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Dr. Perkins pursued the literary course of the University of Michigan and then entered the Cleveland Medical College, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1880. In 1883 he took the same degree at Jeffer-
son Medical College, Philadelphia. He is a thorough student, and keeps fully abreast of the times in all matters pertaining to his profession. Hle began his practice in Randolph, Ohio, in 1880, and three years later came to Cleveland, where he has met with most gratifying success. His scholarly attainments, his devotion to his profession, and his genial disposition, have won him a host of admiring friends. He is surgeon to the University School, Cleveland; is medical examiner for the Ilaitford Life and Annuity Insurance Company, the Royal Arcanum, and the Knights of Maccabees.
The Doctor was united in marriage in 1878 to Miss Carrie Mendenhall, daughter of William T. Mendenhall, of Randolph, Ohio. They have one child a daughter named Nina. They are both members of the Presbyterian Church. Although he takes no active interest in politics, Dr. Perkins does not neglect his duty as a citi- zen of the Republic: he easts his suffrage with the Republican party.
EWIS J. DUNN, veterinary surgeon, ocenpies a conspicuous and desirable rank in his profession, and was born at Eric, Pennsylvania, December 10, 1867, and was there a resident many years. In the schools of Cleve- land he gained a liberal education. His father being a liveryman, his surroundings in youth were such as invited him into the practice of veterinary surgery, and for two years he was a student under Dr. John R. Anderson and Hardlull Bros., of Louisville, Kentucky, in which latter city he spent two years, as a prac- titioner gaining a thorough and practical knowl- edge of his profession. He then returned to Erie, and after remaining there about eight months, and graduating from the Toronto School of Veterinary Surgery, he also became an hon- orary member of the Ontario Veterinary School. Upon coming to Cleveland he located at Brook- lyn, where he has a very large stable, exceed- ingly well equipped and arranged for his busi.
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ness, which has steadily increased in importance. Dr. Dann's practice has been very successful and has placed him among the most able of his profession. He has many boarders in his in- firmary, which requires the attention of a nom- ber of skillful attendants. llis institution is one of the best and most successfully conducted institutions of its kind, and is kept in line with all the modern improvements, and he himself, being of a progressive spirit, keeps full pace with the advancement of his profession. Ile gradnated with honors at Toronto, has practiced with success, has aceminulated wealth and achieved honor and respect. Ile enjoys the blessings of a happy marriage relation. Ile was married in September, 1892, to Miss L. Hoeh, and his present home is located at 43 Seymour avenue, Brooklyn.
F M. McCARTNEY, D. D. S., with his office at 1207 Pearl street, has been a practicing dentist at that place for the past three years. IIe is a native of Randolph, Pennsylvania. IIe removed to Titusville, Penn- sylvania, in 1884. He graduated in dental surgery at Philadelphia, obtaining his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1890. IIe imme- diately came to this city and has since built up a very excellent practice in his profession, in which he ranks as a man of ability and learn- ing. As a citizen Dr. McCartney is also highly esteemed. Ile is a member of the order of Knights of Pythias, and in polities is a Repub- lican.
A MOS DENISON, a representative attor- ney at law in Cleveland, Ohio, a man of conspienous professional ability and marked intellectual acumen, is a native of the Buckeye State, having been born at Parma, Cuyahoga county, October 11, 1849, the son of Amos E. W. and Mary M., (Dexter) Denison. The father was a native of Stonington, Connecti- cut, and the mother was a dircet descendant of
Samuel Dexter, who onee held conspicuous pre- ferment as Secretary of the United States Treas- ury.
Mr. Denison's boyhood days were passed on the parental farmstead, that most effective cradle of industry, of impregnable integrity and well- directed ambition. Under such invigorating and potent environment and rugged discipline our subject developed those sterling character- isties which were to fortify him for the battles of life and to render possible the advancement to a position of prominence and honor as a man and a lawyer. At an early age he manifested a marked predilection for conscentive study and an ability to make a practical application of the knowledge gained through varied channels. Be- ing gifted with keen perceptive powers and a mentality that placed true values upon all things, he was enabled to make his way through the ad- vaneing grades of the public schools with ex- traordinary rapidity, as may be deduced from the circumstance that at the age of fourteen years he became a student in the Cleveland In- stitute, where he devoted himself for several years to his studies, being unflagging in his ap- plication and holding no obstacle along the line of intellectual development as insuperable. Ile graduated at this institute in 1869, incidentally bearing off the highest honors of his class. Ilis literary education thus advanced, the young man realized that in the wide world there was yet much to learn by mere contact with his fel- low-men, and this broadening discipline he de- termined to secure, passing two years very prof- itably in study and travel. All this time he had retained in an inchoactive form an idea of the distinctive line along which his life work should be directed, and onee determined as to the course to be pursued he bnekled on the har- ness and again lent himself to close application, eagerly taking up the study of legal lore with the aim of preparing himself for practice at the bar, a profession for which he was admirabiy adapted by natural endowment and mental char- acteristics, as is sufficiently evinced by the marked success he has attained. . He began the
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reading of law in the office of Palmer & De Wolf, then prominent attorneys of the Forest City, and subsequently he took a full course of in- strnetion in the law department of the Universi- ty of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, graduating in 1872, in which year he secured admission to the bar.
Thus thoroughly equipped, he entered upon the active practice of his profession in Cleve- land, as a member of the firm of Wyman, Ham- ilton & Denison. Four years later his associa- tion was dissolved by the retirement of Mr. Wyman and the election of Mr. Hamilton to the bench of Common Pleas. Mr. Denison then entered into a professional partnership with J. W. Tyler, the firm conducting a representa- tive business for a number of years. In 1886 our subject formed a law partnership with W. E. Sherwood, which association continued until the latter was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
Very early in his career Mr. Denison attained prominence in his profession and consequently high standing among the members of the legal fraternity, ever retaining his prestige at the bar and as a man among men. With much na- tive talent, close habits of study and application, indefatigable industry and integrity, the ad- vancement of the subject of this review to a dis- tinguished professional position is but in nor- mal sequence from cause to effect. Ilis abili- ties, acquirements and success have, however, transcended the limitations of his profession; his thorough education, keen discrimination, in- nate refinement and strong convictions have drawn him to a considerable extent into the lit- erary and jounalistic field, where he has proved his talent as a vigorous and versatile writer. As a speaker he is persuasive, entertaining and eloquent, never resorting to specious methods, but ever giving a courteous dignity and direct- ness to his utterances; he has gained no little prominence as a lecturer.
Genial in his bearing and of broad sympa- thies, ho enjoys a marked personal popularity and has high standing in social circles. In his
political proclivities Mr. Denison has always been actively arrayed in the support of the Re- publican party and its tenets. In 1892 he was a delegate to the National Republican Conven- tion in Indianapolis, representing the Twenty- first Congressional District. He has ever main- tained a lively interest in the cause of education and is one of the incorporators of that notable Cleveland institution, the Caso School of Ap- plied Science.
T. FLYNN, who holds the responsible position of steward for the Cleveland In- lirmary and Hospital, was born in Pater- son, New Jersey, September 13, 1861, a son of D. J. Flynn. The latter was born in Dublin, Ireland, and emigrated to America, lle was married in Glasgow, Scotland, to Miss Mitehell, and they had only one child. After coming to this country Mr. Flynn enlisted in the Federal army in New Jersey, and during his services received a wound from which he suffered many years. By the advice of physicians he consented to an operation to prolong his life, but, not be- ing physically able to undergo such surgical treatment, he died on the operating tahle, May 14, 1893!
J. T. Flynn, our subject, was brought by his father to this city when about seven years of age, where he received a good education in the public schools, and also completed a course in the Spenecrian Business College. At the latter place he gave special attention to the study of stenography, becoming proficient. He served as stenographer for the general freight agent of the Big Four Railroad Company four years, for the following two years had charge of the freight ollice and yard of the Valley Railroad Company, was then appointed stenographer and Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff Ryan, and remained in that position until appointed steward of the Cleveland Infirmary and Hospital, May 1, 1893. Mr. Flynn has 700 inmates under his charge, fifty-six employos, and livo divisions.
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All matters pertaining to the government and control of the two institutions are submitted to him for exeention. Mr. Flynn has always been an active worker in political campaigns. Hle was one of the Democratie members of the City Council in 1890-'91, having been elected from the second district, sixth ward; was chairman of the committee on public offices and officers, and also served on several special committees.
June 4, 1887, in this city, our subject was united in marriage with Rose E., a daughter of G. W. Swearinger, of German descent. He is now employed on the Valley Railroad.
R EV. GEORGE BERSTECHER, assistant editor of the Christliche Botschafter, 265 Woodland avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Tuttlingen, Wuerttemburg, Ger- many, January 6, 1850. llis parents, George and Lena (Iluber) Berstecher, passed their lives and died in Germany.
The senior George Berstecher left Germany with his parents when he was sixteen years of age, expecting to come to America; but by the treachery of King Philip of France they were misled, and the whole company, instead of land- ing in America, landed in Africa, where they remained six months. On this voyage two of his brothers siekened and died and were buried at sea. They were returned to Germany at the expense of the French Government, and three days after they landed his father, the grand- father of our subject, died. The family was at one time wealthy, but on this voyage lost all their means. After his return to Germany, George Berstecher served his country eight years in the army. IIe died at the age of sixty-seven. Both he and his wife were members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. They had a family of two daughters and five sous, George being the first born. He was the first of the family to come to America, the date of his Arrival here being July 12, 1870, when he lo.
cated in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1883 he was joined by his brother John, who is now a re- sident of Pennsylvania.
The subject of our sketch had received a good education in his native land, and after he camne to this country he was for two years employed at the publishing house of the Methodist Epis- copal Church in Cincinnati. After that he be- came connected with the Evangelical Associa- tion publishing house. In the meantime he was preparing himself for the work of the minis- try, and in 1873 he began his ministerial work as an itinerant in the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association. Ile served as a mis- sionary in Ohio two years and for seven years was in the same kind of work in Illinois. After that he took work in the Erie Conference of the same denomination and returned east. He filled places in New York and Pennsylvania, and in the spring of 1891 was made pastor of the llerald Street Church of Cleveland, Ohio, where he served one year, at the end of which time he was appointed to his present position. Ile has been Conference Secretary most of the time since he has been in the ministry. In 1891 he was a delegate to the General Confer- ence at Indianapolis, and was one of the secre- taries of that body.
Mr. Berstecher was married in 1875 to Miss Rosa Wuest, a native of Baden, Germany, who has been a resident of the United States since 1872. They have three children: Rosa, Olga and Thekla. Ilis family are all members of the Evangelical Association.
In his political views he is a Republican.
W F. BECK, M. D., physician and sur- geon of Brooklyn Village, was born November 6, 1856, at Erie, Pennsyl- vania. His parents were John and Eva Beck, both being natives of Germany. They came to this country a few years prior to 1856. Soon after coming to this country they located in Erie, in the public schools of which city Dr.
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Beck received a literary education. For a time he was engaged in the mercantile business and other pursuits. He then entered the Univer- sity of Buffalo for the purpose of taking a medi- cal course, and received a diploma in 1893. IIe has thoroughly well prepared himself for his profession. He graduated with honor, being regarded as strongest of the class in which he graduated. Upon entering into the practice of his profession he located at Brooklyn and has already gained considerable reputation in the profession. Being naturally a man of strong character of mind and his tastes having led him to his profession, he is thoroughly devoted to the same, and is a constant and thorough reader and investigator, and has become thoroughly well equipped for his practice, hav- ing gained considerable hospital experience, as well as having traveled a very great deal, always looking with a view to benefiting himself in some way for the practice of his profession, in which he evidently will become successful.
G EORGE B. FARNSWORTH, M. D., the oldest practicing physician of Brook- lyn, where he has practiced for many years, was born June 23, 1854, in New York State. Ilis parents were Whitcomb and Harriet Farnsworth. When our subject was but two years old, his widowed mother removed to Painesville, Ohio. Here her son was edu- cated. Early in life he took up the study of medieine, remaining for a time under the guid- ance of practicing physicians, then entering the medieal department of the Wooster University, of Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated in medieine in the year 1879, and in the following spring he located in Brooklyn, where he has since con- tinned in the practice of his profession. He is one of the oldest and best-known physicians of that place, and sustains a very appropriate rank in his profession, being a member of the Cleve- land Medical Society and the Cuyahoga County Medical Association, and also sustaining other important relations in his profession.
Fraternally, he is a member of the Royal Arcanum. lle is also a Christian gentleman, and is of a progressive spirit, taking consider- able interest in public affairs. Ile has always been a warm friend of both church and education. Ile has served quite well as a member of the Board of Education and also on the Board of Public Health. Ile organized the Brooklyn Vocal Society, beginning with sixteen members, in connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and now the membership of this society is considerably larger, consisting of some of the most excellent talent in vocal music.
R ALPII ARNOLD, farmer of Orange township, Cuyahoga county, was born on the place where he still lives, July 5, 1833, a son of Elestus Arnold, a native of Berkshire, Massachusetts, but one of the early pioneers of this county. llis father, Elijah Arnold, was a Revolutionary soldier, and a member of a prominent family in Massachusetts. Elestus Arnold married Electa Fayworth, also a native of that State. In 1826 they came to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and two years after- ward located on the farm in Orange township where our subject now resides. The father died here at the age of seventy-nine years, and the mother survived until eighty-four years of age. They were the parents of six children, viz .: Collins (deceased in Warrensville, Ohio, in 1893), Douglas, Charles, Eliza, Ralph and George G. Mr. Arnold was an active worker in the Republican party, and for many years served as Justice of the Peace. lle was a mem- ber of the Baptist Church.
Ralph Arnold was reared on the old home- stead, and received his education in the public schools of this locality. During the late war he served two years as a member of Company C, Filth Ohio Infantry. Mr. Arnold now owns 100 acres of well-improved land in Orange township, where he has all the necessary farm buildings and improvements, and for the past twenty
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years has been largely engaged in stock raising. Ile was also successfully engaged as a traveling salesman for a number years. In political mat- ters, Mr. Arnold has always been an active worker in the Republican party, and has served with credit as Assessor, Trustee and a member of the School Board.
In 1858 our subject was united in marriage with Jane N. Smith, a daughter of John and Nancy (Burnside) Smith. To that union was born one daughter, Lydia J., now the wife of Rev. F. N. Foster, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The wife and mother died in 1859. October 13, 1868, Mr. Arnold married Nelly, a daughter of James and Jane ( Reynolds) Brown. The father died in February, 1893, at the age of eighty years, and the mother now resides at Elyria, Ohio, aged seventy-five years. They had six children: Mary A., Nellie E., Clarence, Jennie, Eva and Wilfred.
Mrs. Arnold was a popular music teacher be- fore her marriage. She is a member and zealous worker in the Free-will Baptist Church.
R EV. JOIN MITCHELL, D. D., Pre- siding Elder of the Northern Ohio Con- ference, was born in Wakeman, Ohio, December 1, 1823. His parents were of English descent and came from England to America a few years prior to the birth of their son. Dr. Mitchell's early education was obtained in the common schools. Ile also attended Oberlin College, and at the age of eighteen years entered the Boston Theological School, where he graduated at the age of twenty-two years, receiving the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Upon his graduation he took up his ministerial work and from that date to this he has been one of the most active and zealous ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, holding various and important charges in which his work has been effectual, rendering him con- spienons as one of the ablest, most eloquent and learned ministers of his church. In the year
1889 he was made Presiding Elder over his present charge, where he is not only highly esteemed as a pastor, but personally he is held in profound reverence, and to him is yiolded most pleasing deference.
D R. HIANNA .- Elsewhere within these pages reference is made in detail to @ M. A. Ilanna, who is at the head of the well-known and representative business firm of M. A. Hanna & Company, of Cleveland, and who is one of the prominent business men of the Forest City. A son of the gentleman noted, and also a member of the firm just mentioned, it is certainly consonant that there be incor- porated in this connection a biography of him whose name initiates the paragraph at hand.
D. R. Hanna is a native of the city with whose business interests he is now identified, having been born in the year 1866. Ile was afforded the most excellent educational ad- vantages, completing a college course in 1887. A young man of practical inclinations and a marked aptitude for business, he soon turned his attention actively to industrial pursuits, en- gaging in the coal and iron-ore business upon his own responsibility. Subsequently he found it expedient to identify himself and his efforts with the similar enterprise conducted by his father, the same being one of established prestige and wide scope of operations. Accord- ingly he became a member of the firm of M. A. Hanna & Company, who are extensive dealers in eoal, iron ore and pig iron. To the further- ing of the interests of this enterprise our sub- jeet has lent himself assiduously and effectively. lle has proved himself a very capable young business man, employing much discrimination and utilizing most careful and effective methods -circumstances which insure his still greater precedence in the business and commercial ac- tivities of the State.
In 1887 Mr. Hanna was united in marriage to Miss Carrie M., the daughter of the lato
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C. II. Herrington, who was a prominent capi- talist of the Forest City. His death occurred in 1893. Ile was a native of Vermont, in which State he passed the greater portion of his life, coming to Cleveland in 1883 and establish- ing his home in a fine residence on Prospect street. Ile and his wife were members and communicants of St. Paul's Protestant Episco- pal Church, and were devoted to the furtheranee of all Christian canses.
Mr. and Mrs. Ilanna are the parents of two children, namely: M. A., who was born in 1888; and C. R., whose birth occurred in 1890. The family home is at Lakewood, a beautiful suburb of Cleveland, located five miles out, on the line of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Rail- road, where our subjeet has a very attractive modern residence.
Mr. Hanna is a young man of pleasing ad- dress, genial and courteous in his bearing, and enjoying a marked popularity in both business and social circles. He is liberal in his support of all worthy causes in the way of charity or as conserving the publie good. In his political proclivities he is a Republican, and maintains a consistent interest in national and local issues.
C COLONEL JOHN F. HERRICK, one of Cleveland's able and prominent attorneys, is a native of Wellington, Lorain county, Ohio, where he was born February 23, 1836. Ilis youth was spent at work upon the farmn and in attending the district schools. In the Wellington Academy he was prepared for col- lege. In 1856, he went to Oberlin College and there graduated in the spring of 1862.
Immediately upon leaving college, he raised a company for the Eighty-seventh Ohio Infantry, in Wellington and Oberlin. He was elected Captain and served until he, with his whole command, was captured by the rebels at Har- per's Ferry. He was soon after paroled, came to Cleveland and read law in the office of his brother, G. E. Herrick, and also attended the
Union and Ohio State Law College, and, having previously studied law to some extent, he was enabled to graduate as early as 1863. Ile was also graduated at Oberlin College, as has been observed, though by the faculty during his ab- sence, and found his diploma awaiting him on his return to Cleveland while on parole. In 1863 he received a recruiting commission from Governor Tod, and he raised a company in Cleveland for the Twelfth Ohio Cavalry, and was made first Major of the regiment while in camp at Cleveland, having been in the mean- time notified of an exchange of prisoners, which left him free again to take up arms. With the above regiment, as a part of the Sixth Division of the Twenty-third Army corps, Mr. Herrick served during the remainder of the war, and was discharged November 24, 1865, as a Lien- tenant-Colonel. He was in all the battles and skirmishes in which his regiment took part for over two years, and received high commenda- tion for his brilliant and gallant cavalry charge which he made as commander and leader of his regiment at Marion, Virginia, on the 17th of December, 1864.
Upon the elose of the war Colonel Ilerriek roturned to Cleveland and became a partner with his brother, G. E. Herriek, in law practice, and the two remained together in the practice of their profession until May, 1893. At that time Col. Herriek became senior member of the law firm of Herrick, Athey & Bliss. He was for a time one of the attorneys for the East Cleveland Street Railroad Company, and has been at times attorney for other important business firms. He has been a very successful lawyer, and has been retained in many import- ant cases, involving not only important points in law, but also involving vital questions of rights and privileges as well as enormous suis of wealth. One of the most important cases brought by Colonel Ilerrick was that involving the question of the rights of property owners in the street. In bringing this before the court he did so against the judgment and opinion of nearly every member of the bar. No like case
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