History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 143

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

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The Masonic record of James W. Iredell is as follows: Raised in 1869 in Golden Rule Lodge, Covington, Ky. ; exalted May 3, 1875, in Cincinnati Royal Arch Chapter No. 2; made a Royal and Select Master in Cincinnati Council No. 1, 1880; made a Knight Templar in Cincinnati Commandery No. 3, May 22, 1875, and made a Prince of the Royal Secret 32nd grade in the Ohio Consistory, A. & A. S. Rite, February, 1881. He has held in the Cincinnati Chapter the following posi-

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tions: Grand Master 1st Veil, 1876-77; Royal Arch Captain, 1877-78; Principal Sojourner, 1878-79; Scribe, 1879-80; King, 1880-81, and High Priest, 1882-83. In the Cincinnati Council he was Thrice Illustrious Master, 1884-86. In the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Ohio he was appointed Grand Master 3rd Veil, 1882; Grand Royal Arch Captain, 1883; Grand Captain of the Host, 1884. He was elected Grand Scribe, 1884; Grand King, 1885-86: Dep. Grand High Priest, 1887, and Grand High Priest, 1888-89-90.

Mr. Iredell was married October 6, 1868, to Jennie E., daughter of the late Franklin and Theodosia Bradford (Corlis) Rust, of Kenton county, Ky. The Rusts are of Virginia descent, and Mrs. Rust is the granddaughter of John Bradford, who founded the first newspaper published west of the Alleghany Mountains, at Lexing- ton, Ky., and known as the Lexington Gazette. Mr. and Mrs. Iredell have three children: Teressa J., Charles J., and Jennie R. The family reside at Avondale, and are members of the Episcopal Church of that place.

JAMES DALTON, investment broker, was born December 31, 1828, in Washington, D. C. He is a son of Joseph and Jane (Grimes) Dalton, the former a native of Boston, Mass., the latter of Georgetown, Md., and both of English descent. Joseph Dalton was a carriage-maker, and in 1834 became associated in that business in Cincinnati with George C. Miller. He died in 1856. His wife survived him twenty years.

James Dalton received his schooling at the Franklin street and Woodward schools, and when fourteen years old began to learn carriage-making, became a journeyman and followed his trade until twenty years of age, when he invested his earnings in stocking a dry-goods store, which he successfully conducted until 1864. He then embarked in the real-estate and brokerage business with the late John Gregg, with whom he was associated until the latter's death in 1880, since which time he has continued in business alone. Mr. Dalton is a Republican, and was for many years actively identified with the work of his party. He has held many posi- tions of trust. He represented his ward (the old Eigliteentli) in council for a num- ber of years, during which time he was chairman of the committee of public improvements. During this period, and as a member of the board of public improvements under several mayors, he was active in the organization of the street- cleaning and health departments, the building of the workhouse and the city hos- pital, and the laying out and construction of McLean and Gilbert avenues. For fifteen years lie has been one of the directors of the House of Refuge, and was one of the leading advocates of the plan, subsequently carried out, of locating the reservoir in Eden Park. He was married May 16, 1848, to Lauretta, daughter of the late Washington G. Halley, for many years a furniture manufacturer, and sub- sequently a boot and shoe dealer of Cincinnati. Two children were born to this marriage-Mrs. Carrie, wife of Capt. J. R. Stewart, president of the Bradford Mill Company, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Belle, wife of J. J. H. Hill, a merchant and mem- ber of the Board of Trade of Chicago, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton reside on Chateau avenue, Price Hill, in the improvement of which charming suburb Mr. Dalton has been actively concerned. The family are members of the Richmond Street Christian Church.

DONALD MACDONALD, JR., president and treasurer of the Kanawha Coal & Coke Company, was born in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, December 6, 1864, and is a son of Donald and Elizabeth (Leach) Macdonald, natives of Scotland, and Wimble- don, England, respectively. His maternal grandfather served for many years as lieutenant-colonel in the British army. After he was placed upon the retired list by the War Department the Government presented him with one thousand acres of land near Georgian Bay, to which he removed in 1823 for the purpose of develop- ing it. The paternal grandparents of our subject emigrated to the United States when his father was seven years of age, located in New York, where they remained

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thirteen years, and then removed to Canada, where they engaged in the lumber business, assisting Col. Leach in the development of his tract, which was heavily timbered. Donald Macdonald, Sr., and his wife still reside in Canada. The family consisted of eleven children: Christopher, who is engaged in the lumber business in Cheboygan, Mich. ; William, who is engaged in the insurance business in Toronto, Canada; James, secretary of the Webster Manufacturing Company of Chicago; Elizabeth, wife of Charles Flint, of Toronto, Canada; Minnie, wife of W. D. Elliot, who is engaged in the lumber business with his brother-in-law, Christopher; George, division superintendent of the Pullman Car Company of Philadelphia; Donald, the subject of this sketch; Jennie, who resides with her par- ents; Alfred J., chief clerk of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad at Huntington, W. Va. ; Charles, mechanical engineer for the Webster Manufacturing Company of Chicago, and Frederick Arthur, chief bookkeeper of the Kanawha Coal & Coke Company.

Our subject was educated in the Collingwood Collegiate Institute, and then entered the office of his uncle, Dr. Alfred Leach, and read medicine for one year, in the meantime mastering telegraphy. He then entered the employ of the Great Northwestern Telegraph Company as operator at Peterboro, Canada, where he remained one year, meanwhile familiarizing himself with stenography. His next position was at Port Hope as assistant train dispatcher for the Grand Trunk rail- way, and eighteen months later he became chief clerk to the mechanical superin- tendent, which position he filled eight months. He then accepted a clerkship in the general manager's office of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Louisville, Ky., and one year later was made chief clerk, filling the latter position two years. He next entered the employ of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad as assistant to the general manager, with headquarters at Cincinnati, and one year later, when the office was abolished, went to Huntington, W. Va., as train-master. Here he began to take an interest in the rich coal fields, and he was largely instrumental in organ- izing the company of which he was made president. He resigned his position with the Chesapeake & Ohio railway December 1, 1892, to accept his present position, and soon afterward removed to Cincinnati. The Company controls thirty-five thousand acres of coal land in the Kanawha valley, though a portion of it is owned by various other companies. Mr. Macdonald was united in marriage June 6, 1888, with Miss Julia Lee, daughter of J. B. Alexander, of Louisville, Ky., and they have one child, Alexander. He and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church of Covington, where they reside, surrounded by everything that goes to make a happy home.

JAMES W. MCLAUGHLIN, one of the leading architects of the West, was born in Cincinnati November 1, 1834, and is the son of William and Mary A. (Robinson) McLaughlin. His father, who was of a well-known Pennsylvania family, came, in 1818, from the v cinity of Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, where he was for many years a merchant, the style of the firm being at one time McLaughlin & Shillito; the insti- tution has since become one of the largest of its kind in Ohio. The mother of our subject was born in Baltimore, Md., whence her parents emigrated to Cincinnati about 1814. Of her children, three survive: George, ex-president of the Firemen's Insurance Company, Cincinnati; James W., and Louisa, who is a well-known artist, and the authoress of several books on painting on china and kindred subjects; she has also made some valuable discoveries in the manufacture of pottery, which have been utilized by the Rookwood Pottery, making its pottery famous-it being in some respects the finest manufactory, not only in this country, but in the world.

Our subject received his education in the public schools of Cincinnati, and then pursued the study of his profession under the tutorship of James K. Wilson. He opened an office of his own in 1855, since which time he has continued to follow his profession here with the exception of the time during the Civil war, when he served

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as first lieutenant in Gen. Fremont's bodyguard in Missouri. To give Mr. McLaugh- lin proper rating in his profession, it is but necessary to mention a few of the hun- dreds of magnificent buildings which he has designed. His first residence design was that of the Judge Este homestead on Fourth street, now the Shoemaker resi- dence, which was once illustrated in "Scribner's Monthly." He was also the archi- tect of the residences of W. S. Groesbeck, John Shillito, H. H. Vail, S. P. Kineon, Harry L. Laws, Col. Weir, Gen. A. T. Goshorn, R. H. Shoemaker and Herman Goepper. Among the more important business structures which he has designed may be mentioned: the old Shillito building, now McAlpin's, on Fourth street, also the new Shillito building; Mabley & Carew's; the new Carew; the Johnston; the Wiggins and Rawson buildings. He was also the architect of the Unitarian church; the courthouse; public library; art museum; art school; and the Young Men's Christian Association building. The new courthouse of Richmond, Wayne Co., Ind., also owes the beauty of its architecture to his genius. Mr. Mclaughlin loses no opportunity to keep abreast with the progress of his profession, having even made visits to the Old World that he might study its architecture. He has been a mem- ber of the American Institute of Architecture for over twenty years, was its vice- president from 1889 to 1891, and is now president of the Ohio Chapter. J. W. Mclaughlin was married, September 27, 1862, to Miss Olive, daughter of Simeon Barbe, formerly of Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, by whom he has had nine children. He has four grandchildren. The family reside at Mt. Auburn.

AUGUST LASANCE, lumber dealer and packing-box manufacturer, was born Sep- tember 15, 1861, in Ripley county, Ind., and is the youngest of nine children born to Bernard and Eliza (Shafer) Lasance, both natives of Germany. Seven members of this family are still living, and reside in Cincinnati: Mary, wife of Herman Dirkes; Annie, wife of Bartholomew Manegold; Frederick; Christopher; Maggie, wife of Frederick Schnyder; Herman, and our subject, who was married in June, 1884, to Josephine, daughter of George and Cecelia (Hearkommer) Mueller. They are the parents of the following children: Mary J., born March 17, 1886; Cath erine C., born November 22, 1889; Nora Ellen Angusta, born November 25, 1891, and August Christopher, born December 28, 1893. Mr. Lasance is an enterprising business man. He employs some thirty-two men in his establishment, dealing in all kinds of lumber, and manufacturing all kinds of packing boxes.

HORACE JOHNSON STANLEY, city engineer of Cincinnati, was born August 12, 1846, at Mayfield, Fulton Co., N. Y., son of Thomas Samuel and Abigail (Burr) Stanley. His father was a native of Hartford, Conn., born in July, 1817; his mother was a daughter of Nathan Burr, of Kingsboro, N. Y. The former, who was a farmer and lum- ber dealer by occupation, now resides at Amsterdam, N. Y. There were five chil- dren in his family: Adeline Burr married Joseph Birch, and they reside in Amster- dam; Roxana Leonard married Jeremiah Watson, and they reside in Staunton, Mass. ; Eugenia Mills married Charles Deal, and they reside at Amsterdam.

The subject of this notice was reared and educated at Mayfield and Kingsboro, came to Cincinnati in 1867, and in May of the same year entered the office of R. C. Phillips, and started in his chosen profession of civil engineering. May 1, 1870, he entered the city civil engineer's office of Cincinnati as draughtsman, and his subse- quent connection with this department forms an important feature of his business life. From draughtsman he was advanced to the position of assistant city engineer, and in March, 1880, he was elected chief engineer by the board of public works, which position he now holds. In politics, Mr. Stanley is a Republican, is a life member of the Lincoln Club, and a member of the Blaine Club. He was married January 16, 1873, to Miss Mary J., daughter of Michael Tempest, and they have had children as follows: Clarence, Lincoln, Susie Burr, Horace Tempest and Helen Abigail, all living. In religious belief he and his wife are Presbyterians. He is a past member of the I. O. O. F., also a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr ..

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Stanley has a pleasant home in Tusculum, and it is the ardent wish of his friends that he may live long to enjoy his bright family circle and pleasant surroundings.

JAMES ALBERT GRAFT was born in Butler county, Ohio, July 30, 1853, a son of Abraham and Mary (Smith) Graft, the former of whom was born in Butler county, the latter in Pennsylvania, both of Holland-Dutch extraction.

James received his early education in the public and high schools of his native county, and for several years thereafter assisted his father in the management of the farm. In 1874 he came to Cincinnati, and became associated with R. G. Dun & Com- pany, in 1875 establishing "The Mercantile & Collection Agency," publishing, in connection with that business, an annual known as " Graft's Legal Directory," a busi- ness which has grown to considerable dimensions, and has headquarters in the Johns- ton building. Mr. Graft is a Republican, and has been more or less actively iden- tified with the work of his party in this county. He was one of the Representatives to the State Legislature in 1892-93, and was a member of the finance committee of that body. He was married, September 16, 1882, to Matilda, daughter of Samuel B. Marsh, a retired farmer of Harrison, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Graft reside at Harrison, of which corporation he was elected mayor in 1890. During his term of office, and largely through his efforts, Harrison was improved in a variety of ways, notably in that of being supplied with power operating a waterworks and electric light plant.

COLONEL FRANK M. JOYCE was born March 18, 1862, at Covington, Ind., the only child of Bishop Isaac W. and Carrie (Bosserman) Joyce, the former of Irish, the latter of Pennsylvania-Dutch, extraction. Isaac W. Joyce, who is one of the most distinguished ministers of the Methodist Church, came to Cincinnati in 1880, and occupied the pulpit of St. Paul and Trinity Churches; he is now a bishop of the M. E. Church.

Col. Frank M. Joyce was educated at Asbury (now DePauw) University, and while there had charge of the military department, commanding the famous Asbury cadets, who won the First National Artillery prize in 1882 at Indianapolis, defeating eight competing batteries from various cities. After graduation he came to Cincin- nati, and was for five years paying teller in the Queen City National Bank. In 1888 he accepted the general agency of the Provident Life and Trust Company, and was associated with that company until 1890, when he entered the service of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, as district agent, in which capacity he has built up an enviable reputation as an expert and absolutely reliable insurance man. Dur- ing the riot in Cincinnati, in March, 1884, Col. Joyce commanded the Second Bat- tery, now Battery B, O. N. G., and received special commendation from Gov. Hoad- ly, then governor of Ohio, for the efficient service rendered. In 1889 he organized the Avon Rifles, composed of the best young men of Avondale, a suburb of Cincin- nati. He is a member of Gov. McKinley's staff. Col. Joyce has been somewhat prominently identified with the musical interests of Cincinnati, and is the president of the Orpheus Club, the well-known male chorus. Col. Joyce was married, in March, 1883, to Jessie F., daughter of the late Hon. Jesse Birch, a prominent law- yer of Bloomington, Ill. Four children were born to this marriage: Arthur Reamy, Carolyn, Wilbur B. and Helen.

LEANDER HARRIS COREY was born in Bradford county. Penn., April 11, 1811. His father, Jonathan Corey, was a native of Bennington, Vt., of English ancestry, being a descendant of Elizabeth, only child of the fifth Sir Francis Drake, and William Corey, who came to America and settled in Rhode Island. His mother was Nancy Miller, of Pennsylvania.

Leander H. came with his parents to Cincinnati in 1817, he being then about six years of age. Their home was on the corner of Western row (now Central avenue) and Fifth street. Early in life evincing a decided taste for machinery, he placed himself in a position to acquire a thorough knowledge of its construction, and

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upon attaining his majority he was employed in the machine works of Hanks & Niles, then at the head of Main street. Subsequently he became their superintendent. In January, 1845, their shops were removed to what was then known as the " Mouth of Deer Creek," Front street, where the Pennsylvania and Pan Handle depot now stands. Their premises occupied the ground from Front to Congress street (now Pearl), while on the north side of Congress they erected the locomotive works (now occu- pied by Greenwald & Company). Later, the Niles brothers retiring, a stock com- pany was formed, of which Mr. Corey was a member, also retaining his superintend- ency. During the latter part of their business existence they contracted with the Government for and built the noted ironclad monitors, the "Oneota" and "Catawba." For forty years Mr. Corey devoted his energy to his chosen calling, and stood at the head of the constructing engineers of his time. Retiring from busi- ness he removed to Highland county, where he died January 2, 1881. In 1831 he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Friend, daughter of Charles Howard and Eliza- beth Friend, who at that time were residents of Cincinnati, since of Lockland, Ohio. Two children were the issue of their marriage: the daughter, Mary J., married Jerome Burch, a graduate of the Cincinnati Law School in 1855, who died in 1872, leaving a wife and three children, Saidee E., Harvey Calvert, who died at the age of twenty-seven, and Albert H. Burch; Mrs. Burch married James C. Martin, and she is now residing in Cincinnati with her two remaining children. The son, Robert L. Corey, has filled various positions of trust, and is at present on the sanitary board of the city. He married Miss Kate Yockie, and their family consists of eight chil- dren: Robert H. (who is a trusted employe at the city post office), Lilly, Alberta, Florence, Olive, Edith, Arthur and Wesley B. In 1855 Mr. Corey, then residing on Pike street, purchased a lovely home on the Grandin road, East Walnut Hills, immediately opposite the Edwards road, and there, surrounded by every comfort, his estimable wife died in 1859.

JOHN A. JOHNSON was born at Lynchburg, Campbell Co., Va., February 24, 1849. When he was nearly a year old his parents removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, and he resided there continuously until 1883, when he removed to Covington, Ky., where he now makes his home. He was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati, graduating at Hughes High School June 29, 1866, the fifth in a class of twenty, bearing away two ont of three prizes given, a silver medal for mathematics and a. fifty-dollar scholarship for the natural sciences. After graduating he made a tour of Europe, in the course of which he made the ascent of Mt. Blanc, in the company of two guides. On his return he engaged in the leaf tobacco business with his father, John T. Johnson, with whom he remained seven years. In 1874 he became book- keeper for S. Davis Jr. & Company, large pork merchants, and in 1876 paymaster for the Cincinnati Water Works. In 1880 he was appointed chief deputy in the office of the county clerk of Hamilton county, and in 1883 became secretary of the Cov- ington and Cincinnati Bridge Company, where he still remains. Too young to par- ticipate in the great struggle of '61, at the close of the war, when a movement was started among the veterans to organize a battalion, he entered heartily into the movement and enlisted, February 10, 1869, in Company B, First Battalion, Cincin- nati Zouaves. He was elected second lieutenant December 20, 1870; promoted to first lieutenant February 16, 1871; promoted to captain of Company B, April 27, 1871, which position he filled by re-election until December 20, 1879, when business engagements compelled him to resign. In 1882 he was unanimously elected lien- tenant-colonel of the First Regiment Infantry, O. N. G., and served until June 21, 1884, when by reason of removal from the State he was again compelled to resign. He and his company were complimented in general orders, 1874, for promptness in responding to active duty call at the time of the Nelsonville riots. He was honorably mentioned in the official reports of 1877 for duty at Columbus and Newark during the great railroad riots of that year, and served with distinction during the celebrated Cincinnati riot, of March, 1834.

Leander A. Corey

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While in the tobacco business Mr. Johnson was for several years assistant secretary · and reporter of the Cincinnati Tobacco Association, and prepared and opened the first statistical records of the business of that important trade. He served as presi- dent of the Hughes Alumnal Association, and was one of the committee that prepared the militia laws under which the service was properly recognized by the city and State. While captain of Company B he had the best drilled company in the State, an honor which was often disputed, but of which they were never deprived. In 1885 he became a member of the firm of J. W. & T. G. Robinson, proprietors of the large planing-mill at the corner of Seventh and Carr streets, established in 1865, and was chiefly instrumental in having that institution incorporated in 1888, when he was elected secretary and treasurer, a position which he still holds. Col. John- son is well known on Third street, and is regarded as a safe financial manager, as is evidenced by the fact that he has been treasurer of almost every organization to which he ever belonged, including Christie Methodist Episcopal Church of Cincinnati, and Union Methodist Episcopal Church of Covington, Ky., serving in that position in the latter church for the past five years. Col. Johnson was married, in 1878, to the sister of Col. W. L. Robinson, of Cincinnati, and their union has been blessed with two children, both boys: Pierce J. and Leslie H.

PHILIP WINKLER, magistrate, office in the City Hall building, was born in Cin- cinnati, June 18, 1864, and is a son of Charles and Caroline (Metz) Winkler. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and in 1879 entered the office of the city solicitor as assistant clerk, under Philip H. Kumler, present judge of the court of common pleas. He also served one year under city solicitor F. M. Coppock ; in 1886 served as clerk in the mayor's office for a short time under the Hon. Amor Smith, resigning to accept a position as record examiner in the city engineer's depart- ment, and held this position, with the exception of the year 1890 (during which he was engaged in the real-estate and insurance business), until he was elected magis- trate in November, 1893.

Mr. Winkler was married, September 19, 1888, to Anna Maria, daughter of Nicholas and Anna Maria (Schimpf) Winder, natives of Germany. Their union has. been blessed with one child, Robert Archibald. In religious faith the family of our subject are Protestants. Mr. Winkler is a member of Auburn Lodge No. 404, K. of P., and politically he is a Republican. He is of German and American parentage .. His father was born in Germany February 17, 1837, and in 1847 came to Cincinnati,. where he still resides; he is an insurance broker. His mother was born in Cincin- nati, December 7, 1844. They have had born to them fourteen children, of whom. the following survive: Philip, Carrie, Lena, John, Ella, William, Garfield, Ida and Samuel.

JOSEPH F. KUSHMAN, justice of the peace, office No. 80 West Seventh street, resi- dence No. 399 West Court street, was born in Cincinnati April 23, 1863, and is a son of Lewis and Mary (Hendricks) Kushman, who have had seven children, five of whom survive: J. F., J. H., Fred T., Elizabeth and Fannie. Lewis Kushman was born May 12, 1839, in Cleveland, and his wife was born March 1, 1837, in Ireland; they reside in Cincinnati, where Mr. Kushman holds the position of jailer of Hamil- ton county.

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History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 143

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