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GRAHAM, Adam; florist; born, April 17, 1840, in Scotland; educated in schools of Scotland and United States; married, Oct. 19, 1863, Janet Marshall, Philadelphia; issue, five children; pres. Adams Bag Co., Society American Florists (1897), the Saint An- drews Scottish Benevolent Society, Burns Curling, and Cleveland Florists Clubs; member Woodward Lodge, F. & A. M.
GRAHL, George F .; mason contractor; born, Cleveland, Sept. 17, 1882; son of John F. and Fredericka Oldach Grahl; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, June 21, 1911, Marie Henke; issue, one daughter; served five years in Battery A, First Field Artillery; for five years with the Black Engineering Co .; then went into contracting business; member Loyal Order of Moose, Cleveland Lodge, No. 63. Recreations: Baseball and Bowling.
GRANT, Frank M .; electrical contractor; born, Clinton, Ia., Sept. 24, 1868; son of William B. and Sue M. Ball Grant; common country school and two years in High School, Fredericktowns, O .; married, Frederickstown, O., July 6, 1892, Cora J. Young; two children, Raymund and Lucille; one of the drafters of the present City Electrical Code; came to Ohio when five years old; spent first twenty years on a farm; five years as teacher of common schools; one year as freight clerk in R. R. office at Columbus, O .; also traveling shoe salesman one year for Columbus shoe house; two years with Citizens Telephone Co., Columbus; then in the employ of Erner-Hopkins, electrical construction, Sept. 8, 1901, came to Cleveland and entered the employ of J. A. Erner, as wireman; formed partnership with W. C. Harrington, Jan. 2, 1907, under the firm name of Harrington & Grant; sec'y and treas. of the Company; charter member, ex-treas. and past grand Anchor Lodge, No. 908, I. O. O. F .; member Modern Woodmen; trustee Cleveland Chapter, Sons of Jove; Builders Exchange, sec'y Cleve- land Branch, National Electrical Contractors Ass'n. Recreations: Attending Conventions and Short Hunting Trips.
GRASSELLI, E. R .; manufacturer; born, Cleveland, 1872; son of C. A. and Johanna Ireland Grasselli; married, Detroit, Mich., April, 1901, Mabel Field; one son, Eugene Grasselli; began busi- ness with the Grasselli Chemical Co .; now 2nd vice pres. and
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treas .; director Broadway Savings & Trust Co. and Woodland Ave. Savings & Trust Co .; member Union, Country, Rowfant, and Automobile Clubs, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce; member N. Y. Athletic and Chemists Clubs.
GRASSELLI, Thomas S .; manufacturer; born, Cleveland, Nov. 14, 1875; son of C. A. and Johanna Ireland Grasselli; educated, Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md .; married, Rock Island, Ill., May 29, 1899, to Emilie Schmidt; issue, three boys; entered Troop A, O. N. G., 1893; appointed capt. and quartermaster First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, May, 1898; resigned to accept appoint- ment as captain and quartermaster U. S. V., and resigned after conclusion of war with Spain; engaged with Grasselli Chemical Co. in 1893; now first vice pres .; director Citizens Savings & Trust Co., Bank of Commerce, National Ass'n, Woodland Ave. Savings & Trust Co., Broadway Savings & Trust Co., member Union, and Chagrin Valley Hunt Clubs, and Chamber of Commerce.
GREENE, Edward Belden; banker; born, Cleveland, July 26, 1878; son of John E. and Mary E. (Seymour) Greene; educated, Yale University, B. A., 1900; married, Cleveland, Nov. 18, 1908, Helen Wade; issue, one daughter, Helen W. Greene, born Nov. 12, 1911; enlisted in Troop A, Ist Squadron, Ohio Cavalry, November, 1900, and resigned as 2nd lieut. February, 1912; began work with Cleveland Trust Co. in 1900, immediately after graduation from College, rising through the grades of messenger, clerk, teller and secretary to the vice presidency; director Wade Realty Co., vice pres. and director Ohio Chemical Mnfg. Co .; director National Discount Co .; sec'y and director City & Suburban Realty Co .; treas. and trustee Babies' Dispensary and Hospital, trustee Hu- mane Society, and Alumni Board of Yale University; member Alpha Delta Phi, Yale (Wolf Head), Union, University, Athletic, Tavern, and Country Clubs (Cleveland); Chagrin Valley Hunt Club, Gates Mills, and Yale Club of New York.
GREENLEAF, Lloyd B .; moving contractor; born, Plessis, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1853; son of Alfred F. and Eliza Vanallen Greenleaf; educated in schools of Plessis, N. Y., married, Cleveland, June 15, 1887, Anna Knadler; came to Cleveland in 1884, with nothing, but has built up a very prosperous business; member Loyal Order of Moose, Protected Home Circle. Recreation: Fishing.
GREIF, William; manufacturer; born, Cleveland, Aug. 16, 1855; son of Vincent and Mary E. Mayer Greif; educated in Cleveland schools; married, Cleveland, Oct. 25, 1881, Mary Hitsch; began in the manufacture of kegs and barrels in 1876; pres. of the Greif Bros.' Cooperage Co. and the Fanner Mfg. Co .; vice pres. Euclid Arcade, Pioneer Lumber Co., and General Time Recorder Co .; treas. Columbia Mutual Lumber Co .; director in the following companies: Cleveland, Alliance & Mahoning Valley R. R., Forest City Savings & Trust Co., Ohio Savings & Loan Co., United Bank-
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ing & Savings Co., California Red Wood Lumber Co., and the Stark Electric R. R. Co .; member Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Industry, Cleveland Athletic, Clifton, and Lakewood Tennis Clubs.
GREINER, Louis C .; optometrist; born, Cincinnati, Ohio; son of Charles and Augusta Fichs Greimer; educated, Cincinnati pub- lic . school and Hughes High School, same city; has been in the optical business since leaving school; formerly in the employ of A. M. Jordan, one of the largest optical houses in Cincinnati; came to Cleveland, Oct. 17, 1910; has been with The Dodd-Rogers Co. since; member Walnut Hill Lodge, No. 483, F. & A. M., Kil- winning Chapter, No. 97, R. A. M. Recreations: Photography.
GRESHAM, Harry Ernest; born, Sheffield, Eng., 1865; son of L. S. and Emily (Hooten) Gresham; educated in commercial and private schools, Sheffield; married; two sons and one daughter, went to work in cutlery factory at 133 years of age; learned the practical making of pocket cutlery; at 19, was manager of W. Nealthy & Son, pocket knife dept .; came to America in 1886; three years member First York and Lancaster Light Infantry; sergeant, four years; trustee Village of Lakewood; private sec'y to J. H. Wade since 1892; British Vice Consul since 1909; Past Grand, Tyrian Lodge, I. O. O. F .; member Cleveland Yacht, Athletic and Western Reserve Cricket Clubs. Recreations: Cricket, Billiards and Gardening.
GRIEBLING, Erich L .; fire insurance; born, Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 9, 1877; son of Gustav W. and Elizabeth Damkoehler Grieb- ling; married, Milwaukee, Wis., May 1, 1901, Lydia Dammam; two sons, Erich and Ralph, employed by Milwaukee Fire Insurance Co .; in 1898, as entry clerk; in June, 1903, appointed special agt. to travel in Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota; in April, 1905, appointed chief clerk at home office of Milwaukee Fire Ins. Co .; in September, 1911, appointed mngr. of Cleveland Branch of Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance Co.
GRIES, Moses J .; rabbi; born, Newark, N. J., Jan. 25, 1868; son of Jacob and Katie Gries; educated, Hughes High School, Cin- cinnati, University of Cincinnati and Hebrew Union College; married, Cleveland, June 15, 1898, Frances Hays; issue, two sons; pres. Central Conference of American Rabbis; member Board of Governors, Hebrew Union College, Board of Editors, Department of Synagogue and School Extension; member committee on Muni- cipal Arts and Architecture of the Cleveland Chamber of Com- merce (group plan); member board of trustees Cleveland Associated Charities; trustee Cleveland School of Art; Federation of Jewish Charities; director of The City Club of Cleveland; also past pres. of the following: Educational League, B'nai B'rith; Cleveland Council of Jewish Women; Alumni Ass'n of the Hebrew Union College; Jewish Religious Education Ass'n of Ohio; and the Ohio Rabinnical Ass'n and pres. of Council Educational Alliance.
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GROLL, George C .; supt. Morgan Lithograph Co .; born, Cleve- land, Aug. 2, 1861; son of J. C. and Margaret (Schubert) Groll; public schools until 16, then went abroad and studied art in Paris and Holland for two years; married, June 25, 1901, Mabel Caro- line Bell; upon coming to Cleveland, entered the employ of the Morgan Lithograph Co., in 1879; now supt. and stockholder in the Company; Mason; member Art Club.
GROOT, George Anderson; attorney-at-law; born in Washington County, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1843; son of John Aaron and Eliza Jane (Heath) Groot; educated in district and common schools, attended Oberlin one term in 1860; attended school in Camden and Amherst in Lorain County, in 1864; received captain's commission from the College again in 1865-1867; then at Hillsdale, Mich., graduating in June, 1870, degree of M. S .; married, Huron, O., Dec. 12, 1872, Maora Agnes Sage; enlisted in the Union Army in the War of the Rebellion, in Co. H, 8th O. V. I., April 20, 1861, discharged August, 1861; re-enlisted in Co. I, 8th O. V. I., in August, 1861; dis- charged because of gun-shot wounds received in the battle of Fredericksburg; during service, participated in 33 engagements, elected capt. of State Militia by the voters of Camden township, in Lorain County, in 1864; received captains commission from the governor, and served until the militia was dismissed at the close of the war; was appointed crier of the U. S. Circuit and District Courts for Northern Ohio District in January, 1869, until 1873; entered law office of Estep & Burke, Cleveland; was admitted to the practice of law December, 1873; was elected to the Board of Education in 1876; nominated by the Republican party for Com- mon Pleas Judge of Cuyahoga County in 1883; defeated by a small majority; delegate and sec'y of the Republican State Convention that first nominated J. B. Foraker for Governor of Ohio; delegate to free silver convention in St. Louis and seconded the nomina- tion of W. J. Bryan as candidate for president; joined the Peoples' party in 1892; supported Mr. Bryan in 1896, and delivered more than 100 speeches for him in Ohio, Nebraska and Missouri; mem- ber State and County Bar Ass'ns; Mason, charter member Ober- lin Lodge, No. 380, F. & A. M., and still a member; 32d degree Mason; charter member Memorial Post, G. A. R.
GROSSMAN, Albert; merchant; born, Bacska, Hungary, July 20, 1867; son of William and Celia (Kestenbaum) Grossman; at- tended school in Ungvar, Hungary, up to age of 15; immigrated to this country, and came direct to Cleveland, attended public school for one year, and business college for six months, taking up stenography, married, Cleveland, Oct. 25, 1898, Helen Drechsler; issue, one son and two daughter; upon arrival in 1872, worked at odd jobs for two years; then was for two years in the press and mailing room of the Cleveland Leader; April, 1886, went to work for Runyon, Stubbs & Mack, iron ore merchants; has been with the concern and its successors without interruption ever since; sec'y and treas. The Struthers Furnace Co., The Plastico Non-Stain-
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ing Cement Co., The Struthers Coal & Coke Co., New Salem Supply Co .; partner of Runyon-Fairbank Co .; member Deak Lodge, No. 334, Knights of Pythias, Hungarian Benevolent Society and Social Union; member Athletic, and Standard Clubs, and Chamber of Commerce.
GROSSMAN, Isador; lawyer; born, St. Ivan, Hungary, July 13, 1880; son of Jacob and Louisa (Farkasch) Grossman; Cleveland public schools, Central High School, Harvard College, A. B., 1902, Harvard Law School, LL. B., 1904; married, St. Louis, Mo., January 9, 1911, Adele Seasongood; one son, James Grossman, born, April 8, 1912; associated with Judge A. W. Lamson, 1904- 1906; formed law partnership with Henry B. Howells, 1906, still continuing; attorney for Legal Aid Society, 1906-1911; member firm Howells and Grossman; sec'y and director The Chandler Motor Car Co .; director The Grossman Drug Co .; director The Merit Pharmacal Co .; director The Cragin Realty Co .; director The Page Realty Co .; member executive committee of The Legal Aid Society; trustee of The Council Educational Alliance; trustee of Camp Wise; member Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity, Harvard; member Excelsior, Obiter, City, and Advertising Clubs, and the Chamber of Commerce.
GUNDRY, John Murton; banker; born, Mineral Point, Wis., Sept. 7, 1859; educated, public schools in Mineral Point and North- western University; left at close of junior year; three law course at Baldwin University, graduated, 1903, LL. B .; married, Sept. 5, 1894, Frances Ruth Gilchrist; issue, five children; spent one year in Chicago, then went to Silverton, Colo .; went into the San Juan County Bank; became partner and cashier of the bank in 1882; acting cashier for a time of the First National Bank of Lin- coln, Neb .; same position in the Schuyler National Bank of Schuy- ler, Neb .; in 1888, engaged in coal operations in the Santana Moun- tains of Southern California; left in 1889, and spent the summer on Puget Sound; came to Cleveland in 1890; one of the organizers, sec'y and treas. of the Mechanics Savings Bank; elected pres. in 1892, continuing position when bank became Lake Shore Banking & Savings Co., and later Lake Shore Banking & Trust Co .; veteran member Troop A; Republican; member St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Phi Kappa Sigma and Delta Gamma Chi fraternities; Chamber of Commerce, and Union, University, Hermit and Euclid Clubs. Recreations: Golf and Music; summer home at East Or- leans on Cape Cod, Mass.
GUND, George F .; brewer; born La Crosse, Wis., April 5, 1855; educated, public school, La Crosse, Wis., and Northwestern University, at Watertown, Wis .; one son, George, graduated from Harvard, 1909; now residing in Seattle, Wash .; one daughter, Agnes, who attended The Mittelberger, Hathaway-Brown and Briar-Cliff Schools; served in the city council at La Crosse, Wis., for three years, at the age from 22 to 25; member (three years)
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Governor's Guard, La Crosse, Wis .; business career: Six years with the Batavian Bank, La Crosse, Wis .; sec'y and treas. the John Gund Brewing Co. of La Crosse, until 1880; when he moved to Seattle, Wash., and purchased an interest in a brewing concern there; three years later, the Seattle brewing concerns became the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co., of which he was pres. until 1897; in the spring of 1897, came to Cleveland and purchased the Jacob Hall Brewing Co., which, on Jan. 1, 1900, was changed to the Gund Brewing Co .; pres. and treas. The Gund Brewing Co .; director, Broadway Savings & Trust Co .; Woodland Ave. Savings & Trust Co., Cleveland Life Insurance Co., and The Realty & Rental Co .; past pres. Cleveland Brewers Board of Trade; past pres. and trustee Ohio Brewers Ass'n; past trustee four years and for many years member labor committee of the United States Brewers Ass'n; member Iris Lodge, No. 229, Webb Chapter, No. 14, Oriental Commandery, No. 12, Al Koran Temple, Lake Erie Consistory; member Athletic and Euclid Clubs.
GUTHRIE, Tracy W .; manufacturer; born, Chicago, Ill., Feb. 2, 1866; son of Julius C. and Emily A. Tracy Guthrie; educated in Chicago public schools, Chickering Institute, Cincinnati, public schools in Detroit, Mich., and Elmira, N. Y .; married, New Roch- elle, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1910, Settal Horn; pres. Continental Coal Co., Columbus, O., 1903-1904; pres. Republic Iron & Steel Co., Pitts- burgh, 1905-1911; sec'y and gen'l mgr. Standard Welding Co., Cleveland, to date; member Loyal Legion, Union and Country Clubs.
HACKENBERG, Harvey Edward; manufacturer; born, North- umberland, Pa., March 8, 1864; son of Albert and Maria Brouse Hackenberg; public and high school education; married, Cleve- land, June 18, 1903, Addie May Lawrence; one son, Edward Hackenberg, three years old; Republican in politics; 1881, clerk Tuttle, Masters & Co., iron ore merchants; 1883-1888, clerk The Bouton Carbon Co .; 1888-1899, sec'y The National Carbon Co. of Ohio; 1899-1911, treas. National Carbon Co. of Ohio and New Jer- sey; 1912, vice. pres., sec'y and treas. National Carbon Co. of New Jersey; sec'y, treas., vice pres. and director The National Carbon Co .; director, sec'y and treas. The Lakewood Mnfg. Co .; director and sec'y The Dow Chemical Co .; member Cleveland Engineering So- ciety; member district committee, West Side Associated Charities; member Lakewood Baptist Church; trustee City Rescue Mission; member The Jovian Order, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and Board of Industry, and The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, Union, Tippecanoe and Lakewood Tennis Clubs. Recreation: Tennis.
HADDEN, Alexander; lawyer and jurist; born, Wheeling, W. Va., July 2, 1850; son of Alexander and Mary Welch Hadden; graduate of Oberlin College, A. B., class of '73; married Frances Mary Hawthorne, July 17, 1883, Coshocton, O .; two children, Alice
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and John A .; assistant prosecuting attorney, 1882-1885; prose- cuting attorney 1885-1901; probate judge since 1905; member of law firm of Goulder & Hadden, 1880-1882; Hadden & Parks, 1891- 1902; Hadden, Parks & Griswold, 1902-1903; Wilcox, Collister, Hadden & Parks, 1903-1904; Collister, Hadden & Griswold, 1904- 1905; professor of criminal law, Western Reserve University, since 1894; trustee, Cleveland Humane Society; member University Club, Chamber of Commerce, I. O. O. F.
HAILMANN, William Nicholas; educator; born, Glaris, Switzer- land, Oct. 20, 1836; son of William Alexander and Babette Hail- mann; educated, Gymnasium, Zurich, and with tutor; studied in Medical College, Louisville, Ky., 1855-1856; (hon. A. M. Univers- ity of Louisville, 1864; Ph. D., Ohio University, 1885); married Eudora Lucas, of Louisville, Dec. 24, 1857 (died 1904); 2d Helena Kuhn, of Detroit, Dec. 25, 1907; teacher of natural sciences, Louisville High Schools, 1856-1865; director German and English Academy, Louisville, 1865-1973; director German and English Academy, Milwaukee, 1873-1878; director German-American Sem- inary, Detroit, 1878-1883; supt. public schools, La Porte, Ind., 1883-1894; nat. supt. of Indian schools, 1894-8; supt. of instruc- tion, Dayton, O., 1898; head dept. psychology, Chicago Normal School, 1904-1908; prof. history of education, Cleveland Normal Training School since Sept. 7, 1909. Author: Outlines of a System of Object Teaching, 1866; History of Pedagogy, 1870; Kindergarten Culture, 1872; Letters to a Mother, 1876; Early Education, 1878; Primary Helps, 1884; Primary Methods, 1887; Application of Psychology to Teaching, 1887; Froebel's Education of Man, 1890; Constructive Form-Work, 1901; The English Lan- guage, 1902; The Laurel Primer, 1903; etc. Editor: Erzichungs- blatter, 1870-1883; Kindergarten Messenger and New Education, 1876-1883.
HALDY, William Oscar; dentist; born, Cleveland, April 19, 1875; son of Frederick L. and Anna (Buschman) Haldy; D.D. S., Western Reserve University, 1896; married, Columbus, Oct. 2, 1902, Emogene L. Peters; issue, one son and one daughter; served in Spanish-American War as quartermaster-sergeant, Battery A, 1st O. V. A .; member Troop A, Cleveland, 13 years; pres. W. R. U. Dental Alumni Ass'n, 1899-1912; member Psi Omega (dental), United Spanish War Veterans, Veteran Ass'n, Troop A, K. of P., Rotary, Cleveland Athletic, and Highland Park Golf Clubs, Na- tional Dental Ass'n, National Dental Protective Ass'n. Recrea- tions: Golf and Motoring.
HALE, Edwin Victor; banker; born, Cleveland, Aug. 1, 1869; son of Edwin B. and Susan C. Hoyt Hale; educated, Yale Univers- ity, A. B .; married, Detroit, Mich., July 19, 1899, Florence Clark; children, E. V. Hale, Jr., Florence and Constance; teller Western Reserve National Bank, 1892-1898; asst. sec'y and treas. American Trust Co., 1898-1899; treas. The Citizens Savings & Trust Co.,
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1899-1903; vice pres. The Citizens Savings & Trust Co., 1913; director The First National Bank; member the Union, Tavern, Roadside Country, and Willowick Clubs.
HALE, Willis B .; brokerage and real estate; born, Decatur, Ill., June 17, 1847; son of E. B. and Susan C. Hoyt Hale; educated, Union College, class of 1870, valedictorian, Philomethean Society; pres. Delta Phi Fraternity; married, Cleveland, Oct. 9, 1873, Clara Worthington; issue, four children, Cora (Mrs. Jas. O. Rogers, New York); Edwin W., mining engineer, expert chemist and author, Eleanor (Mrs. E. C. Reader, Cleveland); Willis W., electrical ex- pert and inventor, Yale graduate; organizer of Hale Electric & Engineering Co. and Hale Chemistry Co .; for twenty-three years he was cashier of E. B. Hale & Co., the oldest private banking business in the city, and which later became the Marine Bank Co .; he was vice pres. until it was liquidated in 1894; pres. Hale Electric Engineering Co .; director of various companies; member Union, Euclid, Cleveland, Yacht, Middle Bass and Little Mountain Clubs.
HALL, George Herbert; mining engineer; born, Charleston, Mass., July 12, 1880; son of J. M. and Isabella Dunlap Hall; edu- cated, grammar school, Charleston, Mass., High School, Chelsea, Mass., Case School Applied Science, Cleveland, degrees of B. S. and E. M., Case School; married, Cleveland, Sept. 25, 1907, Eliza- beth J. Adams; two sons, Charles, born Jan. 4, 1909, William, born Nov. 14, 1911; five years engineer and salesman The Gardner Electric Drill and Machinery Co .; at present sec'y and sales manager The Cleveland Rock Drill Co .; treas. The Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co., of Canada, Ltd .; member The Cleveland En- gineering Society, Chamber of Commerce, Fraternity Sigma Xi. Recreations: Golf and Tennis.
HALL, Lewis; life insurance; born, Ox Bow, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1857; son of Caleb G. and Catherine J. Lewis Hall; educated, Cazenovia, N. Y., Evanston, Ill .; married, Theresa, N. Y., March 31, 1896, Henrietta C. Simonds; twenty years representative The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., Newark, N. J., at present with The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co., Hartford Conn .; director T. H. Geer & Co .; member of Wade Park Lodge, No. 800, I. O. O. F.
HALL, Lucien B .; wholesale druggist; born, Brenfield, O., Feb. 18, 1848; son of Porter B. and Mary Hinsdale Hall; attended Western Reserve for a time, left college to go into business; mar- ried, Cleveland, Dec. 23, 1880, Jennie E. Lyon; one daughter, Amy Hall Case (Mrs. George S.); in 1870, traveled for Benton, Myers & Canfield; 1876, entered firm of Benton, Myers & Co .; afterward Benton, Hall & Co., now Hall, Van Gorder & Co .; pres. and treas. The Hall-Van Gorder Co .; vice pres. and treas. The Cleveland Fruit Juice Co .; director, The Guardian Savings & Trust Co .; director
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Cleveland National Bank; trustee Clifton Park; at one time trustee Associated Charities; for fifteen years, trustee Y. M. C. A .; five years, chairman Board of Control, National Wholesale Druggists' Ass'n; pres. same association in 1906; four years, director The Chamber of Commerce; two years pres. The Wholesale Merchants Board; member Union, Clifton, Westwood Golf, and Cleveland Yacht Clubs.
HALL, Orlando; mngr. of estates; born, Summit county, O., Sept. 28, 1855; son of Orlando and Sophia Towne Hall; educated, private schools, Cleveland Academy, Greylock Institute, Williams- town, Mass .; graduated from Yale in 1877, B. A .; studied law with Judge R. P. Ranney; took a course of law lectures for one year, and completed law studies in Columbia Law School, New York City; admitted to the bar in 1880, and began the practice of law in Cleveland; withdrew from the practice of law to devote time to private interests; owner of large property in Akron, which has been allotted; Republican; member Delta Kappa Epsilon Frater- nity, Yale and Union, Tavern, Country and Roadside Clubs, Cleve- land; University and Yale Clubs, New York City.
HALLE, C. K .; broker; born, Bavaria, Feb. 8, 1844; son of Mannuel and Ida Halle; Cleveland High School education; mar- ried, Cleveland, 1875, Sarah Hart; four sons; started in the oil business with W. C. Scofield, Great Western Oil Co., also handled glassware and wholesale groceries; sold out in 1897; joined Cleve- land Stock Exchange, selling bonds, stocks and all kinds of secur- ities; specializing in Standard Oil stocks; charter member Excel- sior Club.
HALLE, Carl; manufacturer; born, Germany, April 8, 1863; son of G. Halle, mother's maiden name Stem; educated in Germany; married, Cleveland, Oct. 20, 1895, Jennie Hoffman; issue, three children; served in German army; twelve years with Halle, Sch- warz & Skall; eight years in wholesale liquor business; firm Halle & Abel; since 1910, sec'y and treas. of The Brown Auto & Carriage Co .; director Hebrew Relief Ass'n; member Elks, K. of P., and United Commercial Travelers.
HALLE, Salmon Portland; merchant; born, Cleveland, Aug. 6, 1866; son of Moses and Rebecca Weil Halle; public school educa- tion in Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Dec. 3, 1893, Carrie B. Moss; issue, Marion R., Feb. 26, 1896, Salmon Portland, II., Jan. 13, 1909; pres. Halle Bros. Co .; director Mutual Building & Loan Co., Service Recorder Co .; Sheriff St .; member Cleveland Athletic, Ex- celsior, Oakwood Clubs, Cleveland; Aldine Club, New York.
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