning the printing business, but this he abandoned in 1851 to learn the trade of surgical and orthopedical instrument maker with Max Wocher. After learning his trade he remained in Mr. Wocher's employ until 1869, when he bought out the Rees business (established in 1832), and has since con- ducted an ever-increasing business of the same kind, his establishment being now one of the largest of its kind in the West. Mr. Autenrieth was married in July, 1865, to Mary C., daughter of Medart Fels, an old resident of Cincinnati. They reside near Burnet Woods. Mr. Autenrieth has for twenty years past been promi- nently identified with the A. O. U. W., and during that period has held numerous official positions therein, representing Washington No. 1 Lodge, the first in Ohio, the second largest in the United States in Grand Lodge for fifteen years. A new degree of military character was created in the order within the past year with Mr. Autenrieth as commander. Mr. Autenrieth has given much of his time and means toward the establishment of the German Free Kindergartens, of which he has been president for five consecutive terms; he is also a member of the Pythian order. He is one of six brothers, all of whom served in the war of the Rebellion, William being the last one to enlist, and serving during the closing months of the struggle as orderly sergeant in Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth O. V. I.

LAWRENCE A. ANDERSON, veterinary surgeon, office and residence No. 63 West Seventh street, was born in Girard, Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1849, and is a son of James and Sarah (Bowmann) Anderson. They had eight children, five of whom survive, as follows: Lawrence A .; Norman A .; Grace, wife of Friend Jones, of North Jackson, Ohio; Blanche, wife of Homer Harshman, of Lordstown, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and Effie L., wife of Warren Buck, of Atlantic, Penn.

Our subject was educated at Mineral Ridge, Trumbull Co., Ohio; also attended Hiram College, in Portage county, Ohio, after which he attended a course of lec- tures at the Medical College of Atlanta, Ga., and also attended three courses at the Medical College of Ohio, later graduating from the famous Ontario Veterinary College at Toronto, Canada. His first practice was in Akron, Summit Co., Ohio, and in 1883 he came to Cincinnati, where he has remained ever since. Our subject is well and favorably known throughout the country, and has performed many diffi- cult operations with such good success that his professional service is much sought after by owners of valuable horses; he is also the owner of one of the largest stock farms in the State, situated at Evendale, Hamilton county, where is kept some of the fastest trotters in the county. Besides being the owner of fast horses Dr. Anderson is also owner of the fastest trotting dogs in the world, the well-known dog " Jeff" having a record of 3:12, which is the lowest in the world. Our subject is a

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director of the Humane Society of Cincinnati and a member of the Knights of Pythias in good standing. He was married in 1874 to Nancy N., daughter of Mahlon and Mary (Woodward) Osburn, both of whom were natives of England, and one child has blessed this union: James Mahlon, at present attending school in Cincinnati. The parents of our subject were of Irish nationality. The father, who was a merchant, died in 1870; the mother now resides in Atlantic, Penn. Mr. Anderson and family are Protestant in their religious views; in politics he is a Republican.

HARRY E. DILATUSH, veterinary surgeon, and a member of the firm of Stubbs & Dilatush, the most prominent livery men of East Walnut Hills, whose place of busi- ness is situated at No. 111 Woodburn avenue, where their stable is stocked with well-appointed equipages, and who by their courteous and gentlemanly treatment bestowed upon their patrons have built up a large and rapidly increasing business, was born near Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, June 19, 1862. He is the second of three sons (all living) born to Henry and Eliza (Hunt) Dilatush. He received his primary education in the public schools of Lebanon, and also attended the National Normal School of that city. Subsequently he took a course of study in the Ontario Veterinary College, at Toronto, Canada, graduating from that institution in 1886. From 1882 until 1884 he was chief deputy sheriff of Warren county, and entered upon the duties of his chosen profession of veterinary surgeon in Cincinnati in 1886.

Mr. Dilatush was married October 28, 1886, to Luella Pullen, daughter of Z. and Fannie (Moore) Pullen, both natives of New Jersey, and to them was born one child who died in infancy. Mr. Dilatush and his wife attend the Baptist Church; he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Royal Arcanum, and has always been a stanch Republican. The father of our subject was born, in 1823, in New Jersey, where he followed farming, and is one of the largest land owners in Warren county. The mother was born in Richmond, Va., in 1833, and died November 4, 1878. The two surviving brothers of our subject are Walter S., judge of the common pleas. court of Warren county, and Charles N., superintendent of the Placer Gold Mines, near Salmon Falls, Idaho.

NEIL B. JONES, D. V. S., and dean of the Ohio Veterinary College, No. 135 Syca- more street, Cincinnati, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, May 21, 1868, a son of W. G. and Huldah Jones, of Ross county, Ohio, the father a veterinary surgeon, still liv- ing, the mother deceased. Our subject was educated in the schools of Adelphi, Ross county, Chillicothe, Ohio, and Toronto, Canada, and graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College, of the latter city, in April, 1889, since which time he has successfully followed the practice of his chosen profession. He was honored with the deanship of the Ohio Veterinary College in October, 1893, an institution that is rapidly growing and bidding fair to be the most thorough of its kind on the the continent, having a Faculty of twelve professors, each of whom is a specialist in his branch. 0

Prof. Jones was married October 3, 1893, to Miss Nellie B. Socin. They are both members of the Protestant denomination. The Professor is a member of the Knights of Pythias, resident State secretary of the United States Veterinary Medi- cal Association, and is also vice-president of the Ohio State Veterinary Medical Association.

WILMOT J. HALL, the popular Fourth street druggist, of Cincinnati, was born in Baltimore, Ohio, November 25, 1857, and is a son of Isaac E. and Maria D. Hall, now residents of Lancaster, Ohio. His parents were natives of New Jersey and Ohio, respectively, and of Scotch and German ancestry. His father, who was a cabinet-maker by trade, reared a family of eight children, all yet living, and of whom Wilmot J. is the second.

Our subject was educated in the public schools of Lancaster, and it was there. that he embarked in the profession which has crowned his efforts with success.

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When his study and apprenticeship of pharmacy was completed, he came to Cin- cinnati and entered the employ of the well-known drug firm of A. B. Meriam & Co., at the corner of Fourth and Main streets. Here Mr. Hall brought into practice the principles of honesty, economy and industry which are characteristic of him, and after a few years acquired an interest in the business. In 1885 he established a drug store at the corner of Fourth and Elm streets, where he has since success- fully continued. In 1893 he purchased the drug business of Ernst Wilfert, at the corner of Fourth and Walnut streets, and now operates both stores. Located on the great shopping thoroughfare of the city, his trade is with the better class of people, and his store being thoroughly equipped with a large stock of the finest goods, the most fastidious purchaser can be pleased. Mr. Hall was married April 24, 1884, to Miss Nanny M., daughter of Capt. Alexander Frazier, of Cincinnati. He and his wife are members of the English Lutheran and Episcopal Churches, respectively, and reside in Avondale. In his political views Mr. Hall is a Republi- can, but the multitudinous cares of an active business life, together with a natural disinclination for public notoriety, have prevented his seeking or accepting any honors from his party.

LOUIS KLAYER, pharmacist, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Angust 3, 1856, and is a son of John and Eliza (Grieve) Klayer, who emigrated from Germany in 1840, settling in Cincinnati. The father was a contractor and builder, and carried on the business until his death, June 19, 1875; his wife died February 8, 1887. Two children survive them: Charles and Louis. Our subject attended the public schools of Cincinnati, receiving a common school education. On leaving school he took a position with Schultz & Negley, druggists, with whom he stayed two years, leaving to go into his brother's store. While working for his brother he attended the Cin- cinnati College of Pharmacy, graduating in 1879. In 1882 he purchased an inter- est in the business, and they remained together until March, 1886, when our subject purchased his present business. Mr. Klayer was married November 27, 1877, to Amelia Cordes, daughter of Fred Cordes, a farmer and cattle dealer of Bond Hill, and they have two children: Bertha E. and Lillie S. Mr. and Mrs. Klayer are members of the German Protestant Church. In 1880 he was elected a trustee of the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy, which position he held until last year, when he was elected to the presidency of the college, a position which he now holds. Politically he is a Republican.

LOUIS N. BERUBE, druggist, northwest corner of Reading road and Rockdale avenue, Avondale, was born in Orono, Maine, March 4, 1855, the only offspring of Thomas and Henrietta La Pierre Berube, both now residing at Osceola Mills, Penn. When about twelve years of age, in October, 1868, Mr. Bérubé removed from Orono with his parents to Williamsport, Penn., prior to which he had attended the public schools in Orono, and after his arrival in Williamsport he continued attending school in that city some four or five years longer. After leaving school he went into the drug business in Lock Haven, Penn., remaining there some five years, when he returned to Williamsport, and here was manager of McLee & Patterson's drug bus- iness. From there he went to Philadelphia, and continued in the drug business until, in 1879, he entered the College of Pharmacy in that city, from which he was graduated with honors in 1881. After graduating from college he took charge of Prof. Parish's drug business in Philadelphia. In the spring of 1883 he opened a business for Dr. Hunter, of Philadelphia, at Atlantic City, N. J., but remained there only a short time, returning to Philadelphia to take charge of the prescription department of the business of Henry Borell, on Chestnut street. From there he went to Chicago, and was employed as prescription clerk in the pharmacy of E. H. Sargent, and from there went to Glendale, Ohio, where he was manager of the bus- iness of Charles C. Reakirt for five years. In 1889 he removed from Glendale to Avondale, and in July, 1889, went into business for himself at his present location

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History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 115

Author: Nelson, S.B., Cincinnati Publication date: 1894 Publisher: Cincinnati : S. B. Nelson Number of Pages: 1592

Author: Nelson, S.B., Cincinnati
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Cincinnati : S. B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1592