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Mr. Ilonek was married in Cleveland, Ohio, May 9, 1870 to Miss Frederica Gehring, who was born on the East Side in Cleveland, De- cember 14, 1849. Her parents were K. A. and
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Wilhelmina (Fetter) Gehring, natives of Wurt- emburg, Germany. Of a family of four chil- dren Mrs. Honck was the eldest. Mr. and Mrs. Houck are the parents of two children: Louisa, who married Major Patingale, and died in Rocky River Hamlet, May 3, 1889; and Minnie.
For many years Mr. Houck, in company with his brother John, operated a spoke and felloe factory on the West Side. The firm was known as Houck Bros. Michael afterward kept a meat- market for five years, until the spring of 1885, in December of which year he removed to the farm where he now makes his home. This comprises eighteen acres of well-cultivated land, with valuable improvements. Mr. Houck is a man who takes a good degree of interest in all local affairs. lle is a Republican in polities.
M RS. JOHN MARSHALL .- The sub- ject of this review, who is the widow of the late John Marshall, a well-known and prominent pioneer of the Forest City, resides in her spacious home at 1047 Detroit street, West Cleveland.
John Marshall gained pre-eminence and sue- eess in the business of gardening, being a most capable business man and acquiring a compe- teney as the result of his well-directed efforts. Before the time of his death he had become quite an extensive property-owner. He was one of the pioneer settlers in Ohio and among these who first took up a residence in the now popu- lons and powerful city of Cleveland. IIe lo- cated in Cleveland in 1840, having come to America from Cornwall, England, where he was born. Ilis family was one of prominence, and of the sixteen children of his parents he was one of the nine who came to the United States, six boys and three girls having taken up their residence in this country.
Mr. Marshall was a Republican in politics, having taken a somewhat active interest in the work of his party. He held for some time the position as member of the City Council. He
was a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and devoted in his allegi- anee to the Protestant Episcopal Church, of which he was a most liberal supporter. His death occurred on the 8th of February, 1890, at the old home where he and his wife had lived for nearly half a century. He was sixty-nine years of age at the time of his death, leaving a widow and one child, Eldrid M., who is the wife of A. Andrews, of Cleveland.
Mrs. Marshall was born in Lancashire, Eng- land, being the daughter of Henry and Eliza Crocker, and the fifth in order of the seven chil- dred born to them. Her parents were people of influence and prominence in their native land. Our subject came to America in 1830, and was united in marriage to Mr. Marshall in 1850. She has long been a devout and zealons adher- ent of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and she is well known and most highly esteemed in the city, of which she has been so long a resident.
C D. KLOST, superintendent of the parks of Cleveland, dates his service with Cleve- land parks at 1883, when he was placed in charge of Wade Park. This beautiful spot is the result of ten and a half years of nnremitting care and painstaking arrangement and landscape gardening of Mr. Klost, and his promotion to general superintendent is a merited recognition of his ability to fill a more responsible position.
Mr. Klost was born in Chemung county, New York, October 17, 1854. Ilis father, Sanford Klost, a native of Herkimer county, York State, was born near Little Falls in 1809. He became a civil engineer and spent his life in land sur- veying and construction work, on the Erie Rail- road. Ile died in 1891. Ilis antecedents are believed to have been from Holland. Our sub- jeet's mother's maiden name was Millie Petrie. Seven children resulted from this marriage: George, deceased; Monroe, deceased; Peter, at Elmira, New York; Jarvis, at Antigo, Wiscon- sin; Ester, the wife of William Decker; Fan-
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nie, who married Jacob Sheppie, and C. D. At sixteen Mr. Klost left the common schools and took up the burdens of life independently. He came west and made Cuyahoga county his stop- ping place, working on the farm of L. R. Streeter. From this place he came to Cleve- land, as superintendent of Wade Park, as before stated.
Mr. Klost was married September 16, 1876, to Aggie Ilaycox, whose father, John Haycox, teared eight children. They came originally from Husk, England. Mr. Klost's children are: Ebba, sixteen years; Monroe, eleven; and Jar- vis, seven.
Fraternally Mr. Klost is a member of Holy Rood Commandery, No. 32, Knights Templar. He is also a Knight of Pythias.
J HTEO. ENDEAN, one of the most talented photographers of the State, occupies a studio at 122 Enelid avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. lle was born in Birmingham, England, a son of Theo. and Matilda (Duckett) Endean, natives of France and Scotland respect- ively. The father, an Episcopalian elergyman, was born in Paris and was the son of a leading jour- nalist of that metropolis; the maternal grand- father was an attorney of Edinburgh, Scotland. The parents of our subject emigrated to the United States and located in Massachusetts: both are now deceased. Young Endean received his education in the East, and at an early age displayed an aptitude and taste for art that brought him an opportunity for cultivating the talent he possessed. He was sent to the Acad- emy of Design in New York city, and also studied photography in that city. Having mas- tered this branch of art, he left New York and has operated in the principal cities in this coun- try from Boston to Galveston, Texas. llis efforts have won some of the highest honors that have been conferred upon the members of his profession, svenring the first prize at Bruns- wiek, Germany, where a convention of prize-
winners in photography was held, and in St. Louis, Missouri, received a gold medal for superior excellence in photographie work.
In 1886 Mr. Endean came to Cleveland, and the following year designed and fitted up his studio, said to be the most complete in the United States, employing only the most skilled talent in all branches. He has under his super- vision artists who work in pastelle, crayon and water-color. llis inventive genius has also found play in his work, and a photographic chair has been the result, a chair which is the most perfeet of its kind. An artist by nature, years of study and travel abroad have added culture and refinement and exalted all his con- ceptions. In Mr. Endean the profession has a most faithful and conscientious member whose efforts will ever be toward its advancement. Although he does not take an active interest in polities, he casts his suffrage with the Republi- can party.
S YLVESTER BRADLEY, for five years engine dispatcher and foreman of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio round- house, was born in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1849. IIe was reared in Brady's Bend and Altoona, Pennsylvania, to which lat- ter point his father, James Bradley, removed in 1861. Ile served a machinists' apprenticeship in the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's shops at Altoona, beginning in 1867. During the Cen- tennial year he went into the shops at Oil City, remaining only a short time before going to Meadville, and entering the service of Dick & Church, proprietors of the Phenix Iron Works. Two years later he cast his lot with the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad Company, first as machinist, later as gang foreman and finally, in 1888, as engine dispateher. James Bradley was a locomotive engineer, running be- tween Altoona and Harrisburg for the Pennsyl- vania Company. Ile was born at Blairsville in 1819, and died in November, 1887. The family
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name is of Irish origin, our subjeet's grand- father, Cornelius Bradley, emigrating from Erin's Isle to Pennsylvania. Sylvester Brad- ley's mother was An Ilarkins, a daughter of Ilugh Harkins, a canal man. The children born to James and Ann Bradley were: John, in the tobacco business in Altoona, Pennsylvania; William, with the Baldwin Locomotive Works, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Sylvester; and Albert, a machinist of Altoona.
February, 1872, our subject married, in Al- toona, Pennsylvania, Miss Mary, a daughter of John Haney, of Irish birth, and an old em- ployee of the Pennsylvania Company. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley's children are: Stella, who died in 1879; Catherine, now aged sixteen years; James, aged thirteen; and Frank Sylvester, who died in 1891, aged four years.
C OLONEL A. C. M.ILRATHI was born at Morristown, New Jersey, September 19, 1811, a son of Alexander and Rhoda Mellrath. When he was a child of five years his parents emigrated to Ohio and settled on 600 acres of land, portion of the present site of the city of Cleveland. The log cabin which sheltered this sturdy family of pioneers was situated on the south side of Euclid avenue near the present entrance to Lake View ceme- tery. The only neighbors were the families of Benjamin Jones, Samuel Cozad and Mr. Doan. Mr. Mellrath became prominently identified with the growth and development of the frontier country, and when the town of Cleveland was founded, laid out Euclid avenue, one of the most famous thoroughfares in this country. Ile was a Deacon of the Presbyterian Church and established one of the earliest societies in north- ern Ohio. Politically he was an old-line Whig. Hle reared a family of five children: Fennetta, born August 24, 1802, became the wife of Damon O'Conner; she is now deceased; Sarah, born October 4, 1803, married Andrew Stewart, and now resides in Missouri; Michael, born Sep-
tember 20, 1805, died in 1893; Isabella, born Jannary 27, 1808, married Benjamin Sawtelle; she is deceased; Colonel A. C. Mell-ath, the youngest of the family. He grew to manhool amid the wild scenes of the frontier. Ile received his early instruction from his father, who was a well edneated man, and mastered the profession of civil engineering. He was also a cooper by trade and in connection with this busi- ness gave some attention to agricultural pursuits. In 1832 he erected the hotel known in pioncer days as the Mellrath Tavern, and for forty-four years acted as host of this hostelry. For many years he was Justice of the Peace and was fill- ing that position at the time of his death. Ife was a man of large stature, measuring six feet, seven inches; he bore a character for integrity and rectifnde that was also the full measure of a man. Ile married Eliza Picor, a daughter of Dr. Picor, one of the pioneer physicians of this city. Colonel and Mrs. Mellrath had born to them a family of thirteen chilren: James, deceased, was a soldier in the late war and for twenty years was in the secret service of the United States; Wealthy is the wife of Judge Price, of Chicago; Fennetta is deceased; Philip resides in MeMinnville, Tennessee; Josephine is deceased; Oliver is engaged in business in this city; Adelaide is the wife of Eli S. French, of East Cleveland; Condit is deceased: Ida mar- ried Abraham Bigelow of this city; Webster A. is a resident of Cleveland; Horace Ackley is deceased; William B. is a resident of Coits- ville, Ohio; Sarah is the wife of William Rob- inson, of this city.
Webster A. Mellrath was born on the old homestead in 1852, and received his education in the Shaw Academy at Collamer. He con- tinued a member of his father's household un- til he had passed his majority when he entered the employ of the Cleveland Clothing Company; for some time he was manager and later became partner in the business. At the end of nine years he severed his connection with this estab- lishment and embarked in real-estate business, representing the Shaker Heights Land Com-
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pany and the Continental Development Com- pany. Under his direction and management the old Shaker society erected the Lake View flats, of which he is now in charge. He is one of the most active business men of the eity and is held in the highest regard in commercial cir- eles. Politically he adheres to the principles of the Republican party.
AMES K. MEAHIER is a son of Timothy and Mary Meaher, who went from Lincoln county, Maine, to the Southern States in the early '30s. The father had been a sailor, but on going to New Orleans he engaged in the business of' rolling cotton. He was a poor
man, and in order to maintain and support his family he relied simply on his daily labor, but through pluck and energy he became so success- ful in life that on the breaking out of the Civil war in 1861 he was the owner of thirteen steamers on the Alabama river, of two large plantations in Alabaura, and 127 negro slaver.
Ile resided at Mobile, Alabama, where the sub- ject of this personal sketch was born, July 15, 1859.
The gentleman whose name heads this sketeh received an academical education in Mobile, and leaving school at the age of eighteen em- barked in the timber business along the gulf of Mexico, being an agent for Epping, Barrs & Company, of London, England, in whose em- ploy he remained for five and a half years. Ile then accepted a position with George McQues- tion, an extensive lumber dealer of East Bos- ton, Massachusetts. Subsequently he went to Portland, Maine, where he read law for three years in the office of Hon. John J. Perry. In 1884 he came to Cleveland. He had not been admitted to the bar in Maine, and according to the laws of Ohio he was compelled to read law two years longer, and for one and a half years, therefore, he read law under the instructions of W. W. Andrews, and for six months under Ilon. Henry C. White; and while under the preceptorship of the latter he was admitted to the Ohio bar, in May, 1886, at which date he began his successful career as a lawyer. Since January, 1892, he and Joseph E. Farrell have practiced their profession in an association as partners.
July 15, 1891, Miss Emily L. Glidden, dangh- ter of Francis II. Glidden, of Cleveland, became his wife.
C HARLES E. WARNER, one of the rep- resentative liverymen of the city of Cleve- land, is the proprietor of the lecd and sale stable at 120 Woodland avenne. Ile was born in Huron county, Ohio, in 1846, and is a son of Lorenzo and Serena (Daily) Warner, na- tives of the state of New York. They had one ofher child, a daughter. Charles E. was reared and educated in Lorain county. At the age of sixteen years he had the misfortune to lose his left leg; two years later he engaged in business for himself, He drifted into buying and selling
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horses for the home market, making his home at Elyria until 1890, when he came to Cleveland. During the period from 1883 to 1886 he was interested in the grain business, operating in Indiana, Illinois and Michigan, but aside fromn this has given his entire attention to dealing in horse-flesh.
Mr. Warner was married in 1867 to Miss Jennie Koppelberger, who died leaving two children: Edward, bookkeeper in a savings bank in this city, was married December 12, 1889, to Miss Minnie Stansbury; Ella is the wife of Orin Cook, of Elyria, and is the mother of three children, two sons and a daughter. Mr. War- ner was married again, the second nnion being with Della Gleason; they have one child. Our worthy subject is actively interested in the lead- ing political events of the day and is thoroughly well posted upou current topics. Ile is a man of excellent business qualifications, employing only the most honorable methods, and com- mands the respect of all with whom he has dealings.
D ANIEL DUTY, president of the Forest City Ice Company and a member of the firm of Duty & Company, brick manufacturers, is a brother of Edwin Duty, mentioned in this volume, and was born in Oneida county, New York, September 20, 1832. Ile was educated in this city at Shaw's Academy, and spent some time in Grand River Institute, at Austinburg, Ashtabula county, winding up his career as a student in Ohio University, an institution now defunet, founded by President Mahan, of Oberlin College.
Mr. Duty became a brick-maker under his father's tutorage and soon after embarking in business independently this became an import- ant branch of it. In 1876 he became engaged in the ice business, becoming a partner in the Cleveland Ice Compay, which changed its name in 1881 to the Forest City Ice Company, and became a stock company with a capital of
$150,000. This is one of the leading ice firms of the city, and was originally established in 1852. This product is procured from P'ut-in- Bay, Lakes Huron, Congress and Geanga. Its officers are: Daniel Duty, president; G. A. Weitz, manager; II. J. Weitz, treasurer; and A. 1 .. Ilyde, secretary.
During our Civil war Mr. Duty was a miem- ber of an independent company of "Squirrel Hunters," enlisting at Wooster, Ohio, for the purpose of defending Cincinnati against rebel attack.
May 12, 1875, Mr. Duty married, in Cleve- Land, Sarah L. Cozad, whose father, Andrew Cozad, became a resident of Cleveland as early as 1802, six years after its founding by General Cleaveland.
Audrew Cozad was born in New Jersey, March 7, 1801. During his active carcer he owned and operated a farm of 100 acres in East Cleveland, the whole of which farm is now in the corporate limits of the city. Mr. Cozad was most familiarly known as " Squire Cozad," from his long and efficient service as magistrate of his township. He married Sallie Simmons, May 12, 1825: her father, Justus Simmons, was likewise a pioncer, and came from New York State. Nine children were born of this union, only three of whom are now living: Justus L. and Marcus E , of this city, and Sarah 1. Duty, the last named being born July 22, 1844.
Mr. and Mrs. Duty's children are: Horace A., Spencer M. and Alice. Edith, a six-months infant, died February 6, 1883.
The family are identified with the Euclid Avenne Congregational Church.
W A. MINER, Mayor of Collinwood, Ohio, was born at Portland, Connect- ient, November 24, 1839, the son of Selden II. and Anna (Shepherd) Miner, also natives of Connecticut. The father was a far- mer by occupation, and was widely and favor- ably known in Connecticut. Three of his brothers, Sidney, Culvert and Edward, emigra-
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ted to Ohio, but Edward is the only one sur- viving; he is now a resident of Minnesota. Selden II. Miner died in September, 1883, at the age of sixty-seven years; his wife died in February, 1583, aged seventy-eight years; they had resided in Lake county, Ohio, ten years previous to their death, although they had first settled in Mayfield township, Cuyahoga county. Mrs. Miner made a visit to this State in 1826, returning in the autumn of that year, and it was not until 1840 that she and her husband eame here to reside. They reared a family of four children: Belle, the wife of O. M. Gates, is the mother of two children, Walter and Anna; W. A., the subject of this notice; Maria, the wife of Lewis Ackley, died in 1893, the mother of one son, Martin; F. L. Miner, of Mayfield, is the father of three children: Sterling, Stanley and Ilalley.
W. A. Miner embarked in the Inmber bnsi- ness at Mayfield, where he conducted a success- ful trade ten years; during his residence there he also served two years as Clerk of the town- ship. In 1879 he removed to Collinwood, where he continued to handle lumber; he also has in operation a planing-mill, which turns out a large product each year. He was elected Trus- tee of Euclid township and held the office one year. In 1890 he was the choice of the people of Collinwood for Mayor, and was re-elected in 1892. Ile has discharged his duties with marked efficiency and ability, commending him- self to the best classes of citizens.
In the spring of 1864, while a student at Oberlin College, Mr. Miner enlisted in the hundred-day service, Colonel Hayward's regi- ment. Ile participated in the three days' fight with the Confederate General Early, and at the expiration of his term of enlistment was honor- ably discharged. After his return from the war he resumed his studies at Oberlin, where he fin- ished his three years' course. Since coming to this county he was engaged in teaching for one year.
lle was united in marriage October 31, 1883, to Miss Libbie Ormsbey, a daughter of James
and Elizabeth (Loomis) Ormsbey, natives of New York and Ohio respectively. Mr. Orms- bey died at the age of thirty years, but his widow survives him at the age of sixty five years, an honored resident of Pike county. Mrs. Miner is the younger of two children; her bro- ther David is a resident of Columbus, Ohio, and has a family of six children: Bertha, Sadie, James, Arthur, Myrna and Edith. Both Mr. Miner and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He belongs to Brough Post, No. 359, G. A. R., Collinwood.
D R. A. FLETCHER, a veterinary surgeon, with an office at 118 Perry street, Cleve- land, Ohio, has been located in this city since 1889. Ile is a native of Portage county, Ohio, having been born in the town of Ravenna on May 20, 1853. Ile is a son of John and Elizabeth (Lowrie) Fletcher, both of whom are descendants of Seotch ancestry. In Ravenna Dr. Fletcher was brought up and there he at- tended school. When a lad of only fifteen years he began life for himself in the railroad busi- ness, this being due probably to the fact that his father was a railroad man, having been such all of his life, and naturally the son had a de- sire to follow the pursuit of his father. Ile rose rapidly in railroad work, and soon became assistant road master, being assistant of his father, remaining snch for twelve years, in the employ of the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chi- eago Railroad, after which he commeneed farm- ing, upon one of his father's places, and for three years he was a farmer. Ile then decided to prepare himself for the profession of veterin- ary surgery, a profession to which he inclined from early childhood. Heattended the Ameri- can Veterinary College at New York city and graduated in the spring of 1888, and immedi- ately thereafter he entered upon the practice of his profession at his old home at Ravenna, where he remained ono year. In the spring of 1889 he came to Cleveland, and forined a partner-
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ship with Dr. Yonkerman. In October of 1890 he bought out the interest of his partner and since that date has practiced alone. In October of the same year he became interested in stock inspection for the State Board, in the northern portion of Ohio, and in June of 1891 he was appointed State Inspector of Live Stock, which position he still holds. He is thorough and proficient in his profession and has already achieved wonderful success in its practice.
Ile was married at Alliance, Ohio, July 10, 1872, to Miss Lessetta L. Lamborn, danghter of Dr. L. Lamborn. They have one ehild, Jennie L. Dr. Fletcher and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church and are among the respected families of the city.
F W. LANDFEAR, one of the prominent and successful business men of Bedford, is justly entitled to the space that has been accorded him in this history. He is a na- tive of Ohio, born at Freedom in 1852, a son of Charles and Emily (White) Landfear; they reared a family of four children: F. W., Mary E., wife of J. E. Murray, of New London, Wisconsin; Milton E., a citizen of Cleveland, Ohio; and Lizzie L., wife of E. L. Sanderson of Cleveland, Ohio. The maternal grandfather, Willard White, was a native of New England, born in the State of Vermont. Charles Land- fear is now deceased. Ile was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in polities gave his allegiance to the Re- publican party. The boyhood of F. W. Land. fear was passed in his native town. llis first experience in the business world was in the employ of J. B. Harris, who was the proprietor of a hardware store and tinshop at Bedford; there he remained three years, and during this time gained a valuable knowledge on this par- ticular phase of commerce. He returned to Summit county in 1875, and three years later went to Canal Fulton, Stark county, where he embarked in the hardware business, which he
conducted successfully for a period of seven years. Ile then went out as traveling sales- man for an Akron firm, his territory embracing Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Kentucky. Resigning this position he located permanently in Bedford, where he has estab- lished a prosperous business, dealing in lumber, pine and hard wood. He is a man of excellent business qualifications, and is recognized as a man of integrity throughout the commercial world in which he moves,
Mr. Landfear was married December 31, 1876, to Maria R. Cook, the ceremony being solemnized at Bedford, Ohio. Mrs. Landfear is a daughter of Daniel Cook, a highly respected citizen of Bedford. Two children have been born of this marriage: Lucins R. and Ilelen R. Mr. Landfear is a member of Bedford Lodge, No. 374, A. F. & A. M. In his religious faith he adheres to the doctrines of the Baptist Church, and is one of the ardent laborers in the Sunday-school of the denomination. Politically he supports the issues of the Republican party. Deeply interested in all phases of education, religion and temperance reform, he is faithfully discharging his duty as a citizen of the Republic of the United States.
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