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STEARNS, Arthur Adelbert; attorney; born, Olmsted, O., July 18, 1858; son of Edmund and Anna J. Marsh Stearns; educated, Buchtel College, A. B .- A. M., honorary degree LL. D., Harvard Law School; issue, three children; business connections, 1884-1890, Stearns & Kelley; 1902-1904, Stearns & Chamberlain; 1904-1909, Carr, Stearns, Chamberlain & Royon; 1909, Stearns, Chamberlain & Royon; sec'y Cleveland Bar Ass'n, 1890 to 1898; 1905, pres. Cleve- land Bar Ass'n; trustee Buchtel College; member Chamber of Com- merce and Union Club. Author of "Stearns on Suretyship" (1903), "Annotated Cases on Suretyship" (1907).
STEHN, George Gustav; florist; born, Germany, Sept. 17, 1861; son of William Stehn; mother's maiden name, Dreesfen; served one year, 1880, at De Loues Tomological Institute in Reuteingen, Germany; received first-class diploma; married, Manchester, N. H., Jan. 11, 1893, Anna Emelie Liebing; issue, three children; served four years in Ulan Regiment, King Charles, No. 19, Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, under Count Ferdinand Von Feypelia; advanced to corporal; has worked as florist in New York, Boston and Cleveland; educated as teacher of physical education in Normal School of North America, at Indianapolis, Ind., 1890; graduated with first- class diploma; taught for twenty years in different cities, a num- ber of years in Cleveland; ten years ago went into the florist busi- ness again; teacher of physical education Star Turnverns, for four- teen years; one of the directors of Turnverns Business Ass'n for two years; director of the German Club for last three years.
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STEPHENS, Jesse; attorney; born, Wood County, Feb. 9, 1865; son of David and Elizabeth Bonam Stephens; educated, Fostoria Academy and The Ohio Northern University; read law with the Hon. Thomas N. Bierly, of Teledo; admitted to the bar in 1889; married, Fremont, O., 1887, Miss Belle Clark; issue, two sons, A. A. and Clarence Clark Stephens; practiced law in Fostoria, O., for twenty years, attaining a high place in the legal profession; particularly noted as trial lawyer, having tried some of the most important cases in Northwestern Ohio; has never sought political honors, although urged to become a candidate for District Judge and Congressman from the 13th district; because of increasing clientele in Cuyahoga County, came to Cleveland, and began prac- ticing with his son, A. A. Stephens, a graduate of Western Reserve Law School; counsel and director The Commonwealth Realty & Building Co., The Seneca Coal Co., Fostoria, O., counsel The Toledo, Fostoria & Findlay Electric R. R. Co., Toledo; The Union National Bank, Fostoria, and The Atlas Mnfg. Co., and The Peabody Buggy Co., all of Fostoria; member Pemberville Lodge, No. 516, F. & A. M., since 1889; his family were among the early settlers of Mary- land and Western Pennsylvania, Scotch-Irish-German descent; ac- tive in Colonial cause during the Revolution.
STERLING, Frederick Augustine; merchant; born, Chapinville, Conn., May 26, 1831; son of Frederick Augustine and Caroline Mary (Dutcher) Sterling; educated, public and private schools, Geneva, N. Y .; married, Meadville, Pa., May 13, 1856, Emma Betts; issue, one son, living in Erie, Pa .; merchant in Cleveland since 1850; connected with T. S. Beckwith & Co., Beckwith, Sterling & Co., Sterling & Co., The Sterling & Welch Co., pres. the Sterling & Welch Co., director Union National Bank; director Citizens Sav- ings & Trust Co .; vice pres. Cleveland Burial Case Co .; pres. Board of Trustees, Second Presbyterian Church; member Union and Country Clubs. Favorite pastime: Golf.
STERN, Joseph L .; attorney; born, Toledo, O., Sept. 24, 1882; son of Adolph and Rosa Friedlander Stern; educated, Cleveland grammar and High School (West); studied law in the office of L. F. McGarth, Cleveland, and admitted to practice law in Decem- ber, 1903; married, Cleveland, Feb. 28, 1907, Fannie Brown; one son, Robert William Stern; one daughter, Ruth Dorothy Stern; served two terms as solicitor for the Village of Nottingham, O., Dec. 1903, entered law practice with L. F. McGarth, under firm name of McGarth & Stern; in Oct. 1909, partnership dissolved, and began to practice alone; is now located in the Leader-News Bldg .; associated with him is M. R. Dickey, Jr .; member Chamber of Commerce, and Knights of Pythias, Cleveland Independent Aid Society, Forest City Lodge, F. & A. M., Webb Chapter, and Auto- mobile Club; has lived in Cleveland since 1883.
STERN, Walter G .; physician (orthopedic surgeon); born, Chat- tanooga, Tenn., Dec. 6, 1874; son of Bernard and Theresa Ehrmans
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Stern; educated, Adelbert College, B. A., W. R. U., Medical College, M. D., University of Vienna; post graduate course, Royal General Hospital, Vienna; married, Milwaukee, Wis., May 27, 1903, Lora B. Baer; issue, two children, Bernard and Marjorie; orthopedic surgeon, Children's Fresh Air Camp, 1902-1908; Mount Siana Hos- pital, 1902; Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum, 1903; lecturer on Orthopedic Surgery at the Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Ohio Wesleyan University, 1903-1911; chairman of the Clinical Pathological section of the Cleveland Academy of Medicine, 1907; also pres. of the German Medical Society, Cleve- land; fellow of the American Orthopedic Ass'n; fellow of the American Medical Ass'n; member of the Central States Orthopedic Club; sec'y medical staff, Mt. Siana Hospital, 1902-1910; ortho- pedic surgeon for the Orphaned Infants' Home, Cleveland, 1903; honorary member, Erie County, Pa., Medical Society; pupil of Prof. Adolph Lorenz, orthopedic surgeon, Royal General Hospital, Vienna; member Excelsior Club, Cleveland.
STEVENS, Alfred J .; oil business; born, Cleveland, July 28, 1867; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Oc- tober, 1894, Agnes E. Rowan; issue, one son; has been in the oil and grease business twenty-seven years; pres. The Stevens Grease & Oil Co .; member Elks, Chamber of Commerce, Athletic, Auto, and Gun Clubs.
STEVENS, Edwin Augustus; painting contractor; born, Cam- bridgeport, 1862; son of Edwin Augustus and Sarah E. Lincoln Stevens; educated, private schools, Cleveland, 1868-1870; Ken- tucky St. School, 1870-1878; Forest City Business College, 1878- 1879; married, Cleveland, June 14, 1893, Carrie S. Penney, of Sag- inaw, Mich .; issue, three daughters; painting contractor; in 1895, succeeded his father, who established the business in 1866; busi- ness incorporated March 11, 1912; Edwin A. Stevens, pres .; vice pres., Frank R. Marvin; sec'y and treas., Carrie S. Stevens; direc- tors, Hylas S. Janes, John H. Smart; member Builders' Exchange, house committee, Unitarian Church, and usher of Unitarian Church; member Knights of Pythias, B. P. O. Elks, members Elks Club. Recreations: Motoring and at summer cottage with family.
STEVENS, J. A .; insurance; born, June 20, 1868, at O'Magh County, Tyrone, Ireland; received liberal education, including a course in science and art dept. of National Education of United Kingdom; engaged in educational work abroad and in the United States for four years; at the age of 22, adopted the life insurance business as a profession; organized The Universal Life Insurance Co., of Cleveland, in 1911; at present hold following positions, sec'y and gen. mgr. The Universal Life Insurance Co .; pres. Pioneer Life Insurance Co. of America; member Athletic Club.
STEWART, George Neil; university prof .; born, London, Can., April 18, 1860; son of James Innes and Catherine (Sutherland)
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Stewart; A. M., University of Edinburgh, 1883, B. S., 1886, D. Sc., 1887, M. B. and C. M., 1889, M. D. 1891; D. P. H., University of Cambridge, Eng., 1890; married; demonstrator of physiology, Owens College, Manchester, Eng., 1887-1889; George Henry Lewes student, University of Cambridge, 1889-1893; examiner in physi- ology, University of Aberdeen, 1891-1894; instructor Harvard Med- ical School, 1893-1894; prof. physiology and histology, Western Reserve University, 1894-1903; prof. physiology, University of Chi- cago, 1903-1907; prof. experimental medicine, Western Reserve Uni- versity since 1907; member Physiology Society (Eng.), American Physiology Society, American Pharmacology Society. Author: Manual of Physiology, 1896, 6th edition, 1910.
STILBER, Peter; florist; born, Austria-Hungary, Jan. 13, 1871; son of Peter and Catherine Miller Stilber; educated, public schools, Hungary; married, Hungary, Jan. 13, 1897, Erma Collen; issue, two children; 1906-1910, with Fred Burger, florist; owner of own busi- ness and is in the same location where he first started; decorator and designer; member Home Guards of America, No. 44; Metro- politan; member Limberger Bicycle Club, and Hungarian Church.
STOCKWELL, John Nelson; astronomical mathematician; born, Northampton, Mass., April 10, 1832; son of William and Clarissa (Whittemore) Stockwell; educated, common schools, Brecksville, O .; (hon. A. M., 1862, Ph. D., 1876, Western Reserve); married Sarah Healy, of Brecksville, O., Dec. 6, 1855; known for original investigations in astronomy. Author: Memoir on the Secular Var- iations of the Planetary Orits, in Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 1872; Stock and Interest Tables, 1873; Tax Tables, 1903; Eclipse-Cycles; Theory of the Mutual Perturbations of Plan- ets Moving at the Same Mean Distance from the Sun, and Its Bearing on the Constitution of Saturn's Rings and the Cosmogony of Laplace. Contributor American and foreign scientific journals.
STOKE, U. S. G .; mfr .; born, Tyrone, Pa., May 9, 1865; son of William and Margaret Wentz Stoke; public school and business college education; married, Cleveland, Dec. 29, 1887, Rose M. Lange; began as mill foreman for Woods-Jenks Lumber Co .; mill foreman W. I. Lindsay; mill foreman Mills-Carleton Co., mill No. 2; 1902, formed stock company as the Lindsay Fence Co .; first as vice pres. and treas .; now pres. and treas .; member Chamber of Commerce, Builders' Exchange, and National Union.
STONE, Warren Sanford; labor leader; born, Ainsworth, Ia., Feb. 1, 1860; son of John and Sarah Stone; educated, Washington Academy and Western College; married Carrie E. Newell, of Agency, Ia., Oct. 15, 1884; has spent entire railroad service with the Rock Island System, beginning as fireman, Sept. 27, 1879; pro- moted to engineer, April 12, 1884; appointed grand chief of the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers on the death of Grand Chief Arthur, August, 1903; elected at Los Angeles
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meeting, 1904; member Industrial Peace Commission, which com- mission is the custodian of the Nobel Peace Prize.
STOWE Charles Browne; pres. The Stowe-Fuller Co .; born, Cleveland, July 18, 1862; son of Thomas A. and Maria (Mckenzie) Stowe; educated, Central High School, class of 1877; married, Nor- walk, Franc A. Cary; issue, three children; pres. National Fire Brick Co., Mirror Fire Brick Co .; director Lock Haven Fire Brick Co., Federal Refractories Co .; member Cleveland Art, and Clifton Clubs.
STREITBERGER, Jacob; born, June 23, 1871; Germany; son of Jacob and Carolyn Streitberger; educated, Germany; married, Meadville, Pa., July 4, 1895, Lena Duer; three children; member Eagles and Foresters.
STRIMPLE, Theodore L .; lawyer; born, Richland, O., April 25, 1859; son of John and Mary Elizabeth Viers Strimple; educated, Baldwin University; graduated class of 1884, degree of Ph. B .; married, Cleveland, June, 1892, Allie L. Wright; issue, Pauline M., age 18 years, and Theodore Lawrence, age 16 years; county school examiner, 1888 to 1891; prosecuting atty., 1894-1898; Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the third Subdivision of the Fourth Judicial District of Ohio from Feb. 9, 1899, to Jan. 1, 1911; school teacher and educator until admitted to the bar in June of 1886; practiced law; firm name of Wilcox & Strimple, until he became asst. prosecuting atty., in 1891; retired from the Bench in January, 1911; has been practicing law since; Masonic, veteran member of Forest City Lodge, No. 388, F. & A. M .; Lake Shore Lodge, No. 6, K. of P .; member Chamber of Commerce, and Colonial Club.
STRONG, Edgar E .; merchant; born, Connecticut, 1841; son of William C. and Lucy M. Nicholas Strong; educated, Seminary at East Greenwich, R. I .; left school to enter the army in 1862; mar- ried, Cleveland, January, 1869, Mary Ella Clarke; issue, four chil- dren, two living; entered the army in 1862, as a private in the 16th Regiment, Conn. Vol. Infantry; promoted to 2nd lieut., Dec. 25, 1862, and to 1st Lieut., May 2, 1863; further promotions impossible, owing to requirements being reduced in numbers to a point which prohibited promotions; honorably discharged at close of war; in 1887, engaged in the mill supply business in a co-partnership, under the firm name of Strong, Carlise & Turney; in 1893, incorporated under the name of The Strong, Carlise & Turney Co .; in 1898, the Corporation name was changed to the Strong, Carlise & Hammond Co .; in 1908, organized and incorporated The Clark Mnfg. Co .; pres. The Strong, Carlise & Hammond Co., and The Clark Mnfg. Co .; veteran member of Tyrian Lodge, F. & A. M., and Cleveland Chap- ter, R. A. M .; Military Order The Loyal Legion and the Grand Army of the Republic; member Cleveland Yacht Club. Recrea- tions: Fishing and Motor Boating.
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STRONG, Emmet J .; hardware; born, Huntsburg, O., Jan. 31, 1862; son of Lyman and Ludia Curtis Strong; educated, public schools and Austinburg; married, June 7, 1893, Lenora Goodwin; issue, two sons, Lester, 17, and Stuart, 9; in 1893, organized The Curtiss Steel Roofing Co., located at Niles, O .; in 1900, reorganized and enlarged the business, moving to Zanesville, O., building a sheet and steel mill, operating under the name of The Muskingum Valley Steel Co .; in 1902, sold out in the above company, and came to Cleveland, purchasing an interest in the J. M. and L. A. Os- born Co .; connected with this firm as vice pres. and director; member Chamber of Commerce, Y. M. C. A., and Hough Avenue Congregational Church.
STROUD, Edwin Gerrish; engineer and contractor; born, Bon- field, Ill., Jan. 31, 1878; son of Thomas and Jane Pearson Gerrish Stroud; educated, public schools, Seminary and Purdue University, B. S., in M. E., 1899; married, Cleveland, Oct. 15, 1902, Cora L. Campbell; issue, one son, Thomas Douglas Stroud (age 6); fifteen years engineering and business experience, having established and built up two complete companies; pres. The Cleveland Engineering Agency Co. (technical employment agency) ; pres. The E. G. Stroud Company (building contractors); member American Society of Me- chanical Engineers, Ohio Society of Mechanical, Electrical and Steam Engineers; member K. of P. (Iola Lodge, No. 84, Dayton). Recreations: Automobiling and Bowling.
STUTSON, Willis; sales mgr. The Oldsmobile Co .; born, Lan- caster, O., Jan. 28, 1884; son of Alverd and Emma Stutson; edu- cated, Asheville schools, Asheville, N. C .; married, Pittsburgh, Pa., April 23, 1905, Ethel Crozier; issue, one daughter, Elizabeth Stut- son; 1904-1905, special agt. New York Life Insurance Co., travel- ing out of Dayton, O .; 1905, 1906, 1907, has his own insurance business, writing general lines in Washington Court House, O .; 1909-1910, traveling salesman, out of Cleveland, for The White Co .; 1910-1911-1912, branch mgr. of The Winton Motor Carriage Co., at Columbus, O .; at present sales mgr. for The Oldsmobile Co .; member B. P. O. E., Washington Court House, O., Lodge; member Automobile, and Advertising Clubs.
SULLIVAN, Jeremiah Jay; banker; born, Fulton, Stark County, Nov. 16, 1844; educated, village schools; enlisted 3rd Ohio Bat- tery, 1862; mustered out as sergeant, 1865; moved to Millersburg, 1866; engaged in general merchandise until 1878; elected state senator by Democratic party, 1879; served two terms; entered hardware business in Millersburg in 1883; re-elected state senator; national bank examiner 1887; came to Cleveland in 1889 and or- ganized Central National Bank; served as treas., cashier, vice pres., pres., 1900; pres. Chamber of Commerce, 1893; member Union, Country, Roadside, Colonial, and Euclid Clubs; married, 1873, Se- lina J. Brown; issue, two daughters and one son.
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SULLIVAN, John J .; attorney; born, New York City, Oct. 25, 1860; son of Daniel J. and Mary (Sheehan) Sullivan; came to Trumbull County, O., at the age of 12; educated, common schools, and Academy at Gustavus, O .; married, Dec. 28, 1886, Warren, O., Olive S. Taylor, daughter of the late Matthew B. Taylor of Warren, O., prominent banker of Warren and former partner of Ex-Gov. Tod and J. V. N. Yates of Cleveland; issue, two daughters, Adaline and Mary Sullivan; Prosecuting Attorney, two terms, Trumbull Co .; State Senator, two terms, Trumbull-Mahoning Sen- atorial District of Ohio; United States atty. nine years; appointed by President Mckinley; re-appointed by President Roosevelt; special counsel to the Atty .- General of the United States, in cases vs. The Standard Oil Co .; and National Committeeman for State of Ohio, National Progressive Party; presented, when a member of the Ohio Senate, the names of M. A. Hanna and J. B. Foraker to that body on the occasion of their election to the United States Senate; while U. S. atty., represented the U. S. Government in the presecution of Cassie Chadwick case, and in the prosecution and conviction of twelve other defendants in National Bank cases; since retiring from official positions, actively engaged in the prac- tice of law; acted as associate counsel for the defense in the ac- quittal of the wall paper cases of Cleveland, and the insurance cases; member Athletic, and Union Clubs; member of all the Masonic bodies, Elk.
SULZMANN, John M .; cigar mnfr .; born, Cleveland, Dec. 4, 1869; son of Maximilian and Christina Ansenhofer Sulzmann; edu- cated, St. Joseph's School, 7th grade; married, Cleveland, Nov. 25, 1890, Emma Reiblers; issue, fourteen children; member City Coun- cil from 5th District, 1901-1903; councilman-at-large, Jan. 1, 1912, to Jan. 1, 1914; during his career as councilman has introduced a number of ordinances of importance, regarding traffic regulations, the consideration of traffic policemen, the relief of the poor; was active in helping the late Mayor Tom L. Johnson secure three-cent fare for the City of Cleveland; active in the annexing of Brook- lyn, which gave the city its first municipal lighting plant; has worked hard for municipal ownership; has assisted Mr. Cooley in all his charitable enterprises, of which the city can boast; also for the obtaining of the Orange Ave. bath house, a municipal three- cent lodging house, settling tunnel workers' strike, and thereby getting the work on the intake crib hastened, etc .; member C. M. B. A., Commercial Travelers, Fraternal Order of Elks, Eagles; pres. of the Cigar Mfrs. Ass'n; director Personal Liberty League; member Cleveland Bowling Club, Thistle Bowling Club, Buffalo; Owl, and Tuxedo Clubs.
SUNSHINE, David; merchant and mfr .; born, Hungary, June 4, 1871; son of Mark and Sarah Rosenbluth Sunshine; educated in schools of Hungary; came to this country in 1891; was hardware merchant in Hungary; for first three years in this country, was retail salesman; then traveling salesman for furnishing house;
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later with Sunshine, Kohn & Kaufman; 1899, present corporation of the Sunshine Cloak & Suit Co., organized, of which he is vice pres .; pres. the Strauss Bros. Co. and the Progress Cloak Co .; member K. of P., I. O. O. F.
SVOBODA, Frank J .; publisher; born, Bohemia, May 1, 1874; son of John and Mary Vild Svoboda; educated, Parochial school, "Our Lady of Lourdes, " Cleveland, O., and evening public schools; married, Cleveland, June 30, 1896, Josephine Holpuch; issue, four children; when 25 years of age, established a Bohemian Newspaper, The American, which has grown to a large publication; and is considered one of the best Bohemian newspapers in the United States; The American is the representative newspaper for the Bohemian people of Cleveland; director American Association of Foreign Newspapers of N. Y .; member First Catholic Central Union of the U. S., Gilmour Council, No. 310, K. of C., Court Co- lumbia, No. 1285, Catholic Order of Forresters; member Ben Frank- lin Club.
SWASEY, Ambrose; manufacturer; born, Exeter, N. H., Dec. 19, 1846; son of Nathaniel and Abigail Chesley (Peavey) Swasey; early education in schools of Exeter; degree of engineering Case School of Applied Science, 1905; Sc. D. Denison University, Gran- ville, O., 1910; married, Hampton, N. H., Oct. 24, 1871, Lavinia D. Marston, daughter of David and Sarah Ann (Dearborn) Mars- ton; entered into partnership with W. R. Warner (Warner & Swasey), 1880, mfrs. machine tools and astronomical instruments; the 36-inch Lick telescope, the 26-inch of Naval observatory, Washington, the 40-inch Yerkes telescope, as well as a new and exceptionally accurate dividing engine, are some of the firm's achievements; invented Swasey Range and Position Finder, adopted by the United States Government; pres. The Warner & Swasey Co., pres. the Caxton Building Co .; director the Cleveland Trust Co .; Chevalier Legion of Honor, France, 1900; trustee of Denison University, Granville, O .; vice pres. Y. M. C. A .; past pres. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, N. Y .; past pres. the Cleveland Engineering Society; past pres. Chamber of Com- merce; member Institution of Mechanical Engineers of Great Bri- tain and British Astronomical Ass'n; fellow Royal Astronomical Society; member Country Club, Cleveland; Engineers' Club, N. Y., University Club, Washington.
SWEENEY, Patrick Rodger; carpenter and builder; born, Ohio, May, 1852; son of Ferdinand and Mary Adams Sweeney; edu- cated, High School, La Grange, O .; married, Grafton, O., August, 1883 Catherine Meskal; issue, four daughters; twice elected as- sessor, Carlisle Township, Lorain County, O., once township trus- tee, Newburg, O .; as building foreman, had full charge of construc- tion and alterations on Hotel Euclid; first and second floors, Meyer & Marks Block, Standard Foundry additions and alterations, block for Continental Jewelry Co., three stores for the P. C. O'Brien
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Co .; business agt. Sweeney & Schully, two terms Carpenter Broth- erhood; chairman Carpenter Committee to pass on present building code; adjusting five losses for Stafford Goss Co .; two terms trustee Grafton Church; member Catholic Mutual Benevolent Ass'n; is now taking charge of building mostly for themselves and old customers in Lakewood.
SWETLAND, Truman Monroe; real estate; born, Middlefield, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1848; son of Eli and Sophia McGregory Swetland; educated, public schools; married, Rochester, Nov. 30, 1871, Carrie Raymond Hamilton; issue, four sons; instrumental in organizing a company for the erection of several large office buildings in Cleveland; treas. and gen. mgr. The Park Investment Co .; gen. mgr. The City Investment Co .; 32nd degree Mason; member the Pine Ridge Country Club, Isle of Pines, West Indies; fond of farming; in 1657, the first Swetland, an Englishman, settled in Connecticut; he was master and owner of his own ship, "The James," in which he made the voyage to this country.
SWIFT, Charles J .; insurance; born, Corry, Pa., Dec. 16, 1866; son of Charles J. and Hanna Ophelia Hopkins Swift; educated in Corry public schools; married, Cleveland, May 16, 1907, Catherine Pennock Brooke; issue, one daughter, Alice Ophelia; organized firm of C. J. Swift & Co., in 1893; has built up one of largest in- dividual insurance agencies in Cleveland; member Iris Lodge, F. & A. M., Webb Chapter, R. A. M., Oriental Commandery, K. T., Lake Erie Consistory and Al Koran Temple; past chancellor K. of P.
SYKORA, Joseph W .; lawyer; born, Bohemia, March 21, 1840; son of Wac. and Teska Sykora; educated, Bohemia, in the City of Pisek, college and university, City of Prague; and in Cleveland at the State Law School; married, Cleveland, Aug. 1, 1866; Jose- phine M. First; issue, ten children; admitted to the bar, July 3, 1871; practicing attorney.
SZEPESSY, Joseph L .; real estate and steamship agency; born, Kassa, Hungary; high school education; married, Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 16, 1889, Irene Balczer; issue, three sons, George, Theodore and Edward; staunch Republican, organizing many Republican clubs; elected decennial assessor in 19th Ward; instrumental in naturalizing thousands of his countrymen; first Hungarian real estate agt. in the city; through his efforts many of his countrymen acquired homes; organized several societies, which are still flourish- ing; founded the first Hungarian paper published in Cleveland, called Szabadsag (Liberty); long time director Woodland Ave. Savings & Trust Co., and instrumental in building up of branch on Buckeye Road; enthusiastic worker for the Hungarian Hospital project and moving spirit in purchase of the Gesangverein Bldg., on E. 55th St., where a magnificent hospital is to be built.
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