The book of Clevelanders: a biographical dictionary of living men of the city of Cleveland, Part 20

Author: Burrows Brothers Company, Cleveland
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Cleveland, The Burrows bros. company
Number of Pages: 424


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McINTOSH, Henry Payne; banker; born, Cleveland, Oct. 27, 1846; son of Alexander and Agnes Nicol McIntosh; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Jan. 19, 1871, Olive Manfull; issue, three sons and three daughters; 1860 to 1868, employ of the Cleveland & Erie R. R. Co., in telegraph department; chief opera- tor at time of resignation; 1868, bookkeeper for E. Teeters & Sons, bankers, Alliance, O .; also with Alliance & Lake Erie R. R. Co., as sec'y, spending about twelve years in Alliance; 1876, returned to Cleveland, to assume charge of the business interests of Hon. Henry B. Payne; 1901, resigned, to become pres. of The Guardian Savings & Trust Co .; pres. of the following, Cleveland & Eastern Traction Co., Cleveland, Youngstown & Eastern R. R. Co., Vulcan Steamship Co., treas. Standard Tool Co., Standard Welding Co .; director Cleveland Railway Co., Buffalo Steamship Co .; chairman of the board of directors, Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend R. R. Co., First National Bank, Hydraulic Pressed Steel Co., International


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Banking Corporation of New York; member Al Koran Temple, N. M. S., Iris Lodge No. 229, F. & A. M., Cleveland Chapter No. 148, R. A. M., Holyrood Commandery, No. 32, of which he is Past Em. Commander; also Past Rt. Em. Grand Commander of the State of Ohio; Elidah Lodge of Perfection, Bahurim Council P. J., Ariel Chapter, Rose Croix, H. R. D. M., Lake Erie Consistory, S. P. R. S .; 32nd°, Supreme Council Sovereign Grand Inspectors, General, 33rd and last degree of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the U. S. of America; member Athletic, Country, Euclid, East End Tennis, and Union Clubs.


MCINTOSH, Henry Payne, Jr .; real estate; born, Cleveland, Nov. 23, 1884; son of H. P. and Olive McIntosh; educated at Uni- versity School, Cleveland, and University of Pennsylvania; mar- ried, Cleveland, Feb. 19, 1908, Isabel Strong; issue, two sons, Henry Payne, III, Gregory Strong; asst. real estate officer, Guardian Sav- ings & Trust Co .; sec'y and director General Aluminum & Brass Casting Co., and Building & Investment Co .; director Standard Tool Co., Standard Welding Co., Hydraulic Pressed Steel Co .; member Union, Hermit, and Cleveland Athletic Clubs; Troop A., O. N. G., three years.


MCINTYRE, Donald C .; the well-known general freight traffic mgr. and district passenger agt. for the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., at Cleveland, Ohio; was born in Glasgow, Scot- land, but when a child of five years was brought by his parents to America, locating first at London, Ont., and later in one of the suburbs of that city, where he received a fair education in the district schools; at the age of 22 he entered the employ of The Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., as watchman on one of their steamers, and was thus employed until appointed to a position in the general offices of the line at Detroit; in 1884, he was appointed local freight agent at Detroit, and became general agent in 1887; five years later, Mr. McIntyre was also made district passenger agt .; he has since had charge of the eastern terminal of the De- troit & Cleveland Navigation Company, and is most capably and satisfactorily filling that responsible position.


McKAY, Edward C .; real estate broken; born, Cleveland, Nov. 19, 1876; son of George A. and Margaret Adam Creech Mckay; educated, Grammar and Central High School; married, Plainfield, N. J., June 20, 1905, Louise Patten; two daughters, Margaret and Louise; business record, chief clerk Cleveland Chamber of Com- merce, and American Trust Co .; also Pittsburg Steamship Co., and Cleveland office of Carnegie Steel Co., and United States Steel Corporation; sec'y and treas. The Ohio Rubber Co .; pres. The Bodifield Belting Co .; real estate operator; member Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery, and The Cleveland Naval Reserves; mem- ber Cleveland Real Estate Board, Loyal Legion, Chamber of Com- merce, Union, Athletic, Euclid and Tippecanoe Clubs.


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McKAY, Robert Hunter; lawyer; born, Cleveland, 1885; son of Robert and Agnes Hunter Mckay; educated, Adelbert College and Yale University; early schooling at South High School, and Spencerian Business College; married, Cleveland, April 26, 1910, Jessie K. Jones; one son, Hunter J. McKay; member law firm George R. and Robert H. Mckay, sec'y and director The Infor- mation Co .; sec'y and director M. K. Patent Development Co .; director and legal advisor The Western Reserve Adjustment Co .; director and sec'y American Remedies Co .; director and sec'y Reserve Coal & Timber Co .; director Associated Investment Co .; director and pres. The Doty Mckay Co .; director The Cleveland Sales Co .; director and treas. Huston Brick & Clay Co .; member Bar Ass'n and Law Library; member Alpha Tau Omega, and Theta Nu Epsilon Fraternities; Book and Gavel Society (Yale), Blue Lodge and Chapter of Masons, Knights of Pythias and Elks; member Yale Masonic Club, Three K Club, Western Reserve Ken- nel Club, and Cleveland French Bull Dog Club.


McKEEHAN, Homer H .; lawyer; born, Hillsboro, O., June 27, 1870; son of Milton and Sarah Foraker McKeehan; Ohio Wesleyan University, B. A .; married, Hillsboro, O., Dec. 16, 1896, Nancy Spaeger; one daughter; member law firm Hoyt, Dustin, Kelley, McKeehan & Andrews; member Union, Country, Mayfield, Euclid, and Athletic Clubs, and @ K & Fraternity


MCKINSTRY, Charles T .; electrical business; born, Cleveland, Nov. 2, 1865; son of James P. and Emma A. Miller Mckinstry; Cleveland public schools; until 1901, mgr. and treas. The Cleve- land Telephone Co .; pres. The Erner Electric Co .; member Cham- ber of Commerce, Electric League of Cleveland, and Athletic Club.


MCMILLIN, Henry Everett, Jr .; musical instruments; born, Shelby, O., April 27, 1876; son of H. E. and Emma C. North Mc- Millin, Sr .; educated, Hiram College, Hiram, O .; married, Cleve- land, April 19, 1899, Minna A. Gerisch, of Mansfield, O .; Q. M. Sergt., Co. K, 10th O. V. I., Spanish American War; vice pres. and gen. mgr. The H. E. McMillin Co .; member Cleveland Athletic Club. Fond of Tennis.


McNAIRY, Amos; mnfr .; born, Columbus, O., May 4, 1854; edu- cated in the common school and graduated from Cornell Univer- sity, in 1877, degree of B. M. E .; pres. Cleveland Chamber of Com- merce, 1904-1905; member Union and Country Clubs; pres. Little Mountain Club; member Association Mechanical Engineers; Re- publican; member Presbyterian denomination.


McWATERS, J. C .; insurance; born, Newtonville, Can., Sept. 17, 1853; son of John and Jean Copeland McWaters; common school education; married, July 9, 1878, Wolcott, N. Y., Florence E. Russell; issue, seven children, of which five are living; at the age of 20, came to Cleveland, and worked for Mabley & Hull,


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men's clothing; later with E. R. Hull & Co .; then with E. R. Hull & Dutton, gen. mgr. ten years; went into business as senior partner of The McWaters-Dolan Co., now dissolved; interested in real estate; instrumental in securing street lights and well lighted stores; one of the founders of Trinity Congregational Church; pres. of its building committee; Mason, Elk, and Owl; Cleveland Auto- mobile Club.


McWILLIAMS, Thomas Samuel; minister; born, Kentucky, Nov. 22, 1865; son of Samuel and Martha A. Harrington McWilliams; Centr, College, Danville, Ky., A. B., 1886, A. M., 1889, D. D., 1899; Danville Theological Seminary, 1886-1888; Princeton Theological Seminary, 1888-1889; married, Chillicothe, O., Dec. 5, 1887, Susan Probasco Nipgen; one son, John P. McWilliams; pastor First Pres- byterian Church, Chillicothe, O., 1889-1892; American Presbyterian Church, Montreal, Can., 1892-1902; pastor Calvary Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, since 1902; in 1911, chairman of committee that formed the Association of Federated Churches of Cleveland; pres. of Cleveland Peace Society, 1911; member Kappa Alpha Frater- nity; member Mayfield, and Country Clubs. Golf favorite recrea- tion. .


MABERY, Charles Frederick; chemist; born North Gorham, Me., Jan. 13, 1850; son of Henry and Elizabeth A. Bennett Mabery; S. B., Lawrence Scientific School, (Harvard), 1876, Sc. D., 1881; married, Miss F. A. Plaisted, of Gorham, Me., Nov. 19, 1872; asst. in chemistry, Harvard, 1874-1883; prof. chemistry, Case School of Applied Science, 1883-1911, since prof. emeritus; researcher in organic chemistry, especially in investigations of the composition of American petroleum, lubricants and lubrication; Fellow Ameri- can Academy Arts and Sciences, A. A. A. S .; member American Philosophical Society, American Chemical Society.


MACH, Henry Leonard; attorney-at-law; born, Cleveland, Dec. 27, 1879; son of Frank J. and Mary T. Kohout Mach; educated, Warren School, 1894, South High School, 1898, Adelbert College, Western Reserve University, 1902; A. B., Harvard Law School, 1902-1903-1904, 1907-1908, graduated, 1909, LL. B .; married, Cleve- land, May 29, 1911, Blanche May Ward; one daughter, Gertrude Elinor Mach; admitted to practice law in Ohio in 1908; asso- ciated with Benjamin C. Starr up to the time of his death, in 1910; practicing alone since at 807 American Trust Bldg., member Woodward Lodge, Masonic, No. 508, and Palacky, K. of P. Lodge, No. 317; member Broadway M. E. Church.


MAEDJE, Charles W .; newspaperman; son of Christian and Caroline Maedje; born, July 30, 1856; educated, Cleveland Elemen- tary and High Schools; married, Cleveland, Sept. 26, 1888, Emma H. Heimerdinger; issue, Irma M. Carl, and Hildegrade L .; identi- fied with the newspaper business since 1874, 1889, pres. and mgr. Waechter and Anzeiger; director State Banking & Trust Co .; pres.


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German Consolidated Newspaper Co .; director German Press & Plate: Co., and Cleveland Cremation : Co .; member of many German Societies and Chamber of Commerce. .. ..


MALM, L. Louis; vice consul for Sweden; born in Umea, Swe- den, Dec. 15, 1850; son of John August and Augusta Sophia Wahlin Malm; educated in Government schools and College of Umea; married; Dec. 15, 1874, Miss . Wilhelmina Peterson; issue, seven children; went to sea as an apprenticed seaman; promoted to 2nd mate; spent four years at sea; on returning to Sweden, engaged in shipchandlery for one year; in 1872, came to the U. S .; located in Pennsylvania, with Titiusville Gas & Water Co .; in 1874, became supt. and remained in that position till 1884, when elected treas. Danvers, Mass., Gas & Electric Light Co .; in 1889, appointed supt. of construction of the Cleveland Arcade Co .; still retain official connection with the company; in 1895, appointed viee consul for Sweden and Norway; when countries were divided retained Swedish consulate; director Augustana College and Theological Seminary, at Rock Island, Ill .; director Gustavus Adolphus Or- phanage, at. Jamestown, N. Y .; member, Swedish-American His- torical Society, Swedish and Cleveland Chambers of Commerce; member, Swedish-Lutheran Church; Republican; Royal Arch Mason; member Scandinavian Brotherhood of America, member Cleveland Yacht Club. Favorite recreation: Yachting.


MALY, Fred; merchant tailor; born, Bohemia, Dec. 31, 1874; son of James and Teresa Maly; educated in Bohemia and Oberlin Col- lege; married, Cleveland Aug. 3, 1903, Emma Wolkersdorfer; two daughters; has been engaged actively in the tailoring business for fifteen years; member Elks, Eagles, Knights of Pythias, Moose, Club, and Knights of the Maccabees; also automobile clubs; en- thusiastic over automobiling.


MANAK, Frank C .; lawyer; born, Milvesko, Bohemia, Jan. 11, 1872; came to Cleveland in 1875; educated, public schools, Cleve- land, and Western Reserve Law School; admitted to the bar and began practice in Cleveland in 1894, with Benjamin C. Starr until 1901; until 1903, asst. police prosecutor, when he entered the present firm of Vessy, Davis & Manak; appointed chief asst. state fire marshal; organized the Veela Building & Loan Ass'n in 1896, and it now has a subscribed capital stock of over $1,500,000; member B. P. O. E. and Knights of Pythias; Republican. MOD .FIILI LAMODA NATHE LES FOLHA


MANCHESTER, Frederick A .; real estate; born Otsego county, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1863; son of Dewitt C. and Julia Bates Manches- ter; from 1870-1877, public schools, Mentor, Lake county O .; mar- ried,l Concord, O., May.5, 1887, Evalena A. Sherman; issue, Mar- guerite , A. and Sherman A., who was Intercollegiate Ohio State champion in tennis in 1913; farmer. until 1901; specialty of fruit growing; eame to Cleveland in 1901, and went into the real estate business: with The Frisbee Co .; supt. of Sales Dept., nine years; in.


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1909, accepted position of sales mgr. for The Scott-Hall-Clark Co., now The Clark-Manchester Co .; pres. The Clark-Manchester Realty Co. Recreation: Reading, general News and Good Books.


MANDELBAUM, M. J .; investments; born, Cleveland, May 21, 1863; son of Jacob and Mary Schwab Mandelbaum; Central High School, class of 1880; married, Cleveland, Oct. 18, 1905, Florence S. Levy; vice pres. Aurora, Elgin & Chicago R. R. Co., Western Ohio R. R., Wolf-Baker Co .; Cleveland Mining Co., Laurence Mines Co .; director Cleveland Trust Co., Union National Bank, Kansas City Western R. R. Co., Kansas City Breweries Co., Cleve- land, Southwestern & Columbus R. R .; member Mandelbaum, Wolf & Lang; member Ohio Society of New York, Athletic, Oakwood, and Excelsior Clubs.


MANSFIELD, Howard P .; chemical business; born, Cleveland, May 5, 1884; son of I. Howard and Emily Page Mansfield; edu- cated, Holbrooks Military School, Ossining, N. Y., 1899-1902; Yale University, Sheffield Scientific School, 1905, P. H. B .; married, Cleveland, Dec. 2, 1907, Valentine Morris; one daughter, Elizabeth Morris Mansfield; with the Grasselli Chemical Co., since Sept. 11, 1905; member Board of managers Y. M. C. A .; member Chi Phi Fraternity. Recreations: Hand Ball, Tennis, and Golf.


MAPES, George Carlton; furniture and undertaking; born, May- field, O., June 29, 1844; son of Hial S. and Mary J. Mapes; edu- cated, district school, Mayfield Academy, and Willoughby Colle- giate Institute; married, Oct. 1, 1863, Nettie N. Krissell, of Euclid, O .; issue, four sons, Harry S., Carey E., Will Carlton, and Guy F .; the latter the only one living; spent early life on a farm; has been connected for thirty years as a resident of the 26th ward of Cleveland; was one of the original committee appointed to make the boundary lines of Collinwood village; was Mayor of the village 1888-1890; during office, opened the Mayor's Court, graded Main street, laid stone walks, organized the board of Health and Fire Department, built town hall, and bought first fire apparatus; de- scendants have historic and patriotic record; although almost 70, he is actively engaged in the furniture and undertaking business and insurance.


MARKS, Martin A .; sec'y and treas. Cleveland Worsted Mills; born, Feb. 6, 1853; son of Aaron and Sarah August Marks; com- mon school education; married, Cleveland, Oct. 28, 1885, Belle Hays; issue, two daughters, Florence, now Mrs. Herman Moss, and Ethel Hays Marks; when a young man, went into his father's store and became later a member of the firm of A. Marks & Co., in Madi- son, Ind .; came to Cleveland in 1887; member firm of Klein, Marks & Co .; in 1890, went with the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co .; then with the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York, as mgr. for Northeastern Ohio; resigned, after fourteen years, and


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went to Europe for health; since 1902, connected with the Cleve- land Worsted Mills Co .; sec'y and treas. since 1906; director the First National Bank, and member finance committee; director and member executive committee, Guardian Savings & Trust Co .; one of the founders of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives at Denver, Col .; member Independent Order, B'nai B'rith, promi- nent in Jewish charitable work in the U. S. and Cleveland; member Chamber of Commerce; member and officer Union Lodge, No. 2, A. F. & A. M., Madison, Ind .; Madison Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M., and also of the council of that place; organizer and first pres. of the Indiana Society in Cleveland; member Ohio Society New York; member Excelsior, Oakwood, Athletic, and Automobile Clubs.


MARVIN, Ulysses L .; attorney; born, Stow, Summit County, O., March 14, 1839; son of Ulysses and Elizabeth Bradley Marvin; educated, public schools, Twinsburg Academy, Franklin Institute and private tutor; honorary degree, LL. D., Kenyon College; married, Kent, O., Nov. 21, 1861, Dorena Rockwell; died Nov. 1, 1898; married, second time, Cleveland, Sept. 28, 1901, Carrie En- sign; two sons living, George U. and Francis R .; volunteered Aug. 9, 1862; served till Oct. 4, 1865, private, first lieut., capt. and Major by brevet; was wounded twice in battle; began to teach school at age of 16; principal Kent High School 1861-1862; Judge Probate Court, Summit County, 1870-1876, Judge Court Common Pleas, 4th District, Ohio, 1883; Judge Circuit Court, 8th District of Ohio, 1895 to 1913; Judge Court of Appeals, 8th District of Ohio, 1913; practiced law at Kent, O., from November 1865-1867, and at Akron, O., except while holding office, from November, 1867, to February, 1895; took office then as Judge of Circuit Court; member law firm Marvin, Smart, Marvin & Ford; director Sheriff St. Market House & Storage Co., pres. Windimere Realty Co .; vice pres. Bankers Guarantee & Trust Co., Akron, O., trustee Kenyon College; Gam- bier, O., trustee Lincoln Memorial Institute; member Theta Lawda Phi Fraternity.


MASCHKE, Maurice; collector of customs; born, Cleveland, Oct. 16, 1868; son of Joseph and Rosa Salinger Maschke; edu- cated, Central High School, Cleveland, Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., and Harvard University; married, Cleveland, June 10, 1903, Minnie Rice; issue, Helen and Maurice, 2nd .; 1890, admitted to practice law in State of Ohio; appointed chief deputy recorder, Cuyahoga County, in September, 1907; Jan. 1, 1910, appointed recorder of Cuyahoga County; May 1, 1911, appointed collector of customs, Port of Cleveland; member Masonic, Pythian, and Elks; member Excelsior, Keswick Golf, and Lakewood Tennis Clubs.


MATHER, Samuel; financier; born, Cleveland, O., July 13, 1851; son of Samuel Livingston and Georgianna Pomeroy (Woolson) Mather; educated in the public schools of Cleveland, and St. Mark's School, at Southboro, Mass .; married, Cleveland, Oct. 19,


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1881, Miss Flora Stone: (died Jan. 19, 1909); issue, Samuel Livings- ton, "Amasa Stone, Phillip Richard, and Constance; took up busi- ness life when a young man; associated with hisfather, and at the latters death, Thecame his successor im the Pickands-Mather ' Co., interested officiallysin many other ! corporations, prominently con- nected with the iron and (steel ! trade of the country ; deeply] in- terested inand a large giver to educational and charitable insti- tutions; senior warden of Trinity Cathedral parish; > member exe- cutive committee, National Civie Federation; member central com- mittee of American National ; Red Cross Society; pres. Children's Aid Society; press and treas of the Home for Aged Women; vice pres. University : School ; director of the Floating Bethel and City Mission; the Cleveland Museum of Art; chairman of the Hanna Monument Ass'n; trustee of Western Reserve University, of Adel- bert College, Hiram; House, Goodrich House, Kenyon College, and Case Library Assin; interested in Lakeside Hospital. Dy .botssub9


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I MATHER, Samuel Wayne; manufacturer; born, Schuyler, NY, July 27, 1849; son of Asaph and Betsy Emily Davis Mather; ; lim; ited education,This father wass seriously injured when he ; was young, so could not go to school, after he was 11 years old;went to work to help support the family, worked three years in the woods burning charcoal; moved to Cataraugus County N. Y., with his parents and for five years worked on his father's farm; mar- ried, Frankville, N. Y., Sept, 6, 1887, Addie Viola Cooley; issue, five children, two living, Addie and William; his first wife died July 9,1902; married the second time, Cleveland, Jan. 24, 1907, Lora E.[Rock; two children, Arlo, and Arline; came to Cleveland at the age of 22, and went into the grocery business; was in the business two and one-half years, lost all his money, and was over $2,000 in debt; but did not go into bankruptcy, but paid all his debts, dollar for dollar, With interest; worked at carpenter work till 1877; then went to Philadelphia, and manufactured a fire lighter of his own patent for, one and one-half years; sold out and went to Cambridgeport, Mass., remained there one year manufac- turing the fire lighters; in 1879, sold out his patent, and returned' to Cleveland, and established the Union Ladder & Washboard Works; in 1882, began making caskets to sell to the undertaking trade; not in the monopoly; in 1887, they all joined the monopoly and left him with a large stock of goods on hand and no cus -; tomers to sell to; he offered his entire stock) to them, worth $1,800 for $250; he was then instrumental in starting The Funeral Reform Ass'nof the U.S. ; of which he is still mgr. ; also manufacturer caskets and funeral supplies; Feb. 1, 1911, he began the manufac- ture lof; an [automobile for funeral purposes, is now making an Autolfuneral car, which carries the body, the flowers, and thirty six mourners; holds the U. S. patent on the same; member Knights of Pythlas. (1979!) , beitem ;real .produto? te foodhe o' dell.


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MATHERS, James; lawyer; born, Bellwood, Pal, Sept. 4,1868; educated at Mifflintown; graduated, Princeton University, $1890, degree A. B., Cincinnati Law School, 1893, degree LL/ B .; admitted to the bar, and began practicesin the United States attorney's office, in Pittsburgh, 'Pa., 1893; come to Cleveland in 1894, as at torney for Cleveland, Akron' &"Columbus R. R., formed partner- ship with Senator H. W. Wolcott, continuing until Wolcott was made gen. mgr. Kansas City & Leavenworth Ry !; then with Berk- ley Pearce, firm name Mathers & Pearce; member Century, Euclid and Hermit Clubs, politically IIndependentsh.coll Toatete ./ Bitsla ;bissel ziommol shud feer .of "omul .. [. .. . usbris) ,bitten


1| MATHEWS, Herbert; law and real estate; born, Canada, Noy. 21, 1864; son of Aaron and Caroline (Crabtree) Mathews; edu- cated, public schools, and Western Reserve Law School, Cleve- land; one of the earliest developers of Lakewood, well-known suburb; one of the original committee of the Chamber of Industry; helped to frame the law establishing a County Park Board; pres. The Cleveland Real Estate Board and Home Exposition ; director- general West Side, Industrial Exposition; in 1900, organized Rocky River Bank; charter member Phi Delta Phi, Legal Fraternity; member Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Industry, Hermit Ath, letic, and Keswick Golf Clubs. 1/ 10 vtien19vin J .jqod wsJ. ,botsu mms9 ;. BI uwrotaiweil ni guifysiq nsgod bus asd ont of bettimbs


JEMATTHEWS, John, stage name JOHNNY RAY; actor; sborn; Tredegar, Wales, Oct. 12, 1858; sonvof Benjamin and Annie Matthi+ ews, educated, Cleveland public schools;i married, San Francisco Cal., April 12, 1890, Miss . Carter, first stage appearancerat the age of 13, at Montpelier's Variety's, in Frankfort St., in . 1870 ;: re- tired May 1, 1912, after forty-three years of stage life; most suc- cessful comedies were A Hot ; Old Timey''Down the Pike, " and "King Casey "; invested earnings in real estate, owns much valuable residence property on East 98th Stiy and in Superior Park) and a farm 'in Randall; hobby,"trotting horses; member Gentle man's Driving Club; >32nd - degree Mason. ATT ase to visning?


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MATZEN, Hermann N .; sculptor; born, Denmark, 1861; son of Nicolai Edinger and Henrietta Rasch Matzen; graduate, German- American, Seminary, Detroit, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin (medal of second, class); married, Cleveland, 1888, Emm ma Hale: married, 1908, Blanche Disette; issue, Madelein Dorothy, Carl and Herman; engaged in sculpture since 1893; Prinexecuted groups "War and, Peace, {} on Indianapolis Soldiers' and Sailors "monument; Schiller monument, Detroit; Burke, mausoleum; figures, . Moses and Gregory, ''t Cuyahoga County Court House, Cleveland; "Law and /Justice,'' Summit County Court House, Akron; "' Cain, and Abel, '" Lakei County Court House,niPainesville; Wagner, monu- ment, Cleveland, and others, instructor Cleveland School of Art since 1897; "member Chamber of Commerce; i National Sculpture Society, American Federation of Art, Arts . Club!") Intoitsyongno')


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MEACHAM, Rowland Thomas; broker, stocks and bonds; born, Parma, O., July 21, 1875; son of Levie and Rosaline Biddulph Meacham; educated, Cleveland public and West High Schools, Adelbert College, 1898, A. B .; married, Cleveland, June 12, 1913, Evelyn Mae Thipbaugh; member Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, and Alpha Delta Phi Club of New York City.




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