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In 1857 Mr. Hathaway turned his attention to street-railway building, his first line being put in in Philadelphia. For thirty years suc- ceeding this he remained in constant activity, building more than 100 different lines in Can- ada and the United States, covering territory as far north as Minneapolis, and south to New Or- Jeans, Louisiana. In 1860 he was associated with George Francis Train in constructing three lines of street railway in England, -- in the cities of London, Burton Head and Darlington.
In 1873 Mr. Hathaway came to Cleveland and built the Broadway and Newburg line and was interested in the construction of the Payne avenne and Superior street lines. Of the last mentioned line he was president fifteen years. In 1884 he bought the St. Clair street line and operated it till its consolidation with the cable company, of which consolidation he was presi- dent.
He is now a director of the Cleveland City Railway and is giving attention to this interest and that of his real-estate in this city. lle is fond of innocent amusements, like ball-playing, hunting and fishing, and is an active member of two gun clubs, a fishing club and the social clubs, Union and Roadside.
This Hathaway family is directly descended from that Hathaway of Stratford-on-Avon a daughter of whom married the poet Shakespeare. A representative of it came to America during colonial times, were farmers and noted for their longevity. Our subject's grandfather, Solomon Hathaway, reared a family of children, one of whom, Solomon, married Lucy, a daughter of Aaron Kimball, a soldier in the Revolution
and a participant in the battle of Bennington under command of Colonel Stark. Aaron Kim- ball married a Miss Brooks.
Ten children were born to Solomon and Mrs. Hathaway, Charles being the sixth. Hle mar- ried, in Massachusetts, in 1847, Maria, a daughter of David Chamberlain, who with his wife was a missionary to the Sandwich Islands.
Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway have four children: Charles A., of Cleveland; George; Sarah L., wife of F. DeII. Robison, vice-president of the Cleveland City Railway Company, and presi- dent of the Cleveland Base Ball Club (and probably connected with a score of enterprises of this city); and Alfred, engaged in manufact- nring in this city.
E J. WUNDERLICH, a physician and surgeon of Cleveland, was born at Canal Dover, Ohio, April 5, 1854, a son of Rev. E. F. and Amelia (Meisshardt) Wunderlich, na- tives of Saxony, Germany. They came to America in 1853, locating at Canal Dover. The father, one of the pioneer ministers in the Ger- man Methodist Episcopal Church in America, has followed his calling at Canal Dover, Cincin- nati, Covington, Wheeling, Toledo, Chicago, Detroit, Portsmouth, Allegheny, and for the past forty-three years has been stationed at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. Wunderlich was converted in this country, and returned to Sax- ony, to preach. At that time Methodism had not been introduced in Saxony, and while preaching he was several times arrested and taken outside the corporation. A large crowd would follow, and when released Mr. Won- derlich would preach to his followers. IIe be- came a popular minister, was earnest and en- thusiastic in his work, and has written a book on his trials in Saxony. le has now reached the age of sixty-four years, and his wife is six- ty-two years of age. They have four sons and two daughters, all living.
E. J. Wunderlich, the eldest child in order of birth, received his literary education at Berca,
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in the Baldwin University and the German Wallace College. He graduated at the Detroit Medical College in the class of 1874, and at the Cleveland Homeopathie Collego, in the class of 1882. Dr. Wunderlich began the practice of his profession at Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1875, remaining there until 1881, and since that time has been one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Canal Dover. He is Medieal Examinor for the Masonic order, the I. O. (). F., the H. G., Protected Home Cirele, New York Home Life, and is a member of the Round Table Club and the Ohio State Homeopathie Medieal Society.
Mr. Wunderlich was married in 1877, to Miss Lonisa Fanbel, a daughter of George Fanbel, of Wheeling. To this union has been born three children: Archie, born November 17, 1879; Edmond, who died of diphtheria in 1890, at the age of six years; and Anna, now three years of age. Mr. Wunderlich is identified with the Republican party, and both he and his wife are members of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject is a worthy and respected citizen, as well as an experienced practitioner, and has built up a large and Inerative patronage.
C J. CRONIN, conductor on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, was born in Delaware county, Ohio, Oe- tober 6, 1865, a son of Cornelius Cronin, a na- tive of the Isle of Eviris, Ireland. Ile emi- grated to America, loeating in Delaware county, Ohio, when the Bee Line was in course of con- struetion, and seeured employment on that road. Mr. Cronin was married in his native country, to Ellen Lonohon, and they had two children, C. J. and Mary. The parents are still residents of Delaware, this State, aged respectively seven- ty five and --- years.
C. J. Cronin scenred only such opportunities as are ordinarily extended to sons of laboring men, and especially those of foreign-born pa- rents, who seek the United States for greater
freedom from the burden of taxation and for a more just remuneration for the toil necessary to a mere existence. He became acquainted with work in his tender years, having operated a stationary engine in his early 'teens, and also drove a hack from a Delaware livery firm. July 4, 1880, Mr. Cronin eamo to the Forest City, where he secured the position of brakeman on the Big Four Railroad, serving in that ca- pacity eight years. Since that time he has been engaged as a through freight conductor.
Mr. Cronin was married December 17, 1891, to Miss Lney Maginnis. They have one child, Mary, born in October, 1893. In his social re- lations, Mr. Cronin is a member of the O. R. C.
A CLAUS, a furniture manufacturer of Cleveland, was born in Brookhansen, Prussia, in January, 1857. He learned cabinet-making from his father, IIenry Claus, who was a manufacturer of prominence in his native city. In accordance with a desire to join his brothers and sisters in the United States, and to avoid the three years of military duty devolving on German subjects on becom- ing eighteen years of age, our subject left Ger- many in company with his father and the re- maining members of the family, and reached Cleveland without delay. He seeured employ- ment with Claus & Bush on Pearl street, and was with them about four years. J. Ilerig & Son were his next employers for a period of three years. Burl, Case & Company seenred his services the next two years, and he was in the employ of the Singer Sewing Machine Com- pany the succeeding two years. Ile subse- quently became a partner in the West Side Furniture Company, on Orehard street, and six years later established himself at 629 Senera street. Hle is in company with Mr. Quelles, and the value of the plant will reach $10,000. The business has inercased one-third since its organ- ization, and the men employed will average twenty. When Mr. Clans came to Cleveland
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he was in debt. For a time on his first arrival he worked for his board and clothes. Ilis en- ergy put him on his feet in a few years and now he is building up a profitable business. Henry Claus is the father of ten children, only six of whom are now living; Henry; Frederick; John A .; Eleanor, wifeof Henry Richter, of La Porte, Indiana, and Mary, married and living in Ger- many. Mr. Claus married in Cleveland, in 1851, Miss Ellen Geralin. Their children are: Arthur, August, Otto, Loesa, Lydia and Clara.
W ALTER J. HAMILTON, son of Hon. E. T. Hamilton, of whom mention is made elsewhere within these pages, was born in Cleveland, April 14, 1865. His early education was received in the schools of Cleve- land. He then attended the University of Mich- igan, where he graduated in 1888, receiving the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He after ward attended Cornell College, of New York, from which institution he graduated in 1890, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws and Ph. M. Returning to Cleveland he was ad- mitted to the Ohio Bar in October, 1890, and in February, 1891, associated himself with W. C. Ong, under the firm name of Ong & Ham- ilton, which firm has since gained a large and general practice of law. Mr. llamilton was married in 1891 to Miss Jennie M. Adams, daughter of Edgar Adams, Esq., of Cleveland, Ohio.
R EV. JOHN II. WEFEL, who is pastor of the St. Peter's Chapel of the Evan- gelical Lutheran Church in Cleveland, was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Sep- tember 24, 1862. His parents were John and Minnie ( Kleinsorge) Wefel, natives of Germany. These parents were married in the United States and settled in Fort Wayne, where they became respected and well-known citizens. The Father died in 1876 at the age of sixty one years, while
the mother, who yet lives at Fort Wayne, is now past her seventieth year. Both parents became in early life members of the Evangelical Ln- theran Church, in which they were from the beginning zealous members.
The subject of this sketch is. the fifth of a family of seven children, four of whom married, and are now living in Fort Wayne. One child is a citizen of Nebraska and one a citizen of Kansas. Louisa, the first, is the wife of Chris- tian Culp, Esq., of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Henry is a resident of Nebraska; William married Tillie Steinker and resides at Fort Wayne; Helena married William Fritze, Esq., of Strong City, Kansas; John HI. is the subject of this sketel; Martin Wefel married a Miss Weller, and is a resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana, where also re- sides the seventh child, Caroline, who was wedded by August Peningroth.
At Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Rev. Wefel received his literary education. Ilis theologieal education was received at the Con- cordia Theological Seminary at St. Louis, Mis- souri, where he graduated in the class of 1883. Immediately afterward he became pastor of a church at Pomeroy, Ohio, where he remained for about three and a half years. In 1887 ho came to Cleveland, becoming pastor of St. Peter's Chapel, where the congregation then consisted of 150 communicants and the parochial school was attended by fitty pupils. Four hun- dred and fifty communicants now constitute the congregation and 130 pupils attend the paro- chial school, and are taught by one female and two male teachers.
Rev. Welel is Secretary of the Middle District of The Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States, and has held this position for the last three years. The Middle District comprises Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.
May 19, 1885, Rev. Wefel married Miss Elizabeth Anna Renter, daughter of Valentine Renter, of Pomeroy, Ohio, the father of the following children: Elizabeth, wife of John lleilman; Mrs. Wetel; Sophia, wife of Thayer 11. Heslop; Lonisa, wife of Curtis Smith;
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Magdalena, wife of John Ililderman; Amelia, wife of Edward Findling; Charles; John, mar. ried to Fannie Boggess; and of the home circle there remain yet Barbara, Otto, George and Lydia.
The subject of this sketch is the father of the following children: Lydia, Walter and Amelia. Mrs. Wefel is an amiable woman, and is a zeal- ous member of the same church with her es- teemed husband, where he is a very prominent minister thongh a young man. Into all his work he has thrown much energy, vigor and earnestness, and his efforts have been followed by that success which has placed him among the ablest of his profession.
F REDERICK P. FARRAND, Captain of Ilook & Ladder Company No. 5, of Cleveland, was born in Burlington, Ver- mont, March 11, 1833, a son of William and Eliza Sarah (Alford) Farrand, natives also of that State. The father, born in 1809, was a son of Jared Farrand. While in Vermont William was engaged in preparing timber for market. Ile came to Ohio in 1833, after which he was employed for a short time in making boats, and then became owner of a line of packets between Cleveland and Portsmonth. He lost his boats, however, by the forcelosing of a mort- gage, which he made to serve a friend. Ile then came to this eity, and from that time until 1860 found employment in the ship yards. Mr. Farrand next assumed the care of his aged father until the latter's death. He then purchased and moved to a farm in Fulton county, where he remained until his death, at the age of sixty- one years. Politieally, he was first a Whig, and afterward became an ardent Republican. Dur- ing the Mexican war he raised a company of soldiers, under the authority of Governor Reuben Wood, of Ohio, was appointed its Captain, but before mustered into service the war closed. The mother of our subject died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Moses G. Watterson, on
Case avenne, Cleveland, at the age of eighty- six years. She was a devout member of the Second Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Farrand had five children, viz .: William, deceased in in- fancy; Frederick P., onr subject; Freeman I'., of Cleveland; IIelen, wife of Moses Watter- son; and George, deceased at the age of five years. Three of the sons took part in the late war. The mother and sister were also very patriotic, nothing having been left undone by them that could add to the comfort, efficiency and worth of the brothers while in the service.
After completing his edneation, Frederick P. Farrand, the subject of this sketch, was em- ployed as brakeman on the same train with Mayor Blee, having held that position until the opening of the late war. At Lincoln's eall for 75,000 men, he eulisted in the service, and after the expiration of his term re-enlisted for three years, or during the war, in Company A, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His first battle was Winchester, under Shields, where he was dis- abled, taken to Winchester, and was ordered to the hospital to take charge of the wounded soldiers of his company. The hospital was located in a hotel, but a few months afterward was moved to the Female Seminary. Being ordered to evaenate Winchester, the wounded were take in eattle cars to Frederick City, Mary- land. Mr. Farrand was next ordered to report at Columbus, Ohio, was examined and dis- charged, after which he returned home. Ile was subsequently ordered to the defense of Washington, during which time he served as Sergeant of Company F, One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment Ohio National Guards. Mr. Farrand has served in the Cleveland Fire De- partment sinee thirteen years of age, with the exception of abont seven years, and is now the oldest fireman in the volunteer and pay depart- ments in the city of Cleveland.
In 1861 our subject was united in marriage with Miss Caroline M. Dill, a daughter of Ed- ward Dill, of Baltimore, They have had six children, namely: Edward W., who has been employed as book-keeper for the Dime Savings
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Bank since its organization; Daisy E., wife of William T. Tegethoff, of Brooklyn, New York; F. Albert, agent for the Cleveland Supply Com- pany; George D., an employe of the Standard Oil Company; and two deceased in infancy. Edward W., the eldest child, married Miss Howe, and they have one child. In political matters, our subject is an ardent Republican. Ile is in every way a most worthy citizen, giv- ing good attention to the best interests of those whom he sorves.
W F. THOMPSON .- But little more than a score of years ago " Billy Thompson," as his hosts of friends familiarly refer to him, eame to Cleveland and entered the em- ploy of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company as superintendent of the rod department of their institution. He was then a young man of nine- teen, with rather unusual natural endowments, re-enforced by a fair English education. ITis life, as far as his business relations are con- cerned, is simply one long-continued story of duty well and faithfully performed and does not bristle with new events of frequent occurrence.
Mr. Thompson was born in Boston, Massa- chusetts, December 14, 1855. Ile entered the Boston Rolling Mills at thirteen, learned his trade and remained with them till coming to Cleveland. Ilis identity with the Cleveland Mills covers a period of nineteen years. Mr. Thompson is probably best known in the politi- cal field. ITis training in his youth was sneh as to warrant his alliance with Democracy on reaching the age of political responsibility. He became early a party enthusiast, and being by nature impetuous, ambitious and invincible, he has inspired hope and confidence in his party, and gained a great personal popularity and fol- lowing. In 1889 he was elected Police Com- missioner of Cleveland and was legislated out of office by unprincipled opponents. Mr. Thomp- son has been Frequently and prominently men- tioned in connection with the mayoralty of
Cleveland, and should such honors come to him by the suffrage of the people they would be most worthily bestowed. In April, 1893, Mr. Thompson was chosen by Director Farley as his deputy, and any man who knows Mr. Farley will be convinced that this appointment would be made solely on the basis of merit.
Mr. Thompson's father, John Thompson, came from Ireland to Boston more than fifty years ago. He was a mill man during his ac- tive life, but is now a resident of Cleveland and retired. Ile married in Boston, Mrs. ---- Me- Guire, who bore him ten children, eight of whom were sons.
W. F. Thompson married in Cleveland, Feb- ruary 14, 1880, Anna, a daughter of John Duff, an early settler and the man who built the asy- lum. To Mr. and Mrs. Thompson seven chil- dren have been born; Mary, Raymond, Anna, Edwin and Edith (twins), William and John.
Billy Thompson's personal popularity is duo to the effeet that he is approachable, genial and kindly alike to all. Ife makes an exemplary city official and is loyal to his eity, his party and his friends.
A C. BURKE, an engineer on the Valley Railroad, was born on Jersey street, Cleveland, in November, 1857, a son of A. C. and Eliza (Lawson) Burke, natives of Ireland. They came to Cleveland, Ohio, in 184- and the father was a familiar figure on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapo- Jis Railroad for many years. He died while in active service, in 1888, aged about sixty years. Mr. and Mrs. Burke had seven children, five now living, viz .: A. C., E. J., Frank, William, all engaged in railroad work: and Mary, wife of O. E. Kenney, superintendent of the De Losier Wheel Works, at Toledo, Ohio. The deceased children were: Ellen, who married a Mr. Ches- ter, and died in 1890; and Catherine, deceased in 1891, was the wife of B. R. Brassell.
A. C. Burke, the subject of this sketch, be- gan work on the Bee Line Railroad, as brake-
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man, in 1870, and four and a half years afterward was promoted to the position of engineer. Dur- ing the construction of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad from Norwalk to Toledo, he was engineer and conductor of the pioneer train, and on leaving that road ran the pay car on the T. C. & St. L. Railroad for three years. During the following five years Mr. Burke was engaged in the wholesale liquor and restaurant business, and during that time was one of the organizers and Secretary of the Dayton Public Athletic Club. Ile then resumed railroading on the Big Four Road. remaining there four years, and since that time has served on the Valley Road.
November 25, 1891, in this city, Mr. Burke was nnited in marriage with Miss Mary Boland, of Springfield, Ohio.
P ROF. J. A. TEPAS, Pu. D., was born in Cleveland, December 3, 1852. Ilis par- ents were John and Paulina (DeRose) TePas. The parents are natives of Ilol- land, being of Dutch lineage. The father in early life followed the trade of a blacksmith. Later he was engaged in stone works in Cleve- land. For years he was a director in the Cleve- land co-operative store. He came to Cleveland in 1849, coming from New Orleans. Ile was in New Orleans during the Mexican war, and afterward returned to Holland and brought thirty-seven of his neighbors with him to America. They all remained in this country and settled in Cleveland. Many of their descendants became residents of the West Side. The father is now a resident of Olmsted Falls, Cuyahoga county. Ile is about seventy-five years of age.
The subject of this sketch is the oldest of six children, of whom three are living. He was educated in Louisville, Ohio, and in St. Mary's, Ohio. He attended college at Rome, and was ordained to the priesthood May 11, 1880. Since 1882 he has been in the St. Mary's Seminary
of Cleveland. He received the degree of Ph. D at Rome, at the Collegio Romano. In the St. Mary's Seminary he is a teacher of music, and is regarded as an educator of ability. Ile is a teacher also of dogmatie theology in the college, and this is the most important of his work. In philosophy and theology he is a ripe scholar. His work as an educator has been of vast im- portance and he is esteemed and respected by all who know him.
M C. MALLOY, member of Conneil, was born in County Mayo, Ireland, Septem- ber 20, 1850. Ile is a son of Michael Malloy, a farmer who died in Ireland but whose family came to Cleveland. Michael Malloy married Catharine Moran, who bore him ten children, six of whom are now living: M. C .; P. M .; Mary, wife of Richard O'Malley; Mar- garet, wife of Michael Moran, deceased; Catha- rine, wife of Patrick Gorman; and Julia, wife of Patrick Masterson.
M. C. Malloy came to Cleveland in 1870, and was employed on the coal docks for nine years with the Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Company as a laborer. Ile was then made foreman of the doek, remaining in that capacity till 1885, when he engaged with Pickand, Mather & Co., as superintendent of their outside works, which position he still fills. About sixteen years ago Mr. Malloy became interested in politics, at which time he was elected to the city eouneil, serving through the years 1883, '84 '85 and '86. In 1890 he was again sent to that body as representative, and again in 1892, his term ex- piring in 1894. The question of " Boulevard" has enlisted Mr. Malloy's attention. The open- ing of the river bed and the lake front also were measures which he worked assiduously to carry through, visiting Columbus as a lobbyist while the latter question was before the legislature. lle was active in securing the passage of an or- dinance increasing salaries in the police depart- ment of the city government. Mr. Malloy is
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now serving on the committee on public officers and offices, labor, department examinations and claims, being chairman of the last named. April 13, 1879, Mr. Malloy married Catharine, a daughter of Michael Walsh. The children of this union are: Mary A., deceased; John F .; Catharine and Margaret.
Mr. Malloy is identified with the A. O. II., of which he is President; with the C. M. B. A., and is Past V. P. and Financial Secretary of the C. T. A. U. of A., and represented that lodge at the State conventions of that order. Ile has for twenty-one years been most active in the cause of temperance.
C APTAIN CORNELIUS REWELL, of Cleveland, was born in Sussexshire, Eng- land, February 14, 1815, a son of Charles and Ruth Rewell. The father died in England in 1816, at about the age of thirty years. The mother afterward married John Walden. She located in Canada in 1834, eame to the United States in 1845, and died March 1, 1847, at the age of fifty-three years.
Cornelius Rewell, his parents only child, be- gan sailing on the ocean in 1832, in an old schooner called the Flora, Captain George Viney, first as cabin boy, was afterward pro- moted as cook, and subsequently began sea- man's work. lle sailed first to the bay of Ilon- duras for mahogany, logwood, cochineal and cocoanuts; next went to London; thence to the West Indies for sugar; and later to St. Vincent in the Chieftain. Mr. Rewell then left that ship and joined the Vestal, a war vessel, which cruised around the West Indies, and was there at the death of King William. IIe has sailed to the coast of Labrador, and was in two whal- ing voyages to Van Dieman's Land, in the isle of Tasmania, where all the roughs of England had been banished. Ile followed the sea from 18:32 to 1816, and in the latter year came to Sandusky, Ohio, where he worked on the shore for one and a half years. In 1518 he began
sailing on the lakes, which he continued until 1876, and during that time encountered many hard storms. Since then Mr. Rewell has been retired from active labor.
He was married in the spring of 1849, in England, to Maria Martin, a native of that country, and who died in Cleveland in 1868, at the age of fifty-one years. George Martin, their only child, now residing in Cleveland. Ile married Jessie Miln, a native of this city, and they have one child, Hazel Marian. In 1869 Mr. Rewell was united in marriage with Mrs. Mary La Roe, who was born in New York, a daughter of John and Mary La Roc, natives of France. Our subject and wife have an adopted daughter, Josie, now the wife of George Warden, and they two children: Cornelius Livingston and Margaret Mary. Our subject and wife are mem- bers of the Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Rewell is a lady of rare traits of character, possessing a great love for humanity and a deep sympathy for the sufferings of mankind. She is a lady of refinement and culture, and is numbered among the worthy and highly respected citizens of the city. In his social relations, Mr. Rewell is a member of the Masonie order, and politieally, affiliates with the Republican party. Ile is a genial and courteous gentleman, and his lively disposition and easy manners make him a favorite among his many friends.
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