History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 94

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

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The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood days on a farm in Warren county, and attended the district school. In 1870 he came to Cincinnati, and in 1874 was graduated from Chickering Institute with the honors of his class. He pursued the study of law in the office of Lincoln, Smith and Stevens, was graduated from Cin- cinnati Law School in 1878, and has since been engaged in the practice of law in Cincinnati. On January 26, 1882, he was married to Ella L. Bacon, daughter of Richard Seely Bacon, the founder of Bacon's Business College in Cincinnati, and also of Bacon's Business College in Madison, Wis. His wife is the granddaughter of Thomas Hartley Johnson, who came to Cincinnati in 1829, and for a long time was one of its prominent and successful merchants. Her great-grandfather was Robert Reiley, who came to Hamilton county when the village was known as Losant- iville. He was a contracting builder, and erected many of the buildings in the vil- lage of Losantiville, and afterward in the town of Cincinnati, several of which are still standing in a good state of preservation, and among them may be mentioned the lower market-house and the Kilgour residence, now the United States Marine Hospital. He had the contract for laying the first water mains in Cincinnati, which were constructed of logs having a three-inch hole bored through the center. Her great-great-grandfather, John Reiley, when only eighteen years of age, enlisted in the Continental army, and served for three years, until he was physically disabled by a rifle ball. He was at Valley Forge and fought at Trenton, Saratoga, besides in several minor battles, Mr. and Mrs. Cadwallader and their children, Richard Bacon, and Louise, reside on McMillan street, Mount Auburn. The family attend the Presbyterian Church.

HENRY BAER, JR., was born in Cincinnati, November 29, 1857. He is a son of Henry and Barbara (Humbert) Baer, the former of Hessian, the latter of Bavarian, birth. Henry Baer, Sr., came to this country, locating in Cincinnati, in 1850. He was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, a member of Company A, Ninth O. V. I.

Henry Baer, Jr., was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1878. He is a Republican, and was a member, from the First Ward, of the board of legislation (1891-93). He married Catharine R., daughter of James H. and Catharine Tucker, of Cincinnati. The children born of this marriage are: Lily, Laura, Henry T. and Blanche. The family reside at Mount Lookout.

SAMUEL SANFORD CHURCH was born at St. Louis, a son of the Rev. Samuel S. Church and Julia E. Lenoir, the former of English, and the latter of French descent.

Samuel Sanford attended college at the State University, Columbia, Mo; moved from St. Louis to Cincinnati, in 1876, graduated from the law school here in 1878, and is engaged in the general practice of his profession in Cincinnati. On Octo- ber 12, 1880, he was married to Carrie L., daughter to William H. Lape, late of Newport, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Church and their children, Julia Lenoir and Louise Woodmansee, reside in their cozy and comfortable home, on Forest avenue, at South Norwood, which was appropriately christened "Ever-bright."

ANDREW JACKSON MARSH, attorney at law, was born in Newburgh, Ind., January 7, 1855. He is a son of David and Caroline (Darnell) Marsh, the former a native of Cincinnati, of English descent, the latter a native of Kentucky, of French descent. George C. Marsh, the father of David Marsh, was among the early settlers of Cin- cinnati, coming here in 1815.

Andrew J. Marsh received his education in the public schools of this county, taught school for a time, read law with the late Gen. Durbin Ward, and was admitted to practice in 1878. He was married December 24, 1879, to Elizabeth W., daughter of N. C. Wade, a grandson of David E. Wade, one of Hamilton county's earliest settlers. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh reside at Hartwell. Mr. Marsh is a Free- mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias.

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GEORGE GORDON BRIGHT was born at Findlay, Ohio, August 28, 1851, a son of the late Levi and Mary (Gehr) Bright, both natives of Ohio, the former of English, the latter of Dutch, descent. Levi Bright died December 25, 1891, his wife yet sur- viving him.

George G. Bright attended the Findlay High School; then entered Oberlin Col- lege, and completed his collegiate education at Cornell University. After several years's stay in Continental Europe, he returned to this country, and while teaching in the Steubenville High School began the study of law with McCurdy & Spencer. He was admitted to the Bar August 27, 1878, by the District Court of Jefferson county, Ohio, came to Cincinnati in 1880, and was soon afterward admitted to prac- tice in the United States Court. He was married May 1, 1884, to Mary F., daugh- ter of the late Frank and Nancy (Wilson) Fisher, descendants of pioneers of Ken- tucky, companions of Daniel Boone. George G. Bright is a Republican, and was elected as justice of the peace.

HON. HOWARD FERRIS, one of Hamilton county's most popular officials and remarkable citizens, was born at Linwood, this county, August 2, 1853, of a family which settled at Columbia in 1790. His father, S. M. Ferris, is well-known as one of the oldest manufacturers in the county.

The force of Judge Ferris' character is largely inherited from the bold, energetic and enterprising spirit of his pioneer forefathers-the spirit which is most typical of the American people in particular, and which has in general distinguished the Anglo-Saxon race. The first significant manifestation of this character was given when he was quite a small lad: when, without the knowledge of his parents, he- entered into a contract to sell newspapers as train-boy, in order to raise funds for some ambitious project. That covert, but successful enterprise, was in reality the Judge's first step in his destined career of success. From that time to the present his fortune and reputation have risen with every undertaking. He graduated with high honors at Denison University, Ohio, in the auspiciously American year of 1876. For the next two years he held the position of principal of the Norwood schools. He graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1879, and at once entered into partner- ship with Judge Cowan, one of his legal tutors. This partnership being dissolved about ten years later, he formed a second with Judge James B. Swing, which con- tinued for two years, when Mr. Ferris, having been elected probate judge for the county by the overwhelming plurality of nine thousand votes-more than two thou- sand above every other candidate on the Republican ticket-relinquished his legal practice to assume the duties of his new office. The remarkably attentive, just and thoroughly masterly manner in which he discharged this important trust during his first term produced an effect like a burst of public admiration when, in 1893, he was re-elected to the same Bench by the tremendous majority of fifteen thousand votes, or five thousand more than Governor McKinley's plurality in this county.

Judge Ferris' abilities and merits as a man and an official are recognized all over the State, an appropriate testimonial of which sentiment was shown in the bestowal of the position now held by him as president of the Ohio State Association of Probate Judges. As an official, his every action originates in patriotism, and is controlled by justice. As a man, his steadfast integrity, his hearty frankness, and the warm generosity of his mind and heart, have won him more popularity than even his brilliant executive talents. He is as distinct a representative of American manhood as of American intelligence. Judge Ferris was married, in 1884, to Miss Fannie M. Arthur, of Cincinnati, a lady of most gracious and lovable personal endowments. He has two children. At present he resides at Linwood. - [From the pen of John B. Jewett. ]

ORRIS PERRY COBB, attorney at law, was born in Aurora, Ind., June 22, 1856. He is a son of the late Oliver Perry Cobb, a native of Pennsylvania, of Welsh descent, who was during the Civil war one of the great governmental hay and grain contrac-

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tors, an ardent Unionist, and the intimate friend and advisor of War-Governor Mor- ton, of Indiana. He died March 28, 1891. His wife, who survives him, and who resides in Aurora, was a Miss Caroline Foulk, a native of Indiana, of German descent.

Orris P. Cobb, the subject of this sketch, received his early education in the schools of Aurora, and was graduated from the high school of Cincinnati in 1873. He then entered the Chicago University, Chicago, Ill., taking a classical and scien- tific course. In February, 1877, he came to Cincinnati to pursue the study of law. He attended the Cincinnati Law College, graduated therefrom, was admitted to prac- tice in 1879, and has devoted himself continuously to his profession since, being one of the men who believe that a lawyer can best succeed by declining political offices, and giving all of his energies to his business. In March, 1893, he formed a part- nership for the transaction of legal business with Edwin J. Howard, under the firm name of Cobb & Howard. The firm are recognized as among the successful young practitioners at the Hamilton County Bar. Mr. Cobb is a member of the Masonic Order, the A. O. U. W. and the Knights of Pythias. He was married October 30, 1884, to Lura, daughter of John Nelson Milburn, a merchant of Aurora, Ind. Mrs. Cobb is an active member of the Woman's Press Club of Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb reside on Norwood avenue and Beech street, Norwood.

HENRY BROWN MCCLURE, attorney at law, was born September 9, 1847, in the town of Florida, Mo. His father, Henry S. McClure, of Virginia birth, and Scotch- Irish descent, a builder by occupation, removed to Lexington, Mo., and here the subject of these memoirs received his early education, and prepared for college. He entered Miami University, and was graduated therefrom in 1871. . For one year thereafter he taught school in Glendale, this county, and the following year at Miami University. The next two years he spent in study at Göttingen and Leipzig, Ger- many, there completing his general education. Upon his return to this country he located in Glendale, Hamilton Co., Ohio, where he was, for five years, principal of the public schools of that town. During this service he pursued the study of law, and was admitted to practice in 1879. After a short interval spent in travel abroad he came to Cincinnati, and entered into the practice of his profession with Florien Giauque, under the firm name Giauque & McClure, in which he is still engaged. He is a joint author with Mr. Giauque of the legal compilation, now in extensive use, known as "Dower and Curtesy Tables." Mr. McClure is a Democrat, and has been more or less identified with the work of his party. He was married in 1889, to Anna, daughter of the late Frank Douglass, who was for a number of years an employe of the "John Shillito Company," of Cincinnati. His wife is now deceased. One child, Douglass, born of this marriage, survives. Mr. McClure resides at Glendale, of which corporation he has been mayor since 1886. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

WILLIAM H. JONES was born in the city of Bangor, North Wales, November 4, 1840. Early in life, he chose the profession of teaching, and was regularly trained for that profession in one of the British government normal colleges. In 1866 he emigrated to this country, and in the spring of 1867, after obtaining a principal's certificate from the Cincinnati board of examiners, taught for a short period in the public schools of Cincinnati. In the fall of that year he was appointed principal of one of the public schools of Newport, Ky., and the following year was elected sup- erintendent of the public schools of that city, which position he held ten years. He then qualified himself for admission to the Bar, and shortly after severing his con- nection with the Newport schools, was, in 1879, regularly admitted to practice by the Kentucky court of appeals.

Shortly after this he moved to Cincinnati, and associated himself with the law firm of Moulton, Johnson & Levy. Subsequently he was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Ohio, as well as the United States Court. Mr. Jones in

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early manhood married one who took the same professional training that he did, and .3 who now ranks as one of the most prominent educators and pedagogical lecturers of the State of Ohio-Mrs. Jennie H. Jones. For the first few years of his career at the Bar, he made a specialty of admiralty practice. He is still connected with the firm of Johnson & Levy (formerly Moulton, Johnson & Levy), and in addition to this has formed a nominal partnership with Alfred Herholz, of Cincinnati. Mr. Jones being a native of Wales is an ardent and enthusiastic Welshman, conspicuous at all public gatherings of that nationality, and is generally known among the Welsh-Americans of Cincinnati as "Y Cyfreithiwe Cymraeg"-the Welsh lawyer.

EDWIN JAMES HOWARD, attorney at law, was born March 20, 1856, in Covington, Ky., a son of the late James G. and Delia (Peck) Howard, the former a native of Kentucky, and for many years a member of the Bar of Kenton county, Ky., the lat- ter a native of this State. Our subject received his early education in the schools of Covington, prepared for college at Dayton, Ohio, and entered Antioch College. He began the study of law under the preceptorship of ex-Governor Stevenson of Ken- tucky, and continued it under J. F. Baldwin, of Cincinnati; was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1879, and entered upon the practice of his profession alone, He was for several years associated in the practice with Hiram M. Rulison, and, upon that gentleman's appointment as assistant prosecuting attorney of this county, formed his present partnership connection with Orris P. Cobb. Mr. How- ard is a Freemason. He was married October 4, 1893, to Miss Lucy Louise, daugh- ter of George A. and Emmiline M. Budd, of Elyria, Ohio, where Mr. Budd is a Mr. Howard resides on Price avenue, Price Hill. wholesale commission merchant.

WILLIAM YATES GHOLSON MINER, attorney at law, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 18, 1856, a son of the late John L. Miner, judge of the Superior Court of Cin- cinnati, by appointment of Governor Rutherford B. Hayes. Judge Miner was born near Columbus, Ohio, March 8, 1810, and was for many years a resident and lead- ing lawyer of Cincinnati. He was actively identified with public-spirited move- ments. generally, and was a member of the Ohio Constitutional Convention of 1870. His wife was Mary Wright, daughter of the late John C. Wright, judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, a member of Congress from the Steubenville, Ohio, District, and a member of the Peace Congress of 1861. He died in Washington City during the meeting of the last named body in the capital. The Miners are of English descent, and were among the early settlers of Ohio, Isaac Miner, the father of Judge Miner, locating in Franklin county, in 1806. He was a lineal descendant of Thomas Miner who came to the American colonies from Somersetshire, England, and was one of the founders of New London, Conn., in 1650. The Wrights are also of Eng- lislı descent. Judge Wright was for some years editor of the old Cincinnati Gazette, succeeding the late Charles Hammond in that capacity.

A. C. SHATTUCK, attorney, was born at Plainfield, Hampshire Co., Mass., Decem- ber 22, 1852, the only child of A. C. and Florilla D. (Warren) Shattuck, natives of Massachusetts, and of English and Scotch origin. The father was a wholesale and retail merchant in the book and periodical line, carrying on that business in Boston, Mass. He died young. The mother is still living.

Our subject received his early schooling in the public schools, later attending Geauga Seminary at Chester, Geauga County, Ohio, and Oberlin College, where he was graduated from the regular classical course in 1878, with the degree B. A. In 1879 he entered the Cincinnati Law School where he graduated in 1880, with the degree LL.B., and then entered on the practice of his chosen profession in Cincinnati, and here he has since continued in the regular practice of the law. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is past officer of the Subordinate Lodge; he is a 32° Freemason and a Knight Templar; is past master of the Blue Lodge; is a mem- ber of Syrian Temple of Cincinnati, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He takes a very great interest in Masonry. Mr. Shattuck was married November 27, 1884, to Mrs.

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Louise (Moore) Bailey. She was born in Cincinnati, and is of English descent. This union has been blessed with one child, A. C. Shattuck, Jr., born September 2, 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Shattuck are members of the Columbia Congregational Church, of which he is a trustee. He has been superintendent of the Sabbath- school, and at present is a teacher in the Columbia Church Sabbath-school. He is. treasurer of the Cincinnati Congregational Missionary Society, and a trustee of the Y. M. C. A. of Cincinnati. Politically, he is a Republican.

CHARLES LEO LUNDY, attorney at law, was born on Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, April 11, 1855. That historic spot in Canada where, in the war of 1812, was fought the battle of Lundy's Lane, was so named after the paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, William Lundy, who owned the land. William Lundy came to Cincinnati in 1840, and established the first gold-pen manufacturing establish- ment here. His son, Charles S. Lundy, who was born at Lundy's Lane, became a carpenter and builder, and while at New Orleans in 1878 contracted yellow fever, from which he died. His wife, who still survives, was Miss Anna Caufield, a lady of Irish birth, whose father located, with his family, in Quebec when she was eight. years of age, and who came to Cincinnati with his family in 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lundy were married in Cincinnati in 1849; of the children born of this marriage, the eldest was the late Judge George H., who died in May, 1880, shortly after his return from the territory of Arizona, after having filled the district judge- ship of that Territory, under appointment by President Cleveland. The surviving children are John Edward, a traveling salesman; Joseph N., electrician with the Brush Company of Cincinnati; Guy D., a law student; Miss Mary J. Lundy, cashier of the John Church Company, Cincinnati, and Charles Leo, the subject of this sketch.

Charles L. Lundy received his education at the Glendale schools, then learned the carpenter's trade, and was next engaged in bridge building on the C. H. & D. R. R. He then became locomotive fireman on the Cincinnati Southern, in which he was engaged until 1877, a period of five years, during which time he ran the first engine that crossed the new Southern bridge over the Ohio. In 1878 he began the study of law under the late United States Senator George H. Pendleton; attended the Cincinnati Law College, took a two years' course in one year, and was graduated therefrom with honors in May, 1880; he immediately entered into the practice of law, and was, up to the time of his brother's death, associated with the late George H. Lundy. He is now engaged in the business alone, and enjoys a large and grow- ing practice. He is a Democrat, and is an active participant in the hard work of every campaign. His brother and sister, Joseph N. and Miss Mary J., mentioned above, are among the distinguished vocalists of Cincinnati, the former being the. baritone soloist, the latter the soprano soloist, of St. Francis De Sales Church, East Walnut Hills.

. JOHN WILLIAM WOLFE was born near New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, March 19, 1852. He is a son of Wesley and Margaret (McLain) Wolfe, the former a native of Ohio, of English descent, the latter a native of the County Down, Ire- land; both are yet residing in Tuscarawas county. John W. Wolfe completed his education at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated in 1877. He then began the study of law under the preceptor- ship of Judge McIlvaine, late chief justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and con- tinued it under Judge Frees, of Canton, Ohio. He then entered the Cincinnati Law School, from which he was graduated and admitted to practice in 1880. On Feb- ruary 4, 1886, Mr. Wolfe was married to Sarah H., daughter of Oliver Hazzard Cox, a contractor and builder of Cincinnati, and one child, Marguerite, is the fruit of this marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe reside in Avondale; and they are members. of the Episcopal Church.

ADOLPH LEWIS BROWN was born in Dubuque, Iowa, July 13, 1857. He is a son of the late Lewis and Louisa (Elsbach) Brown, both natives of Bavaria, who came.

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to this country in 1853, locating in Dubuque, where Lewis Brown was engaged in~ mercantile pursuits until his removal with his family to Cincinnati in 1858, since which time he was similarly engaged until his death in 1875. His wife survives. Adolph L. Brown completed his education at Hughes High School, began the study of law, was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School, and admitted to the Bar in 1880. He has since been very actively engaged in the practice of his profession in all its branches, particularly in commercial, corporation, and probate law. He is counsel for the National Cordage Company, and as such represents all its properties throughout the State of Ohio. He is adviser for some of the largest commercial industries and estates in Cincinnati. Mr. Brown resides on Walnut Hills.

EDWARDS RITCHIE was born in Greenfield, Ohio, March 18, 1858, a son of Rev. Andrew and Mary (Gray) Ritchie. Rev. Andrew Ritchie was born in Aberdeen- shire, Scotland, came to Cincinnati in 1846, was graduated from the old Woodward College in 1850, subsequently attending Oxford Theological Seminary, and was graduated therefrom in 1854. He was then installed as pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Greenfield, Ohio, and in 1865 returned to Cincinnati to assume the duties of secretary of the Western Tract Society, in which he has since been engaged. His wife is of Irish descent, a descendant of Robert Gray who came to this country from Ireland prior to the Revolutionary war, in which he participated. He subsequently settled on government land in Butler county, Ohio, which was paid for in Revolu- tionary scrip. This land, for which no deed was ever given, is still in the posses- sion of the Grays.

Edwards Ritchie was graduated from Chickering Institute, Cincinnati, in 1878, read law under the preceptorship of Reuben Tyler, and was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in the class of '80. For two years thereafter he filled a clerical position under County Auditor W. S. Cappellar, tben entered upon the prac- tice of law, and is now associated with A. J. Marsh, under the firm name of Marsh & Ritchie. He is a Knight Templar; a member of the University Club, and of the Lincoln Club. On November 9, 1892, Mr. Ritchie was married to Mary, sister of Hon. Calvin S. Brice, United States Senator from Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie attend the Presbyterian Church. He has been actively identified with the growth and development of Wyoming, where he resides; was for three terms the village solicitor; a member of its health and school boards, and for a number of years was Republican executive committeeman from that District.

FRANKLIN T. CAHILL, attorney at law, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 18, 1859, a son of John F. and Cynthia (Clark) Cahill, the former a native of Rising Sun, Ind., of Irish descent, the latter a native of Lowell, Mass., and a descendant of old New England stock. The father of John F. Cahill was James Cahill, a native of Ireland, a linen manufacturer of considerable means, who came to this country in 1820, and looking about for a satisfactory place of business and resi- dence, passed Cincinnati as too small and unpromising a place, locating in Rising Sun, Ind. Returning to this county, however, he settled in Delhi township on a farm, where he continued to reside until 1876, when he died at the great age of one hundred and three years. His brother, Rev. D. W. Cahill, D. D., was one of the most distinguished Roman Catholic orators and divines of the first half of the nineteenth century. John F. Cahill was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Cincinnati for a number of years, and in 1869 purchased a farm in Delhi township, and there con- tinued to reside until 1880, when he returned to Cincinnati, where he now resides. His wife, who died in 1883, was a descendant of the Pierce family, and second cousin of the late ex-President Franklin Pierce.

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History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 94

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