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their relatives and friends, a visit long to be re- membered. They disposed of their property in England, and on their return to their home in America made large investments in land, and soon became very wealthy.
Hle and his good wife spent the rest of their lives in Rockport township: both have long since passed away, Mr. Hall's death occurring February 16, 1855, and Mrs. Ilall's December 21, 1877. They had a family of seven children, of whom the record is as follows, beginning with the oldest: Ann C., who is the widow of James Kidney, resides in Dover, Cuyahoga county, Ohio; Joseph C. and Curtis C., are residents of Lakewood, Ohio; Sarah C., wile of John B. Barber, died in this township; Matthew C. and John C., are residents of Lakewood, Ohio; and Mary C., is the wife of the subject of this sketch.
C HARLES C. MORGAN, a dealer in real estate and agricultural implements in Cleveland, was born in this city, Decem- ber 2, 1846, a son of Youngs L. and Caroline (Thomas) Morgan. The mother was a daughter of Anthony and Mary Thomas. Anthony Thomas, a farmer by ocenpation, died in Syra- ense, New York, in 1821, at the age of fifty- four years. His widow afterward married Thomas Cox, who was engaged as a tailor in London, England, and they came to Ohio in 1842. Mrs. Cox was born in Connecticut, and her death occurred in 1850, at the age of eighty- two years. Mrs. Morgan is the only one of her parents' ten children, eight danghters and two sons now living. She makes her home with our subject in Cleveland, and is eighty-five years of age.
Charles C. Morgan attended the public schools of Cleveland, and afterward entered the Humis- ton Institute. After completing his education he was employed in civil engineering several years, followed the lumber business in Young -- town and Kansas City, and since then has been
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engaged in the sale of agricultural implements. For the past eight years he has been engaged in the maun facture and sale of all kinds of pumps. Mr. Morgan's farm is now a part of the city of Cleveland. The Gartland Foundry Company, and much other valuable property in this lo- eality was at one time a part of his father's farm. Morgan street, in this city, was named in honor of the family.
Mr. Morgan was married in 1869, to Miss Emma Shafer, a native of Youngstown, who died in 1871. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1890 our subject was united in marriage with Miss Georgia, a dangh- ter of Louisa Warner, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan are members of the Christian Church. In political matters, Mr. Morgan af- filiates with the Republican party.
E P. WILLIAMS .-- Because of his identi- fieation with a number of the city's lead. ing manufacturing and financial enter- prises and important educational institutions, and because of his general worth as a citizen, Mr. E. P. Williams holds a conspicnons place among Cleveland's prominent and representative men.
Mr. Williams was born in this city in 1843, and is the son of the late William Williams, who was one of Cleveland's early and deservedly honored citizens, and of whom an extended no- tice appears elsewhere in this volume.
Mr. Williams was educated in the public schools of Cleveland, and at the Western Re- serve College, where he was graduated in 1864 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, subse- quently having conferred upon him by that in- stitution the degree of Master of Arts. Leaving college he began his business career as a manu- facturer of window glass, at Kent, Ohio, where he continued until 1870. Ile then became a member of the Sherwin-Williams Company, manufacturers of paints and colors, of Cleve-
land. At that time this firm was a small con- cern, but since Mr. Williams' connection with it, it has grown year by year until at the present (1894) it is considered one of Cleveland's most important and successful enterprises, and is the largest of its kind in the world. The main factory and offices are located in this city, but the company has large branches at New York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and other large places. Fifty tons of complete products are turned out daily from the company's works, and an army of operatives, salesmen and clerks are employed. Mr. Williams is first vice- president of the company, and to his efforts as much as to any other one man is due the phe- nomenal success and growth of this mammoth business enterprise. Mr. Williams is a director of the Cleveland Linseed Oil Company, another one of the city's growing manufactories, and is a Trustee in the Society for Savings and Director in the Western Reserve National Bank, two of Cleveland's important financial institutions.
Mr. Williams has always been interested in the cause of education and his efforts in that direction have been of great value, Ile was one of the original directors of the Cleveland Manual Training School, which is now in the care of the city, and he is also a Trustee of the University School and of the Adelbert College, of Cleveland.
Mr. Williams gave substantial evidence of his patriotism and love of country in 1862, when, before having attained his majority, he enlisted in the Union canse, becoming a member of Company B, Eighty-fifth Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, under command of Captain Charles Young, now filling the chair of Astronomy in Princeton College. The same year he was hon- orably discharged from the service at Columbus.
Mr. Williams is a valued member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and has served on a number of that organization's im- portant committees. Hle is also a prominent member of the Union and Country Clubs, and the Castalia Sporting Club, of Cleveland, and of the Union League Club, of Chicago.
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In national polities Mr. Williams is inde- pendent, voting fer men of principle rather than for party promises and straight tickets. lle has always taken an active interest in the politi- cal affairs of bis country and community, but bas never sought preferment er has held office, save serving as a member of the Conneil of Glenville, in which suburban village is located his charming country home on the lake shore.
In 1869 Mr. Williams was united in mar- riage with Miss Louise M., daughter of S. M. Mason, of New Hartford, New York. Six children have been born of this union, four of whom are living. E. M., who is connected with his father in business; Lewis, Sarah G. and Reba L. Mr. Williams and family are members of the congregation of the Euelid Avenue Presbyterian Church.
As a man of business and of affairs Mr. Williams possesses talents and ability far above the average. Ile has great executive ability and is a fine organizer. He is progressive, pushing and ambitions, his interest and energy never flagging and his capacity for work far beyond what is known only to his intimate friends and business associates; and the best proof of this is the phenomenal growth of the business with which he has been so closely identified, and to which he has given his best efforts. From a small struggling concern, with very limited capital and experience, it has be- come, in a comparatively short time, the largest of its kind in the world, passing through two disastrous fires during its history, and weather- ing successfully some of the greatest financial and business panies this country has ever wit- nessed; and to his talent and ability in business matters is added a conservativeness and eonsci- entiousness which have gained for him an envi- able name for honor and probity in business circles.
As a citizen Mr. Williams is broad and lib- oral in his views, progressive in his ideas, and is always found on the right side of all public questions and movements having for
their object the building up of the city and her institutions. He possesses a sympathetic nature, and is a warm friend in adversity, as well as in prosperity, and is generons with his means alike to individual and organized charity. His soci- ability is one of his chief characteristics. He enjoys company, and is never happier than when surrounded by his friends, and is a fine enter- tainer. His tastes are domestic, and his love for his family marked. Probably his chief di- version is found in the game of whist, at which he is considered by his friends an adept.
HIOMAS W. JAMES, of Parma town- ship, Ohio, was born May 21, 1845, in Dunmore Park, Ireland, a son of the late William and Rebceca (Simmons) James. They emigrated from Ireland, in 1847, to Canada, and lived there until 1859, when they enme to Cleveland. He was a gardener by oc- cupation, both in his native country and also in Cleveland. Ile laid out a portion of the. grounds at the Newburgh Insane Asylum. He also laid out the garden there in 1860. In the fall of 1860 he removed to Louisville, Ken- tucky, and remained there till the fall 1861, when he returned to Cleveland, and the follow- ing spring removed to Brooklyn township, Cuyahoga county, where he pursued his calling till 1872. Ile then returned again to Cleve- land and located on Detreit street, where he was engaged as a florist till his death, which oc- curred in May, 1876. ITis wifo died in Brook- lyn township, on Clark avenue, in May, 1872. They had a family of seven children, of whom Thomas was the sixth.
Hle continued to live with his father till the fall of 1870, and From him learned the business of gardening. Ilo was married in Cleveland, Ohio, April 21, 1868, to Miss Stewart Yonng, who was born in Scotland, January 7, 1848. Her parents were William and Elizabeth (Camp- bell) Young. They came from Scotland in 1851 and settled in Cleveland, on the West Side. The
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mother died in the spring of 1884 and the father September 8, 1889. Of a family of nine chil- dren Mrs. James was the youngest.
Mr. James continued to live in Brooklyn township for four years after his marriage, when he removed to Cleveland, where he followed his occupation of gardening for three years and then then to West Cleveland, where he remained eleven years, after which he spent four years in Independence, Cuyahoga county, finally, in the fall of 1890, settling in Parma township, where he has built a fine greenhouse and continues to pursue his chosen calling. He cultivates about thirty acres of land.
Mr. and Mrs. James are the parents of ten living children, namely: William T., Edward Y., George, Cora, Clinton D., James W., Bessie, John S., Stewart and Mary G. One ehild, Lewis, died in infancy.
Mr. James served as a member of the West Cleveland Conneil two terms. In the spring of 1893 he was elected School Director in his district. IJe is a member of the Masonic order.
C OLONEL ARTHUR MCALLISTER. To Colonel Arthur MeAllister, one of Cleveland's most prominent and honored citizens, belongs the merited distinction of being the leading contractor and builder of northern Ohio and one of the largest in the entire Buckeye State; and his career fitly illus- trates what one may accomplish by persistent effort in the pursuit of definite and honorable purpose.
Colonel MeAllister is a native of Pennsyl- vania, having been born in Delaware county, that State, in 1830. Ilis father was Christopher MeAllister, who emigrated from Ireland to Wil- mington, Delaware, in 1800. The senior Mc- Allister served in the United States Navy, and was on board the United States ship Philadel- phia when that good old vessel grounded at Tripoli.
When about seventeen years of age Colonel MeAllister went to Philadelphia, where he ap- prenticed himself to a carpenter and builder, with whom he remained four years, completing his trade. A few months later he went to New York city, where he remained until 1855, during which year he began a tour of the Southern and Southwestern States. He was in Mississippi when that State seceded from the Union, and he at onee hastened North and offered his services to the Government, enlisting as a private in the Fourth New York Battery. IIe served in the Army of the Potomae until 1863, when he was ordered to New Orleans and oper- ated with the Army of the Gulf in Louisiana, Texas and Florida. He was mustered out of service as Captain and brevet Major and Lieu- tenant Colonel in 1867, having been retained in service after his term by General Sheridan, upon special authority from the War Depart- ment, and serving the last two years of his army life upon the staff of that gallant general.
Following his discharge from the army, Colonel McAllister engaged in contracting and building in St. Louis, spending two years in that eity. Subsequently he spent several years at Fort Scott, Kansas, and in 1874 he came to Cleveland. Upon locating in this eity the Colo- nel began contracting and building, and almost at once took rank among the prominent and successful men in his line. Year by year forged ahead in his business nntil at the present time (1894) he is recognized as the leading contractor of the city. Many of the city's most expensive and modern structures are the product of his handiwork, among which may be mentioned the handsome residences of ex-Senator II. B. Payne, Samuel Andrews, C. W. Bingham, Charles F. Brush, S. T. Everett, Stewart and William Chis- holm, A. A. Pope and George Stockley, all on Enelid avenue; of, Charles J. Sheffield, on Pros- pect street, and the summer residence of C. W. Bingham, on the lake shore. Ile also ereeted the Second Presbyterian and St. Bridget's Catho- lie churches, and numerous other buildings of more or less note in Cleveland and vieinity.
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In 1888 Colonel McAllister formed a part- nership with Mr. Andrew Dall, under the firm name of McAllister & Dall, and the firm has erected, among many others, the following buildings, all of which will long serve as monu- ments of their skill and proficiency: The resi- dences of II. R. Hatch, J. E. French and S. F. Ilaserot, on Euclid avenue, and the beautiful summer residence of Samuel Mather, on the lake shore east ; the Calvary Presbyterian church, the Euclid avenue Opera House, the Society for Savings bank building, and the Erie County Savings Bank building at Buffalo, New York. The two latter buildings are classed among the finest in Ohio and New York State respect- ively, and are the special pride of Colonel Mc- Atlister and his eo worker, Mr. Dall; and well they may be, for two more solid and magnificent structures cannot be found in any city in the country.
The Society for Savings building is decidedly the largest and most conspicnous in the city. It is situated on the northeast corner of the Publie Square and Ontario street, standing in the very heart of the business center of the eity. Although the building is ten stories high, its elevation is considerably greater than is usual with structures having that number of stories, because the first story is twenty-five feet in the clear. The size of the building upon the ground is 110 x 132 feet, and the height from grade to cornice is 151 feet and eight inches. The ex- terior design is French Gothie, of the thirteenth and fourteenth century type, executed, in the first story, in Missouri syenite granite; and above this is Lake Superior red sandstone. The first story, occupied by the Society for Savings for its banking room, is 75 x 100 feet in size, be- sides two large aleoves in an entresol each 25 x 60 feet, and is 25 feet high. It is wainscoted to a height of six feet with deep red Vermont marble, and floored with Roman mosaics. Its walls and ceilings are decorated in oil color ap- plied to canvass and hung upon the stneco, and the central portion of the ceiling, a space 45 x 65 feet, is filled by a skylight designated in rich
color. With the second story a great interior court is reached. It is 50 x 75 feet, surrounded by galleries of iron, with glass floors, faced from top to bottom with white marble, and covered with a skylight of lightest construc- tion, through which the sky is plainly seen. The skeleton or vital structure is composed en- tirely of steel columns and beams, steel columns being placed against each center masonry pier and bolted to it by wrought-iron straps. The structure is entirely fire-proof. In every re- speet, design, material, arrangement and con- venience, this building is surpassed by no com- mercial building in America.
The Erie County Savings Bank building in Buffalo is one of the largest and handsomest bank or commercial buildings in the Empire State. It is of gray granite, nine stories high on the Main street side and ten on Pearl street, exclusive of cellar and attic. The first story is very high; the second is a mezzanine story, and above this are seven stories for offices. The base lines of the building measure 157 feet each on Niagara and Church streets, 157 feet on Pearl street, and 57 feet on Main street, en- closing an area of about 17,000 square feet. The building's exterior is remarkable for the absence of sharp angles. Every corner has n tower, circular in shape, and terminating in a conical pinnaele. The building stands at the junction of two of the oldest and most impor- tant streets of the city, in the center of the business section, and is a structure of dignity, strength and solidity.
This firm also erected Cuyahoga county's beautiful Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, which stands in the public square at Cleveland, and is one of the most magnificent monuments in the country. They also erected the Lake Shore Railway's depot at Toledo, Ohio, and at this time (1894), among other work on hand, are erecting an elegant residence in Massillon, Ohio, for Colonel MeClymonds.
Colonel MeAllister was married at Paines- ville, Ohio, in 1872, and is the father of three 60116.
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The Colonel has always been a Republican in polities, and takes an active interest in the affairs of his party. Under appointment from Mayor Gardner, he served for a term of five years upon Cleveland's Board of Criminal Correction. Aside from this he has held no official position, nor has he at any time sought political honors. fle is a member of the military order of the Loyal Legion and of the Grand Army of the Republie, and is deeply and enthusiastically in- terested in those organizations. Ile is also a member of the Union, Roadside and Athletie Clubs.
The following estimate of Colonel MeAllis- ter's character is the consensus of the opinions of citizens of Cleveland who have known him for years. Ile is regarded as one of the strong- est business men in the State; is of positive character, possesses great force, splendid execu- tive ability, and has a remarkable capacity for work; and he is patriotie and publie-spirited, progressive in his ideas, and ever an advocate of all publie movements looking to the good and growth of the city. No man on a committee having in charge any public movement has more influence than he in accomplishing the desired end. Ile is by all recognized as one of Cleveland's strongest men. As a man he stands l'or all that is high-minded and manly, is a man of great sociability, is very popular in social circles, a firm friend under any and all circum- stances, believes that "blood is thicker than water," and considers, as did the apostle, that "he who does not provide for his family is worse than an infidel." Ilis views are decided, his likes and dislikes strong, and he has the courage of his convictions.
Socially, he is one of the most agreeable of men, refined, generous, courteons and kind to all; charitable, warm- hearted and sympathetic by nature, he is a most genial companion, and a high-minded, honorable gentleman. Fond of company and of entertaining, he is never hap- pier than when surrounded by his friends, dispensing his generous hospitality and dis- charging the duties of host. le bas decided
taste and fondness for paintings and engravings, and the means to gratify the same, and his eol. lection of water-colors, etchings and engravings is very choice. Ilis memory is vigorous, and he has a great deal of literary discernment, being able to read a book or literary work and digest the contents as well as one who gives ex- clusive attention to study.
SAAC M. HIMES, M. D .- Dr. Isaae M. ITimes, one of Cleveland's well-known and prominent physicians, was born at Shippens- burg, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, De- eember 4, 1834, and is the son of George W. and Joanna (Sturgis) ITimes.
Dr. Ilimes was educated in the University of Pennsylvania, and in Jefferson College at Can- nonsburg, Pennsylvania, graduating at the lat- ter institution in 1853. He then attended medieal lectures in the medieal department of the University of Pennsylvania, and subsequent- ly entered the College of Physicians and Sur- geons in New York city, receiving from the latter institution, in 1856, his degree of M. D. During the ensuing eighteen months he was a member of the house staff of Bellevue Hospital, New York city.
April 16, 1859, Dr. Ilimes returned to his home in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, and be- gan the practice of his profession. His health, however, became impaired to the extent of in- capacitating him for active labors during the entire summer. In the autumn of the same year, having regained his health, he went to Randall's Island, New York, where, during 1860-'61 he was assistant physician ef the Nursery and Children's Hospitals at that point.
In the spring of 1861, Dr. Himes located in Chillicothe, Ohio, and established himself in private practice, but in the following fall was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the Seventy- third Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, and a short time afterward was promoted to be Surgeon of the same Regiment, in which capacity he served until the close of the war.
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The great eivil conflict ended, Dr. Himes spent two years in professional study in Ger- many and France, several months in travel in the United States, and, in attention to private interests, residing a year in San Francisco, Cali -. fornia. In 1871 he located permanently in Cleveland, establishing himself in practice, and here he has since resided, taking rank among the successful and leading practitioners of the Forest City. In 1863-'64 Dr. Himes held the chair of Anatomy in the Cleveland Medical College, and in 1871 he was appointed profes- sor of physiology and physiological and patho- logical histology in the same institution. This position he held until 1878, when, the Cleve- land Medical College having become the medical department of the Western Reserve University, Dr. Himes was made professor of pathology, pathological anatomy and bacteriology in the latter institution, a position he now tills. In 1893 Dr. ITimes was acting dean of the medical department, and in 1894 he was appointed by the trustees as dean.
The Doctor is a member and President of the Board of Visitors to the Lakeside Hospital, and is physician to the Church Home, of Cleve- land. He is a member of the Cuyahoga County Medical Society, of which he has twice been president, and is a member and vice-president of the Cleveland Society of the Medical Seiences. Ile is also a member of the Ohio State Medical Society, and of the American Medical Associa- tion. Ile is a member of the Ohio Commandery of the Military Loyal Legion, of Beta Theta Pi college fraternity, and of the Trinity Episcopal Church.
Dr. Himes was married in 1875 to Mary (Vincent) Read, dangliter of John A. Vincent, Esq., of Cleveland.
W ILLIAM II. VAN TINE, SR., an old resident of Cleveland, was born in Skane ateles, Onondaga county, New York, March 21, 1820, a son of Robert F. and Mary B. (Chapin) Van Tine, natives respect-
ively of Troopsburg and Prattsburg, Steuben county, New York. His grandfather, Robert Van Tine, served through the war of the Revo- lution, enlisting in Dutchess county, New York, January 1, 1777, and being discharged in 1780; he was wounded in the hip by a gunshot and made a cripple for life. 1lis father came from Ilolland. Robert F. Van Tine emigrated to Ohio, where he spent the last twenty-five years of his life, dying in Bucyrus in 1870, at the age of seventy-six years. His wife had died in 1843, in New York State, aged forty-five years. She was a staunch Presbyterian. Our subject has been an indomitable temperance worker and ad- vocate for the past fifty-four years, his wife be- ing his most zealous coadjutor during her life- time. She was prominent in church and tem- perance work, and it is interesting to recall the fact that in one year, while president of the Woman's Society, she succeeded in raising 81,200 for the furnishing of the church. She was a native of Utica, New York, and was con- verted in her childhood, at once assuming and ever after retaining a working place in the church, being a devoted member and a leader in all reforms. They had children, as follows: Lydia A., deceased, wife of Dwight Holbrook; William IL .; Cornelia, widow of Daniel Spooner, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Uriel C., a resident of Oberlin, Ohio; Helen, who died at the age of sixteen years; Francis R., a resident of Berea, this State; the next was a daughter, Laura, who died at the age of twelve years; and the last is George A. The father, by a second marriage, to Clarissa Dickinson, had two children, a daugh- ter and a son, the former of whom is deceased, the son being a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, being one of the principal operators in the Union telegraph office,-a position he has held for many years.
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