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EICHELBERGER, George Hamilton; lawyer; born, Urbana, O., Jan. 24, 1877; son of George M. and Emma Ring Eichelberger; educated, Ohio Weslyan University; married, New York City, Aug. 11, 18908; Frances Staunton Dodge; one daughter; United States Marshal at Shanghai, China, 1897-1900; since coming to Cleveland, connected with 5th Ohio Infantry as battalion adjt .; practiced law in Cleveland since 1901, (Reed & Eichelberger) ; Mason; member Union, Athletic, and Euclid Clubs. Recreation : Golf.
EICHHORN, Charles Henry; banker; born, Racine, Wis., Jan. 17, 1859; son of Jacob and Clara Elizabeth Behring Eichhorn; edu- cated, Cleveland public schools, graduated from West High, in 1879; married, Cleveland, June 27, 1894, Lulu J. Challacombe; one son, 9 years old; taught school Delray, Mich., 1879 to 1882; Cleveland public schools, 1882-1886; sec'y to supt. of Schools, 1886- 1892; sec'y The Brooklyn Building & Loan Ass'n Co., 1892 to
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present date; cashier The State Banking & Trust Co .; director The Masonic Temple Ass'n; 33rd° Mason; Past Grand Commander, Knight Templars of Ohio; 1st Lieut. Commander Lake Erie Con- sistory, S. P. R. S .; for nearly thirty years, active in Masonic affairs of the city and state.
EINSTEIN, Herman; merchant; born, Germany, May 14, 1855; educated in the public schools of Germany; came to this country in 1873, taking a business college course after his arrival; has been with the same firm since, first as clerk, bookkeeper, sales- man; in 1881, became a partner Ullman-Einstein Co .; 1904, the company was incorporated, and he was elected sec'y; in 1912, be- came pres. and treas. of company; director National Flue Cleaner Co .; treas. Mt. Siani Hospital; member Berai Barith Order, Cleve- land Chamber of Commerce; treas. Hebrew Loan Ass'n; member Federation of Jewish Charities; belongs to Excelsior Club and the 55th St. Temple.
EINSTEIN, Jacob Leopold; sec'y The Ullman-Einstein Co., born, Cleveland Aug. 16, 1876; educated in Cleveland public schools, Central High and Case School; married, Ruth P. Wiener, Cleveland, Oct. 21, 1903; issue, three children, Paul, Edith and Jane; member board of control National Wholesale Liquor Dealer's Association and board of governors Excelsior Club; trustee Ohio Wine and Spirit Association and Monteflor Home for the Old; member B. P. O. E., Excelsior and Oakwood Clubs.
EIRICK, William F .; born, Albany, N. Y., May 12, 1872; edu- cated in the Albany and New York City public schools; with an export commission house, Wall St., N. Y., for several years; came to Cleveland in 1890, and entered the live stock business; com- missioner of Cuyahoga county in 1903, youngest man ever elected to this position in the county; member Union, League, P. B. O. E., No. 18; treas. F. O. E., No. 125, 1902-1903; Republican; member Lutheran Church.
ELLIS, John Warfield; mfg. chemist; born, Princeton, Ill., Aug. 28, 1877; son of John and Ella H. Gary Ellis; educated at North- western University; married, Cleveland Oct. 18, 1909, Mildred L. Furness; one son, born Feb. 6, 1911; pres. and mgr. Prescott Chemical Co .; genl. mgr. Chemical Supply Co .; member Beta Theta Pi, Iris Lodge, F. & A. M., Webb Chapter, R. A. M., Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland Athletic and Euclid Clubs.
ELLSWORTH, Ralph H .; pres. The Arnold Wooden Ware Co .; born, Sept. 18, 1874, West Richfield, O .; high school and Spencerian Business College; married, Cleveland, Oct. 16, 1896, Emily H. Oviatt; traveling salesman Arnold Wooden Ware Co. eighteen years; elected pres. of company, 1911; member Chamber of Com- merce, Cleveland Commercial Travelers, Halcyon Lodge, F. & A. M .; Thatcher Chapter, Forest City Commandery, K. T.
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EMERMAN, Maxwell Vernon; attorney-at-law; born, Cleveland, Nov. 17, 1867; son of Benjamin and Lena Luntz Emerman; edu- cated, public schools, Central High School 1905, and University of Michigan, 1908, degree LL. B .; married, Baltimore Md., Nov. 3, 1912; member executive committee Progressive Republican party, Cuyahoga county, 1912; sec'y and treas. The Esplande Apartments Co .; sec'y North American Export Co .; director Ohio Adjustment Co., Weger Motor Co., Akron Scrap Iron Co., Akron, O .; general counsel Erie Iron & Steel Co., Erie, Pa .; member Cleveland Shakespeare Club, and Knights of Pythias.
EMERSON, Oliver Farrar; university professor; born, Traer, Ia., May 24, 1860; son of Oliver and Maria Farrar Emerson; A. B., Iowa College, 1882, A. M., 1885; Ph. D., Cornell University, 1891; married, Annie L. Logan, of St. Louis, Sept. 24, 1891; supt. schools, Grinnell, Ia., 1882-1884, Muscatine, Ia., 1884-1885; prin. Academy of Iowa College, 1885-1888; Goldwin Smith fellow in English, 1888-1889, instru. in English, 1889-1891; asst. prof. rhetoric and English philology, 1892-1896, Cornell University; prof. English, Western Reserve University, since 1896; member Modern Language Ass'n America, American Dialect Society (pres., 1905). Author: History of the English Language, 1894; A Brief History of the English Language, 1896; Middle English Reader, 1905; Outline History of the English Language, 1906. Editor: Johnson 's Rasselas, 1905; Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, 1898; Poems of Chancer, 1911. Contributor to Modern Language Notes, Dialect Notes, Publications of Modern Langu- age Ass'n, Modern Philology, Journal of Germanic Philology, Anglia, etc.
EMERSON, Sam W .; contracting engineer; born, Cleveland, O .; educated, Case School of Applied Science, B. S. and C. S .; married, Cleveland, Florence J. Taylor; two children; contracting engineer engaged in reinforced concrete work; pres. and treas. Sam W. Emerson Co., Emerson Realty Co .; pres. Ohio Epsilon Co .; member Cleveland Engineering Society, Phi Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Phi Fra- ternities; member Cleveland Athletic Club, Chamber of Commerce and Builders' Exchange.
ENGEL, Rudolph Carl; physician and surgeon; born, Cleveland, June 19, 1879; son of Fred C. and Mary C. Heimberger Engel; educated, Cleveland public schools, Cleveland College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons, and Medical Dept. Ohio Wesleyan University, Doctor of Medicine, 1902; married, Cleveland, June 11, 1902, Miss Mary Sheka; two sons, Walter Alfred and Alvin Ralph Engel; surgeon to River Furnace Co. and River Steel Mill, special exam- iner Police and Fire Depts., January, 1912; surgeon-in-chief, Uni- form Rank, Knights of Pythias of Cuyahoga County; medical examiner, Cuyahoga Lodge, K. of P .; member Cleveland Academy of Medicine and Ohio State Medical Ass'n. Recreations: Motor- ing and Baseball.
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ENGLANDER, Louis; attorney-at-law; born, Toledo, O., Jan. 26, 1883; son of Herman and Bertha Dallet Englander; educated, Adelbert College, Western Reserve Law School, A. B. and LL. B. degrees; married, Cleveland, April 16, 1912; associated with Hen- derson, Quail & Siddall for two years; now Lead of the firm of Englander & Bowden; pres. 'The Cuyahoga Fire-Proofing Co .; sec'y The Contractors & Investment Co., and The E. H. Bryant Co .; sec'y and treas. The Cuyahoga River Power Co., and The Bolivar Bldg. Co .; director The Bolton-Pratt Co .. The Weaver-Twelvetree Co .; The Cleveland Engraving Agency Co., The Max Glick Co .; member Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Ass'ns; member Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, and Cleveland Athletic Club.
ENGLISH, Virgil P .; physician; born, Salem county, N. J., Jan. 8, 1858; son of Enos P. and Mary Finlaw English; public school education; admitted to Kansas bar, 1883; graduated Phrenol. Institute, New York, 1886; M. D., Homeopathic Hospital Medical College, Cleveland, O., 1892; married, Minnie Ghent of Frankfort, Ind., March 5, 1891; taught school for several years; practiced law a short time; traveled from New York to Los Angeles, lecturing on phrenology, hygiene, etc., 1886-1892; in practice as specialist, nervous diseases and diseases of women, since 1892, propr. Ohio State Pub. Co., Power & Poise Pub. Co .; editor Power and Poise (magazine); Republican, member Human Culture Society (pres. since 1908). Author The Doctor's Plain Talk to Young Men, 1895; The Mind and Its Machinery, 1901; The Doctor's Plain Talk to Young Women, 1902; Mental Physical Culture, 1906; has written a number of booklets relating to life and its possibilities.
ENSIGN, Theodore; milk business; born, Chester, O., March 26, 1882; son of George L. and Celia M. Foster Ensign; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Sept. 22, 1909, Clara Zarnoio; foreman City Ice Delivery Co. for four years; gen. mgr. of Lake City Ice Co. for two years; vice pres. of the Milk Deal- ers' Fraternal League. Recreations: Motoring and Music. In the last year the quality of the milk and methods of doing business have doubled their business.
ENWRIGHT, Roger C .; broker; born, Bellevue, O., and edu- cated in the public schools, formerly connected with the McIntosh- Huntington Co., wholesale hardware as treas. and credit man; after several years spent in New York City and Reading, Pa., as manufacturer's agents, returned to Cleveland, in 1900, and en- gaged in the brokerage business with Borton & Borton; member Cleveland Stock Exchange and member Board of Governors; Chamber of Commerce, Euclid, Century, and Hermit Clubs; Re- publican.
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ERNST, A. C .; public accountant; born, Cleveland, son of John C. and Mary Hertel Ernst; public school, high school and business college education; married, Cleveland, June 24, 1903, Charlotte Fawcett; one daughter, Ruth, born Nov. 28, 1906; managing partner of Ernst & Ernst, certified public accountants; appointed auditors of City of Cleveland to examine the account of Cleve- land Railroad Co., during Baker's administration; first auditor appointed in such a capacity; have established offices in New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Cleveland; firm rating as one of the leading accounting firms in the country; Attorney General in Columbus appointed him to examine a large number of banks; he did the examining of the Cincinnati Trust Co. (Cox) bank, which resulted in notorious disclosure; appointed sec'y of Red Cross Ohio Flood Relief Commission by Gov. Cox; director Osborn Mnfg. Co., Ohio Rubber Co., Service Recorder Co., and Bean Spray Pump Co .; member Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants; trustee Y. W. C. A .; chairman finance committee of Co-operative Employment Bureau for Girls; member committee of management of Y. M. C. A .; member Union and Athletic Clubs, Cleveland, and Chamber of Commerce, Automobile Club of America, New York; Business Mens' Club, Cincinnati; Toledo Club, Toledo, O.
ESHELMAN, Oriel D .; lawyer; born, Ashland, O .; son of David and Harriett Landis Eshelman; educated, Cleveland and country public schools, West High, German Wallace College and Ohio Northern University, B. S. and LL. B .; admitted to the bar, June, 1909; began practice in Cleveland, August, 1909; not con- nected with any law firm; director Cleveland Tie Binder; sec'y City Moving & Transfer Co .; director Motor Van Delivery Co .; treas. Interstate Adjustment Co .; member Dover Lodge, F. & A. M., Mount Olive Chapter, Geyer Lodge, K. of P., West Side Chamber of Industry, West End Business Mens' Ass'n; general practice and commercial law.
EVERETT, Henry A .; capitalist; born, Cleveland, Oct. 16, 1866; educated, public and private schools, Cleveland; pres. Toledo Railways & Light Co., Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co., Lon- don St. R. R., London, Can .; chairman board of the Detroit United R. R .; interested in numerous corporations, telephone and traction companies; member Union, Euclid, Century, Colonial, and Electric Clubs.
EVERETT, Sylvester T .; financier; born, Liberty, O., Nov. 27, 1838; son of Henry and Sarah von Pheil Everett; early education in district schools and Cleveland public schools; married, first time, January, 1860, Miss Mary Everett of Philadelphia; issue, four children; second marriage, Oct. 22, 1879, Alice Louise Wade, issue, two sons and three daughters; one of the sons, Homer, de- ceased; business career, messenger boy, clerk, supt. Oil Company, in Pennsylvania, 1868; came back to Cleveland, in banking posi- tion, 1876; vice pres. and gen. mgr. Second National Bank; pres.
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until 1882; founded National Bank of Commerce; retired from banking business in 1900, to devote time to private interests; in- terested Cleveland Rolling Mill Co., Little Consolidated Street R. R. Co., and the Cleveland Railway Co .; promoted and built many street and electric railroads; director the Citizens Savings & Trust Co .; large mining interests in North Carolina, Wisconsin and Michigan; prominent figure in Republican politics in the state and city; for fourteen years was city treasurer; owns several country homes. Recreations: Travel, Riding, Driving and Motor- ing in this country and Europe.
EVERS, William H .; civil engineer; born, Cleveland, Nov. 18, 1871; son of Henry C. and Elizabeth Metzger Evers; graduated from the public schools of Cleveland with a scholarship to Case School of Applied Science; married, Cleveland, Sept. 17, 1895, Ottilie H. Niemam; three children, Julie, Esther, and Willie; county engineer of Cuyahoga county from 1899 to 1906; pres. The W. H. Evers Engineering Co. and The Concrete Flooring Co .; member Ohio Engineering Society and Cleveland Engineering Society; member of the Lutheran Church.
EWING, Frank H .; attorney-at-law; born, Alliance, O., Nov. 5, 1868; son of William H. and Margaret C. McDonal Ewing; graduated Alliance High School, 1887, Mt. Union College, 1890. degree LL. B. Western Reserve University, 1901; married, Alli- ance, Jan. 4, 1894, Martha Hoiles; one son, Frank H. Ewing, Jr .; asst. treas. of Stark County, 1890-1894; asst. county auditor Stark county, 1894-1896; pres. Alliance Board of Equalization, 1896-1897; chairman Democratic city and county executive committee, 1896- 1897; pres. City of Canton and Stark County Board of Elections, 1898-1901; pres. The Euclid Plastering Co .; director The Harwood Lumber Co., The Cordial Parma Co., The Brown International Turbine Co., and The Ajax Plastering Co .; sec'y and treas. The I. X. L. Ladder Co., The Luxe Realty Co., and The Ivanhoe Grocery Co .; member Biglow No. 243, F. & A. M., Webb Chapter, No. 14, R. A. M., Al Sirat, No. 17, M. O. V. P. E. R., No. 63, Cleveland Lodge, L. L. O. M., Banner Lodge No. 668, K. & L. of H .; Look- out Camp, Sons of Veterans; Commercial Travelers, L. and A. Ass 'n.
EWING, Harrison W .; attorney-at-law; born, Milton, Mahoning county, O., July 26, 1874; son of Harrison J. and M. Patterson Ewing; educated, Cleveland Central High School, 1892, Adelbert College, 1893 and 1894, special St. Louis Law School, Washington University, 1896, Law School, Western Reserve University, 1897- 1899, LL. B., 1899; married, Cleveland, June 27, 1903, Elmyra C. Lucas; one daughter, Marjorie Gaile Ewing, born June, 1905; ad- mitted to the bar, June, 1899; law firm H. J. & H. W. Ewing, 1899-1903; Ewing, Neiding & Kramer, 1905-1909; Ewing, Kramer & Counts, 1909-1912; Dawley, Ewing, Counts & Terrell, 1912 to date; director Hanna Moving & Storage Co .; member Cleveland
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Bar Ass'n; B. P. O. Elks, past exalted ruler Cleveland Lodge, 1904; Knights Pythias, Biglow Lodge, F. & A. M., Thatcher Chapter, R. A. M .; member Ranney Chapter Phi Delta Phi Law Fraternity; member Lakewood Yacht Club. Recreations: Hunting and Fishing.
EXCELL, Matthew B .; attorney; born, July 13, 1869, Jackson, Mich .; son of John Wesley and Emily Tayler Excell; educated, Cleveland public schools and Central High School, graduated Mt. Union College, 1888, Ph. B., 1891; married, Oct. 3, 1894, Maud M. Amerman of Alliance, O .; one son, Allen J., born May 14, 1896; while at college wrote for the Alliance Leader, later became its editor; in 1892, was elected mayor of Alliance; studied law, was admitted to the bar, and came to Cleveland in 1894; asst. director of law for the city, 1899-1901; Democrat; has served as pres. of the Board of Public Safety; member Euclid Ave. Methodist Church; member of its Mens' Club; member Athletic, Whist and Crank and Sociology Clubs, and the Chamber of Commerce, Cuya- hoga County and Ohio State Bar Association.
FAEH, Alexander Cyril; advertising mgr .; born, Cleveland, Feb. 18, 1876; son of Louis and Josephine Halder Faeh; educated St. Mary's Parochial School, Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Feb. 20, 1909, Anna F. Rudolph; left school at 12 years of age; entered the shoe business in Cleveland; identified with that business six- teen years; entered the advertising business ten years ago; iden- tified with The Seth Brown Advertising Agency; Town Topics, and several automobile concerns in advertising dept .; conducted department on various publications consisting of drama, music and automobile; advertising mgr. The Rauch & Lang Carriage Co. Recreations: Athletics.
FAGAN, Frank H .; dentist; born, Cleveland, Oct. 26, 1874; graduate Western Reserve University, Dental Department; mar- ried, Cleveland, Ella Yanch; member Northern Ohio Dental Ass'n, Forest City Lodge, F. & A. M., Banner Lodge, I. O. O. F.
FAIRBANK, George Lorenzo; merchant; born, Cleveland, Nov. 7, 1874; son of Ammi Palmer and Adelia Harriet Parker Fair- bank; common school and commercial college education; married, Cleveland, Sept. 12, 1894; Alcenia Jane Van Tassel; two daugh- ters; at the age of 16, began work as office boy and stenographer for Weidman-Holmes Co .; at different intervals later was sten- ographer for the receivers of The Valley Railway, E. C. Pope, iron ore and pig iron business, and The Hill Clutch Co .; went with the Struthers Furnace Co. about seventeen years ago, as sten- ographer, advanced to bookkeeper; later elected sec'y and about seven years ago elected vice pres. of the company, which position he now holds; vice pres. The Struthers Furnace Co. and Struthers Coal & Coke Co., New Salem Supply Co., plastico non-staining cement; vice pres. and treas. Lake Erie Supply Co .; member Run-
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yon & Fairbank Co .; 32ndº Mason; Elk, member Sons of the American Revolution, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and Lake- wood Chamber of Commerce; member Union, Tippecanoe, and Ath- letic Clubs, Cleveland, and the Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh, as a side line was engaged as dealer in local stocks and bonds prior to the establishment of the Cleveland Stock Exchange.
FAIRCHILD, Egbert Nelson; flour mfgr .; born, Peekskill, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1868; son of Egbert Henry and Mary Seymour Fair- child; public school education; married, Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1893, Gertrude A. Kenny; two daughters Catherine and Mary; in flour milling business twenty-seven years; becoming pres. of the Cleveland Milling Co. in 1910; before that mgr. Pittsburgh Flour Co., Minneapolis; member Cleveland Athletic and Euclid Golf Clubs.
FANNING, Michael A .; construction work; born, Cleveland, Aug. 26, 1857; son of Michael Fanning, Sr .; common school edu- cation at St. Patrick's Parish School, but graduated from The University of the Printing Office; in 1885, married Miss Octavia Dix, of New Orleans; issue, two daughters and one son; early busi- ness life spent in newspaper work in St. Louis, Mo., Columbus, O., and political correspondent for a number of western papers; came back to Cleveland, and in 1899, made sec'y of the Municipal Ass'n; in 1900, state agt. for the Barber Asphalt Co., and later took agen- cies of Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri; organizer and pres. of the Cleveland Short Line R. R. Co .; this enterprise was adopted by the New York Central R. R. Co., and has been of the greatest value to the shipping interests of the city; in 1903, organized and became pres. of the Forest City Street R. R. Co., which, through the efforts of the late Mayor Tom L. Johnson, gave 3-cent fare to the city; in the paving business for a number of years; trustee Goodrich Social Settlement House; member Benevolent Committee of the Chamber of Commerce; director the Associated Charities; organizer and first pres. Catholic Federation of Cleveland, and one of the organizers and director of The National Catholic Ex- tension Society.
FARNSWORTH, Harry M .; lawyer; born, Nashua, N. H., Sept. 4, 1861; son of Marshall H. and Mary C. Danforth Fansworth; educated in Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, March 25, 1886, Bettie C. Brainard; two sons, Frank M., Dec. 21, 1886, Brainard H., June 6, 1899; admitted to bar, 1882; organized Brook- lyn Savings & Trust Co., 1888; actively engaged with that institu- tion twenty-two years; in 1910, formed law firm of Farnsworth & Farnsworth; vice pres. The Brooklyn Savings & Trust Co .; pres. the Farnsworth Realty Co .; member Brooklyn Memorial M. E. Church, Chamber of Commerce, Tippecanoe Club; Mason; clerk of Brooklyn village.
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FARRELLY, Rt. Rev. John Patrick, D. D .; Bishop of Cleve- land; born, Memphis, Tenn., March 15, 1856; son of John P. and Martha Clay Moore Farrelly; early education in the grammar schools of Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky; studied classics for three years at Georgetown University, Washington, D. C .; in 1873, went to Europe, to complete classical education; graduated from the College of Notre Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium; from Namur, went to the American College, Rome, to study philosophy and theology; at the conclusion of a brilliant course received the Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The University of the Pro- paganda, Rome; was ordained priest, May 22, 1880, by Cardinal Monaca Lavalletta, in the Lateran Basilica, Rome; asst. pastor of the Cathedral, Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 5, 1882; pastor of the Cathedral and Chancellor of the Diocese of Nashville, 1883-1887; Sept. 25, 1887, was made sec'y of the American Bishops at Rome; spiritual director of the American College, Rome, 1894-1909; re- ceived the title of Monsignor from Leo XIII, and enjoyed the same distinction under Pius X; March 16, 1909, he was notified of his appointment to the See of Cleveland; May 1, 1909, he was con- secrated Bishop in the Chapel of the American College, Rome, by Cardinal Gotti, Perfect of Propaganda; assigned by Bishop Morris of Little Rock, and Bishop Kennedy, Rector of the American Col- lege; installed as Bishop in the Cleveland Cathedral, June 13, 1909; director of all the Catholic charitable and educational insti- tutions of the city and Diocese of Cleveland; Alumni American College, Rome; his grandfather, Col. Terrence Farrelly, was a distinguished lawyer and judge of the courts, wrote the first con- stitution of the State of Arkansas; his father was a leading law- yer of Memphis, Tenn., and represented that city in the State Legislature; was a member of the famous "Long Legislature," so-called on account of the length of the session, 1859-1861, in which the question of separation from the Union was discussed, his father being among those opposing the separation; his moth- er's family came to this country in the early part of the 18th century, settling in North Carolina and Virginia; there are still representatives of the Moores in North Carolina and of the Clays in Kentucky.
FERNALD, Robert Heywood; engineer; born, Orono, Me., Dec. 19, 1871; son of Merritt Caldwell (q. v.) and Mary Lovejoy Hey- wood Fernald; brother of Merritt Lyndon F. (q. v.); B. M. E., Maine State College, 1892; Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1892-1893; M. E., Case School Applied Science, 1898; A. M., Co- lumbia, 1901, Ph. D. 1902; married, Catherine Mason Coupland, of Boone, Ia., June 27, 1905; instr. 1893-1896; asst. prof. 1896-1900, Case School Applied Science; prof. mech. engineering, Washington University, 1902-1907; prof. mech. engineering, Case School Ap- plied Science, since Sept. 1, 1907; engr. in charge technologic branch, United States Geological Survey, Sept. 1, 1904-July 1, 1910; consulting engr., fuel div., Bureau of Mines, since July 1, 1910; contributing papers to technical journals and to reports
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United States Geological Survey and Bureau of Mines, member American Society Mechanical Engineers, Society Promotion En- gineering Education, American Society Testing Materials, Cleve- land Engineering Society, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce; club: University; Congregationalist; Republican.
FESLER, Mayo; sec'y Civic League of Cleveland; born, Indiana, 1871; son of Peter and Emma Collett Fesler; education, public and high school, Indiana; University of Chicago, Ph. B., 1896; post- grad. University of Chicago; three years fellow in History and Political Science; married, Chicago, June, 1901, Gertrude Fails; one child; sec'y Civic League of St. Louis, 1902-1910; sec'y Civic League of Cleveland since 1910; sec'y City Club of Cleveland, Ohio Municipal League and Cleveland Charter Commission; member City Club.
FESSLER, Carl F .; teacher of piano; born, Karlsruhe, Ger- many, 1860; received his education in his native town of Karls- ruhe; entered the high school there, called gymnasium, and then the music school, displaying unusual talent for music when young, his parents gave him careful training under the very best in- structors; married, Cleveland, 1892, Henrietta Stoll; issue, one daughter and two sons; came to America in 1880, and with the ex- ception of one year, has lived in Cleveland ever since; his ability as a musician and teacher was soon recognized; for twelve years he was associate director of The Wolfram School of Music; after its dissolution, he founded The Fessler School of Music, which has a teaching force of seven instructors; he has done considerable composing and one of his best is a series of piano lyrics.
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