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WALKER, Frank Ray; architect; born, Pittsfield, Mass., Sept. 29, 1877; son of Frank and Helen Theresa Rauous Walker; edu-
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cated, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; post graduate work in design; pursued study of architecture in France and Italy, 1903- 1904; Walker & Weeks, architects; member Cleveland Engineering Society, Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland Chapter, American In- stitute, M. I. T., Alumni Ass'n, Northern Ohio; member Hermit, Athletic, M. I. T. Clubs, New York City; East End Tennis Club, Cleveland Y. M. C. A.
WALKEY, Charles B .; contractor; born, Cleveland, Sept. 29, 1880; son of William W. and Lida A. Stephens Walkey; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Aug. 24, 1909, Mary A. Forquer; issue, two children, one daughter and one son; gen- eral building contractor; with L. S. & M. S. R. R. Co., for five years; member M. E. Church, Masonic Order, Knight Templars, K. of P.
WALKEY, Harry Edgar; contractor; born, Cleveland, Aug. 19, 1882; son of Wm. W. and Lida Stephens Walkey; educated, Fair- mont school; married, Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 7, 1905, Louise Car- gill; issue, two children; general contractor; member Maccabees. Recreations: Hunting and Motorcycling.
WALTER, Robert E .; florist; born, Cleveland, May 6, 1882; son of J. H. R. and A. Richter Walter; educated, Cleveland public schools; has been in florist business with his father for fifteen years; member Reformed Church. Recreation: Motor Boating.
WALTON, John Whittlesey; merchant and mfgr .; born Salis- bury, Litchfield County, Conn., Jan. 15, 1845; son of Lucius Clark and Mary Vesta (Whittlesey) Walton; removed in early life to Tallmadge, Summit County, O .; educated, public school and Tall- madge Academy, graduated, 1864, Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; married, Cleveland, Oct. 6, 1869, L. A. Lyman; issue, one son and two daughters, Edwin A. Walton (De- troit, Mich.), Ethelwyne, now Mrs. William O. Osborn, Cleveland, Florence L., now Mrs. Frank Gill Dorr, Buffalo, N. Y .; married Gertrude Louise Hutchinson, Madison, Ind .; issue, three daughters, Gertrude Letitia, Margaret, Gladys; clerked first in retail and hardware store; bookkeeper packing house, 1869-1870; with brother- in-law founded vessel supply house of Upson & Walton, 1871; in- corporated 22 years later and now has world-wide relations; treas. Upson-Walton Co., and Cleveland Block Co., manufactures tackle blocks; member Ohio Society of Mayflower Descendants; Western Reserve Society Sons of American Revolution, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Western Reserve Historical So- ciety, Rowfant and Philosophical Clubs; trustee Workingmen's Collateral Loan Ass'n; trustee and treas. Cleveland Associated Charities; has made a special study of sociology; has given a large collection of books on that subject to Cleveland Public Library; private library particularly strong in history and French litera- ture, having made a special study of French language; family his-
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tory includes descent from three Revolutionary officers and from Gov. William Bradford of the Pilgrims.
WALWORTH, Frank Howard; retired; born, East Cleveland, July 15, 1857; son of John and Mary V. Race Walworth; educated in Cleveland schools; married, East Cleveland, April 17, 1889, Kate Cole Cline; issue, three children, Mrs. Stewart B. Browne, Jeanette, John Dunlap; teller Wade Park Bank and then teller Cleveland Trust Co .; retired from active business in 1908; treas. Village of East Cleveland from 1898 to 1904; pres. Sinking Fund Commission, East Cleveland; treas. and trustee the A. M. McGregor Home; member Chamber of Commerce, and Cleveland Real Estate Board.
WARD, Joseph A .; banker; born, Cleveland, June 19, 1873; son of Michael and Jane McQuillan Ward; parochial school and busi- ness college education; unmarried; 24 years with the Cleveland National Bank, now asst. cashier.
WARNER, Franz Childs; architect; born, Painesville, O., Sept. 6, 1876; son of Franz G. L. and Isabel Childs Warner; educated, Painesville public schools and Case School of Applied Science; married, Youngstown, O., July 12, 1902, Hazel Virginia Ward; practice has been largely public and semi-public buildings; member Cleveland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Beta Theta Pi Fraternity; member Cleveland Athletic, Automobile, Shore and Architectural Clubs.
WARNER, Worchester Reed; manufacturer; born, Cummington, Hampshire County, Mass., May 16, 1846; son of Franklin J. and Vesta Wales (Reed) Warner; educated, district school, Cumming- ton; (D. Mech. Sc., Western University of Pennsylvania, 1897); married, Cleveland, Cornelia F. Blakemore, of Philadelphia, June 26, 1890; learned machinist's trade at Boston and at Exeter, N. H .; with Pratt & Whitney Co., Hartford, Conn .; 1870-1880, and at same time pursued studies in astronomy, and other scientific branches, and experimented in telescope building as a recreation; in 1881, with Ambrose Swasey, established firm of Warner & Swasey, in- corporated as The Warner & Swasey Co., 1900; mfrs. machine tool and optical instruments of precision, including range-finders, gun- sights, field telescopes, etc., for the government; director Citizens' Savings & Trust Co., Cleveland Society for Savings; trustee West- ern Reserve University, Case School of Applied Science; fellow Royal Astronomical Society, A. A. A. S .; member British Astron- omical Society, American Society Mechanical Engineers (mgr. 1890-1893, pres. 1896-1897); past pres. Civil Engineers Club, Cleveland; Republican. Clubs: Union, Country, University, Sleepy Hollow Country.
WASCKO, Roman W .; florist; born, Germany, Dec. 3, 1887; son of Ernest and Emma Shmemgatzea Wascko; educated, Cleveland
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public schools; married, Cl veland, Feb. 12, 1903; Mary Pally- blank; issue, four children; from 1892 worked for J. W. Wilson as florist, till 1901, for Lyman Essex, florist; in 1902 started in busi- ness for himself, continuing in one location; member P. H. C. and Florist Club.
WASON, Charles William; retired; born, Cleveland, April 20, 1854; son of Charles and Matilda Parker Wason; graduated, Cor- nell University, 1876; married, Paris, France, January, 1882, Jettie Anna Morrill; issue, two daughters, Jettie, now Mrs. Harold Ed- wards, Velda, now Mrs. John A. Rithet; married, Cleveland, Sep- tember, 1896, Margaret Wright; married, Hamilton, Canada, Febru- ary, 1901, Mabel Breckenridge; director Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern; Northern Ohio Traction and Light Co., Williamson Build- ing Co .; trustee Cleveland Associated Charities; member Kappa Alpha, Carnellian Council, Cleveland Engineering Society, Biblio- phile Society, Union, Country, Mayfield, Willowwick and Rowfant Clubs.
WATSON, Wilbur J .; civil engineer; born, Berea, O., April 5, 1871; son of D. R. and Maria Parker Watson; educated, public schools of Berea, Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, B. S. (C. S. A. S.), S. E. (C. S. A. S.); married, Cleveland, 1900, Harriet Martha Barnes; issue, two daughters; five years in engineering dept. of L. S. & M. S. Ry .; nine years as asst. engineer for con- sulting engineering firms; last six years engaged in consulting, designing and supervising work in connection with construction of bridges and buildings for cities, counties, railroads and private corporations, etc .; work covers entire eastern part of the United States; has offices in New York and Charlotte, N. C., as well as Cleveland; connected with construction of Rocky River bridge, New City Hall and many other buildings in Cleveland; chief en- gineer and mgr. Wilbur J. Watson & Co .; member American Soci- ety of Civil Engineers, Cleveland Engineering Society, American Railway Engineering Ass'n, American Electric R. R. Society, Ohio Engineering Society, Chamber of Commerce, Phi Delta Theta Fra- ternity, Tau Beta Pi Fraternity (Honory), Cleveland Athletic Club; Grandfather Watson settled in Cuyahoga County in 1832, and Grandfather Parker in Medina County in 1828.
WEAVER, S. Marshall; dentist; born, Dayton, O., Dec. 13, 1875; son of W. J. and Mary E. Marshall Weaver; educated, Ra- venna High School and Western Reserve University (D. D. S.); married, Cleveland, April 17, 1896; two sons; pres. Weaver Dental Specialty Co .; vice pres. Cleveland Vending Co .; director Realty Building-Renting Co .; member National, Ohio State, Northern Ohio and Cleveland Dental Societies, Delta Sigma Delta, Colonial and Cleveland Athletic Clubs; pres. Cleveland Dental Society, 1913- 1914.
WEBSTER, John Howard; assignee The Variety Iron Works Co .; born, Portsmouth, N. H., Nov. 8, 1846; came to Cleveland in
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1850; public school education, graduated from Yale in 1868; degree A. B., Union Law College, 1870; degree LL. B .; received degree of A. M. from Yale in 1871; engaged in the practice of law in Cleve- land until 1891, when he was appointed assignee for the Variety Iron Works Co .; still serving; pres. Chamberlain Cartridge & Tar- get Co., Buckeye Milling Co .; vice pres. Penton Publishing Co .; interested in other corporations; member Union, University, Row- fant Clubs, Cleveland, and University Club, New Haven, Conn .; member Japan Society, London, Eng.
WEIDENTHAL, Maurice; editor Jewish Independent; born, Hungary, Oct. 3, 1856; came to Cleveland as a boy, attending Rockwell Street school; married, Cleveland, Feb. 14, 1883, Lida Brandes; correspondent New York Dramatic News; reporter and critic Cleveland Herald; city editor Cleveland Plain Dealer; re- porter and critic Cleveland World (News); city editor Cleveland Recorder; reporter, dramatic and editorial writer Cleveland Press; made politics a specialty, "covering" many national and state conventions for Cleveland Press and Scripps-McRae league of newspaper; accompanied late Senator Hanna on national campaign tours; founded Jewish Independent March 1906, being president of the publishing company; member Independent Order B'nai B'rith, Knights of Joseph, Sons of Benjamin.
WEIS, S. H .; architect; born, New York City, September, 1888; educated in the grammar and High Schools of Cleveland, and Uni- versity of California; married in Cleveland in 1911; pres. and treas. Esplanade Realty Co .; member Chamber of Commerce.
WELCH, Leon Cowles; mechanical engineer; born, Green, N. Y., June 20, 1882; educated, High School and Cornell University, M. E .; married, Oxford, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1913, Edith Sans Packard; 1906, started as machinist's helper; has held various positions with the following companies: New York Transit Co., Ohio Oil Co., Na- tional Transit Co., Northern Pipe Line Co., Buckeye Pipe Line Co .; at present division supt. of The Buckeye Pipe Line Co., also a director of the company; member American Society Mechanical Engineers, Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, University Club. Recrea- tions: Baseball, Football and Tennis.
WELLMAN, Samuel Thomas; mechanical engineer; born, Ware- ham, Mass., Feb. 5, 1847; son of Samuel K. and Mary L. Besse Wellman; educated, Norwich University, Vermont, B. S. and C. E. (hon.); married, Stoneham, Mass., Sept. 3, 1868, Julia A. Ballard; issue, Mina Bessie, Aug. 11, 1870, Addie Lena, June 1, 1872, Wm. S., Nov. 1, 1874, Holley G., May 19, 1881, Frederick S., Dec. 8, 1887; served as corporal Co. F, Ist New Hampshire Heavy Artillery, 1864-1865; built first open hearth furnace in United States to make steel commercially, Bay State Works, Boston, 1870; engineer and supt. Otis Steel Co., 1873-1889, building it from the ground up; organized Wellman, Seaver Engineering Co., 1896, now Wellman,
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Seaver, Morgan Co .; inventor of the open hearth charging machine, and of the application of the lifting magnet to the handling of iron and steel, both of these inventions in use in every important steel mill in the world, saving millions of dollars a year; 1900- 1901, pres. of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; chairman of directors of The Wellman, Seaver, Morgan Co .; pres. Wellman Bronze Co .; director Daw Chemical Co., and The Caxton Building Co .; member American Society Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Mining Engineers, American Iron and Steel Institute, American Electric Chemical Society; belongs to Union and Rowfant Clubs.
WELLS, Thomas Henry; insurance and real estate; born, Lur- gan, Ireland, Oct. 13, 1857; son of John and Sara McMurray Wells; educated, district school, Jefferson, O., and Grand River Institute, Austinburg, O .; married, Cleveland, Dec. 13, 1882, Ella E. Rader; issue, one son, Howard R., born, 1890, and Gladys May, born, 1894; spent 24 years in Y. M. C. A. work; gen. sec'y Alabama St. Ry. Branch, one year; International Ry. Dept., three years; Niagara Falls, Ont., nine years; began business career, 1908, with firm J. H. Wells & Co .; former trustee and treas. Collinwood Congregational Church, 1908-1911; member Congregational Club. Recreations: Automobiling, Baseball and Chess. His son, Howard, is asst. treas. Hall Coal Co .; member Masonic Fraternity; Athlete and Football player; educated, Cleveland schools, Collegiate Institute, Niagara Falls, Ont.
WEMPLE, John Jay; merchant; born, Aug. 23, 1849; Ashville, N. Y .; son of Hiram S. and Sophia Kidder Wemple; educated, Jamestown Union School and Collegiate Institute; took state re- gents examination and taught school in Warren County, Pa., and in Kansas; railroad agent in Kansas and Nebraska about five years; mgr. Paine Lumber Co.'s interests in Nebraska, four years; treas. Ohio Sash & Door Co., 24 years; pres. Wholesale Merchants Board, Chamber of Commerce, one year; director Chamber of Commerce, one year; member Hastings Lodge, F. & A. M., Hast- ings, Neb .; Mt. Nebo Commandery, No. 11, K. T., Hastings, Neb .; Mckinley Chapter, No. 181, R. A. M., Cleveland; Cleveland Ath- letic Club, Cleveland Builder's Exchange, Rotary Club, Cleveland Board of Lumber Dealers Club, Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland Credit Men's Ass'n; Grand Master Masons, Nebraska, 1884-1885; Grand Commander, Knights Templar, Nebraska, 1888-1889; pres. Cleveland Rotary Club, one term.
WENNEMAN, Joseph H .; lawyer; born, Cleveland, May 23, 1871; son of Henry C. and Katharine Hoff Wenneman; educated, St. Mary's Parochial School, St. Ignatius College, received A. B., 1894, M. A., 1895, Western Reserve University Law School, LL. B., 1896; married, Cleveland, April 12, 1899, Augusta Cecilia Sellers; issue, two sons, Joseph A. and William Henry; before entering college worked at various iron trades, also in wood cabinet maker
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works; in 1895 was admitted to the bar; in June, 1895, opened law office in Cleveland; in October of that year formed partner- ship with Herman Presser under firm name of Presser & Wenne- man; in 1897, admitted to practice in Federal Courts, and before Department of Interior; in 1900, dissolved partnership and prac- ticed alone till fall of 1904, then formed partnership with C. O. McCray, under firm name of Wenneman & McCray, dissolved this relationship in 1908; in February, 1911, formed partnership with C. L. Gates and A. R. Edgerton, under firm name of Wenneman, Gates & Edgerton; has made a study of insurance and surety law; has acted as general agent for various Surety and Casualty com- panies; member Cleveland Law Library Ass'n, and Bar Ass'n, member St. John's Hospital Building Committee, and St. Stephen's Auditorium and School Building Committee, Catholic Mutual Bene- fit Ass'n, Grand Deputy of Ohio; Cleveland Chamber of Industry, Alumni Ass'n; Western Reserve University Law School president, 1912-1913.
WERTHEIM, Max; merchant; born, Cleveland, June 24, 1866; son of Julius and Rosa Wise Wertheim; educated, Cleveland May- flower and Central High School; married, Cleveland, Jan. 25, 1899, Rebecca Mae Sloss; issue, three children; worked for S. Halle for two years, then went into the office of Dryfoos & Klein, who were succeeded by Klein, Goodhart & Koch; became bookkeeper and went into business in 1880 with Kaufman & Sol Hexter for period of ten years; dissolution for the firm of The Max G. Wertheim Co .; pres. and treas. The Max G. Wertheim Co., importer and jobbers of tailors' trimmings for twenty-two years, and manufacturers of waists and dresses for three years; member Excelsior and Oak- wood Clubs, Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland Ass'n of Credit Men, and Cleveland Garment Ass'n. Recreations: Golf and Ath- letics.
WETTSTEIN, Frank Eugene; banking and real estate; born, Rochelle, Ill., June 6, 1867; son of Otto and Louise Tracy Wett- stein; educated, Rochelle High School, class of 1884; married, La Porte City, Ia., Sept. 22, 1896; married Maud Wagoner; issue, two sons, William and Frank Jr .; republican; five years a member of the Illinois National Guard; in 1889, organized First National Bank, La Porte City, Ia .; in 1900, organized First National Bank, Dysort, Ia .; vice pres. and gen. mgr. Guarantee Title & Trust Co., Cleveland; 1903 to 1908, promoted Gates Mills property; built all roads at Gates Mills; pres. Pease Engineering Co., 1904 to 1908; chairman Board of Trustees, Cleveland Homeopathic Medical Col- lege, 1907-1909; chairman Finance Committee, Cleveland Associated Charities, 1906-1908; sec'y and treas. Maple Leaf Land Co., sec'y and treas. Davenport, Ia., Land & Investment Co .; trustee Cleve- land Pulte Medical College; Mason; also member Union and Tippe- canoe Clubs and Cleveland Chamber of Commerce.
WHITE, Rollin Henry; automobile mnfr .; son of Thomas H. White and Almira Greenleaf White; educated, Cornell University,
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'94, M. E. and E. E .; married, Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1896, Katharine King; issue, Elizabeth, William King, Rollin Henry, Jr .; member Union, Country, and Chagrin Valley Hunt Clubs.
WHITE, Windsor Thomas; pres. The White Co., auto mfrs .; born, Orange, Mass., Aug. 28, 1866; son of Thomas H. and Almira Greenleaf; degree of B. S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Wor- cester, Mass .; married, Cleveland, Sept. 14, 1892; Delia Bulkley Holden; issue, Thomas Holden, Aug. 4, 1894, Delia Elizabeth, Nov. 9, 1898, Windsor Holden, July 18, 1905; pres. White Co .; vice pres. White Sewing Machine Co .; pres. Park Drop Forge Co .; director First National Bank; member Union Tavern, Roadside, Country, Cleveland Automobile, Chagrin Valley Hunt and Gentlemen's Driving Clubs, Cleveland; Engineers' Club of New York; Green Spring Valley Hunt Club.
WHITELAW, James Herbert; banker; born, Oshawa, Can., Aug. 19, 1863; son of John Whitelaw and Mary Arkland Whitelaw; edu- cated, Case School of Applied Science; one of the first three stud- ents of that institution; married, Cleveland, Feb. 1, 1893, Eleanor Sprecher; issue, one daughter, Dorothy Whitelaw; entered Na- tional City Bank as collector in January, 1886, and has been with that institution ever since; at present cashier National City Bank.
WHITMAN, Frank Perkins; physicist; born, Troy, N. Y., July 29, 1853; son of William Warren and Caroline Keith (Perkins) Whitman; A. B., Brown University, 1874, A. M. 1877 (hon. Sc. D., 1900); studied Johns Hopkins; married Charlotte Webster Wheeler, of Providence, R. I., May 26, 1881; instructor in English and Class- ical Schools, Providence, 1874-1878; prof. physics, Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute, Troy, 1880-1885; Western Reserve University since 1886; Fellow A. A. A. S. (vice pres. 1898); member American Physical Society, Astronomical and Astrophysical Society, Amer- ica, Illuminating engineering Society. Contributor to scientific journals.
WHITMORE, Fred A .; real estate, loans; born, Toledo, O., Nov. 30, 1882; son of Charles A. and Harriet D. Moon Whitmore; public school education; married, Toledo, O., July 28, 1902, Lucy J. Weil; since 1909 representative of the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Co., having been associated with that company for nine years before that date.
WHITNEY, William Henry; insurance; born, Monticello, Minn., June 21, 1860; son of Cephas Newhall and Cyrena Patch Whitney; educated, Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., classical course, 1884; married, Trinidad, Colo., 1890, Emma Gmin; issue, four children, two sons and two daughters; manager The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co .; member executive committee Congregational Club, 1912, and pres. of The Cleveland Congregational Brotherhood, 1911-1912; member Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.
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WHITWORTH, T. Evans; publisher; born, Manchester, Eng- land; son of Joseph and Martha Lewis Whitworth; educated in England; married, Cleveland, Sept. 10, 1900, Elizabeth M. Camp- bell; issue, three children; for 20 years sec'y and treas. The Whit- worth Bros. Co .; pres. The Penton Building Co .; director The Pen- ton Press Co., director The Penton Publishing Co., director The Ben Franklin Club; member the Ben Franklin and Fellowcraft Clubs.
WICK, Dudley Baldwin; vice pres. Wick Investment .; born, Youngstown, O., Oct. 3, 1846; son of Henry and Mary S. Hine Wick; attended public school and Oberlin College; married, Paines- ville, O., July 28, 1875, Miss Emma Steele; issue, three children; Helen, now Mrs. Charles Dukelow of Boston, Warren Corning and Dudley B. Jr., deceased; business career; became associated with my father in the banking business; sold interests in the City Trust Co., and devoted time to private interests; one of the or- ganizers of The North Electric Co .; served as vice pres. till 1907; still a director; officer and director in many important business concerns in the city; member Chamber of Commerce, Union and Roadside Clubs; Presbyterian denomination; Mason, Oriental Com- mandery, K. T. and Scottish Rite Consistory; has held office in all branches of the Masonic order. Recreations: Driving and motor- ing; associated with private charities and benevolent organizations.
WIELER, Charles L. F .; electric automobiles; born, Cleveland, Feb. 15, 1861; son of Jacob and Salomi Zipf Wieler; educated, public schools and Spencerian Business College; married, Cleve- land, Jan. 8, 1889, Martha E. Dietz; three children living, Carl L. F. Wieler, Jr., Alvina E., Martha E .; for many years pres. and gen. mgr. of the Wieler Co., from which he retired to take the gen- eral management of The Rauch & Lang Carriage Co .; pres. and gen. mgr. The Rauch & Lang Carriage Co., pres. The Detroit Street Investment Co .; director and on finance committee The Forest City Savings & Trust Co., director The Workingman's Collateral Loan Co .; member Masonic Fraternity, Clifton, Union, Athletic, Westwood Golf, Automobile and Yacht Clubs. Recreation: Golf.
WILBERDING, John Bernard; banking; born, Cleveland, March 2, 1873; son of Henry and Catherine Wilberding; educated, par- ochial and Business College; married, Cleveland, Oct. 28, 1898, Jo- hanna Butler; issue, one daughter, Florence; sec'y of The Mutual Building & Investment Co .; six years prior to that cashier of the company; sec'y and treas. The Fullers Earth Co., and The Lake- wood Chemical Co., also The F. S. Hoskins Co .; member Knights of Columbus, Athletic, Euclid, Rotary, and Gentleman's Driving Clubs.
WILCOX, Owen N .; attorney; born, Cleveland, Jan. 29, 1880; son of Frank N. and Jessie F. Snow Wilcox; educated, Cleveland public schools and Central High School, Adelbert College, Western
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Reserve University Law School; Bachelor of Letters, Adelbert, 1902; Bachelor of Laws, Western Reserve University Law School, 1905; married, Cleveland, Oct. 24, 1905, Margaret Knowlton; issue, two sons; pres. and treas. The Gates Legal Publishing Co .; mem- ber Delta Tau Delta (College) Fraternity, and Phi Delta Phi (Law School) Fraternity.
WILDMAN, N. R .; commercial paper; born, Pitchur, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1879; son of Elijah and Elsie Newton Wildman; educated, public schools, Syracuse, N. Y., Fairfield Military Academy, Onon- daga Academy; married, Cristhine, O., Sept. 28, 1904, Alice M. Snyder; issue, two children; studied law at Syracuse and after a time accepted position as traveling adjustor; about three years ago became engaged in the commercial paper business, The N. R. Wildman Co., pres. and mgr.
WILHELMY, Otto A .; florist; born, New York City, May 29, 1889; son of Curt A. and Marie Holoechter Wilhelmy; educated, Cleveland public schools and Prag, Germany, High School; mar- ried, Cleveland, June 29, 1911, Emily Witting; 1905-1907, at greenhouses of The Cleveland Cut Flower Co .; 1908-1909, at Long Island private place, gardening and hot house work; 1909-1911, landscape work in the south near Jacksonville and Tampa, Fla .; 1912, landscape work in Cleveland; 1912-1913, florist, decorator and designer.
WILKINS, Bert LeRoy; manufacturer; born, LaGrange, O., Dec. 11, 1869; son of H. J. and Anna Rowell Wilkins; educated, LaGrange public school and Oberlin Business College; married, LaGrange, O., Nov. 27, 1889, Lucy A. Richmond; issue, one daughter, Ada Vera; organized the partnership of Wilkins & Raw- son, February, 1890; Lakewood Plumbing Co., 1903; Lakewood Wash Tray Co., 1906; consolidated the above with Euclid Stove & Brick Co., June, 1912; sec'y The Euclid Stove & Brick Co .; part- ner The Lakewood Plumbing Co .; director Colonial Savings & Loan Co .; Lakewood Lodge, F. & A. M .; Cunningham Chapter, R. A. M .; Forest City Commandery, K. T .; Lake Erie Consistory, A. A., Scottish Rite; Al Koran Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .; member Chamber of Industry. Recreation: Spending summers at cottage, Black Lake, Mich.
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