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BRUNO, Ernst W .; contractor; born, Port Huron, Mich., Dec. 4, 1876; son of William F. and Theresa Orttenberger Bruno; public school, high school and business college education in Port Huron, Mich .; married, Port Huron, Mich., June 26, 1902, Marie Unger; started business with his father, who was a contractor; spent two years ranching at Alburquerque, N. Mex., and Eagle Pass, Texas; on coming north was associated with the Michigan Telephone Co., and came to Cleveland in April, 1896, for the Cleveland Telephone Co .; then with Cleveland Illuminating Co. until 1906, in charge of underground construction; then started in general contracting, paving, sewer, concrete and water mains work; member Biglow Lodge, F. & A. M., Thatcher Chapter, R. A. M .; member Athletic Club. Recreations: Hunting Big Game, all Out-door Sports and Motoring.
BRUSH, Charles Francis; scientist; born at Euclid, O., Mar. 17, 1849; son of Isaac Elbert and Delia Wisner (Phillips) Brush; M. E., University of Michigan, 1869; Ph. D., Western Reserve, 1880; (hon. M. S., University of Michigan, 1899; LL. D., Western Re- serve, 1900; Kenyon, 1903); married Mary E. Morris, of Cleveland, Oct. 6, 1875; chem. expert, Cleveland, 1870-1873; iron and ore commn. mcht., 1873-1877; pioneer investigator of electric lighting and invented the Brush electric arc light, 1878, now in general use; also the storage battery (fundamental invention) and other devices essential to modern electrical engineering; founder the Brush Electric Co .; credited with "The Practical Development of Electric Arc Lighting" (Rumford medal); pres. Cleveland Arcade Co. since 1887; Linde Air Products Co. since 1907; Trustee Western Reserve University, Adelbert College, University School, Cleveland
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School of Art, Lake View Cemetery; corporator Case School Ap- plied Science; member Sinking Fund Commission of Cleveland; Chevalier, Legion of Honor, France, 1881; Rumford medal, Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, 1899; member. Am. Philos. Soc .; fellow, A. A. A. S .; life member Brit. Ass'n, Ohio State Board Commerce, Cleveland Chamber Commerce (pres. 1909-1910); Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs .; member Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Archaeol. Inst. America, Am. Hist. Ass'n, Nat. Electric Light Ass'n, Franklin Inst., Phila., Am. Chem. Soc. Clubs: University (New York), Country, Euclid, University, Union (pres. 1897-1898), Mayfield (Cleveland), Winous Point Shooting (pres. since 1895).
BUERMAN, George J .; contracting plumber; born, Cleveland, Aug. 28, 1886; son of G. H. and Anna Kuper Buerman; graduated from St. Stephen's Parochial school in 1900; attended St. Ignatius' College three years; classical course; married, Cleveland, Aug. 22, 1911, Ida P. Beeoli; started in the plumbing, sewering and gas fitting business in 1908, under the firm name of Buerman & Mayer; continued until 1911, when he bought Mr. Mayer's interest; firm now Geo. J. Buerman; member C. M. B. A. Recreations: Baseball and Bowling.
BULKLEY, Robert Johns; congressman; born, Cleveland, Oct. 8, 1880; son of Charles Henry and Roberta (Johns) Bulkley; A. B., Harvard, 1902, A. M., 1906; law student, Harvard, and at Cleve- land; married Katharine Pope, of Helena, Mont., Feb. 17, 1909; admitted to bar, 1905, and began practice at Cleveland; member law firm of Bulkley & Inglis, Sept. 1, 1909 -; member 62d Congress (1911-13); 21st Ohio Dist .; Democrat; trustee University School, Cleveland. Clubs: Union, Hermit, University, Tavern and Country (Cleveland), Harvard (New York), Montana (Helena).
BUNTS, Frank Emory; surgeon; born, Youngstown, O., June 3, 1861; son of William C. and Clara E. (Barnhisel) Bunts; gradu- ated U. S. Naval Academy, 1881; served U. S. N., 1881-1883; M. D., Western Reserve Medical College, 1886; married, Harriet E. Taylor, of Cleveland, Oct. 29, 1888; prof. surgery Western Reserve Medi- cal College, since 1893; fellow Am. Surg. Ass'n; member A. M. A., Societe Internat. de Chirurgie; Miss. Valley Med. Ass'n; Ohio State Med. Ass'n; Acad. Medicine, Cleveland; Nu Sigma Nu; Republican. Clubs: Union, University, Euclid (Cleveland) ; Army and Navy (Washington).
BURDICK, Russell Emmett; merchant; born, Alfred, N. Y., May 28, 1848; son of Russell W. and Malvina A. (Middaugh) Bur- dick; educated, Alfred University; married, Ashland County, O., May 24, 1874, Mary H. Mccutchen; two daughters and one son; captain commanding Troop A, O. N. G., 1895; capt. 1st Ohio Vol. Cavalry, war with Spain, 1898; aid-de-camp to Gen. Horace Porter, 1897; to Gen. G. M. Dodge, 1897; to Gen. J. F. Bell, 1909; pres. and treas. the Bowler & Burdick Co., jewelers; established, 1873.
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BURGER, Fred; florist; born in Germany, July 24, 1866; son of Gottlieb and Karolina Wenz Burger; educated, public schools; married, Cleveland March 16, 1895; Katrina Greiner; issue, three children; with J. M. Gasser Co., 1892 to 1893; started in business as florist in 1893; has continued in same location; designer and decorator; Forester Court Broadway, No. 1252; P. W. C., No. 220; member Florist Club.
BURKE, Thomas A .; surgeon; born, Cleveland, April 18, 1864; son of Thomas A. and Ellen Shannon Burke; A. B., Canisius Col- lege, 1885; A. M., same college, 1892; Western Reserve Medical College, 1888; married, Cleveland, 1892, Lillian G. McNeil; three children; after graduating in medicine, received appointment as house surgeon at City Hospital; later assistant to supt. Cleveland State Hospital; 1890, appointed visiting physician to St. Alexis Hospital, and later to same position Charity Hospital; 1902, elected coroner Cuyahoga county; re-elected 1906 U. S. pension examiner in President Cleveland's administration; has made three trips abroad to study in London and Vienna hospitals, devoted to diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat; director ear, nose and throat dept. Charity Hospital; member Cleveland Academy of Medicine, Ohio State Medical Ass'n, Am. Ass'n, Cleveland Athletic Ass'n.
BURKE, Vernon H .; attorney-at-law; born, Saybrook, O., Dec. 22, 1865; son of John F. and Minerva C. Stewart Burke; educated, Canisius College, Buffalo, N. Y., Stratton's Business College, The University of Notre Dame; B. A., C. E., LL. B. degrees; married, Cleveland, Dec. 21, 1892, Matilda B. Hahn; one son, Vernon A. Burke, Jr .; Republican; served on police bench by appointment; senator from Cuyahoga county, 1896-1900; vice chairman Cuya- hoga County Republican Committee; has been a trial lawyer; pres. James F. Allen Contracting Co., Cleveland Smelting Co., Idle- wild Co .; sec'y Guest & Buell Co., Fleishman & Smith Co .; director The Cleveland Salt Co .; sec'y Crawford & Soper Co .; Bauck Con- tracting Co., Rice Bottling Works, The Olds-Oakland Co., etc .; member K. of P., and I. O. O. F., the Athletic, Willowick Country, and City Clubs. Recreations: Motoring, Hunting and Fishing.
BURKHART, Harry; florist; born, Cleveland, Oct. 9, 1885; son of Fred and Katherine Weber Burkhart; educated, public schools; married, Cleveland, 1909, Mary Wilhelm; two children; with The Westinghouse Co. in 1904, as moulder and coremaker; has been in the florist business one year; pres. and treas. The Burkhart Bro. 's Co .; designer and decorator; member Modern Woodmen, and Florist Club, and Holy Name Church. Recreation: Hunting.
BURNHAM, Thomas Winston; mfr. and banker; born, Cleve- land, Jan. 22, 1844; son of Thomas and Maria Louisa White Burn- ham; educated, Cleveland public schools and Union University of
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Schenectady, N. Y .; degree of A. B .; married, Cleveland, Oct. 6, 1869; Mary Kate Coll; two daughters, Mrs. G. W. Grandin and Mrs. J. P. Burton; pres. The Star Elevator Co. and The Kilby Mfg. Co .; director and chairman of the Board National City Bank; director The Cleveland Burial Case Co., Cleveland Union Stock Yards Co., Citizens' Savings & Trust Co. and F. H. Hill & Co., Chicago; member Union, University, Country, Roadside Clubs, Cleveland, and The University Club, New York City; pres. of the Union Club of Cleveland, 1899 and 1900. Recreations: Golf and Motoring.
BURROWS, Charles William; born, Hollis, York County, Me., Dec. 21, 1849; son of Joseph W. and Mary Elizabeth Atkinson Bur- rows; graduated, U. S. Military Academy, 1870; served as 2d Lt., 34 U. S. Art, 1870-1872; married, Lottie Thomas Mott, of Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 26, 1884; started, November, 1873, firm of Burrows Bros. (now The Burrows Bros. Co.), publishers and booksellers; Republican, member Ass'n of Graduates of U. S. Military Acad- emy; Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Union, Euclid, Hermit, Athletic. Identified with movement to pro- cure one-cent letter postage.
BURROWS, George Humphrey; lawyer; born, Wakeman, O., May 18, 1863; son of Asa W. and Nancy Ann Humphrey Burrows; educated in Cleveland public schools and Riverside Seminary, Wellsville, N. Y .; married, Cleveland, April 5, 1885, Ida Bell Folliett; issue, Ethel Ida, G. Howard; sec'y Cleveland Coal Ex- change, 1885-1886; sec'y Merchant's and Manufacturer's Exchange, 1887-1897; practiced law from 1893; sec'y and gen'l mgr. Cleve- land Farm Development Co .; sec'y and director Chagrin River Land & Investment Co .; pres. and director the Geo. H. Burrows Development Co .; member firm of Burrows, Kraus & McMasters.
BURTON, Charles Emerson; clergyman; born, Iowa, March 19, 1869; son of John Henry and Jane A. Simons Burton; educated, Carleton College, A. B., 1895, M. A., 1898, Chicago Theological Seminary, B. D., 1898, Carleton College, D.D., 1911; married; Menoken, N. D., Oct. 17, 1898, Cora Viola King; issue, Dorothy Viola, Lyndon David, Malcolm King and Myron Simons; preached before and during college course in the missions and churches of the Congregational order of Minneapolis; spent summer vacations preaching in home missionary churches in Minnesota and North Dakota; pastor Puritan Church, Chicago, 1895-1898, Lyndale Church, Minneapolis, 1899-1909; associate pastor to Dr. Washing- ton Gladden, First Congregational Church, Columbus, O., 1909 and 1910; began pastorate Euclid Avenue Church, Cleveland, March 1, 1911; trustee Congregational Home Missionary Society, New York, Congregational Union, Cleveland, National Anti-Saloon League; former trustee of Carleton College and Chicago Theological Sem- inary; member Delta Sigma Rho (honor) Fraternity; member Business Men's Club, Y. M. C. A., and Congregational Club, Cleve-
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land and vicinity (pres. 1913-1914); won oratorical honors of col- lege and state of Minnesota; interested in social and civic appli- cation of religion, helped organize Minneapolis Congregational Union, Council of Churches, Columbus, and Federated Churches, Cleveland.
BURTON, Theodore Elijah; U. S. senator to March 3, 1915; born, Jefferson, O., Dec. 20, 1851; son of Rev. William and Elizabeth (Grant) Burton; A. B., Oberlin College, 1872, A. M. 1875; (LL. D., Oberlin, 1900, Dartmouth, 1907, Ohio University, 1907); unmarried; admitted to bar, 1875, and since in practice at Cleveland; member 51st (1889-1891), and 54th to 61st (1895-1911) congresses; 21st Ohio Dist .; resigned from 61st Congress, March 4, 1909; U. S. senator, 1909-1915; chairman Inland Waterways Commission, 1906- 1908; chairman National Waterways Commission; member National Monetary Commission; Republican nominee for mayor, Cleveland, 1907; delegate Republican National convention, 1904, 1908 (placed William Howard Taft in nomination for the Presidency, Chicago, 1908); pres. Grant Family Ass'n of the U. S. Clubs: Union, Rowfant (Cleveland), Metropolitan (Washington). Author: Finan- cial Crisis and Periods of Industrial and Commercial Depression, 1902; Life of John Sherman, 1906; Corporations and The State, 1911; pres. American Peace Society, 1911.
BUSE, William; prop. Hofbrau-Haus; born, Sept. 1, 1865; Hep- pens, Oldenburg, Germany; in Cleveland since 1867; education, common and high schools; practical restauranteur; married Aug. 27, 1889, Mary Fry; issue, one daughter, Margaret, Dec. 4, 1904; mem- ber Concordia Lodge, F. & A. M .; Hillman Chapter, Holyrood Commandery, Lake Erie Consistory; Cleveland Lodge, B. P. O. E .; Westwood Golf Club, Cleveland Athletic Club, Cleveland Automo- bile Club.
BUSHNELL, Thomas Hubbard; lawyer; born, Burton, O., Aug. 17, 1856; son of Ebenezer and Julia Baldwin Bushnell; public school and university education, B. A. 1882, M. A., 1885, Western Reserve College (now Western Reserve University, Adelbert col- lege); married, Columbus, O., Oct. 23, 1889, Sophia Ballard; issue, five children; with Union Rolling Mill Company, this city, 1882- 1885; admitted to bar, 1885; practiced law in Cleveland one year, in Hurley, Wis., 1886-1896; and in Cleveland since, except while judge of the Cuyahoga County Insolvency and Juvenile Court, during parts of 1904 and 1905; member Cleveland, Ohio, and Amer- ican Bar Associations; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Cleveland Chamber of Commerce; Union, University and Country Clubs; trustee Cleve- land Humane Society.
CADWALLADER, Starr; settlement worker; born, Howard, N. Y., June 11, 1869; son of Joseph Shepard and Anne E. (Starr) Cadwallader; A .. B., Hamilton College, 1893, A. M., 1896; graduate Union Theological Seminary, 1896; married Harriet E. Gomph, of
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Utica, N. Y., July 30, 1896; was engaged in Y. M. C. A. work, 1887, 1888 and 1890; teacher in private schools, 1892-1895; or- dained Presbyterian ministry, 1896; head worker Goodrich Social Settlement, Cleveland, 1896-1903 (trustee since 1903, sec'y since 1906); school director of Cleveland, 1902-1905; sec'y board of trustees, Cleveland School of Art, 1905-1908; supt. of sanitation, 1908-1910; pres. Social Service Club; treas. Cleveland Home Gar- dening Ass'n; member executive committee Cleveland Associated Charities; member Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: University. Contributor to maga- zines.
CAINE, Frank C .; contractor; born, Cleveland, June 15, 1863; son of William C. and Jane Caley Caine; educated, Cleveland pub- lic schools and Spencerian Business College; married, Chicago, Ill., Nov. 10, 1891, Gertrude C. Coffman; with Geo. Worthington Co. ten years; organized saddlery and harness business, wholesale hard- ware three years, organized concrete business in 1895, and National Concrete Fireproofing Co., 1898; pres. The National Concrete Fire- proofing Co .; pres. and treas. The Frank C. Caine Co .; director and vice pres. The Square Realty Co .; same offices in The Seneca Realty Co .; director and treas. The River Land Co .; director The Nock Fire Brick Co .; member Union, Athletic, Colonial, and Coun- try Clubs. Recreation: Golf.
CALEY, Frederick Henry; sec'y Cleveland Automobile Club; born, Hudson, June 2, 1873; son of Frederick P. and Clara S. Palmer Caley; educated, public and high school and Ohio Northern University, Ada, O .; married, New York, Nov. 27, 1913, Harriet E. Weffler; Ist Lieut. 4th Ohio Infantry, 1902-1910; active Republi- can; with National Republican committee two campaigns; State Insurance Dept., 1903-1906; office sec'y of State, 1906-1908; Ohio State Registrar of Automobiles, 1908-1911; has been successful in organizing automobile clubs throughout Ohio; mgr. The Cleveland Automobile Show Co .; member Y. M. C. A., Akron Lodge, No. 547 I. O. O. F., Akron-Canton, two Patriarchs Militant; member Cham- ber of Commerce, Cleveland Automobile Club, Cleveland Auto- mobile Country Club. Recreation: Motoring.
CALHOUN, Newton S .; pres. and treas. The Johnson Jennings Co .; born in Connecticut, Feb. 12, 1855; son of William E. and Al- mira Tracy Calhoun; educated, Suffield Academy, in Connecticut, and Brown University, Providence, R. I., graduating in 1879, degree of A. M .; married, Cleveland, 1884, Miss Caroline Jen- nings; issue, one son, Tracy Jennings, born in 1885, and one daughter, Carol, now Mrs. Lyman Narten; business career, taught school two years in the Providence high school; studied law while teaching and summers; one year in office of Judge Tillinghast in Providence; came to Cleveland in the fall of 1882; in 1883, began law practice with the late A. C. Caskey; in 1896, became treas. of the Johnson-Jennings Co., and in 1905, was made pres .; also vice
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pres. and treas. the Royal Tourist Car Co .; member Chamber of Commerce and Athletic Club; Republican; member Pilgrim Con- gregational Church.
CALLOW, William George; merchant; born, Hudson, O., Nov. 23, 1862; father's name, Frank Callow; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, New York City, Dec. 25, 1900, Alice M. Burns; pres. and treas. The Kennedy Co .; sec'y and treas. The Euclid Huron Improvement Co .; member Athletic Club.
CAMPBELL, John C .; contractor and builder; born, Scotland, July 2, 1863; son of Robert and Mary Caird Campbell; common school education in Scotland; married, Scotland, Oct. 15, 1884, Jane N. Macmanis; has been in the building business all his life, learning the joiners' trade in Dundee, Scotland; traveled exten- sively in America, working at the joiners' trade; entered into the general Contractor's business in Cleveland, in 1907, has lived in - Cleveland 20 years; member Order of Scottish Clans, Knights of Pythias, Loyal Order of Moose; has been a U. S. citizen for twenty- five years; believes in honest and square dealing. Recreation: Motoring.
CANFIELD, George R .; oil business; born, Mantua, O., Dec. 1, 1857; son of George W. and Jannette L. Merryfield Canfield; edu- cation, country and Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Nov. 11, 1879, Ella M. Summonds; issue, Charles H. Grace Brewster, Gilbert B .; first wife died 1884; married, Oct. 19, 1887, Mrs. Lucy E. Long (nee Quayle); 1877, began work as clerk for The Republic Refining Co .; became supt. of plant, which was later absorbed by The Standard Oil Co .; remained with firm as supt. until 1887; organized The Canfield Oil Co .; pres. The Canfield Oil Co. and The Canfield Realty Co .; pres. The Chester Realty Co .; vice pres. The Columbia Savings & Loan Co .; pres. The Canfield Tank Lines; vice. pres. The South End Realty Co .; member Newburg Lodge, No. 379, Baker Chapter, Holyrood Commandery, Knights Temp- lars; member Euclid Club. Favorite recreations: Reading and Motoring.
CANNIFF, W. H .; railroad business; born, Litchfield, Mich., Oct. 22, 1847; business career, entered railway service in 1863; until 1865 was night watchman on the Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana R. R., at Osseo, Mich .; February 1865, to August 1868, was agt. of the same road at Trenton, Mich .; August 1868, to August 1872, joint agt. of The Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana, and Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railways, at Salem Crossing, Ind .; August 1872, to December 1879, trackmaster of the Kendall- ville Division of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R. R .; De- cember 1879, to November 1880, trackmaster of the Chicago Divi- sion; November 1880, to November 1889, supt. of the Lansing Division, including Detroit, Hillsdale & Southwestern and Ft. Wayne & Jackson railroads, November 1889 to January 1892, asst. general supt .; January 1892, to March 1896, gen. supt .; March
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1896, to May, 1898, gen. mgr., all on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R. R., May, 1898, up to the present time, pres. of The New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co., at Cleveland; mem- ber Chamber of Commerce, Union, Clifton, Roadside and Country Clubs, of Cleveland, and Chicago Traffic Club and Chicago Asso- ciation of Commerce.
CARLETON, Charles Henry; lumber dealer; born St. Clair, Mich., Sept. 18, 1859; son of George W. and Emeline P. Smith Carleton; educated, high school, St. Clair, Mich., and Business College, Val- paraiso, Ind .; married, Wayne, Mich., Jan. 3, 1889, Janet L. Mor- rison; three children, George M., Margaret and Jean; after leaving school, entered the employ of B. W. Jenks & Co. in a lumbering operation near Grand Rapids, Mich .; came to Cleveland in May, 1885, and entered the employ of N. Mills & Co .; secured an interest in the firm the following year, and has been a member of the above firm and its successors up to date; pres. The Mills-Carleton Co .; treas. The Eddy Road Allotment Co .; vice pres. The Pearl St. Realty Co .; director Lumber Underwriters of New York; member The Euclid and Lumbermen's Clubs. Recreations: Florida Fishing.
CARPENTER, Frank B .; atty. and general counsel The N. Y., C. & St. L. R. R. Co .; born, Oberlin, O., July 17, 1866; son of John D. and Charity G. Lester Carpenter; educated, Oberlin College, A. B., 1888, and Columbia Law School; married, Morrison, Ill., June 3, 1890, Edna Woods; one daughter, Florence, and two sons, John and Edward; 1901 to 1912, assistant general counsel for The N. Y., C. & St. L. Ry. Co .; in 1912, appointed general counsel for the same road; administrator and trustee of the estate of W. J. Gordon, since 1903, succeeding Hon. Samuel E. Williamson, at the time of the latter's death; general counsel N. Y. C. & St. L. R. R. Co .; pres. The W. J. Gordon Realty Co .; director The Edgewater Land Co., and The Goshen Coal Co .; member auxiliary board, The Guardian Savings and Trust Co .; member Ohio Bar Ass'n, Union and Mayfield Clubs.
CARREL, Moses Gray; dist. passenger agt. B. & O. R. R .; born, Fulton county, O., June 4, 1854; son of William P. and Elizabeth Waite Carrel; educated at High School and College, Hillsdale, Mich .; married, Reading, Mich., June 8, 1875, Jennie E. Bradley; two daughters and one son; telegraph operator, freight and ticket agt. L. S. & M. S. R. R., 1870 to 1880; ticket agt. Union Depot, Cleveland, 1880 to 1891; sec'y and treas. Merchant's Bank & Storage Co., Cleveland, 1891 to 1893; mgr. and editor railroad maga- zine, "The Station Agent," and financial editor the Cleveland Press, 1893-1894; general passenger agt. C. L. & W. R. R., 1894 to 1904; division passenger agt. B. & O. R. R., 1904 to date; director and sec'y for several years to date Masonic Temple Ass'n, Mer- chant's Banking & Storage Co .; sec'y and treas. W. M. Meridian Lodge, F. & A. M., 1911-1912; E. M. Commander, Holyrood Com- mandery, No. 32, K. T., 1991-1992; P. M., Bahurim Council, A. A.
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S. R., Potentate, Al Koran Temple, N. M. S., 1894-1895; honorary 33d°, Supreme Council, A. A. S. R., Northern Jurisdiction, U. S. A .; organizer and sec'y International Ticket agts. Ass'n, 1888 to 1892.
CARROLL, Frank P .; coal business; born, Cleveland, March 2, 1874; educated in the public and parochial schools of Cleveland; at the age of 18, learned machinists' trade; worked in the Lake Shore shops until May, 1899; then became engaged in the coal business, and has been successful in building up a good trade; his grandfather, the late Peter Goldrick, was one of the pioneer coal merchants of Cleveland; his name is engraved in the City Hall as one of the Centennial Council, 1876, having been elected the representative of the old fifth ward in the spring of 1875.
CASE, Eckstein; sec'y and treas. Case School of Applied Science; born, Carlyle, Ill., July 9, 1858; educated public schools in 1878; entered United States Military Academy, at West Point; two years there; in 1881, came to Cleveland; studied law under the direction of Judge J. E. Ingersoll and Judge Rufus P. Ranney; entered law department, University of Michigan, graduating in 1883; admitted to the bar, but never engaged in active practice; member of school council 1903 to 1905; member Rowfant and University Clubs; and Masonic Fraternity; Republican, five years member of the execu- tive committee of the Municipal Ass'n.
CASHMAN, William J .; lawyer; born, Montpelier, Vt., Oct. 14, 1872; son of John and Jane Byrne Cashman; educated, St. Mary's College, A. B., 1893; Catholic University of America, LL. B .; 1896, Catholic University of America; LL. M., 1897; St. Mary's College, LL. D., 1912; married, Cleveland, Jan. 25, 1889, Aloise Grasselli; issue, William, Eugene, Aloise and Frances; admitted to the bar, Boston, Mass., May 25, 1898, Cleveland, 1901; Brady & Cashman; 1905, The Grasselli Chemical Co., legal dept .; director The Grasselli Chemical Co .; member Knights of Columbus, Athletic, Mayfield, University, and Chemists' Clubs, Chamber of Commerce. Recrea- tion: Golf.
CASSIDY, James H .; attorney-at-law; born, Cleveland, Oct. 28, 1869; son of James H. and Mary G. Brown Cassidy; educated, Cleveland public schools and Cleveland Law School, LL. B .; mar- ried, Cleveland, Nov. 24, 1903, Elizabeth Handigers; sec'y Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House of Representatives, 1902- 1909; member of Congress 21st Ohio District, 1909-1911; member Cleveland City River and Harbor Commission, 1911-1912; pres. Cleveland City River and Harbor Commission, 1912; receiver of The Standard Contracting Co., 1911; partner Lang, Cassidy & Copeland; member Ohio Bar Ass'n, National Geographical Society, Masonic Order, Athletic, Colonial, Western Reserve, and Tippe- canoe Clubs.
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