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SCHUSTER, Joseph J .; jeweler and optician; born, Cleveland, May 18, 1881; son of Joseph and Lena Bissman Schuster; graduated from the following schools; public, Edminston Business College, 1897, Northern Illinois College of Opthamology and Otology; also, Northern Illinois College of Engraving, 1901, and Canadian Horo- logical Institute, 1900; married, Cleveland, March 16, 1910, Martha C. Schwebke, one daughter; for several years has been watch in- spector for the Erie R. R .; member American Ass'n of Opticians, Ohio Optical Ass'n, and American National Retail Jewelers Ass'n.
SCHWAN, George H .; Consular Agent for the German Empire; born, Cleveland, March 27, 1860; educated, Cleveland public schools; graduated from Concordia College. Ft. Wayne, Ind., 1879; took post-graduate course, Concordia University, St. Louis, Mo .; read law and admitted to the bar in 1882; began practice in Cleve- land and continued same until elected to the common pleas bench in 1904; appointed by Gov. Nash to Police Court, in 1901, to fill out an unexpired term; member a number political organizations; Republican; member German Lutheran Church.
SCOBIE, Andrew W .; milk dealer; born, Cleveland, July 24, 1865; son of William and Agnes Scott Scobie; educated, Cleve- land public schools and the Cleveland School of Art, 1883-1887; married, Cleveland, July 3, 1888, Rebecca E. Johnston; issue, two daughters and three sons; owner and proprietor The Hudson Farm Dairy.
SCOFIELD, Levi Tucker; architects; born in Cleveland, Nov. 9, 1842; son of William Scofield, architect and builder, and Mary Coon; Ohio pioneers; attended public and high schools; in 1867, married Elizabeth Clark Wright, daughter of Marshall W. Wright, of Kingsville, O .; upon the outbreak of the Civil War, enlisted in Battery D, 1st Ohio Artillery; commissioned lieut. 103rd O. V. I., in 1862, 1st lieut. in 1863, and commissioned capt. until mustered out June 14, 1865; having served as chief engineer on the staff of
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Gen. Jacob D. Cox for two years; after the war, resumed his pro- fessional work as architect; among the larger buildings of his construction are: Cleveland Workhouse (1867), State Asylum for the Insane, Athens (1868), State Asylum, Columbus, (1869), Sol- diers' and Sailors Orphans' Home, Xenia, (1870) North Carolina State Penitentiary, Raliegh (1870), Cleveland Postoffice (1880), Mansfield Reformatory (1884), Cleveland Soldiers' and Sailors Monument (1886), Schofield Building, Cleveland, in association with his sons, (1901); surviving sons, William Marshall Scofield, architect, capt. 1st Ohio Vol. Cavalry, War with Spain, 1898; capt. 31st U. S. Vol. Inf., 1899-1901; Philippine insurrection, and engineer officer on the staff of Gen. Robert Kobbe; Sherman W. Scofield, architect, Troop A, 1st Ohio Vol. Cavalry, 1898; Repub- lican; member Euclid Avenue Baptist Church; member Ohio Com- mandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Army and Navy Post, Grand Army of the Republic; chief recreation: Golf.
SCOTT, Frank A .; manufacturer; born, Cleveland, March 22, 1873; son of Robert Crozier and Sarah Ann Warr Scott; educated, grammar schools, Cleveland; tutored in Latin and mathematics by Prof. John H. Dynes; married, 1886, Bertha B. Dynes; issue, Katherine B., Chester B., Eleanor L .; married Faith A. Fraser, 1911; asst. sec'y Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, 1895-1899; sec'y Chamber of Commerce, 1899-1905; sec'y and treas. Superior Savings & Trust Co., 1905-1908; receiver Municipal Traction Co., Cleveland, 1908-1909; sec'y-treas. The Warner & Swasey Co., 1909- -; member and chairman Military commandery, Chamber of Commerce, 1898, to date; vice pres. Associated Charities; director Humane Society; treas. Lakeside Hospital; member advisory board, Cleveland Technical high school; member Union, Rowfant Clubs, Cleveland, Engineers Club, New York.
SCOTT, Frank C .; lawyer; born, New Wilmington, Pa., July 12, 1862; son of William J. and Mary J. Waid Scott; educated, West- minster College, at New Wilmington, Pa., degree of A. B .; mar- ried, Cleveland July 24, 1889, Anna B. Graham; issue, William Waid Scott and Elizabeth G. Scott; director the Antisdale Realty Co .; trustee and vice pres. of the Cleveland Law Library Ass'n; member Independent Order of Foresters.
SCOTT, William C .; Lake Ford agt. Can. Pac. Ry .; born, Car- roll, county, O., May 3, 1869; son of Thomas and Susanna Gant Scott; in common schools until 13 years old, then entered coal mines; has picked up education since, as duties would permit; married, Cambridge, O., May 6, 1896, Sophia Hollenbeck; issue, two sons; Independent, politically; 1897-1899, National organizer U. M. U. A .; 1899-1901, editor Miners Journal; since 1901, in fuel department of Canadian Pacific R. R .; looking after mine loading, lake and rail forwarding of all American fuel purchased by the Canadian Pacific R. R .; three million tons annually; is well known in the coal trade all over country, east of the Mississippi River;
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good judge of coal; member Chamber of Industry. Recreation: Gardening and Shooting.
SCOTT, Nathan Stone; surgeon; M. D., Oberlin College, 1885- 1887; Western Reserve University, 1889; (hon. A. M. Oberlin, 1895); Prof. principles of surgery, and dean, Cleveland College Physicians and Surgeons; consulting surgeon, Cleveland General and St. John's Hospitals; member A. M. A., Ohio State Medical Society, Cleveland Medical Society, American Association Gyne- cologists and Obstetricians.
SCULLEN, Rev. William A .; Ph. D., S. T. D., J. C. D .; sec'y Diocese of Cleveland; born, Oct. 2, 1879, East Liverpool, O .; son of Patrick and Joanna Scullen; Parochial and public high schools, East Liverpool; St. Charles College, Ellicott City Md., 1898-1902; St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, 1902-1903; American College, Rome, 1903 -1909; Ph. D., from the Propaganda University, Rome, 1904; S. T. D., same university 1908; J. C. D., Apollonaris Uni- versity, Rome, 1909; ordained priest by Cardinal Respighi, Sept. 21, 1907, in the Lateran Basilica, Rome; appointed sec'y of Cleve- land diocese, June 14, 1909; member Alumni American College, Rome, (historian, 1912); Alumni St. Charles College, Alumni, East Liverpool High School.
SENTER, Frederick Baldwin; mnfr. of lubricating oils; born, Bedford, O., April 6, 1864; son of John and Jane Boyle Senter; educated, common and high school and Spencerian Business Col- lege; married, Middlefield, O., Dec. 25, 1889, Kate Donaldson, one daughter, Margaret, and one son, Talmadge; took active part in Bedford civic improvements; promoted establishment of public water works, and sewerage system after graduation started in oil business and continued in same until he established the Franklin Oil & Gas Co., of Bedford and Cleveland; capitalized at $200,000; most modern plant for producing high-grade cylinder oil, engine oil and boiler compounds; organized The Bedford Supply Co., general merchandise; Bedford Board of Trade, raising membership from 6 to 125; pres. and gen. mgr. The Franklin Oil & Gas Co .; his father came to Northfield township, in Summit county, from Londonderry, Ireland, in 1840, and took up a section of land still owned by the family; trustee Bedford Baptist Church; member Bedford Board of Trade, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Auto- mobile Club, Golden Rod Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Bedford. Recreations: Hunting and Fishing.
SEVERANCE, Solon L .; banker; born, Cleveland, Sept. 8, 1834; son of Solomon Lewis and Mary H. Long Severance; educated in district and private schools; married, Kinsman, O. Oct. 10, 1860, Emily C. Allen; issue, three children; Julia, now Mrs. B. L. Milli- kin; Prof. Allen D. Severance, and Miss Mary Severance; one of the organizers of the Euclid Ave. National Bank; its first cashier and last pres .; later it became the Euclid Park, and later the First
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National Bank; still interested in the banking business; member Union Club, Chamber of Commerce, Second Presbyterian Church. Recreation: Travel, twice visited China and Japan, and voyaged round the world.
SHEADLE, Jasper Holmes; Iron ore and lake transportation; born, New Bedford, Pa .; son of Obediah and Sarah Barnheisel Sheadle; educated, public schools and Hiram College; married, New York, Kate Buckingham; Republican; joined his father in banking business, in Girard, O .; two years teller of the Girard Savings Bank; at the age of 22 became asst. cashier Second Na- tional Bank, Youngstown, O .; left the banking business, and went to New York City, as supt. of laying of gas mains for Standard Gas-Light Co .; 1888, became sec'y of the Mahoning Valley Iron Manufacturers Ass'n, in 1890, became sec'y for The Cleveland -Cliffs Iron Co .; in charge of ore sales and lake transportation; which business affiliation he continues to hold in connection with other allied interests; sec'y Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co .; vice pres. Cleveland Iron Mining Co .; director Grand Island S. S. Co., Hanna Transit Co., Miller Transit Co., Cleveland Trust Co., National Commercial Bank; sec'y and director S. S. Hopkins Co .; vice pres. Presque Isle Transportation Co., and Lake Carriers Ass'n; member American Iron & Steel Institute and American Institute of Mining Engineers; member Union, Mayfield Country, Church and Rowfant Clubs.
SHEETS, Frank S .; flour, seed and grain business; born, Cleve- land, Feb. 9, 1885; son of James M. and Hattie Bell Snow Sheets; educated, Cleveland Grammar and High School, 1914, Oberlin Col- lege, Oberlin, O .; director The Sheets Bros. Elevator Co .; stock- holder in the following; The Columbia Savings & Loan Co., The Canfield Certified Milk Co., The South End Realty Co., The Cleve- land Worsted Mills Co., The Sheets Bros. Elevator Co .; member Euclid Lodge, No. 599, F. A. M., Mckinley Chapter, No. 181, Couer De Lion Commandery No. 64, Cleveland Council No. 36, Mystic Shrine, Al Koran Temple, Scottish Rite Masonary, 32nd degree; active member East End Baptist Church; member Athletic, and Century Clubs.
SHELDON, Herbert; pres. and mgr .; born, Marple, Eng., March 17, 1869; son of John and Catherine Jinks Sheldon; educated, Marple, Eng .; married, Marple, Eng., July 17, 1893, Sarah Helena Barlow; one issue, daughter, Gladys May; arrived at Massillon, O., from England September 1894; trained in coal mining opera- tions, 1894-1899; from 1899 to date holding following official posi- tions; 1899-1901, pres. The O. Young Coal Co .; 1899-1902, sec'y and treas. The Somerdale Coal Co .; 1899-1903, gen. supt. The Massillon- Cleveland Coal Co., 1899-1906 gen. supt. The Midvale Goshen Coal Co .; 1901-1910, sec'y and supt. The Goshen Hill Coal Co .; 1899-1908, gen. mgr. The Somerdale Coal Co .; 1906-1910, gen. mgr. The Midvale Goshen Coal Co .; 1910, to date pres. and gen. mgr. Tuscora Sand
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& Coal Co .; has held every important position pertaining to min- ing and selling bituminous coal, Masonic affiliations, Iris Lodge, No. 299, Webb Chapter, No. 14, Cleveland Council, No. 36, Knight Templar, Oriental Commandery, No. 12; 32nd degree Scottish Rites, Lake Erie Commandery, Al Koran Temple, Mystic Shrine, veiled prophet Grotto, No. 17, Woodward Chapter, No. 138, O. E. S. I., obtained naturalization papers as an American citizen, 1899; after five years experiments, had succeeded in producing molding sands for foundry use on a scientific and mechanical basis.
SHEPARD, Arthur Bishop; electric machinery and building materials; worn Troy, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1871; son of William A. and Martha Vail Shepard; educated, St. Paul School, Garden City, L. I .; Columbian University, Washington, D. C .; Massachusetts, Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass .; married, New York City, September, 1900, Gertrude Robins; three children; designing en- gineer for The General Electric Co., Schnectady, N. Y .; afterwards mgr. of their Cleveland office; with the company fourteen years; one year pres. Toledo ; Chicago Interurban R. R .; at present, district mgr. for the following corporations: Wagner Electric Mnfg. Co., Asbestos Protected Metal Co., Colonial Fan & Motor Co., Wilson System Co., Sundh Electric Co., C. & C. Electric Mnfg. Co., Niles Electric Works, of G. E. Co., U. S. E. M. Co .; director Toledo & Chicago Int. R. R. R. Co .; member Electric League, of Cleveland; member Theta Phi Fraternity, and Union Club.
SHERMAN, William; supt. of mails; born, Cleveland, O., Dec. 25, 1868; son of John and Elizabeth Mitchell Sherman; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Feb. 8, 1905, Mary L. Smith; first venture was in the coal business, but associations in that line being uncongenial and having a natural desire for mechanics, was about to engage in the machine and engineering business; at this time, was offered a position in the U. S. Post Office; embracing the opportunity for temporary employment, en- tered the postal service under Maj. W. W. Armstrong, who was the postmaster; that was in August, 1888, since which time he has continued with the postal department, serving successively under Postmasters A. T. Anderson, Judge J. C. Hutchins, Col. C. C. Dews- toe, and R. G. Floyd, the present incumbent; during that period, the gross receipts of the Cleveland Post Office have increased from ' less then $400,000 to over $3,000,000 annually, one month's revenue at the present time nearly equaling that of an entire year at the beginning of the period. Recreations: Fishing, Boating, and an occasional jaunt through some large manufacturing plant.
SHERWIN, George N .; banker; born, Cleveland, March, 20, 1871; son of N. B. and Martha Kidder Sherwin; High School course; graduated from Western Reserve University in 1892; mar- ried, Cleveland, 1901, Miss Florence W. Jones; issue, one daughter, Martha Leland, born April, 1907; three years in the Auditing Dept. of the Lake Shore Railroad; receiving teller in the Park National
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Bank; on consolidation of the Park National Bank with the Euclid Ave. National Bank; became asst. cashier of the Euclid Park Na- tional Bank; and asst. cashier First National Bank; now cashier First Trust and Savings Co .; director Sheriff St. Market & Storage Co .; member Hermit, University, Tavern, Union, and Country Clubs. Recreations: Out-door Sports; authority on Tennis, acting as referee in Cleveland championship games.
SHERWIN, John; banker; born, Cleveland, 1868; son of N. B. and Lizzie Kidder Sherwin; married, Cleveland, 1893, Frances Mc- Intosh; issue, two sons, John, Jr., and Francis M .; pres. First Na- tional Bank, First Trust & Savings Co., Wigmore Realty Co .; chair- man Bishop, Babcock, Becker Co .; director Cleveland Telephone Co., Central Union Telephone Co., Wellman, Seaver, Morgan Co .; G. C. Kuhlman Car Co., and the Lenox Co .; member Union, Tavern, Athletic, Country, Roadside, Mayfield, Chagrin Valley Hunt, and Willowick Clubs.
SHIELDS, James B .; cigar mnfr .; born, New Castle, Pa., Nov. 1, 1874; son of Louis and Lena Winternitz Shields; educated, New Castle High School; married, Cleveland, March 6, 1902, Fannie M. Meisel; issue, two sons; J. B. Shields & Co., started in business in 1895; incorporated under the name of Shields-Wertheim Co., 1906; at that time he was elected pres. of the company, and still continues in that capacity; pres. Southern Ohio Coal Co., and Superior Slide Co; directer Up-to-Date Laundry Co., H. R. Pol- lock Co., J. E. Meisel Co .; member Elks, Chamber of Commerce, B'Nair B'rith, Cleveland Commercial Travelers Ass'n, Western Reserve Club. Recreations: Reading and Athletics.
SHIMMON, Claude Wilber; real estate; born, Allegheny, Pa., Dec. 31, 1878; son of John C. and Elizabeth Mclaughlin Shimmon; educated, public grade and High School, Cleveland; A. B., Western Reserve University, 1901; Cleveland Law School, 1904; married, Bedford, O., Sept. 22, 1905, Florence A. Prestage; issue, two daughters; 1 and 4 years old; Republican; member City Council, 1910-1911, for Ward 18; member Cleveland Improvement League, and The Miles Ave. Civic League; 1901-1905, real estate salesman with The Van De Boe-Hager Co .; 1905, salesman The American Book Co .; asst. sales mgr. The West Madison Realty Co ; 1906, real estate broker, 1907-1912, sales mgr. The Cain Realty Co .; gen. agt. The Citizens Trust & Guaranty Co., security bonds; 1907-1912, member Cleveland Real Estate Board, Cleveland Board of Surety Underwriters, Cleveland Credit Mens Ass'n; member College Fra- ternity, A I M, Newburg Lodge, F. & A. Masons, Standard Lodge No. 46, K. of P .; pres. of The Pythian Association of Cuyahoga County. Recreations: Motoring, Music and Athletics.
SHIVERICK, Asa; merchant; born, Omaha, Neb., 1877; son of Charles and Eleanor Coary Shiverick; educated, St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H .; married, Concord, N. H., Janette Bancroft; vice
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pres. and gen. mgr. The Higbee Co .; vice pres. J. N. Adam & Co; member the Union Club, Cleveland, the Ellicott Club, Buffalo, the Country Club, Buffalo.
SHOLES, Justin Grant; sec'y-treas. the Ohio Chemical & Mfg. Co .; born, Cleveland, Feb. 9, 1871; son of Thomas G. and Harriet Estee Sholes; educated at Brownell St. School and Central High; married, Cleveland, Dec. 16, 1908, Alice Everrett; issue, one son, Justion Everrett Sholes, born April 29, 1910; with the Grasselli Chemical Co., 1886 to 1900; re-organized the Lennox Chemical Co., Cleveland, sec'y and treas. to 1910; organized the Ohio Chemical Co., Cleveland, 1910, and sec'y-treas. of that firm to date; vice pres. Western Terminal Co .; has served three enlistments in Troop A., O. N. G .; member Chamber of Commerce, Union, and Country Clubs; member Tyrian Lodge, F. & A. M., Cleveland Chapter.
SHOOK, Floyd D .; insurance; born, Randolph O., March 5, 1867; son of David and Linda A. Stambaugh Shook; educated, Hiram College, 1882-1883; finished at Ohio Normal University, Ada, O., 1887; married, Randolph, O., Nov. 20, 1889, Josephine E. Trescott; with The Adams Ford Co .; with firm twenty years, until August, 1913, when he became associated with The Penn Mutual Life In- surance Co. of Philadelphia, as associate general agent; director The Rotary Mnfg. Co .; director The Ohio Insurance Agency Co .; director The Knollwood Cemetery Co .; trustee Cleveland Christian Orphanage and Euclid Ave. Christian Church; member Masonic Order, Mckinley Chapter, Royal League, Chamber of Commerce, past pres. Cleveland Association of Credit Men; member Athletic, Colonial, Rotary, and Advertising Clubs. Recreation: Automo- biling.
SHULTERS, Hoyt V .; sec'y and treas. The East Ohio Gas Co .; born, Chautauqua, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1868; son of Edwin and Martha (Camp) Shulters; educated, public school and business college; married, August, 1890, Mary E. Courtright, of Painesville, O .; business career, office position with the Tiffin Natural Gas Co. for four years; went to Toledo for the Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas Co .; in 1895, became asst. sec'y and treas. until 1902; came to Cleve- land, and was elected sec'y and treas. East Ohio Gas Co .; sec'y and treas. Green River Coal Co .; director Connecting Gas Co., and East Ohio Gas Co .; interested financially in other gas companies and banks; Republican; Mason; member Union Club.
SHUMAKER, Frank P .; real estate and insurance; born near Galion, O., Dec. 20, 1858; son of Joseph H. and Susan Walton Shu- maker; educated, district school, Mt. Union College, Alliance, O., degree M. S., 1886; married, Alliance, O., June 18, 1889, Maggie M. Atwell; issue, two girls and one son; councilman and mayor of Chagrin Falls, O .; member of the Ohio State Senate from Cuyahoga County, 1904-1905; teacher District School, Principal Mt. Union Public Schools, 1866-1867; supt. Chagrin Falls schools, 1888-1901; granted
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life high school certificate in 1886; director The Chagrin Falls Banking Co .; member Cleveland Fire Insurance Exchange; pres. Chagrin Falls Board of Education, 1907; trustee Chagrin Falls M. E. Church; member I. O. O. F., No. 290; Golden Gate Lodge, No. 245, F. & A. M .; Chagrin Falls Chapter, No. 152, R. A. M .; Oriental Commandery, No. 12, Knights Templars; earned every dollar he ever had to spend on a college education.
SIDDALL, George Bennett; attorney-at-law; born, Oberlin, O., Dec. 13, 1866; son of Dr. James F. and Orinda Candee Siddall; educated, Oberlin public schools, Oberlin College, from whence he graduated with degree of A. B., 1891, Western Reserve Law School; married, Calumet, Mich., Aug. 17, 1892, Nettie M. Danielson; ad- mitted to the bar, March 13, 1896; became member of firm of Hen- derson, Quail & Siddall (J. M. Henderson, F. A. Quail and G. B. Siddall), Jan. 1, 1904; sec'y and gen. counsel The Peerless Motor Car Co .; pres. The Peerless Motor Car Co. of Illinois and Phila- delphia; director Dean Realty Co. of N. Y .; director and sec'y The Conewango Refining Co., Warren, Pa .; pres. The Tiona Refining Co., Indianapolis; director The Ohio Quarries Co. and The Ohio Cut Stone Co .; vice pres. and director The Lorain & Southern R. R. Co .; member Ohio Bar Ass'n, and Cleveland Bar Ass'n; member Union, University, Mayfield-Country Clubs of Cleveland, and the Uni- versity Club of Chicago.
SIGLER, Gilbert Lee; merchant; born, Fowler, O., Feb. 28, 1874; son of Lucius M. and Alice L. Silliman Sigler; educated, Cleveland public schools and Case School of Applied Science; graduated, 1896; married, Cleveland, Oct. 6, 1897, Sarah Louisa Martin; issue, four children; treas. The Sigler Bros. Co .; member Beta Theta Pi Fra- ternity, Athletic, Automobile, and Country Clubs; children's birth record, Gilbert Lee Sigler, born Sept. 3, 1899; Lucius Martin Sigler, born June 28, 1903; John Martin Sigler, born March 2, 1911; Gilbert Martin Sigler, born Sept. 30, 1913.
SIGLER, Lucius M .; jeweler; born, Trumbull County, O .; son of Gilbert and Lorinda Tyrell Sigler; educated, Oberlin College; mar- ried, Trumbull County, O., Alice L. Silliman; issue, one son, Gilbert L. Sigler; in February, 1874, began business in Cleveland, forming a partnership with Chas. E. Sumner in the wholesale jewelery busi- ness; in May, 1875, bought Mr. Sumner's interest, and continued the business under the name of L. M. Sigler, until January, 1878, when Urial R. Sigler, a brother, came into the business, and the firm name was changed to Sigler Bros., which business was incor- porated in 1895, as The Sigler Bros. Co .; pres. the Sigler Bros. Co .; member Cleveland City Lodge, F. & A. M .; Cleveland Chapter, Holyrood Commandery, Scottish Rite, Al Koran Temple; member Colonial, and Athletic Clubs.
SILLIMAN, Benjamin F .; mechanical engineer; born, Reading, Pa .; educated, common schools, Cleveland; married, Cleveland,
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Maud M. Valentine; vice pres. and gen. mgr. The Electric Railway Improvement Co .; vice pres. and sec'y Tregoning Electric Mnfg. Co .; director Forest City Electric Co., The Ohio Blower Co., Cleve- land Steel Tool Co .; member The Perfection Spring Co .; member Masonic Order, and Athletic Club.
SIMPSON, George C .; insurance; born, St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 5, 1874; son of William H. and Sarah M. Cheetham Simpson; edu- cated in Milwaukee, Wis., public schools; married, Milwaukee, June 25, 1901, Blanche Rogers, June 25, 1901; issue; one son, George Rogers, born Nov. 29, 1906; first lieut. Light Battery A, W. V. Artillery, 1898; bank clerk, Milwaukee, 1891-1895; fire insur- ance since 1895; Northwestern Nat'l Ins. Co., 1895-1903, beginning with office work, then state agt. and mgr. in Cleveland, 1900-1903; local mgr. Royal Ins. Co., 1903-1911; sec'y the O. M. Stafford, Goss, Bedell Co. since 1911; Mason; member Mayfield Country Club and Military Order of Foreign Wars.
SIMPSON, Harry Prescott; advertising counselor and advisor; born, Chelton, Eng., Jan. 24, 1870; son of William Grace and Jane Benson Luce Simpson; educated at St. Margaret's Grammar School, Kent, Eng .; married, Pittsburgh, April 6, 1896, Laura Mudge; issue, one son, Edmund Gordon; in stove manufacturing, Pitts- burgh, fifteen years; advertising counselor, eight years; pres. Fowler-Simpson Co .; adv. director the Everstick Patent Holding Co .; member Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland Athletic, Cleveland Advertising, Euclid Clubs, Cleveland, Saranac Lake Country Club.
SINGER, WILLIAM F .; mgr. Fairbanks, Morse & Co .; born, Sept. 20, 1860, St. Louis Mo .; educated in St. Louis public schools and at Washington University; married, Aug. 7, 1889, Alice Nu- gent, at Kansas City, Mo .; chief clerk, Maintenance of Way De- partment, Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis R. R., from 1887 to 1892; general store-keeper, World's Fair, Chicago, 1892-1894; pur- chasing agent Western Stone Co., Chicago, 1894-1900; in Cleveland since as manager for Fairbanks, Morse & Co., scales, gas engines, steam pumps, etc .; member Masons, Royal Arcanum, Cleveland Athletic Club.
SKEEL, John C .; building contractor; born, Sterling, N. Y., 1846; son of Truman C. and Sarah M. Cooper Skeel; married, Dover, Mich., 1889, Carrie P. Stockwell; issue, five children; served two years in the Civil War, in the 110th Keg. N. Y. S. Vol .; vice pres. The Skeel Bros. Co .; director The Cleveland Builders' Supply Co .; The Woodward Masonic Temple Co .; member Woodward Lodge, No. 508, F. & A. M .; Mckinley Chapter, R. A. M .; Oriental Command- ery, Knight Templars; belongs to Cleveland Builders' Exchange, and Chamber of Commerce.
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