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JOHNSTON, Albert William; railroad office; born, Boston, Mass., March 4, 1853; son of Thomas Hunter and Anne Metcalf Johnston; educated, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; mar- ried, Steubenville, O., Sept. 17, 1880, Flora F. Kimball; one daughter, Pauline Kimball Johnston; entered the railroad business in 1875; has resided in Cleveland since 1884, as Division Engineer, N. Y. C. & St. L. R. R. Co., and has successfully held positions of division supt. Eastern Division, general supt. and gen. mgr. entire line; member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Rotary Association and American Rotary Guild; member College Fraternity, Chi Phi Tau, Boston, 1873; member Union Club. Recre- ations: Fishing and Sailing on the Maine Cost in Summer.
JONES, Frank Z .; plaster contractor; born, Delaware, O., Sept. 21, 1879; son of Albert and Margaret Common Jones; educated, Delaware, O., public schools; married, Windsor Can., Dec. 1, 1903, Lillie L. Baker; issue, three sons; learned trade under his father, and contracted in Delaware for several years; in 1901, went to Dayton, O., and spent three years there as journeyman; worked in Toledo one year, and then came to Cleveland, in 1904; worked as journeyman until 1912; moved to Lakewood, and built his home, and has been in contract business since.
JONES, Harry Brinton; florist; born, West Chester, Pa., Sept. 13, 1872; son of William, Jr., and Mary B. Painter Jones; educated, West Chester Friends High School and Pierce Business College, Philadelphia, Pa .; 1890-1893, apprentice to Robert Craig & Co., Philadelphia; 1894-1898, mgr. The Penroch Floral Co., Wilmington, Del .; for four months, floral artist to J. Lewis Lousie, Washington, D. C .; asst. mgr. the J. M. Gasser Co., from Oct. 9, 1899, to July 1, 1909; since then sec'y and treas. The Jones & Russel Co .; mem- ber Biglow Lodge, F. A. M., and Rotary Club; member Society of Friends; fond of general out-door sports.
JONES, J. H .; banker; born, Dundee, O., Aug. 20, 1867; son of A. C. and Annie Russell Jones; common and high school education, and one year at Ohio Northern University; married, Detroit, Mich., 1904, Lottie M. Vemmard Allen; issue, five children; Repub- lican; three years member Public Library Board; never held polit-
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ical office and does not expect to do so; began work with The Iron Valley Bank, at Canal Dover, O., twenty-six years ago; served two years as clerk; one year at The Citizens Bank, at Ada, O., as asst. cashier; for nearly twenty-three years, has been with The Lake Shore Banking & Trust Co., as clerk; promoted to sec'y, then treas. of Company, and treas. and cashier of the St. Clair & Superior St. offices; treas. The Vandalia Gas Co., The Merry Land Co .; treas. and sec'y Houghton Land & Drainage Co .; treas. Sales Corporation Co., and Julier Baking Co .; member Masons, Union, and Athletic Clubs. Recreations: Fishing and Motoring.
JONES, Paul D .; treas. The Guarantee Title & Trust Co .; born, East Bangor, Pa., April 30, 1876; son of William D. and Linda A. Weidman Jones; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, June 28, 1900, Georgia A. Hauxhurst; one child; mem- ber Chamber of Commerce, and Keswick Golf Club.
JOYCE, Adrian Dwight; Sherwin-Williams Co., mgr .; born, Sumner, Ia., Nov. 18, 1872; son of M. H. and Anne Hotham Joyce; educated, Olivet College and University of Michigan; married, Stafford, N. Y., June 9, 1879, Anna Page; issue, Marion, born March 11, 1898, Dwight, born May 31, 1900, Dorothy, born Jan. 27, 1902, Phyllis, born July 23, 1909; lived on a farm until he was 17 years old; taught country school, after leaving home; also village school for three years, unable to finish college course because of poor health; went into the wholesale hay and grain business in Mem- phis, Mich., in 1898; sold out, and went to work for Swift & Co., of Chicago, developing one of their auxiliary departments; on Nov. 1, 1902, entered the employ of The Sherwin-Williams Co., as traveling salesman in Michigan; in 1904, he left the company and became sec'y of the American Wood Rim Co., at Onaway, Mich .; after a short time returned to The Sherwin-Williams Co., to become mgr. of the large City Sales Department; in 1905, made sales mgr. of The Southwestern Division of the Company, with head- quarters in Kansas City, Mo .; 1906, made district mgr., having charge of branches in Omaha, Kansas City and Dallas; in 1909, made asst. gen. mgr. of the Company, with headquarters in Cleve- land; 1910, made general mgr., with entire supervision of Distri- bution and Sales Departments; vice pres. Detroit White Lead Works; vice pres. Detroit Paint & Glass Co .; director Lawrence Paint Co .; vice pres. The Sherwin-Williams Co. of Massachusetts; vice pres. same Company of Texas; member Union, Country, May- field, and Athletic Clubs; fond of motoring, Golf and Fishing.
JUENGLING, James W .; manufacturing jeweler; born, Prague, Bohemia, Oct. 18, 1855; married, Cleveland, Oct. 15, 1879, Louisa M. Dietz; one son; came to Cleveland June, 1865; public school education; became apprenticed to the jewelers trade in 1869, with William Kidd; member Iris Lodge, F. A. M., No. 229, Webb Chap-
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ter, R. A. M., No. 14, Holyrood Commandery, K. T., No. 32, Cleve- land Council, R. & S. M., No. 36, Lake Erie Consistory, A. A. S. R .; pres. Globe Machine & Stamping Co.
KANNER, Gabriel; life insurance; born, Hungary, Oct. 18, 1858; son of Alexander and Edith Kanner; married, New York City, Nov. 22, 1880, Nettie Price; four children; general agt. of Canada Life Association Co .; trustee of Aushe Emeth Congregation, and Moses Montiforce Hebrew School; member Hungarian Benevolent Society of New York, K. of P., and I. O. B. A.
KASPER, William C .; motion picture theater; born, Cleveland, Feb. 14, 1880; son of Christ and Minnie Voss Kasper; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, June 12, 1901, Ida C. Rice; issue, William Carl Kasper, Jr., born June 15, 1906, Robert Lee Kasper, born Sept. 23, 1909; in business with his father in The Merchant Delivery & Storage Co. and treas. of The Eckeman Heating & Plumbing Co. for about five years; then opened Fairy- land Moving Picture Theater, on W. 25th St .; member Cleveland Chamber of Industry, and Lakewood Tennis Club. Recreations: Home and Motoring.
KAUFMAN, Harry Livingston; iron ore and mining; born, Mar- quette, Mich., 1882; son of Samuel Robert and Juliet Gravereat Kaufman; educated, Cascasella School, Ithaca, N. Y., and Cornell University; when E. N. Breitung & Co. opened their ore sales agency in Cleveland, he became as a partner in the business, at the time was vice pres. and mgr. of mines in Marquette, Mich .; now divides his time, spending the winters in Cleveland and the summers in Marquette; honorary member Naval Reserves of Michigan; director in the following: First National Bank, Cleve- land; First Trust & Savings Co., Cleveland; Negaunee National Bank, Negaunee, Mich .; Mines Development Co., Ltd .; Miners Negotiation Co., Ltd., Breitung Mineral Security Co., Ltd., Nego- tiations Co., Ltd .; Breitung Mineral Guarantee Co., Ltd., all of Marquette, Mich .; vice pres. and director Mary Charlotte Mining Co .; treas. Breitung Hematite Mining Co., Ltd .; asst. treas. Wash- ington Iron, all of Marquette, Mich .; member American Institute Mining Engineers, Lake Superior Mining Institute; charter mem- ber American Mining Congress, Michigan chapter, American Iron and Steel Institute; Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Athletic, Traffic, Euclid Golf Club, and Automobile Club; Marquette Club, and Town and Country Cl b, Marquette, Mich .; member Delta Phi Delta Fraternity.
KELLEY, Hermon A .; lawyer; born, Kelley's Island, O., May 15, 1859; son of Alfred Stow and Hannah Farr Kelley; degrees of A. B., A. M., LL. D., Buchtel College, Harvard Law School, Goet- tingen University (Germany); married, Cleveland, Sept. 3, 1889, Florence Alice Kendall; issue, Virginia Hutchinson, Alfred Ken- dall, Hayward Kendall; member of law firm of Hoyt, Dustin,
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Kelley, McKeehan & Andrews; at one time first asst. corporation counsel of City of Cleveland; trustee Buchtel College; trustee and sec'y and treas. Cleveland Museum of Art; member Union, Coun- try, University, Euclid, and Chagrin Valley Hunt Clubs.
KELLEY, Samuel Walter; physician, surgeon; born, Adams- ville, Muskingum County, O., Sept. 15, 1855; son of Walter and Solina Catherine (Kaemmerer) Kelley; preparatory education, pub- lic schools, Zanesville, O., and St. Joseph, Mich .; M. D., Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1884; also studied in hospitals in London; married Amelia Kemmerlein, of Wooster, O., July 2, 1884; chief dept. of diseases of children, Polyclinic, Western Reserve University, 1886-1893; prof. diseases of children, Cleveland College Physicians and surgeons (Med. Dept. Ohio Wesleyan University), since 1893; pediatrist City and St. Luke's hospitals; pediatrist and orthopedist St. Clair Hospital; surgeon-in-chief Holy Cross Home for Crippled and Invalid Children; sec'y med. staff Cleveland City Hospital, 1891-1899, pres. 1899-1902; entered service as civilian surgeon Spanish-American War; recommended for "efficiency in the field under most trying circumstances"; commander brigade surgeon of volunteers, with rank of major, Aug. 17, 1908. Editor: Cleveland Medical Gazette, 1885-1901; pres. Ohio State Pediatric Society, 1896-1897; chairman section on diseases of children, A. M. A., 1900-1901; pres. Association American Teachers of Diseases of Children, 1907-1908; member Association Military Surgeons of U. S., Ohio State Medical Ass'n, etc .; Republican. Author: About Children, 1897; In the Year 1800, 1904; Surgical Diseases of Chil- dren, 1909; also numerous original articles, editorials, essays, lec- tures, etc.
KELLEY, Michael J .; contractor; born, Ireland, Sept. 5, 1850; son of William and Margaret Clarke Kelly; educated, Cloughans National School; married, Cleveland, July 8, 1895; Margaret Cor- ley; one daughter; was chairman of the County Democratic Cen- tral Committee, in 1908; member The Knights of St. John and Catholic Mutual Benevolent Ass'n.
KELLOGG, Frederick D .; The Ohio Quarries Co .; born, Rock- ford, Ill., Sept. 3, 1880; son of George F. and Anna M. Doubler Kellogg; educated, Grade and High School, Rockford, Ill., High School, Chicago, and Chicago College of Law; married, Winnebago, Ill., May 16, 1902, Florence M. Clark; one daughter, Virginia; seven years banking business in Chicago; moved to Cleveland in 1909, and became connected with The Ohio Quarries Co .; in 1910, was elected sec'y and treas. of the Company; sec'y and asst. treas. Lorain & Southern R. R. Co .; pies. and treas. Quarries Equipment Co .; member Woodward Lodge, Masons, Oakwood Lodge, Royal League, Chicago; member Euclid Club. Recreation: Golf.
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KELLY, William Eldred; manufacturer; born, Emporium, Pa., May 11, 1861; son of Andrew Emmons and Lorinda Lyman Kelly; educated, Towanda College, Towanda, Pa .; also ordinary business course; married, Cleveland, Aug. 23, 1882, Alice T. Brown; issue, Fred Eugene, Myrtle L. and Hattie L. Kelly; pres. and gen. mgr. The Kelly Reamer Co .; formerly vice pres. The Kelly Handle-Bar Co .; joint proprietor and mgr. The E. A. Hewett Co .; pres. and mgr. The W. E. Kelly Mnfg. Co .; pres. and mgr. The Safety Handle-Bar Co .; pres. and mgr. The Modern Toy & Novelty Co .; master mechanic and supt. of The Clark Cash Register Co., and many other manufacturing plants in Cleveland for the past thirty- four years; member Masonic order, Biglow Lodge, No. 243, Cham- ber of Industry, past treas. and senior warden of St. Mark's Episcopal Church; member Superintendent's and Foreman's Club; mechanic and patenter of many mechanical and electrical devices, Kelly Handle-Bars, etc.
KENNEDY, Frederick Ingham; coal and vessel business; born, Erie, Pa., Nov. 10, 1866; son of Silas E. and Belle Ingham Ken- nedy; educated, public schools and Erie Academy; graduated, class of 1884; married, Erie, Pa., Sept. 10, 1889, Madeline Ham- mond; issue, one daughter, Dorothy, one son, Frederick I., Jr .; commenced work with Youghiogheny River Coal Co., Erie, Pa., controlled by the late Congressman W. L. Scott, June 2, 1884; clerk and afterwards treas. and director of the company; also treas. and director Spring Valley Coal Co., controlled by the same interests; these companies sold to Pittsburg Coal Co., when he went with them as traveling auditor and afterwards as asst. to the vice pres., leaving Pittsburg for his present position; agent The C. Reiss Coal Co., and The Milwaukee Western Fuel Co .; director The North American Steamship Co., and The Wainwright Steamship Co .; member Masonic Order, Elks, Athletic Club, and The Erie Club, and Sheboygan, Wis., Club.
KILGORE, Robert Murray; dist. sales mgr. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co .; born, Pittsburg, June 14, 1877; son of Jesse B. and Mary Barker Kilgore; educated, public schools and Penn State College (B. A.); married, Pittsburg, 1900, Bertha Wallace; issue, two sons and three daughters, James, Jesse, Robert, Elizabeth and Ruth; with Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. since January, 1898 (no other employer); appointed mgr. of sales Cleveland district, January, 1908; member Kappa Sigma, Union, and Mayfield Clubs, Chamber of Commerce; Royal Arch Mason.
KILMER, Melvin Daniel; manufacturer; born, New York State, July 29, 1858; son of Augustus and Vianna Barner Kilmer; edu- cated, Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; married, Schenectady, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1886, Mary T. Hoag; two sons, Augus- tus H. and Melvin D. Jr .; pres. and mgr. The Kilmer Spring Sup- port Co .; the company also manufactures wire-forming machines and bale ties; co-partner with M. D. Kilmer & Co., and A. H.
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Kilmer & Son; Mason, Emennal Lodge, Cleveland, Highland Chap- ter, Newburg, N. Y., Hudson River Commandery, Newburg, N. Y., New York Consistory, Mecca Temple, New York City; member Masonic Club.
KING, Herbert Doan; banker; born, East Cleveland, March 12, 1882; son of Frederick and Emily S. Doan King; educated, Shaw High School; married, East Cleveland, Oct. 12, 1908, Lillian A. Jenks; two children; treas. The Cleveland Trust Co .; director and treas. The H. W. Burton Co .; member The Cleveland Athletic Club.
KING, Harry Wheelock; pres. King Bridge Co .; born, Cleve- land, Oct. 15, 1863; son of Zenas and Miranda C. Wheelock King; educated, public and private schools, Cleveland; married, Mineral Point, Wis., Nov. 21, 1889, Margery Gundry; issue, Margery, Jane, Harriett; pres. and director King Bridge Co .; sec'y and director Osborn Building Co .; vice pres. and director Lake Shore Banking & Trust Co .; director Cleveland Trust Co .; pres. Stratford Building Co .; member Union, Country, Tavern, Hermit, Roadside, and Hunt Clubs; five years a member of the Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery.
KING, Warren Phelps; manufacturing business; born, Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1865; son of Warren Leander and Mary Eliza Phelps King; educated, Cornell University, class of 1888; married, Buffalo, N. Y., June 2, 1892, Justine McKenna; issue, Warren Griffin King, born, July 6, 1893, and Elizabeth Brewster King, born March 25, 1899; with The Lehigh Valley Coal Co. for five years; New York Car Wheel Works and associated companies, occupy- ing various official positions, for eleven years; pres. Liberty Brass Foundry, Buffalo, N. Y., for four years; vice pres. and treas. The Aluminum Castings Co .; member Society of Automobile Engineers, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Chi. Psi Fraternity; member Union, and Mayfield Clubs, Cleveland, and Buffalo, and Saturn Clubs, Buffalo, N. Y .; his paternal greatgrandfather, Francis King, fought through The Revolutionary War, and settled in the town of Ithaca, N. Y .; at the close of the war; his paternal grandfather, Alexander King, born in Ithaca, N. Y., in 1801; he married Rachel Casterline; his father, Warren Leander King, was born in Ithaca, N. Y., in 1829; his maternal grandfather, Elbridge Gerry Phelps, was born near Wethersfield, Conn., about 1805; he married Mary Delialah Knowles; his mother, Mary Eliza Phelps, born in Dela- ware county, N. Y. State, in 1840.
KINGSBURY, Edward W .; belting business; born, Newark, O., Jan. 15, 1870; son of Wilson Webb and Mary Ellen Little Kingsbury; common school and business education at Newark and Canton, O .; bookkeeper at Canton for a number of years; commer- cial traveler, four years, with The Scandanavia Belting Co., of New York; Jan, 1, 1913, assumed management of their Cleveland Branch; member Elks Lodge No. 18, and several Commercial Traveler's Associations; came to Cleveland in 1904.
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KIRK, Frank M .; Kirk-Woods Coal Co .; born, Jackson, Ma- honing county, O., Nov. 3, 1863; educated in public schools, Mt. Union and Meadville Colleges; interested in the Young & Harring- ton Coal Co., until 1895, then in the coal business alone, until 1898, when he formed partnership with James H. Woods, under present name; pres. and treas. the Kirk-Latty Mnfg. Co .; treas. Hazel Kirk Gas Coal Co .; pres. the Ohio Tonopah Mining Co .; vice pres. A. B. C. Lead & Zinc Co .; director Mud Lake Lumber Co .; 32ndº Mason, K. T., Mystic Shriner, B. P. O. E., No. 18, and K. of P .; member Union, Euclid, Clifton Park, and Cleveland Gun Clubs, Gentleman's Driving Association, and Duquesne Club, Pittsburg; Rushmere Club, St. Clair Flats; Republican.
KISS, Ernest; steamship agt. and insurance; born, Kassa, Hun- gary, Nov. 20, 1875; son of Frank and Rozalia Srehwig Kiss; edu- cated, High School, 1893, and University of Budapest, Law De- partment; married, Cleveland, June 21, 1909, Valseia Kiss, agt. of all Transatlantic Steamship Lines; agt. for Nickel Plate Railroad, and fire insurance; member Chamber of Industry, and Woodmen of the World.
KITTREDGE, Lewis Harris; automobile business; born, Harris- ville, N. H., June 18, 1871; son of Samuel Grant and Harriet Louise Harris Kittredge; educated, Keene, N. H., High School, New Hampshire State College, degree of B. S .; 1896-1897, with New York Belting & Packing Co., Passaic, N. J .; 1897 to present time with The Peerless Motor Car Co. of Ohio, pres. since 1906, same office for the company in New York and New England; director The Peerlees Motor Car Co. of Ohio; pres. since 1906, same office for the Company in New York and New England; director the Peerless Motor Car Co. of Illinois; director The Central Na- tional Bank, Cleveland; member executive committee National Association of Auto Manufacturers; director automobile com- mittee, Chamber of Commerce; director Association Patents Co .; vice pres. and administrative council member, National Metal Trades Ass'n; chairman fiscal trustee, The Maternity Hospital; member finance committee, Associated Charities; member federa- tion board The Cleveland Federation for Charity and Philan- thropy; member Cleveland Automobile, Union, Euclid, Clifton, Mayfield, and Athletic Clubs, and Zeta Epsilon Zeta Fraternity.
KLEE, John; builder and contractor; born, Germany, 1860; son of John and Katherine Bod Klee; educated in Germany; married, Canton, O., 1900, Emma Haldeman; four children; worked at car- penter trade seven years, and then started contracting, working at it for twenty-four years, since 1889; in this time have built 4 churches and 120 buildings and residences; member Cleveland Carpenter's and Contractors Ass'n. Recreations: Prayer-meeting, Sunday School and Church.
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KLEIN, Henry F .; merchant; born, Cleveland, June 2, 1857; son of Falk and Fanny Hays Klein; educated, public schools; married, first time, Dec. 26, 1889, Minnie Kronthal, Sandusky; issue, Miriam B. Klein, born Sept. 2, 1892; married, second time, Hattie Znch- man, St. Paul, Minn .; issue, one son, Richard H. Klein; succeeded the firm of Hays Bros. in 1885, jobbers of men's furnishing goods; now the firm of Klein, Lichtendstader & Co .; from 1885 to 1890, member of the firm of Klein & Lehman; 1887 to 1890, member of the firm of Klein, Marks & Co .; in 1890, formed partnership of Klein, Lichtendstader & Co .; pres. Jewish Infant Orphans Home; director Mt. Siani Hospital, and Free Loan Ass'n; pres. Ladies' Society, Jewish Infant Orphans Home; director Hebrew Relief Ass'n; director Commercial Travelers' Life & Accident Ass'n; director Cleveland Commercial Travelers' Hospital Fund; was pres. of The Commercial Travelers' Life & Accident Ass'n; in 1907-1908, chairman Library Board of The Commercial Travelers' Life & Accident Ass'n; 1906-1909, former Senior Councelor United Commercial Travelers; member Excelsior Club.
KLEIN, Louis; cigar business; born Austria, Sept. 25, 1871; son of Benj. and Augusta Klein; attended public schools in Cleve- land; married, Cleveland, Aug. 14, 1894, Fanny G. Gottlieb; issue, Cecile Penrose, and Ruth Helen; with Halsey & Montgomery, cigar dealers; Excelsior Laundry Co., Cleveland Steam Loundry Co., nine years with J. R. Quinn, in the cigar business; in 1907, incorporated and pres. the Louis Klein Cigar Co., with nine retail stores in the city; also wholesale business; member Elks, H. B. S. U., and the Cleveland Independent Aid Ass'n.
KLINE, Homer J .; Forest City Fair Co .; born, Rockville, Ind., Jan. 31, 1861; son of Fernando C. and Emily Baker Kline; edu- cated, public schools of Indiana; married; has one son and one daughter; early history, clerk in book store; newspaper work; city editor St. Joseph Daily News for seven years; managing editor Horse Review; two years with Chicago Horseman; since then, promoting fairs and race meetings; racing sec'y Forest City Live Stock & Fair Co .; gen. mgr. Forest City Fair Ass'n; asst. and sec'y Trotting Horse Breeders; sec'y Grand Circuit. Favorite recreation: Harness Sport.
KLINE, John Charles; dentist; born, Harrison City, Pa .; April 3, 1880; son of Philip J. and Kate B. Hines Kline; married, Cleve- land, O., June 19, 1902, Jeanett Turner; one son, John Howard Kline; partner Kline & Cunningham dental laboratory; member Cleveland Dental Society.
KLINE, Virgil P .; lawyer, born, Conneaut, Nov. 3, 1844; edu- cated, Electric Institute, Hiram, O .; graduated from Williams Col- lege, 1886; studied law in Cleveland, and passed examinations in 1870, and was admitted to the bar; with Albert T. Slade, until his death in 1876; member of the firm of Henderson, Kline & Tolles;
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later Kline, Tolles & Goff; when Mr. Goff became pres. of the Cleveland Trust Co., firm was organized as Kline, Tolles & Mor- ley; powerful orator; special student of financial and economic questions; Democrat; frequent nominee for office; ran ahead of party ticket, but majority of Republican party caused defeat.
KLINGMAN, Fred F .; attorney; born, Cleveland, Nov. 29, 1866; son of Jacob and Minnie Finn Klingman; educated, public schools, Cleveland, Grammar and High School; married, Cleveland, June 1, 1892, Hattie Jones; one daughter, Nadine Klingman; councilman Brooklyn Village and Cleveland; asst. county prosecutor; ad- mitted to the bar in 1894; director in the following companies: The Pfaffman Egg Noodle, The Victor Tea, The Ohio Enamel, The Brookins, The Morreau, The Oscar Kroehle; member the advisory board, The United Banking Co .; member the Masonic Order, and Chamber of Industry.
KNAPP, Howard H .; lawyer; born, Garrettsville, O., July 4, 1886; son of Edmund and Adelia Higby Knapp; educated, Gar- rettsville public schools and High School, Cleveland Law School, degree of LL. B., honor of "Cum Laude"; not married; after admission to the bar, he was associated with E. M. Fisher, in the Williamson Bldg., as Fisher & Knapp; in March, 1911, withdrew from that partnership to form the present firm of Alden, Knapp & Magee, in the B. of L. E. Bldg .; member Sigma Kappa Phi (Legal Fraternity), Garrettsville Lodge, F. & A. M., Silver Creek Chapter, R. A. M., of Garrettsville, Warren Council, R. & S. M., at Warren, Ohio, Crescent Chapter, O. E. S., Garrettsville; worked for C. L. Eisenhaur, while attending school in Garrettsville, and for The Interstate Drug Co., while studying in Cleveland; all edu- cation is result of his own efforts. Pastime: Amateur Photog- raphy.
KNIGHT, Augustus C .; lawyer; born, New York, March 24, 1877; son of Augustus Knight; educated, public schools and St. Ignatius College, Cleveland, Cleveland Law School, Baldwin Uni- versity, LL. B .; married, Cleveland, June 26, 1907, Marie Agnes Bauer; issue, three daughters, Agnes Marie, Adele Irene, Arline Helen; preferred and signed the charges against Fred Kohler, Chief of Police, in May, 1910, causing his suspension by Mayor Baehr, acquittal by the Civil Service Commission; member Cleveland Bar Ass'n, State Bar Ass'n, and Cleveland Law Library Ass'n; mem- ber Knights of Columbus, Gilmour Council, Cleveland Humane So- ciety, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, The City Club, and The Cleveland Real Estate Board.
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