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FETZER, Gottlob; clergyman, editor; born at Cleveland, July 30, 1861; son of Andrew and Mary A. Fetzer: educated, German- American Academy, Rochester, N. Y .; graduated Rochester Theo- logical Seminary, 1889; married, Bertha L. Haselhuhn, of Cleve- land, Nov. 28, 1889; ordained German Baptist minister, 1889; pastor Erin Avenue Church, Cleveland, 1889-1890; Berlin, Ont., 1890-1897; Second Church, New York, 1897-1901; editor of Ger- man Baptist periodicals and literature, since 1901.
FIEBACH, Albert Henry; lawyer; born, Brownhelm, Lorain county, O., Aug. 28, 1876; son of Peter and Sarah Leuszler Fie- bach; educated, district schools, Oberlin Academy and Oberlin College; studied two years in the University of Michigan; re-j turned to Oberlin for senior year, graduating in 1899; received de- gree of A. B .; received LL. B. degree from Harvard in 1902; mar- ried, Shenandoah, Ia., Nov. 30, 1905, Miss Louise June Bogart; admitted to the bar in December of 1902; since that time engaged in general law practice in Cleveland; member Chamber of Com- merce; member of the benevolence committee of the Chamber; member executive committee of Legal Aid Society, and of the legal committee of the Associated Charities.
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FILD, Edward; milk dealer; born, Cleveland, July 18, 1887; son of Herman and Catherine Schnabel Fild; graduated from Orchard School and went to West High school two years; graduated from the Grammar School in 1901; married, Cleveland, June 25, 1905, Lauretta Corcoran; two children; succeeded his father, Herman Fild, who established the business in 1888; member Milk Dealers' Fraternal League. Recreations: Bowling and Baseball.
FINCH, Edward Brush; dealer in motor cars; born, Holly, Mich., Oct. 17, 1873; son of Nathaniel A. and Mary Hadley Finch; edu- cated University of Michigan; married, Detroit, Mich., January, 1900, May Pruegs; issue, Edward B., Jr., William Roberts; mem- ber Michigan Naval Reserves and Michigan State Militia; 1900- 1906, sec'y and treas. Pungs-Finch Auto & Gas Engine Co .; 1906- 1908, asst. to factory mngr. and head of Technical Dept., Packard Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich .; 1908-1910, head of Inspection and Service Divisions with The Chalmers Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich .; July, 1910, established business dealing in Chalmer Motor Cars in Cleveland; pres. American Novelty Co .; member Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity; member Athletic, and Automobile Clubs, Cleveland, and Detroit Boat Club, Detroit, Mich.
FINLAY, Lance G .; sales engineer; born at sea, Nov. 16, 1875; son of George Finlay, fleet paymaster, R. N., and Emma M. Wil- liams Finlay; educated, public schools, School of Science, Univer- sity of Glasgow; married in New York; was engaged for a number of years in the sugar industry, building several plants in Trinidad, Cuba, and other sugar-producing countries; then asst. sales mngr. for De Ha Vergne Machine Co. of New York City; also in con- sulting practice; came to Cleveland in 1907, and engaged in busi- ness for himself, in high-grade machinery and equipment; district mngr. The Terry Steam Turbine Co., Providence Engineering Works, Schutte & Koerting Co., Raymond Concrete Pile Co .; mem- ber Athletic Club.
FINLEY, William F .; banker; born, Millersburg, O., Oct. 16, 1879; son of Calim and Laura Gray Finley; education, Millers- burg High School and Mt. Union College; married, Fredericks- burg, O., Nov. 25, 1907, Grace Morgan; two children; asst. treas. Garfield Savings Bank; member Chamber of Commerce; Wood- ward Lodge, F. & A. M., Alpha Tau Omega.
FLOOD, William; painting contractor; born, Cleveland, March 27, 1854; son of James and Annie Aylard Flood; public school education; married, Cleveland, March 25, 1885, Nellie Denison; two children; employed by Aylard & Burnett, June, 1868; re- mained with same firm thirteen years; then purchased business; has been in the same business at the same location forty-five years; pres. and treas. the William Flood Co .; member Cleveland Build- ers' Exchange, Chamber of Commerce, Automobile Club.
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FOOTE, George Harry; milk dealer; born, Hamden, Geauga county, O., Nov. 16, 1887; son of E. C. and Della Thompson Foote; educated, public and high school; married, Cleveland, Nov. 22, 1911, Lilliam May Willis; born on the home farm and worked the place until 1905; sales solicitor 1or the Bell Telephone Co. for two years, then bought a milk route in the East End, and is now en- gaged in running that; his father, Edward C. Foote, was a native of Aurora, Portage County, O., born in 1858, and came to Hamden in 1893; member school board and trustee of Warrensville town- ship; pres. of Chagrin Falls Fair for eight years.
FORD, Don Berry; dentist; born, Leetonia, O., Nov. 2, 1879; son of Homer J. and Emma Berry Ford; graduate of Western Reserve University; doctor of dental surgery; began practice in 1905; mem- ber Ohio Dental Ass'n, W. R. U .; Dental Alumni Ass'n, Cleveland Lodge, No. 18, B. P. O. E.
FORD, Edward S .; electric business; born, New York State, Oct. 8, 1863; son of George A. and Martha Lauretta Tracy Ford; edu- cated, public and high schools of Cleveland; business course Spen- cerian Business College; married, Cleveland, 1893, Caroline Pren- tiss Smith; one daughter, Florence Prentiss Ford; came to Cleve- land in 1872; at the age of 16, went to work for W. P. Southworth, as clerk; promoted to chief entry clerk, and was there five years; at 21, became associated with Everett-Weddell Banking Co., as dis- count teller, where he remained six years, then with law and col- lection department of R. G. Dunn & Co., as asst. mgr .; remained three years; with The Ford & Washburn Storelectric Co., as sec'y, for seven years; resident mgr. of The Triumph Electric Co., of Cin- cinnati, manufacturers of electrical machinery; in addition to this position, is acting as electrical engineer for many of the large manufacturers in Cleveland; member of Commercial Travelers' life & Accident Ass'n, and Independent Order of Foresters, and Calvary Presbyterian Church.
FORD, George Whitmarsh; manufacturer; born, Cleveland, Nov. 8, 1865; son of Lewis W. and Anna Fern Ford; educated, Cleve- land public schools and Western Reserve University; married, Cleveland, Oct. 2, 1895; Frances E. Bailey; issue, Daniel Bailey Ford; advertising mngr. The Sherwin-Williams Co., 1887-1903; partner The Cleveland Planer Works, 1903-1913; B. L. degree, Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity; member Union, Country, Rowfant, and Rotary Clubs; member Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. Recreations: Golf and Gardening.
FORD, Horatio; banker; born, Cleveland, June 23, 1881; son of H. Clark and Ida M. Thorp Ford; educated, Cleveland public schools, Central High, Yale University, A. B., Western Reserve University, LL. B .; married Cleveland, May 7, 1908, Ella A. White; issue, three sons, H. Clark II, Andrew, Thomas Windsor; admitted to bar, 1906; cashier Garfield Savings bank, 1907-1909; sec'y same
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institution, 1909-1913; director and sec'y Ford-McCaslin Co .; director and vice pres. Star Electric Co .; director and vice pres. New Amsterdam Co .; director and sec'y Bankers' Realty Co .; sergeant, Troop A, O. N. G .; vice pres. American Institute of Banking, vice pres. Cleveland Council, Boy Scouts of America; member Zeta Psi, Phi Delta Phi, Chi Delta Thata, Yale Alumni Ass'n, Union, Chagrin Valley Hunt and Singers' Clubs.
FORD, Horatio Clark; lawyer, banker; born, Cleveland, O., Aug. 25, 1853; son of Horatio Cyrus and Martha Cozad Ford; Oberlin College, 1870-1872; B. S., University of Michigan, 1875; married, Ida M. Throp, of Cleveland, Oct. 17, 1877; in law practice, Cleve- land, since 1878; senior member Ford, Snyder & Tilden; also pres. Garfield Savings Bank since 1892; pres. Williamson Co .; director Cleveland Trust Co. Wheeling Traction Co., Cleveland & Eastern Traction Co .; member City Council, 1879-1885 (part of the time vice pres.), trustee Oberlin College; vice pres. Congregational Building Society; director Congregational Board Ministerial Re- lief; member Zeta Psi, Union Club.
FORMAN, Jonathan Clayton; printer; born, Gorham county, New York, Sept. 11, 1830; son of Samuel W. Forman; educated in the public schools of Warren, O .; married, Cleveland, June, 1853, Miss Elizabeth Darroch; issue, two sons, both deceased; Mrs. Forman died in 1896; at the age of 13 years entered the employ of the Western Reserve Chronicle, as roller boy; apprenticed to Tait & Walling, publishers, of the Liberty Herald; after a year, the plant was destroyed by fire, and the company moved to Cleveland, consolidating The Herald with The True American; secured a position with Sanford & Hayward, the largest printers and bookbinders in the city; after four years apprenticeship, was made mngr. of the bookbinding dept .; admitted to the firm in 1867; and in 1876, business was purchased by Short & Forman; destroyed by fire in 1890, and the firm was then re-organized as the Forman-Bassett-Hatch Co., printers, binders and lithographers; has invented devices and machines used in printing; member Union and Tippecanoe Clubs.
FOSTER, Edwin James; attorney-at-law; born, Strongsville, O., 1847; son of Nathan and Betsy Hulet Foster; educated, Ohio Wes- leyan University one year; graduated at Baldwin University in 1873, A. B. & A. M .; graduated from the Boston University Law School in its second class; married, Cleveland, 1880, Julia E. Stroud; two children, Athene S. and Merlyn S. Foster; was assignee of The Cleveland Paper Co., carried on the business and effected a settlement of over $300,000; settled the claim of Engineer Fol- som, who went down on his engine at the time of the Ashtabula disaster; this settlement was attempted at the request of an old gentleman who had been a partner to him; Mr. Folsom was told that no legal charge would be made, but if a settlement was made he might fix a reasonable fee; I secured a settlement of $12,000,
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and a life position at better than $100 per month; Mr. Folsom has never fixed any fee or written me as much as a line of thanks; I have been a student all my life; have contributed articles to the press and have several volumes of writings, nearly ready for the publisher; was an early member and officer of the Y. M. C. A .; started the mission from which developed the Park St. Congregational Church.
FOWLER, Harold North; university prof .; born, Westfield, Mass., Feb. 25, 1859; son of Samuel and Maria Jones Fowler; A. B., Harvard, 1880; studied American School Classical Studies, Athens, 1882-1883,Universities Bonn and Berlin, 1883-1885; Ph. D., Bonn, 1885; married, Helen, daughter of ex-Gov. Charles H. Bell, of Exeter, N. H., Dec. 23, 1890; instr. Harvard, 1885-1888; prof. Phillips Exeter Academy, 1888-1892; prof. Greek, University of Texas, 1892-1893; College for Women, Western Reserve University, since 1893; prof. Greek language and literature, American School Classical Studies, Athens, 1903-1904; editor-in-chief American
Journal of Archaeology since 1906; corr. mem. Kaiserlich Duet- sches Archaol. Institut. Editor: Thucydides, Book V., 1888; Plautus, Menaechmi, 1889; Quintus Curtius, Books III and IV, 1890; Allen and Greenough's Ovid, 1891. Joint Author: Tuell and Fowler's First Book in Latin, 1893; Tuell and Fowler's Be- ginner's Book in Latin, 1900; Fowler and Wheeler's Handbook of Greek Archaeology, 1909. Author: History of Ancient Greek Literature, 1902; History of Roman Literature, 1903. Contbr. classical subjects to revs. and mags.
FOX, Ernest C .; manufacturer; born, Cleveland, April 4, 1870; son of Frank B. and Julia Brown Fox; educated, Cleveland paro- chial schools; married, Cleveland, Feb. 11, 1897, Ella Mabley; two daughters, Margaret 15, and Katherine, 14; business career, mail- ing clerk, Fuller & Warren Co .; asst. mngr. The Richmond Stove Co., sec'y and treas. F. B. Fox, Register Mnfg. Co .; organized and was sec'y and treas. The Fox Furnace Co .; organized and was sec'y and treas. The Union Selling Co .; owner The Independent Register & Mnfg. Co .; sec'y The Scheible Monceief Heater Co .; member Congregational Church, Athletic and Rotary Clubs. Recreations: Baseball and Motoring.
FRACKLETON, Robert James; manufacturer; born, Chandlor- ville, Ill., 1868; educated, Illinois College, Jacksonville, B. S .; married, New York City, 1907, Constance Louise Chandler; en- gaged in banking for six years and manufacturing for eighteen years; pres. The Chandler & Price C .; director Frackleton State Bank; director The Reliance Gauge Column Co .; director The Cleveland Folding Machine Co .; member the Union, University, and East End Tennis Clubs.
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FRANCE, E. Miller; insurance; born, Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 30, 1866; son of A. J. and Annie Ainsworth France; educated, Philadelphia public schools, and Pierce School; after entering business, took full course in telegraphy and shorthand at night school; married, Roslyn, Long Island, July 7, 1891, Alice H. Leys; one son, Leys, and one daughter, Helen; from 18 to 42, was tele- graph operator New York Division of The Pennsylvania R. R .; three years stenographer and private sec'y, four years as sec'y and treas. the Standard Wheel Co. (the Vehicle Wheel Trust), of Indiana; 1897, entered the life insurance business, spending two years in Indiana, then moved to Cleveland, and have continued the same business; general agt. The State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Massachusetts; member committee of management, Central Y. M. C. A .; Mason, Woodward Cleveland Chapter, Cleveland Council; member Willowick, Euclid, Athletic, and Colonial Clubs.
FRANKEL, Philip; sec'y Manufacturers Ass'n and Employers Ass'n of Cleveland; born, Cleveland, Feb. 27, 1882; educated, Cleveland public schools and business college; began career with mnfg. concern; with them till 1901, then became connected with the Manufacturers Ass'n; elected sec'y in 1905; formed large Employers Ass'n; sec'y of that; much interested in labor ques- tions.
FRASER, Arthur D .; real estate; born, Cleveland, Aug. 15, 1879; son of Duncan and Elizabeth M. Fraser; educated Cleve- land Central High School; married, Cleveland, Jan. 22, 1903, Bertha M. Haas; with Standard Oil Co., 1899-1902; Prudential Trust Co., 1902-1904; teller Guardian Savings & Trust Co., 1904- 1906; treas. Guarantee Title & Trust Co., 1906-1912; since March, 1912, associated with Chas. F. Laughlin in the real estate and mortgage loan business; sec'y and treas. Security Mortgage & Investment Co .; member Masonic Lodge, Lakewood, O .; Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and Chamber of Industry. Recreations: Tennis and Motoring; has always lived in Cleveland.
FRAZEE, Henry; laundryman; born, Cleveland, March 23, 1854; son of John N. and Louise Littlejohn Frazee; educated, public schools, Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Jan. 20, 1880, Geneieve Estelle Beaumont; two children; in war with Spain, capt. Co. C, 10th O. V. I .; mngr. and treas. Frazee Laundry Co .; member Mili- tary Order Foreign Wars, and Naval and Military Order Spanish American War.
FRAZIER, James Welch; consulting engineer; born, Pitts- burg, Pa., July 4, 1870; son of George G. and Sadie B. Smith Frazier; educated, Grammar and High School, Allegheny, Pa .; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; graduated, 1894, degree of Civil Engineer; married, Troy, N. Y., 1895, Jennie H. Van Deusen; two daughters, Ruth and Helen; chief engineer Federal St. & Pleasant Valley R. R., Pittsburg, 1894-1896; asst. engineer Pennsylvania
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Co., in office of chief engineer, 1896-1899; engineer Brown Hoist- ing Mchy. Co., 1899-1905; member of firm Frazier & Fox, 1905- 1910; pres. The J. W. Frazier Co., 1910, to date; member of board of consulting engineers in connection with construction of Detroit- Superior High Level Bridge; director The Civic League of Cleve- land; past pres. The Cleveland Engineering Society; member Rensselaer Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, and Cleveland Engineering Society; member Athletic, Colonial, City, and Automobile Clubs, Chamber of Commerce.
FREEMAN, Ladbrook H .; manufacturer; born, England, June 23, 1870; son of Walter Thomas and Esther L. Healy Freeman; public and high school education; married, Cleveland, May 16, 1894, Emilie Loeber; issue, Harley L. Freeman, born, Dec. 30, 1895, and Ruth E. Freeman, born Sept. 1, 1899; sec'y and treas. The Industrial Machy Co .; pres. The Hall Mnfg. Co .; vice pres. The Guggenheim Ldy. Machy Co .; director the Cahen Mfg. Co .; mem- ber Masonic bodies.
FRENCH, Elmer A .; general contractor; born, Cleveland, Mar. 20, 1880; son of Albert and Harriet E. Maguire French; went through Lakewood High School, class of 1899; is a grandson of R. G. French, who settled in Lakewood (which was East Rock Port at that time), about 1830; he was a carpenter and contrac- tor, one of the best of his time; many of the buildings that he constructed are still standing; has given up house contracting and has taken up asphalt shingle roofing as a specialty. Recreations: Sports of all kinds.
FRESHWATER, Milton; paving contractor; born, West Vir- ginia, Sept. 11, 1877; son of E. A. and Clarenda Campbell Fresh- water; educated in commercial course at Morgantown, W. Va .; married, Johnstown, Pa., Dec. 31, 1907, Miss C. B. Williams; two children; has worked at the street-paving business since 1893; completing street paving in the following places; Johnstown and Freeport, Pa., Chester, W. Va., Alliance, Richwood, Ada and Cleveland, Ohio; since April, 1909; the paving contracts are man- aged by three members of the firm, while Mr. E. A. Freshwater takes no part in this branch of the business; the firm consists of E. A. Freshwater, Philip, Elmer and Milton Freshwater, sons of E. A .; the firm has offices in Morgantown, W. Va., and Cleveland.
FRETTER, Frank B .; vice pres. and treas. National Refining Co .; born, Cleveland, Oct. 2, 1864; son of Nathan and Barbara Kirch Fretter; educated in Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Margaret Huburt; one child; first employed by Marsh & Howard Chemical Co., Root & McBride Co., and L. S. & M. R. R .; entered oil business about 1885; with the National Refining Co. twenty-five years, past two years as vice pres., previously sec'y; member National Petroleum Ass'n, Union and Country Clubs; vice pres. Western Petroleum Refiners' Ass'n.
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FRIEDRICH, Martin; M. D .; born, Paussau, Prussia, May 11, 1885; son of Joseph and Therese Bauer Friedrich; early educa- tion in the schools of Passau and the gymnasium there; 4 years in the University of Munich; then went to Paris to study French Literature at the Sorbonne and the Bibliotheque; there three years; in 1892 entered the Medical Dept. of Western Reserve University, Cleveland; graduated with degree of M. D., 1894; spent two years in study abroad in Vienna, Paris and Berlin; in early years engaged in the lumber business in Crawford, Pa .; came to Cleveland in 1892; in 1897, associated with the College of Physicians and Surgeons as a lecturer on internal medicine and diagnosis; since 1901, health officer of Cleveland; consulting phy- sician City Hospital, and Warrensville Sanitarium; member the following, Cleveland Academy of Medicine, State and American Medical Ass'n, Society for the Study and Prevention of Tuber- culosis; American Public Health Ass'n, and The American and Ohio Health Committees; charter member German Literary So- ciety, the Alliance Franchise, French; Literary Society; devotes much time to the study of public health and elimination and pre- vention of contagious diseases; under his direction, a bacteri- ological laboratory was opened; meat and milk inspection and daily school inspection started; member Chamber of Commerce; in Masonry, has attained Knight Templar degree; belongs to Forest City Commandery; member Schlaraffia German Literary Society.
FRIEND, Frank Carl; lawyer; born in Austria, Nov. 17, 1862; son of Anton and Petronila Friend; educated, public schools and Central High School; studied law in the office of the late E. K. Wilcox; admitted to the bar in 1884; married, Cleveland, Nov. 26, 1890, Miss Lilly D. Davies; practiced law in Mr. Wilcox's office until 1893, when the partnership of Wilcox & Friend was formed; this partnership was dissolved in 1904; member Cleve- land Bar Ass'n; Republican; Chapter Mason; elected to the City Council in 1885; served two terms; member Board of Education, 1889-1890; member Board of Health, 1906-1907; owner of a fine library; favorite fiction authors, Dickens and Thackeray.
FRITZSCHE, Alfred; west. mngr. General Fire Extinguisher Co .; born, Cleveland, May 21, 1869; son of Alfred and Caroline Snyder Fritzsche; public school education, Cleveland; married, Cleveland, June 6, 1894, Clara Neracher; issue, four children; director The Borden Co .; director and west. mngr. General Fire Extinguisher Co .; director The Wilson Dress Hook Co., and The General Time Recorder Co .; vice pres. Monroe Body Co .; mngr. and treas. U. S. Construction Co .; member Ohio Society of New York, Euclid and Cleveland Athletic Clubs.
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FRITZSCHE, Henry Ernest; contracting engineer; born, Cleve- land, July 2, 1874; son of Alfred and Caroline Snyder Fritzsche; educated, Cleveland public schools; contracting engineer, The General Fire Extinguisher Co .; member Sons of Veteran; Royal Arch Mason, and Cleveland Grays; member Yacht, Athletic, Willowick Country, Automobile, Automobile Country, and Shaker Lakes Country Clubs. Recreations: Landscape Painting, Ama- teur Photography and Golf.
FULLER, Clifford W .; lawyer; born, Garrettsville, O., Feb. 6, 1864; son of Sherman W. and Flora R. Case Fuller; educated, Gar- rettsville public schools, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., A. B., M. A. and Ph. D. pro merite; capt. 10th O. V. I., war with Spain; admitted to the Ohio bar, 1890; practiced law in Cleveland since 1891; sec'y The Cleveland & Youngstown R. R. Co .; sec'y and treas. Willowick Country Club; director The West Ninth Co., The Shaker Vineyards Land Co., and The Sedgwick Land Co .; sec'y Terminal Bldg. Co .; trustee The H. B. Hurlburt Trust for Art; member Phi Gamma Delta, and Union, Mayfield, Country, Ath- letic, University, Rowfant, and The Willowick Country Clubs. Recreations: Big Game Hunting and Fishing.
FULLER, Horace Arthur; manufacturer; born, Cleveland, Sept. 23, 1864; son of Samuel Augustus and Julia Clark Fuller; edu- cated, Cleveland public schools, and one year Western Reserve University; married, Brooklyn, N. Y., April 14, 1886, Alice Tenney Ingersoll; issue, Antionette F., Pierrong and Marian Fuller; be- gan business in January, 1883, with Condit, Fuller & Co .; this was a partnership; about two years later, entered the employ of The Union Rolling Mill Co .; in 1888, as asst. sec'y, in 1891, elected treas. and gen. mngr., and pres. in 1911; vice pres. of The Bourne-Fuller Co. in 1891; pres. since January, 1912; pres. of The Upson Nut Co .; pres. and treas. The Union Rolling Mills Co .; vice pres. and treas. The Bourne Fuller Co .; director Central National Bank, and American Box Co .; member school board in the village of Brattenahl; member Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, and Union, Country, Mayfield, and Tavern Clubs. Recreations: Golf and Fishing.
FULLER, Hubert Bruce; lawyer, author; born, Derby, Conn., June 15, 1880; son of Robert Bruce and Harriet A. Prentice Ful- ler; A. B., Yale, 1901; A. M., 1904, LL. M., 1903, Columbian (now George Washington) University; awarded Cobden Club medal (England), 1901; married, Florence B. Dennis, of Chanute, Kan., May 25, 1910; practiced law at Cleveland since 1903; sec'y to Senator Theodore Burton (q. v.), since 1909; Republican; member S. A. R .; Phi Sigma Kappa, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Council of Sociology, Western Reserve Historical Society. Author: The Purchase of Florida, 1906; Tax Returns in Ohio, 1907; The Speakers of the House, 1909. Contributor to magazines on legal, historical and sociological subjects.
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FULLER, Jay D .; manufacturer; born, Alden, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1872; son of Spencer J. and Mary A. Smith Fuller; educated, Alden High School; married, Cleveland, June 4, 1896, Florence Helen Quayle; one daughter, Helen; with the Haserot Canneries Co. fifteen years; established The Fuller Canneries Co. in March, 1904; pres. of the company; in November, 1912, became identi- fied with The Weideman Co., Canned Foods and Mnfg. Dept .; Mason; member Union and Athletic Clubs.
FULLER, Joel Haven; manufacturer; born, Cleveland, Sept. 6, 1851; son of William and Catherine M. Haven Fuller; educated, common, graded and preparatory schools, Cleveland and Oberlin, O .; married, Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1888, Lillian Beatty Turner; issue, one daughter, living and one son, deceased; Republican in National politics, Independent in State, County and Municipal; left school at 17, to take clerkship with C., C., C. & St. L. R. R. Co .; served several years then in County Auditor's office, and later served thirteen years in office of the Standard Oil Co .; left their employment in 1890, to engage in fire brick pavement busi- ness, under name of Stowe-Fuller Co .; vice pres. of the Company; pres. Federal Refractories Co., and Terminal Land Co .; vice pres. National Fire Brick Co., Minor Fire Brick Co .; pres. Lock Haven Fire Brick Co .; sec'y and treas. Square Realty Co .; Masonic 32nd°; member Union, Mayfield Country, Cleveland Gun, and Automobile Clubs; member Cleveland and Pittsburgh Chambers of Commerce. Recreations: Golf and Hunting.
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