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CAUGHLIN, Thomas; insurance; born, Cleveland, June 21, 1876; son of John Coughlin, a native of Ireland; educated, parochial
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schools of Cleveland and St. Mary's College of Dayton, O .; mar- ried, June 21, 1889, Miss Mary Agnew; issue, three children; en- tered the insurance business in 1900; appointed City Auditor of Cleveland in February, 1907; and elected to succeed himself in November, 1907; in 1910, left public service, becoming senior member of the firm of Coughlin & Lauerson, district mgrs. The Standard Accident Insurance Co., of Detroit, Mich .; in 1898, elected to the City Council; in 1901, elected to the General Assembly; member Knights of Columbus, Chamber of Commerce, and Build- ers' Exchange; a trustee of the Sinking Fund of the City; sec'y Democratic County Executive Committee.
CAULKINS, David Lee; insurance; born, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1869; son of John Guernsey and Nancy Lee Caulkins; educated at the University of Chattanooga; married, Ludlow, Ky., May 29, 1893, Dora Leota Hoover; one son, Robert Sharp Caul- kins, born Oct. 23, 1897; district chief railway mail service, Louis- ville & Cincinnati, for seven years; prior to coming to Cleveland, in 1905, general agt. for Northeastern Ohio for The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co .; since 1905, trustee City Rescue Mis- sion; elder Calvary Presbyterian Church; member Chamber of Commerce.
CHAMBERLAIN, William W .; shoe mfr .; born, April 19, 1859, Cleveland; son of Norman W. and Mary Elizabeth Hogadom Chamberlain; public and high school; married, Boston, Mass., Jan. 4, 1905, Carrie G. Simpson; eight years with the pioneer shoe firm of Childs & Co .; one year with W. E. Schmitz & Co .; wholesale boots and shoes, Pittsburgh; with S. L. Pierce & Co., Cleveland, since 1886; now sales manager; director Union Savings & Loan Co .; member Cleveland Chamber of Commerce; Euclid Club; Cleveland Athletic Club. Recreations: Baseball and Motoring.
CHAMBERLAIN, Charles D .; attorney-at-law; born, Warrens- ville, O., Oct. 8, 1854; son of Charles D. and Rosetta H. Marks Chamberlain; married, Bedford, O., Oct. 12, 1873, Estella V. Tryon; issue, Charles W., Alpha Beatrice, and Carl D .; general counsel for The National Petroleum Ass'n, an organization of independent re- finers of petroleum in the U. S .; member Cleveland Bar Ass'n, and American Society of Jurisprudence; member Summit Chapter, No. 74, R. A. M., and Bedford Lodge No. 375, F. & A. M.
CHAMBERLAIN, Oliver N .; architect; born, Portsmouth, O., Oct. 10, 1882; son of Irwin and Mary J. Finy Chamberlain; edu- cated, common schools, Portsmouth, O., and private instructor at Columbus, O .; married, Sandusky, July 22, 1905, Carrie Iona Rich- ards; one child; ten years work at practical construction work; two years in the general contracting business, in Cleveland; six years a practicing architect, in Cleveland, doing a general line of work; member Lakewood Chamber of Commerce. Recreations: Baseball and Bowling.
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CHAMP, Joseph H .; vice pres. and gen. mgr. The Bishop-Bab- cock Co .; born, Cleveland, Oct. 1, 1857; public school education; learned the plumbing trade and worked at it from 1873 to 1883; then went with The Bishop-Babcock Co .; became a member of the company and was elected to present position in 1895; pres. The Julier Baking Co., 1902; pres. the Board of Trustees of St. Clair Hospital; organized the Cleveland Savings Bank Co .; pres. one year, then sold the business; director of Standard Welding Co., and interested in a number of corporations; K. T., Mason, Mystic Shriner; member Century, Colonial and Euclid Clubs; and Rush- more Club, St. Clair Flats. Republican.
CHAMPNEY, William P .; vice pres. and treas. The Eberhard Mfg. Co .; born, Cleveland, May 22, 1850; son of William Story and Julia Pomeroy Cunningham; married, Cleveland, Feb. 23, 1882, Clara F. Pitts; issue, Bessie Coe and William P., Jr .; member Union and Country Clubs.
CHANDLER, Francis M .; lawyer; born, Richfield, O., May 3, 1851; son of Joel Alonzo and Martha M. Buck Chandler; educated, common schools and Richfield, O., Academy; married, Richfield, O., Feb. 2, 1876, Ellie May Barney; issue, one son, C. DeForest; now captain Signal Corps, U. S. A. and commandant Army Aviation School; married, Cleveland, April 29, 1891, Mary G. Mahon; issue, Frances M., Jr., Dorothy Gertrude; admitted to Ohio bar in 1883; practiced law with Frank N. Wilcox (Chandler & Wilcox) until 1887; resumed law practice 1909; deputy clerk Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court 1876-1883; deputy county recorder Cuyahoga County, 1886-1887; chief clerk Cuyahoga County Probate Court, 1888-1900; sec'y Republican County Executive Committee 1891, 1892, 1893; chairman, 1895; sec'y Lincoln Republican League, 1898- 1899; U. S. marshal Northern Ohio district, 1900-1909; vice pres. Hougn Bank & Trust Co., pres. National Advertising Co .; member State and Cleveland Bar Ass'n, Commercial Law League of America, New England Society of the Western Reserve; Early Settlers Ass'n; Richfield Ass'n, Forest City Lodge, F. & A. M .; member Chamber of Commerce.
CHAPIN, Fred Howard; face brick mfg .; kern, Iowa, April 11, 1875; son of Fred Wallace and Eliza Pauly Chapin; grammar and high school education in Clarksville, Ia., Highland Park Normal, Des Moines, Ia., University of Minnesota; married, Minneapolis, Minn., June 7, 1899, Helen N. Lakue; leaving college in 1894, was asst. city clerk of city of Minneapolis four years, resigning to accept position with Minneapolis branch, Hydraulic Press Brick Co .; gen'l sales mgr., St. Louis, 1905; appointed vice pres. and Ohio mgr., June, 1909, with headquarters in Cleveland; vice pres. and mgr. Hydraulic Press Brick Co .; director Owners Garage Co., and Commercial Economy Co .; member Mayfield Country and Hermit Clubs; Mason.
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CHARD, William P .; real estate; born, Prince Albert, Ont., Oct. 28, 1846; son of James J. and Ann Parry Chard; very little edu- cation; obliged to go to work when 12 years of age; married, in 1892, to Miss Mary Hawkins; for 33 years an employee of the Lake Shore Railroad; now in the real estate business; treas. Brook- lyn Building and Loan Ass'n; Republican; member of Council, one term, as alderman; when the board was established, member of fire committee in 2nd District; deputy director of Public Works, for 4 years, under Robert E. McKisson; member Tippecanoe and West- ern Reserve Clubs, and Union League Club; member Tyrian Lodge, No. 370, A. F. & A. M., and other Masonic bodies; member Mem- orial Post, G. A. R., and Elks Lodge, No. 18.
CHARLESWORTH, David; florist; born in England, April 1, 1843; son of William and Hannah Haywood Charlesworth; educated, national schools of England and St. Augustine's College, Canter- bury, Eng .; married in England to Miss Elizabeth Fawcett; issue, 4 children, 3 living; when still a boy, worked on the Lundy estate; identified with the florists' trade in Yorkshire, Eng., for 7 years; became an instructor in Lee's Reformatory schools; in 1867, asst. of St. Clement's Parish, Leeds, Yorkshire, for 2 years; in 1869, came to the U. S. and direct to Cleveland; removed to Tennessee, and engaged in the cotton business; returned to Cleveland, and devoted time to the florist business; for 5 years gardener at New- burg Asylum; laid out the present beautiful grounds; for 4 years member of the firm of C. W. Schofield & Co .; purchased partner's interest, and established the present firm of D. Charlesworth & Son; Knight Templar Mason; member Florist Club. Recreation: Work.
CHASE, Charles W .; trustee of The Estate of Edwin Cowles; born, Edinburg, O., Aug. 8, 1846; son of Charles W. and Eliza Brown Chase; attended public school in Portage county, O., and High School at Newton Falls, O .; married, Cleveland, Aug. 1, 1872, Almira F. Cowles; one daughter, Helen (Mrs. E. C. Bassett); treas. of the City, April, 1895-1899; in clothing and men's furnishing business from 1870 to 1890, at No. 15 Public Square; director Chamber of Commerce, 1905-1906; pres. of The Cleveland Leader Co., 1901-1905; sec'y, treas. and director The Electric Smelting & Aluminum Co .; sec'y and director The W. B. Davis Co .; director The Bruce & West Mfg. Co .; trustee The Society for Savings; 30 years clerk of the Second Presbyterian Church Society; elder Second Presbyterian Church; member of The National Union, and for many years a director and at intervals treas. and vice pres. of the Y. M. C. A .; member Union and Tippecanoe Clubs; summer home at Cayuga, N. Y., the homestead property of Mrs. Chase's mother, the late Mrs. Edwin Cowles, who was born and raised there; she was the daughter of the late Judge Mosley Hutchinson.
CHASE, William Wayne, sec'y White Sewing Machine Co .; born, Geauga county, O., Nov. 19, 1872; son of Charles E. and Annette S. Ellis; educated in Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland,
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Sept. 12, 1893, Edna E. Thomas; issue, Kathryn, Russell, Charles; married, Cleveland, March 5, 1907, Reba Neff; issue, Ruth, June; began work with White Sewing Machine Co., as bookkeeper, May, 1892; became sec'y, 1905; member Chamber of Commerce, Cleve- land Credit Men's Ass'n, Archwood Congregational Church, Brook- lyn lodge F. & A. M .; Webb Chapter, R. A. M.
CHESBRO, Ellis Jones; dentist; born, Cleveland, Dec. 25, 1868; son of George W. and Miss Boyce Chesbro; educated, Willoughby High School, Allegheny College, A. B .; University of Pennsylvania, D. D. S .; married, Washington, D. C., May 9, 1906, Eugenna C. Davis; one son; member Northern Ohio Dental Ass'n and Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.
CHESTNUTT, Charles Waddell; lawyer and author; born, Cleve- land, June 20, 1858; son of Andrew J. and Maria Chestnutt; edu- cated, public schools Cleveland and Fayetteville, N. C .; began teaching at the age of 16 years and for 9 years taught in the schools of Fayetteville, N. C .; at the age of 23, became principal of State Normal School, at Fayetteville; in 1884, spent a number of months in newspaper writing in New York City; began business life in Cleveland as a shorthand reporter; employed as such in the Cleveland Courts; studied law with the late Samuel E. William- son; admitted to the bar in 1887; more widely known as the author of "The Conjure Woman," "The Wife of His Youth, and Other Stories,"' "Life of Frederick Douglas in Beacon Biogra- phies, " "The House Behind the Cedars," "The Marrow of Tra- dition" and "The Colonel's Dream."'
CHILDS, Lyman W .; physician; born, Lee, Ill., Oct. 1, 1867; son of Charles and Ann Eliza Smith Childs; graduate, Illinois State Normal University, 1890, at Western Reserve Medical College, 1894, studied in University of Vienna, 1899-1900; married, Waterloo, Ia., 1902, Colene C. Hogg; issue, Evelyn L., Frances B., Eleanor M., Lyman W., Jr .; member sanitation committee, Chamber of Com- merce, for three years; instrumental in introduction of medical inspection in Cleveland public schools; introduced first fresh air school in Cleveland in 1911; house physician, City Hospital, 1894; medical examiner, Cleveland Public Schools, 1910-1913; member Cleveland Medical Society and American Medical Ass'n; Mason.
CHISHOLM, C. Kenneth; pres. Chisholm Shoe Co .; born, Ontario, 1865; married, Ashtabula, O., 1899, Laura Ford; one daughter, Ruth; 32d° Mason; member Cleveland Athletic, Mayfield, Country, Hermit, and Rotary Clubs.
CHISHOLM, Stewart Henry; iron business; born, Montreal, Can., Dec. 21, 1846; son of Henry and Jean Allan Chisholm; edu- cated, Cleveland public schools; first marriage, 1872, Miss Harriet Kelly; issue, three sons; second marriage, 1900, to Mrs. H. P. Cord; Mrs. Chisholm died in 1901; entered the employ of Stone, Chisholm & Jones, later merged in the Cleveland Rolling Mill Co .;
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then still later became a branch of the American Steel & Wire Co .; for a number of years vice pres. of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Co., and held same office in the American Steel & Wire Co .; pres. of the Chisholm-Moore Mfg. Co .; Republican; member Euclid Ave- nue Baptist Church; member Union, Country and Roadside Clubs, Cleveland; New York Yacht and Manhattan Clubs, New York.
CHRISFORD, James W .; general contractor; born in England in 1862; came to United States in 1884; served in Spanish War with Battery A, O. L. A .; member Lakewood Village Council in 1909, 1910, 1911; director of Public Service, City of Lakewood, in 1912; Masonic affiliations, member Lakewood Lodge, Cunningham Chapter, Forest City Commandery; director and vice pres. Lake- wood Masonic Temple Co., 1913.
CHRISTIAN, George Bridson; retired; born, Douglas, Isle of Man, June 23, 1846; son of Robert and Elizabeth Bridson Chris- tian; educated, Cleveland public schools and B. & S. Commercial College; married, Cleveland, Oct. 9, 1890, Eliza J. Worswick; one daughter, Elizabeth B. Christian; always voted with the Repub- lican party; never had public office; in the fall of 1863, became a member of the 23rd Ohio Militia, which, in April, 1864, was merged into the 150th Regiment, and in Co. F served 100 days, mostly in the forts about Washington, being at Fort Totten at the time of the early raid, July 12, 1864; Jan. 6, 1864, started as cashier and bookkeeper with Rose & Prentis, pork packers; in February, 1876, at the organization of the Cleveland Provision Co., became treas. and acted in that capacity for about 30 years; was also a director of the company; member Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post, No. 187; trustee, clerk and deacon in the First Baptist Church; member Chamber of Commerce. Recreations: Farming and Kodaking.
CLARK, Frank H .; electrotype business; born, London, Eng., Apr. 17, 1869; son of Robert and Elizabeth Steeds Clark; public school education, Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Jan. 10, 1900, Edith Handy Johnson; four sons, John Steeds Clark, born Nov. 16, 1900; Robert Johnson Clark, born Sept. 30, 1903; Frank Henry Clark, born Jan. 23, 1908; William Handy Clark, born Dec. 12, 1909; The Eclipse Electrotype & Engraving Co. was established by Howard and Henry White in 1882; he became identified with the firm in 1887, and came into control in 1897; The Eclipse Electro- type & Engraving Co. moved to 2041 East 3rd street, in 1911, where they have what is known as the model plate making estab- lishment of the United States; the excellence of their products are known everywhere where fine printing is done; among notable work done by the concern is "The Encyclopedia Americana; " pres. The Eclipse Electrotype & Engraving Co .; director The Cleve- land Folding Machine Co .; Masonic Tyrian Lodge, No. 370, F. & A. M .; Cleveland Chapter, No. 148, R. A. M .; member Hermit, Ath- letic, Fellowcraft, Rotary, and Euclid Clubs.
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CLARK, Neil T .; dentist; born, Chippewa Lake, O., 1887; son of Samuel and Mary Tylee Clark; educated at West High School, Cleveland, and University of Michigan (doctor of dental surgery) ; member Delta Sigma Delta (dental), Cleveland Dental Society, Ohio State Dental Cociety.
CLARK, Robert Henry; insurance; born, Cleveland, April 25, 1865; son of Henry Freeman and Eliza Crowell Clark; education, St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., Rouni College, M. A .; married, Cleveland, 1887, Julia Wick Bissell; one daughter, Millicent Clark; 1895-1898, Cleveland Trust Co .; since 1898, Casualty Insurance business; member firm Clark & Sprague; director Central National Bank; trustee Church Home and vestryman Trinity Cathedral; member Chamber of Commerce, Union, University, Country, Hunt and Automobile Clubs.
CLARKE, Norris J .; born, Cleveland, Aug. 29, 1880; son of Jay M. and Lena D. Clarke; educated, Cleveland public schools and Central High School; married, Sewickley, Pa., June 24, 1907, Kath- erine Pearson; two daughters, Kathleen and Marguerite; entered the employ of The Bourne-Fuller Co. in 1897, as office boy and worked at all office positions, becoming salesman in 1904, and mgr. of their Pittsburgh office from 1906 to 1911 when he accepted his present position; sec'y The Upson Nut Co .; pres. Searight Supply Co., and sec'y Union Nut & Bolt Co .; member Union and Athletic Clubs, of Cleveland, and the Duquesne Club, of Pittsburg.
CLARKE, John Hessin; lawyer; born, Lisbon, O., Sept. 18, 1857; son of John and Melissa Hessin Clarke; educated in public schools and by private tutors; entered Western Reserve College, at Hudson, O., graduating in 1877; degree of M. A .; in 1880, studied law under his father's instruction, and was admitted to the bar in 1877; until 1880, practiced law at Lisbon, O., in partnership with J. M. Mc- Vicker; purchased half interest in the Youngstown Weekly Vin- dicator; practiced law in Youngstown, and wrote political editor- ials for the Vindicator; sold interests in the paper in 1882; came to Cleveland in 1897, and entered the firm of Williamson & Cush- ing; firm became Williamson, Cushing & Clarke, specializing in railroad and corporation law; in 1898, appointed general counsel for the N. Y., C. & St. L. R. R. Co .; interested in other railroad corporations; in 1907, dissolved partnership with Mr. Cushing; prominent in state and national Democratic issues; three years trustee of the Cleveland Library Board; pres. of board last term of office; stockholder and contributor to the columns of the Youngstown Vindicator; member American and State Bar Ass'ns,
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Union, University, and Country Clubs, Cleveland, and the Univer- sity Club, New York City.
CLARKE, Jay N .; sales agent; born, Sandusky, O., Aug. 19, 1855; son of William H. and Mary Newton Clarke; educated, Sandusky public schools; married, Cleveland, 1876, Pauline Doll; issue, two sons and one daughter, Mrs. H. G. Hock, Harry N. Clarke and Norris J. Clarke; is a practical mechanic, having worked many years as a machinist and toolmaker; was employed as supt. of shops for several years; then took up the sales dept., and has been a salesman for the last five years; have been sales agent in Cleve- land for The Bethlehem Steel Co. of South Bethlehem, Pa .; K. of P. Lodge No. 68; Criterion, Cleveland Commercial Travelers' Ass'n.
CLEVELAND, William H .; plumber; born, England, 1851; com- mon school education; married, Cleveland, 1875, Mary Schade; two children; no public record, home man; started in business in 1897, and still continue at 7701 Cedar Ave .; has done city work for many years, has fitted many houses and business blocks in Cleve- land; always uses the best materials; his motto, "What is worth doing, is worth doing well;" honorary member and director Mas- ter Plumber's Ass'n.
CLOUGH, George Franklin; L. S. & M. S. R. R. Co .; born, Cleveland, March 27, 1876; son of John Johnson and Mary Rivers Lowman Clough; public school education, Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Nov. 22, 1898, Blanche Mildred Leither; two sons, Kenneth and Herbert; started with L. S. & M. S. R. R. Co. in 1894, as stenographer; was private sec'y to Freight Traffic Mgr., Gen- eral Traffic Mgr., and Chief clerk to General Freight Agt., to January, 1913; commercial agent L. S. & M. S. R. R. Co .; member Presbyterian Church. Recreations: Amateur Photography, Fish- ing, and Motoring.
CLUM, Alfred; lawyer; born, Staten Island, Sept. 26, 1863; son of William and Elizabeth A. VanDusen Clum; educated, public schools, Washington, D. C., Law School, Columbian University, of Washington, D. C., now The George Washington University, of Washington, D. C., LL. B. at graduation and LL. M. at post graduate course; married, Washington, D. C., June 2, 1886, Lizzie W. Bohrer; three children; atty. for Village of East Cleveland, from May 1, 1901, to Dec. 31, 1909; solicitor for City of East Cleveland, from Jan. 1, 1912, to Dec. 31, 1913; began Law practice in Cleve- land, April, 1890, and still continues in that profession; formed the partnership of Clum & Marty, Alfred Clum and George B. Marty, located at 1430 Leader-News Bldg .; director The Cyclone Woven Wire Fence Co .; professor of equity and evidence at Cleveland Law School of Baldwin University; trustee East Cleveland Pres- byterian Church; member Chamber of Commerce; Cleveland Council
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of Sociology; associate member The Academy of Medicine of Cleveland; associate member the Cleveland Real Estate Board; member the City and Tippecanoe Clubs; taught school at High Bridge, N. Y., 1883-1884; by Civil Service examination, entered U. S. Pension Office at Washington, D. C., and was detailed as special examiner in 1885, and stationed in Ohio, coming to Cleve- land in 1886.
COACH, Richard J .; Secret Service Co .; born, Galveston, Texas, July 22, 1860; engaged in secret service work in 1877; established the R. J. Coach Detective Service in 1884, and incorporated in 1904; has established offices throughout the United States and in all the principal cities in the world; pres. and gen. mgr. The R. J. Coach Secret Service Co .; member Chamber of Commerce.
CODY, Henry Bissell; real estate; born, Painesville, O., Oct. 12, 1866; son of Lindus and Sarah Amelia Farnsworth Cody; educated, Central High School and Western Reserve University, 1891, A. B .; married, Cleveland, Feb. 26, 1895, Alma C. Canfield; one son, Louis Fancher Cody; pres. 1st Cleveland School Board; pres. Union Woodhill Realty Co .; treas. Woodhill and E. Boulevard Realty Co .; trustee Woman's Hospital Ass'n, of Cleveland; member civic committee, Federated Churches; member Delta Tau, and Delta Upsilon College Fraternities; Chamber of Commerce and Euclid Club; owner and operator 28 allottments in and about Cleveland.
COGAN, James Edward; physician; born in Canada, Dec. 15, 1871; son James and Mary Daly Cogan; Phm. B., Toronto Uni- versity, 1892; M. S., Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1896; married, Cleveland, June 1, 1905, Katherine M. Gleason; two children; 1910 to 1913, member Cleveland Board of Health; visit- ing otologist and laryngologist to St. Alexis Hospital; assistant visiting ophthalmologist to Lakeside Hospital; secretary of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat section of Academy of Medicine, 1910 to 1912; member American Medical Ass'n, Ohio State Medical Ass'n, Cleveland Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Ophth- almology and Ota Larynogology; member Knights of Columbus and Elks.
COHN, Albert A .; cloak mfr .; born, Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 10, 1873; son of Herman and Kate Eiseman Cohn; common schools of Wheeling and Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Aug. 31, 1900, Alice May Newman; issue, Robert N., Margaret A., Janet E .; sec'y and treas. Cohn, Goodman Co .; director H. Cohn Clothing Co. and Cleveland and Sandusky Brewing Co .; member Excelsior and Oak- wood Clubs.
COLEMAN, Frederick Albert; pres. the J. D. Smith Foundry Supply Co .; born, Ocenta, Wis., Feb. 26, 1869; son of Spencer A. and Mary Hart Coleman; graduated from Lehigh University, 1892, with degree of C. E .; married, Bethlehem, Pa., Sept. 19, 1894, Luicie
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Abbott; issue, Spencer Albert and Elizabeth Abbott; member American Society of Civil Engineering, Cleveland Engineering Society, Zeta Psi fraternity and University Club.
COLLACOTT, Charles M .; Cleveland Trust Co., Real Estate Dept .; born, Cleveland, Dec. 18, 1881; son of Charles C. and Almyra Hicks Collacott; educated, Shaw Academy, East Cleveland, and Glenville High School, graduating there; married, Cleveland June 18, 1903, Florence Jessie Sprules; one son, and two daughters; asst. sec'y and treas. the Fairmount Savings Bank Co., 1901-1904, 1904 to date with the Cleveland Trust Co. as Loan Clerk and asst. mgr. The Real Estate department. Just a plain, nard-working Clevelander, who is coming.
COLLIE, Willard A .; supt. car service, N. Y., C. & St. L. R. R .; born, Martin, Mich., Nov. 28, 1871; public school education in Plainvill, Mich .; married, Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 20, 1897, Ella Crosby; two sons, Murray and Wayne; entered service of N. Y., C. & St. Louis R. R. March 10, 1890 as telegraph operator; then car distributor, chief clerk to division supt. and chief clerk to supt. transportation; appointed supt. car service, January, 1911.
COLLIER, Arthur W .; real estate; born, England, June, 1884; son of James and Eliza Collier; educated, Saint Thomas School and King Edward Grammar School, England, and under private tutors; pres. The Collier Realty & Trust Co .; sec'y and treas. The Farmer's Exchange & Realty Co .; vice pres. The Collier Bro. 's Provision Co .; trustee Sunshine Cottage; member West Farming- ton Hunt Club. Recreations: Tennis and Golf.
COLLVER, D. Jay; district passenger agt., N. Y. C. Lines; born, Stanhope, N. J., Aug. 20, 1846; educated, public schools, Clyde, O .; engaged in the dry goods business in Clyde; came to Cleveland about 1875; entering the service of the Bee Line R. R. Co., now part of the Big Four system of the N. Y. Central Lines; originator of long-distance excursions and high-class tours in the U. S .; enlisted Co. A, 72d Ohio Volunteer Infantry, November, 1861; discharged, March, 1863; re-enlisted, 1864, 196th Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry (Hospital Steward); chief clerk at headquarters Duryea; brigade to close of war; married, April 29, 1891; Francis M. Harris; member Cleveland Athletic Club; Chamber of Com- merce.
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