History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 144

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

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Our subject was educated at St. Peter's Cathedral school, in Cincinnati, and at. the age of sixteen years entered the employ of the O. & M. railroad as messenger boy in the freight office, filling every position in the office until appointed depot master, in which he continued until elected a justice of the peace. In 1886 he was elected a member of the city council from the Sixteenth Ward, on the Republican ticket, defeating his opponent by a majority of 529 votes, or lacking one vote of defeating him two to one. He was renominated and re-elected in 1888, defeating his second opponent by a majority of over two to one. In 1890 he was again nomi- nated, but declined to make the race. November 7, 1893, he was elected justice of

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the peace (the position he now holds), and received the highest vote of six candi- dates, being elected by a majority of 8,000. Mr. Kushman married Mary McKen- drick, and their union was blessed with five children: Lewis F., Charles S., Mary, Henry and George Cox, of whom the last two are deceased. Mr. Kushman is a Republican in his political views, and is a member of the Blaine Club and the Six- teenth Ward Republican Club.

EDWARD J. TYRRELL was born October 4, 1846, in Hempstead, L. I., State of New York. His parents were Irish. His father, William H. Tyrrell, was a gradu- ate of Dublin University, Ireland; his mother, Catherine Atchison, was the eldest child of George Atchison and Margaret Crawford, people of distinction of that country. Edward was the youngest of seven children and the only one born in America. He learned the trade of machinist, and followed same for over twenty years in Cincinnati. When a mere boy, at the breaking out of the Civil war, he entered the United States navy, and served his country gallantly until the close of that conflict, when, after a brief sojourn ashore, he went to the Indian war, then raging in Texas, and served three years in the famous Fourth United States Cav- alry; he was severely wounded at Phantom Hill. In June, 1869, he was honorably discharged, came North, and after months of suffering from the old wound, com- menced work at his trade, machinist, in which he continued until chosen by the people of Cincinnati to serve as a justice of the peace for a term of three years, com- mencing April 10, 1888. Having served them so well and made a brilliant record, he was again prevailed upon to run, and was re-elected by an increased majority. In April, 1894, as his term was about to expire, the people again demanded his re-elec- tion, and by an overwhelming majority he was once more called to be the tribune of the people. He is familiarly called and better known as "the Commodore," having been chosen to that proud position by the Naval Veterans of this vicinity, of which he was the recognized leader.

Justice Tyrrell married in 1870, and had two sons, George W. Tyrrell and James Edward Tyrrell. The latter died at an early age; the former, who was by pro- fession an attorney at law, was his father's efficient clerk and right-hand man; he died March 12, 1894, aged twenty-three years.

WILLIAM GEORGE CALDWELL was born near Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, April 16, 1846. His father, Samuel Caldwell, was a native of Ireland, of Scottish ances- try; his mother, Margaret Marshall, was of French descent. In 1851 they came to America with four children, and settled in Philadelphia. The father engaged in the coal and slate business. When the Civil war broke out he entered the army, and died from wounds received at the battle of Antietam. He left one daughter, Mary, wife of Dr. Dowing, dentist, who lives on Eighth street, near Elm, and William G., the subject of this sketch.

Mr. Caldwell was reared and educated in Philadelphia, where he attended the Central High School. He came to Cincinnati and entered a dry-goods store as salesman and bookkeeper, acting as such nine years, receiving at first the very remunerative salary of $2 per week, with which amount he was obliged to support himself. On February 27, 1871, he embarked in the business of importing laces, in which he is still engaged at No. 120 West Fourth street. His success is unpre- cedented, and by straightforward methods and prudence he has acquired an envi- able business standing, as well as a comfortable financial condition. On June 7, 1874, he was united in marriage with Miss Mina Reiker, daughter of William W. and Mary Doan Reiker, all natives of Clermont county, Ohio. Three children are the issue of this marriage, of whom one died young; Ralph is a student of Hughes High School; Louise is also a student. Mr. Caldwell's religious views are not ortho- dox, but of the liberal order. Neither is he allied to any political party, believing in the best man for the place. His military experience was limited to the famous "Morgan Raid" in Indiana and Ohio, on which occasion he was on duty for about

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two weeks. The occasion will long be remembered as one of the greatest "scares" that Cincinnatians ever experienced during the war of the Rebellion.

COLONEL MARTIN BAUM EWING, residing at Madisonville avenue, East Walnut Hills, was born in Cincinnati March 18, 1834, and is a son of the late Alexander Hamilton and Mary Perry (Baum) Ewing. He received his primary education in the private schools of his native city, and graduated from Yale College in 1855. In 1856-57 he was a member of the lithograph firm of Middleton Wallace & Company, and from 1859 to 1861 was with the Palmer Pump Company. On October 9, 1861, he enlisted in Battery H, First Regiment Light Artillery, Ohio Volunteers, in which regiment he served both as second and first lieutenant. In October, 1863, he was promoted to senior major of the Second Ohio Heavy Artillery; in September, 1863, was appointed lieutenantcolonel of that regiment, in which rank he was mustered out. From 1868 to 1875 Col. Ewing was in Chicago, as agent of the estate of George W. Ewing, his brother, William A. Ewing, being executor and trustee of said estate. From 1878 to 1885 he was deputy collector of United States Internal Revenue at Cincinnati, under collectors Amor Smith, Jr., Hon. William H. Taft, Hon. Clark Montgomery and W. T. Bishop.

Col. Ewing was married October 4, 1855, to Adelaide Strobridge; they have had no children. The Colonel and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Cincinnati, military order of the Loyal Legion, Y. M. M. Library, and other Societies; politically he has always been a Republican. The father of our subject was born in Monroe, Mich., February 10, 1803, and died in Cincinnati August 28, 1847. His ancestors came from near Lon- denderry, Ireland. The mother of our subject was born in Cincinnati August 1, 1812; her father was from near Strasburg, Germany. She now resides with her son at East Walnut Hills. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H. Ewing had born to them seven children, two of whom only now survive, viz. : our subject, and William Alexander, a real-estate broker residing in Chicago, Ill. The Baum family are among the old- est and most prominent of Cincinnati; they are referred to in another part of this volume.

EPHRAIM CUTLER DAWES is a native of Washington county, Ohio. He is the son of Henry Dawes, who was born in Thomaston, Maine, in 1804, and Sarah Cutler Dawes, who was born in Washington county, Ohio, in 1809, and is still living. Henry Dawes was a son of William M. Dawes, who was born in Boston, Mass., and was for many years a merchant of Morgan county, Ohio. Sarah Cutler Dawes is a daughter of Ephraim Cutler, who was born in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in 1767, and who came to this State in 1795, when it was part of the Northwest Territory. Ephraim Cutler was a most conspicuous character in the early history of Ohio. He was a judge of the court of common pleas, and the court of quarter sessions of the North west Territory, a member of the Second Territorial Legislature and of the First Constitutional Convention of Ohio. He was the author and stalwart champion of the anti-slavery clause to the Constitution which encountered bitter opposition. He was twice a member of the State Legislature, and twice a member of the State Sen- ate. He was author of the first school law ever passed in the State, and author of the first ad valorem tax law, a measure which he pressed to successful issue with such persistency as to gain the sobriquet of "old ad valorem."

The subject of this sketch, Ephraim Cutler Dawes, prepared for college and passed through the Freshman year at the State University of Wisconsin. The re- maining three years of his college life were spent at Marietta College, where he graduated June 26, 1861. On September 26, 1861, he was appointed first lieutenant and adjutant in the Fifty-third O. V. I., which regiment served in the army of the Tennessee from the beginning to the end of the Civil war. On January 26, 1863, he was promoted to the rank of major, and on October 31, 1864, was discharged for disability on account of wounds received in action at Dallas, Ga., May 28, 1864,

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where he was shot through the face by a minie ball fired at close range, during the- resistance of his command to a charge of the lines of the Confederates. He also. received a wound in the back of the head in the same action. At the close of the war he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for "gallant and meritorious services dur- ing the war." Major Dawes is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Loyal Legion, of the Ohio Commandery, of which organization he has been elected commander four times consecutively, ex-president Rutherford B. Hayes hav- ing filled the first, second, third and fourth terms of that office, Gen. William T. Sherman the fifth, and Maj. Dawes the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth. He is a trustee of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home of Xenia, Ohio, by appoint- ment of Gov. Mckinley. He is a trustee of the State Historical Society, and a member of the Cincinnati Literary Club. Maj. Dawes has been engaged in building railroads, and he is now president of the St. Louis Southern railroad. He is also president of the St. Louis & Big Muddy Coal Company. He was married in 1866 to Miss M. Frances Bosworth, whose father, Sala Bosworth, was a native of Ply- mouth, Mass., and whose mother, Joanna Shipman Bosworth, was born in Athens, Ohio. In 1867 Maj. and Mrs. Dawes came to Cincinnati, where they have since resided.

CHARLES HENRY DAVIS, vice-president of the Second National Bank of Cincinnati, was born in Cincinnati, November 3, 1848. His father, the late John H. Davis, was one of eight brothers who came to Cincinnati in the "thirties" from Brighton, Mass., all of whom embarked in the pork and beef packing business. It was largely through the enterprise of these gentlemen that this industry grew to such mammoth proportions that Cincinnati was known the world over as Porkopolis. The impetus given to the general business of the city through the extensive operations of these great packing houses revolutionized the trade currents, and dates perhaps the most important epoch in the history of Cincinnati. John H. Davis was engaged in this business np to the time of his death in 1859. His son, Charles H., the subject of this sketch, received his education in the public schools of his native city. His first business connection in the city was as a member of the distilling firm of E. Morgan & Company, this firm being succeeded by that of Teepen & Davis, of which Mr. Davis was the junior member. The firm continued business until 1885, when both members became identified with the Second National Bank of Cincinnati, of which Mr. Davis is vice-president. He was married in 1871 to Grace A., daughter of John Aikman, a merchant of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Davis reside at Pleasant Ridge.

GEORGE B. KERPER, vice-president of the Cincinnati Edison Electric Light Com- pany, was born at Reading, Penn., August 20, 1839. He completed his education at the Reading High School, after which he was for a time engaged at Newark, N. J. At the breaking ont of the Civil war he was enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth P. V. I., and saw service at Antietam and Chancellorsville; at the time of its disbandment, he was quartermaster-sergeant of his regiment.

At the close of the war Mr. Kerper became a purchaser of hides for a number of Philadelphia tanneries, and was next engaged for a period of four years in the belt- ing business in New York. He next established the Big Cove tannery, in Fulton county, Penn., and conducted same successfully for some years. In 1874 he trav- eled throughout Europe, as a representative of the American Tanners' Association of Pennsylvania, his mission being the introduction of American sole leather. In this work he journeyed as far east and north as St. Petersburg, Russia. In July, 1875, Mr. Kerper came to Cincinnati upon invitation of Mr. James E. Mooney, and then, after viewing the partially constructed Mt. Adams Inclined Railway, accepted the management of and completed that work. With this company he remained until January, 1890, building the Walnut Hills Cable road, and the line through Eden Park, procuring all the franchises under which that road is now operating and extending. Mr. Kerper was made the recipient of a magnificent silver service, the

Gifflaris.

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gift of the citizens of Cincinnati, in token of their appreciation of his valuable ser- vices toward the development of our suburban districts. It was Mr. Kerper who conceived the idea of utilizing the rapid transit. street cars for United States mail purposes, and his street railway was the first used by the United States Government as a mail line. In March, 1890, Mr. Kerper was appointed by Gov. Campbell a member of the board of public improvements of Cincinnati. In 1892 he became associated with the Cincinnati Electric Light Company, as vice-president, which po- sition he now holds. Mr. Kerper has been a valuable citizen, and has devoted much time gratuitously to public enterprises, notably as a member of the Cincinnati board. Mr. Kerper was married in January, 1876, to Louisa Kuhn, of Fulton county, Penn., by whom he has two children. The family reside on May street, Walnut Hills.

DANIEL P. HYATT, office Mitchell building, Cincinnati, residence Hartwell, Ohio, was born April 27, 1846, at Piqua, Ohio, son of Samuel and Lavina Elizabeth (Place ) Hyatt, the former born in New York City in 1812, the latter born in Rye, N. Y., in 1805. Samuel Hyatt was a cooper by occupation. He died January 5, 1875, preceded by his wife in February, 1869. They were the parents of six children, four of whom are living: Mrs. O. B. Happersett, Urbana, Ohio; Mrs. Joseph D. Burger, Harrison, N. Y .; Mrs. D. H. Stalter, Roslyn, L. I. ; and Daniel P., our subject. who was educated in New York City. Mr. Hyatt was an employe of the United States Express Company for sixteen years, and then engaged in the iron commission business, to which he has given his attention for the past eleven years. He was private in Com- pany A, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. V. I. He was united in marriage with Miss Eliza, daughter of Silas N. and Ann (Hunter) Matthews, the former a native of Vermont, the latter of Ohio. In religion Mr. Hyatt is a Methodist. Politically he is a Republican.

ROBERT H. WEST, of the firm of Long, West and Company, dealers in live stock at the Union stock yards, was born in Louisville, Ky., January 17, 1847, and is the son of John A. and Margaret (Knowles) West, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and of Holland origin, and the latter a grandniece of Daniel Boone, her grandfather having accompanied him on his last trip over the mountains to Kentucky. The father of our subject, who was a steamboat captain between Louisville and New Orleans, died in 1859 at the age of sixty two years. His mother died in 1872. The family consisted of six children, three of whom are living: Samuel M., who is in the employ of the Texas Pacific railroad, with headquarters at Dallas, Texas; F. Jane, and Robert H., the last named being the youngest member of the family.

Mr. West received his education in the public schools of Louisville, Ky., and three weeks after the death of his father came to Cincinnati, where he took a posi- tion in the cigar store of Krohn, Feiss & Co., working for his board and clothes and attending night school, and he remained in the employ of this firm until after his marriage. On September 15, 1868, he wedded Miss Sarah K., daughter of Daniel and Emeline (Byington) Wunder, natives of Philadelphia and Connecticut, and of early Pennsylvania-German and old Puritan ancestry. Mr. and Mrs. West have two children: Alice B. (Mrs. A. W. Schell) and Robert H., Jr. Mr. West is a mem- ber of the Elks; he is a Republican in his political views, has been a member of the city council, and is now president of the board of trustees of the Public Library.

STEPHEN YUNGBLUTH, coal dealer, was born July 6, 1830, in Lorraine, France, and is the youngest of two children born to Nicholas and Elizabeth (Blaziel) Yungbluth. Mary, the sister, who was born in 1828. died of cholera in 1849, and was one of the first persons buried in Saint Bernard's Cemetery. The father died August 10, 1893, at the age of eighty-six years, and the mother died the same day as President Taylor.

Our subject came to the United States in 1846, and settled in Cincinnati, where he has since resided. He was married, October 11, 1852, to Johannah, daughter of John and Francis (Norsman) Bitter, both natives of Switzerland, and thirteen

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children have been born to them: Franklin died in infancy. John, born April 15, 1856, is a partner in his father's business; he is married and has had four children: John, Estella, Loretta and Josephine. Amelia is the wife of William Smith, real- estate agent of Cincinnati; they have had two children, one of whom is living, Amelia. Edward died in 1890, leaving a widow and one child. Stephen married and had five children. Clara is married to William Schave, a member and treasurer of the Krap- pendorf Company; they have two children, William and Clara. May, Jennie, Frank and Louis reside in Cincinnati. Louisa (Sister Mary Stephina) is at the Convent of St. Martius Academy, in Newport. Ky. Two others died in infancy.

Mr. Yungbluth may well be termed a self-made man. In his early boyhood he had no advantages for obtaining an education, and the position he now holds in society is entirely due to his own exertions. His sterling qualities, integrity and uprightness in all business matters, together with his affable manner and jovial dis- position, made him a general favorite with all who have had the pleasure of his acquaintance. Mr. and Mrs. Yungbluth have been connected with St. Stephen's Catholic Church from its earliest existence, in which he at present holds the import- ant position of treasurer.

HENRY MORTEN and Mary, his wife, came to America from Amersham, which is twenty-six miles from London, England, together with their sons, Henry, John, Joseph, and Richard. They had another son, Thomas, who was the eldest of the family. Coming west from Baltimore in wagons through an almost unbroken wilder- ness, they located in Cincinnati in the spring of 1809, but preferring farm life settled in Mt. Lookout in the fall of the same year. The son, Henry, married Catherine Armstrong. second daughter of John and Tabitha Armstrong, and settled in Mt. Lookout; they had eleven children: Henry (who was for many years a resident of Covington; he was in the tobacco business before his death, which occurred in 1890; he removed to Mt. Lookout); James, William, Edward, Aaron, Richard, Tabitha and Catherine, all living at the present time. John was married in Baltimore to a dis- tant relative, Nancy Morten, and came to Mt. Lookout to reside; eight children were born to them, of whom four are now living: Mary, Mrs. Sam Leeds, of Mt. Look- out; Mrs. Cryer; Andy, and John. John died in 1879 at the age of ninety-one, his wife surviving him but two months.

Joseph Morten married Ann Armstrong, eldest daughter of John and Tabitha Arm- strong, and settled in Madisonville. They had eleven children: Joseph Aaron Goforth; Maria A. Ball; John; William; Mary; James; Smith C. ; Charlotte; Tabitha; Thomas Pool, and Eri Jewett. Mrs. Morten's father, John Armstrong, was born in New Jersey April 20, 1755. His parents, Thomas and Jane Armstrong, were natives . of County Tyrone and Derry, Ireland, respectively, and emigrated to America about 1753, dying in Northumberland, Penn. Their son John married, January 17, 1793, Tabitha Goforth, who was born February 27, 1774, daughter of William Goforth. John Armstrong enlisted in the American army when eighteen years of age, served through the Revolutionary war, and afterward in the standing army, and as an explorer about ten years, being stationed a part of the time at the Falls of the Ohio, where Jeffersonville, Ind., now stands, his service ending about 1793. The children of John and Tabitha Armstrong were: Ann; Catherine; William Goforth; Mary Gano; John Gano; Thomas Pool; Eliza; Viola Jane; Thomas Pool, and John Hilditch.

Richard Allen Morten had, like all his brothers, a love for farming, but being a cripple was compelled to follow other pursuits; he had a ready pen, and during the latter half of his life held many offices of trust; in 1875 he removed from Carthage, where he was mayor for several years, to Oxford; he married Sallie Marsh, of Sharps- burg, now Norwood, and lived there for a time; he died at the age of eighty-six, leav- ing two sons and a daughter.

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ERI JEWETT MORTEN, coal dealer, office No. 689 Eastern avenue, residence Hud- son avenue, Norwood, was born at Madisonville, Ohio, September 16, 1834, and is a son of Joseph and Ann (Armstrong) Morten. Our subject was reared a farmer boy, and in early life received only such limited education as could be obtained at the country schools in the winter time. At the age of about eighteen he went to Columbus, and after attending school there for a time entered a drug store as clerk, occupying this position for several years. He afterward engaged in various occupations and up to 1880 was engaged in numerous enterprises, when he embarked in his present business. He was married, in 1857, to Mary W., daughter of Lyman and Maria Woodbury, and to their union have been born five children, as follows: June M., May W., Charles D., Erietta and Wyona A. Politically Mr. Morten is a Republican, and in religious connection he and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church.

Joseph Morten, the father of our subject, was born near London, England. About 1794 he and his wife came across the mountains from Baltimore by stage coach. locating at Madisonville where they engaged in farming, and passed the remain- der of their lives, the father dying in 1866, the mother in 1874 Eleven children were born to them, eight of whom lived to maturity, viz. : Joseph A. G., who died in California at the age of seventy-six; Maria, wife of Danforth E. Ball, who was a teacher in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Columbus, Ohio, both now deceased; John Armstrong, living in Marion county, Ohio; Mary, wife of Samuel Silver, of Hamil- ton, Butler county, both deceased; William, who died at the age of sixty-five, in Texas; Tabitha, Mrs. James Conover, of Madisonville, who died about a year after her marriage; Thomas P., residing in Bellevue, Mich., and our subject, Eri Jewett.

JAMES A. MCDOUGAL, residence No. 108 Harriet street, Cincinnati, was born in Henry county, Ind., April 21, 1851, and is the son of Nathan and Cassie (Shinn) McDougal. He was bound out to a farmer when ten years old, and was only able to obtain the very limited advantages of such education as could be had in the country schoolhouse during the winter season, when it was too stormy to work on the farm. Remaining with this farmer for eight years, he was offered his choice between a horse, bridle and saddle, and to remain until he was twenty-one years old, or his freedom at once. Choosing the latter he went to work in a sawmill, and two years later, or at the age of twenty, had entire charge of the mill. Later on he went to work for the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, at Indianapolis, veneer cutting. In 1879 he came to Cincinnati and engaged with the E. D. Albro Company, remaining with them until April, 1893, when he was transferred to and appointed foreman of the Tennessee Lumber Company, the position he now occupies. He was married, in 1875, to Christina, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Winouer) Fisher, and their union was blessed with two children: Eva, who died October 19, 1893, and Emma May, who still survives. Our subject lost his first wife by death in December, 1883, and in May, 1886, was married, for his second wife, to Lida M., a daughter of Joseph H. and Josephine (Hollenbeck) Palmer; no children have been born to them.

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History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 144

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