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APTHORP, Henry; capitalist; born, Mayfield, Cuyahoga Co., O., Feb. 9, 1841; son of William and Chloe Howard Apthorp;
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educated, district school in Mayfield and later at academy in Mayfield and in Geauga Seminary; married, Willoughby, O., Dec. 8, 1859, Harriet E. Strong; one son, Warren; worked in a saw mill and hauled some of the lumber that went into the building of the Kennard House in Cleveland; until 22 years of age engaged in farming and lineman and foreman for the Western Union Tele- graph Co. and the Lake Shore R. R .; 1876-1880, editor of The Democratic Standard of Ashtabula, O .; 1891, mngr. editor The Columbus Post; 1887-1909 special agt. the L. S. & M. S. R. R. in matters of state legislation in Ohio; in 1892 wrote and published a pamphlet against the proposed two-cent a mile railroad fare; in 1899 wrote a defence of the trusts, and in 1903 opposed Social- ism in a well-written pamphlet; prominent in politics; served two terms as member of the Ashtabula City Council, 1872-3 and 1883-4; 1885-7, railroad commissioner of Ohio; 1893-99, member Board of Managers of the Ohio State Penitentiary and of the Ohio State Reformatory, 1897-1900.
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ARBUTHNOT, Charles Criswell; professor of Economics, W. R. U .; born, Pittsburg, Pa., May 30, 1876; son of James M. and Rebecca M. Criswell Arbuthnot; B. S., Geneva College, 1899; asst. in History, 1899-1900; Fellow in Political Economy, Univ. of Chi- cago, 1901-03; Ph. D., 1903; Instructor in Political Economy, Univ. of Nebraska, 1903-04; Adjunct Professor, 1904; Instructor in Economics, Adelbert College, and the College for Women, W. R. U., 1904-08; associate professor of Economics, 1906-08; professor of Economics, 1908 -; member American Economic Ass'n, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Haymarket District Committee of Associated Charities; Board of Management of Uni- versity Branch, Y. M. C. A .; member Cleveland Chamber of Com- merce, chr. Sub-Committee on Smoke Prevention; The Civic League of Cleveland and Men's League for Women's Suffrage; member The City Club; contributor to journals on economical topics; inter- ested in vocational guidance plans for the Y. M. C. A.
ARNDT, Gustav Henry; master plumber; born, Tiegenhoff, April 18, 1871; son of Cornelius Michael and Caroline Bernhart Arndt; educated, public and Evangelical Church school; married, Cleve- land, May 20, 1898, Amanda M. Reppe; issue, six daughters; started in the plumbing business in Dec., 1907, on W. 14th St .; have a branch at South Brooklyn, which now occupies a two- story cement building on Pearl Rd., and is one of the best equipped plumbing shops in the city; pres. The Arndt Plumbing Co. and The Arndt Garage & Auto Supply Shop; member Ellsworth Lodge F. & A. M., Pearl Lodge No. 163 K. of P., Glen Lodge No. 263 I. O.
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O. F. Recreations: Country and swimming. Am master of two trades, plumbing and machinists; had charge of two tool rooms and worked in four of the leading R. R. tool rooms in the city- L. S. & M. S., the Erie, Big Four and B. & O. R. R. 's.
ARTER, Frank A .; retired; born, Hanoverton, O., March 8, 1841; son of David and Charlotte Laffer Arter; Hanover High School and Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa .; degrees, A. B. and M. A., Allegheny; married, Cleveland, Eliza Kingsley; issue, Mrs. Fred L. Taft, Mrs. Lewis E. Myers and Charles K. Arter; director First National Bank; Cleveland Steamship Co .; Cleveland Life Insurance Co .; Land Title Abstract Co .; vice pres. Children's Industrial School; pres. Board of Trustees, Allegheny College; treas. N. E. O. Annuity Fund; director St. Luke's Hospital; pres. Layman's Ass'n, N. E. O. Conference; treas. First M. E .; member Union, Colonial, Wickliffe-on-the-Lake and Willowick Country Clubs; member Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa.
ARTER, Charles Kingsley; attorney-at-law; born, Cleveland, April 24, 1876; son of Frank A. and Delia Kingsley Arter; edu- cated, Amherst College, B. A., 1898; Harvard Law School, 1901; married, Cleveland, Sept. 23, 1902, Grace Denison; issue, Elizabeth and Calvin Kingsley Arter; member of the well-known law firm of Smith, Taft & Arter; at Amherst won Commencement Debate, one of the highest honors to be gained in college; admitted to the bar in Massachusetts, in 1901; immediately afterwards came to Cleve- land and admitted to practice in the Ohio Courts; firm makes a specialty in corporation and banking law in which I have had wide experience, having large financial and corporate clientage; Republican; director American Multigraph Co. and The Hermit Club Co .; member Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity; Chamber of Commerce; Union, Hermit, Nisi Prius Clubs.
ARTHUR, Alfred; music teacher; born, Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 8, 1844, son of Hamilton and Margaret Hanna Arthur; educated, Boston School of Music, married, Delaware, O., Dec. 12, 1871, Kate S. Burnham; two sons, Alfred Franklin and Edwin Denison; served from 1861 to July, 1865, in the 23rd Regiment, O. V. V. I., during the Civil War; at an early age studied flute and piano; studied voice with B. F. Baker, form and composition with Julius Eichberg and August Luch, also studied with Henry Brown and Mathew Arbbuck, noted soloists; was tenor in the Church of the Advent in Boston; moved to Cleveland and established himself as teacher of voice; was tenor at Trinity Cathedral and Second Bap- tist Church; in 1873 established The Cleveland Vocal Society, a
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famous organization noted for their productions of large forms, such as Rubenstein's "Tower of Babel,"' Berlioz' "Damnation of Faust," St. Saens' "Sampson and Delilah," etc .; visited Europe and studied methods of musical instruction; in 1885 founded The Cleveland School of Music; in 1887 went abroad again to study teaching methods under the best instructors, and selected studies and library for his school; in 1878 founded and directed the Bach Choir, and in 1892 the Sacred Music Society, both famous choirs, noted for their excellent work; director of Oratorio Society and conductor of five May Festivals; composer of a number of studies, and progressive studies for medium voice, 79 studies for low voice, and 70 studies for mezzo soprano, text book on Elementary Theory, also numerous songs and compositions for violin and piano; pres. and director The Cleveland School of Music.
ASADORIAN, Dickran; oriental merchant; born, in Armedan, Armenia, Sept. 6, 1879; son of Bagdasar Asadorian; educated in public schools in native country; married, Feb. 5, 1907, Miss Brownie Vliet of Canton, O .; one daughter, Adeline Belle; in busi- ness with my father for some years; came to the U. S. in 1896; in business in Detroit, Mich., a few months, then came to Cleveland; established myself in the oriental rug and carpet business; was the pioneer merchant in the business in Cleveland; summer home at Meyers Lake, near Canton, O .; member Episcopalian denomina- tion. Recreation: Boating and fishing.
ATWATER, Albert Alling; civil engineer and real estate; born, Cleveland, May 27, 1868; son of Jared J. and Harriet Root Atwater; educated, Cleveland public schools, Western Reserve Academy, Case School of Applied Science; married, Crete, Neb., Nov., 1901, Emily Daniels; finished special course at Case School in June, 1891; followed sanitary construction at Conneaut and Dayton, O., for two years; in charge of mining operations in Michigan, Canada and Missouri for eight years; city engineer of Webb City, Mo., two years; real estate business in Cleveland since 1903; director sec'y and 2nd vice pres. The Adams Realty Co .; director The Cleveland Automobile Club; member Cache Comman- dery No. 27, Conneaut O., Lake Erie Consistory, Cleveland, Ahmed Temple of Mystic Shrine, Marquette, Mich.
AVERY, Elroy McKendree; author; born, at Erie, Monroe Co., Mich., July 14, 1844; son of Casper Hugh and Dorothy (Putnam) Avery; Ph. B., U. of Mich., 1871, Ph. M., 1874; Ph. D., Hillsdale Coll., 1881 (1894; D. C. L., 1911); served in Civil War; mustered out as sergt .- maj., 11th Mich. Cav .; married, Catherine Hitchcock Tilden (q. v.), July 2, 1870; Prin. High School, Battle Creek, Mich., 1869; high and normal schools, Cleveland, O., 1871-9; member' Cleveland City Council, 1871-2; Ohio Senate, 1893-7; Fellow A. A.
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A. S .; member many history and economic societies. Author: Ele- mentary Physics, 1876; Elements of Natural Philosophy, 1878; Physical Technics, 1879; Teachers' Hand Book of Natural Phil- osophy, 1879; Elements of Chemistry, 1881; Teachers' Hand Book of Chemistry, 1882; Complete Chemistry, 1883; First Principles of Natural Philosophy, 1884; Words Correctly Spoken, 1887; Colum- bus and the Columbia Brigade, 1892; School Physics, 1895; Ele- mentary Physics, 1897; First Lessons in Physical Science, 1897; School Chemistry, 1904; The Town Meeting, 1904; The Groton Avery Clan, (2 vols.), 1911; History of the United States and Its People, 16 vols.
AYER, Frederick B .; insurance; born, Unity, N. H., Oct. 27, 1874; son of Benjamin F. and Susan V. Bailey Ayer; educated, Preparatory School Kenyon Military Academy, Gambier, O., 1890- 91; Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., class of 1896, degree A. B .; married, Ashtabula, O., June 15, 1899, Agnes Louise God- dard; issue, Edwin, born Aug. 2, 1901, Ethel Louise, born Jan. 22, 1905, Margaret, born Nov. 11, 1906; taught school at Kenyon Military Academy Sept., 1896 to June, 1899; principal of school at Versailles, Ky., from Sept., 1899 to May, 1903; May 1, 1903, be- came associated with Fred P. Thomas in insurance business in Cleveland; vice pres. and director The Fred P. Thomas Co .; mem- ber Chamber of Commerce; Delta Upsilon fraternity. Recrea- tions: Tennis, baseball and swimming.
BACHELDER, Frank Jerome; division engineer, B. & O .; born, Durand, Wis., July 5, 1877; son of W. F. and Mattie Bowman Bacheldor; graduate Univ. of Wisconsin; civil engineering; mar- ried, Butler, Ind., Nov. 15, 1904, Mabel Reed; one daughter; en- tered B. & O. service as rodman in 1900; transit man 1902; divis- ion engineer Aug. 10, 1902; inspector of maintenance, office chief engineer M. of W., Nov. 25, 1904; division engineer Shenandoah division, May, 1906; division engineer Wheeling division, June, 1907; division engineer Cleveland division, May 10, 1910; member Am. R. A. Engineering Ass'n; Kappa Sigma.
BACKUS, William Vernon; lawyer, lecturer and inventor; born, Cleveland, Aug. 24, 1860; son of William and Lena Strobel Backus; educated, public schools and private tutors in German and Span- ish; studied in London and Mexico, pupil of Dr. William Windsor; one son, Richard C. Backus, lawyer in New York; one daughter, Edna Lois Backus Scott, E. Orange, N. J .; member and pres. of Cleveland Board of Education, 1880-95; vice pres. American School Ass'n, Mexico City, 1906-8; pres. American Colony in Mexico City, 1905-7; practised law in Ohio; editor of the following: The Spur, The Courier, The American Union, and at one time on the editorial staff of the Cleveland Press; in 1890 invented improved system of halftone engraving, also improvement in oil-burners; removed to Mexico in 1895, remaining there till 1911; while there prac-
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tised law before the Supreme Court of Mexico, being engaged in many important cases; organized and promoted three Plantation companies which were merged into The Mexican Imperial Planta- tion Co., a $5,000,000 corporation; in 1906 invented synthetic marble, a substitute for natural marble, patents were issued in various countries; in 1906 reorganized The Jalisco & Michoacon R. R. Co., becoming vice pres. and gen. counsel; sold interests in the road several years later; left Mexico in 1911, during the revo- lution against Gen. Diaz; in 1912-13 introduced the manufacture of synthetic marble in the U. S .; during the same time made a lecture tour of the principal cities of the U. S .; pres. The Mexi- can Imperial Plantation Co., Royal Danish Marble Co .; vice pres. The Santa-Teresa Banana Co., all of Mexico; pres. The Synthetic Marble Co. of the U. S., and The Talosophy Publishing Co., Cleve- land; pres. of the Vitosophy Club of Cleveland, (Vitosophy means the wise way of living). I have offices in New York, Cleveland, and Mexico City; expert in the use of fire-arms but do not care for hunting.
BACON, Leon Brooks; lawyer; born, Taberg, Oneida County, N. Y., July 24, 1870; son of Sidney Brooks and Esther D. (Mun- ger) Bacon; grandson of Rufus Bacon, graduate of Harvard Col- lege, 1810, and Ann Tucker (Dalton) Bacon, of Boston, Mass .; B. A., Williams College, 1893; LL. B., Syracuse University, 1899, admitted to the bar in New York, 1898, and in Ohio, 1903; Pub- lishers Weekly office 1894-1895, in business London, England, 1895- 1896; married at Philadelphia, Pa., July 24, 1900, Anna Osborne Anthony, niece of Susan B. Anthony; children, Harriet Anthony, Ann Dalton and Susan Anthony; compiled History of Descendants of Michael Bacon of Dedham, Mass., 1640, and History of De- scendants of John Anthony, Jr., of Portsmouth, R. I., 1634; direc- tor The Star Lubricating Oil Company; editor for Northern Ohio, The Williams Alumni Review; secretary The New England Society of Cleveland and the Western Reserve; secretary Men's League for Woman Suffrage in the State of Ohio; Municipal Ass'n of Cleve- land; past pres. Williams Alumni Association of Cleveland; mem- ber of special committee of Chamber of Commerce to draw bill for Cleveland Municipal Court, passed by the General Assembly, 1910; chairman Committee of Constitutional Convention Confer- ence composed of 25 Civic Organizations of Cuyahoga County to elect delegates to Ohio Constitutional Convertion, 1911; member Kappa Alpha Society of Williams College, Phi Delta Phi Law Fra- ternity of Syracuse University. Clubs: University, Cleveland; University, Syracuse, N. Y. Societies: Descendants of Colonial Governors; Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of New York; New York Hist. Society; American Hist. Ass'n; National Geograph. Society; Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation; Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations.
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BADER, Walter J .; dentist; born, Cleveland Aug. 31, 1887; son of Herman B. and Anna Mary Vogt Bader; Cleveland grammar and high schools; Western Reserve University Dental Dept .; mgr. Cleveland Branch, New York Tire Filler Co .; member Northern Ohio Dental Ass'n; National Dental Ass'n; member Lakewood Chamber of Commerce and Lakewood Tennis Club. Recreations: Tennis and Yachting.
BADGLEY, Sidney Rose; architect; born at Ernestown, Ont., Can., May 28, 1850; son of William Edwin and Nancy (Rose) Badgley; educated, public schools and academy; studied archi- t (ture under R. C. Windeyer, Toronto, Can .; married Alma A. Clark, 1872 (died 1874); Charlotte J. Gilleland, of St. Catherines, Ont., Sept. 21, 1876. Came to U. S., 1887; specialist in church architecture, has built churches and other buildings in various parts of U. S. and Canada; vice pres. Equity Savings & Loan Co .; member Cleveland Chamber of Commerce; Republican; Methodist.
BAEHR, Herman C., sec'y and treas. Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Co .; born, Keokuk, Ia., Mch. 16, 1866; educated public schools, Cleveland, and Lehmans Scientific Academy Worms-on-the- Rhine; degree of M. B. graduate of first Scientific station N. Y., 1887; took charge of the Baehr Brewing Co., later consolidated with the Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Co .; elected County Recorder, 1904; former Republican Mayor of Cleveland; director Forest City Savings & Trust Co .; member Chamber of Commerce; Cleveland Gesengverein, Star Turner Society, and active in other German societies; 32 degree Mason; Shriner past Chancellor K. of P .; B. P. O. E .; Republican.
BAER, Frank House; railroad business; born, Cleveland, Nov. 12, 1863; son of Anthony and Lucy May House Baer; educated, public schools of Cleveland; married Bryn Mawr, Penn., July 2, 1908; Elizabeth Hunter; one son Chisholm Spencer Baer, born, May 3, 1909; business career, clerk for The Standard Oil Co .; after 5 years business training with that company became a traveling salesman for Franklin McVeagh & Co., Wholesale Grocers of Chicago; in 1899 went to Europe for a year; upon my return entered the employ of the Nickel Plate R. R. as commercial agt .; still in that capacity; also interested in other commercial enter- prises; Democratic; was a candidate for the state senate when Bryan was making free silver a campaign issue; member public Library board three years; one of the fathers of the city grouping plan and was closely associated in the work with the originator of the group plan the late Professor Charles F. Onley; member Chamber of Commerce; Euclid Ave. Baptist Church Union; Row- fant, Euclid and Transportation Clubs; Collector of interesting relics, rare books, old Valentines; have finest collection of old valentines in existence, over 2,000 in number; a fine collection of old prints of Cleveland, have all but one of the early prints of the city in my collection.
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BAKER, Elbert H .; pres. and gen. mgr. Cleveland Plain Dealer; born, Norwalk, O., July 25, 1854; son of Henry and Clara Maria (Hall) Baker; educated, public schools; married Ida. A. Smith, of Cleveland, June 1, 1876; began newspaper work on Cleveland Herald, 1877; advertising mgr., Cleveland Leader, 1882-97; gen. mgr. Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1898; pres., 1914; pres. City Invest- ment Co .; Commercial Bldg. Co .; pres. Euclid Ave. Congregational Church; trustee Cleveland Y. M. C. A .; member Cleveland Cham- ber of Commerce, and active in municipal and civic affairs. Clubs: Colonial, Athletic, Chagrin Valley Hunt.
BAKER, Frederick L .; dist. agent Empire Line; born, Woos- ter, O., Aug. 5, 1876; public and high school education; married, Chicago, June 10, 1911, Irene Carr; one child; fifteen years with the Empire Line; being district agent for the past seven years; member Traffic and Country clubs; three years member of Troop A; Mason.
BAKER, Newton Diehl; mayor; born Martinsburg, W. V., Dec. 3, 1871; son of Newton Diehl and Mary (Dukehart) Baker; B. A., Johns Hopkins, 1892; LL. B., Washington and Lee University, 1894; married Elizabeth Lepold, of Pottstown, Pa., July 5, 1902; pvt. sec. to Postmaster-General Wilson, 1896-97; began practice at Martinsburg, W. Va., 1897; city solicitor of Cleveland, O., 1902-12; mayor of Cleveland, 1912-1913; re-elected 1913; Demo- crat; member Phi Gamma Delta. Clubs: Union, University.
BAKER, Walter Charles; pres. American Ball Bearing Co .; born, Hinsdale, N. H., June 27, 1868; son of G. W. and Jeannette R. Hall Baker; educated, public schools, Cleveland, and Case School of Applied Science; married, Cleveland Oct. 27, 1891, Fannie E. White; organized the American Ball Bearing Co .; in 1894 was elected pres. and Mechanical Engineer, still serving; interested in other cor- porations; member Union, Euclid, Clifton Park and Engineers Clubs; Republican; member Unity Church.
BALDWIN, Arthur Douglas; lawyer; born, Hiawiian Islands, Apr. 8, 1876; son of Henry P. and Emily Alexander Baldwin; educated, Oakland, Cal., High School; Hotchkiss School, Conn .; Yale, B. A .; Harvard Law School, LL. B .; married, Cleveland, June 17, 1902, Reba Louise Williams: 5 children, Henry, Louise, Fred, Alexander and Sarah; with Judge Daniel Babat of Crestline served on commission to codify Ohio Children's Law, 1911-12; candidate on Progressive ticket for State representation in 1912 (unsuccessful); member Brathenal School Board 1910-13; member troop A, O. N. G., 1901-3; organized law firm of Crowell & Baldwin in 1908; this firm dissolved in 1911; sec'y Workingmen's Collat- teral Loan Co .; director American Fabric & Belting Co .; member Nisi Prius Club; trustee Cleveland Federation for Charity and Philanthropy; Babies' Dispensary and Hospital; sec'y Legal Aid
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Society; member Executive Board Civic League of Cleveland Municipal Ass'n; director City Club; member Union, Tavern, Country, Mayfield, University and Chagrin Valley Hunt Clubs. Recreations: Horse-back Riding and Tennis.
BALDWIN, Fred; born, Yorkshire, England, Feb. 11, 1882; son of Robert and Martha Baldwin; educated in England; married, Columbus, O., Aug. 1910, Margaret May Talbot; resident of Cleveland for 5 years.
BALL, Webb C .; jeweler; born in Knox Co., Ohio; married in 1879 to Miss Florence I. Young of Kenton, O .; issue one son and three daughters; at an early age apprenticed to a watch maker to learn the watch making and jewelers' trade; came to Cleveland in Mch., 1879; for 5 yrs. had been business mgr. of the Dueber Watch Case Mnfg. Co., then located in Cincinnati; head of Rail- road Time Inspection System as well as one of the leading mer- chants of Cleveland; the name Ball today stands for accuracy in construction of Railroad watches; in connection with Railroad inspection service offices are maintained in Cleveland, Chicago and San Francisco; pres. The Webb C. Ball Co., Cleveland.
BALLARD, Thomas P .; real estate; born, Canton, O., Apr. 27, 1854; son of Martin and Sophia Ball Ballard; educated, A. B. Am- herst College, 1876 and A. M. 1879; married, Columbus, O., Jan. 20, 1886, Isabella Clerk (deceased); one son, Clifford B. Ballard; married, Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 29, 1907, Frances Anne Keay; one son, Hyde Whitcomb Ballard; 1877-79, supt. schools Navarre, O .; 1879-80, prin. Unadilla N. Y. Academy; 1880-90, agt. for Ginn & Co. of Boston at Columbus, O .; 1890, admitted as partner of Ginn & Co., 1892-99, Chicago office of Ginn & Co .; 1899-1906, social and settlement worker, Philadelphia; 1906, real estate, Cleveland; 1894- 99, trustee Chicago Commons; 1897-99, trustee Cong. City Mission Society, Chicago; 1895-8, trustee Central Cong. Church, Phila- delphia; 1913, director Civic League, Cleveland; member Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity; 1886-91, Columbus, O., Club, Chicago; Union League, Congregational, Sunset, Evanston, Amherst, Evans- ton Boat Club; Cleveland City Club; Council of Sociology; member Chamber of Commerce; committee on Municipal Affairs, 1912; vice pres. Cleveland Real Estate Board, 1911; chairman Board of Trustees, 1912, and pres. 1913.
BALZHISER, E. C .; ice industry; born, Batavia, O., Aug. 24, 1868; son of Henry and Mary Balzhiser; common school educa- tion; married in 1892, Miss Cora May Walker of Oswego, N. Y .; issue, one daughter; settled in Cleveland in 1888, entering the employ of the Knickerbocker Ice Co., as driver; by 1893 had be- come supt. of the business, which in 1893, was sold to the Forest City Ice Co .; entered the employ of the Pictet Ice Co .; first plant to make manufactured ice in the city; bought interest in the In- dependent Ice Co .; became director, sec'y and mgr .; in 1902,
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became director and district mgr. the City Ice Co., first vice pres. and director of the Company; pres. The Collinwood Ice Co .; mem- ber American Society of Refrigeration, and enthusiastic over the subject of refrigeration; chairman National Ice Carnival Exposi- tion, held in Norfolk, Va., in 1907; three terms pres. of the Middle States Ice Producers Ass'n.
BARBER, Arthur Wellesley; attorney-at-law; born, Berea, O., Nov. 7, 1858; son of Gershorm Morse and Huldah Lavine Seeley Barber; educated, Western Reserve University, 1883, A. B. and A. M .; 1886, Columbia Law School; married, Lakewood, Dec. 22, 1896, Harriet May Wagar; four children; admitted to the Bar in 1885; member firm of Tanney & Barber and G. M. & A. W. Barber, 1885-1902; member Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, Hudson Chapter, and Sons of Veterans.
BARKER, Raymond H .; printer; born, Cleveland, Nov. 4, 1874; son of Samuel and Alice J. Greene Barker; married, Cleveland, Alice May Martin; 4 children; with the S. Barker Son's & Co. since 1890; pres. and treas. since the firm was incorporated in 1910; urrector the Floating Bethel; member Chamber of Commerce and Cleveland Credit Men's Ass'n.
BARKWILL, Charles G .; banker and mfg .; born, Cleveland, Aug. 6, 1847; son of Charles and Elizabeth Ball Barkwill; edu- cated, public Schools, Cleveland, and Humistons Institute; mar- ried, Cleveland, June 15, 1870, Maria O. Steetor; issue, five chil- dren; has been principally engaged in the manufacture of building brick; pres. The Columbia Savings & Loan Co .; The Barkwill Brick Co., The Empire Rolling Mills Co .; co-partnership in Barkwill & Bradley, Barkwill & Hodous; treas. The Canfield Oil Co. Recrea- tions: Farming on farm at Dover.
BARNARD, Ernest Sargent; vice pres. Cleveland Ball Club; born, Columbia, W. Va., July 17, 1874; son of Elias and Mary D. Barnard; educated, Otterbein University, 1895, Ph. B .; sec'y Builders & Traders Exchange, Columbus, O., 1896-7; sporting edi- tor Columbus, O., Dispatch, 1898-1902; sec'y Cleveland Ball Club, 1903-1910; vice pres. Cleveland Ball Club, 1911-1913, vice pres. The Acetylene Stove Mfg. Co .; member Belden Lodge, No. 339, F. & A. M., Westerville, O .; Cleveland Lodge, No. 18, B. P. O. E .; Athletic and Rotary Clubs.
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