History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 147

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

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DANIEL SHIELDS EVERSON, mechanical engineer, Hunt street pumping station, Cincinnati water works, residence No. 79 Mill street, was born in Cincinnati, and is a son of Dr. John Wesley and Annie (Bond) Everson. He received his education in the public schools of his native city, and after leaving school worked with the I. & E.

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Greenwald Company at the machinist business; for three years he has been engineer in charge of the Hunt street pumping station. Politically he is a Republican, and in religious faith a member of the Protestant Church. He is also a member of the Benevolent Order of Elks and Knights of Pythias; he is unmarried.

The father of our subject was born in Philadelphia, Penn., and his mother in Carlisle, England; the former died in 1888, the latter in 1891. They had born to them thirteen children, only six of whom now survive, viz. : Daniel S .; William B., a commercial traveler residing at Walnut Hills; James A., a painter; George R., a machinist; Calanthe, wife of Benjamin Sharpless, residing at Dayton, Ky .; and Annie, wife of James Thurston, residing in Washington, D. C.

ROBERT E. WILLIAMS, house and sign painter, office No. 732 Gilbert avenue, Walnut Hills, residence Fairview avenue, was born February 22, 1862, in Pensarn,. Abergele, Wales, son of Edward and Frances (Foulkes) Williams, both also natives of Abergele, North Wales, and of Welsh descent. Edward Williams is a contracting painter, and resides in Pensarn, Abergele, Wales. He is the father of fourteen children, ten of whom are living.

Robert E. Williams was educated at Fowyn, North Abergele, National School. At the age of thirteen he ran away to be a sailor, but after being absent some months was captured and brought home, and learned the painter's trade, which he has since followed. In 1879 he left his home in Wales for Runcorn, England, to become better informed in his trade. He left Runcorn in 1880 for Liverpool, Eng- land, and there remained until July, 1881, when he returned to Wales to take charge of painting Bryngwenallt Hall, the residence of the late John Roberts, Esq., M. P. for Flintshire. In April, 1884, he left Roberts' employ and came to Chicago, Ill., six months later coming to Cincinnati. where he entered the employ of L. H. Bolce & Company, as a painter. After working for them two years he was made foreman, and held that position until April, 1893, when he withdrew to form his present partnership with Mr. Leaman, at No. 732 Gilbert avenue, the firm being known as. Williams & Leaman. He was a member of the Flintshire, England, Infantry Vol- unteers, and in May, 1884, joined the Chicago Volunteer Artillery, Battery D. Mr. Williams was married, February 3, 1886, to Elizabeth Davies, daughter of John and Charlotte (Roberts) Davies, natives of Flintshire, Wales, and of Welsh descent, and they are the parents of two children: Charlotte Frances, who attends the Mornington school; and Helen Lois, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. Mr. Williams is a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters.

WILLIAM W. WINDER, house and sign painter, office No. 73 West Pearl street, residence Carthage, was born in Hagerstown, Md., October 27, 1836. He is a son of Daniel and Catharine Maria (Knode) Winder, of English and German origin, both of whom were born and reared near Hagerstown, Md., and came to Ohio in 1847.

Our subject was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati, and since leaving school has been engaged in the painting business. He brings an active experience to bear in his business, and as a thorough exponent of the same has no superior. He is a live and progressive man, an old resident of this vicinity, highly esteemed for his ability, keen intelligence, and unswerving integrity. Mr. Winder was mar- ried, June 18, 1857, to Valeria, daughter of John A. and Ann (Taylor) Harrisson, whose parents were of English ancestry, and their union has been blessed with seven children, three boys and four girls, as follows: May V., who married Walter E. Bonnell; Kate Day, married to Edwin R. Bonnell; William H., who married Miss Annie Hess; Harry H., who married Miss Emma Grove; Clifford C., who married Miss Rachael Spritz; Grace Amelia, who married Burt. D. Lockwood, and Neva Estella, who married Fred. G. Hollmann, of St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Winder is a Repub- lican politically, served as adjutant of the Fifteenth Ward Regiment during the

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Kirby Smithi raid, and was with the defenders in Kentucky; he also served as a member of the council and school board of Carthage, from 1869 to 1878; he is a member of the Odd Fellows and Masonic Orders, and in religious connection the greater part of his family belong to the Christian Church.

The father of our subject was by profession a doctor and editor, and filled the pulpit of the Christian Church for many years; he passed away November 15, 1886; the mother now resides at Oxford, Ohio. Their family consisted of ten children, seven of whom survive, viz .: Daniel K., a printer, residing in Detroit, Mich .; Catherine M. Jones, of Dayton, Ohio; Margaret E. Wykhoff, of Woodland, Cal. ; William W .; Amelia Rebecca Ferris, of Oxford, Ohio; John E., a scale manufac- turer, of Kansas City, Mo., and Alfaratta Sheehan, of Hamilton, Ohio.

ROBERT LITTLE. expressman, corner Plum and Pearl streets, was born in Edin- burgh, Scotland, July 16, 1830. He is the youngest of five children born to Joseph and Margaret (Hannah) Little, natives of Scotland. His father was a gardener near Edinburgh, Scotland, where he died in 1833; his mother died in 1890. Our subject received his education in the public schools of his native country, and worked on a farm until 1853, when he concluded to try his chances in the New World, and com- ing to the United States, settled in Cincinnati. His first occupation here was driv- ing dray for William Vallis, and later he worked in the same capacity for James Neblett. In 1858 he embarked in the draying business for himself, and he now has eight wagons, three three-horse wagons, twelve drays and two four-horse wagons. Mr. Little was married in Scotland, May 28, 1853, to Miss Mary Sproat, daughter of, a prominent Galloway farmer. Two boys and two girls have blessed this union: Mrs. Christopher Lusby, whose husband is in the employ of our subject; John; Robert, assisting his father; and Mary, at home. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically Mr. Little is a Republican. His opportunities for gaining an education have been limited, but he has accumulated a fund of gen- eral information which, added to his energy and enterprise, has been a safe guaran- tee to the success he has achieved.

ROBERT LITTLE, JR., was born in Cincinnati July 13, 1860, son of Robert and Mary (Sproat) Little, both of whom were born in Scotland, the former July 16, 1830, in Edinburgh, the latter in Galloway. Our subject received his education in the public schools of Cincinnati, and also attended high school for about two years, when he left to assist his father in business. He is in the office, and is thoroughly identified with the business, it being the only work he has ever followed. He was married in Cincinnati, October 18, 1886, to Anna Lawless, which union has been blessed with two children: Thomas and Bert. In politics Mr. Little is a Republican, but does not devote his time to party affairs. He has recently joined the Masonic Fraternity. He has been president of the Fifth Ward Building Associ- ation since he was twenty years old, and enjoys the distinction of having been the youngest president of any association in Cincinnati. He is also extensively engaged in stock raising, and controls a farm of 180 acres near New Richmond, Ohio, where he has bred some of the finest trotting stock in the State. He is a man of more than ordinary energy.

JAMES WATTERS, founder of Watters' Business College, was born September 17, 1834, at Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio. His early life was spent, at the request of his parents, at the cigar maker's trade, in which undertaking he met with great suc- cess, and became very proficient, being, in fact, one of the artists of the time. How- ever, his mind did not run in this channel, and after working hours he devoted himself to his studies. Laying away the hard-earned sums, he soon had enough to become a student at Woodward High School, studying during the morning and evening, and working in the afternoon, and continued thus for four years, until 1850, when he graduated from the above-named institution with honors. He was then appointed teacher in the old Eleventh District school, which position he held for

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one year, and then became enrolled at the old Bartlett College, corner Third and Walnut streets. After a short time his teachers noticed the proficiency he displayed in his studies, and after a six-months' course he was offered a position as teacher by the then proprietor, R. M. Bartlett, in which capacity he continued for several years. In 1855, having amassed quite a sum of money from outside speculations, he pur- chased the controlling interest in the old Bartlett Commercial College, which con- tinued under his care, as proprietor and principal, from 1858 until 1870. At that time Mr. Watters was appointed an Internal Revenue officer, and continued in the service of the Government until 1870, when he was appointed deputy auditor of Hamilton county, a position he held to the entire satisfaction of all administrations until 1880. He then retired from politics and opened what is now known as the J. M. Watters' Business College, at the southeast corner of Seventh and Race streets. The apartments of the building became too small for the school, and in 1884 he removed to the present location, northeast corner of Ninth and Walnut streets, and under his careful proprietorship the school prospered until the day of his death, January 6, 1891. At that time, his son, J. Harry Watters, assumed con- trol of the college. He was born in the city of Cincinnati, February 2, 1859, and graduated from Hughes High School, also from J. M. Watters' Business College. After his graduation he entered the Third National Bank as assistant bookkeeper, and was promoted from time to time until 1882, when he was offered the position of teller and general bookkeeper, by the Queen City National Bank, a position he filled to the entire satisfaction of all until the opening of the Fidelity National Bank, when he assumed charge of all clerks in the bank, filling the different positions in the absence of the clerks, and having complete charge of the general books. He served with ability and honor in this capacity until the failure of the bank, June 20, 1887, when he was appointed by David Armstrong, the present receiver of the Fidelity National Bank, as chief examiner. Mr. Watters spent three years and six months in examin- ing the books of the late Fidelity National Bank, and was employed by the Govern- ment as chief witness in the criminal and civil suit against the directors. He displayed great ability in these examinations, and in 1891 was an applicant for the position of bank examiner, but owing to the death of his father he immediately assumed charge of the J. M. Watters' Business College, in the management of which he has continued to the present time.

ALBERT GALLATIN CORRÉ, president of the A. G. Corre Hotel Co., is a native of Hamilton county, Ohio, having been born February 25, 1841, on his father's farm on College Hill. His father, Joseph Vincent Corré, came to Cincinnati in 1830 from New York City, where he was born, in 1808, of French parentage. His mother, Susan Eliza Arnold, was of English parentage, and was born December 29, 1813, in Columbia, Hamilton county, now a part of the First Ward of Cincinnati. Mr. J. V. Corré's business interests were, successively, those of farming, hotel keeping and milling. He died in 1852. His widow now resides in Chicago, Illinois.

The subject of this sketch, Albert Gallatin Corre, received his education at the district and high school of Mt. Healthy, and at Cary's Academy, College Hill. He subsequently, in 1857, graduated from the Bacon Commercial College of Cincinnati, and a short time thereafter obtained a situation as clerk at the "Broadway Hotel," where he remained for a number of years. In 1868 he became a partner in the firm of Sinks, Corre & Co., proprietors of the "Gibson House," severing his connection with that firm in 1872, to become associated with the "Burnet House" manage- ment. Upon the opening of the "Grand Hotel," by J. D. Gilmour & Son, in 1874, Mr. Corré became identified with the management of that house, and there remained until 1877. In the latter year he became one of the "Burnet House" Company, with a third interest therein, from which company he withdrew in 1880. After a brief period of rest Mr. Corre, in 1882, formed the "Gibson House" Company, of which he was president and general manager, his business connection therewith

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ceasing eight years afterward. On January 23, 1892, Mr. Corre bought the " Grand Hotel," obtaining a twenty-years leasehold. A month later the A. G. Corre Hotel Company, with a capital stock of $200,000, had been formed, with A. G. Corré as president, D. C. Shears, vice-president and manager, and Carl H. Harvey, secretary and treasurer. As a native Cincinnatian, it has been Mr. Corre's pride and pleas- ure, ably assisted by his associates, to add to the "Grand Hotel" every feature necessary to give it character as one of the first hotels in the State and the nation. To this end the company have expended within a year the sum of $100,000. The "Grand" is the pride of our citizens, and is one of the great business successes of the decade.

Mr. Corré was wedded, September 28, 1871, to Alice Glenn, a daughter of Lewis and Lucy Maria Glenn, both of whom were born in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Corre have five children: Mrs. Carl Hamilton Harvey, nee Grace Glenn Corre; Edith Glenn Corré; Helen Glenn Corré; Glenn Errett Corre, and Louise Glenn Corre. The four last named are attending school. Mrs. Carl Hamilton Harvey is the widow of Carl Hamilton Harvey, who resigned his position as general western agent of the West- ern & Atlantic R. R., Georgia R. R. and South Carolina R. R. to assume the duties of secretary and treasurer of "The A. G. Corre Hotel Company," as mentioned above. He died May 6, 1893. His demise, at the early age of twenty-six, is deplored by a wide circle of friends. He was a young man of exceptionally high character, and was universally beloved. His rare business ability renders his loss to the hotel interests which he represented, and to the business interests of Cincin- nati, generally, a serious one. Carl Hamilton Harvey was the second son of William Harvey, a grain merchant of Cincinnati, and Sarah Jane (Kemper) Harvey, and was born November 3, 1866, on Walnut Hills. He received his education in the schools of Cincinnati. From his entrance into business up to the date of his untimely death he displayed a business energy and ability, and an unswerving integrity, that assured his attainment of an honored and honorable position among the best and most highly valued of the citizens of Cincinnati. The Corre family residence, which is known as " Maple Lawn," is located on Washington avenue, Avondale.

JOHN FREY, vice-president of the Board of Administration of Cincinnati, and pro- prietor of the " Dennison Hotel," of that city, was born April 15, 1845, at the fam- ily residence, No. 154 East Fifth street, where he still resides. His father, Joseph Frey, a native of Switzerland, and his mother, Magdalena Solar, a native of Baden, were married in Cincinnati. Joseph Frey was a foundryman, an occupation he fol- lowed until his death, in 1873; his wife died in 1887.

John Frey attended the public and parochial schools of the city of his birth, completing his education at Hughes High School in 1860. He then learned the machinist's trade with Moore & Richardson, locomotive and steamboat builders. While thus engaged he enlisted, for three months' service, with the Home Guards, and after returning to Cincinnati he resumed his trade with Arthur Moore, with whom he remained until 1867. His next employment was the building of the Scow- den engines for the Cincinnati water works, which occupied one year. He was then engaged as master mechanic of the Cincinnati Southern railroad, fitting up the Lud- low shops. After one year of this service he was elected superintendent of the pub- lic school buildings of Cincinnati, in which capacity he served for three years. In 1887 he took a five-years' lease of the "Dennison Hotel," at the expiration of which he obtained a ten-years' renewal. Under Mr. Frey's proprietorship, and the capa- ble management of Mr. A. F. Mueller, the business of the house has prospered beyond the most sanguine expectations. It has been thoroughly remodeled, refitted and refurnished, and is to-day one of the most popular and best patronized hotels in the city. Mr. Frey has always been actively identified with the Democratic party. He was for three consecutive terms a member of the board of education, and was the Democratic candidate for sheriff in 1888. In May, 1892, he was appointed by

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Mayor Mosby as member for the short term, one year, of the non-partisan board of administration, and for four months of that period was its presiding officer. In May, 1893, he was reappointed by the Mayor for the long (four years) term, and upon the reorganization of the board at that time was elected vice-president. Mr. Frey is unmarried, and resides with his sister, Mrs. J. W. Luhn, and two unmarried sisters. He has one brother, Henry Frey, a machinist.

ERVIN MAXWELL was born upon June 13, 1827, in Wells, Maine. His parents were of Scotch extraction, and were both natives of Maine. His father was a far- mer, and such school education as is ordinarily afforded the hard-worked son of the thrifty, hard-working American farmer was all that the subject of this sketch acquired, attending the district school during the winter months for four or five years. Becoming dissatisfied with the irksome round of duties upon the farm, he abandoned the plow in the spring of 1846, and went to Augusta, Maine, where he secured a " job " at the " Mansion House" as fire builder and general helper to the cooks. He was soon promoted to the dining-room as waiter, then became a bell boy and lamp trimmer, and then porter. In 1848 he was given the position of clerk at the "Bangor House," Bangor, Maine, and in 1849 that of second clerk in the "Sagadahock House " of the same city, then the finest hotel in the State. In 1851 he was promoted to the head clerkship. Six years and eleven months after his humble start in hotel work, he became the proprietor, and kept the famous old " Sagada- hock" for seventeen months, when he sold out and assumed the management of the " Hallowell," which he had purchased while landlord of the "Sagadabock." He remained at the " Hallowell " until 1857, the year which marked the crisis in the downfall of the ship-building interests of the Kennebec river, a period during which he lost most of his accumulations. He then turned his eyes westward, and in 1861 became steward of the "St. Charles," now the "Halliday House," Cairo, Ill., where he remained until 1868, when he embarked with his brother in the oil business in Chicago, Ill. The great fire of 1871 put an end to this business, and he then removed to St. Louis, where he engaged in the oil business with great success. In 1881 he leased the " Central Hotel," at Hazelton, Penn., and conducted same until 1883, when he was offered a working interest in the "Hotel Emery." This he accepted, remain- ing until 1885, when he accepted the management of the " Palace Hotel," in Cincin- nati, which he conducted with marked success. In 1887 he left his son, Walter H. Maxwell, in charge of the "Palace," and went to Atlanta, Ga., where he refitted and repaired the "Markham House," of that city, conducting it until February, 1892, when he returned to Cincinnati to again assume control of the "Hotel Emery," remaining there until the close of 1893, when he retired from business.

Mr. Maxwell was married, September 22, 1852, in Waterville, Maine, to Emily A. Thomas, a daughter of James and Philenia Thomas, both of whom were natives of Maine and of English parentage. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Max- well three survive, viz. : Walter H., Fred W. and William E. The former is the manager of the "Palace" and "Stag" hotels of Cincinnati, and the two latter are members of the clerical force of the " Hotel Emery."

WALTER HATCH MAXWELL, manager of the " Palace " and " Stag" hotels, of Cin- cinnati, was born in Chicago, August 11, 1857, son of Ervin Maxwell. a biographi- cal sketch of whom is contained in this volume. The subject of this sketch entered upon his school life at Chicago, and completed his education at the high school in St. Louis. His business career began immediately thereafter in the latter city as cashier of the firm of E. Maxwell & Co., oil dealers, in which capacity he remained until 1878, when he became identified with a wood-working establishment at Fair- field, Ill. In 1880 he assisted his father in the conduct of a general store at Silver City, Ark. In 1881 he accepted a position as bookkeeper at the "Avenue Hotel," Hot Springs, Ark., and in 1882 became manager for his father of the "Central Hotel," Hazelton, Penn. While thus employed his father was called, in 1883, to

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take the management of the "Hotel Emery," and Walter also became associated therewith as cashier. In 1885 his father assumed the management of the " Palace Hotel," and Walter became the cashier of that house. In May, 1887, he became its active manager under the management name of E. Maxwell & Son. In March, 1890, he assumed the management of the "Stag Hotel " in conjunction with that of the "Palace." On February 1, 1892, the full management of both of these houses devolved upon him, his father withdrawing therefrom and confining his hotel inter- ests to the management of the " Hotel Emery." The several hotels of Cincinnati with which the Messrs. Maxwell have been and are identified were built and are owned by Messrs. Thomas J. and J. J. Emery. It was one of the characteristic strokes of the business sagacity of these gentlemen to secure the services of the Messrs. Maxwell in connection with their hotel interests, as the signal successes of the several hotels managed by them abundantly attest. The "Palace Hotel " especially, since the acceptance of Mr. Ervin Maxwell's management and continu- ing under that of . his son, has had an ever-increasing patronage, far out-numbering in its arrivals any hotel in the city, placing it in the front rank of the hotel successes of the United States.

GEORGE WEBER, deceased, was born October 15, 1826. at Landsthul, Bavaria, Germany, and died May 13, 1893, in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father, Frank Weber, was a miller by occupation, and owned the Mountain Mills near his native place. Our subject came to the United States in 1842, and for one year worked in a mill at Brazeville, Ind. Having mastered the English language he came to Cincinnati and worked at Rebstock's wine house, was next employed at the " Bank Exchange" and later at the "Gibson House." In 1852 he began as clerk at the " Galt House." Later, in 1853, he purchased an interest in the mill at Brazeville, but three months afterward it was destroyed by water, and he returned to Cincinnati and assumed the management of the "Galt House," continuing ten years. In 1863 he purchased the lease and fixtures of the hotel, continuing for ten years, and actually amassing in this business a fortune of $300,000. On October 31, 1873, he bought the Jackson Brewing Company's plant, paying therefor $285,000. In 1874 he was made presi- dent of the Cincinnati Brewing Association. Mr. Weber was appointed fire com- inissioner, and was re-elected five times, serving ten years in succession. The old engine No. 7 is to-day called the "George Weber " in his honor. At the time the City Hall was dedicated (May 13, 1893) the fire department turned out with the parade. In view of the fact that Mr. Weber was then lying dead at home, the engine "George Weber" was driven in the parade decorated with tuberoses and black crape.

Mr. Weber was united in marriage. October 19, 1853, with Rose Hagen, a daughter of John G. and Rosa (Buerckley) Hagen, natives of Merdigen, Baden, Germany, who came in a sailing vessel to the United States and settled in Cincinnati in 1831. John G. Hagen was a gardener near Cincinnati until his death, which occurred November 29, 1868; his wife followed him to the grave June 21, 1880. By the marriage of our subject there were twelve children: George N. E. Weber died aged sixteen years; Mary Adelaide married Edward Nalter, a real-estate man of Cincinnati; Joseph A., who married Miss Bertha Kleiner, died aged thirty-three years, his wife following him two years later, leaving three boys, who are attending college near Cincinnati; William E. died aged twenty-seven years; Charles A., one of the managers of the "St. James Hotel," was married to Miss Fannie Flick; Frank X. died aged eighteen years; Anthony A., one of the managers of the "St. James Hotel," was married November 12, 1890, to Leone Eckelman; Clara C. is at home; Laura B. married William P. Zeltner, an artist and designer; Edward C. O. is steward of the "St. James Hotel; " Louis B. is agent of the Spencer House building; Rosa B. attends school at Notre Dame in Cincinnati. Our subject was a Roman Catholic, and was noted for his charity to the Churches and the city. He

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History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 147

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