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Company on the West Side, with which he was connected at the time of his death as an officer. Was largely interested in the erection of both business and residence buildings, and was one of the most active in securing the ground for, and the erection of, the viaduct at the foot of Superior street.
In politics, he was an active Republican, and was a zealous member of the 1. O. O. F., being largely instrumental in the erection of the Odd Fellows Temple on the West Side, which at that time was the finest in the State. For many years he was a member of St. John's Church, Protestant Episcopal, as is also his family.
HIe was married in Cleveland, in October, 1853, to Miss Eleanor J., daughter of Stephen N. and Mary A. Herriek, of one of the old Connecticut families. Mrs. Seymour still sur- vives him, as do his two children,-Mrs. Sidney Gny Sea, of Cincinnati, whose husband was formerly a merchant and newspaper manager of Chicago; and Belden, Jr.
The latter, after finishing his education, spent eigliteen months in travel abroad. Returning to Cleveland, he entered the employ of W. Bingham & Company for three years; then spent five years in the West, located at Chicago and Minneapolis, where he was interested in various enterprises, until the death of his father, when he was called home and succeeded him in business.
M ILLARD F. POWERS, managing partner of the dry-goods establishment of William Taylor, Son & Company, has been associated with this institution as an employee or partner since February, 1888.
lle was born in Plymouth, Huron county, Ohio, January 30, 1850, a son of Alonzo and Mary J. (Hackathorn) Powers; completed his school education at the high school at Norwalk, Ohio, and at the age of fifteen years engaged as clerk in a grocery, remaining about two years, and then accepted a position as bookkeeper in a
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dry-goods establishment in Norwalk, where he remained until he came to Cleveland, in 1871, to accept a position as entry clerk for Morgan, Root & Company. After working for them four years, he was engaged at various things till 1885, when he entered the employ of Taylor, Kilpatrick & Company, in charge of credits. After the expiration of about eleven months he was given a working interest in the business, taking charge of the finances and credits. Soon afterward, in April, 1886, the name of the firm was changed to William Taylor, Son & Com- pany. In January, 1889, he was admitted a member of the firm, the business being owned by the Taylors and Mr. Powers. The business was conducted by J. L .. Taylor and Mr. Powers till November, 1892, when the former died; a new partnership was formed, and Mr. Powers was made managing partner of the establish- ment, which position he now holds, and to which he gives his entire attention. Their trade has been constantly inereasing under his manage- ment, having doubled since his connection with it. Since his residence in this city, Mr. Powers has arisen from the bottom of the commercial ladder to one of the top rounds. He is a direc- tor in the Wade Park Bank, and in the Savings Building & Loan Company.
February 18, 1874, in this city, he was mar- ried to Miss Flora C. Marsh, a daughter of Charles E. and Charlotte A. (Bennett) Marsh, and Mr. and Mrs. Powers are the parents of three children: Ada M., Charles A. and Marsh K.
S AMUEL HYDE AMES, deceased, was born in Troy, New York, October 31, 1831, and was brought to Ohio by his parents in 1833, who soon settled in Olmstead, Cuyahoga county, which became their home for the remainder of their lives. lle was first married to Ellen M. Stevens, also of Olinstead, July 30, 1854: she died August 31, 1860, and he subsequently married Amelia M. Merriam, of Dover, in that township, on August 29.
1861. They began their married life on the place that is now known as the old homestead farm, and had eleven children, of whom six are still living, to mourn the loss of an indulgent father.
Mr. Ames enlisted in the war of the rebellion, being assigned to the One IIundred and Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After about two months spent in camp near Cleveland, Ohio, he was assigned to the One Hundred and Twenty- fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served to the close of the great conflict. Twelve hundred men had enlisted in the One HInndred and Third, which was more than the quota, and therefore two companies were assigned as A and B of the One Hundred and Twenty- fourth. Leaving his wife and infant daughter, (who died before his return), he went into camp, and from well known ability and experience in his own neighborhood as a good hand to take care of the sick, he was appointed nurse there, and in the field he was frequently employed in the hos- pital. Isaac Hurdy, of Berea, Ohio, who was in the same company, thus speaks of him: "I never saw his superior for coolness in the time of danger. With several others, I lay wounded in the field hospital, nuable to move. Comrade Ames was nursing ns. The rebels would shell the camp at intervals and a shell with a burn- ing fuse rolled in at the door of the tent. We all lay breathless with suspense. The deadly missile might explode at any moment and do dreadful work. But our cool-headed nurse picked up an old shovel and rolled the shell away out of doors, remarking, There! that can't hurt anybody now.' Ile was a good sol- dier and a good citizen, a kind and provident head of his family, and his memory will never perish in the hearts of friends and family."
His health began to fail in 1890. Ile was a patient sufferer until October 13, 1893, when his life left his body, at his home in Ohinstead. Ilis funeral was held October 17, under the auspices of Olmstead Post, No. 634, G. A. R., of which he had been a member. Olmstead Corps, W. R. C., No. 120, also attended in a
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body, with a large concourse of friends from Cleveland and surrounding towns. ITis remains were laid in the ground near his home, in the beautiful Butternut Ridge cemetery, his grave covered with beautiful flowers,-one more added to the silent ranks sleeping in that quiet spot. "Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er; Strep the sleep that knows no waking ; Dream of battle-fields no more, Days of danger, nights of waking. Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er."
C APTAIN JAMES STONE has been iden- tified with the navigators of the Great Lakes since he was a youth of seventeen years, and is well worthy of the space that has been accorded him in this volume. A native of Canada, he was born near Port Burwell, Sep- tember 10, 1836, a son of William and Eliza (Foster) Stone. The father followed mercan- tile pursuits and kept a hotel. IIe died at Ver- million, Ohio. The paternal grandfather, John Stone, Sr., served in the British navy by force during the Revolution. IIe afterward located on a land grant in Canada, where his family were born and reared. Captain James Stone was an infant when his parents removed to Ver- million, Ohio, where he was reared and edu- cated; he had also pursued his studies at Ober- lin College before he reached the age of eigh- teen years. Ile then began his career as a sailor, and for thirty-eight years without inter- ruption was on the Lakes. In 1890 he came ashore, and has since been assisting in the man- agement of the business of Bradley & Co.
At the age of twenty-six years he became master of the schooner Challenge, which he sailed one season; he was then made captain of the S. II. Kimball, of which he had charge two seasons; for two seasons he was mas- ter of the David Wagstaff; one season he was with the Escanaba; two seasons with the Negaunee, and six years with the S. J. Tilden. lle was master of the following steamers: the J. S. Fay, two years; steamer
Selah Chamberlain two years; the R. P. Ran- ney, three years; the City of Cleveland, two years; the M. B. Grover, two years; the Pasa- dena, three years; the Hesper, one year, the last vessel he sailed. Captain Stone has never lost a vessel and has never sailed a vessel that was insured. For the past twenty-three years he has been a stockholder in the business of Bradley & Company, and he is one of the directors of the Ohio Transportation Company. IIe is thoroughly conversant with all the details of lake navigation, his opinions carrying weight in shipping circles. In addition to his shipping operations he has carried on some transactions in real estate in Toledo, Ohio, and in San Diego, California.
Captain Stone was married in Vermillion, Ohio, in 1863, to Sarah F. Parsons. They have three children: Lewis is married and resides in Vermillion: he is captain of one of the lake vessels ont of ('leveland; Mrs. Mary Honneker lives in Lorain, Ohio; Burton A. is also a eit- izen of Vermillion. The Captain is a member of the Shipmasters' Association. In politics he is a staunch Republican.
S ANFORD L. KENNEDY, one of the representative business men of Cleve- land, Ohio, has been identified with her commercial interests since his residence began here in the spring of 1853. IIe is a native of Monroe county, New York, and a son of Ilorace D. and Deborah P. (Miller) Kennedy; the fath- er and mother are both deceased. Ile was a young man when his parents removed to Ohio and had been educated in the county of his birth. During two winters he taught school in the primitive educational institution of the frontier, and in the spring of 1853 came to Cleveland. Ile secured the position of clerk with the firm of Parish & Knight, in whose em- ploy he remained until 1867. In that year both members of the firm died, and the business passed into the hands of Kennedy, De Forest
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& Randall. They carry a large and well se- lected stock of hardware, including furnaces, stoves and ranges, and a complete assortment of cooking utensils. In connection with the store they have a repair shop, transacting a large business in this line also. They employ from fifteen to twenty-five men, all of whom are skilled workers. To Mr. Kennedy, perhaps more than to the others, the success of this firm is due. When the senior partners were stricken with death he was the only person fa- miliar with the details of the business, and upon him devolved the responsibility of set- tling all accounts and the care of retaining a well established trade. He proved equal to the demand, and has during late years given his attention to other matters, although retaining his place as head of the firm. Ile acted as ad- ministrator of the estate of Mr. Knight, set- tling up his affairs in a manner most satisfae. tory to the heirs. His business interests out- side the firm of Kennedy, De Forest & Randall lie chiefly in city real estate. He is truly a self-made man and is deserving of the high re- spect which he commands in all circles. He has been a member of the Masonic order since 1867, and in politics is a zealous adherent of Republican principles.
Mr. Kennedy was married in 1889 to Miss Sarah Louise Burt, a native of the eity of ('leve- land. Their residence is on Arlington street.
Ț MIOMAS QUAYLE, ship-builder, was born in the Parish of Kirk Michael, Isle of Man, May 9, 1811. There he resided until his sixteenth year, when his parents emigrated to the United States. At that period the tide of emigration was setting strongly to- ward the Western Reserve, its beanties and ad- vantages having been painted in glowing colors by the Connectient Land Company. There were several other families who had come from the Isle of Manand selected farms in the town- ships of Newburgh and Warrensville. They
began the task of clearing their lands in the heart of the forest and erected cabins to pro- tect themselves from the elements that were not always kindly in this latitude. They were a people who had come from a country whence the forests had disappeared generations ago, and the surroundings were all new and strange. They were quick to catch the methods of their pioneer neighbors from the Eastern States, and within a few years their farms ranked second to none in the community.
Mr. Quayle had worked for a time as appren- tice to a ship-builder in the Isle of Man, and having acquired some knowledge of the busi- ness naturally investigated in that field of em- ployment in his new home. Ile secured a po- sition in the Cleveland ship-yards, and in 1847 formed a partnership with John Cody. They constructed several brigs and schooners, large, fine craft in their day, but pigmies when com- pared with vessels built a decade later. The partnership was dissolved in 1849, and soon afterward Mr. Quayle entered into business re- lations with Luther Moses under the firm name of Moses & Quayle. Among the vessels they constructed were the Nile, Milwaukee, Forest Queen, Dunkirk and the schooner Crescent. At a later period a partnership was formed with John Martin under the title of Quayle & Mar- tin, and in a term of twenty years they eon- strneted many of the largest and finest steamers and sailing vessels that floatel the lakes. After the death of Mr. Martin in the spring of 1873 Mr. Quayle formed a partnership with his sons, Thomas E. and George 1 .. , the firm name being Thomas Quayle & Sons. Although marine al- fairs were seriously affected by the panie of 1873 this firm constructed several vessels dur- ing the period of depression. Among their best results were the Commodore, Buffalo, Chi- cago and Milwaukee for the Western Transit Line, and the Delaware and Conestoga for the Anchor Line. Mr. Quayle retired from busi- ness in 1879, his sons having charge of the shipyard since that time. He was a member of the City Council from the First Ward during
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one term, but as a rule took no active interest in politics. He belongs to the Presbyterian Church and to the Masonic order, being a mem- ber of the Oriental Commandry and the Scot- ish Rite.
Hle was married in 1835 to Miss Eleanor Cannon, and of this union eleven children were born, seven of whom grew to maturity: Thomas E .; William II., who died ,Inne 25, 1893; George 1 .; Charles, who died at the age of twenty six years; Matilda, wife of Charles Gill of Cleve- land; Kate, wife of Mr. Malone; and Mary, who is now Mrs. Barrett. The mother died in 1860. Mr. Quayle was married a second time in 1867, to Mary Proudfoot, who still survives.
By his fellow-citizens he is held in the high- est esteem; as an employer he has always been regarded as a just man, fulfilling his obligations to the utmost of his power. Now in his eighty- third year he awaits with cheerfulness the sum- mons which must linally come from the great beyond.
I EPTIIA H. WADE, inventor and capital- ist, was born in Seneca connty, New York, August 11, 1811, a son of Jeptha Wade. Ilis father was a civil engineer and surveyor by profession, but he was deprived by death in early youth of paternal eare and guidance. Ilis first serious occupation was learning the earpen- ter's trade, of which he became a thorough mas- ter; he also made clocks, and musical instru- ments, on which he performed with much skill, and developed a genius for mechanics. He was an excellent shot, and as commander of the militia he was the most expert marksman of four hundred men in the ranks. At the age of twenty-one years he became the owner of a large sash and blind factory, but after three years' ex- perience concluded that his talents were not snited to transactions in the commercial world. Having a decided taste for all branches of art, he determined to study portrait painting, and with the celebrated Randall Palmer as his in- structor he made rapid progress, attaining an
enviable reputation throughout Louisiana, New York and Michigan. He was but little over thirty years of age when he became interested in the discoveries of Daguerre. Assisted only by the printed instructions he studied ont the method, and took the first daguerreotype ever made west of New York. Having suffered in health on account of close confinement, he be- gan looking about for some occupation that would take him into the open air. The mystery of a message flashed from Washington to Balti- more was just then creating great excitement in both the commercial and scientific world. Mr. Wade was then in New Orleans, but returned to Detroit, Michigan, and began the study of the principles underlying the invention. Shortly after he commenced the construction of a line along the Michigan Central Railroad, opened and equipped the Jackson office, and acted as operator and manager. After a time he entered the field as a builder of lines, meeting with many discouragements in the imperfections of the inventions. He himself invented an in- sulator, still bearing his name, which overcame many difficulties. He was the first to inclose a submarine eable in iron armor; this experi- ment was made across the Mississippi river at St. Louis, and to its success is due the existence of the entire cable system of the world.
When the Western Union Telegraph Com- pany was formed by the consolidation of many small lines, Mr. Wade was made general man- ager, and to him, more than to any other man, is due the credit for the construction of the Trans-continental Railway; it was his energy, foresight and judgment that conceived and car. ried into operation the Pacific Telegraph from St. Louis to San Francisco, bringing the isolated gold seekers into communication with the East- ern world, and thus attracting the attention of capitalists and enterprising business men. The location of the line and the responsibility of its construction were turned over to him; and he labored with indefatigable energy and zeal until the last stake was driven. Under his direct. supervision the train was equipped, and cach
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man was armed with revolvers and rifle for pro- tection against the Indians. In an incredibly short time the gigantie seheme was a reality, and the El Dorado was reached. There Mr. Wade found confusion among the local com- panies, which he succeeded with rare taet in uniting, securing complete communication with the East. It was through his suggestions that the various railroad companies built lines for their exclusive use.
Ile was made the first president of the Pa- cific Telegraph Company, and, upon its consoli- dation with the Western Union, was made president of the entire combination. He filled this position with marked ability until a seri- ous illness in 1867 warned him that he was overtaxing the instrument at his command; and although he retired from aetive pursuits for a time he was not of the fibre that readily relaxes. As a director in many of the largest factories, banks, railroads and publie institu- tions, his wide experience and sound judgment were highly valued. Upon the organization of the Citizens' Savings & Loan Association of Cleveland in 1867, he was elected its president. As president of the Lake View Cemetery Asso- ciation he gave evidence of the refined and cul- tivated taste which has always marked his eharae- ter. In 1882 he gave to the city seventy-three acres known as Wade Park, which he had kept open to the public at his own expense for many years.
Ile was connected with the following eorpora- tions in the capacities mentioned: Director of the Second National Bank of Cleveland; direct- or of the Cleveland Rolling-mill Company, the Cleveland Iron Mining Company and the Union Steel Screw Company; president of the Ameri- ean Sheet and Boiler Plate Company and of the Chicago & Atchison Bridge Company; he was also a director of several railroad companies, and was president of the Kalamazoo, Allegan & Grand Rapids and the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railway companies; he was also presi- dent of the Valley Railway Company, this line leading to the coal fields of Ohio.
He was appointed commissioner of the City Sinking Fund, was Park Commissioner, and director of the work-house and the house of refuge. lle was one of the trustees of the Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, and erected at his own expense a handsome, fire- proof building that will accommodate 150 children.
Mr. Wade passed from the activities of this life to the "unknown" August 9, 1890. No word of eulogy can add to the lustre of his name. Ilis ability, his talent, his genius, were all dedicated to the advancement of humanity, and to him humanity owes a deep debt of grati . tude.
JOIN B. COWLE, treasurer of the Cleve- land Dry Doek Company, was born in Bol- ton, Lancastershire, England, September 16, 1826, a son of Daniel and Alice (Beswick) Cowle. The father was financially independent in Eng- land until he emigrated to the United States, in 1839, on account of political difficulties. Ile set- tled in Lake county, Ohio, and the following year removed to Cleveland, where he passed the re- maining years of his life, his death occurring in 1855.
John B., the eldest of eight children, was a youth of thirteen years when the family came to this country. During the first winter he ehopped wood for family use, going a distance of four miles to the timber; the next spring he was em- ployed in the Cuyahoga Furnace as an appreut- iee, serving seven years as a moulder. At first he received but 82 a week, boarding himself, but before his apprenticeship elosed his wages were raised a dollar a day. He followed his trade eight years, at the end of which time, in 1855, he beeame connected with the Globe Iron Works. This firm experienced several changes in ownership, finally becoming Cowle, Cartwright & Company, and later the Globe Iron Works.
In 1886 Mr. Cowle disposed of his interest in the establishment with the intention of retir- ing from active business; his energies rebelled
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against this inactivity, and as he was a stoek- holder in the Cleveland Dry Doek Company, he was made treasurer, the duties of this ollice taking up bis attentions. He assisted in the organization of the Aetna Iron Nail Company, and was one of the founders of the Globe Ship- building Company, which firm built the steamer Anoko in 1882, the largest iron steamer on the lakes at that time.
In 1851, Mr. Cowle was united in marriage to Catherine Gillette, of Littleport, Cambridge- shire, England. They are the parents of seven children, two of whom are living: Alice, the wife of W. E. Perkins, of the Purdy Me Niet Lum- ber Company, and Catherine, the younger, who is at home. Mr. Cowle has. been a member of the 1. O. O. F., Erie Lodge, No. 27, having united with that fraternity in 1844, when under twenty-one years of age, a special dispensation being seenred from the Grand Lodge. For many years, he was one of the most active workers, passing all the chairs of the subordinate lodge and of the encampment. When the 1. O. O. F. IIall was erected on the West Side he aided this enterprise by a subscription of $4,000. Mr. Cowle has long been a prominent member of St. John's Episcopal Church, and held the office as Treasurer for a number of years. lle is well known among all vessel owners and business men.
D R. J. G. COLEMAN .- To the weak the vicissitudes of fortune may bring defeat and despair, but to the brave Destiny herself must sometimes yield. Born in the city of New York, April 19, 1819, Dr. J. G. Cole- man began a career that has been marked by almost all the fluctuations incident to the lot of man. At the age of seven years he was left an orphan, and during the five years following he was sheltered in the orphan asylum founded by the widow of Alexander Hamilton. At the end of this time he went out into the world and for nine years lived at Clarkstown, New York, in the
home of Dr. John Polhamns. Here he recov- ered from the shock of diseases incident to child- hood, blindness and St. Anthony's fire, but so dwarfed he never weighed over 120 pounds till past twenty-one. His studies were the moth- er's catechism, the New Testament and arith- metie. Dr. Polhamns was a practicing physi- cian, but he also owned and operated a mill and superintended the cultivation of a large traet of land. Young Coleman divided his time between mechanics and agriculture, and at the age of fifteen years carried the briek and mor- tar necessary to keep five masons employed. This unquestionably laid the foundation for his lameness. A wall fell with him while tearing down an old stone house, erushing two fingers of his left hand and the tibia bone of his left leg. Then there was the excessive work of car- rying the bricks and mortar. Ilis left leg ear- ried a bad sore for many years and a sear since, and a weakness and pain in both knees, which physicians could not enre, and compelled him to seek relief in study and teaching for a live- lihood. At the age of seventeen years he had assumed the management of the farm belong- ing to Dr. Polhamus, continuing his residence with the Doctor until he had attained his major- ity. Ile afterward was engaged in the con- struction of docks along the East and North rivers, and the following antminn went to west- ern New York, where he devoted his energies to mastering the mason's trade. In this ocen- pation he met some serious accidents which erippled him for a time. In November, 1842, he was eanght in the tide of emigration which was then moving slowly but steadily to the West, and crossing the lakes came to Ohio. Ile worked at his trade at different places and was also employed in the potash works north of the center of Chardon, his wages being increased each month.
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