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Mr. Braund was married in Chagrin Falls, in 1852, to Fanny Whitlock, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Stoneman) Whitlock, both of whom are deceased. By this marriage he had seven children, three of whom are living, viz .: Arthur, born February 18, 1859, married Alice Willson, February 28, 1886: she was a daughter of Charles Willson: they have three children -- Linda, Viola and Lyle; Rhoda, wife of Onsh Barber of Chester, Ohio; they had one son, Arthur; Charley, of the firm, single. The mother died April 14, 1885. Mr. Braund was again married, in 1886, to Mrs. May Willson, nee Hurn, widow of Charles Willson, and a native of England; and they have one child, Frank. Mr. Brannd is a Democrat in politics, and a Baptist in religious belief. He is a member of the 1. O. O. F., Lodge No. 290. Ile is a good business man, and a good citizen, honored and respected by all.
W ILLIAM HUTCHINGS is one of the prominent citizens of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Like many others of the snecessful citizens of Cuyahoga county, he is a native of England, born in Devonshire in November, 1816, a son of John and Elizabeth (Stoneman) Hutchings, both natives of Devon- shire, where they spent their lives.
In England Mr. Hutchings learned the trade of stone mason, He was married at the age of twenty two to Mary Down, born in Devonshire,
where she was reared. In 1845 Mr. Hutchings sailed from Plymouth, England, for Quebec. He was six weeks on the sea and two weeks more on the river and ship canal. From Quebec he went to Buffalo, and thenee to Cleveland, and from Cleveland to Orange township, where he had an nnele, of the name of John Stoneman. In a few days he came to Chagrin Falls and obtained work of Dr. J. A. Vincent, at $10 per month. The next season he dug wells and cellars, and the next worked on bridges. Ilis work was done in so substantial a manner and gave such -good satisfaction that it increased npon his hands. He took large contracts from the county commissioners for many years and built hundreds of bridges for the county. He also built many schoolhouses, churches and business blocks in Chagrin Falls, Newburg and other places. Most of the brick houses in Chagrin Falls were built by him, and he conducted a large brick-yard and carried on an extensive business in brick. He helped many of his countrymen to emigrate to America, found work for them here, and for years he employed a large foree of men. Ile was one of the most active in bringing the railroad to Chagrin Falls, and to him is due much credit for his zealous work and pecuniary aid in this enterprise. Ile has been in the hardware bnsi- ness for years, and the linn of Stoneman & Hutchings is one of the most solid in the town. They have a brick store 30x 100 feet. Mr. Hutchings is largely interested in real estate both in his own town and other townships. Besides the building in which is carried on the business of his firm, he owns three other valu- able business houses in the town, two of which are owned by Stoneman & Hutchings, and four good dwellings. The Dr. Vincent Homestead, a line house with gronds of fifty aeres, where he first obtained work forty-eight years ago, has come into his possession. He owns 250 aeres in Bainbridge and smaller tracts in towns in the vicinity of Chagrin Falls.
Mrs. Hutchings died Jannary 4, 1893, nged lifty-four years. She was an netive and consist-
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ent Christian, a worker in the Congregational Church, of which she was a member. Mr. Hutchings was again married Jannary 4, 1894, to Mrs. Mary Hardwell, a native of Devonshire, England, but who was a resident of Toronto for about 40 years; her maiden name was Unkin. She is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Hutchings is a member of the Congregational church, and contributes liberally to its sup- port. Ile was most liberal in the erection of the church building. He serves as a Trustee ot the church and is most liberal in the cause of education, of religion and of charity.
Mr. Hutchings is well preserved for a man of seventy-seven, strong in physique, intelligent, frank and cordial with all. IIe is honored and respected by all who know him.
G EORGE F. MILLER is general agent for the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany of San Francisco, California, with an olliee at Cleveland. In this position he has charge of the States of Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia, and has held the same charge since 1891, succeeding in that year Jolin R. Calvey, who opened this field in the interest of said insurance company, which is comparatively in the beginning of the intro- dnetion of its business in this field. In fact, the company has been in operation only since 1884. In 1885 Mr. Miller became a solicitor under Mr. Calvey, and for meritorious services Mr. Miller was placed in his present position as general agent. When he took the management the total collections of this company in this field amounted to about $23,000, which sum he has raised to npward of $75,000, with his business increasing each year. The company which he represents is a solid and safe institution, and its management is equally good, the directors being liable for the debts of the corporation.
Mr. Miller is a native of Canton, Ohio, born July 20, 1857, a son of Joseph II. and Catharine E. (Eckert) Miller. His father died in 1870, while the mother is still living.
Mr. Miller was reared in Canton, where he made his home until he was twelve years of age, at which age he became self-supporting and was on his own resources. Ile accepted employment with the C. Aultman Company, of Canton, in whose shops he learned the trade of machinist, and after learning his trade he worked at the same until he engaged in the insurance business.
Mr. Miller is a self-made man in respect both to mental discipline and financial snecess. From an early age he has improved every opportunity for doing well, and his success in life has been due to energy, pInek and determination, as well as to close application of his time and attention to whatsoever business engages him. By wide business experience, together with the aid of books, newspapers and social relations, he has become a well-informed man upon subjects of general interest. Fraternally he is a member of the order of the Knights of Pythias, of American Mechanics, the Maccabees, and other Masonic beneficiary orders.
Ile was married in 1880, in the city of Can- ton, to Miss Saidie E. Baldwin, daughter of Judge Baldwin, of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have one child, a son, Faber Baldwin Miller, aged eleven years. They are members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Canton. Politically, Mr. Miller is an adherent of the Republican party.
G EORGE SCOTT, manager of the retail store of William Taylor, Son & Co., for the past five years, first came to Cleve- land in 1882, entering the employ of Taylor & Kilpatrick, in the dress- goods depart- ment of their store, and has continued at that place, with all the changes of management, etc., till the present time. Being a thorough busi- ness man, he has well earned the position which he occupies, and doubtless more responsible places await him.
He is a native of Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland, born in April, 1863, a son of Alexander and
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Jessie (Harley) Scott, and was reared and edu- cated in his native country. Just before he was thirteen years of age he entered a mereall- tile establishment in Markinch, Fifeshire, where he served an apprenticeship of five years. At the age of eighteen he emigrated to America, and For the first year was employed in the store of Adam Meldrum & Anderson at Buffalo, and then came to Cleveland. lle has greatly dis- tinguished himself in business for a man so young as he. Ile now has charge of 150 clerks and four floors of the building.
As to religion, he is a member of the Presby- terian Church and of the Young Men's Chris- tian Association.
Ile was married April 30, 1889, to Miss Mar- garet E. Gillies, of New York, and they have one child, Alexander G.
OSEPH STONEMAN, of the firm of Stoneman & Hutchings, hardware dealers of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was born at Dev- onshire, England, December 11, 1825, a son of John and Anne (Newcomb) Stoneman, both na- tives of Devonshire. The family came to Cuyahoga county and settled in Orange town- ship, when our subject was a boy of eleven years. They were among the early settlers of the town- ship. Here the father lived, engaged in farm- ing, until his death, July 21, 1868, at seventy- eight years of age. The mother lived to be eighty-nine years of age, dying April 2, 1885. They reared a family of nine children, seven sons and two daughters, viz .: Mary, Anne, and Philip, all deceased; William, of Orange town- ship; Joseph, subject of this notice; Thomas, of Orange township; John, who died on the old farm; J. S., of Cleveland; and Jacob, of James River, Virginia. The father enltivated a good farm of 125 acres. He was an indus- trions, honest citizen, and both he and his wife were respected and honored by all who knew them. Their children grew up to be successful men and good women, for they were reared to
follow in the footsteps of the parents. The father was a believer in religion, having been brought up as a Methodist. In politics he was an old-line Whig and later a Republican.
Joseph Stoneman grew up on the old farm and was early taught the rudiments of industry and honesty, a sure Foundation of future snc- cess. llis education was received in the early public schools of the township. He was mar- ried at twenty-eight, at Russell, Geauga coun- ty, Ohio, to Grace Whitlock, of Russell, daugh- ter of English parents. For some twelve years after his marriage Mr. Stoneman was engaged in farming. He then sold his farming interest and engaged in business in Chagrin Falls . in 1865, becoming a dealer in shelf and heavy hardware, carriage trimmings, paints, oils, etc. By his industry, honesty and good business ability, he has achieved success in his business and has accumulated a good property.
Mr. and Mrs. Stonemen have a family of nine children, viz .: Inldah J .; Sophia, wife of A. HI. Williams, of Chagrin Falls; Olive A .; Josie, wife of G. A. MeAlpine, of Richmond, Vir- ginia; John W .; Richard W .; Irvin, G .; Sada, at home; and Grace, also at home.
Mr. Stoneman is an attendant of the Congre- gational Church, and is one of the solid men of the town, honored and respected by all who know him.
AMES H. SHUTE, one of the substantial men of Chagrin Falls, was born at Buck- land Brewer, near Bideford, in Devon- shire, England, in 1817, a son of Richard and Grace (Dnnn) Slinte, also natives of Buckland Brewer. The father died at sea, on the way to this country. The mother eame to her son Williams in Orange, and here resided till her heath. There were in the family eight chil- dren, Four sous and four daughters.
James was reared and educated in England, at fourteen was apprenticed to learn the trade of shoemaking, and in a short time became a
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good workman, and engaged in business for himself. Later he had three apprentiees at work for him and two journeymen. He did a good, profitable business for several years, but on ac- count of poor health he sold out his business and emigrated to this country, settling in Cleve- land for a time, and then went to work for a Mr. Wall, then engaged in business at Orange and Warrensville, and finally came to Chagrin Falls, and purchased a farm of about 130 acres. He bought some lots here, many years ago, and improved them. He has a large interest in the real estate of his town, brick blocks for busi- ness and residence purposes, and other property, besides his own fine residence.
Mr. Shute was married, in England, to Mary Honeywell, also a native of that country. Eight children have been born in this family, four of whom are now living, viz .: Lney, wife of Milo Hathaway; Fanny, the wife of Mr. Ellsworthy; Clara, wife of Thomas Rose, of Cleveland; and Albert, a snecessful stock and business man of Topeka, Kansas: the last mentioned has six children. Mrs. Shute died about 1877. She was a good Christian wife and mother, a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Shute was again married, in 1879, to Elizabeth Henderson, and by this union there is one child, Arthur, a boy of fourteen years.
Mr. Shute was for years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a believer in the teachings of the Bible. In polities he is a Republican: is a self-made man, successful in his business and a good citizen.
M A. LANDER is a representative of a family which came to Cuyahoga county at a very carly period in its settlement. Ilis parents were William and Eliza Ann (Litch) Lander. His father was born in Onondaga county, New York, at the town of Marcellus, and to commemorate the place of his birth he gave to his son and subject of this
sketch the same euphonions name, Mareellus. William Lander was born in the year 1815 and died in Cuyahoga county in 1891. He was a son of William Lander, a native of Salem, Massachusetts, whence he emigrated to New York and thence to Ohio. In 1832 he settled in Orange township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, becoming one of the very first to settle in that township, where he afterward lived and died. Ile was of German extraction. The mother of M. A. Lander was born in Orange township and there spent her whole life, dying in 1887, at the age of sixty-nine years. She was a daugh- ter of Caleb and Mercy Ann (Dean) Litch, who were natives of Connectient, whenee they came to Ohio in 1816, settling in Orange township, being, perhaps, among the first half-dozen fami- lies to settle there. They lived there many years, and many happy and useful years were allotted to them, being called away in death after reaching respected old age. They had twelve children,-eleven daughters and one son, of whom Eliza Aun was the youngest. She bore her husband live children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the oldest, and to whose own career we offer no apology for turning, for of M. A. Lander it may justly be said that he is a representative and esteemed citizen.
Hle was brought up on a farm and given only a common-school education. Hle was born on the old homestead of his father in Orange township, on the 27th of December, 1842, and he was therefore in his nineteenth year when the Civil war came on. October 11, 1861, Mr. Lander enlisted for the war as a private in the Ninth Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artil- lery. Ile remained in the army service until the close of the war; rose to the rank of Quarter- master Sergeant, and as such was mustered out of the service July 25, 1865, at Camp Cleve- land.
Mr. M. A. Lander is a member of Forest City Post, G. A. R., and the Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Union; also of the Masonic order, being a Knight Templar and Scottish rite Mason. He is Past Master of Golden Gate
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Lodge at Chagrin Falls, Ohio; belongs to Cleve- land Council, No. 20, National Union, and to the Tippecanoe Republican Club.
Upon the close of the war, Mr. Lander, his father and unele associated themselves together and built what was then the largest cheese and butter factory of the county. Later Mr. Lan- der became sole proprietor of the factory, which he operated for abont fourteen years, when, selling the factory, he removed to Cleveland, in the fall of 1882, and since that time has served as a deputy in the County Treasurer's office. In polities he has always been a stanch Republican.
In 1875 Mr. Lander and Miss Eva V. Abell were united in marriage, and they have three children, namely: George W., Mary Edith and Alice Marilla.
D M. ALVORD, the Collinwood yard- master of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company, is an Ohioan by birth, being born in Lake county, April 15, 1844.
He left the farm at nineteen to begin work for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Rail- road Company, then the Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Railroad Company. It was Sep- tember 15th that he was made watchman, and in addition did duty as number taker till May, 1864, when he quit the road to go into the army. Ile enlisted in Company C, One Hun- dred and Fiftieth Regiment, Captain Lew De Forest, Colonel Hayward, and was stationed at . Washington, District of Columbia, in Fort Bunker Hill, until discharged in September, 1864, being a three-months man.
He decided to go West and secure for him- self a home where land was cheap, and accord- ingly wont to Hardin county, lowa, where ho purchased a farm, and returning to Ohio took the family out to the new home. The new country was sickly, malaria prevailing, and Mr. Alvord was one of its vietims for several months; so he returned East and renewed his relations
with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Rail- road Company in his old position, October 1, 1866. He was promoted in line, reaching the position of yard master in November, 1875, where he has since been a faithful and industri- ous servant.
D. J. Alvord, his father, was brought to Lake county, Ohio, from Seneca county, New York, by Obadiah Alvord, his father, who died in Lake county. For his wife he married Mary Am Turner, who was born in New York, and is now living, at the age of seventy-two. Their chil- dren are: Jane S., wife of C. J. Karner; D. M., whose name heads this sketch; Wealthy, who married A. Gray; and Hattie, wife of George Fritz. D. J. Alvord was for many years a travel- ing salesman for Myers & Uhl, of Cleveland, but is now a resident of Hardin county, Iowa, aged seventy-six years.
D. M. Alvord married in Cleveland, No- vember 16, 1873, Sarah M., daughter of Donvin Wilcox, of Geneva, Ashtabula county, Ohio. Their children are: Georgie, David and Flor- enee.
Mr. Alvord is a member of Thatcher Lodge, No. 439, A. F. & A. M., of Nottingham; also of Division 20, of O. R. C., and was its first Secretary and Treasurer. He is also a member of the order of Tontin.
S L. MOCUTCHIN, an efficient conductor for the Valley Railroad Company, was born in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, October 29, 1860, educated in the common branches in ungraded schools, and in choosing a business for life took up photography. When able to do efficient work he established himself at Scottdale, Pennsylvania. An affection of the lungs, however, at length compelled him to abandon this art, and he engaged in railroading, first for the Baltimore & Ohio Company, as brakeman on the Connellsville division. In less than a year he was promoted to the position of conductor. In 1885 he went to the Pittsburg
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& Western Railroad, Company and ran out of Allegheny City for five years,-two years as a passenger conduetor. In January, 1890, another change in business was made: this time he en - tered the grocery trade in Pittsburg. Soon, . however, seeing that his experience had detin- itely taught him that a position on a railroad line was better for him, he returned to that, in May, 1890. The next year he returned to farm- ing, a business he had learned in his youth from his father; but in March, 1892, he returned again to the railroad, taking the position named at the head of this sketch, and which he still holds, giving entire satisfaction. He is a member of the Order of Railway Conductors.
Of his paternal ancestors the most remote who is known was his grandfather, William MeCutehin, who was born in the Keystone State in 1802, and died in 1891. By ocenpation he was a surveyor, and it is presumed that he did much work in establishing pioneer corners in his vicinity, in Westmoreland and neighboring counties, in that State. Ile married a Miss Irwin, and they had one daughter and two sons, namely: Margaret, who married Samuel Boll- man, and had three children: Samuel, the father of S. L. (subject of this sketch); and Wesley. Samuel was taught surveying by his father, and was engaged in that business and in general civil engineering for many years. He was born March 26, 1828, and died April 20, 1892. Dur- ing the last war he was a member of Company B of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, Army of the Potomac, enlisting Jnne 1, 1861. Ile had many rough experiences and in many campaigns, and was mustered ont of service in October, 1863. For his wife he married Lovina J. McConnell, who was born in Westmoreland county, and is still living, at the age of seventy- one years. She was a daughter of Daniel Mc- Connell, of Scotch ancestry, who married Hannah MeBride: their children were ten in number, of whom six are living. Samuel MeCutehin's children are: Margaret, the wife of Harrison Manshield, of Latrobe, Pennsylvania; Lizzie, who married Daniel Thompson, of Gentryville,
Indiana; Mattie, now Mrs. Thomas R. McKee, of Indiana county, Pennsylvania; William I., of Burlingame, Kansas; S. L., whose name introduces this sketch; Letitia, deceased; and Cordelia J. Ernest is deceased.
Mr. MeCutehin, of this sketch, was married in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, to Martha A. Duer, a daughter of David Duer, of West- moreland county, same State, and of an ancient family of Pennsylvania. By occupation he was a sawyer. He married Rachel McMunn, and had seven children, namely: Anna M., wife of James Hamilton; Margaret, now Mrs. William Green; Mrs. McCutehin was the next in order of birth; Lizzie, who became the wife of Joseph Trout; Melton A .; Zora; and William A., de- ceased. All of these excepting Mrs. McCntchin are residents of Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Me- Ontehin have only one child, Zora, an adopted daughter, now aged eight years.
H A. SHEFFIELD, proprietor of marble and granite works, at Chagrin Falls, Ohio, established himself here in the trade in 1876. The best of granite and marble is carried in stock and the best of work is turned out of the shop. The proprietor is a practical workman and has had a business expe- rience of twenty-five years in the marble business.
11. A. Sheffield was born in Winnebago county, Wisconsin, May 2, 1850. Ilis parents were Linns and Polly ( Manuel) Sheffield. Linns Sheffield was born in Chester, Geanga county, Ohio. Ilis father settled in Chester in 1815. Linns and Polly Sheffield had two children,- A. A., of Cleveland, and IT. A., subject of this notice. The latter was reared and educated in Chester, Ohio, and first engaged in his trado at Chicago, Illinois, where he remained for some time. In 1876 he located at Chagrin Falls, where he has since done a good business.
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Mr. Sheffield was married in 1873, at Bar- rington, Cook county, Illinois, near Chicago, to Miss Florence Blair, danghter of C. T. Blair, who is at present residing in Chagrin Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield have two children, Gny 1 .. and Mand V.
Our subjeet is a Prohibitionist. He has been a strong temperance man for years, and is a member of the 1. O. G. T., serving as an officer in his lodge. IIe is a member of the Grand Lodge, in which he has held the office of Grand Conneilor. He has been chosen to represent the lodge of this town, the Cascade Lodge, at State conventions. Ile is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, and of the I. O. O. F., Golden Gate Lodge, No. 252, and of Chagrin Falls Chapter, No. 113. Mr. Sheffield is much interested in insic, having spent considerable time as an instructor in vocal music, and a leader of choirs, in which work he has been successful. He has also been active as a mem- ber of the band of Chagrin Falls. He is one of the well known and popular men of the town.
OHIN G. POOLE, local freight agent of the Cleveland, Canton & Southern Rail- road Company, reported for his first rail- road service in October, 1871, only a few weeks after his arrival from England, the place of his birth. Ile entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company as warchonse-man at Cleveland, was promoted after a brief service to the position of caller and later to that of city collector, being the first to ocenpy that position with the Lake Shore Com- pany. He next became a clerk in the oil shed, succeeding next to a elerkship in the freight office, tracing up lost freight, was promoted then to be freight adjuster for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and finally to the cashier's office as prepaid cashier assistant to A. Q. Krabill, conchiding in this capacity eightoen years of service with the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Company, and coming to the Cleve- land, Canton & Southern Railroad as local freight agent in Angust, 1889.
Mr. Poole was born in Somersetshire, Eng- land, Angust 22, 1849. lle is a son of Joseph Poole, a well-to-do farmer, who married . Sarah Nicholas and reared seven children, viz .: Eliza, in Australia; Joel and Charles, in Eng- land; John G., in America; Fannie, in Eng- land; Edward, in South America; and Margaret, in England.
Johy G. Poole received a liberal education from village and private schools and remained on the farm with his father till he was eighteen years old, when he spent two years with Hewitt & Company in London. He left there expect- ing to go to Australia, but on spending a few months at home before starting a friend in- dneed him to come to America. He landed in Cleveland in September and began work for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Company the next month.
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