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children: Daniel Morris, who died at the age of twelve years; and Anna Belle and Mabel, now grown up.
William, who died at the age of thirty-one in San Antonio, Texas, in 1879. He married Miss Belle Wilbur and had three children,-Nellie, Alice and William, the last mentioned of whom died at the age of two years.
John, engaged in the coal business in Youngs. town, Ohio. He married Miss Elizabeth Rob- bins, of Niles, Ohio, and David is their only chikl.
Dollie, now Mrs. F. M. Osborn, of Cleveland; Mr. Osborn also is engaged in the coal trade. In this family are five children.
Lucy, now Mrs. R. G. Miller, of this eity.
Mr. Philip Morris, on approaching the years of manhood, engaged himself in the vessel busi- ness on the lakes, with Captain Wilson, for sixteen years. During this time he and his brother John purchased the coal interests of the estate of David Morris, and proceeded to mine what coal there was left in the mines. In 1891 Mr. Philip Morris sold his vessel interest to Captain Wilson, and, entering partnership with Captain John Mitchell and others, formed what is known as the Mitchell Steamship Company of Mentor, Ohio, of which Mr. Morris is vice president and director.
Ile was married October 22, 1879, to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Lane, a native of Philadelphia and a daughter of William and Jane ( Moore- head) Lane, of that city. Mr. Lane is a native of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Lane is a native of Bristol, Pennsylvania. Mr. Morris has four children; Elizabeth Disston, William Phil- pot, Harry Lane and Douglas. The family are attendants at and supporters of St. Paul's Church, Protestant Episcopal.
Mr. Morris' grandfather, William Philpot, a native of England, was at one time a partner of David Tod, once Governor of Ohio, in the coal business at Briar Hill, which is now a part of Youngstown. Moving to Youngstown in 1846, he endeavored to form a furnace company, asso- ciating with himself Jonathan Warner and oth-
ers in organizing the "Ohio Iron & Mining Company," now known as the " Eagle Furnace Company." At that time Mr. Philpot opened and developed the Wertz and Manning Briar Hill coal mines. The Inrnaee was built for the purpose of smelting iron ore with raw stone coal. The equipment was hazardons and was carried forward under many dilliculties, finan- cial and otherwise; but energy and enterprise of Mr. Philpot trinmphed over all; he is a man of resolate disposition and practical good sense. He always was successful, for he seemed to know exactly the right course to take; and his integrity has always been unquestioned, his word as good as a bond and his promises always reliable. Ile died in Liberty township, Trum- bull county, June 2, 1851. Ilis wife died in Cleveland, in Angust, 1865.
Ile has a most pleasant home, and at his home, with its charming surroundings, he finds his greatest pleasure.
Concerning his father, David Morris, we should add that the memory of his noble and upright life will live in the hearts of those who knew him long after that of most person- ages of liis time. ITis name will be handed down to future generations as inseparably asso- ciated with all that is noble.
S T. VINCENT'S ORPIIAN ASYLUM, Cleveland, Ohio, conducted by the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, was estab- lished in the year 1852, by Bishop Rappe, the first orphan being received on May 20, 1853. A new building for the same purpose was erected on the same plat of ground, in 1858. The building is large and commnodious, accommodating at present over 100 orphans, who are trained and cared for by twenty-two Sisters of Charity. The orphans are kept until they reach their 13th year, when snitable homes are found for them. The asylum is located on Monroe street, near Willett.
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The same Sisters have had also charge of Charity Ilospital since its opening by Bishop Rappe, in 1865. The hospital affords accommodations for about 100 patients, who are received without distinction as to creed or nationality. The in- stitution enjoys the confidence of the public und has its generous support, ranking umnong the best appointed hospitals of the country.
Iu close proximity to said Charity Hospital is the Lying-in-Hospital, also under the charge of those Sisters. It was established by Bishop Gilmeur in 1873, and since its opening has done untold good to the unfortunates seeking and receiving shelter and care. At present there are sixty foundlings and waifs receiving a mother's care.
The three above named institutions are the life's work of the Sisters of Charity in Cleve- laud, and are most successfully managed by them.
The superioress of these Sisters of Charity is at present Mother Mary George, who was elected to her position on October 2, 1892, and has the general supervision of the institutions in charge of the Sisters, but has her residence at the mother-house of the community, located near Lakewood, a beautiful suburb of Cleveland.
P HINEAS P. WRIGHT, Assistant Gen- eral Manager of the Lake Shore & Mich- igan Southern Railway, was born in Her- kimer county, New York, February 12, 1824. Ilis father, a native of Keene, New Hampshire, was a saddler and harness-maker by trade: he died when Phineas P. was a mere lad. The mother, whose parents emigrated from Scotland to America, was married a second time, to Elias L. Rose of Niagara county, New York. The two families thins connected removed to the Territory of Michigan, and settled at Bronson, Branch county; there the children were reared upon a farm, enjoying such educational privi- leges as were afforded by the three months' session of tho district school. This was the ox-
tent of Mr. Wright's opportunities, excepting the six months spent as a student in the La Grange Collegiate Institute, Ontario, La Grange county, Indiana.
Arriving at the age of inaturity he secured a position in the dry-goods store of Asa T. Groen- dyke at Coldwater, Michigan, where he coutin- ued until his election to the office of County Clerk of Branch county; he filled this office, as well as that of Clerk of the Courts of Record and Register in Chancery, for six years, retiring Jannary 1, 1855. Ile then resumed farming, and at the end of the next three years removed with his family to Linn county, Missouri. There he prepared a set of abstracts of title for the county, and embarked in the real-estate business, which he conducted until the com- mencement of the war of the Rebellion. IIe immediately thereafter resigned the office of Mayor of the town of Linneus to which he had been elected, and returned to Michigan, where he became the agent of the Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad Company at Cold- water. In the fall of 1865 he took the position of track master of the La Porte division of said railroad. In the autumn of 1866 he was trans- ferred to the ageney of the same company at Detroit. In Jannary, 1870, he was promoted to the position of Superintendent of the Kala- mazoo division of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. June 1, 1871, he was trans- ferred to the superintendency of the Buffalo division of the same railway. September 1, 1873, he accepted the position of Superintend- ent of Transportation of the Erie Railway, with headquarters in New York city, serving in this capacity until October, 1881; he then returned to the Lake Shore & Michigan Sonthern Rail- way as General Superintendent, a position he held until January 1, 1892, when he was pro- moted to the position of Assistant General Man- ager, which he still fills. He has been in con- tinuous railroad service for thirty-three years, a record in itself that needs no commentary.
Mr. Wright was united in marriage at Cold- water, Michigan, Jannary 1, 1852, to Miss
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Lovina A. Warner, whose father, Judge Harvey Warner, was a pioneer of Branch county, having omigrated from Penfield, New York. Mrs. Wright was the second white child born in that county. This marriage has been blessed with the birth of four children: Homer, the eldest, died at the age of nineteen years; Lorene, the wife of Charles H. Dickinson, resides at Cold- water, Michigan; May is the wife of William Canby, and resides in St. Paul, Minnesota; Charles, a youth of sixteen years, is now a stu- dent in the Harvard School for Boys, at Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Wright also reared from infancy an adopted daughter, May Warner Conger, an only child of Mrs. Wright's deceased sister; she is now the wife of Asa A. Davidson and lives in Chicago.
OIIN P. SPENCER .- In the decease of John P. Spencer, which occurred on Au- gust 12, 1890, at his home in Rockport township, Cuyahoga county sustained the loss of one of its most worthy and respected citizens.
lle was a native of Brookfield, Madison connty, New York, where he was born May 24, 1805, to Jonathan and Molly (Jones) Spencer, the second of a family of eight children. Both his father and mother were natives of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, where the foriner was born December 6, 1778, and the latter on No- vember 27, 1781. Jonathan Spencer, the father, emigrated to Brookfield, Madison county, New York, in 1803, and settled on a farm. In early life he was a tanner and currier, and in later years engaged in shoemaking. In 1834 he re- moved to Olinsted Falls, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where he died February 7, 1837. His wife's death occurred at the same place two years prior to his, namely, on February 10, 1835.
Our subject passed his boyhood at home, assisting his father and attending the district school, where he received a good English edu- cation. Upon attaining his majority he started out on his own account to make his way in the
world. He engaged in farm work during four seasons, and also during the winter months taught in the district schools of Brookfield township for two seasons. Ile was industrious, economical and ambitions to have a home of his own, and to this object bent all his energies. With a few hundred dollars saved from his earnings, he left his native place in 1830, and turning his steps westward settled in Cuyahoga county, Ohio. There, in the southwestern part of Rockport township, he purchased a fertile tract of 125 acres, which at that time were - covered by the dense forest, and began the work of making for himself a home. Two years later, on the 13th of March, 1832, he married Miss Electa M. Beach, who was born May 21, 1811, at Norfolk, Litchfield county, Connecti- cut, to Junia and Hannah (Ingraham) Beach. She was a woman of most estimable qualities and muehl force of character, and throughout their happy married life of fifty-eight years she was a worthy helpmeet of her worthy husband. Her decease occurred on February 24, 1890. After having lived together for fifty years, they celebrated their golden wedding on the 13th of March, 1882, and were the recipients of many beautiful and appropriate presents, as tokens of affection and esteem.
Mr. Spencer was a man of clear foresight, energy and thrift. Independent, self-reliant and with a high sense of honor, he made his way from humble circumstances to a position of influence among his fellow-citizens. He was a man of domestic tastes, simple in his habits and devoted to his family and friends. Ilis chari- ties were bestowed with a generous hand. Un- der his hospitable roof were always help and good cheer for the needy, and no worthy person was ever turned from his door empty-handed. He was prosperous and by his thrift and indus- try accumulated an ample competeney, which he used unselfishly. He at one time owned 225 acres of land, but prior to his death dis- tributed all of it among his children.
Mr. Spencer was a publie-spirited man, and, in discharging the duties of tho various posi-
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tions to which he was called by his fellow-eiti- zens, won the approval of all. Ile never sought political honors, for he found in his more mod- est sphere ample scope for the gratification of his ambition. To do good and help others was to him a noble end. Physically Mr. Spencer was a well formed man, and few would accom- plish more in his business at middle life than he; and he has related that until after the age of seventy years he had not ealled for the service of a physician on account of illness for . himself. One of the traits of his character was his love for children; there were but few whose confidence he could not obtain, and made them feel that in him they had a friend. Also his love for domestic animals, who would come at his call, and showed by their looks the eare they received.
In his native State he was called to serve in the militia and served as an officer in his com- pany, and afterward received a commission as Ensign from the then governor of New York, Martin Van Buren, and held it until he re- moved to Ohio. In politics he was a Demo- crat until the time of the Civil war, when he identified himself with the Republican party. Ile had his choice who should hold office, and exercised his right by voting at each sneceeding election for the person or principle that seemed best. It is not known that he ever missed voting, after being of legal age, at a general elcetion during his long life. Ilis sound judg- ment and high sense of honor were prominent characteristics, so that his counsels were often conght by his neighbors and friends who hon- ored him in his lifetime and revere his memory. To these and to his family he left the best of all legacies, the influence and example of a noble, self-sacrificing life.
There were born to Mr. and Mrs. Spencer six children. Of these Henry B., born June 24, 1833; Mary R., born March 25, 1835, was married November 27, 1853, to James A. Pot- ter, and died on November 7, 1890; Hannah L., born January 17, 1837, was married Febru- ary 2, 1860, to Francis W. Mastick; Amos B.,
born January 21, 1839, married Miss Nellie Mastiek on March 21, 1861; John W., born June 30, 1841, married Miss Deborah Gold- wood on December 24, 1866; and Frank J., born September 16, 1849, married Miss Lou Palmer on November 25, 1872. John W. served as a volunteer in the Fifteenth Ohio Battery for three and a half years, during the war of the Rebellion.
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer were both interred in Fairview cemetery in Rockport, where a suit- able mounment marks their last resting place on eartlı.
H ENRY B. SPENCER .- One of the substantial and representative citizens of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is IIenry B. Spencer, of Rockport township, and his life fitly illustrates what one may accomplish by persistently following a fixed and honorable purpose. He comes of sturdy New England stock and inherits the manly qualities and vir- tnes that characterized his worthy father, the late John P. Spencer, whose biographical sketch appears on another page of this volume.
Henry B. Spencer was born on the 24th day of June, 1833, in Roekport township, in what is now known as " Rocky River IIamlet." He was reared on the old homestead, and received a thorough English education in the common schools of his township, which were of unusu- ally high order, and also studied for a time at Baldwin University at Berea. After attaining his majority, he took a course of lectures at the Ohio Agricultural College then located at Cleveland, and which he now looks back upon with pleasure, and wishes that every young man conld avail himself of the privileges and instruction which sneh a course affords. He has always been a man of affairs with an in- quiring turn of mind and has kept himself well informed on matters of popular and current in- terest. With him education never ceases. With nature's book opened out before him in-
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viting study, the days are too short to learn it all. IIe occasionally contributes articles to some of the leading periodicals devoted to the subjeets of agriculture, horticulture and science, which are the results of his observation, investi- gation and experiments. All his life he has had a fondness for fruit-growing, making grape culture a special feature, and is widely known as an authority in horticultural matters, as he has made numerons successful experiments in introducing new varieties of grapes. At the same time he gives general farming a full share of his time and attention. Following his agri- enltural and hortienttoral pursnits from an in- uate love of them, his constant study has been to secure the highest and best results from his work. His finely improved and highly enlti- vated lands bear ample testimony of the success of his methods. In acquiring the land he now owns he commenced in a small way with a few acres, and has added to them as conditions and circumstances seemed favorable until he has be- come the owner of one hundred and eighty (180) acres of fine land, forty acres of which lie in the township of Dover, in a beautiful and romantic situation on the south shore of Lake Erie, at a place known as Dover Bay Park, which has been found well adapted to growing the finest of grapes, to which a share of it is devoted.
As a man and citizen Mr. Spencer has always held a high place in the esteem of all who have known him, and his fellow-citizens have hon- ored him with numerous positions of responsi- bility and trust, in all of which his conduct has been marked by the utmost fidelity, and he has acquitted himself with much credit and uni- versal satisfaction. He is a man of the highest integrity, prompt and careful; and in all his business transactions, as well as in every thing else, he "seeks to do unto others as he would have others do unto him." His life has been one of unselffish devotion to his family and friends, and in all his social and other relations he bears himself as a high-minded gentleman, whose chief desire is to make the world brighter
and better. Warm-hearted, affable and genial, he attracts to himself many friends, and esteems it a pleasure to do for them.
Mr. Spencer is an earnest advocate of all matters of public interest, and contributes gen- erously of both time and money to further all movements calculated to improve and benefit the community. He was one of the pioneer movers in organizing the Rockport and Dover Plank Road Company, and became one of its first stockholders and directors. Ile was after- wards Superintendent of the road for one year and treasurer for three years. This road was a great advantage to the people along the line and to the surrounding country by affording them better facilities for getting their produce to market. In political sentiment Mr. Spencer is a zealous Republican and in his religions be- lief is liberal and broad-minded and cheerfully accords to others that independence of thought and action that he asks for himself. ITis has been an active life, full of good works, and none deserves more than he to be ranked among our influential and self-made men.
W ALTER PERCIVAL RICE, chief en- gineer of the city of Cleveland, was born in this city, September 2, 1855. After taking a course in the public schools he was prepared for a scientific course under the tutorship of John D. Crehore, a civil engineer, and then, entering the school of civil engineer- ing at the Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, he graduated in 1876, receiving the degree of C. E. Returning to Cleveland he was for several years engaged in street work, dredging and in the construction of the Superior street viaduct, under B. F. Morse and S. II. Miller. Then special practice, including bridge work, received his attention for a short time. Subsequently, under Colonel John M. Wilson, Mr. Rice served as United States Assistant Engineer for a period of six years, on harbors between Dunkirk and Detroit. Governor Hoadley appointed him Chief
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of Engineers of the State of Ohio, and then he served three years as eity civil engineer of Cleveland. Finally, after a lapse of time, he was, in 1893, appointed to the position he now holds.
Among other works done by Mr. Rice, he designed the Brooklyn and Brighton viaduct and superintended the construction of the same. Hle was also consulting engineer for the Wheel- ing Areh, which is the third largest structure of its kind in the world. Mr. Rice has de- signed sewerage systems for several towns, was one of the founders of the Civil Engineers' Club of Cleveland, and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He has been a zealous worker in behalf of the National Public Works movement as represented by the McCullom-Breckenridge bill, a piece of legisla- tion looking to the introduction of a system of internal improvements similar to other civilized nations. IIe is the author of several articles contributed to scientific journals and read be- fore the Engineers' Club of this city, also the Engineers' Club of Chicago. His statements in regard to the currents off Cleveland and the final disposition of the city's sewage were favor- ably reviewed by one of the leading American experts.
Hle is a son of Percy W. Rice, who was born in the State of Ohio.
R AW JACKSON, one of the well-known farmers of Orange township, Cuyahoga county, was born at Marrick, Yorkshire, England, September 24, 1833, a son of Raw and Jane (Lonsdale) Jackson, also natives of that place, who were the parents of twelve children. They located on the farm where our subject now resides in 1835, where they re- mained until death, and were buried at this place.
Raw Jackson, whose name heads this sketch, came to Orange township when two years of age. Ile now owns a well improved farm of
143 acres, where he has a good dwelling house, two good barns, one 34 x 44 feet, and the other 30 x 40 feet, has all the other necessary farm improvements, and, in addition to general farm- ing, is extensively engaged in stock-raising.
In 1865, at Mayfield, Ohio, Mr. Jackson was united in marriage with Maria Walkden, a na- tive of Warrensville, Cuyahoga county, and a daughter of James and Mary (Barker) Walkden, the former a native of Lancastershire, and the latter of Yorkshire, England. Both died at Warrensville, Ohio, at the ages of eighty-six and eighty-eight years, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Walkden had seven children, - Robert, Mary, Amos, Moses, Martha and Maria (twins), and Lucy. Mr. and Mrs. Raw Jackson have three sons,-George V., Frank C. and Arthur W. Frank C. and George Veach have a farm of 100 acres in Orange township. Mr. Jackson is one of the leading farmers of his community, and is a well known and respected citizen.
W F. HOPPENSACK, secretary and treasurer of The Savings, Building & Loan Company, of Cleveland, was born in this city, July 17, 1859. His early educa- tion was received in the public schools of his native city, after which he entered Fort Wayne Theological Seminary, having for his object the better equipment of himself for a life of gen- eral nsefulness. There, however, his studies were interrupted by sickness, and at the end of three years' work he was obliged to leave the institution. In the fall of 1878 he began the study of law under the instructions of Judge J. D. Cleveland, in whose office he remained nine years and four months, doing all the clerical work and much of the preliminary work in the preparation of court cases. He was never ex- amined for admission to the bar. In February, 1887, County Recorder A. T. Anderson offered him a place in his office as deputy, which he accepted, entering upon his duties at once. He remained there four years and became a formi-
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dable candidate for nomination for County Re- corder, but lost it in a convention held on the old plan, by a small margin. January 1, 1892, he was appointed cashier of the Collector of Customs, receiving his appointment from Capt. M. B. Gary. This position he resigned the fol- lowing month in order to accept the place he now fills so creditably.
Mr. Hoppensack is a son of HI. F. Hoppen- saek, deceased, who was born in Prussia and who came to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1844. The other members of the family are as follows: Fred E., a carpenter; Frank F., shipping clerk for the American Lubricating Oil Works; Anna, wife of Edward Jordan; Kate E .; Lillie, wife of Charles Lang; and J. F. W.
The subject of our sketch was married in Cleveland, to Miss Harm, daughter of Michael IIarm, who was born in Germany. Her mother's maiden name was Crolly. Mr. and Mrs. Hop- pensack's children are Emma Loretta and Olga Bertha.
In politics Mr. Hoppensack is a radical Re- publican. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, National Union, and Royal League; was one of the founders of the Tippecanoe Club.
S Y AMUEL COZAD, Sr., the earliest rep- resentative of the family in Ohio, eame to Cleveland in 1808, accompanied by his wife, Jane Mellrath Cozad, and their eight children. Ile settled on a tract of land now crossed by Euclid avenne and partly occupied by the grounds of Adelbert College. Ilis first purchase consisted of 100 acres, but before his death he and his six sons owned all the land lying between Doan brook and the Dngway which passes through Lake View cemetery. A typi- cal pioneer he knew no fear of hardship or privation and labored with untiring energy for the accomplishment of his ends. He was a man of the strietest integrity and worthy of the great respeet in which he was held. The names of his children are: Jacob, Elias, Anna, Samuel, Henry, Sarah, Andrew and Nathaniel C.
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