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" He was first a clerk in his father's store, soon a partner, and a little later on he suddenly had the responsibilities of an enormous whole-, sale and retail business thrust upon him, at the age of twenty-six, by the death of his father. Then rapidly increasing cares, a steadily enlarg- ing business, trebling in five years, expanding wealth, a widely known business man, the head of one of the largest establishments in Ohio, and all this before he was thirty. This was the world's view of the rising young man. But from the standpoint of personal friendships he was most of all and foremost of all a devoted, humble, earnest Christian. He was a rare and beautiful example of sterling manhood. Fol- lowing in the footsteps of his remarkable moth- er, he was a devoted Bible student, of nnusual attainments. He was an able personal worker, an earnest, vigorous speaker, in association busi- ness affairs one of the wisest and shrewdest
counselors, and an untiring officer. He made money rapidly, but ever and only for his Mas- ter's glory; the larger the profits, the greater the proportion given back to the Lord. In an absolutely literal senso Jesus of Nazareth was a partner in the business, and Mr. Taylor was always on the lookont For places to wisely in- vest the proportion of profits belonging to the Lord. He had a right view of the purposes of life, and he had a right idea of the proper re- lations between employer and employed. The moral responsibility of an employer and the purpose of business in life were both well un- derstood by him. He held a right view of the stewardship of money. I have heard him say that he would never allow himself to become a millionaire, and he gave himself wholly to his convictions. His views upon the subject of the observanee of the Sabbath were very strict, and he was most careful in following them. He would allow no work to be done about the store on Sunday under any consideration, and all those connected with him were fully aware of his convictions upon this point."
Mr. Taylor was twice president of the Y. M. C. A. of Cleveland, and the following resolu- tions were adoptod by that organization upon his death:
" WHEREAS, It has pleased our Divine Mas- ter to remove from our association ranks, by death, our beloved brother John Livingstone Taylor, from May 1, 1889, to his death a diree- tor, and for two years, ending May 1, 1892, its president; and
" WHEREAS, His sudden departure has striek- en our hearts with an overwhelming sense of the irreparable loss we have sustained, we, the board of directors of this association, desire to give expression in some fitting manner to his beloved companion, his business associates, and the community at large, of our appreciation of his warm-hearted loyalty and his wise counsels in aid of the work for young men in this city. Therefore, be it
"Resolved, That in the death of John Liv- ingstone Taylor this association has lost a true
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friend, one whose noble example of sterling Christian manhood, business integrity, and true benevolence must leave its impress for good, upon the minds and hearts of all who knew him; one who was a kind and faith'ul employer, with a deep and earnest responsibility for the highest interests of those whom he employed; and one who was ever ready, by his influence, and his means, as God had prospered him, to push forward the work of the Young Men's Christian Association, and advance the canse of Christ's kingdom in our midst.
"Resolved, That we extend our fraternal sympathy to the church in whose communion our brother worshiped; to the several benevo- lent organizations in this city, who ever found in him a warm, generons, constant friend, and to the missionaries of the cross in remote parts of the world, who have had canse to know, by reason of his nusparing gifts to them, how far his aid has gone in relieving the burdens of the suffering and bringing sonls to the foot of the cross.
"Resolved, That we bow in humble snbinis. sion to the will of him whose ' ways are past finding out,' and may ' the God of peace, that peace which passeth all understanding,' bless us and canse his face to shine upon us, that we may be guided in this life to a closer emulation of the example of our departed brother; and may his memory speak to ns, though his voice be silent; and may his life be a benediction to us, and at last may we meet and commune with him in the upper and better kingdom.
"Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to his bereaved companion, and that they be engrossed upon the records of the association."
Mr. Taylor was also an active member and official of the " Floating Bethel," which society adopted the following resolution on his death:
" WIRERAS, John Livingstone Taylor, one of the board of directors, who, on November 7, 1892, was called to a glorions future by the Savior he so much loved, honored and served, we feel our loss is very great; he was one of
our most cheerful connselors and contributors; no worthy missionary eanse did he ever pass by ; like the disciples of old, who gave the loaves and fishes to the Master to be blessed before they gave to the multitude, so he sought God's blessing upon his gifts; the fragments of his gifts when gathered mp will be very great, for he cast his bread npon the wa ter, believing that he should find it after many days; therefore
"Resolved, That we extend to his widow onr sympathy in her great bereavement. Her loss is felt by all who knew him. May God help her to bear her sorrow!"
The charity of Mr. Taylor to all worthy ob- jeets was unfailing and formed one of the chief characteristics of his life, yet it was given in a most humble and unostentations way, and the good he did in this line will serve to long keep green his memory to those who were the recipi- ents of his generosity, both in money and in kind, sympathetic words of cheer and comfort.
R EV. ALBERT BRONSON PUTNAM, Rector of Emmanuel Protestant Episco- pal Church of Cleveland, was born in Knox county, Ohio, March 17, 1818. Norman W. and Maria (Douglass) Putnam were his parents. His father was a native of Ver- mont and his mother of New York. In early life the father was a teacher of music and let- ters in New England and Northern New York. Ile came to Ohio in 1829, driving all the way in a wagon. Ile was a relative of Bishop Chase, at whose invitation he came to Ohio and settled in Gambier, where he lived until 1892, when he died, at the age of ninety-two years. For many years he was in mercantile business at Gambier, but in his later days purchased a farm and lived near that village. Being a man of a high order of intelligence and considerable literary attainment he furnished many valnable articles to various newspapers; was a thorough musician and a singer of ability, and a man of genial spirit and charitable disposition. In
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many ways he was a remarkable man. For many years he was a Vestryman of Hareonrt Parish, Gambier, and at times the leader of its choir as well as its organist. In politics he al- ways took considerable interest, first being a Whig and later a Republican. Ilis wife, of Scotch extraction and an amiable and good woman, died in 1886, at the age of seventy- three years. Through life she was a devont member of the Episcopal Church. Her grand- parents, Thomas and Margaret Douglass, were married in 1769, came to America in 1776 and settled in New Jersey. The subject of this sketch is one of ten children, of whom five are living. The names of these children are: Anna E., Douglass, Rufus, Margaret R., John Henry, Maria Louisa, Albert Bronson, Mary (first) de- ceased, Mary (second) deceased and Frank.
Donglass Putnam was in the Eleventh Regi- ment of Indiana Volunteers in the war of the Rebellion and for three months served under General Lew Wallace. At the expiration of this term he enlisted in the Forty-third Indi- ana, in which he served until the close of the war. For several years he was quartermaster, being later promoted to a captaincy. He died in 1879, at the age of forty-three years.
John II. Putnam graduated at Kenyon Col- lege in 1864, and immediately enlisted in the Forty-third Indiana Regiment, in which he served till the close of the war. In 1879 he died at Topeka, Kansas, where he had gained considerable reputation as an attorney at law.
Rev. Albert Bronson Putnam attended school in Gambier until in 1869 he was graduated at Kenyon College, at Gambier. He graduated in theology also, and was ordained in Gambier, in 1872. As a minister he began his career at Painesville, Ohio, where he was temporarily located. His first rectorship was at Christ's Church, IIndson, Ohio. Then he spent eight years in the State of Pennsylvania. In 1882 he became rector of Harcourt school for boys at Gambier, of which he had charge for three years, when he became rector of St. Paul's Church, at Mt. Vernon. Upon coming to
Cleveland in 1889 he took his present enre, when there were bnt seventy-two communi- cants; the number has since increased to 250. In connection with the church is a Sunday- school -which over 150 pupils attend -- and other parish organizations.
The church of which the Rev. Mr. Putnam is now rector was established in 1876, with Rev. B. T. Noakes as its first reetor. Ile served the parish for thirteen years and was succeeded by Mr. Putnam. Mr. Putnam was President of the Convention of the Diocese of Ohio in 1889, which elected the Rev. Dr. Leonard Bishop, and has twice been sent by the Diocese of Ohio as a Delegate to the General Conven- tion of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
January 7, 1875, Mr. Putnam married, at Massillon, Ohio, Miss Cora E. Dunn, a dangh- ter of John and Julia M. (Randall) Dann. The mother is a sister of Alexander Randall, Gov- ernor of Wisconsin, 1857-'60 and afterward Postmaster General of the United States under President Johnson, and United States Minister to Italy. The children of Mr. Putnam and wife were Norman K., Julia D. and Frederick. In 1886 Mrs. Putnam died, at the age of thirty- two years, and in 1889 Mr. Putnam married, for his second wife, Miss Mary A. Dann, a sis- ter of his first wife. By this marriage one child, Cora, has been born.
R EV. JOHN HI. NIEMANN, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church on Jersey street, Cleveland, was born in Ilanover, Germany, April 11, 1848. His parents were II. II. and Mary E. Niemann, both of German birth, who came to the United States in 1852, landing at New York City, whence they repaired to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where for years the father was superintendent of the Lutheran cemetery and where he died in 1874, at the age of sixty-six years. The mother's death occurred in 1859, at Pittsburg, in her thirty-fifth year. They were life-long and faith-
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ful members of the Evangelical Intheran Church, and esteemed for their piety and indus- try. They had six children, of whom only three are now (1893) living.
Rev. Niemann was a child of four years when his parents came to America. Upon reaching the proper age he was sent to Fort Wayne, In- diana, where he entered Concordia College, and between the years 1860 and 1866 completed a course. Ile then took a thicological course at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, com- pleting the curriculum in 1869.
Ilis first work as a minister was at Little Rock, Arkansas, where he remained until Jan- mary, 1876. Ile was the second pastor of his church in the State of Arkansas, the first being Rev. M. L. Wyneken, whose charge was at Fort Smith. In January, 1876, Rev. Niemann came to the city of Cleveland and became the pastor of Trinity Church, remaining as such until this date, 1893. Ilis work here has been character- istic of ability, and he has succeeded in the ma- terial upbuilding of his congregation. Ile has established three new churches in the city since coming to Cleveland. When he came to Cleve- lend there were only two churches of the Evan- gelical Lutheran denomination in the city; now there are eight, besides two missions. In the congregation of Trinity Church there are about 300 families. In connection with the church is a parochial school, where attend upward of 400 children, instructed by five male teachers. The school is a graded one, and its pupils npon graduation are permitted admission to the Cleve- land publie high schools. There is one mission under Rev. Niemann's charge. He has for the last thirteen years been President of the Mid- dle District of the Missouri Synod of his church, said synod numbering abont 1,400 ministers. This district comprises the States of Ohio and Indiana, having 110 congregations and being one of the largest and most important districts of said Missouri Synod.
Rev. Niemann was married October 8, 1872, to Miss Julia E. Walther, a daughter of C. F. W. Walther, D. D., president of Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Walther is best known as the " Lutheran Theologian " in this country, was the organizer of the Luth- eran Church in the United States, and died May 7, 1887, at the age of seventy-six years. Ilis wile, Emily, died in 1875, at the age of seventy-four years. Mrs. Niemann, the youngest of four children, is a lady of culture and refine- ment. Rev. and Mrs. Niemann have but one child, namely, Ottilie, still of the home circle.
Rev. Niemann has been a prominent mem- ber and a central figure in one of the large and influential religious bodies of this city for many years. He is yet in the prime of a most vigor- ous and useful manhood and his influence and best efforts have ever been recorded in the best interest and welfare of the cause of his Master in the elmarch of his choice. He is genial, scholarly and in every way a most pleasant and cultured gentleman. Ilis library is large and of the standard theological and classical works. Ile has proved the right man in the right place, and the importance and success of his labors can best be told and understood when one observes the many institutions which he has organized, fostered and brought into prosperity, and the fact that no other minister in the Middle Dis- triet enjoys a more universal esteein and re- spect.
A LONZO E. DYRE, editor and business manager of The Cuyahogan, published at Brooklyn, Ohio, was born January 1, 1860, in Fairfield county, this State. His parents were Dr. II. C. Ilyre and Amelia C. (Poff) Ilyre. Ile is the elder of two children, the younger of whom died very carly in life. Subsequent to the birth of these children the parents located in Brooklyn.
Alonzo E. Hyre received his education in the public schools of Lancaster, Springfield, Colum- bus and other places, supplementing it by a course at. Buchtel College, at Akron, Ohio, where he graduated in 1884 with the degree of B. S. While here at college he organized The Buchtel
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Record, a high-class college monthly, conducting the same two years. After his graduation Mr. Ilyre traveled throughout the country in com- pany with George O. Mila, who was noted as a preacher, and who left the pulpit for the stage, gaining considerable notoriety in the Shaks- percan plays. Mr. Ilyro gained quite a reputa- tion as a comedian, and while in this profession was given the privilege of visiting the leading portions of the country, and gained considerable experience as well as a knowledge of the various important cities, among which Cleveland was most inviting to him. Ile accepted the position of city editor of the Cleveland Daily Argus, a position which he held for almost two years, and giving up the same he began the publica- tion of a society and dramatic paper known as Vanity Fair, which he issued for about two years. Ile then assumed the city editorship of the Sunday World, and in that capacity did much to raise the standard of that journal, with which he was connected for one year. He then became interested, in 1888, in The Cuyahogan, and since that date has been manager and editor of the same. This journal he has made one of the most successful and prosperons of county and suburban papers. It has a wide circulation and is one of the cleanest, most respectable and newsy sheets of its kind.
Politically Mr. Hyre is a Republican, and he has figured conspicuously as a worker in the ranks of his party. He was for four years a member of the county committee, and for two years one of the executive committee of his party. Recently he was urged by friends to become a candidate for the legislature, but for this honor he declined to enter the race. As an editor he is both brilliant and successful, and bears a most striking personal resemblance to the celebrated " Bill Nyc." Mr. Hyre's friends claim that the resemblance does not stop with the smooth face and pate, but that in wit and genial humor he is not far behind " The Boomerang " editor.
Mr. Ilyre was married April 15, 1886, to Miss S. Emma Cadwallader, of Akron, Ohio,
who was a student of Buchtel College and a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma. Mr. and Mrs. Hyre have two children: Rexford C., born March 11, 1887; and Raymond E., Jan- nary 29, 1890.
Fraternally Mr. Ilyre not only belongs to the Knights of Pythias and National Union, but. is also a member of the Greek letter college fra- ternity, Delta Tan Delta.
W E. LINDEN, M. D., Ph. G., a practic- ing physician of South Brooklyn vil- lage, was born in the city of Cleveland on the 6th day of October, 1858. Ilis parents were John and Sibylla (Kueth) Linden. Both par- ents were born in Germany: hence onr subject is of German lineage. His early scholastic training was received in the schools of Cleveland Germany and Switzerland. After graduating at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1881 he entered Western Reserve Medical College where he graduated in 1883. Ile then went to Berlin, Germany, where at the Royal College of Medicine he received a di- ploma in 1884. Returning to America he entered upon the practice of his profession in Cleveland, and a few years later located at South Brooklyn, where he has since enjoyed a large and Incrative practice.
In 1885 he wedded Nellie E. Ward, danghter of the late Daniel Ward of Cleveland, and they have two children: James Emil, born Septem- ber 29, 1886; and John Edgar, October 14, 1888.
Dr. Linden himself is one of ten children, seven of whom are living. Of these children, John Linden is a prominent merchant of Cleve- land; Hugo Linden is a Cleveland druggist; Mrs. Lizzie Albrecht resides in Detroit, Michigan; Mrs. Bertha. Mitchell is a resident of Chicago; Mrs. Martha Muehlenbeek, of South Brooklyn; and Clara resides with her parents, whose home is now in Coblenz on the Rhine, Germany.
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Fraternally Di. Linden is a member of the order of Knights of Pythias and is at present M. of E. and D. G. C. of his lodge. He was a charter member of Brooklyn Lodge, No. 426. lle is also a member of the Chosen Friends, Cleveland Conneil, No. 5, and the Equitable Aid Union, of which order he is Grand Presi- dent of Ohio. Ile is also a member of the Cleveland Medical Society. The Doctor has collected an excellent library, and is a close and continuous student of his profession, keeping pace with all new investigations and results in the same. He is a member of the local board of health and is very active in seenring the de- velopment of such measures, and carrying into effeet snch rules and regulations as are condu- cive to the health of the public. In fact Dr. Linden is a thorough and successful practi- tioner and as a citizen he is highly esteemed and honored.
R EV. REUBEN YEAKEL, Historian, officially appointed by the General Con- ference and Board of Publication of the Evangelical Association, was born in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, Angust 3, 1827. His parents were Charles and Susanna (Yeakel) Yeakel. natives also of America. Mr. Yeakel's grandfather, Jacob Yeakel, was also a native of the Keystone State; and his great- grandfather, Christopher Yeakel, came from Germany in 1734, settling in Montgomery county, mentioned. Charles Yeakel was an in- telligent and thorough farmer, frank and honest, and deeply religions; and his wife was also a devout woman, a member of the Evangeli- cal Association. Both died at the age of eighty- six years, -he in 1874 and she in 1880. Their children were: Jesse, who entered the gospel ministry in 1852 and now resides in Philadel- phia; Reuben, the subject of this sketch; Lydia, wife of Nathan Sterner, a carpenter of Allentown, Pennsylvania; the other three chil- dren aro deceased.
Mr. Yeakel, whose name introduces this sketch, educated himself, mostly, and in 1853 he began his career as a minister of the gospel, in Pennsylvania; in 1859 he was elected by the General Conference Corresponding Seere- tary of the Missionary Society of the Evangeli- cal Association, which position he filled for several years; in 1863 the same body elected him editor of the Sunday-school and tract litera- ture of the church, and he was re-elected in 1867, and held the position till 1871. In 1867 he was also appointed biographer of Jacob Al- bright and his co-laborers, of which Rev. Mr. Dreisbach was one. In 1871 the same confer- ence elected him Bishop, which position he held until 1879, when he declined a re-election and went to Naperville, Illinois, where he was prin- cipal of the Biblical Institute in the North- western College of the Evangelical Association, teaching systematic theology and other branches nntil 1883; and while there he established a theological quarterly, in the German language, on his own responsibility, and he still edits and publishes this periodical, which is now bi- monthly. It has now reached its fifteenth volume. The title-page translated is, "Bi- monthly Periodical For Theology and Church; founded by R. Yeakel, and conducted with the co-operation of prominent theologians in Amer- ica and Germany; edited and published by Rev. R. Yeakel, Rev. M. J. Cramer, D. D., Prof. F. L. Nagler, D. D., and Rev. C. G. Koch." This periodical is undenominational, is of great service to the church, prized most highly, and is the only periodical of the kind in the German language in America.
After his service closed at the college he was called to the Cleveland publishing house as joint editor of the Christliche Botschafter, which place he held four years. In 1887 he was given the duty of writing the general history of the Evan- gelical Association; and still more recently also the biography of Bishop Joseph Long, Rev. William W. Orwig and Rev. Charles Hammer, the last mentioned of whom was manager of the publishing house for many years.
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Mr. Yeakel has attended the General Con- ference of this church ever since 1855, being a delegate at almost every session. In some re- speets he has been the pioneer collater of the preliminary history of his church. Rev. W. W. Orwig was appointed by the West Pennsyl- vania Annual Conference to compile the history of the church from 1800 to 1845, and Mr. Yeakel was appointed jointly by the General Conference and by the Board of Publication to supply the history from 1750, the decennium of the birth of Jacob Albright, and to bring the history down to the present time, and also to revise the history previously made. He is more conversant with early church history and of the fathers of his church than any other man living. Since 1855 he has written a great multitude of articles for the press, both in Ger- man aud in English. The amount of work he has done is evidence not only that he has been very busy, but has a capacions, well-furnished and ready mind.
He came to Cleveland in 1860, as Correspond- ing Secretary of the Missionary Society of the Church, and with few interruptions has been a resident here ever since. Ile was first married in 1855 to Miss Sarah Schubert, danghter of David Schubert of Pennsylvania, and they had two children, -- Charles and Rosa; the latter died at the age of four years. The mother of these children died in 1874, aged forty-seven years, a devoted member of the church. For his second wife Mr. Yeakel married, in 1876, Mrs. Caroline Klein, of Norristown, Pennsyl- vania, a member of the same church.
In his political sympathies Mr. Yeakel is a Republican, voting, however, with some care as to the personnel of the proposed tickets. The following outline of his personal character- istics is furnished by a co-laborer who has long been acquainted with him:
In personal appearance Mr. Yeakel inspires confidence and respect, possessing a splendid physique. He is probably more than six feet two inches in height, his rugged frame and broad shoulders being surmounted by a mas-
sive head, covered with a heavy stock of hair, worn somewhat long. Ilis form is bent, as if weighed down with care. Beneath his expan- sivo forehead and jutting eyebrows, which frown like buttresses, thero gleam a pair of calm, keen eyes from deep, eavernous sockets. llis face wears an expression of benignity, thoughtfulness and gravity. Deep convergent lines abont the region of the eyes indicate the close thinker and coustant reader, while the Steady gaze of those eyes give but a hint of the steadier and more penetrating gaze of an in- tellect of extraordinary power of concentration. He is a profound student who delights to "lose himself in thought." He revels in the mastery of abstruse problems, which practice enables him to gain unusual insight into the inner meaning of the Scriptures. Ilis analytical powers are such that he is acknowledged as oue of the most discriminating of exegetes. In recognition of this the degree of Doctor of Divinity was tendered him by a high anthority, which however he firmly declined, with char- acteristic modesty, not to say indifference to such titular distinctions.
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