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Dr. Haydn has all his life taken an especial interest in the young people of the Church. 1893 he published a book entitled " Brighten- ing the World." This volume is dedicated to the Christian Endeavor societies, the Epworth and Westminster Leagues, Student Volunteers, and similar organizations of young people. In the seventies he published " Lay Effort," especially addressed to the young men of the Christian Associations. In 1879 the Fletcher prize essay on Amusements was written and
published; later, a booklet-The Blessed Man. He received the title of D. D. from Wooster University; of LL. D. from both Amherst and Marietta Colleges.
In May, 1861, Dr. Haydn was married to Miss Elizabeth B. Coit, of Norwich, Connecticut, and a daughter of Daniel and Harriott Coit. She died leaving an only child, Elizabeth, now the wife of E. W. Haines, of Cleveland. llis second marriage was to Sarah 1. Merriman, of Meriden, Connecticut, a daugh- ter of Howell Merriman, the date of their marriage being January, 1861. They have three children: Charles R., Howell M. and Ruth E.
F RED SAAL, County Recorder For Cuya- hoga connty, was elected to that oflice as a Republican candidate, in November, 1891, and January 1, 1892, took charge of the ollice for a term of three years, Mr. Saal is rather a young man, but is, nevertheless, pos- sessed of good business qualities and is well fitted for the public trust he holds. In 1890 he was appointed on the Board of Equalization, and was serving ou that board when he was elected County Recorder,
Mr. Saal was born in Cleveland, September 10, 1859, son of George and Barbara (Orth) Saal. His parents were born in Langtield, Ger- many. They were married in Cleveland, he having come to the United States and to Cleve- land in 1852, and she in 1853. The father died in 1884, aged fifty-one years. Ile was one of the first police commissioners elected in Cleve- land, and served as such for six years.
He was a stanch Republican in politics, and a well-known and respected man. For many years he merchandised in Cleveland, being first a grocer and confectioner, then a hard ware dealer. Ilis son, whose name forms the caption of this article, was given a common-school education and was brought up in the store of his father, thus gaining carly in life a business experience. lle was associated with his father in the grocery
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and confectionery business up to the year 1875, when they sold their business interest and re- inoved on to a farm on the West Side of Cleve- land. Subsequently they again embarked in mercantile pursuits, opening a hardware store at 313 to 317 Detroit street, under the firm name of George Saal & Son. Upon the death of the senior Saal in 1884, the son succeeded to the business and continued the same till elected County Recorder in November, 1891, when he sold the business he had so successfully con- dueted.
In December, 1881, Mr. Saal was married to Florence Jackson, of Cleveland. A son and daughter are the happy issue of the marriage.
Mr. Saal is a Knight-Templar Mason, and is one of the most popular young men of the city and county.
A II. SHUNK, Superintendent of the Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, of Cleveland, was born in Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio, October 24, 1834, a son of John Shunk. The latter was born in Maryland in 1797, came to Ohio in 1833, and his death occurred at Cardington, this state, in in 1862. He married Rebecca Wolf, a native of Union Bridge, Maryland, and they had the following children: Edwin, a retired farmer of Delaware county, Ohio; Aborilla, widow of llenry Bailey, and a resident of Marysville, Ohio; Mary E., widow of Mr. Badger, resides in this city; Susan E., widow of Mr. Nicholas; Thomas E., served as First Lieutenant of the Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in Louisiana, during General Banks' Red river campaign; Anna M., of Marysville, Ohio, is widow of Dr. Mills; James G., deceased at Nor- walk, this State, in 1892; and A. II., our subject. The Shunk family are of German origin. Three brothers of that name emigrated to America, locating in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Canada, and one of the brothers was the grandfather of our subject.
A. II. Shunk was taken by his parents to Cardington, Ohio, in his youth, where he obtained the foundation for a liberal English education. When the Cleveland & Columbus Railroad was built to this city, his father reveived the position of station agent, and when the latter was elected auditor of the county, our subject was appointed to succeed him as agent. He performed the duties of that office until 1870. Mr. Shunk then started on a western trip, for the benefit of lung trouble, and having friends in Kansas, went to that Stato. Ile went from Ottawa, then the terminus of the old L., 1. & G. Railroad, to Tola by stage, a distance of fifty miles, and found his friend at a rude western village called Geneva. After visiting there a few days, Mr. Shunk crossed the prairie on horseback to visit another old Ohio neighbor, expecting to return to Ottawa in a few days and continue his journey westward to California. While on his way to his friend he chanced to pass a strikingly beautiful grove of young walnut timber on a small creek. On the following day his friend suggested they look at a claim in the neighborhood, which happened to be the same walnut-grove farm. Mr. Shouk was asked to make a bid on the place, which he did reluctantly, not caring to own real estate there, offering about one-half of the owner's price. The next morning the pioneer settler notified Mr. Shunk that he had bought a farm. He then decided to locate there, returned to Geneva for a yoke of oxen, two pigs and house- hold goods, and on the return trip he was obliged to camp out during the night. He remained in Kansas about three years, and during that time grew decidedly better of his lung trouble. Ile then returned to Cleveland, Ohio, for medical treatment, and soon afterward received the appointment of superintendent of the Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum.
In this institution Mr. Shunk met a lady who had given three years of her life to the care of the motherless and friendless children. She was a daughter of Judge Warren, of Warrens- ville. In April, 1873, they were married, and
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their history since that time has been identical with that of the grand institution over which they preside. In her address accepting the new building, the venerable president of the board of managers, Mrs B. Rouse, said: " It is, but. justice to our valued superintendent and matron to make mention here of their marked ability and faithfulness. Their love to the children is as near parental as possible. They give them the most tender care, especially in sickness, and as a board we tender them most cheerfully our confidence, regard and sympathy in all their varied and responsible duties.
D R. F. II. BARR, physician and surgeon, corner of Wood avenue and Wilson street, Cleveland, Ohio, has been identified with the medical profession of this city for a quarter of a century. As one of Cleveland's eminent physicians, a sketch of his life will be of inter- est to many, and is herewith presented:
Dr. F. Il. Barr was born in Tomkins county, New York, January 11, 1849, son of Dr. D. T. and Harriet (Blake) Barr, both natives of the Empire State. For nearly fifty years his father has conducted a successful practice throughout central New York, from Anburn to Ithaca, and is well known and highly respected. Now in his eighty-second year, he is still quite vigorons and is frequently called in consultation. For a number of years he has made his home with his son, Dr. W. HI. Barr, who is following in the footsteps of his honored father and who has al- ready gained an enviable reputation throughout his native State, where he has traveled, making surgery a specialty. The mother of our subject died in 1872, aged fifty-two years. She was a woman of many estimable qualities, and the sweetest of Christian graces were hers. Like her husband, she was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was leader of the choir for half a century, and, indeed, he and his wife have been leaders in all that is good and noble. Their family is composed of
four sons and one daughter, the subject of our sketch being the second son. David, the oklest, has been in the hardware business the past thirty years, having had as a partner for the last fifteen years his youngest brother, Fred, their business being conducted under the firm name of The Barr Bros., Ithaca, New York. Dr. William II. Barr, who has already been alluded to, the own- er of Ladoga Park, New York, is in partner- ship with his father, and has a most extensive practice in his profession. Myra W., the only danghter in this family, is married, and her husband has been connected with the United States Express Company in an official way for more than thirty years.
Dr. F. II. Barr received his education in the the Ithaca Academy, State University of Mich- igan (medical department) and the Cleveland Medical College, being a graduate at the latter with the class of 1871. Ile at first read medicine under his father's instructions, and afterward in the office of Drs. Beckwith & Brown, of Cleve- land. As above stated, he has been engaged in the practice of his profession here for twenty- five years, and his career has been one of emi- nent success. He is a frequent contributor to various medical journals; was lecturer on IIy- giene and Sanitary Science in the Cleveland Medical College for some time, and is still con- neeted with that institution. Ile is also phy- sician for the Protestant Orphan Asylum of Cleveland.
Politically, the Doctor is a Republican. Fonr terms he served as a member of the City Coun- cil, from the Fourteenth ward, and was a mem - ber of the Republican Central Committee for three years. He belonged to the " Centennial City Council," which was composed of thirty- six members, there being eighteen wards in the city at that time. This council agreed to keep np a yearly meeting until the last member should come alone, and those meetings have been held annually ever since 1876. At this writing about half of their number have been called to the Council on the other shore. The late Judge Sherwood was the youngest of the
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thirty-six, and the subject of our sketch comes next. Fraternally, the Doctor is identified with the I. O. O. F. Both he and his wife are mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Barr was married in 1872 to Miss Fran- ces Wooldridge, daughter of Richard Wool- dridge, of Cleveland. They have three sons and one daughter,- Frank, Harry, David W. and Marguerite.
N S. AMSTUTZ .- There is probably no field of human achievement in which more rapid and brilliant progress has been made within the past two decades than in the line of art and mechanical depicture. From the ernde and ineffective drawings that formerly were utilized in the illustrating of the leading periodicals of the day has sprung forth an art which causes its prototype to pale into almost ludicrous insignificance. The illustra- tions appearing in our periodieals at the present time are marvels of beauty and perfect fidelity, while from one or two primitive processes have been evolved a full score of methods, each of which may justly claim precedence in certain lines. Of course this improvement has had an equally marked influence outside of the one province to which reference has here been made.
The subject of this sketch, who is widely recognized as an artist draftsman of unmistak- able talent, is now a resident of Cleveland, the scene of his nativity having been a farmstead in Wayne county, Ohio, where his father, John Amstutz, was a prominent and highly esteemed eitizen. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Fannie Steiner. Mr. and Mrs. John Amstutz were the parents of seven children, of whom four are now living.
N. S. Amstutz received a fair common-school education and early in life became a mechanical draftsman, which occupation he followed snecessfully for five years. He then gave his attention to the profession of a patent solicitor, and while thus engaged his interest in electrical
work was enlisted. He also gave special atten- tion in an incidental way to telegraphie and telephonic work as well as scientific photography, Ile made quite a number of experiments in the reproduction of photographs, and the results at- tained were very gratifying. His method of reproduction was by the use of gelatine, and in this line he discovered an improved procces of transmitting a photograph. To make a practi- cal application of the results of his experiment- ation he gradually became interested in the engraving business, and by his productions in this line he has gained considerable distinction.
Mr. Amstutz's residence in Cleveland dates back from the year 1883, and among the artist draftsmen of the eity there are none more thor- oughly qualified for the execution of work in the line of the profession than is he. It is gen- erally coneeded that the gentleman well merits the distinguished success that has attended his efforts, for the former is the diametrical result of the latter as applied with careful study and perfeet familiarity with all the details of the work. As a draftsman he stands pre-eminent, and as an artist in his partienlar line he is un- excelled. Ile was for some time the special artist of that excellent publication, the New York Daily Graphie, whose only fault, resulting in the failure of the venture, was that it was ahead _ of the times in its methods and aims. Mr. Am- stutz's work in the connection elicited much attention and met with the highest endorsement. Maintaining an office at 506 Cuyahoga Build- ing, he makes a specialty of Patent Office draw- ing for photo and wood engraving, bird's-eye views, mechanical depietures and scenery. Ilis drawings of complicated machinery and his fa- eility of execution in other exacting lines allied to this are so widely recognized that his services are in ready demand, -the most perfect evidence of appreciation.
In closing it will be apropos to eall attention to certain points by which our subject has gained partienlar distinetion in the several lines of work to which he has devoted himself. In the line of electrical appliances he has brought out an
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original idea in regard to the practical lighting of isolated buildings by the use of individual dynamos; in proseenting his experiments in photographie reproduction he discovered the method of substituting wax in the place of tin- foil; he has made a number of successful and valuable experiments in composite photography and in gelatine relief printing from photographie plates. Mr. Amstutz is young, ambitious and persevering, taking a keen interest in his work and ever aiming to improve upon results al- ready attained. Thus fortified, his success is bnt the legitimate outcome of his labors.
Hi VON. EDWIN TIMOTHY HAMILTON, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, was born in Newburg (now a part of the city of Cleveland), Ohio, July 13, 1830. His father, Justus Hamilton, was born in Mas- sachusetts, March 17, 1792, and died in New- burg township, Cuyahoga county, April 6, 1864. Ile was a son of Samuel Hamilton, one of the very first settlers of Cuyahoga county, migrat- ing from Massachusetts, his native State, in 1801, settling at Newburg. He was deseended from an old New England family which traced its lineage to a sturdy race from northern Ire- land. When his parents came to Ohio, Justns Ilamilton was a youth of nine years. Grow- ing to manhood, he married and settled down in life on a farm in Newburg township, where he lived for many years. Ile was a farmer by occupation, and as such he was very successful. He held several positions of honor and trust, serving for many years as magistrate in New- burg. He was esteemed for his striet character for probity, and bestowed great care upon the training of his family, inculcating their minds with loftiest and strictest ideas of honor and in- tegrity. Ile had a wife worthy of his good name and character. She was by maiden name Salinda Brainard, whom he married January 29, 1826. She was born in Connecticut, March 16, 1793, and died at Newburg, Ohio, September
8, 1859. She was a daughter of Amos and Rachel Brainard, and they were pioneer settlers of Cuyahoga county and were among that sturdy elass of settlers who came from New England. Tho Brainard family is descended from Daniel Brainard, who, when eight years of age, was brought to this country from England, and who became, in 1662, the largest landholder in Had- dam, Connecticut.
Unto Justus and Salinda Hamilton there were born three sons and one daughter; and of one of these sons, Edwin Timothy Hamilton, this personal mention is made.
Ile was brought up on a farm, receiving his early scholastic training in the public schools of Newburg, and was then sent to Allegheny College at Meadville, Pennsylvania. Leaving college in 1851, he took up the study of law under the guidance of Kelly, Bolton & Gris- wokl, then a very strong law firin of Cleveland. In the year 1854 he was admitted to the bar and in the same year went West, being admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Iowa. Lo- cating at Ottumwa, Iowa, he there took up the pretice of his profession. Six months later, on account of failing health, he returned to Cleve- land, and regaining good health he then resumed the practice and won an enviable reputation in a profession peculiarly suited to his tastes and character of mind.
In 1862, Mr. Hamilton enlisted in Company D of the Eighty-fourth Ohio Regiment, Vol- unteer Infantry. Serving four months, he re- turned home and resumed the practice of law.
In 1873, the town of Newburg, then the place of his residence, having been incorporated with the city of Cleveland, as the Eighteenth ward, he was one of two who were elected from that ward as members of the City Council. In 1875 he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. His career on the bench gave such universal satisfaction that he was honored with a re-election in 1880, and by two subse- quent elections ho has been kept on the bench, now serving his fourth term as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
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In politics, Judge Hamilton is a Republican, having been such from the organization of the party, though the etiquette, dignity and usefulness of his position on the bench forbid him taking active part in polities. Of Judge Ilamilton it may be said that be is a man with- out reproach, in both his private and public career. As a lawyer, he was of force and in- fluence at the bar. As a judge, he is fearless, l'air and strictly conscientious. He is of keen perception and insight, and is possessed of a clear and logical mind, thoroughly conversant with the law in all its bearings. He is a ripe scholar, possessed of a quiet dignity and com- manding presence.
February 10, 1863, Judge Hamilton was nnited in marriage with Mary E., the daughter of John and Mary Ann (Mason) Jones. In 1865, there was born unto the marriage a son, Walter J., a practicing attorney of Cleveland; and in 1866, a daughter, Florence A., was born.
H ENRY BORN, manager of the Born Steel Range and Manufacturing Con- pany, and one of the representative busi- ness men of Cleveland, was born in Bavaria, Germany, February 25, 1845, a son of Frederick and Johanna Born, natives also of that country,-the father born February 14, 1805, and the mother April 13, 1807. They emigrated to America in 1847, eoming direct to Cleveland, where the father embarked in the tin and stove business on Water street. The enter- prise grew in importance, and in 1852 Mr. Born made his son, C. P., his partner, the firm name becoming F. & C. P. Born. In 1859 the senior member of the firm retired from active labor, and removed to Liverpool, Medina county, Ohio. C. P. Born then continued the business alone until 1868, when his brothers, F. & II. Born, became his partners. Five years later F. & II. Born established a business of their own, with a capital stock of $6,000, which afterward be- came known as the Born Steel Range and Man-
ufacturing Company. The enterprise was in- corporated as a stock company in 1891, and during the same year F. Born died. Henry Born then became manager of the company, with F. C. Me Millin, of Cleveland, as president; A. M. Metheney, vice-president; and Charles B. Coon, secretary. The Born Steel Range and Manufacturing Company manufacture excellent ranges and furnnees, employ a large number of mechanics, and their goods are sold in all the principal cities of this conntry. The city of Galion donated land for their factory, which was erected at a cost of $40,000, and they em- ploy 135 laborers. The salesrooms and general office are located in Cleveland. Their ranges and urns were exhibited at the World's Co- Inmbian Exposition at Chicago, and were given the only medal awarded on the merits of ranges and urns. It is bnt just to claim that to the genins of Mr. Born is dne the excellency of the goods. ITe is the inventor and patentee of six different inventions on the steel ranges manu- factured by the company, and is also patentee of a coffee nrn. flis patents were sold for $30,000 to the company at the time of its or- ganization.
fleury Born is one of ten sons and daughters, two of whom died in infancy. The father de- parted this life in 1883, and the mother in 1885, aged seventy-eight and seventy-nine years re- spectively. Their son, C. P. Born, died in 1879. ITe is still remembered in Cleveland as an active and successful business man and a representative citizen. Frederick Born died in 1891, after having achieved an enviable reputa- tion as a business man. William Born enlisted in the United States army, and while serving in the defense of his country died of yellow fever at Galveston, Texas, in 1865; Mary, a sister, married Henry Schneider, of Glenville, Ohio; Frederica is the wife of William Schweitzer, of Chicago; and Minnie is the wife of William Helbiek of Cleveland.
Henry Born, our subject, attended the schools of this city until thirteen years of age. Ile then learned the tinuer's trade from his father,
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engaged in that occupation eight years, and was then a salesman for his brother until engaging in his present business. October 25, 1879, Mr. Born was united in marriage with Louisa B. Cook, a daughter of George and Louise Cook, of German origin. To this union has been added two children, -- Henry, born No- vomber 2, 1880; and Louisa, born May 13, 1884. In his social relations, Mr. Born is a Knight Templar, and a member of the Knights of Pythias. Politieally, he affiliates with the Republican party.
F O. SPENCER .- On the 14th day of May, 1859, in the city of Cleveland, was born the subject of this sketch. Mr. Spencer is a son of Albert K. and Charlotte M. (Polley) Spencer. He attended the public schools of the city and graduated from the Central High School in 1876. lle then went to Yale College, from which college he graduated in 1880. During vacations in the meantime he remained in the bank with his father, and after his graduation he entered the First National Bank, where he was engaged for one year, at the close of which he entered the law office of Judge Baldwin, of this city, under whose guidance he took up the study of law, at which he continued for one year. He then became interested as an investor in the Leader Sewing Machine Company, of which he became secretary, remaining as such for two years. Then selling out his interest he engaged in the commission business, dealing in stocks and bonds, with success, covering a pe- riod of seven years. In 1887 he was elected to the City Council, as a member of which body he served for four years, being twice elected president of the Council, being the youngest man who had ever shared that honor in the city of Cleveland. His success in private affairs and the popularity of his public services were such as made him a proper candidate for the legislature in 1801, in which year he was elected to the Seventieth General Assembly of the State
of Ohio, as a member of the Senate. Ife at once took an active and prominent part in the deliberations of that body, becoming chairman of the committee on municipal affairs, the com- mittee being designated as No. 1, and its work in the main considered such as concerned the cities of Cincinnati and Cleveland. He was also a member of the committee on federal affairs, and became also chairman of the committee on penitentiary. Mr. Spencer is now a represent- ative of the Manhattan Life Insurance Com- pany, in which capacity he has already given evidence of ability and success.
Politically he has always been an ardent Re- publican. Fraternally he is a member of the order of Knights of P'ythias, belonging to Pearl Lodge, No. 123.
LOIN FOOTE was born in the city of Cleveland, in January, 1844. He was left an orphan at a very tender age and at that particular period in life where a youth needs the most and best of parental care. He obtained a decent education from the primary grades of the public school. Ile was thrown upon his own resources almost from the age of twelve years and turned his hand to any honest employment that would yield income sufficient to feed and clothe him. When the government at Washington was calling for soldiers to pre- serve the Union, Mr. Foote enlisted in Company C, Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, three months' men, and saw service in West Virginia at Clarksburg and Parkersburg, doing good duty. On the expiration of his term of enlist- ment, he returned to Cleveland, and engaged in railroad work, first on the Mahoning Division of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio, and later as fireman on the Cleveland, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad. In 1864, he came to the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company in the same capacity. In three years more he was promoted to be an engineer and since 1873 has been in the passenger service.
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