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COMERFORD, John Joseph; plumbing contractor; born, Cleve- land, March 1, 1868; son of John and Bridget Elizabeth Fennel Comerford; educated, St. Patrick's Parochial School; married, Cleveland, Oct. 16, 1889; Anna D. Dolan; asst. plumbing inspector in 1893-1894; did the plumbing in the mansion of Colonel Morgan in Alliance, O., all piping was made of brass, costing about $13,000; trustee and director Cuyahoga Plumbing Supply Co .; pres. of the Local Union, No. 35, in 1892; treas. Cleveland Master Plumbers' Ass'n, in 1904, and pres. in 1905; member The Builder's Exchange; pres. of the Cleveland Master Plumbers' Club, 1912, treas. in 1911.
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COMEY, George P .; manufacturer; born, Brooklyn, N. Y., April 21, 1858; son of George P. and Clara Dean Comey; educated, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Connecticut Literary Insti- tute, at Suffield, Conn .; married, Hinsdale, Mass., June 29, 1881, Miss Nannie J. Gill; issue, seven children, Clara M., Florence L., George Lawrence, Frederick Harlan, Ralph, Harold and Robert; business career with his father and uncle in New York City, in the manufacture of ladies' hats and straw goods for two years, came to Cleveland in 1880, and engaged in the same business with J. G. Pettee & Co .; after three years bought Mr. Pettee's interest, and organized the firm of Comey & Johnson; Mr. Johnson died in 1905, and the firm was re-incorporated; pres. the Comey & John- son Co., pioneer firm in Cleveland in the manufacture of women's straw and felt hats, and one of the largest firms of its kind in the U. S .; director The First National Bank; vice pres. The Ameri- can Artificial Silk Co .; member Union, Euclid and Automobile Clubs.
COMSTOCK, Frank Mason; college prof .; born, LeRoy, N. Y., May 20, 1855; son of Samuel Frances and Mary Mason Turner Comstock; A. B., C. E., Union College, 1876; A. M., 1879; Ph. D., 1891; married, Louise Brown, of LeRoy, N. Y., June 29, 1882; on New York Adirondack survey, 1876 principal LeRoy Academic In- stitution, 1879-1891; prof. natural history and descriptive geometry, Case School of Applied Science, since 1891; member American Forestry Ass'n, Canadian Forestry Ass'n, National Geological Society, etc. Contributor to technical periodicals.
CONANT, Jesse Grant; contractor and builder; born, Hinckley, O., Nov. 5, 1869; son of Lewis and Catherine Dunn Conant; edu- cated in the Hinckley schools, 1875 to 1885; married, Cleveland, O., June 8, 1892, Hattie E. Kirsch; one son, Kirsch Lewis Conant; at the age of 20, in the spring of 1890, he came to Cleveland to learn the carpenter's trade; worked at it until 1906; he then started in the contracting business; has been successful, averaging three houses a month during some seasons; in 1909, began dealing in real estate in connection with his contracting, both businesses have had a steady growth; member Woodmen of the World, Greater Cleve- land Camp, No. 28; Geyer Lodge, No. 728, K. of P .; Cleveland Chamber of Industry.
CONELLY, Ludwig S .; real estate; born, Ross county, O., 1883; son of George B. and Elizabeth Shaner Conelly; educated in coun- try schools of Ross County, O., and finished in the grammar schools of Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Nov. 24, 1904; Sadie M. Cum- mings; issue, son (1906), and daughter (1911); first lieut. Cleve- land Grays (joined in 1903); pres. The Conelly Co .; member Cleve- land Real Estate Board; Athletic Club; trustee Cleveland Grays. Recreations; Horseback Exercise and Rifle Shooting.
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CONGALTON, W. P .; real estate; born, Guelph, Can., 1875; came to Cleveland when a boy; public school and Spencerian Business College Education; business career, clerk for several years Relief Dept. of the Pennsylvania R. R .; asst. bookkeeper Standard Tool Co .; for three years charge of Real Estate Dept. of the Old Sav- ings & Trust Co .; previous to its consolidation with the Citizens Savings & Trust Co .; in 1902, became associated with John H. Blood in the capacity of real estate salesman; in 1906, started in business for himself, making a speciality of business realty; mem- ber Chamber of Commerce, Athletic Club, and United Commercial Traveler's Ass'n.
CONGER, James W .; merchant and mfr .; born, Washington County, Pa., Aug. 6, 1845; son of Wm. Henry Harrison and Martha Auld Conger; country school education and business college, (Columbus, O.); married, Columbus, O., 1869, Anna M. Higgins; issue, one daughter and two sons (one deceased); served three years, ten months, in Civil War (43d O. V. I.); never absent from regi- ment; presidential elector 1896, delegate Republican National con- vention, 1912, but declined to serve; delegate to Progressive National convention 1912, being on committee to notify Theodore Roosevelt of his nomination; elector-at-large, heading state Pro- gressive ticket, same year; vice pres. and treas. Auld & Conger Co .; pres. and treas. Aulcon Bldg. Co .; director American Sea Green Slate Co .; vice pres. and treas. Bangor Bldg. Co .; vice pres. Greenleaf Realty Co .; trustee Cleveland Pulte Medical College and Calvary Presbyterian Church; member Colonial and Cleveland Athletic Clubs; G. A. R.
CONNELLY, William Clement; mfr .; born, Cleveland, 1875; son of Daniel and Kate Laughlin Connelly; education, St. Ignatius College and Case School of Applied Science; married, Buffalo, Nov. 12, 1907, Mary C. Schaefer; issue, Daniel, born April 6, 1909; on leaving college, entered employ of his father, who had been estab- lished as a boiler manufacturer in Cleveland since 1875; business incorporated in 1905, and taken into firm as secretary and treas- urer; elected president of the D. Connelly Boiler Co., on death of father, in 1911; member Chamber of Commerce and Cleveland Athletic Club.
COOK, Albert Judson; physician; born, Madison, Lake County, O., Jan. 3, 1850; son of George Turney and Louise Genung Cook; education, common schools and Western University, M. D., 1871; Ad Eundem degree, later; married, Madison, O., Oct. 1, 1873, Grace Evelyn Bidwell; four children, one living; district physician; six years member Board of Health; four years capt. and asst. sur- geon, 5th Regiment, O. N. G .; 40 years practiced medicine and surgery in Cleveland; 2nd vice pres., director and chairman of daily and executive committee of The Broadway Savings & Trust Co .; director and member of appraisal and daily and weekly com- mittees of The Woodland Ave. Savings & Trust Co .; interested in
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the Cleveland Worsted Mills Co. and The Grasselli Chemical Co .; member American Medical Ass'n; Ohio State Medical Ass'n, and Cleveland Academy of Medicine; member Chamber of Commerce and I. O. F.
COOK, C. Brenton; automobile business; born, Frankfort, Ind., Nov. 30, 1882; son of Jonathan and Dorcas Cook; educated, public schools, Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre Haute, Ind., 1901-1905; married, Toledo, O., Feb. 3, 1910, Francis Florence Smith; one daughter, Francis Catherine; 1905-1906, graduate engineering ap- prentice; 1906-1909, sales engineer Bullock Electric Mfg. Co., Cin- cinnati, O .; 1909-1912 mgr. Allis-Chalmers Co., Toledo, O .; 1912, branch mgr. Stevens-Duryea Co .; member American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Bachelor of Science (B. S.); member Ath- letic Club.
COOK, Harley Stephen; claim agent New York Central Lines; born, Columbus Grove, O., Dec. 4, 1882; son of William Mitchell and Mary Trumbo Cook; education, high school, Wooster Univer- sity, Ohio State University class of '05; did not finish; married, Chicago, Ill., March 9, 1912, Blanche Irene Brady; served two years in Ohio National Guard, at Ottawa, O .; Co. M, 2nd Infantry; held rank of corporal; offered 2nd lieutenancy, but declined for business reasons; 1905-1906, in store dept. of Lake Erie & Western R. R., at Lima, O .; two and one-half years in testing dept. L. S. & M. S. R. R., at Collinwood, O .; Nov. 7, 1908, made claim agent of same road; Feb. 2, 1909, moved to Chicago as claim agent N. Y. C. Lines; remained untu April 4, 1911; then returned to Cleveland in same position; marksman's badge, O. N. G .; member Beta Theta Pi Fraternity; member Blue Lodge, Masonic; Rufus Putnam, 364; member Masonic Chapter Lodge, 310, Normal Park, Chicago. Recreation : Tennis.
COOK, Otis Richmond; automobile tire business; born, Cleve- land, Oct. 16, 1875; son of Colonel Benton and Jennie Shattuck Cook; educated, Cleveland public schools; married, Cleveland, Feb. 20, 1896, Gertrude Ione Bacon; one son, Joseph Arthur Cook; for 13 years general representative The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, O .; two years general representative of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co .; at present manager The Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., and director of factory sales for same company; member Tyrian Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 370, Holyrood Commandery, Knights Templar, 32d° Scottish Rite Mason, Al Koran Temple, Mystic Shrine; mem- ber Masonic and Athletic Clubs. Recreations: Motoring and Baseball.
COOL, Henry R .; wholesale lumber; born, Urbanna, O., Oct. 22, 1878; son of William A. and Lena Rose Cool; education, Urbanna University and Ohio State University, 1899; married, Cleveland, Nov. 23, 1904, Helen Ranney Adams; issue, Kenneth Adams, Dec. 13, 1905, Janet Ranney, July 12, 1907; New York mgr. of Eastern
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Sash, Door & Glass Co .; resigning to join his father in lumber business; later junior partner in W. A. Cool & Son (1904); sec'y Service Recorder Co .; director Adams Bag Co .; member Chamber of Commerce, and Hermit Club; Chi Phi; interested in the de- velopment of southern timber and farm holdings; Methodist.
CORDAY, B. F .; printing; porn, Chicago, Ill., 1871; son of B. H. and Dora Baruch Corday; public school education, Cleveland; mar- ried, Cleveland, Jan. 5, 1895; two children, one son, Ellis H., born Jan. 17, 1897, and Estelle, born Sept. 9, 1898; pres. and treas. The Corday & Gross Co .; trustee Euclid Ave. Temple; member Athletic and Automobile Clubs.
CORLETT, William Thomas; physician; born Orange, O., April 15, 1854; son of William and Ann Avery Corlett; educated, Oberlin College, 1870-1873; M. D., Wooster University, 1877; student and asst. London Hospital, 1879-1881; Hospital St. Louis, Paris, winter 1881; diploma Royal College Physicians, London 1881; later stu- died in Vienna, Berlin and Breslau; married at Rheinpfalz, Ger- many, Amanda Marie Leisy, of Cleveland, June 26, 1895; prof. diseases of the skin and genito-urinary diseases, Wooster Univer- sity, 1883-1885; prof. dermatology and syphilograph, Western Re- serve University, since 1885; fellow Royal Society Medicine (Great Britain); member 11th International Medical Congress, Rome, 1894; American Public Health Ass'n, Mexico City, 1893; International Congress Dermatology, London, 1896; Member American Der- matology Ass'n (pres., 1905); A. M. A., Cleveland Academy Medi- cine, etc. Clubs: Union, Country. Author: Treatise on the Acute Infectious Exanthemata, 1901; The American Tropics, 1908. Wrote: The Scaly Diseases of the Skin (Vol. III, Morrow's Sys- tem of Dermatology, etc.), 1894; The Vegetable Parasitic Diseases of the Skin (in Bangs and Hardaway's American Text-Book of Genito-Urinary Diseases, etc.), 1898; Purpura, Pompholyx and, Pellagra, in Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences, 1903; also articles on diseases of the skin in leading American and for- eign journals.
CORNING, Henry Wick; sec'y and treas. Standard Sewing Ma- chine Co .; born, Cleveland, Jan. 13, 1869; son of Warren Holmes and Mary Helen Wick Corning; educated, Cleveland public schools, St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and Harvard University, graduating B. A. degree in 1891; married, Nov. 2, 1897, Miss Edith Warden; one daughter, Mary, and one son, Warren Holmes; mili- tary record; member Troop A, O. N. G .; served as second and first lieut., capt. 1st Ohio Cavalry (commanding Troop A), during Span- ish-American War; engaged with his father in management of vari- ous private interests; in 1895, became connected with the Standard Sewing Machine Co., as sec'y and treas; member Athletic, Country, Roadside, Tavern, and Mayfield Country Clubs, (Cleveland), and Knickerbocker Club, of New York. Recreations: Golf, Tennis, and Motoring.
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COTABISH, Nelson C .; sales mgr .; born, Cleveland; educated, public schools, Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Helen McBride; one child; Councilman City of Lakewood, 1906-1907; mayor of Lake- wood, 1910-1911; since 1890, sales mgr. of The National Carbon Co .; treas. Lakewood Yacht Club; Lakewood Masonic Temple Co .; Ramsford Engine Co .; Past Master, K. O. T. M .; F. & A. M. No. 601; member West Side Chamber of Industry, Chamber of Com- merce, Lakewood Chamber of Commerce; Highland and Lakewood Tennis Clubs, and Misable Trout and Game Club. Recreations: Hunting and Fishing and General Out-door Sports.
COTTINGHAM, Walter Horace; president The Sherwin Williams Co .; born, Ounenice, Ont., Canada, Jan. 8, 1866; son of William and Lucy Cottingham; first employed as clerk in hardware store in Peterboro, Ont .; prop. Walter H. Cottingham & Co., paints and varnishes, Montreal; senior partner Cottingham, Robertson & Co., Montreal; in 1896, mgr. Montreal branch, The Sherwin Williams Co .; appt. gen. mgr. Sherwin Williams Co. of Ohio, in 1898; vice pres. and gen. mgr. in 1903; pres. in 1908; is also pres. Sherwin Williams Co. of Canada, Ltd .; Cleveland Box Co. and Ozark Smelt- ing Co .; chairman of board, Lewis Berger & Sons, Ltd., London; director Cleveland Trust Co .; executive member Railway Business Ass'n, N. Y .; National Civic Ass'n, Efficiency Society, N. Y .; American Academy Political and Social Science; member Union, Country, Mayfield, Chagrin Valley Hunt Clubs, Cleveland; St. Maurice Fish and Game Club, Canada; Phylis Court Club, Henley on Thames, Eng .; married May 22, 1888, Montreal, Gertrude E. Bennett, of that city; issue, two sons and two daughters; author of "Business Success"; this work was published in America and England and has been sold in every country in the world. Fond of Golf.
COURTNEY, Clarence W .; civil engineer; born, Mansfield, O., Aug. 16, 1879; son of John W. and Mary B. Whiteman Courtney; degree of mechanical engineer, Case School of Applied Science, 1903; married, Cleveland, June 2, 1904, Mary L. Gates; issue, Leland S., Oct. 17, 1907, John R., Oct. 10, 1910; member Phi Kappa Psi, Tau Betta Pi, Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland Athletic Club, Cleveland Engineering Society; Mason; consulting engineer for municipal improvements and architectural engineer for factory and commercial buildings since 1903.
COWDERY, Warren Hervey; mfgr .; born, Perry, O., May 21, 1853; son of Lyman Hervey and Sarah Holmes Cowdery; educated, High School, Painesville, O .; married, Geneva, O., Sept. 19, 1878, Hattie Kelley, two sons and two daughters; at 21 years of age, sec'y The Geneva Tool Co .; organized The Ashtabula Tool Co. in 1880; was sec'y and tras. of the company until 1902, then became 1st vice pres. of The American Fork & Hoe Co .; became pres. of
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the Company in 1908; pres. The National Handle Co .; trustee Hiram College; Ohio Christian Missionary Society; member Willo- wick Country Club.
COWLES, John G. W .; financier; born, Oberlin, O., March 14, 1836; son of Rev. Henry and Alice Welch Cowles; educated in public and preparatory schools of Oberlin; entered Oberlin Col- lege, graduating in 1856; studied for the ministry, earning money for education by teaching; graduated from the Oberlin Theological Seminary in 1859; married, in 1859, to Lois M. Church, of Vert- montville, Mich .; issue, two daughters, living, and two sons, de- ceased; second marriage, to Miss Beatrice Walker, of Brantford, Conn .; issue, one daughter, Jeanette, born in 1905; preached in the Congregational Church of Bellevue from 1859 to 1861; joined the army then; elected Chaplain of 55th O. V. I .; in the fall of 1862; resigned as Chaplain, and became the pastor of the First Congrega- tional Church, Mansfield, in 1865; went to the church in Saginaw, Mich .; after six years, and on account of ill health, gave up the ministry and came to Cleveland, and for 3 years was editorial writer for the Leader; gradually drifted into the real estate field and had a prominent part in the large real estate deals of the city; mgr. of the real estate interests of John D. Rockefeller and Charles F. Brush, for eight years; served as pres. Cleveland Trust Co .; pres. Cleveland Chamber of Commerce (1896) ; pres. Park Board Com- mission (1900); trustee Oberlin College since 1874; LL. D., 1898; member Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion, Army and Navy Post, G. A. R .; Republican; member and deacon of Plymouth Con- gregational Church until its recent abandonment.
COX, Jacob Dolson; manufacturer; born, Warren, O., May 15, 1852; son of Jacob Dolson and Helen Finney Cox; educated, public schools; married, Cleveland, 1878, Ellen Atwood Prentiss; three children; when 17 years old began work in the iron business, worked 8 years, learning roll turning, puddling, heating, rolling and practical machinist work with The Cleveland Iron Co .; in 1876, started present business manufacturing twist drills and tools; director Cleveland Trust Co .; director Cleveland & Pittsburgh R. R. Co .; trustee Case School of Applied Science; pres. The Cleveland Twist Drill Co .; member American Society Mechanical Engineers; member Loyal Legion; Society Mayflower Descendants; member Yacht, Country and Mayfield Country Clubs. Recreations: Yacht- ing, Golf and Photography.
COX, Jacob Dolson, Jr .; manfg .; born, Cleveland, Nov. 1, 1881; son of Jacob Dolson and Ellen Prentiss Cox; educated Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., class of 1903, degree A. B .; January to December 1910, McFadden Logging Co., Ltd .; Vancouver, B. C .; January, 1911, Cleveland Twist Drill Co .; October 1911, to date,
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3rd vice pres. and director Cleveland Twist Drill Co .; member Chamber of Commerce, and Chi Psi Club; member Phi Beta Kappa; Williams College Fraternity; member Country and University Clubs. Recreations: Golf, Motoring and Yachting.
COX, John H .; claim adjuster The Cleveland Railway Co .; born Cleveland, July 2, 1873; public and law school of Baldwin uni- versity; married, October, 1895, Carrie Steinkamp; issue, four chil- dren; with Western Union, as cashier, twenty-four years; Com- mon Pleas Court journal clerk two years; active in Republican politics; three years pres. Cuyahoga County League of Republican Clubs; director The Universal Amusement Co .; trustee West Side Masonic temple; member Delta Phi Delta Legal Fraternity; Pearl Lodge, K. of P .; Western Reserve Club, Masonic Club; past master Bigelow Lodge, F. & A. M .; Knight Templar and Shriner.
CRAMPTON, Paul Scott; attorney-at-law; born, St. Clair, Mich., March 6, 1886; son of Benjamin Franklin and Emeline Jenks Crampton; educated, University of Michigan, LL. B., class of 1908; married, St. Clair, Mich., Sept. 18, 1912, Mary Rummels Fayram; color sergt. 5th Regiment, O. N. G .; commenced practicing law in Cleveland in July, 1908; treas. University of Michigan Alumni Ass'n; member Euclid Ave. Presbyterian Church, and City Club. Recreations: Walking and (formerly) Football.
CRANE, Fred Sanford; sales mgr .; born, Mantua, O., July 15, 1875; son of Simeon Charles and Laura L. Crane; educated, Mantua and Ravenna schools and Hiram College; married, Hudson, O., March 17, 1900, Alice E. Ellsworth; sales mgr. Burroughs Adding Machine Co., since 1903, Cleveland; member Masonic, Knight Templars, Consistory, Shrine, Automobile and Rotary Clubs, and Association of Credit Men.
CRANE, Percie D .; pres. Meech Foundry Co .; born, Michigan, Jan. 9, 1874; son of A. T. and Clara Dunham Crane; educated in Saranac, Mich., schools; married, Milwaukee, 1897, Mella A. Par- sons; issue, one son; president the P. D. Crane Co .; member Cleve- land Whist Club, Acme Club.
CREECH, Harris; banker and mfg .; born, Cleveland, Feb. 26, 1874; son of James and Clarabelle Simmods Creech; High School education; married, Allegan, Mich., Oct. 7, 1903; Carlotta Pope; one daughter, Florence, and one son, James; with The Garfield Savings Bank Co. since 1892; now vice pres. and treas. The Ajax Mnfg. Co .; member Union and Mayfield Clubs.
CREER, William R .; banker; born, Isle of Man, Jan. 17, 1861; son of Robert and Eleanor Craine Creer; common school educa- tion; married, Vermont, Anna Frances Burnham; two sons, Burn- ham R., and William R., Jr., began business life at an early age from stern necessity, first a clerk; came to Cleveland in 1893, as
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representative of an Eastern manufacturing company; three years later organized The Cleveland Savings & Loan Co .; was sec'y; in 1911, elected president; pres. Cleveland Advertising Club; sec'y and treas. Crest Real Estate Co .; director Land Abstract Co .; Federal Union Insurance Co .; treas. Mona's Relief Society; mem- ber Advertising Club and Chamber of Commerce.
CREW, William Binford; judge, born, Chester Hill, Morgan County, O., April 1, 1852; son of Fleming and Sarah (Patterson) Crew; educated Westtown College, Ohio State and Union Law School, 1874; married, Elizabeth Worrall of Chester Hill, O., May 9, 1876; pros. atty. Morgan County, O., 1876; member Ohio Legis- lature, 1889; judge Court of Common Pleas, 8th Judicial District, 1891-1902; appointed judge Supreme Court, Ohio, July 19, 1902, to fill vacancy caused by death of Hon. M. J. Williams; elected judge, Nov. 4, 1902; Republican.
CRILE, George W .; surgeon, born, Chili, O., Nov. 11, 1864; son of Michael and Margaret (Deeds) Crile; A. B., Ohio Northern Uni- versity, 1884, A. M., 1888; M. D., Wooster University, Cleveland, 1887; student Vienna, 1893; London, 1895; Paris, 1897; (hon. Ph. D., Hiram College, 1901); married Grace McBride, of Cleveland, Feb. 7, 1900; prof. clin. surgery, Western Reserve University, since, 1900; surgeon, Lakeside Hospital Alvarenga prize, College Physiology, Phila., 1901; fellow, A. A. A. S .; member Association of American Pathologists and Bacteriologists, A. M. A .; American Surgical Association; Soc. Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Physiology Society. Author: Surgical Shock, 1897; Sur- gery of Respiratory System, 1900; Certain Problems Relating to Surgical Operations, 1904; On the Blood Pressure in Surgery, 1903; Hemorrhage and Transfusion, 1909; major and brigade sur- geon, U. S. V., 1898-1899, war with Spain.
CROFUT, William Elmer; wholesale rubber; born, Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1874; son of Elmer Burr and Hattie A. Davis Crofut; educated in public and private schools of Syracuse and Syracuse University; married, Concord, N. H., Dec. 5, 1899, Ruth Paul; one son, William E., Jr., served in 141st N. Y., Spanish-American War; came to Cleveland, October, 1899, as manager of a mercantile agency; three years later engaged as sec'y and treas. Ohio Rubber Co., remaining with the firm until September, 1905, when he or- ganized the Forest City Rubber Co., continuing as president-treas- urer and gen. mgr. since; member Mayfield Country Club, Chamber of Commerce, Credit Men's Ass'n.
CROWELL, Benedict; mining engineer; born, Cleveland, O., 1870; son of William and Mary Benedict Crowell; educated St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and Yale University, 1891; married, Cleveland, 1904, Julia R. Cobb; two children, Florence Cobb Crowell and Benedict Crowell, Jr .; pres. Crowell & Sherman Co., The Tav- ern Club and Wetherbee Concentrator Co .; director Associated In-
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vestors Realty Co., and National City Bank; senior partner Crowell & Murray; member American Institute of Mining Engineers; N. Y., Lake Superior and Canada; American Society for Testing Mater- ials; American Chemical Society; California Miners Ass'n; Ohio Society of New York; member Tavern, Union, Mayfield, Country, Athletic, Cleveland Gun, Chagrin Valley Hunt, and Gentleman's Driving Clubs, all of Cleveland; and the Ottawa Shooting Club, University Club, New York City; University Club, Chicago; Uni- versity Club, St. Paul, Minn., and Yale Club, New York City.
CRUM, X. X .; real estate; born in Macoupin County, Ill .; edu- cated, public schools Lombard University and Blackburn Univers- ity, degree of A. B .; in 1883, married Miss Marcia Phelps; issue, two sons; supt. of schools for five years in Carlinville, Ill .; teacher of sciences in Keokuk, Ia .; supt. of schools of Lincoln, Neb .; came to Cleveland in 1881, as sec'y and treas. of the Board of Trade, later known as the Chamber of Commerce; wrote the his- tory of the Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Life of Cleveland; organized the National Safe & Lock Co .; charge of Safe Dept. of MacNeale & Urban Co., of Cincinnati; after four years returned to Cleveland, and entered the real estate business; specialty, city blocks; member Chamber of Commerce and various clubs.
CUDELL, Frank Edward; architect; retired; born, Herzogen- arth, Germany, May 11, 1844; studied architecture in Aix-La-Cha- pelle, Germany; came to New York in 1866; then came to Cleveland and has resided here since; four years employment by local archi- tects; opened own office in 1871; at the end of a year, formed partnership with J. N. Richardson, firm name Cudell & Richardson; drew plans for the Perry Payne, Beckman, McBride Brothers, Jew- ish Orphan Asylum, Educational Alliance, Masonic Temple Build- ings, and St. Joseph's and St. Stephen's Churches; in 1890, with- drew from the firm, because of ill health; in 1878, invented ball sewer gas trap, the manufacturer of this article requiring special tools and men specially trained; withdrew from architecture and engaged in laying out Mueller Ave. and Cudell St .; during the ad- ministration of the late Mayor Tom L. Johnson, took a large in- terest in public building matters; in this capacity, did much for the good of the city; in 1903, gave to the city, free, a plan of the group plan; it was the result of much study; was adopted by the city, but afterward rejected through unfair means; have given to the city for park purposes the Detroit Ave. frontage from West Boulevard to W. 100th St.
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