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Mr. Williams is a Republican and is a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias, Lodge No. 487; of the I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 200; of Chagrin Falls Encampment, No. 113; of the I. O. G. T. Lodge No. 72; and of the Home Guards, No. 36. He is a young man of intelligence, strong physique, and frank, jovial manner.
CAPTAIN H. B. YORK, builder and contractor of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was born at Burlington, Vermont, December 5, 1833, a son of D. H. York and a native of Connectient, and son of Amos York, born of Scottish ancestry. Our subject's mother was Lanra Barnes York, born near St. Albans, Ver- mont, daughter of Stephen Barnes, a soldier in the war of 1812.
The subject of this sketch was a babe when the family came to Bedford, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. Ten years later the family removed to Geanga county, to the township of Mnuson, where they remained till 1866, the father then moved to Tuscola county, Michigan, where he died at the age of seventy-two. The mother lived to be seventy-five years of age. They reared five children, four of whom are now liv- ing, viz .: II. B., N. E., M. D., Mrs. S. M. Spencer, of Ionia, Michigan. N. E. and M. D. reside in Tuscola county, Michigan. The father was a mechanic, a bricklayer by trade. Politie- ally ho was a Republic, and in religion a member of the Disciple Church.
Il. B. York spent his early boyhood in Bed- ford, Ohio, and after the family removed to Munson attended the schools of that place, and also Chester Seminary. He taught three or four terms and then returned to Bedford.
Mr. York enlisted for service as a private in the Civil war, in the Ninth Battery, Light Ar- tillery, and served three years and ten months. He was promoted first to be Second Lientenant, later to the rank of Captain of the Battery, De- cember 12, 1862. The battery took an active part in the battle of Cumberland Gap, and later was nnder General Schofield's command, Twen- tieth Army Corps, First Division. Later, under General II. W. Sloenm, Captain York was pro- moted to the rank of Chief of Artillery. 116 passed a thorough examination before a military officer and passed rank as Major of Heavy Ar. tillery. At Triune, Tennessee, June 11, 1863, Major York was severely injured. On account of this injury he receives a pension.
After the war he located in Tuscola county, Michigan, where he remained for four years. lle then returned to Ohio, and after spending one year in Munson, came to Chagrin Falls, where he has since made his home, except some time spent in Cleveland at his business, Hle is a man of intelligence and good principles.
Mr. York has been married three times, - first in Chardon, Ohio, July 1, 1853, to Aun E. Sherman, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Sher- man. By that marriage there were three sons, two of whom are living: R. E., of East Sagi- naw, Michigan, who has one son, Noble E .; and Clarence 11., of Chicago, Illinois. Ed. E., the first born, died at Willoughby, Ohio, at the age of twenty-three. Mrs. York died in 1862, and for his second wife Mr. York married Huldal Sherman, sister of his first. Mrs. Inldah York had two children: P. II., of Chicago, who has a son, William; and Mary E., wife of M. J. Hub- bell, of Chagrin Falls; they have one danghter, Mildred E. Mrs. Huldah York died August 1, 1884. Mr. York's present wife was Mrs. Jano B. Holcomb, nee Snedeker, widow of Thomas J. Holcomb, a soldier of the late war, a member
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of Company B, Light Artillery, serving three years. She was a daughter of C. M. and Amelia (Leach) Snedeker, both of whom are deceased.
Mr. York is identified with the Republican party. Ile is a member of the N. L. Norris Post, G. A. R., and has been Commander and Adjutant of the post. llo is also a member of the 1. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 290, and of Encamp- ment No. 113. In his religious relations he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he serves as an officer.
JOHN ROWE, proprietor of the Rowe Wagon and Carriage shops, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, the pioneer establishment of its kind in the place, was a son of Richard Rowe, who started the business in Chagrin Falls in the year 1847, and was thereafter con- neeted with it till his death in 1891, at seventy- two years of age. He was born in Lansing, England, where he was reared and educated and learned the trade of a carriage maker. He came with his father to Orange township, fonr miles north of Chagrin Falls. He married a Miss Banford, a native of Ireland. She died when her son, our subjeet, was a boy of five years. She left three children, -two daughters besides the son,-namely: Mary Sprinkle, of Owosso, Michigan; and Rachel Rowe, of Cleveland. The father married the second time and had four children, as follows: Henry and Charles, both of Detroit, Michigan; Eva Pelton, of Con- neaut, Ohio, and Amy Collar, of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. The father was a respected member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. John Rowe, born Angust 12, 1843, was reared and educated in Chagrin Falls. At ten years of age he was found in his father's shop making for himself a hand-sleigh and boy's cart. During the war ho enlisted, June 16, 1861, in the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D. He was first under fire at. Cross Lanes, Virginia; afterward at Winchester, Vir- ginia, Chickamauga, Harper's Ferry, and in the
Peninsula campaign, under General MeClellan. Ile was honorably discharged after nineteen months' hard service. Later he returned to the front and held a Government position in wagon works at Nashville, Tennessee.
Mr. Rowe does a fine business, manufactur- ing all kinds of fine carriages, wagons and other vehicles, of the best workmanship. He employs from six to twelve men during the busy season. Ile has a good frontage on the street of ninety- eight feet. IIe has had an experience of twenty years as auctioneer, and cries sales for many miles around the town.
Mr. Rowe was married in 1866, to Lanra Hodges, a native of Troy, Ohio. They have one child, Willie, twenty-five years of age, traveling salesman for the National Lead Works of New York city. He is a member of the G. A. R., Norris Post, No. 40, and is one of the well and favorably known men of Chagrin Falls.
OIIN S. BULLARD, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, is one of the well-known, honored and respected citizens of the town. Ile is one of its carly settlers and a pioneer busi- ness man of the place. He was born at Hinek- ley, Medina county, Ohio, April 11, 1823, a son of Curtiss Bullard, who was one of the first settlers of Hinckley township, of which he was a prominent citizen, serving as Postmaster of the township as early as 1832 or '33. Ile was a native of New York State, born in Litchfield, September 15, 1797, is a son of Seth Bullard, who was born in Massachusetts of an old Puri- tan family of that State. Asa Bullard, editor and proprietor of the Well Spring, Boston, and Mrs. Henry Ward Beccher, were cousins of Curtiss Bullard.
The father of the subject of this sketch was married in New York State to Sarah Easton, born at Lee, Massachusetts, as the daughter of an old Massachusetts family. Curtiss Bullard and his family came to Chagrin Falls in 1842. The father was an expert mechanie and engaged
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in the manufacture of wheel heads for some time. Later he enlarged the plant and mann- factured butter molds, rolling-pins, potato- mashers and other wooden ware. He died at the age of seventy-six. He was a general business man. Politically he was first a Jack- son man and later a Republican. Mr. Curtiss Bullard was an intelligent, well-informed man, served as the first Mayor of Chagrin Falls, and also as Connty Commissioner of Medina county. He was an active working member of the Con- gregational Church, which he liberally sup- ported. Ilis wife died at seventy-four, a worthy, consistent Christian woman, loved by all. They reared seven children, viz .: James P., who died in Chagrin Falls in 1843; John S., our subject; Susan, deceased; Newton, deceased; Orson, de- ceased; Adell, deceased in Kansas; and Sarah, wife of A. II. Rogers, of Chagrin Falls.
John S. was reared and edneated in Medina county, Ohio. He was nineteen years of age when he came to Chagrin Falls and went to work in the shop with his father, with whom he went into partnership in the business at twenty- four. Ile obtained a valnable patent on a butter mold, which brought them in a good protit for some years. George March is an ac- tive partner of the firm. They do an extensive business and employ from eight to fifteen men.
Mr. Bullard is one of the stockholders and directors of the Chagrin Falls Banking Com- pany, and also a stockholder of the Chagrin Falls Manufacturing Company. When the railroad to Chagrin Falls was projected, Mr. Bullard took an active interest in its construc- tion: was one of seven who chartered and owned the road; was director from its organization, and served as vice-president for a time prior to its being sold.
Ile was married, in 1853, at Troy, Geauga county, Ohio, to Laney Chapman, a lady of in- telligence and good family. She was born in Troy, a danghter of Luther and Anna (Sawyer) Chapman, the father of Massachusetts and the mother of Rushville, New York. Both parents died in Geanga county. Mr. and Mrs. Bullard
have had three children, all of whom are de- ceased, namely: Nelly, who died at fifteen months; Fred, at eight years; and Curtiss, at eight years.
Mr. Bullard owns a fine house, built in 1877, at a cost of $5,000. Hle and his wife are mem- bers of the Congregational Church. Politically Mr. Bullard is a Republican. In 1856 he voted for J. C. Fremont. He has served in the City Council and also on the School Board. He is one of the most public-spirited citizens of the town and has been active in all its educational, religious and other good enterprises.
JOIIN C. WEIDEMAN, one of Cleveland's most prominent business men and citizens, is president of the Weideman Company, one of the largest commercial hanses of the city, president of the Forest City Savings Bank, president of the Ohio Abstract Company, and is connected as a director or stockholder with numerous other prominent enterprises of the city.
Mr. Weideman was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1829, and came with his parents to the United States in 1833. The family located first in Philadelphia, but in 1836 re- moved to Medina connty, Ohio, where the hoy- hood days of our subject were passed. When but fourteen years of age he left home and came to Cleveland, where for some time he found employment at divers things in different places. From 1848 to 1850 he was in New York State, but in the latter year returned to Cleveland, and in 1861 made his first business beginning as a member of the liqnor firm of Weideman Company. In the fall of 1863 he disposed of his interest in this company, hnt the following year re-entered the same business with Mr. II. Tiedemann, the style of the firm being Weideman & Tiedemann. Abont 1868 Mr. O. G. Kent became a member of this firm, which became Weideman, Tiedemann & Kent.
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In 1871 Mr. Tiedemann retired from the firm and the same was reorganized with Mr. C. T. Hasbrouck as a member, the firm now becoming Weideman, Kent & Company. In 1885 a stock company was formed under the name of the Weideman Company, with Mr. Weideman as president; Mr. Christian Narten, vice-presi- dent; Mr. E. J. Siller, treasurer; Mr. Henry W. Weideman (son of John C., onr subject), secretary, and all of the above named gentlemen, with Mr. George W. Barnes, as directors. The company was capitalized at half a million dol- lars, and is one of the most extensive wholesale liquor and grocery houses in the State of Ohio. When the Forest City Savings Bank was organ- ized in the fall of 1890, Mr. Weideman was chosen president of the same, and he has been a director in both the Union National Bank and Savings & Trust Company since the organiza- tion of these institutions. lle also beeame president of the Ohio Abstract Company npon its organization. Ile is also identified with other enterprises of the city.
Mr. Weideman has been twice married. Ilis first marriage ocenrred in 1853, when he was united in marriage with Laura Muntz, of Liver- pool, Ohio, who bore him three children and died in 1877, at the age of forty-two years. Only one of these children, his son Henry W. Weideman, is living. The second marriage was consummated in 1879, his wife being Lonisa Dieboldt, of Cleveland. One daughter, now fourteen years of age, has been born by this second marriage. Mr. Wiedeman is a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and is a Thirty-second-degree Mason.
While the boyhood days of Mr. Weideman were passed amid surroundings and nuder cir- cumstanees which narrowly limited his oppor- tunities for seeuring a good education, he has not neglected the cultivation of his mind, but on the contrary has improved it by reading and travel, and being possessed of more than ordi- nary faculties he has acquired a fund of in- formation on general subjeets far in advance of many men who had the advantage of good
schools and colleges. He is genial and affable, easy of approach, and kind and courteous to all who have occasion to seek him, either in the counting-room or in a social way. For several years he has not given his time entirely to busi- ness, but has spent a considerable portion of it in travel, having visited Europo four different times and traveled over a great part of our own country.
Mr. Wiedeman is a self-made man, if there is one in Cleveland. He began at the bottom, aud year by year has mounted the ladder of success until he now stands about on the top- most rung; and this success has been brought about only through his business ability, indus- try and integrity. To-day he is regarded as one of Cleveland's most prominent and success- ful business men, and as one of the leading citizens; and by all is he respected and admired for his sterling worth as a factor in the eom- mereial and financial affairs of the eity, and as a citizen. 1
M W. KINGSLEY, Superintendent of the Cleveland Water Works, was born in Chantanqua county, New York, May 18, 1846. Ilis father, Albert Kingsley, was born in the same State, but in Washington county, in 1801. He became a millwright and lumber manufacturer in New York and in later life in Pennsylvania, to which State he emi- grated in 1853 and located in Warren county. Ile married, in the Keystone State, Miss Anna Mead, by whom four children were born, three of whom are now living,-Lonisa E., Emmett T. and M. W. His mother, Anna Mead, was born in 1813, in Warren connty, Pennsylvania, and was the youngest of a family of eight, all of whom lived to a good age.
Albert Kingsley's father was James Kings- ley, who married Phebe Lenkins and reared a family of thirteen children. The grandmother of these children on the mother's side was one
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Mrs. Luther, who it is believed is a lineal de- seendant of the great religious enthusiast and father of the Reformation.
M. W. Kingsley was given the advantage of a high-school and academic training, -the latter at Kingsville, Ohio, and the former in Ripley, New York. He became interested in civil engineering and prepared himself for that busi. ness in surveying under John Spencer, of West- field, New York. His first practical work was at Erie, Pennsylvania, under G. W. F. Sherwin, City Engineer, where he was rodman of the city corps of engineers, and later on chief of a party. Mr. Kingsley's next position was with the Canada Sonthern Railroad Company, in charge of a construction party. On completing a two-years' service with this company he came to Cleveland (1573) and took the position of assistant engineer in the construction of the first water-works lake tunnel. Since then he has been in the constant employ of the Water Department, in the construction of tunnols, reservoirs, and pipe oxtension. In the spring of 1892 he was made Superintendent of the Water Works Department of the eity, succeed- ing Superintendent Whitelaw.
Fraternally Mr. Kingsley is a Royal Areh Mason, a member of the Civil Engineers' Chib of Cleveland, and of the American Society of Engineers.
In 1879 Mr. Kingsley married, in Cleveland, Cornelia, a daughter of George F. French, and they have one child, Albert F. Kingsley.
P ETER THOMAS LYNCH, Harbor Mas- ter of Cleveland, was born in Ireland, 1844. When a lad nine years old he set out in company with some relatives for the United States, but on reaching Liverpool became separated from his friends and was lost, and was picked up by Captain Lowry of the ship Julia G. Tyler of Baltimore, who took him on board and used him as well as his own boy, who also was on the same vessel. On leaving
Captain Lowry some time after this in the port of New Orleans, he went on the ship Wm. M. Rogers, of Bath, Captain Thompson, on which he stayed one year. He was going then under the name of Thomas Flynn, using his middle name with that of his stepfather. By this name he was generally known till after the war of the Rebellion. For more than a dozen years Mr. Lynch sailed ahnost every sea and visited all the principal harbors, both in European and American waters, meeting with experiences thrilling in the extreme. Ile has sailed in all the different lines running to Europe from Bos- ton, New York, Philadelphia and New Orleans, and served in the Navy the last of tho war in the West Gulf Squadron, from the fall of 1864 till the latter part of July, 1865.
One cruise is of special interest and is re- called by Mr. Lynch as vividly and with as much interest as if it occurred only last year. It was while aboard tho famous slaver the Wanderer, fitted out in the port of Savannah. The mission of this yacht was to engage in the unlawful business of trading in slaves. But this fact was kept from the erew until well ont at sea. The captain, who planned tho expedition and ex- pocted to direet the craft and furnish the means, was defeated in his purpose by a faithless friend, a captain who had been taken into the scheme. Just prior to the time set for starting this oflieious captain came to the boat, assumed its command, set sail and left the originator of the scheme on shore. The yacht sailed aimlessly about for some days, while it was being decided where a supply of provisions was to be pro- cured. Suddenly a boat hove in sight and was hailed and forage enough obtained to carry the erew over for some days. The Wanderer then directed her course toward the African coast, keeping on the sharp lookout both for men-of war patroling tho waters and for cargoes of ne- groes, which the captain intended to appropriate by theft. After touching at a few points, con- cealing their identity everywhere, they were suspected of being on a questionable errand and were chased out of port and escaped capture.
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Still after more provisions another ship was stopped by firing a shot across her bow, but on account of the wind and sea the two vessels conld not come nearor than hailing distance of one another. A small boat was lowered from the Wanderer and manned by the captain and three men, including young Lynch. Making its way to the visitor it secured the supplies and was endeavoring to put back again to the Wan- derer when she repeatedly shifted her position, keeping just out of reach of the life-boat. Snd- denly the yacht spread sail and away she went, leaving the captain to his peril and the merey of the ocean. The mate had mntinied and took advantago of the captain's sitution to assume command. The deserted men were picked np and taken to an African port and from there to Liverpool, where the captain was arrested for firing across the bow of a ship and stopping her on the high seas in friendly waters.
Mr. Lynch left salt water and came to the " lakes in 1865, and sailed them before the mast as mate and captain, with one or two inter- ruptions, continuously till 1884. Hle made Cleveland his home in 1868. He was five years president of the Seamen's Union of this city, and two years Harbor Master prior to 1879. In 1893 he was appointed by Director Farley to his present position.
Mr. Lynch was twice married. His first wife bore him three children: Frank J., Mary E. and Catherine A. Mrs. Lynch died in 1882, and Mr. Lynch was married again in 1885. Ilis second wife has borne him one child, T. V. Powderly.
R ICHARD WORTS, a small-fruit farmer and a retired carriage and wagon maker, Mayfield, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is a native of Yarmouth, England, born Jan- uary 23, 1826. Before giving a sketch of his life we will refer briefly to his parentage.
Richard Worts, Sr., his father, was also a native of England, and was a miller by trade.
He came to America in 1836, first located in Lake county, Ohio, and a short time afterward removed to Mayfield township, this county. llo followed the milling business some after coming to this township, but during the latter years of his life was engaged in farming, and passed away at the age of eighty-one years. His father, Austin Worts, was a farmer in the old country, and lived and died there. The mother of our subject was before her marriage Miss Louisa A. Pimmer, and she, too, was a nativo of England. She, with her four chil- dren, came to America a short time after her husband, and on their farm in this township she passed the residue of her life. Her death occurred when she was seventy-eight years of age. In their family were seven children, two daughters and five sons, six of whom reached adult age.
Richard, their first born, was ten years old when he came with his father to Ohio, and until he reached his majority he assisted his father on the farm. Then he engaged in agri- culture on his own account. In 1848 he began work at the wagon and carriage trade in Kirt- land, Lake county, Ohio, and continued thero two years. Then he came to Mayfield and opened a shop, which he ran from 1850 until 1888, when he retired.
Mr. Worts was married March 13, 1847, to Polly Bennett, a native of Fishkill, New York, born March 27, 1824. In her infancy she was brought by her parents to Ohio, who first set- tled in Lake county, and when she was abont five years old they removed to Cuyahoga county. Her parents, Abram and Rebecca (Presley) Bennett, were of Scotch descent and were natives of New York. They had a family of fourteen children, six daughters and eight sons, all of whom, except three, reached adult years, Polly being the fourth born. Mr. and Mrs. Worts have threo daughters and two sons, -Byron, Jefferson, Amelia F., Mariah A. and Mary Ann.
Mr. Worts has a comfortable home, and abont three acres of land devoted to tho pro-
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detion of small fruits. For a number of years he has been identified with the Methodist Epis- copal Church, and for thirty years has been sexton for the church. His political affiliations are with the Republican party. During the Civil war he served one year as a private in Company A, Forty-first Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, having enlisted in Angust, 1861, and was discharged on account of disability.
P ERRY MORRISON, one of the substan- tial and well-known men of Solon town- ship, Cnyahoga connty, Ohio, is a repre- sentative of one of the pioneer families of the county. A. brief sketch of him and his forefathers is as follows:
Perry Morrison was born on the farm on which he now lives, August 5, 1847, son of John Morrison, Jr., and grandson of John Morrison, Sr., both natives of New York. Both grand- fathers were in the war of 1812. The eller John Morrison and his family were among the first settlers of Solon township, and here in the midst of the forest he and his son eleared and developed a fine farin, the one on which Perry Morrison now lives. The mother of our sub- jeet was before her marriage Miss Lucy Perry, and she, too, was a native of New York. She died in September, 1892, at the age of seventy years. The father had passed away in 1853. They had a family of seven children, namely: Adelbert, a member of Company C, Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, died in Libby Prison; Charlotte, deceased; Sherman, deecased; Perry, whose name heads this article; Lewis, deceased; Lucyette, deceased; and Alice.
Perry Morrison was reared at the old home- stead and was edneated in the district schools. When he was sixteen he began working ont as a farm hand, and continued thus occupied in this and adjoining townships for several years. Since 1872 he has been at his present location. Ilere he is engaged in farming and dairying, keeping a dairy of about twenty five cows.
This farm comprises 140 acres and has been still further developed by him since he came into possession of it, he having erected a com- modious two-story residence and a good barn and otherwiso made valnable improvements.
Mr. Morrison was married at Bedford, Ohio, January 11, 1871, to Mary Culham, a native of Albany, New York, and a daughter of John and Ann (Quinn) Culham, highly respected residents of Twinsburg, Ohio, aged eighty-one and seventy years respectively. Mr. Culham was born in Ireland. Ile and his wife have had a family of seven children, four of whom are living-John, Mary, Lizzy and James. Two died when young and Thomas died in Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Morrison was eleven years old at the time her parents eame to Ohio. She and Mr. Morrison have five children: Albert A., Stella, Earl, Nelly and John, their ages ranging from twenty-two to ten years.
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