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Wooster University. In the spring of 1893 a flattering recognition of his ability was accorded by the same institution, which advanced him to the professorship of genito-urinary diseases, a preferment which he has since retained. He is also consulting surgeon for the city hospital, and is visiting physician for the charity hospital. He is identified with the Ohio State Medical Society, the Cleveland Medical Society, the Cuyahoga County Medical Society, the North - ern Ohio Distriet Medical Society, and the Northeastern Ohio Medical Society. He holds the position also as medical examiner for the New England Life Insurance Company.
In 1887 was consummated the marriage of Dr. Scott to Miss L. Bena Brown, daughter of Rev. II. E. Brown, of Oberlin, Ohio, who held the position as Secretary of the International Y. M. C. A. until the year 1893, when he ten- dered his resignation. Dr. and Mrs. Scott have one child, a winsome daughter, Flora Lucce. They are devoted members and communicants of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, the Doctor being Assistant Superintendent of the Sunday-school of the parish.
C L. SAUNDERS, eivil and mining en- gineer, was born in Logansport, Indiana, in 1865. Mr. Saunders received his edu- cation principally in Cleveland. He graduated at the Case School of Applied Science in 1887, graduating as a civil engineer after taking the course of Electrical Engineering. Ile spent some time in the West after his graduation, then accepted a position as contracting engineer for the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Rail- road Company, in whose employ he remained about one and a half years. Thereafter he was for a time in the employ of the Erie Railroad, and later spent some time in the Michigan mines. Afterward he taught the science of his profession for two years in the Case School of Applied Science. In 1891 he became inter- ested in electrical construction, being one of the
organizers of the Cleveland Engineering Com- pany. Ile and his associates constructed for the Williams Publishing Company a 500-horse- power electric light and power plant. Mr. Sannders is also consulting engineer for the National Carbon Company, and in many ways has he been connected with the industrial enter- prises of Cleveland. As a civil engineer, having a practical knowledge of electricity, his skill and ability have been employed in the planning and construction of many industrial plants of Cleveland. He has drafted the plans and speei- fications for various buildings, steam and elee- trie power plants for furnaces, mills, etc., and is regarded as one of the ablest mechanical en- gineers of Cleveland.
In politics Mr. Saunders is a firm Republi- ean; is a prominent Freemason, and a member of several of the athletic and scientific clubs of the city.
D ANIEL EWALD, proof-reader for the publishing house of the Evangelical As- sociation, No. 265 Woodland avenne, Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Prussia, Germany, August 15, 1838.
Ilis parents, Daniel E. and Dorathy (Kroll) Ewald, both natives of Germany, emigrated with their family to Canada in 1852, and settled on a farm. There the mother resided until quite recently, when she died, having attained her eighty-fourth year. The father preceded her some years ago, at the age of sixty-eight. Ile was a prominent member of the Evangeli- cal Church, as also was Mrs. Ewald, whose beautiful Christian character has been an in- spiration to her family.
The subject of this sketch was the second born in a family of nine children, all of whom are in Canada except him. He received a good German education in his native land and com- pleted his schooling alter coming to America. For ten years he taught in the public schools of Canada, but, on account of throat trouble, he
Vincent A. Yayl.
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was compelled to discontinue that occupation. About 1878 he was licensed to preach. This same throat aflietion, however, would not per- mit of his entering the regular work of the ministry. In April, 1869, he came to Cleve- land, Ohio, and since then proof-reading and literary work have occupied his attention, he having filled his present position for twenty- five years. Ile was for some time a member of the Board of Education in this city.
Mr. Ewald was married in 1859, to Miss Catherine Schell, danghter of Joseph and Sarah (Lamont) Schell. ller father was a descendant of Christian Schell, of Herkimer county, New York. The former died at the age of seventy- four years. Ilis widow, still a resident of Can- ada, is now eighty-four years of age. Mr. and -Mrs. Ewald have live children, viz .: Daniel Ephraim, a graduate of Michigan University at Ann Arbor, is teaching in a boys' school in New York city; Jennie, wife of John R. Ed- wards, Jr .; Milton, attending Case School; Ad- dison, an apprentice to the trade of machinist; and Arthur Judson, attending the public schools. The family are all members of the Evangelical Association.
Personally, Mr. Ewald is a man of fine phy- sique, broad intellect and general information, and withal his genial disposition makes him a general favorite.
H ON. VINCENT A. TAYLOR, of Cuya- hoga county, descended from a long line of ancestors, the history of whose brill- iant careers is but a prophecy of his OWI.
lle was born at Bedford, Ohio, December 6, 1845, the son of William O. and Harriet M. (Fitch) Taylor. William O. Taylor was born at Buckland, Franklin county, Massachusetts, in 1814, and was a lineal descendant of the Taylor Family well known in the history of the New England States in Colonial days. Harriet M. Fitch was born at Bedford, Ohio, the daugh- ter of Benjamin Fitch, a native of Connecticut.
The Rev. James Fitch, one of the maternal an- cestors, was prominently identified with the founding and early history of Norwich, Con- nectient, and was the first minister of the gos- pel in that town. Thomas Fitch, one of the descendants of the Rev. James Fitch, was Gov- ernor of Connecticut from 1754 to 1766; and Major James Fitch, son of the Rev. James Fitch, was one of the founders of Yale Col- lege; he made liberal contributions of money and building material to that institution, and finally endowed the college with 637 acres of land. A great granddaughter of the Rev. James Fitch married President Styles of Yale College. Benjamin Fitch emigrated to Ohio in 1801, and in 1813 came to Bedford, where he followed the trade of chair-making. William O. Taylor removed to the West in 1831, and two years later began to learn the trade of chair- making from Mr. Fitch. When he had mas- tered the business he began working on his own account, and met with much more than ordi- nary success. This was the foundation of the trade which called for the larger works and in- ereased facilities which were provided in 1863, by the erection of a large plant at Bedford. In 1873 the firm of William O. Taylor & Sons was established, and this in time was organized as the Taylor Chair Company, which is the present style of the concern.
Vincent A. Taylor, like many another lad, was foiled in his youthful ambitions for want of means to complete his education. In 1864, when eighteen years of age, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, and later joined the One Hundred and Seventy-Seventh Regiment, of which he was a member when he was mustered out of the ser- vice. Ile was in the Twenty-third Army Corps during the Hood-Thomas campaign in Tonnes- see, when the bloody battles of Nashville, Franklin, Spring Hill and Stone River were fought; he was also in the attack upon Fort Fisher, and participated in the campaign in North Carolina. He was honorably discharged in June, 1865, one of the youngest soldiers of
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the Union army. After returning from the war he abandoned his long-cherished hope of enter- ing the legal profession. Hle embarked in the lumber trade, which he conducted with very satisfactory results, until he decided to connect himself with his father and brothers in the manufacturing business.
lle has always taken an active interest in the affairs of his town, county, State and nation, and has served the public in various capacities, dis- charging his duties with a fidelity and zeal which commanded the respect and inspired the confidence of his constituents and opponents alike. In 1878-'79 he filled the office of Mayor of Bedford, and in October, 1888, he was elected State Senator from Cuyahoga county on the Republican ticket. From the first he took a prominent position in the Senate, and was an active participant in the deliberations of that body. Among the most important measures introduced by him was the bill known as the "Depository Law," which, in brief, required city treasurers and boards of education to de- posit the funds received by them in the bank which offered the highest rate of interest for the money, the rate being determined by proposals or bids from the banks. This bill became a law, and, besides securing large additional revenues to cities, effectually places the public funds be- yond the reach of embezzlement or defalcation. In 1890 Mr. Taylor was nominated by the Re- publican party for Congress to represent the Twentieth Congressional District of Ohio, and was elected at the following election. The nominating convention convened in Cleveland August 7th of that year, and five candidates were brought forward: V. A. Taylor, of Cuya- hoga county; C. P. Wickham, of Huron county ; J. B. Burrows, of Lake county; N. D. Tibbals, of Summit county, and E. G. Johnson and G. W. Shurtleff, of Lorain. All were men of prominence and influence, and were supported by intelligent and devoted friends. The bal- loting continued until the 16th of August with- ont intermission excepting Sunday, and 281 ballots were taken before a choice was made.
On the 281st ballot Mr. Taylor received 141 votes, or twenty-two more than were required for a decision.
Mr. Taylor was united in marriage on the 30th of November, 1867, to Miss Clara R. Flick of Bedford, a daughter of Jacob Flick, whose history is given in this volume. Four children have been born of this union: Albert V., who is a student in the Columbian Law School, Washington, District of Columbia; Hat- tie M., Joseph and Bruce. Mr. Taylor is an honored member of the Masonie fraternity, be- longing to Summit Chapter, R. A. M., and to Holyrood Commandry, K. T., of Cleveland; he is a member of Memorial Post, G. A. R., and belongs to the Church of Christ at Bedford.
EOPOLD EDELMAN, engaged in the cigar and hat business in Cleveland, was born in Hungary, Austria, in 1856, a son of Marens and Pauline Edelman, natives also of that country. Although seventy-one years of age, the father is still engaged in merchan- dising in Hungary. Hle is a member of the Jewish Congregation. Mrs. Edelman died of cholera in 1871. They had four sons and three daughters,-Leopold, our subject; Abram; and B., engaged in the cigar and hat business in Chi- cago: William, also in that city; Lena, wife of Samuel Goldstein, engaged in the cigar business in Chicago; Rosena, wife of William Schriber, and Estie, both of Chicago.
Leopold Edelman received his education in his native country. In 1872 he came to America, locating in Cleveland, and for the following two years traveled with cigars. He then en- gaged in business for himself on a small scale, which has gradually increased until he now car- ries a stock of goods amounting to $7,000. Ilis store is located on the Public Square, and his res- idence at 176 and 178 Central avenue. His property is worth $12,000. He has four houses on one lot. Socially, Mr. Edelman is a charter member of Deak Lodge,. No. 334, K.
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of P., and now carries an insurance of $3,000 in Endowment Bank. lle is also a member and has served as Treasurer three years of the Sons of Benjamin, is a member of the Young Men's Hungarian Benevolent Society, of the Hebrew Relief Society of the Old Age Home, the Jewish Orphan Asylum, and is one of the burying ground trustees.
Mr. Edelman was married July 20, 1881, to Miss Minnie Berkowiz, native of the same lo- cality in Austria as her husband. They have live children,-Morris, Paulina, Selma, Phillip and Lillie. Mr. Edelman purchased the Eagle Street Synagogue for the Jewish Congregation, the remodelling of which cost $3,500. Ile was Chairman of the Building Committee, after- ward served as President and Secretary of the society, and is now Treasurer. Mr. Edelman is well known in business and social circles, as well as in political organizations. He is iden- tified with the leading business men of the city.
D R. E. P. BANNING, physician and sur- geon, Clarence building, Cleveland, was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania, Jann- ary 1, 1835.
His father, Dr. Edwin P. Banning, was a na- tive of Canfield, Trumbull county, Ohio, and, being very young when his parents died, was brought up and educated by his mother's brother, Archibald Tanner, the father-in-law of Gleni W. Seofield, late Judge of the Court of Claims and Register of the United States Treas nry, and Congressman from 1856 till he ac- cepted the position in the Treasury Department. Dr. Banning (father of our subject) graduated at the medical college at Fairfield, New York, and entered upon the practice of his profession in the oil town, Titusville, Pennsylvania, then a hamlet of only five honses, with no roads except- ing trails and bridle paths. lle was accord- ingly a pioneer in his profession there, and the oldest physician in the vicinity.
In 1897 he became impressed with the faet that there was a class of chronic diseases that
invariably resisted the action of medicine for their relief; and by special investigation he dis- covered that the reason for the failure of medi- cine in such cases was the fact that they were displacements of internal organs, and needed only mechanical treatment. Ile worked his way to Pittsburg, on a Inmber raft, and presented to the Allegheny Medieal Society his views, to- gether with some rude appliances that a horse- shoer had made under his direction for the cor- rection of the displacements. Ile thus became the discoverer of mechanical pathology, the founder of mechanical therapeutics. Ilis in- ventions constitute to the present day the founda- tion of all appliances for the support of the spine. Ile is known and quoted as the father of mechanical therapeutics throughout the civil- ized world. It has been estimated that no dis- coverer in the series of inventions has so bene- fited humanity. To him is dne the discontinu- anee of the burning and blistering for spinal diseases, formerly so greatly in vogne in this country. And so firmly did he construct and conscientiously perfect his mechanical devices, that two years after his death they were ex- hibited at the great World's Columbian Expo- sition at Chicago in 1893, and secured the only award among 134 competing exhibitors! and this was the only instance in the whole exposi- tion where a sole award was given.
Dr. Banning died in January, 1891, full of years (he was born in 1800) and full of honors, esteemed as one of earth's greatest benefactors.
After leaving Pittsburg in 1827 he moved to New York, in 1854 to Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1859 returned to New York city, where he re- sided until his death. Four of his seven chil- dren are living, namely: Emily, wife of Tomp- kins Neams, a celebrated composer and musician of New York city; Dr. E. P., our subject; Dr. A. T. Banning, the Health Officer of West- chester county, New York, and a very promi. nent operating surgeon; and Carrie, the wife of Dr. C. G. Clark of Centerville, Crawford county, Pennsylvania.
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Dr. E. P. Banning, whose name introduces this memoir, received his professional training at the Evansville (Indiana) Medical College. On the commencement of the war he enlisted in the United States Navy and served until 1871, at which time he was promoted as Lieutenant in the regular service. lle resigned his com- mission and entered upon the practice of his profession in New York city, soon becoming interested in his father's special views, improve- ments and inventions.
Ile was first married at Pensaeola, Florida, to Miss Florida Morrill, in 1866; she died in New Orleans, in June, 1869, and the Doctor was again married, this time to Miss Carina Carpenter, a daughter of Dr. Calvin Carpenter, of Geneva, New York, and niece of Stephen II. Carpenter, professor of rhetoric and literature in the Wisconsin State University. Of the Doc- tor's four children three are living, viz .: Corena Carpenter, aged twelve years; Florida Geunette, ten; and Dahlgren, five. Mrs. Banning is a graduate of the scientific department of the Wisconsin State University, also of the Cleve- land University of Medicine and Surgery, for- merly the Homeopathic Ilospital Medical Col- lege, at which her husband is special lecturer on the diseases of the spine. She is a member and zealons worker in the Cedar Avenue Baptist Church, and Dr. Banning ia a member of the Episcopalian Church.
A LBERT S. ELLIOTT, M. D., of East Cleveland, was born in Ohnsted, Cuy- ahoga county, September 8, 1870, a son of Reuben T. and Anna M. (Spence) Elliott. His father is a teacher by profession, and is now one of the county examiners, and is Superintendent of the Butternut Ridge schools. His children are: Archie, who resides in South Dakota; Will N., American express agent at Ashtabula, Ohio; and Albert S., whose name heads this sketch.
Dr. Elliott was educated at the Butternut Ridge high school, graduated in medicine at tho
Western Reserve University in 1892, and ap- pointed house physician at St. Vincent's Hos- pital, remaining there until 1893, when he opened practice at the corner of Euclid and East End avennes. Since April, 1893, he has been distriet physician, and is now consulting physician for the National Union Life Insurance Company, the State Mutual Insurance Company of Worcester, Massachusetts, and the Ilome and Benefit Companies of Cleveland.
ACOB D. SELZER, proprietor of one of the finest greenhouses in Cuyahoga county, and who has held several important publie positions, was born May 4, 1836, in Bavaria, Germany. He crossed the ocean in 1850 with a consin, and came to Cleveland. A brother of his, Daniel Selzer, had preceded him, and prob- ably he was thus induced to come to Cleveland. Mr. Selzer's early education was obtained in Germany, his fatherland, and was thorough. llis parents were Jacob and Mary (Damien) Selzer. They have long since passed away in death. While the name Selzer is wholly Ger- man, the name Damien is of French origin. Mr. Selzer was born as the second of six chil- dren, of whom only three now survive. The eldest of these children, Anna, married Dr. Hartman, formerly a physician of Cleveland; he was killed during the Civil war, at the battle of Chancellorsville. Louise, the second child, married August Schermer, and is now a resi- dent of Parma, Ohio. The third child, Daniel, was for years a well-known merchant of Cleve- land, where he died a few years since. Mary S. was wedded by Christopher Wetzel, a cooper of Chicago. Elizabeth Selzer died early in life, as the wife of William Schermer.
The subject of this sketch began life in Amer- ica as a clerk in a store. Subsequently he was engaged for a considerable time for various Cleveland firms as a traveling salesman, where he remained for as many as twenty years. In January, 1859, he wedded Elizabeth Wirth, of Brooklyn. She died in 1865, leaving one child,
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Hon. Charles L. Selzer, Mayor of Brooklyn, a prominent attorney. For a second wife Mr. Selzer married Louise Wirth, by whom he has one son, George Il., born June 27, 1867, who was educated at Brooklyn and is now a travel -. ing salesman for a firm in Cleveland. In 1867 Mr. Selzer bought the piece of property which he has beautified and developed into his present excellent home, and has long resided at Brook- lyn. In 1886 he embarked in the greenhouse business, in which he has been very successful.
Politieally he has always been a stanch Demo- erat. Ile has always been active and progress- ive as a worker in the ranks of his party, and has filled several very important political posi- tions. He was appointed Deputy Treasurer of the State in 1878, a position which he held two years, and a very responsible position, which he filled with credit to himself and those whom he served. His next position of honor was that of bookkeeper of the House of Representatives, which position he held during the forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first Congresses. In personal bearing Mr. Selzer is a very pleas- ant, genial spirit. Ile is a gentleman of liberal and broad views, charitable in his nature, and is esteemed and respected by all who know him.
R OBERT FOSTER, manufacturer of lad- ders and woodenware, Glenville, Ohio, is one of the most publie-spirited and enterprising of men, and is well worthy of representation among the leading citizens of Cuyahoga county. Ile was born on the farm which is still his home, October 3, 1850, the son of William and Mary (Whigham) Foster, natives of county Meath and county Down re- spectively. The parents emigrated from Ire- land to America, and passed the remainder of their lives in this country. The father settled on his farm in 1830, and to-day the entire tract is laid out in lots within the corporation of Glenville. Mr. Foster was a conspicuous figure
in the village, taking a deep interest in religions and political matters; his home was the head- quarters For the Methodist ministers, and he was largely instrumental in the building of the first Methodist Episcopal church in the place. lle cast his suffrage with the old Jackson Democrats. He died in 1877, on the 21th day of April, aged seventy-four years; his wife died in 1853, at the age of thirty years. There were six children in the family, three of whom died in early life: Robert, Thomas, and Nancy, wife of Attorney Barrett, of Cleveland, are the three surviving.
Robert Foster received his education in the common schools, his training there being sup- plemented by a course in the Spencerian Busi- ness College in 1870. Ile was reared to the occupation of a farmer, and followed agricult- ural pursuits in connection with bridge-build- ing until 1888. lle then started the only manufactory that has found support in Glen- ville, his annual output of ladders aggregating 20,000; he also manufactures a large line of woodenware, and draws his patronage from Florida, Texas, Maine, California, and interine- diate States. In October, 1893, the plant was totally destroyed by fire, but with characteristic energy Mr. Foster went to work rebuilding, and within sixty days had his factory in operation.
Hle has held every office in the village ex- cepting that of Mayor: he was the first Mar- shal, resigning this position to become a mem- ber of the Council; at the end of three years he resigned to accept the office of Clerk, which he held two years. Ile was then elected a member of the School Board, and after one year he resigned to take a place on the Board of Water-works, which he still holds. Ile is the choice of both Democrats and Republicans for the same office, so that his election in April, 1894, is almost an assured thing. In 1883 he was the choice of the Greenback party for County Clerk, and received a very large vote.
Mr. Foster was married in 1877, on Christ- mas ove, to Miss Lillian E. Draper, daughter of
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C. R. Draper, and a native of the State of Ohio. Mr. Draper was a minister in the Universalist Church, and during the late war was in the service four years. Mr. and Mrs. Foster are the parents of five children: William Robert, Frank Carlisle, Thomas Earl, Lillian Ethel and Dorris. Mrs. Foster and the two ekler children are members of the Methodist Episco- pal Church.
Politically, financially and socially Mr. Foster is regarded as one of the leading men of the township, and few persons can number a stronger host of friends than he.
D AVID S. PERKINS, M. D., 711 Genesee avenne, Cleveland, was born in Randolph, Portage county, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1856, a son of Captain Simeon and Mary Ann (Rogers) Per- kins, who were also born within the borders of the Buckeye State. Captain Perkins was reared to the occupation of a farmer, and followed this vocation until recently, when he turned his attention to the business of securing pensions. lIe was a soldier in the late war, and therefore lias a keen appreciation of the hardships en- countered and the dangers faced by the "boys in blue." Hle enlisted in 1863 in the One Hun- dred and Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infan- try, and was assigned to the Army of the Cum- berland, after which he was chiefly on guard duty. lle and his wife are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is an officer. They have had a family of three children: Dr. David S. is the eldest; Electa is the wife of Clarence Ladd, of Ran- dolph, Ohio; Maud, a talented musician, died at the age of twenty-two years; she was a young woman of unusual gifts, and her death was deeply lamented by all who knew her.
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