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Thomas J. McDonough,
Superintendent of the Bridge Department, of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company, and Councilman of the Third Ward, of the city of Lancaster, since 1896, was born on the 18th of June, 1856, in Marietta, Ohio. His immediate ancestors were Laurence and Ann Stankard McDonough, both of whom were natives of Galway County, Ireland, emigrating to the United States in 1848. The family settled in Marietta, where the father became a contractor on the Memphis & Cincinnati Railroad, which afterwards was a part of the B. & O. Railroad. Mr. McDonough received a common and parochial school education. After leaving school he began to learn the carpenters' trade under direction of an elder brother, Michael, in Marietta. When he had mastered his trade Mr. McDonough removed to Craw- fordsville, Ind., where he remained working as a carpenter for two years. In the year of 1881 he settled in the city of Lancaster, entering the employ of the Hocking Valley Railroad as a bridge carpenter. He was soon advanced to the position of foreman and finally be- came Superintendent of the Bridge Department of that railroad, having charge of this branch of work along their various lines. The advance of Mr. McDonough from a laboring man to the position of trust which he now holds is a high tribute for his mental equipment, con- scientiousness and executive abilities. He possesses all the practical knowledge necessary for the discharge of his enormous duties. In political belief he is a Democrat, and was hon- ored by his party in 1896 with the nomination for City Council, to represent the Third Ward of his home city in that body. Since that time he has continuously held that position of honor, and since 1903, after the new code of the municipalities of Ohio took effect, he is President of Council. Another position of trust which he has held was President of the City Library. In 1885 he was united in marriage to Miss Clara Zink, a well-known lady of Lan- caster, and by that union he has one son living, George Harold McDonough.
Albert Carlile,
Mayor of the city of Salem, Ohio is a native of that city, and was born on the Ist of January, 1846. His parents were James and Elizabeth McDevitt Carlile, both of whom were born in Ohio. After having received his education in the public schools of Salem he started in active life at the age of 21 as a com- mercial salesman, which occupation he fol- lowed from 1867 to 1892, later engaging in the wholesale grocery business. "Al" Carlile, as he is familiarly known by his friends, is a man of broad human sympathies, of a kindly and jovial nature, as the following extract from John Splan's book, "Life With the Trotters" (1889), will show. It should be mentioned here that M'r. Carlile was for eighteen years prominently identified with the turf. "As a merchant Al Carlile has proved himself a man of rare abil- ity. Very temperate in habits, never having smoked a cigar or taken a drink of liquor under any circumstances, always ready to back his
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opinion with his money, on anything from the Presidential election to a hundred yard foot race. As a friend he is true blue, as many a man on the turf today has reason to know from the fact that at some time during his career Al Carlile has bridged him over a financial dif- ficulty." Becoming early in life interested in the political affairs of the country, he soon attracted the attention of the leaders of the Democratic party, to which organization he became allied. As a Democrat he is of the school of Jefferson, Tilden, Thurman, Grover Cleveland and Alton B. Parker. In 1892 Mr. Carlile was appointed by President Cleveland Inspector of Furniture and Furnishings for all United States buildings, under the control of the United States Treasury, serving from 1892 to 1898. The honorable position he now holds, as Mayor of Salem, is the only elective office held by him. Mr. Carlile is a veteran of the Civil War and saw three years active service ; he was a member of Company D, of the Nine- teenth O. V. I. Upon two occasions Captain Thomas Stackpole was honored with tem- porary detail by General George H. Thomas and General William S. Rosecrans for special services rendered by his chief clerk, Al Carlile in issuing rations to his commands on the battle fields of Stone River and Chickamauga. He is a member of but two organizations, the Eagles and the G. A. R., outside of belonging to the International Brotherhood of Con- firmed Bachelors. His office is at the City Hall at Salem, and his residence is located at 347 Lincoln avenue, of that city.
M. E. Moch,
Senior member of the Cincinnati firm of Moch, Berman & Company, the celebrated manufacturers of "Wellworth" clothing, is one of the most progressive and popular busi- ness men of the Queen City. He is a native of the city mentioned above, and was born on the first of January, 1855. He has spent all his life in the business in which he is engaged, and is looked upon as an authority in all matters pertaining to the clothing business. In the year of 1880 Mr. M. E. Moch organized the firm which bears his name. Largely through his ability the concern has flourished, until today it stands foremost in all similar insti- tutions of the country. Notwithstanding the large mercantile interests with which he is con- nected, Mr. Moch has identified himself with many of the leading charities and benevolent institutions of his home city. He is promi- nently connected with the Jewish Hospital and is a director of the same, and also occupies M. E. MOCH the same position with the Home for the Jew- ish Aged and Infirm. He is Vice President of the National Automatic Fire Alarm Company, of Cincinnati; Vice President of the Cin- cinnati Trust Company, director of the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company, and a director of the Citizens' National Bank. Mr. Moch is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and of the Elks. He is also a member of the Business Men's and Phoenix Club, a Royal Arch Mason, and a director of the Wholesale Clothers' Association of Cincinnati.
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Albert Moch,
Of the firm of Moch, Berman & Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, manufacturers of the cele- brated "Wellworth" Clothing, was born on the 2nd of March, 1856, in the city in which he has been actively engaged in business all his life. He is the son of Mr. Elias Moch, one of the pioneers and well-known business men of the Queen City. Mr. Moch received a careful edu- cation in the schools of his home city. After finishing his studies he became identified with the clothing interests of Cincinnati. He is a man of splendid physique, most affable in man- ner, highly qualified in business matters with keen executive abilities, and is one who makes and keeps the friendship of all those who come into personal contact with him. Mr Moch is a man of natural benevolent disposition, he is active in the charitable institutions of his native city, and is particularly connected with the Jewish charities of Cincinnati. He is a ALBERT MOCH Trustee of the Plum Street Temple, one of the foremost Synagogues in the United States. Socially, Mr. Moch is a prominent member and recognized leader in all the influential clubs of this city. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and a Royal Arch Mason. His offices are located in the splendid new edifice erected by his firm in 1901 at the corner of Elm and McFarland streets, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Alexis Cope,
Who occupied the position of Secretary of the Ohio State University from 1884 to 1904, is a man of high mental attainments and well and favorably known in educational circles all throughout the State. He is a native of Ohio, born on the 27th of June, 1841, at Colerain, Belmont County. His parents were Caleb H. and Mildred R. Fowler-Cope. Mr. Cope attended the public schools of his home district, after which he entered Hopedale Normal Institute. The outbreak of the Civil War interrupted Mr. Cope's studies. When President Lincoln issued his first call for volunteers, Mr. Cope was among the first who offered their services to their country, and on the 22nd of April, 1861, he enlisted as private in the Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment for a term of three months. He served in the Rosecrans campaign in West Virginia, and at the expiration of his term re-enlisted in the fall of 1861 as a private in the Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. For gallant and meritorious service he was promoted from private to Captain, and served in the Army of the Cumberland until the Ist of January, 1866, when he obtained an honorable discharge. During a part of his serv- ice he was Adjutant of his regiment, Adjutant General of the brigade and division, and Division Inspector General. After his return from the war Captain Cope took up the prac- tice of law, and in September, 1866, he was admitted to the bar. Captain Cope is a life-long Republican. In the year 1873 Captain Cope was appointed Internal Revenue Collector for the Sixteenth Ohio District by President Grant, and from 1877 to 1883 he was Chief Clerk to the Secretary of State. He accepted the position of Secretary of the Ohio State University in
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1884, and during the following two decades he was of inestimable value to that institution, owing to his executive ability and careful training. Socially, Captain Cope is a member of the Loyal Legion, the Army of the Cumberland and the Columbus Board of Trade. He was married on the 22nd of October, 1868, to Miss Ione Lewis, of St. Clairsville, Ohio. His residence is in Columbus, Ohio.
Amor Smith, Jr.,
Manufacturer, twenty-first Mayor of Cincin- nati, was born at Dayton, Ohio, October 22, 1840, son of Amor and Sarah (Spencer) Smith. His mother was the daughter of Jeremiah and Anna (Hobson) Spencer, who came from Hull, England, in 1816. The first paternal ancestor in America was John Smith.
Amor Smith, Jr., received his early educa- tion at Cincinnati, where his parents located when he was 7 years old. . After attending the common schools and Herson's Private School, he entered the Swedenborgian University, Urbana, Ohio, in 1857. In 1865 be be- came a partner with his father in the manufacture of candles, soap and fertilizers. This business was founded in 1840 at Dayton, Ohio, by his father, who invented a wheel for reducing cracklings, a press plate for extract- ing lard and tallow from cracklings and a per- AMOR SMITH, JR. forated dryer for the manufacture of ammoni- cal matter. It was later carried on at Cincin- nati, Ohio, under the name of Amor Smitl:, until 1866, and thereafter as Amor Smith & Company. In 1868 a branch was established in Baltimore, Md., under the name of Amor Smith & Sons, the other partners being his father and his brother, Leander Smith. This they sold to Gilpin & Moores, of that city, in 1894. In 1870 Mr. Smith was elected a mem- ber of the Board of Aldermen, of Cincinnati, and Chairman of the Street Committee, and by virtue of that office he became a member of the Board of City Commissioners. In 1876 he served as Chairman of the Campaign Committee of the $6,000,000 bond issue voted to build the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, the greatest railroad enterprise ever projected by a single city, and in 1878 had charge of a second loan of $2,000,000. Always an active partisan, his ability as an organizer was recognized by his election as Chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Executive Committee in 1875. That year he carried the county for the whole Republican ticket in face of the Democratic supremacy of the five previous years. President Hayes appointed him Collector of the First Internal Revenue District of Ohio on June 8, 1878, and he served three and a half years, handling $12,000,000 per annum without discrep- ancy. Relieved of his official duties, Mr. Smith resumed his position as an active member of his father's two firms, enjoying the respect and confidence of the business community. In 1880 he served on the committee which negotiated the purchase of the old Government Building in Cincinnati for the uses of the Chamber of Commerce, they paying the Government $100,000. In 1882 he was nominated for Congress, and in 1884 was chosen a delegate to the
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National Republican Convention. Mr. Smith was elected Mayor of Cincinnati in 1885, re- elected in 1887, he having established himself as a safe leader through his wise counsel and unerring judgment. The elements that have made him successful in his business career were exactly calculated to fit him for the many positions he has held in City, County, State and Federal affairs. His sincerity can not be questioned, for he has been absolutely fair with all interests committed to his keeping. He came into office when the municipal affairs were in a state of confusion, and, in some departments, it was the least of the shortcomings. Under his management the city became a model municipality, the result of his common sense methods and straightforward execution of his duties. In the year 1886, as Chairman of the Board of Revision, the "rottenness" of the City Infirmary was brought to light, and the guilty parties prosecuted. During his administration he served as Chairman of the Advis- ory Committee on specifications, an adjunct to the Board of Public Works in the matter of expending $4,000,000 in improving the streets of Cincinnati When the Board of Public Works was superceded by the Board of Public Affairs, the Advisory Committee ceased to exist, its work was practically done as the streets of the city bear eloquent testimony today to the care and thoughfulness with which this committee served wholly without pay. In the spring of 1886 occurred one of those crises which come to every large American city now and then labor troubles broke out in Cincinnati, as they did in St. Louis, Milwaukee, Chi- cago and elsewhere. That the scenes of those cities were not duplicated was due to the cool head and indomitable will of its Mayor. Just two years previous Cincinnati had marveled at the phenomenon of a mob in her streets, the memory of which had been made perpetual by the loss of more than a million dollars to the taxpayers, with the consequent incalculable damages through the burning of her Courthouse. Therefore, conservative citizens may be pardoned for fearing that Cincinnati might furnish a companion picture to the scenes in the Haymarket of Chicago. The freight handlers of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Rail- road, numbering three hundred, "struck" for increased wages. They marched in a body from the Western, to the Miami Railroad, in the Eastern part of the city, intending to force the men of that road to join them. However, they were intercepted by Colonel Arthur Moore and sixty police officers, who forced the strikers to retire. The strikers then drove the men who were laying the new streets from their work, and the contractors were compelled to call upon the Mayor for protection. The Mayor then issued a proclamation assuring protection to all who would resume work. This was followed by a visit from two delegates sent by the strikers to protest against this action, assuring him, if he persisted, that "bloodshed" would follow. He replied : "If you start it, I will end it, for I am ready." Mayor Smith and Colonel Suttin (in charge of the U. S. Subtreasury) then sent a joint dispatch to the Secre- tary of War asking for military protection. Colonel Aufley, of the United States Army, with 250 men, were ordered from Columbus to Cincinnati. Governor Foraker ordered Adjutant Gen- eral Axline, with five regiments, to also report to that city. There were then thirty thousand men on a strike, and the factories were empty. Everything was apparently quiet, but it was felt that the situation was worthy of the gravest consideration. The troops were not called to put down a mob or quell a riot, but as a preventative. This action was denounced by the more turbulent element. The Mayor then called a meeting, through the press, of all the representatives of the various labor organizations engaged in the strike. This meeting was duly held, Mayor Smith presiding, and James N. Morely, of the strikers, acting as Sec- retary. The situation was fully and amicably discussed. Mayor Smith took the ground that the differences between the strikers and their employers were matters to be settled between themselves, but a breach of the peace was a matter in which it became the duty
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of the authorities to interpose in the interest of law and order. That, he promised emphati- cally, would be done, and there was no mistaking the firmness of his intention. There was no occasion, however, in which to test his power and disposition. That an ounce of pre- vention its worth a pound of cure was readily conceded with a glance at the then rebuilding Courthouse. In March, 1886, the bill creating the non-partisan police force for Cincinnati passed the General Assembly of Ohio. It placed the Mayor at the head of the Police Depart- ment, and it fell upon him to nominate the Superintendent, as well as applicants to the force, subject to confirmation by the Board of Police Commissioners. In the winter of the follow- ing year the Governor, by an act of the Legislature, appointed a Board of Water Works Commissioners, authorized in statute in 1888 (See Ohio laws, vol. 85, p. 53), to examine into the complaints regarding the water supply of the city and the confessedly great difficulty to remedy the matter. Of this commission Mayor Smith was chosen President. In 1898-99 he was a member of the Board of City Affairs, and during 1889-94 was Surveyor of Customs at the port of Cincinnati, to which office he was re-appointed March 16, 1903, for a term of four years.
Mr. Smith is a Scotish Rite thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Syrian Shrine, Young Men's Blaine Club, Stamina Republican League, Order of Itan-nic-nics and Exalted Ruler of the Order of Elks. He was married May 27, 1863, to Mary Jane, daugh- ter of Henry Kessler, of Cincinnati. She died in Baltimore, Md., Thanksgiving Day, 1873. Mr. Smith having moved to that place for a short time. August 3, 1887, he married Ida Sen- nett, daughter of Abner H. and Amelia (Tuesdale) Sennett, and, on her mother's side, a descendant of Peter Brown, of the Mayflower. Mr. Smith has two sons and a daughter by his first wife.
E. S. Willard,
Of Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 3Ist of August, 1849. His father having died when Mr. Willard was but four months old, he was reared in the home of his stepfather, Orin B. Gould, of Scioto County, Ohio. Mr. Willard received a thorough education in some of the best schools of the State and the East. After finishing his education he embarked in the iron business, a knowledge of which he had acquired from Mr. Gould, who was one of the pioneer iron men of Southern Ohio. In 1873 Mr. Willard came to what is now Wellston, at that time consisting of but one house, owned and occupied by H. S. Bundy, and here he erected the Milton furnace for the manufacture of pig iron, at the same time establishing a large coal industry, he being the first operator in the field who produced coal to ship. From that beginning has resulted the Jackson and Wellston coal field, which has attained an extensive reputation. In 1887 he disposed of his interests in the iron industry, confining his time and attention to the coal trade, and became connected with the Superior Coal Company, the largest concern in the Jackson and Wells- ton field, besides which he holds large interests in several other companies of a similar nature. In 1898 Mr. Willard again became identified with the iron industry, when, in company with Mr. Cluftts, he became the owner of the Wellston Iron and Steel Company. The growth of Wellston from a single house to a substantial city with a population of 10,000 people, has been watched by Mr. Willard with absorbing interest, and its development and progress have been largely due to his ceaseless energy and unselfish ambition in advancing its welfare. He has closely identified himself with every industry inaugurated in that city from the time of its first inception up to the present moment. Among the other enterprises he has fathered is the First National Bank, of which he is President. Mr. Willard is a Republican and cast his first ballot for General Grant in 1872, since which time he has been a leader of his party
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in his section of the State. He has attended many of the State, Congressional and District Conventions, and, in 1896, was appointed an Alternate to the National Convention, held in St. Louis, Mo. In his home county and city Mr. Willard takes a particular interest in its political life, and for many years was a member of the Wellston City Council, during a part of which time he was the only Republican on that board. He is a man of great business ability, broad-minded and unassuming, and one who has done more practical good for Wells- ton than any other man.
Carl Ludwig Mueller, M. D.,
Is a man well and favorably known in the western part of Ohio, where he is located in the pretty little city of Wapakoneta, Auglaize County.
Dr. Mueller is a native of Germany, and was reared and educated in his native land. After graduating from one of the leading classi- cal schools of the Fatherland, he pursued the study of medicine at the Universities of Munich and Marburg, where he received his diploma as a physician in December, 1888.
After spending several years as assistant surgeon in hospitals, Dr. Mueller accepted a position as surgeon on a steamer and visited, in this capacity, nearly every known country of the globe. In 1893 he settled in Wapakoneta and took up the practice of his profession in that city. He soon became recognized as one of the leading physicians in that part of Ohio and obtained a large and lucative practice.
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On the 15th of March, 1898, shortly before the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Dr. Mueller became connected with the National Guard of Ohio as Captain and Assistant Surgeon of the Second Ohio Regiment. On the 10th of May, 1898, he was mustered into the United States service in the same capacity, and went with his regiment to Chickamauga Park. In July he was transferred from his regiment to the Reserve Hospital of the First Army Corps, which was under orders to go to Porto Rico. He served in Porto Rico as Executive Officer of the General Hospital in Ponce and afterward in the same capacity at the Division Hospital at Coamo, where he remained until ordered to return to the United States. On the 10th of February, 1899, he was mustered out of the United States service, and obtained also an honorable discharge from the O. N. G. He has been at several times offered a position in the Philippines, but he preferred to stay in the United States.
The Doctor is very popular in his home county, and a factor in local politics. He is an active member in Masonic and Pythian circles, and belongs also to the Society of the Porto Rican Expedition, Naval and Military Order of the Spanish War, and the United Spanish War Veterans. He is very prominent in the latter society, having been elected to the office of Department Commander of Ohio. The prosperous condition of the Department of Ohio is largely due to his efforts. He lives with his wife and family in Wapakoneta, where he is surrounded by a host of friends.
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Leo Ebert,
A prominent brewer, of Ironton, Ohio, and one of the most popular citizens of that thriving community, was born on the 28th of June, 1837, at Klingenberg, Bavaria, near the city of Frankfort. His parents were John Anton and Barbara Kreutzmann. Mr. Ebert is the scion of a family of brewers, his father and forbears having been engaged in that art for a number of generations. Mr. Ebert was the eldest of four children, and was educated in the schools of his home, until he had reached the age of twelve, when he was placed by his father in the brewery to be initiated into the mysteries of brewing. For several years he studied this business in Mannheim, Bremen and other places ; then he went home and stood his chances in the conscription for the army. Drawing, however, a high number, he got off. At the age of twenty-one, Mr. Ebert was united in marriage to Mathilda Uihlein, and emigrated to the United States, in 1859. Landing in New York, he worked for nine months at his business, and then came to Cincinnati. Not being able to find immediate employment in his trade, he was compelled to work one sum- mer in a brick yard. Afterwards he obtained a place in a brewery, starting as a laborer in two months' time he was made foreman. For sixteen months he held this position in Cincin- nati, when he removed to Ironton in 1861, and established a brewery in that city. From this time his success has been steady and rapid. He is interested financially in several other local enterprises, and is looked upon as one of the leading citizens in his part of the State. Orig- inally Mr. Ebert was a Republican, but in 1872 became affiliated with the Democratic party, LEO EBERT to which body he has belonged ever since that day, always taking an active part in the coun- cils of his party, as well as on the stump during numerous campaigns. For seventeen years he has held public offices in his home city, as Councilman, member of the School Board and member of the Board of Health. Twice he has been honored by his party with the nom- ination for Congress, and while he was defeated, owing to the large Republican majorities in his Congressional district, he brought out the full vote of his party and greatly reduced the natural majority of his opponent. Mr. Ebert is a self-made man in the fullest meaning of the word, and his career has been mapped out and completed by his own unaided efforts. He is a man of commanding appearance, broad human sympathies, brilliant intellect and generous to a fault. He is a splendid conversationalist, and has a remarkable gift as an orator. For eight years he was President of the Ohio Brewers' Association, and for two years President of the National body. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Elks and K. of P. His family consists of his wife, five daughters and one son, Otto, who follows in his father's footsteps, having thoroughly acquired the knowledge of brewing, and has practical charge of his father's brewery.
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