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Edward V. Spring, the subject of this sketch, receive I his education in the common schools of Euclid. Ile afterward assisted his father on the farm until 1857, and from that year until 1861 was employed in making hand-rakes. April 23, of the latter year, he enlisted in the Continental Rifles, but afterward became a member of Company A, Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served principally in the Army of West Virginia. Mr. Spring's first battle was Carnifex Ferry; afterward did scout- ing and guarding until September 14, 1862, when he took part in the battle of South Moun- tain, September 17, of the same year; partici- pated in the battle of Antietam; did scouting and guard duty in the Army of West Virginia, in Kanawha valley, until May, 1864, then moved South; May 9, of that year, fought in the battle of Cloyd's Mountain, later at New River Bridge; crossed the Alleghany mountains to Staunton, Virginia; took part in llunter's celebrated raid, in which they suffered from the want of food; returned to Kanawha valley, thence to the Shenandoah valley, and was with Sheridan's forces. Mr. Spring was wounded in the left thigh at Cedar creek. He took part in the battles of Kernstown, Opaquan creek, Fisher's Hill and Cedar creek. He was then in the hospital at Philadelphia until February, 1865, when he returned home on a six weeks' furlough, Returning to the regiment in West Virginia, he was honorably discharged August 2, 1865, having served four years, three months and nine days. As he was guarding trains on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, he could not take part in the grand review.
The war closing, Mr. Spring followed farnr- ing on the bank of Lake Erie for the following
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six years, and then, in 1872, went to Michigan, where he was engaged in the lumbering busi- ness ten years. After returning to Collinwood, Ohio, he followed carpentering until September 1, 1889. In that year he was appointed Post- master of this city, and held that position four years. Since that time he has been engaged in the grocery trade. Mr. Spring has also served as Marshal of the village, having filled an un- expired term of over two years. In his social relations our subject is a member of the Ma- sonic order, Chapter of R. A. M., South Haven, Michigan; is Commander of Brongh Post, No. 359, G. A. R., of Collinwood; is Permanent Secretary of the I. O. O. F .; is Past Councilor and Financial Secretary of the Junior Order of the A. O. U. M., and is a member of the K. of P. Politically, he is a staunch Republican.
May 12, 1867, Mr. Spring was united in marriage with Miss Roxanna Moses, a daughter of Elihn and Ann Moses, of Enelid, Ohio. To this union has been born one child, George B., a member of the firm of E. V. Spring & Son.
Mr. Spring has a most enviable record as a brave and patriotic soldier, few persons having seen more or a harder part of the service. Ile is well known, popular and trustworthy, and is prominent in all matters looking to the advance- ment of the community.
W B. MOORE, general agent of the Key- less Lock Company for the State of Ohio, was born in Holmes county, this State, June 25, 1865, the son of Thomas and Rebecca (Biggs) Moore, who are now residents of Tillin, Ohio. At the age of fifteen years he entered a grocery in Tillin, where he was em- ployed for four years, and then he entered the photograph business. Quitting that in 1885, he came to Cleveland and was employed by Earline & Baker. After closing his relations with this firm he entered into business for him- bell' at 11 Enelid avenue, which he subsequently sold out and resumed work in the service of his
predecessor, C. P. Leland. After two years there, in January, 1893, he purchased the gal- lery of Mr. Leland, and followed the photo- graphie art there for about five months, and in November of that year he entered the employ of the Keyless Loek Company, taking the gen- eral agency for the State of Ohio. Besides this article of trade, the company handle a line of novelties, which they sell to the trade direct and through agents. Mr. Moore has the business already well organized and is successfully push- ing it. Ile is an active young business man, des- tined to make his influence felt in the commercial eireles of the Forest City. lle is a member of the Cleveland Wheel Club.
July 15, 1891, in Cleveland, is the date of Mr. Moore's marriage to Miss Nettie Caldwell, daughter of James and Mary Caldwell, of Vint- ner, Canada, and they have one child, Leroy C.
D R. K. B. WAITE, whose office is in the Kendall building, Cleveland, Ohio, is ono of the prominent young physicians of the city.
Hle was born in Indson, Summit county, Ohio, son of Benjamin K. and Maria (Darley) Waite, both natives of Summit county. Benja. min K. Waite is ranked with the pioneer farm- ers of his county. He and his good wife are now living retired at their rural home, he hav- ing reached the ripe old age of seventy-eight years. They are worthy members of the Con- gregational Church, and in politics he is a stanch Republican. The Doctor was the fifth born in their family of ten children and is one of the seven who are still living.
Ile has had the best of educational advan- tages and has improved his every opportunity. Hle graduated at the Akron high school in 1880, attended the Western Reserve College and the Cleveland Homeopathie Medical College, and graduated in the last named institution in 1888. At this writing he is Registrar and Professor of Operative Surgery in the Clevoland Homeo-
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pathic Medical College. Previous to his enter- ing the college, he studied medicine under the instructions of Dr. A. C. Buel, of Cleveland. In the practice of his profession he has thus far met with excellent success, and in addition to his professional duties he also finds time to act as business manager of the Argus, a medical journal of the Homeopathie school.
Dr. Waite was married in 1888 to Miss Frankie A. Davis, daughter of James F. J. Da- vis, of Cleveland. They have two children, Harrison K. and Lizzie Davis. Both the Doc- tor and his wife are members of Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Ile is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and, like his father, is identified with the Re- publican party.
M YRON T. HERRICK .- In 1875, a struggling law student; in 1894, presi- dent of the largest banking establish- ment in the West. Such is the epit- omne of the last nineteen years of the life of Colonel Myron T. Herrick, president of the So- ciety for Savings of Cleveland.
Colonel Herrick was born in Huntington, Lorain county, Ohio, on the 9th day of Octo- ber, 1854. Both his paternal great-grandfathers served in the Revolution. His father, Timothy R. Ilerrick, was born in Watertown, New York, in 1828, the son of Timothy Herrick, one of the pioneers of Lorain county. The elder Timo- thy served in the war of 1812, and for his serv- ices was given a claim in that county. Hle re- moved his family from the old home in New York and settled on the claim in 1837. The boyhood of young Herrick passed withont the occurrence of anything in his life of more im- portance than is common to the lot of the aver- age boy. Ile attended the district school in Huntington and the Union School at Welling. ton, and subsequently attended college at Ober- lin and Delaware, where he made good progress in his studies, but did not remain long enough
at either place for graduation. While attend- ing college he taught school for a time, being then in his seventeenth year. Before attain- ing his majority he spent some time in the In- dian Territory, New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas inspecting the country. The results of his observations were from time to time given to the public through the medium of the Eastern press, and were considered interesting and valuable to the many who were at that time seeking information in regard to those lo- calities.
In 1875 he returned from the West and came to Cleveland for the purpose of reading law. Hle entered the law office of his relatives, G. E. and J. F. Herrick, where for upwards of three years he diligently applied himself to the mys- teries and intricacies of Blackstone, and in 1878 was admitted to the bar. Following his ad- mission as a practitioner he engaged actively in his profession and gave promise of ultimately taking high rank at the bar, but it was not a great while before he found his inclination and opportunities leading him away from a purely professional career, and, his abilities being at once recognized, his mind and time were soon engrossed with business interests of importance, all of which resulted in his practically giving up the legal profession. Ilis financial ability came to the front in 1886, when he originated the Enelid Avenue National Bank. This insti- tution was formally organized in June of that year, with Mr. Herrick as one of the directors. The following September, however, he was made secretary and treasurer of the Society for Savings, and resigned from the directory of the Euclid Avenne Bank to accept the same. Hle discharged the duties of his new position with marked ability and with satisfaction to all con- cerned, for eight years, and upon the death of the President, Mr. Samuel Mather, in January, 1894, Mr. Herrick was chosen his successor, his election occurring on February 3, 1894. This was probably as high a compliment as could be paid to Colonel Herrick, both as a financier and as a man, for the position is one
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of great responsibility and trust, and, when the age of Colonel Herrick is considered, may be regarded as an unusual honor.
The following editorial mention of Colonel Ilerriek was made by one of the city's leading newspapers, upon his election to the presidency of the Society for Savings: "To be elected president of a banking institution with nearly 825,000,000 of deposits while yet on the youth- ful side of forty years of age, is an honor which has been conferred on perhaps not to exceed three or four men since time began or money to circulate. That is the distinction which has been given to Colonel Myron T. Ilerrick by a unanimous vote of the trustees of the Society for Savings; and the significant feature of the matter is that nobody is surprised at the selec- tion made. On the contrary, it seems to the 50,000 depositors and the publie to be the natural and the proper thing to be done. Col- onel Herrick has fully and justly won the hon- ors he so modestly wears."
Colonel llerriek has not confined his atten- tion entirely to the banking business, but is in- terested in various enterprises and institutions, and the city has been greatly benefited thereby. He and his associates organized the Enelid Avenne Arcade, which resulted in the erection of the Arcade Building, one of the largest and finest structures of the kind in the United States. The building extends from Enclid ave- nue to Superior street, is constructed of brown stone and glass, and is one of the most con- spienous buildings in the city. Another mag- nificent structure in which he is interested as part owner is the Cuyahoga, one of the largest office buildings in Cleveland, which is of no less importance than the Arcade, and from its cen- tral location on the public square and Superior street is even more conspicuous. Ile also has interests in several manufacturing enterprises and in valuable real estate.
Colonel Herrick has for years taken an active interest in the public and political affairs of the city and State, not as an office holder or seeker, but as a valuable adviser and counselor, and he
wields a wide influence in the Republican cir- cles of the State. In 1885 he was elected to the City Council for a term of one year, and in 1886 was re- elected for a term of two years. In 1888 he was a delegate to the National Re- publican Presidential Convention from the Cleveland District, and served two terins on the State Executive Committee. He was appointed by Governor Foraker as Ohio Commissioner to the Centennial at New York, on April 30, 1889, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington. In 1892 he was a Presidential Elector at large for Ohio. Colonel llerriek is a warm personal friend of Governor MeKinley, and in 1892 was appointed to a position on the Governor's staff with the rank of Colonel, a position he held until March, 1894, when on account of pressing business cares he was compelled to resign. In 1876 he became a member of the Cleveland Grays, but in 1879 resigned from that regi- ment and became a member of the First Cleve- land Troop, of which he was a member for eleven years.
Colonel Herrick was married on June 30, 1880, to Miss Caroline M. Parmely, of Dayton, Ohio, and they have one son, Parmely Webb Herrick.
The above is an outline in brief of the life of one of Cleveland's most prominent and popu- lar citizens, and is the history of one who un- aided has achieve'l both success and honor, and has accomplished this while yet a compara- tively young man. The life of Colonel Herrick has been a most active and busy one since boy - hood, particularly so during the last fifteen years, his activity increasing with his responsi- bilities. Early in life he was thrown upon his own resonrees, and for years it was a struggle for him to keep his head above water. But with indomitable energy, ambition and a de- termination to win he has breasted each wave, and now, at the meridian of his life, rides on the crest of the waves and more than holds his own and keeps pace with this period of compo- tition and advancement. He possesses by na-
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ture talents which peculiarly fit him for his sphere in life, his characteristics being shrewd- ness, keen insight, promptness to act and clear judgment, to which is added a conservative method that has enabled him to make, safe moves on the chess-board of life, which at the time may seem bold and impetuous, but are in fact the results of a carefully considered and well planned line of action. A friend sums up the character of Colonel Herrick in these words: ". As a lawyer he was regarded as clear-headed, painstaking and practical, and gave promise of rising in the ranks to an unusual degree had he given the legal profession the efforts of a life- time. As a financier he is considered brilliant, yet sound and conservative, with a brilliant fu- ture before him. As a citizen he is enterpris- ing, progressive and patriotie. As a man he is kind, congenial and courteous to all, of decided views and opinions, and having the courage of his convictions."
EORGE S. KAIN, attorney and counsel- lor at law, was born in the township of Brant, Erie County, New York, July 12, 1842. Ilis father was Stephen HI. Kain, a native of Orange county, New York, born in 1802; and his mother, whose maiden name was Jane Kerr, was a native of the same county. They were married in the county of their birth, but removed to Erie county shortly alter its organization. Mr. Kain was a carriage manufacturer, and was engaged in this industry a great many years. He died in 1873; his wife passed away in 1865. There were six children in the family, all of whom are deceased except- ing George S.
The boyhood days of Mr. Kain were spent in Brant township and the township adjoining of North Collins, amid the scenes of his birth, but at the age of twelve years he went to Gowanda, New York, where he remained three years in the employ of a druggist and grocer with whom he made his home, attending school win- ters at the academy there. This was the begin-
ning of his career in the commercial world, but it was followed by several years of study. At the age of fifteen years he entered the prepara- tory department of Oberlin College, and was graduated at this institution in 1864. During the period he was a student there be supported himself by teaching, and for one year had charge of the academy at Gowanda.
After finishing the course at Oberlin he re- turned to Gowanda, and entered the office of Judge Woodbury of that place, reading law un- der his direction for one year. Ile then en- tered the office of Hiram C. Day at Buffalo, New York, where he spent one year. In the fall of 1866 he was admitted to the bar in Buf- falo, but removed thence to Cleveland, Ohio, in January, 1867, and entered the office of Willey & Carey. Here he passed more than a year, and then resumed practicing alone. Afterward he formed a partnership with II. L. Terrill, which continued for only a brief period, and when this relationship ceased he practiced alone until 1872. Hle then became the partner of Captain William C. Bunts, the connection be- ing severed by the death of the latter in 1874. Captain Bunts was at that time city solicitor, and upon his death Mr. Kain was elected to serve the unexpired term, from the spring of 1874 to the spring of 1875. He was the choice of the Republican party for re-election in 1875, but suffered defeat with the rest of the ticket. While filling the office in 1874 he formed a partnership with Captain M. B. Gary, now col- lector of customs. This firm existed until abont 1881, when Mr. Kain was nominated and elected to the office of city solieitor on the Re- publican ticket. Ile held this position four years and was ex officio a member of the City Council, at the end of which time he delined to be renominated on account of his wife's ill health. In search of a more genial climate Mr. Kain removed with his wife to Florida, and ro- mainod there five years, during which time he was engaged in the practice of his profession.
In 1891 he came back to Cleveland and re- smmed his legal work here. Not long after his
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return he was appointed to the position of As- sistant Corporation Counsel by General E. S. Meyer, and held the office a little more than twelve months. Since the expiration of his term he has been practicing alone, with his oľ; fico at. 716 -719 Society for Savings Building. Since his admission to the bar of Ohio in 1867 he has occupied a place among the leading practitioners of the Buckeye State. In the dis- charge of official business he has exhibited a marked talent for the management of the affairs of State, while his legal aenmen and sound judgment have commanded the respect of his fellow practitioners.
Mr. Kain was married September 2, 1867, to Miss Elizabeth W. Fuller, daughter of ex-An- ditor William Fuller, of Cuyahoga county.
R EV. ORLANDO BADGLEY, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Brooklyn Village, was born in Harmony, Chautauqua county, New York. ITis parents were John and Asenath (Curtice) Badg- ley, both of whom died some years ago. Ile was the youngest but two of a family of thir- teen children. After receiving a good common- school education, he pursued his studies at Jamestown 'Academy, located at Jamestown, New York. At the age of eighteen years he entered the ministry, continuing his studies in connection with his pastoral duties. Ilis first charge was Pleasantville Cireuit, in Venango county, Pennsylvania. The country was new and his appointments were mainly in private and school houses. The eirenit was a large one, with seventeen different preaching places upon it. Ilis snecess was marked from the begin- ning, many coming to hear the " boy preacher " as he was called. For the first twelve years of his ministry he filled various charges in north- western Pennsylvania and western New York, until, in 1868, he removed to Ohio and was stationed at Alliance. Remaining one year at Alliance, in September, 1869, he entered the
ministry of the North Ohio Conference, of which he is now a member. Among other charges he has been stationed at Wooster, Bueyrus, Belle- vue, Clyde and Oberlin.
In October, 1891, he was appointed to his present charge, and since that time the church has had a solid and substantial growth. He is very popular, and discourses weekly to large and constantly increasing congregations. He has been since early life a devont Christian and a faithful and conscientious worker. By reason of paternal influence he was early in life a meni- ber of the United Brethren Church. He has collected a valuable library, of which he makes diligent use, his studies covering an extensive field. In the pulpit he is both progressive and aggressive, his sermons showing a marked in- dividnality and being eminently suggestive. Ile is an interesting speaker and a fine con- verser. He was one of the twenty-seven com- missioners, representing five different young people's societies of the Methodist Episcopal Church who met in Cleveland May 14, 1889, and after two days of deliberation organized the Epworth League. For the success of the league he has been a tireless worker, and in conventions and elsewhere has done effective work. He was a member of the Advisory Council of the great Parliament of Religions, held in Chicago in September, 1893, in connection with the World's Fair.
August 23, 1859, he married Miss Mary M. MeIntyre, of Corry, Pennsylvania, and they have had three children, viz .: Cora Eliza, wife of Mr. J. II. Grimes: they reside in New York eity, and Mildred is their only child; Curtice E., who died at the age of nineteen years, in 1881, while a freshman in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio: he was a brilliant student and was preparing for the ministry; Metta M., after studying musie in the Ohio Wesleyan University, graduated in the Cleve- land, Ohio School of Music, class of 1891, since which time she has been devoting herself to the teaching of voeal innsie, and for the past year has had charge of the vocal department of the
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Conservatory of Music of Mount Union College, at Alliance Ohio. She is a very fine soprano singer. Mrs. Badgley and the children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Badgley is a noble and cultured Christian woman, whose reading has been extensive-and an unusually well informed lady. She is also a faithful helpmate of her husband in ehnreh work.
F RANK W. MASTICK, a well known and representative farmer of Rocky River Ilamlet, and recognized as one of the most intelligent and progressive of the prosper- ous husbandmen of this favored section of the Buekeye State, was born in Clarendon, Geauga county, Ohio, February 15, 1833. His father was the late Major sahel Mastick, who was born in the State of Vermont in the year 1800; and the mother, whose maiden name was Caro- line Andrews, was born in Connectient in 1808. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Asahel Mas- tiek emigrated from their home in the East and left the comforts and pleasing environment of the older settled section of the Union to east their lot with the frontier settlers who were opening up and developing that portion of Ohio which is now one of the most beautiful and prosperous seetions of our vast national com- monwealth. They first settled in Geauga con- ty, but in 1833, when their son, the subject of this sketch, was but two months of age, they removed to Cuyahoga county, and settled in that part of Rockport township which is now known as Rockport Hamlet. Here they con- tinned to reside, honored and respected by all, until the hour of their death. The father died in the spring of 1857, and the mother in Feb- ruary, 1883. They were the parents of nine children, to whom individual reference is here made: Eli; Frank W .; Ahneda, the wife of George Pynchon; Abigail, the wife of Parley Bassett; Melissa, deceased; Isabella, wife of James Curran; Edwin A .; Robert; and Julia, the deceased wife of J. Stone.
Frank W. Mastick remained with his father until he was twenty-one years of age, when he went by way of the Nicaragua ronte to Califor- nia, where he worked in the lumber camps for three years, subsequently engaging in farming and in the grocery business, which enterprises he condneted for twelve years. ITe then re- turned to Roekport township and purchased the farm where he now lives. The place comprises fifty-seven and one-half acres of most fertile and productive land, has an excellent residence and is well improved in every partienlar.
Mr. Mastick was married, in Rockport town- ship, February 2, 1860, to Miss Hannah L. Spencer, a danghter of the late Jolm P. Spencer and a sister of Ilenry B. and John W. Spencer, well known residents of this township. She was born in Rockport township, January 17, 1837. Mr. and Mrs. Mastiek have had six chil- dren: Hattie; Laura, deceased; John A .; Carl, deceased; Eva and Arthur.
The confidence reposed in Mr. Mastiek by his fellow townsmen is evidenced by their having chosen him as one of the Trustees of the town- ship-a position for which he proved himself eminently qualified and in which capacity he served four years. He has also held other minor offices. Ile stands as one of the repre- sentative men of the community and enjoys the respect and esteem of all.
E DWIN SCRIVENS .- We are now called upon to touch brietly the more pertinent points in the life history of one of the distinctively successful and representative men of Middleburg township, Cuyahoga county, a man whose entire life has practically been passed in that section of the county which he now calls his home. He was born in Royalton, Cuya- hoga county, Ohio, April 17, 1846, the son of William and Mary (Pumfrey) Scrivens, both of whom were natives of England, having been boru at Wantage, Berkshire county. They came to America with their respective parents while
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