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BARNES, Herbert V .; manager; born, Huntsburg, O., Sept. 18, 1869; son of Virgil T. and Ella Cummings Barnes; educated, dis- trict schools, Huntsburg, and New Lyme Institute, New Lyme, O .; married, Huntsburg, Sept. 20, 1892, Anna L. Barnes; one son, Earl H. Barnes; worked on his father's farm until he was mar- ried; then engaged in farming for himself for 5 yrs .; came to Cleveland in March, 1898; was employed by the Brumelage Co., wholesale butter, eggs and cheese dealers; has had charge of sales
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force and was a stockholder and director until April, 1908; then went in with The Public Hand Laundry, as mgr .; still serving in that position; director the Crystal Creamery Co .; member Hough Mens' Club; vice pres. Cleveland Laundrymen's Club; member executive committee of the Geauga County Ass'n of Cleveland.
BARRON, Amos N .; manufacturer; born, Charlestown, Mass., Aug. 24, 1866; son of Henry and Elana Barron; educated, Prescott Grammar School, Charlestown, Mass .; Boston Latin School, Boston, Mass .; Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass .; married, Cleveland, Feb. 11, 1908, Jane Carson; one year with The General Electric Co. in Lynn, Mass .; and for one year with one of their sub-com- panies in Chicago and New York; then entered the employ of The National Carbon Co., in 1894, as traveling representative; after 5 yrs. was made mgr. of the Noblesville, Ind., works; came to Cleveland to assist the general mgr. in supervision of the various factories of the company; was made factory mgr., and last year asst. gen. mgr. of the company; member American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Board of Education, Y. M. C. A., and Chamber of Commerce; member Masonic Order; member Union, Harvard, Country and Rowdant Clubs, of Cleveland; and Niagara Club, of Niagara Falls, N. Y. Recreations: Golf and Automobiles.
BARRY, David J .; D. J. Barry & Co .; general insurance; born, Cleveland, O., July 16, 1877; educated, Cleveland public schools; began career as office boy for the firm of Binghm, Douglass & Squire, 1891; when firm was dissolved, went with C. B. Squire; afterwards appointed mgr. of the local dept. of the insurance firm of Squire, Hahn & App, until November, 1901; with insurance firm of Termaine Draper Co. from November, 1901, to September, 1902; October, 1902, organized the firm of Barry, Lermann & Buerkle; in October, 1905, succeeded to the business of Barry, Lermann & Buerkle, under the firm name of D. J. Barry & Co .; sec'y and treas. of the Buckeye Milling Co .; director Bass Lake Club Co .; inter- ested in other corporations; Republican.
BARTOL, George; gen. mgr. The Otis Steel Co .; born, Lancaster, Mass., May 16, 1857; educated in the public schools and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in 1877, degree of B. S .; began career with the Otis Steel Co. in 1879, starting as chemist; elected gen. mgr. in 1898; pres. Colonial and Warner Realty Companies; director of First National Bank; interested in other corporations; member Union, University, and Civil Engin- eers Clubs; Republican.
BATE, Herbert; florist; born, Cleveland, Dec. 19, 1876; son of Richard and E. M. Pearce Bate; educated Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, June 30, 1903, Amelia Flick; one son; in 1897, started in the florist business with Bate Bros. in East Cleveland; in 1904, they consolidated with F. R. Williams, forming The Cut Flower Co .; was in the selling end until 1906; went into the grow-
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ing end of the business and still continues there; now starting new green houses at Newton Falls; vice pres. The Cleveland Cut Flower Co .; member Masonic Lodge Woodward No. 508, American Carnation Society, Florists Club. Recreations: Motoring, Fishing and Out-door Sports.
BATES, Albert Harlow; patent lawyer; born, Cincinnati, O., Jan. 24, 1869; son of Cyrus S. and Lavena S. Bates; educated, Kenyon Military Academy, Gambier, O .; Brooks Military Acad- emy, Cleveland; Lehigh University; graduated, 1889, Mechanical Engineer, Ohio State University; graduated, 1892, LL. B .; mar- ried, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 11, 1904, Kathleen Jones; two daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth; one son, Darwin Bates; in 1892-3, in legal dept. of The Brush Electric Co., Cleveland; 1893-96, with Robert H. Parkinson, patent lawyer, Chicago, Ill .; 1897-1905, member the firm of Thurston & Bates, patent lawyers, Cleveland; 1906-9, member firm of Bates, Fonts & Hull, patent lawyers, Cleveland; 1906 to the present time, practicing attorney under the name of Albert H. Bates; member American Society of Mechan- ical Engineers, and Cleveland Engineering Society, Chamber of Commerce and Psi Upsilon Fraternity; member Athletic, Shaker Heights Country and Cleveland Automobile Clubs. Recreations: Fishing and Automobiling.
BAUER, Phillip J .; florist, born, Dec. 15, 1861; son of Simon and Mary Brester Bauer; educated, Cleveland Parochial School; married, Feb. 27, 1891, Clara Seger; in the employ of Jas. Eadie, 1876 to 1879; then started in business on Ansel Ave. in 1894; proprietor of firm; designer and decorator; member C. M. B. A., St. Thomas Aquanas Church.
BECK, Johann Heinrich; composer; born, Cleveland, O., Sept. 12, 1856; son of Charles and Rebecca J. (Butler) Beck; high school education, Cleveland; graduate Leipzig Conservatory of Music, 1882; special studies on string instruments and all branches of musical composition; married Blandina Fellar, of Tiffin, O., June 19, 1890; ex-member examining board of American composi- tions and violin examiner of American College of Musicians; direc- tor Detroit Symphony Orchestra, 1895; director Cleveland Sym- phony Orchestra since 1900; also of Pilgrim Orchestra, Hermits Club Orchestra and Elyria Grand Orchestra, composer: overture to "Lara," performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1886; "Skirnismal,"" performed by Thomas Orchestra, Chicago, 1887; "Sextet, " performed at Indianapolis, Ind., 1888; "Moorish Sere- nade," performed at Philadelphia, 1889; "Scherzo" in A major, performed at Detroit by Thomas Orchestra, 1890; "The Kiss of Joy," performed by Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, 1900; "Meer- esabend," for voice and orchestra, "Liebeslied," for same; "Lieb- eslied,"' for tenor and orchestra; "Aus Meinem Leben," tone poem for grand orchestra.
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BECKER, Albert L .; pres. and treas. Cleveland Auto Livery; born, Cleveland, March 31, -; son of John and Christiana Schlather Becker; educated, Cleveland public and High School; thirty-second degree Mason, Mystic Shrine; member Athletic and Automobile Clubs.
BECKER, Henry A .; surgeon; born, Chicago, Ill., March 3, 1870; son of August Becker; educated, West High School; Adelbert, 1891; W. R. U., medicine, 1894; University of Vienna and Berlin, 1896-97; same universities 6 months, 1912; married, Detroit, Mich., Sept. 18, 1901, Miss Laura E. Ferguson; one son, William Nevison Becker, age 9; visiting surgeon in chief to German Hospital; associate in surgery at Lakeside Hospital; assistant professor of surgery in medical dept. of Western Reserve University; fellow of American College of Surgery, State and American Medical Ass'n; member Sigma Nu Sigma Medical Fraternity; member Uni- versity, Clifton, Keswick Golf and Cleveland Yacht Clubs. Recre- ations: Boating, Automobiling, Fishing and Music.
BECKWITH, C. G .; electrical engineer; born, Dowagiac, Mich., Apr. 19, 1870; son of Edwin Walter and Clara L. Sullivan Beck- with; educated, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich .; mar- ried, Cassapolis, Mich., Feb. 19, 1895, Belle M. Norton; adopted son, Raymon N. Ellis; operating and electrical foreman, 1888- 1891; supt. of construction of lighting plants in various parts of Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, 1893-1895; supt. electrical engin- eering, Montpelier, O., Municipal Plant, 1895-1900; supt. and elec- trical engineer, Collinwood, O., Municipal Plant, 1900-1910; supt. and electrical engineer City of Cleveland Municipal Plant, 1910, to the present time; member American Institute Electrical En- gineers, Cleveland Engineering Society, Electrical League of Cleveland; member F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F.
BEDELL, Abner H .; insurance; born, Shalersville, O., July 29, 1872; son of H. C. and Sarah L. (Horr) Bedell; educated, Cleve- land public schools; married, Cleveland, March 29, 1913, Bertha R. Lewis; paymaster, Ohio Battalion Naval Reserves to 1896; quar- termaster 10th O. V. Inf. 1898; War with Spain; entered insurance business, 1890; treas. and director O. M. Stafford-Goss-Bedell Co .; Coventry Road Land Co .; West Ninth Co .; Cleveland Athletic Club; director Guarantee Title and Trust Co .; member Military Order of Foreign Wars; member Union, Cleveland Athletic, Her- mit, Euclid and Mayfield Clubs.
BEHRENS, Frederick; carpenter, contractor; born, Hanover, Germany, Mar. 17, 1857; son of Frederick and Charlotte Peters Behrens; educated, Hanover, Germany; married, Cleveland, July 6, 1883, Sophie Frese; issue, 5 children; member Verein Deutscher Krieger, Woodmen of the World, Socialer Turn Verein.
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BEIDLER, Howard T .; manufacturer; born, Chester Valley, Pa., July 21, 1872; son of Theodore F. and Martha S. Scrogin Beidler; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, London, Can., Dec. 9, 1897, Willena Martin Stevely; one son and one daughter; connected with The National Screw & Tack Co. since July 1, 1889; sec'y National Screw & Tack Co .; member Athletic and Rotary Clubs.
BELLCHAMBERS, Walter A .; hairdresser; born, New York City, Jan. 18, 1874; son of Robert F. and Ellen Shugg Bellcham- bers; educated, New York City public schools; two years at Naza- reth, Pa., Military School; married, Cleveland, June 21, 1804, Maud L. Weaver; one son, F. Walter Bellchambers; came to Cleveland in 1892; in 1893, bought the business of Geo. Greenfield, which was established in 1854; Mason, Brooklyn, No. 454, F. & A. M., Hellman Chapter, No. 166.
BENTZ, Gus A .; merchant tailor; born, Dayton, O .; son of Adolph and Sophia Bentz; educated, common schools, high school and book keeping course; course at Sartorial Art School, New York City; married, 1899, Fannie Levi; member Cleveland Ath- letic Club.
BERNER, Herman D .; merchant; born, Cleveland, Jan. 12, 1864; son of Christian and Magdalena Berner; educated, common and high schools; married, Cleveland, April 21, 1883, Margaret Kalina; one daughter, Clara, born Feb. 14, 1889; 1889, started mfgrs' agent New York City and New England; in various mercantile enter- prises; pres. H. D. Berner & Winterbauer Co., New York and Brooklyn; proprietor Berner's Art Store; pres. The Phonograph Co. of Cleveland, and stockholder The Bishop-Babcock-Becker Co .; member Athletic and Willowick Clubs, Cleveland, and Arion So- ciety, New York. Recreations: Golf and Automobiling.
BEVER, John Jacob; iron business; born, Germany, Aug. 6, 1862; son of John Jacob and Christine Krause Bever; educated, Cleve- land public schools and private tutorage; married, Cleveland, Sept. 6, 1885, Annie M. Dunn; issue, Herbert J. Bever, born April 24, 1887, Clarence A., born June 30, 1891, Howard S., born April 30, 1898, Florence M., born May 5, 1889, Helen E., born June 28, 1900; with The Walker Mfg. Co. for 12 years, in various positions; with Westinghouse Co. 15 years, since 1898; with the Otis Steel Co. since 1910; mgr. the foundry department of the Otis Steel Co .; member Cleveland Engineering Society, and American Foundry- mens' Ass'n; thirty-second degree Mason and Mystic Shrine, F. & A. M .; M. O. N. M. S .; member Cleveland Chamber of Com- merce, Masonic Club, Athletic Club.
BICKNELL, Warren; pres. Cleveland Construction Co .; born, Morrisville, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1868; son of Charles T. and Susan Payne Bicknell, educated, public schools of Morrisville, N. Y., and Massillon, O .; graduated from Adelbert College in 1890; married,
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St. Paul, Minn., February, 1900; issue, Frances Louise, born, Novem- ber, 1900, Warren, Jr., born, 1902, and Elizabeth, born, February, 1904; business career, for a time studied law in the office of Boynton, Hale & Horr; a year and half sec'y Cleveland Athletic Club; one year in the coal business in New Castle, Pa .; sold in- terests there and became auditor of The Cincinnati and Miami Valley Traction Co., and gen. mgr. of the Dayton Traction Co .; the two companies consolidated and he became sec'y and auditor of the company, known as The Southern Ohio Traction Co., located at Middletown, O .; after two years resigned to accept the position of gen. mgr. of The Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Traction Co., with headquarters in Chicago; resigned after two years, and came to Cleveland; pres. from 1903 to 1906, of The Lake Shore Electric R. R. Co .; resigned in 1906 to become pres. of The Cleveland Con- struction Co., one of the largest companies of its kind in the state engaged in building electric and steam railroads, erecting light and water plants and constructing telephone lines through various parts of the country; pres. Springfield & Xenia R. R. Co., Citizens Railway & Light Co. of Fort Worth, Texas, Havana Electric Railroad of Cuba; chairman of the board of directors of the Toledo Railroad & Light Co., and receiver of the Municipal Traction Co. of Cleveland; pres. of two insurance companies; member Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Union, Hermit, Country and Mayfield Country Clubs.
BIGGAR, Hamilton Fisk; su: geon; born, Oakville, Ont., Can., March 15, 1839; son of Rev. Hamilton and Eliza Phelps (Racey) Biggar; A. B., Victoria University, Toronto, Canada, 1863 (LL. D., 1893); MD., Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery, 1866; since practiced at Cleveland; married Sue Miles Brooks, of Colum- bus, O., Feb. 25, 1870; formerly prof. anatomy and clinical sur- gery; surg. diseases of women, Homeopathic Hospital College, surgeon-in-chief Surgical Institute, a founder and dean, Training School for Nurses; Member American Institute Homeopathy (hon. pres.), Homeopathic Medical Society of Ohio, Homeopathic Med- ical Society of New York; A. A. A. S .; hon. pres. International Homeopathic Congress, London, 1911; Episcopalian. Clubs : Union, Euclid, Cleveland Athletic, Church. Author: Twelve Months of Surgery; Loiterings in Europe.
BIGGERSTAFF, Charles Thomas; mason contractor; born, Wel- land, Can., May 16, 1885; son of Thomas and Harriet Ann Castle Biggerstaff, educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleve- land, May 16, 1906, Minnie Schroeder; one daughter, Harriet, age 6 years, and one son, Thomas, age 4 years; his father and mother left Oxford, Eng., in 1884, and came to Welland, Can., in 1887, they came to Cleveland, where he has always lived; after going through the East Madison Avenue public school, he learned the brick-lay- ing trade, going into the mason contracting business with his father in 1911, as junior partner, and taking full charge of the mason contracting business in the spring of 1912; has built a
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number of brick and stone residences under several leading archi- tects; joined Masonic Order, Cleveland City Lodge, No. 15, No- vember, 1911; joined Cleveland Bricklayers Union, No. 5, April 22, 1903; member Cleveland Chamber of Progress, and Cleveland Federation of Motorcyclists; member Good Shepherd Episcopal Church. Recreations: Motorist, Swimmer and Base-ball.
BIGGS, Charles Lewellyn; attorney; born, West Newton, Pa., Aug. 16, 1870; son of Andrew Wesley and Mary F. Gressley Biggs; educated Fort Scott, Kan .; 1889-1890, and Cleveland Law School, 1908; married, Chicago, Ill., May 9, 1899, Mary Blanche Fletcher; one son, Alfred H., age 8; in 1894, engaged in the manufacture of bicycles in Chicago, in 1899; appointed state mgr. for Michigan of the North American Insurance Co. of Chicago; in connection with law business; mgr. for State of Ohio for The Knights of the Modern Maccabees; member law firm Bentley, McCrystal, Biggs & Staiger; trustee Highland Avenue Congregational Church, member Woodward Lodge of Masons, Mt. Olive Chapter Masons, Knights of The Modern Order of Maccabees, North American Union of Chicago, American Insurance Union of Columbus; member Cham- ber of Commerce; educational advantages have been confined to such reading as could be done on trains when traveling for in- surance companies; degree from law school almost wholly due to this method of study; entered law firm of Biggs & Staiger, in 1909; in 1911, organized the firm of Bentley, McCrystal, Biggs & Staiger.
BILLINGS, Frank; merchant; born, Hastings, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1853; son of George Whitfield and Elizabeth Ann Warren Billings; married, Cleveland, April 18, 1895, Elizabeth Tod; pres. The Tod Stambaugh Co .; vice pres. The Billings Chapin Co .; director Bank of Commerce, Superior Savings & Trust Co., Guardian Savings & Trust Co., and National Refining Co .; trustee Lakeside Hospital, Hiram House, and Babies' Dispensary; member Union, Country, Mayfield Country and Chagrin Valley Hunt Clubs.
BING, Louis S .; merchant; born, Washington Court House, O., Dec. 31, 1860; son of David and Rosina Bing; educated, Cincin- nati, O .; married, Jan. 12, 1892, Theresa Nathan; issue, Hortense R. Bing, born Jan. 12, 1894, Louis S. Bing, Jr., born, March 17, 1899; pres. The Bing Co .; member Masonic Fayette Lodge; Excel- sior and Oakwood Clubs. Favorite recreation: Golf.
BINGHAM, George A .; real estate and insurance; born, Eaton, Lorain County, O., Nov. 24, 1872; educated, district and Elyria public schools, and Cleveland Spencerian Business College; came to Cleveland in 1888, as a clerk in Fries & Schuele Dry Goods Store; in 1890, started in the grocery and meat business for him- self; engaged in that business for 20 years; manufacturer and inventor of "The Tru-Kut Cutter," for lard and butter; in 1904, became identified in the real estate business with his father,
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under the firm name of A. L. Bingham & Son, located in The Arcade; since the death of his father, in 1911, he has continued in the same business making a specialty of selling grocery stores; he is a Progressive in politics.
BISHOP, Eaton Alfred; building contractor; born, Adams, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1868; son of Aaron Brown and Ellen Crum Bishop; edu- cated, A. C. I., Adams, N. Y., 1882-85, Rochester Business Uni- versity, 1885-6, Boston Tech., 1886-1890; construction engineer and architect; married, Sheldon, La., June 25, 1892, Fannie C. Pynchron; one daughter, Eva Bishop; member A. O. U. W .; charter member No. 311, Iowa, B. of A. Y .; charter member No. 232. Recreation: Fishing.
BISHOP, George E .; dentist; born, Smithville, O., March 24, 1870; parents, A. B. Bishop and Mandilla E. Hartman; educated, public and high schools, Medina, Homeopathic College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Oct. 21, 1906, Byrdie May King; issue, George King Bishop, Hudson Charles Bishop, Virginia Bishop; practicing dentist in Cleveland since 1893; member Woodward Lodge, F. & A. M., Colonial Club.
BISHOP, George Taylor; owner of electric railways; born, Ravenna, O., Oct. 11, 1864; son of Clark B. and Arvilla A. Taylor Bishop; public school education; married, Brownsville, Pa., Nov. 26, 1891, Anna L. Swearer; pres. and director Washington, Balti- more & Annapolis R. R. Co .; director Cleveland Trust Co .; director National Bank of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md .; director Munsey Trust Co., Washington, D. C .; member Union, Country, Mayfield, Cleveland Automobile Clubs; Cleveland, Maryland and Baltimore Country Clubs; Baltimore, Columbia Country Club, Washington, D. C., Ohio Society of New York.
BLACK, Louis; treas. The Bailey Co .; born, Hungary, Dec. 24, 1844; treas. The Bailey Co; private Co. A, 150 Ohio Volunteer In- fantry in the hundred-day service, 1864; director Central National Bank, Superior Savings & Trust Co., Acme Foundry Co., Mutual Building & Investment Co .; vice pres. Tuscaloosa Cotton Co .; pres. Bailey Realty Co .; was the first director of fire under the federal plan under Mayor Rose; member of City Council, 1881- 1883; colonel 2nd Regiment, Knights of Pythias, 1885-1890.
BLAHA, Joseph F .; carpenter, contractor; born, Bohemia, May 12, 1858; son of John and May Pinopal Blaha; graduated from the public schools in Bohemia; married, Cleveland, Feb. 18, 1882, Katherine Orosek; issue, 4 children; came to the United States in 1877, and received his naturalization papers in 1888; worked several months at the carpenter trade at $1.50 a day, then went to work for The American Steel & Wire Co. in Newburg; worked there until 1882; then for the Sturdueynant Planing Co .; was
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there one year; in 1888, started in business for himself as car- penter contractor; member of C. S. P. S. Lodge, and K. of P. Lodge, No. 317. Recreations: Spend a couple of weeks every year fishing.
BLAIR, William L .; railroad business; born, Hamilton, O., Dec. 27, 1858; son of William Henry and Angeline Linn Blair; edu- cated, High School, Hamilton, O .; married, Hamilton, O., Novem- ber, 1908, Ella Brant Elliott; member Troop A, O. N. G., 1886 to 1897; entered the employ Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R. R., as telegraph operator, in December, 1872; telegraph operator, train dispatcher and clerk until September, 1880; with N. Y., C. & St. L. R. R. Co. September, 1881, to September, 1893; chief clerk and gen. mgr. September, 1893, to March, 1901; supt. Eastern Division, March, 1901, to October, 1905; supt. Telegraph, October, 1905, to October, 1906; supt. Eastern Division, October, 1906, to June, 1912; supt. transportation, June, 1912, to date; asst. to gen. mgr .; member Athletic Club.
BLAIR, Will P .; brick business; born, Plainfield, Ind., June 28, 1849; son of Enos and Margaruitte Blair; educated, Earlham Col- lege, Richmond, Ind., married, Indianapolis, Ind., Viola V. Sanders; issue, one daughter, Marion W. Blair; pres. National Paving Brick Manufacturers' Ass'n, 1904-5; also pres. in 1910; member of Amer- ican Ceramic Society; member brick committee of the American Society for Testing Materials; author of "Direction for the Con- struction of Brick Street Pavements"; 1894 to 1909, sec'y and mgr. of Terre Haute, Ind., Vitrified Brick Co .; sec'y and member board of directors National Paving Brick Mfr's Ass'n; member Ohio, Indiana and Illinois Engineering Societies, and American Society for Testing Materials, and American Society for Municipal Improve- ments; member K. of P. No. 30; Indiana Post Chancellor; con- tributed to engineering papers and magazines upon subjects of better construction and economy in municipal improvements; ar- ticles have been used in such magazines as Engineering News, Good Roads Magazine, New York Municipal Journal of Engineers.
BLAKE, Samuel Cooper; attorney-at-law; born, Euclid, O., Dec. 29, 1855; son of John M. and Harriet L. Cooper Blake; educated, public schools, Shaw Academy, preparatory dept. Oberlin College, and private school, law dept. University of Michigan, LL. B .; married, Euclid, O., June, 1889, Mary A. Camp; two children, Anna H. and Allan B. Blake; clerk of Euclid School Board for two terms, and township clerk two terms; taught in the Euclid schools for two years, admitted to the Ohio Bar, at Columbus, in 1883; practised in Cleveland since admission to the Bar; director and member financial committee, The Garfield Savings & Trust Co .; member Masonic bodies, including Oriental Commandery, Knights Templars.
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BLAU, William S .; manufacturer; born in Austria, Sept. 7, 1875; son of Samuel and Katherine Blau; public school education, until 15 years of age; married, Cleveland, Oct. 20, 1892, Miss Sloss; issue, four children, Katherine, William, Jr., Sol, and Alan; three years with Cohn & Sampliner, dealers in wholesale notions; in 1883, started in business on Bank Street, with H. Friedman, in 1904, firm moved to East 37th and Perkins Avenue, incorporated as the Friedman-Blau-Farber Co., manufacturing a general line of fancy knit goods; employing over 400 people and shipping goods all over the United States; treas. the company; Republican, member Wilson Avenue Temple; member Excelsior and Oakwood Clubs.
BLECHSCHMID, John; florist; born, Germany, June 7, 1870; son of John and Christina Hess Blechschmid; educated, public schools, Germany, and Newport, Ky .; married, Cleveland, April 26, 1906, Marie Sterk; three children; 1893, worked for Eugene Walter, florist, Lexington, Ky .; one year for Wm. Jones, florist, Newport, Ky .; one year for Mrs. Hennings, florist, Cincinnati, and several other firms and private parties; then was in Indianapolis, Ind .; then back to Cincinnati, as head gardener in The Zoo; was there two years; in 1904, started his own business in Cleveland; designer and decorator; vice. pres. The Florist Club.
BLISS, Harry A .; mgr. Bliss Supply Co .; born, Columbia, Tenn., Aug. 3, 1871; son of William L. and Anna M. Johnston Bliss; edu- cated, Columbia and Medina; married, Cleveland, Aug. 31, 1910, L. Blanche Fisher; member Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery and Naval Reserves; worked for George Worthington Co., H. A. Bliss, Mfg. Agt., 465 Arcade; Bliss Supply Co .; mgr. director Grafton Stone Co .; member Builders' Exchange; sons of Veterans, Cleve- land Yacht, Lakewood Yacht, Hermit, Century and Lotus Clubs and (old) Cleveland Athletic Club. Recreation: Yachting.
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