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PETRO, John M .; born, Hungary, 1877; educated in Parochial schools, Cleveland; married, Cleveland, 1898, Mary Melleza; six children, three boys and three girls; started as mechanical pattern maker's apprentice in 1890, working for several years on out-door work on account of poor health; 1897, started as apprentice plumber, for his brother, J. J. Petro; bought his business in 1910; does high class of work and has good trade, built up by honest methods and good work; well-known among Hungarians of the city, as parents were pioneers from Hungary; in 1894, organized St. Stephen's Young Men's Society, sec'y and treas. of same; member Lincoln Tent of Maccabees; also member Gilmour Court, Catholic Order of Foresters.
PFEIL, Nicholas; rector St. Peter's Church; born, Cleveland, Nov. 4, 1859; son of Lawrence and Frances Reinhart Pfeil; edu- cated, St. Mary's and St. Stephen's Parochial schools, Canisius College, Buffalo, N. Y., B. A., St. Mary's Theological Seminary, Cleveland, Ohio; graduated at Canisius College, June, 1878; en- tered St. Mary's Theological Seminary, September, 1878; was or- dained to the Priesthood, July 1, 1883, at a little over 23 years of age; appointed pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Hubbard, O., August, 1883; transferred to Holy Trinity Church, March 2, 1884; appointed irremovable rector of St. Peter's Church, Cleveland, May 9, 1897; director of the Holy Childhood Society for the Diocese of Ohio; visited the British Isles, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland in 1895; second visit to Europe in 1903; made a trip to the Holy Land in the fall of 1908; gave an account of his travels in Catholic Universe and the Stimme der Wahrheit, beside a knowl- edge of the classical languages, possesses a thorough acquaintance with English and German; parents immigrated from Baden in 1874, and belonged to the pioneers of Cleveland.
PHARE, William G .; attorney-at-law; born, Warrensville, O., June 29, 1863; son of Thomas and Mary Short Phare; educated, public schools and Shaw Academy, East Cleveland; graduated from the National Normal University, Lebanon, O., in 1882; mar- ried, Lebanon, O., Nov. 26, 1884, Mattie M. Linder; one son, Ray
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Phare; member Ohio Legislature, 1900-1902, Ohio Senate, 1910- 1912, Mayor of the Village of Cleveland Heights, 1912-1914; active professional career; organized The Fairmount Savings Bank Co., in 1902; afterwards merged with The Cleveland Trust Co .; also active in real estate matters; member Cleveland and State Bar Associations, and Cleveland Fire Insurance Exchange; for several years, member Board of Education of Cleveland Heights; trustee Cleveland Heights M. E. Church; member Tippecanoe, and Cleve- land Heights Men's Clubs.
PHENEGER, Charles R .; dentist; born, Cleveland, March 15, 1881; son of Benjamin H. and Emma Easty Pheneger; educated in public schools of Columbus, Cleveland high schools, Ohio State University, and Western Reserve Dental College; married, Cleve- land, Dec. 1, 1908, Florence I. Gillmore; member Psi Omega.
PHYPERS, Charles J .; insurance; born, Cleveland, Oct. 22, 1874; son of George S. and Catherine E. Barker Phypers; common school education in Cleveland; married, Cleveland, June 21, 1905, Harriet B. Wood; issue, one son: began work at 14 years, as postal messen- ger boy; office at 15, with L. S. & M. S .; office position at 17, with Sherwin-Williams Co .; when 23, entered insurance office of Fred P. Thomas Co .; in 1900, with brother, George W., formed the Phypers Bros. Co., insurance; in 1913, consolidated with Neale Bros. Co., as the Neale-Phypers Co .; treas. Neale-Phypers Co.
PHYPERS, George William; insurance; born, Cleveland, April 8, 1873; son of George S. and Catherine E. Barker Phypers; com- mon school education; married, Cleveland, Sept. 1, 1900, Maude P. Maynard; issue, five children; began as postal telegraph messenger boy; clerk L. S. & M. S .; insurance business 19 years; with Phypers Bros. & Co., since 1900; vice pres. Neale-Phypers Co .; member East Cleveland Baptist Church.
PICKANDS, Henry S .; Pickands-Mather Co .; born, Marquette, Mich., Oct. 4, 1875; attended public and University School of Cleveland; graduated from Yale in 1897, with degree of Bachelor of Philosophy; took a course in Civil Engineering, and immedi- ately entered the business of Pickands-Mather Co., founded by his father, Colonel James Pickands; married, Marquette, Mich., Dec. 27, 1899, Miss Jeanne Call; issue, four children, Elizabeth, Caro- line, James, and Henry S., Jr .; Mayor of Euclid for five years, from 1903 to 1908; Republican; member Chamber of Commerce, Union, Country, and University Clubs.
PICKETT, Phillip James; plumbing business; born, Buffalo, June 18, 1866; son of Michael and B. Elizabeth Rogers Pickett; educated, Cleveland public schools and St. Joseph's College; at the age of 17, left college to learn the plumber's trade; served four years as an apprentice; traveled through the United States, working as a journeyman plumber; at the end of eight years,
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returned to Cleveland; eighteen years ago, started his own busi- ness; has been very successful and credit it to perseverance, hon- esty and good workmanship; member of the Knights of Columbus; member Master Plumber's Club. Recreations: All Out-door Sports, and Reading along Historical Lines.
PIERCE, Clifford E .; treas. The Betz-Pierce Co .; born, Green- field, O., July 15, 1880; Cleveland public schools; married, Cleve- land, Sept. 2, 1903, Jessie V. Palmer; with The Bassett-Presley Co. for fifteen years; sales manager; when they were merged into the Steel Corporation, A. B. Betz and himself formed Betz-Pierce Co., incorporated, July 3, 1911; jobbers high-grade steel; now treas. and director; his grandfather, Franklin Pierce, came to Cleve- land, then Ohio City, about 1830; member Cleveland Athletic Club, Halcyon Lodge, F. & A. M., McKinley Chapter, R. A. M.
PIERCE, Stephen Lawrence; manufacturer shoes; born, Birm- ingham, O., Nov. 4, 1855; son of Bennett and Clarry Pierce; edu- cated, Oberlin College; married, Cleveland, May 10, 1882, Kittie J. Hawkint, many years with the old firm of Childs, Groff & Co., shoe jobbers; in 1884, started to manufacture shoes and has con- tinued in same line until the present time; has a large trade in most of the states of the Union; head of S. L. Pierce & Co .; direc- tor First National Bank, Guardian Savings & Trust Co., Clifton Land & Improvement Co .; member Chamber of Commerce; served one year as treas. of the Chamber; member Union, Clifton, and Athletic Clubs; member Gatling Gun Battery.
PINKETT, George M .; mgr. Cleveland Branch, Armour & Co .; born, Elyria, O., Sept. 6, 1857; son of Samuel and Maria Pinkett; left school at the age of 14, and went to work; married, Cleve- land, Jan. 1, 1883, Miss M. Caloo; issue, two sons, George and Joseph; with Jas. Gibbon & Co., meat and provision dealers, from 1874 until 1891, sec'y and mgr. of the Company; in 1903, Mr. Ar- mour bought their wholesale dept .; became mgr. of Cleveland Branch; also opened branch houses in Akron, Canton, Youngstown, Sandusky, Findlay, and Lorain, O .; director the Gibbon & Pinkett Co .; member Elks, and Eagles; Republican.
PINYOUN, Frederick Charles; builder and contractor; born, November 5, 1856; son of Thomas Pinyoun; mother's maiden name Pinyoun; educated, Lower Sussex, England; married, England, Aug. 19, 1876, Mary Beck; issue, four sons, six daughters; served one year with the 1st Sussex Volunteer Artillery; manager Pin- youn & Son.
PLACAK, Joseph Charles; physician; born, Cleveland, Feb. 22, 1882; son of Anthony and Jennie Goldstein Placak; educated, pub- lic schools, Cleveland, M. D., Medical Department, Ohio Wesleyan University; post-graduate, University of Prague, Austria; mar- ried, Cleveland, March 20, 1907, Eunice S. Emde; two children;
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resident pathologist and resident physician, Cleveland City Hos- pital, 1903-1905; medical supt., Cooley Farm's, Warrensville, 1906- 1910, in charge of tuberculosis work open air schools of Cleveland, public schools, 1911-1913; lecturer on internal medicine, Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1905-1911; visiting patholo- gist, Cleveland City Hospital, 1906-1907; physician in charge Tu- berculosis Dispensary, Haymarket District; visiting pathologist, Eddy Road Hospital; member American Medical National Ass'n for study and prevention of tuberculosis, Cleveland Academy of Medicine, Ohio State Medical Ass'n; director of Freedom Liquor League; member Phi Beta Pi Fraternity; sec'y Alumni Ass'n, Western Reserve Medical College; member Knights of Pythias, and City Club of Cleveland.
PLATNER, Samuel Ball; university prof .; born, Unionville, Conn., Dec. 4, 1863; son of William and Emily Childs (Ball) Platner; brother of John Winthrop Platner (q. v.); A. B., Yale, 1883, Ph. D., 1885; married Leonora Sayre, of Utica, N. Y., June 29, 1892; instructor Latin and French, 1885-1890; asst. prof. Latin, 1890-1892; prof. since 1892; Western Reserve University, sec'y mngr. com. 1897-1911; professor, 1899-1900; American School Clas- sical Studies in Rome; pres. American Philological Ass'n, 1900- 1901. Editor: Greek and Roman Versification (from German of Lucian Muller), 1892; Selected Letters of the Younger Pliny, 1894. Author: Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome, 1904, 2nd edit., 1911.
PLUMMER, Artemus Clark; optometrist; born in a log cabin, near Harmony, Ind .; son of Thomas Jermiah and Martha Richards Plummer; educated in district school of Indiana, and Blackwater, Mo .; at the age of 16, began work on a farm and continued at it until 21 years old, then went to Kansas City, and entered Spald- ing's Commercial College; doing odd jobs to pay his way; 1899, went to New York City, and entered Dr. R. H. Knowles' School of Optometry, graduating in 1901; previous to coming to Cleve- land, was with Tiffany & Co., New York City, for several years.
POE, Joseph Ralph; civil engineer; born, Brooklyn, O., Aug. 10, 1877; son of Joseph Charles and Elizabeth Dundas Smith Poe; educated, Cleveland public schools, Case School of Applied Science, degrees of Bachelor of Science, 1901, and Civil Engineer, 1905; married, Cleveland, Sept. 7, 1904, Ottilia Ida Obert; issue, Joseph M. Poe and Ida O. Poe; 1897, employed by City of Cleveland help- ing to lay out City Park System along Rockefeller Parkway and Shaker Heights; with Brown Hoisting Machine Co., designing and detailing several large coal and ore-handling installations, includ- ing a coal unloading crane for the Panama Canal; with The Forest City Steel & Iron Co., on several large mill and office buildings, in- cluding the Rockefeller Bldg .; with Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Co., as chief draughtsman of structural dept., on coal and ore-handling machinery; has had personal supervision of one 100-ton Floating
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Crane, two 150-ton Floating Cranes, four beam and four Chamber Cranes for the United States Government at Panama; member American Society of Civil Engineers, Cleveland Engineering So- city, Chamber of Industry, and Lakewood Tennis Club. Recreation: Racing of Homing Pigeons.
POLLOCK, Wilfred S .; dept. mgr. Weideman Co .; born, New York City, Sept. 3, 1863; son of Joseph and Sarah Beardsley Pol- lock; educated in New York schools; married, New York, April 14, 1887, Harriet A. Hotchkiss; issue, one son, Preston Ganson, March 13, 1902; came to Cleveland in 1893, as dept. mgr. with Weideman Co., which position he still holds; director Weideman Co .; member U. S. Geographical Society; member Chamber of Commerce, Sons of American Revolution, Cleveland Athletic, Hermit, and Rotary Clubs. Favorite recreations are Golfing and Farming.
POND, Daniel H .; pres. and gen. mgr. Economy Bldg. & Loan Co .; born, Petroleum Center, Pa., March 11, 1870; son of Henry Herbert and Maria M. (Gates) Pond; educated, district schools of Trumbull County, public schools Cleveland, and Allegheny College; married, May 17, 1891, Miss Ola Clark; one son, Ralph; worked one year in a factory in Painesville, O .; came to Cleveland and worked for The Cleveland Baking Co., as driver; later purchasing agt. one year; served one enlistment 7th U. S. Cavalry; messenger for the Adams Express Co .; then entered the real estate and insur- ance business and in 1894, became connected with The Economy Bldg. and Loan Co .; in 1907, elected vice pres .; senior member the insurance firm of Pond Bros., representing many important compa- nies; Methodist; Republican; member Chamber of Commerce, Knights of Pythias, Military Order of Foreign War, and Military and Naval Order of the Spanish-American War; captain 5th O. V. T., during war with Spain, and later lieut. col. 5th Infantry, O. N. G., until retired.
POOL, Charles E .; coal operator; born, Irwin, Pa., July 8, 1881; educated, public schools; married, Philadelphia, Feb. 18, 1911; business career, real estate, Allegheny City, Pa., 1890-1902, W. Y. Bygate Co .; vice pres. one year; 1903, owned and operated coal mine at Gorman. Md., on the West Va. Central; 1904, organized The Continental Fuel Co .; 1906, owned and operated Quaker Valley mine, Rogers, O .; 1908, owned and operated Shamrock mines, Moro, Pa .; sold to Pittsburg Cambria Co .; same year, took over Russell Hill at Delroy, O .; 1910, operated mine at Clements, W. Va .; 1912, organized Claybrook Coal Mining Co .; Banner Creek, W. Va .; sec'y and treas. Claybrook Coal Mining Co .; member Athletic Club; also Wisconsin Gas Ass'n.
POST, Ernest M .; insurance; born, Avoca, Louisiana, Sept. 1, 1862; son of Ralph B. and Ellen Deming Post; educated, Norwalk, Conn., and Hanover, Va .; married, Milwaukee, Wis., March 27, 1894, Alice C. Paine; 1882 to 1892, connected with the firm of
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R. B. Post & Son, wholesale grocers, New Orleans; in 1892, entered the employ of The Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, in New Orleans; was transferred to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1893; in 1903, was made mgr. of the company for the territory of Northern Michigan and Northern Wisconsin; the following year, was put in charge of the company's interests in Indiana, with headquarters in Indianapolis; was appointed mgr. for Northwestern Ohio, in 1907; member Euclid, and Athletic Clubs, and Chamber of Com- merce.
POTTER, Frederick P .; lumber dealer; born, Cleveland, Nov. 24, 1871; son of Abel H. and Augusta Wilsey Potter; educated, Cen- tral High School, 1891; married, April 5, 1893, Mabel C. Matson; one daughter, Dorothy R. Potter; succeeded to the interest of A. H. Potter, in the co-partnership of Potter-Teare Co., upon his death, June 15, 1904; member of firm since 1900; sec'y and treas. also director The Potter-Teare Transit Co .; director Central Na- tional Bank, Federal Union Insurance Co., K. I. Herman Co .; mem- ber Euclid, Athletic, and Willowick Clubs. Recreation: Golf.
POWELL, Albert E .; attorney-at-law; born, Montreal, Can., Nov. 9, 1874; son of Lewis T. and Mary Lyndon Powell; educated Western Reserve University (LL. B., 1899); attended Harvard Law School, 1899-1900; began practice in Cleveland in the fall of 1900; formerly in partnership with Martin A. Foran and A. J. Pierson; both are now judges of the Common Pleas Court of Cuya- hoga County; is now practicing alone; member Harvard Club, Masonic Order, and Royal Arcanum, and Tippecanoe Club.
PRATT, Charles Wheeler; engineering, civil and landscape; born, Nashua, N. H., in 1865; son of Charles W. and Sarah Ann White Pratt; early education in public schools of Boston, Mass .; attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology; married, Cleve- land, 1902, Miss Frederika Bailey; in 1881, worked for E. W. Bowdich, of Boston; engaged in waterworks and sewer construc- tion and landscape gardening; came to Cleveland in 1893, and in 1894, entered the employ of the old park board, as chief engineer; during the time all the present public parks were built: in 1900, took up private practice of his profession; designed Ambler Heights, Euclid Heights, and the original group plan as adopted by the Chamber of Commerce; formerly member Massachusetts Na- tional Guard, Road Commissioner and Engineer in the Village of Brahanaw; member Country Club. Recreation: Golf.
PRICE, John H .; attorney-at-law; born, Youngstown, July 31, 1878; son of Morgan and Margaret Davis Price: graduated, Raven High School, Youngstown, 1897; Mt. Union College, A. B., 1900; Western Reserve Law School and Ohio State University Law School. 1902; married, Cleveland, June 3, 1903, Flora Staats; issue, John H. Price, Jr .; Newman Staats Price, and Emily Louise Price; Spanish-American War, Siege of Santiago, 1898; lieut. of engin-
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eers; member Republican Executive Committee, 1906-1912; ad- mitted to the bar in 1903; member law firm Price, Alburn & Daoust; chairman Republican party, Cuyahoga County, and City Committees, 1906-1907; special counsel to Atty. General, 1909- 1910-1911; senior member Price, Alburn & Daoust; member Amer- ican Bar Ass'n; Ohio State Bar Ass'n; vice pres. Ohio State Bar Ass'n, 1910-1911; pres. Cleveland Newsboys Ass'n, 1908; College Fraternitie: : Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Theta Nu Epsilon; Shriner, Knight Templar, and 32nd degree Mason; Elks, Knights of Pyth- ias, Woodmen of the World, Society of the Army of Santiago; member Union, and City Clubs, and Chamber of Commerce; mem- ber Calvary Presbyterian Church.
PRINCE, Joseph; cloak manufacturer; born, Hungary, 1862; son of Leopold and Rosalie Reiff Prince; educated, Academy of Budapest, Hungary; married, Chicago, June 16, 1907, Mrs. Nellye Kauffman; one son, Joseph Prince, Jr., born April 6, 1908; came to this country in 1888; come to Cleveland, and started as sales- man on the road in 1889; started in business in New York, 1898; firm name same as present, Prince-Wolf Co .; moved entire plant to Cleveland in 1900; known for making the highest grade of merchandise (ladies cloaks and suits); pres. and treas. The Prince- Wolf Co .; member Chamber of Commerce, Wholesale Board; mem- ber Excelsior Club; honorable business career; never in any difficulties, financial or otherwise.
PRINTZ, Alexander; merchant; born, Kassa, Hungary, Nov. 29, 1869; son of Moritz and Celia (Friedman) Printz; educated, pub- lic schools of Cleveland and preparatory school for Columbia School of Mines; married, Erie, Pa., Oct. 5, 1897, Almira Steele, of Chattanooga, Tenn .; at the age of 17, abandoned study, and became connected with D. Black & Co., as stock boy; then travel- ing salesman, until 1893, when he organized Printz-Biederman & Co., mnfrs. ladies' coats and suits; firm incorporated in 1904, when he became pres .; employing over 1,000 people in the main factory in Cleveland; offices in New York, Chicago and St. Louis; one of the three concerns of its kind whose goods are trade-marked and advertised in the magazines for the benefit of the buyer; Repub- lican; member Chamber of Commerce, Excelsior, and Oakwood Clubs.
PROBECK, A. O .; salesman; born, Cleveland, 1892; son of Philip Joseph and Anna Goeckley Probeck: educated, public schools and Miami Military Institute; married, Cleveland, Feb. 12, 1913; with the P. J. Probeck Co .; member Delta Sigma Nu.
PROBECK, Henry J .; salesman; born, Cleveland, October 14, 1861; son of John and Mary Heims Probeck; educated. Mayflower School, Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Nov. 19, 1889, Rose Franz; two sons; connected with Billings-Chapin Co., A. B. McNairy thirty years; belong to Commercial Travelers' Life and Accident
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Ass'n, and Germania Turn Society; fond of gymnasium work and bowling.
PROBECK, P. J .; butchers' supplies; born, Cleveland, Feb. 23, 1857; son of George L. and M. M. Deisinger Probeck; educated, Cleveland grammar schools; married, Cleveland, Dec. 31, 1879, Miss E. E. Gaeckley; issue, three daughters, and two sons; has been in business twenty-three years; previous to that, traveling salesman seven years for Glick Bros., until firm retired from busi- ness; proprietor meat market for seven years, at 149 Franklin Ave .; pres. and treas. Probeck Co .; 32nd degree Mason, Scottish Rite; member Chamber of Commerce, and Lakewood Tennis Club.
PROSSER, Joseph F .; mechanical engineer; born, Austria, March 17, 1872; son of Louis and Katerina Franck; educated, pub- lic schools in Austria; married, Cleveland, Feb. 11, 1899, Mary B. Peterka; six children, five sons and one daughter; in 1888, started to serve as machinist for C. D. Bartlett & Co .; 1892 to 1895, with Globe Iron Co .; 1895 to 1898, served in U. S. Army (Co. F, 15th U. S. Infantry), where he studied mechanical engineering in his spare time; 1898 to 1902, served at Lord & Bowler's machine shop as mechanical engineer; 1902-1904, Macbeth Iron Co .; as erecting engineer; 1905-1906, The Kundtz Co .; master mechanic; 1906, Macbeth Iron Co., erecting engineer; 1907, incorporated The Prosser Engineering Co .; pres. and mgr. The Prosser Engineering Co .; member of C. S. P. B. J., No. 15.
PULLMAN, William J .; building contractor; born, Bronson, Mich., Aug. 21, 1861; son of Joseph E. and Sarah S. Parsons Pull- man; married, Bronson, Mich., Nov. 14, 1880, and Cleveland, O., Aug. 15, 1910, Flora C. Kraimer; issue, first wife, two daughters, Faye and Vera; issue, second marriage, one daughter, Madge; member Masons and Royal Arcanum, Sons of Veterans, and K. of P.
PUNCHARD, Charles Pierpont, Jr .; landscape architect; born, Farmingham, Mass., June 3, 1885; son of Charles P. and Mattie Blanchard Punchard; educated, public schools, Farmingham, Mass., Brookline, Mass .; special student, dept. Landscape Architecture; graduate School of Applied Science, Harvard University, 1909- 1911; member Troop A, First Squadron Cavalry, O. N. G .; en- listed, May, 1912; previous to coming to Cleveland, was con- nected with various landscape architects in Boston, on both pri- vate and public work; partner Evans & Punchard; member Amer- ican Society Landscape Architecture. Recreations: Tennis and Riding.
PUTNAM, P. R .; teaming contractor; born, Hinckley, O., June 7, 1854; son of Russell and Deborah Moody Putnam; educated, Hinckley High School; married, Cleveland, Dec. 31, 1879, Mary A. Randolph; six children; member of Astria Court, No. 64, of the
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Tribe of Ben Hur; also of Chapter No. 50, of the American Insur- ance Union, of Columbus, and the Grand Fraternity Club of Cleveland.
QUAIL, Frank Adgate; Henderson, Quail & Siddall; lawyers; born, Canonsburg, Pa., June 18, 1865; educated, public schools, and graduated Washburn College, Topeka, Kas., 1887, degree A. B .; University of Michigan, 1889, degree LL. B .; began practice in Cleveland the same year; January, 1895, entered the firm of Henderson & Quail; firm changed to Henderson, Quail & Siddall, in 1904, G. B. Siddall being added; director in a number of corporations doing business in Northern Ohio; member Union, Euclid, University, and Colonial Clubs, and Chamber of Com- merce; Democrat.
QUEISSER, Robert L .; pres. The Queisser-Bliss Co .; born, In- dianapolis, Ind., Aug. 9, 1866; son of Julius and Caroline J. Schlie- bitz Queisser; educated, Indianapolis public and high schools; married, Springfield, O., Nov. 24, 1887, Jessie L. Fried; two sons, Charles Fried, and Robert L., Jr .; regimental adjutant, 3rd Regi- ment Inf., O. N. G .; battalion adjutant 7th Regiment Inf., O. N. G .; captain commissary, 5th Regiment Inf., O. N. G .; aide-de- camp on staff of Gov. Judson Harmon, four years; former pres. Chamber of Commerce, Zanesville; spent early life in railroad work, leaving a responsible position in the traffic department of The Baltimore & Ohio R. R., to become mgr. of The Ohio Press Brick Co., of Zanesville, one of the subsidiary companies of the Hydraulic Press Brick Co., of St. Louis, Mo .; remained with that company five years, when with William H. Hunt and C. A. Bliss, or- ganized The Hunt-Queisser-Bliss Co., of Cleveland, and entered the brick and builders supply business; three years ago, acquired Mr. Hunt's interest in the Company, and the corporate name was changed to the Queisser-Bliss Co .; past pres. Brick Building Ass'n of America; sec'y Ohio Face Brick Manufacturing Ass'n; sec'y- treas. The Face Brick Dealer's Ass'n of America: pres. and mgr. The Queisser-Bliss Co .; Past Exalted Ruler, Springfield, O., Lodge, No. 51, B. P. O. Elks of the U. S .; member Emanuel Lodge, No. 505, F. & A. M .: Mckinley Chapter. R. A. M., Past Grand Es- teemed Leading Knight, B. P. O. Elks of the U. S .; Past Com- ander, Coeur de Lion Commandery, Knights Templar, Past Vice Regent Snark of Ohio Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo; director International Ass'n of Rotary Clubs: pres. Cleveland Rotary Club, 1913; member Athletic, City Club, Masonic Club, Shaker Heights Country Club, Automobile Club, and member and director (1914) Chamber of Commerce, chairman membership committee of the Chamber; member Cleveland Builders' Exchange; associate mem- ber Cleveland Engineering Society.
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