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DE VOE, Walter; author; born near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 11, 1874; educated at Cedar Rapids; unmarried; teacher and lec- turer on new psychology. Author: Healing Currents from the Battery of Life, 1904; Mystic Words of Mighty Power, 1905; Sacred Science of Regeneration, 1906; The Doors of Life, 1909. Frequent contbr. to New Thought, Nautilus, Unity.
DIEDERICH, Joseph E .; garage; born, Cleveland, April 5, 1879; son of Peter Diederich and Katherine Weixal; educated at Holy Trinity School; married at Cleveland, June 7, 1896, to Jeannette Youncker; prop. and mgr. Lorain and Clark Ave. Garage; director The West 25th Street Supply & Garage Co .; member West Side Chamber of Industry, West End Business Men's Association, Gil- mour Council, No. 310, Knights of Columbus.
DIEDRICKS, Carl J .; contractor and builder; son of Frederick and Henriette Heinemann; educated Neenberg and Buxtehude Technisum; graduated as brewmaster, as competent for government work, 1876; married, Harburg, Jan. 20, 1878, Juliana Marian Bortz; issue, three sons and three daughters; contractor and builder and mnfg. of fly screens and cabinet work.
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DIETZ, William George; investment banker; born, Warren, O., April 7, 1857; son of August A. and Katherine Baehr Dietz; edu- cated public school and in the private school of Miss Sackett, in Warren; graduated Hiram College, 1881, Ph. B .; married, Solon, O., Nov. 18, 1885, Jessie B. Pettibone; one daughter, Marian; deputy auditor Trumbull County, 1867-1877; sec'y to Dr. B. A. Hinsdale, supt. of the Cleveland public Schools, from September, 1882, to February, 1886; was one of the first two teachers in the night schools of Cleveland; taught news boys; with Lamprecht Bros. & Co., bankers, 1886-1893; organized the firm of Dietz, Denison & Prior in January, 1893; retired from the firm in 1898; sec'y Guarantee Trust Co. in 1898-1900; in business in New York from 1900 to 1904; in business in Cleveland, as investment banker, from 1905 to date; pres. Eastern Heights Land Co., Elyria, O .; director The Musterole Co. and Cleveland Metal Craft Co .; mem- ber Investment Bankers Ass'n of America; trustee Hiram College since 1892; trustee Western Reserve Historical Society; member Chamber of Commerce, Union, Euclid and University Clubs.
DILLON, James K .; assistant general passenger agt. Pennsyl- vania R. R .; born, Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 25, 1860; son of Levi and Eliza Ann Kelly Dillon; educated, common schools and High School, Pittsburgh, Pa .; married, Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 5, 1896, Edna Virgina Jack; one son, James Edward Dillon, born, Pitts- burgh, Pa., Oct. 29, 1904; entered R. R. service as clerk of Penn. R. R., at Pittsburgh, Oct. 1, 1879; stenographer, passenger dept., Penn. Co., 1881; district passenger agt. Penn. Lines, Pittsburgh, 1897; asst. General passenger agt., Penn. Co., Cleveland, since April 1, 1907; member F. A. M. and Elks, Chapter, K. O. T. M., and Knights Templar, S. A. R .; member Cleveland Athletic Club.
DISSETTE, Edward W .; attorney-at-law; born, Nov. 3, 1867; son of Judge Thomas K. and Sara Fisher Dissette; educated, public schools, Cleveland, Brooks Military Academy, Cleveland Law School and Baldwin University; married, Ashtabula, O., Feb. 21, 1888, Ruth D. Morgan; two children, Ruth M., and Thomas K., Jr .; city claim agt., 1895-1899; member Cleveland Grays, 1887-1891; 2nd lieut. 5th Ohio Infantry, 1886-1899; served with that regiment during the Spanish American War, as 2nd lieut .; Republican nom- inee for judge of the Municipal Court, 1911; actively engaged in law practice, since 1902; regarded as authority on law of legal property and taxation; director Macoban Realty Co., Nichols Hat Co .; sec'y Blaine Mining & Reduction Co .; member Cleveland, and Ohio State Bar Ass'ns; member firm Dissette, Dissette & Dis- sette; member Woodward Lodge, No. 505, F. & A. M., and Mili- tary Order of Foreign Wars; member Colonial and Tippecanoe Clubs.
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DLUZYNSKI, Theodore; publisher and editor; born, Poland, 1866; son of Simon and Dorothia Dluzynski; educated, St. Mary's College, Dayton, O .; married, Cleveland, May, 1901, Lotti Milo- syenska; three children; worked one year in the post office money order department; ten years deputy County Treasurer; sec'y of the Polonia in Amuryre Corporation Polish Newspaper, organized twenty years ago; after seven years the corporation sold the paper to him; is now the sole owner and publisher; has improved the publication, increased the circulation; it is read mostly by the Polish people in the State of Ohio; has a membership of 7,000; sec'y and treas. Realty & Trust Co .; director Wanda Furniture Co. and Olsty Carriage Co .; trustee of St. Stainslaus Church; sec'y Polish Chamber of Industry; vice pres. of Polish Turnvers; member of Polish Alliance in the State of Ohio, Polish Catholic Union of Ohio, and of the United States, and Polish National Alliance of the United States; member Ben Franklin Club and Polish Singing Society.
DODGE, Samuel Douglas; lawyer; born, Cleveland, Aug. 25, 1885; son of George C. and Lucy A. Burton Dodge; educated pri- vate schools of Cleveland, Graylock Institute, at South Williams- town, Mass .; graduated from Williams College with degree of B. A. in 1877; law course at Columbia University, LL. B., 1879; married, Cleveland, Oct. 25, 1882, Miss Jeanette Groff; issue, Henry Groff Dodge, born, Oct. 24, 1883, and Miss Janet Dodge; entered active law practice in the office of Virgil P. Kline, and later in the office of Judge E. J. Blandin; has devoted his time to general practice and real estate law; has dealt in real estate also; in charge of the business of The Euclid Heights Realty Co., for four years; beginning in 1886, asst. district atty. under appoint- ment of President Cleveland; 1890 to 1895, in private practice; appointed United States District Atty. under President Cleveland's second administration; served until 1900; served two terms on the Board of Education; member Chamber of Commerce; member Ohio State Board of Pardons since 1905; in 1900, elected sec'y Cleve- land Humane Society, filled that position for 7 years; member Presbyterian Church, Union, University, Country and Euclid Clubs; member Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, Williams College.
DOHERTY, Joseph G .; secretary Cleveland Milling Co .; born, Detroit, Mich .; educated Detroit public schools; married, Dec. 2, 1901; two children; secretary and general mngr. Cleveland Milling Co .; member Masonic order. Golf preferred recreation.
DONALDSON, Albert Finney; real estate dealer; born, Charles- town, O., Aug. 17, 1889; son of Levi Judson and Margaret Frow Donaldson; early education in the district schools of Florida and Georgia, later attending Oberlin College at Oberlin, O., took gold medal as 1st prize for original oration in Oberlin, 1910; spent about two years traveling for Frontier Press Co. of Buffalo, N. Y., doing general agency work; went to the Northwest, and engaged
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in the real estate business in Vancouver, B. C .; returned to Cleve- land, and established the firm of Heintz & Donaldson, specializing in the sale of East End property; dissolved that partnership in May, 1913; now doing successful business under name of A. F. Donaldson, at east 105th St .; member Cleveland Real Estate Board.
DONOVAN, James; manufacturer; born, Corning, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1867; son of John and Mary Leary Donovan; cducated, Parochial School, Corning, N. Y .; married, Cleveland, Nov. 23, 1903, Evelyn Berry; in 1884, entered the employ of "The Fair" Department Store in Corning, a few years later, removed to Auburn, N. Y., taking charge of a store in that city for the same company; 1894, came to Cleveland, and engaged in his present business of manu- facturing typewriter ribbons and carbon papers; pres. The Buck- eye Ribbon and Carbon Co .; member Chamber of Commerce.
DONOVAN, Michall F .; manufacturer; born, Corning, N. Y., 1863; son of John and Mary Leary Donovan; educated, Corning, N. Y .; married, Auburn, N. Y., 1905, Margaret Holmes; learned the printer's trade, starting when 14, and worked at it for eight years, working in large cities of New York State, Syracuse, Al- bany, Troy and New York City; became interested in the manu- facture and sale of typewriting machines in 1885; in 1892, started the making of typewriter ribbons in Cleveland; later added the making of carbon papers; sec'y and treas. The Buckeye Ribbon and Carbon Co .; member Cleveland Credit Men's Ass'n.
DOUD, Arthur Nathan; civil engineer; born, New York, 1872; son of George C. and Martha Dunbar Doud; graduated High School, Winthrop, N. Y., class of 1895; took three years special engineering course at Clarkson Technical School, Potsdam, N. Y., finished there in 1900; married, Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1901, Nellie M. Wilson; two daughters; followed surveying and engineering work in New York state for three years; then engaged on the hydro-electric de- velopment on the St. Lawrence River; for two years and nine months member of the engineering corps, War Dept., U. S. Army, as chief of field party on location survey of forks and dams on the Ohio River, and in charge of lock construction until Oct., 1906; was for some time with Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., on the con- struction of the New York Terminal of The Pennsylvania Rail- road; from Sept. 1, 1911, to the present time, mngr. of the Acme Equipment & Engineering Co., manufacturers of Doud handling equipment; member Cleveland Engineering Society and National Geographical Society; member Brasher Lodge, No. 541, F. & A. M., Brasher Falls, N. Y. Recreation: Hunting. Inventor and pat- enter of the Doud Steel Buckets and Cars for handling concrete and excavating machinery.
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DOVE, Herman E .; automobile business; born, Port Huron, Mich., Dec. 14, 1875; son of James H. and Winifred Dove; edu- cated Alpena, Mich., High School; married, Lansing, Mich., Feb. 28, 1906, Ursula E. Ackerman; corporal Company B, 33rd Mich. Volunteers; service in Cuba in 1898; five and one-half years in clothing business in Alpena, Mich .; started as errand boy and left as head salesman; was called out from there for service in the Spanish-American War; in October, 1899, left the clothing busi- ness, engaging in the manufacture of sugar with the Bay City Sugar Co .; in this business until 1908, removing from Bay City to Lansing in 1901, to take a position with the Lansing Sugar Co., later known as The Owosso Sugar Co .; as the sugar business did not offer a large field for advancement, went with the Buick Auto- mobile Co. of Flint, Mich .; still connected with the company as mngr. Cleveland Branch; during the automobile panic of 1910, resided in Salt Lake City, taking charge of the Randall-Dodd Co .; handled their business for 15 months, putting it on a safe and sane basis, and it still exists as a prosperous distributing agency; returned to Flint, Mich., in October 1911, and from there came to Cleveland, taking the management of the Cleveland branch of the Buick Motor Car Co .; Mason, Knights of Pythias and Y. M. C. A. affiliations, member Automobile and Business Men's Club of the Y. M. C. A. Recreations: Hunting, Fishing and General Out-Door Sports.
DOWNIE, William; master painter; born, Cleveland, 1874; son of William and Margarite McLaughlan Downie; married, Warren, O .; 1896, Cora Evarts Green; issue, two sons; pres. Wm. Downie Co. and Downie Real Estate Co .; sec'y and treas. Whittle, Downie Sign Co., vice pres. Panama-Pacific Exposition Tour Co .; member Chamber of Commerce (member municipal committee), Clan Grant, Royal Arcanum (past regent), St. Andrew's Society, Manufac- turers' and Dealers' Ass'n, International Master Painters' and Decorators' Ass'n, Cleveland Athletic, Colonial, Cleveland Adver- tising, Rotary Clubs, Automobile Owners Ass'n.
DRAKE, Edward A .; born, Jamestown, N. Y .; Dec. 13, 1871; son of William D. and Ora Maria Wheeler Drake; B. S., Case School of Applied Science; married, Cleveland, O., Nov. 21, 1898, Georgia A. Adams; two children; 1895, started as a traveling representative for Drake & Weis Co .; now general mgr. of The Drake & Weis Co .; sec'y the W. D. Drake Co .; pres. The Colonial Investment Co .; member Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and Presby- terian Church.
DRAPER, Charles Thomas; mfr .; born, Cleveland, Nov. 26, 1855; son of Thomas George and Celestia Converse Draper; educated in Cleveland schools; married, Cleveland, Sept. 20, 1881; Florence H. Rossiter; three children; began manufacture of tin cans in 1875; in 1901, business merged with the American Can Co., and in 1911
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organized the Draper Mfg. Co., steel barrels, of which he is pres. and gen'l mgr .; trustee Woodland Avenue M. E. Church; mem- ber Y. M. C. A., Chamber of Commerce; Mason.
DREW, Frank M .; mgr. Star Theater; born, New York City, June 30, 1852; son of Frank N. and Louisa M. Drew; educated, public schools, Philadelphia, Pa .; Military Academy at Village Green, Pa .; married, 1885, Blanche C. Collard, of Wyandotte, Mich .; issue, six children; actor for two years, following the profession in New York City; sixeen years, in the circus business; conducted museums in Providence, Columbus, Cleveland and Indianapolis; in 1883, built the Cleveland Theater and became connected with Mr. Campbell in conducting playhouses in various places; leased Colonial theater in Cleveland and subject to Ray F. Comstock; member Elks and Masonic Bodies; fine summer home at Girard, Penn.
DRUCKER, Ralph M .; business broker, born New York City, Jan. 11, 1876; son of Louis and Augusta Drucker; educated, Bronnell and Rockwell schools, Cleveland; married, Cleveland, 1900, Miss Carrie Reilly; director The Crooks-Whigam Co .; mem- ber The Cleveland Automobile and Automobile Country Clubs. Recreations: Motoring, Baseball and Golf.
DUETEMEYER, Henry August; cabinetmaker; born, Essen, Ger- many, Dec. 24, 1857; son of Frederick and A. Gerkepotte Duete- myer; educated, Lutheran parochial school in Essen (Wittlage), Hannover; married, Cleveland, Jan. 21, 1890, Elizabeth Flick, of Parma, O .; in October, 1886, started, with C. L. Kaufman, a fur- niture and undertaking business, under the firm name of Duete- myer & Kaufman, cor. Myer Ave. and Pearl St .; retired from same in 1907; in 1905, took an interest in The National Tool Co .; vice pres., sec'y and treas. of the company since 1910; vice pres. South Side German Building Ass'n for thirteen years.
DUFF, Harry Elmer; manufacturer; born, Bloomington, Ill., July 23, 1873; son of Jos. G. and Mary Ellen Lowdon Duff; graduated from the University of Tennessee, in 1893, taking Bachelor of Arts degree; in 1902, graduated from the New York Law School, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws; in 1894, came to Ohio, and became identified in a manufacturing business, which a few years later was purchased by the American Sheet Tin Plate Co .; since that time, has been continuously associated with that corpora- tion; local sales representative of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Co .; vice pres. Union Metal Mfg. Co .; Canton, O .; member Mt. Olive Chapter, No. 189, Royal Arch Masons; Forest City Com- mandery, No. 40, Knights Templar; member University, Athletic and Manufacturer's Clubs.
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DUFFEY, Bernard T .; insurance; born, Rockford, Ill., July 5, 1869; educated, public schools of Rockford; married, Beloit, Wis., August 15, 1892, Lillian Knapp; married, Chicago, Ill., June 15, 1910, Bertha Agnes Nye; children, Bernard P., Jr., John Nye; en- gaged in fire insurance with Rockford Insurance Co., Rockford, Ill., 1887, continuing with that company until 1900; then with Royal Insurance Co., Ltd., of Liverpool, England; now state agent in Ohio for that company; member Cleveland Athletic Club.
DUNCAN, B. M .; attorney; born, Millersburg, O., June 30, 1879; son of John and Isabel Jameson Duncan; educated, St. Laurence University and Ohio State University, law course; mem- ber of firm Howell, Roberts & Duncan; member Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Delta Phi (Law) and Phi Beta Kappa Fraternities.
DUNCAN, William McKinley; lawyer; born, Pittsburg, Pa., May 19, 1873; son of Andrew J. and Sarah Mckinley Duncan; edu- cated, public schools Pittsburg, Pa., and Rayen High school, Youngstown, O., and Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y .; married, Youngstown, O., Oct. 18, 1899, Viola Deetrick; issue, three sons; admitted to bar, October, 1894; associated with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey ever since; became member of firm, January, 1911; representing Eastern Trunk Railroad in the engineer arbitration; receiver of the Wheeling & Lake Erie R. R. Co .; member Union, Athletic, Mayfield and Hermit Clubs.
DUNHAM, Wilbur; real estate development; born, Columbus, O., Jan. 30, 1885; son of John M. and T. Anna Cross Dunham; educated, Taft School, Watertown, Conn .; Andover Academy, Andover, Mass .; Yale University, New Haven, Conn .; married, Columbus, O., Oct. 17, 1906, Marian M. Hobart; two daughters, Ann Elizabeth, born 1909, and Aileen, born 1913; real estate allotment and building development business since leaving col- lege in 1904, in Columbus, O., and New York City, and Cleveland since, 1912; pres. The Wilbur Dunham Co., The Continental Realty Co .; director The House Building & Investment Co .; member Delta Phi Fraternity, Yale and P. A. E. Society, Andover Academy; member Union, Athletic, and Roadside Clubs. Recreation: Work.
DURELL, George B .; manufacturer; born, New Jersey, Sept. 27, 1861; son of Edward H. and Hannah A. Woodward Durell; edu- cated, Princeton University, A. B., 1885; married, Harriman, Tenn., June, 1893, Generiere Hill; issue, George Edward, Gladys, Kath- ryn; sec'y Chattanooga Tool Co., Chattanooga, Tenn .; gen. mgr. Chattanooga Tool Co., Chattanooga, Tenn .; gen. mgr. Harriman Hoe & Tool Co., Harriman, Tenn .; pres. Harriman Hoe & Tool Co., Harriman, Tenn .; pres. Manufacturer's National Bank, Harri- man, Tenn .; vice pres. and treas. American Fork & Hoe Co .; director Citizens Savings & Trust Co .; pres. Eagle Coal Co .; vice pres. United States Handle Co .; member Union, Euclid, and Wil- lowick Clubs.
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DUTY, Spencer Marcus; brick business; born, Cleveland, Sept. 28, 1878; son of Daniel and Sarah L. Cozad Duty; common and High School education in Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Dec. 12, 1905, Mabel Cummer; one son, Spencer Cummer Duty; pres. The Deckman-Duty Brick Co .; director The National Belting Co .; The F. D. Cummer & Son Co .; member The National Paving Brick Mnfg. Ass'n, Chamber of Commerce and Athletic Club.
DYER, J. Milton; architect; born, Middletown, Pa., 1870; son of Cyrus and Eliza Dyer; educated, Central High School and Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland; Technique Hoch Schule, Berlin; Ecole des Beaux Arts; Paris; took degree in 1900; has de- signed Cleveland City Hall, buildings at Cooley Farms, Warrens- ville; Summit and Lake County Court Houses; Central National Bank; First M. E. Church; The Guardian Savings & Trust Co .; First National Bank; The Tavern Club; The William Taylor Sons & Co.'s store and arcade; The Sterling & Welch Co. store, and many other important buildings and residences; among the latter being those of Lyman F. Treadway, Loftus Cuddy, J. L. Sever- ance, J. M. Pickands, and E. S. Burke, Jr .; member of the Society Beaux and Arts, Architects, and of Groupe American, Societe des Architectes, Diplomex par le Gouvernment Francais; fellow of American Institute of Architects; member Phi Kappa Psi Frater- nity, Chamber of Commerce, American Civic Ass'n, Union, Hermit, Tavern, University, Euclid and Athletic Clubs.
DYKE, Frank L .; business college; born, North East, Pa., Oct. 2, 1865; son of L. J. and Lucinda Stetson Dyke; high schools and some college training in Pennsylvania and Ohio; married, Cleve- land, June 22, 1887, Ada E. Brown; two daughters, Lucy M. and Ruth E .; after teaching in public schools and business colleges for nine years, the institution now known as the Dyke School of Business, was established in 1893; began business in the Cuya- hoga Bldg .; later moved to the Pythian Temple, and in 1902, to its present location in the Browning Bldg., on East 9th St., occupying 12,000 square feet of space; proprietor The Dyke School of Business; member Chamber of Commerce and the Automobile Club.
EATON, Cyrus S .; public utility work; born, Nova Scotia; edu- cated, Woodstock College, Ontario; McMaster's University, To- ronto, degree of B. A .; married, Cleveland, 1908, Margaret House; three children; organizer and operator of public utility properties; pres. continental Gas & Electric Corporation, and The Canada Gas & Electric Co., Beasdot Gas & Power Co .; member firm Abbott & Eaton, engineers and operators; director Washington, Balti- more & Annapolis Electric R. R .; also officer and director in more than a score of other gas, electric-lighting, street railway and water companies, in the United States and Canada; member Union, Colonial and Athletic Clubs.
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EBERSOLE, William George; dentist; M. D. and D. D. S .; born, Carrollton, O., Nov. 18, 1864; son of John E. and Nancy Lyons Ebersole; educated, Grammar and High School of Carrollton; Ohio Norman University at Ada O .; spent a year and a half in the study of law; Western Reserve University, both medical and den- tal courses; married, Dec. 17, 1890, Carrollton, O., Miss Ora Stem- ple; one son, Carl Haman, born Oct. 19, 1896; in October, 1898, began the practise of dentistry in Cleveland; two and one-half years demonstrator of operative dentistry at Western Reserve University; 1898-1899 and a part of 1900, lecturer on Oral Surgery at Western Reserve University; paramount interest, development of humanitarian dentistry; prominent in introducing into the public schools a system of dental inspection and educational lectures; member the Cleveland Dental Society, The Academy of Medicine, Northern Ohio Dental Ass'n, National Ass'n and The Ohio State Dental Ass'n; member Chamber of Commerce; Colonial Club; Republican; member Windimere Presbyterian Church.
EDMONDSON, George Mountain; photographer; born, Norwalk, O., Aug. 23, 1866; son of George W. Edmondson; educated, pub- lic schools of Norwalk, O .; at the age of 14, took up the study of photography; worked in his father's gallery till 1887; came to Cleveland, at the request of James F. Ryder, to become asst. operator for him; learned the knowledge of enlarging on the then new bromide paper, and won several prizes for work done; after six years, went to the Decker & Wilbur Studio, and in six years succeeded to the business, and soon established a studio on Euclid Ave .; specialties, color photography and home portraiture; pres. of the Photographer's Association of Ohio, and in 1902, pres. of the Photographer's Ass'n of America; sec'y and treas. Profes- sional Photographer's Society of Ohio, and a member of the New York Society; member Chamber of Commerce, Lakewood Yacht, and Athletic Clubs; member Unitarian Church.
EDSON, Willis Scott; publisher and mfgr .; born, Chicago, Ill., May 17, 1868; son of John Milton and Elizabeth Maria Swales Edson; educated, Chicago public schools and University of Chi- cago Academy; married, Chicago, Ill., Oct. 9, 1894, Gertrude Eugenia Haight; six children, Margaret J., age 18; Willis S., Jr., age 12; Gilbert H., age 5; Francis S., age 16, Gertrude E., age 9, and Harvey O., age 2; early training and career in editorial work, serving successively as department editor, telegraph news editor, and special feature writer; became managing editor of the trade journals, The Western Publisher, and The Publishers' Aux- iliary, in 1906; traveling salesman Western Newspaper Union, 1909; mngr. Western Newspaper Union, Cleveland Branch, since 1911; also manufacturer of stereotype plate; member Western New York Newspaper Publishers Co .; Associate Ohio Dailies, Buckeye Press Ass'n, Municipal Ass'n of Cleveland; member Chicago Press Club, Cleveland Advertising Club, and Chamber of Commerce. Recreation: Sports.
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EDWARDS, Ralph Wigmore; born at Cardiff, Wales, Feb. 1, 1879; son of Morgan and Fanny Wigmore Edwards; was brought to the United States in 1885; removing to Cleveland, Ohio, after some years' residence in New York City; studied law at the Cleve- land Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1901, and has since practised law at Cleveland, being a member of the firm of Geier, Farrell & Edwards; Democrat, in 1910, was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the 79th General Assembly; in February, 1912, he was appointed a member of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners of the City of Cleveland; member Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland Athletic Club, City Club.
EELLS, Howard Parmelee; manufacturer; born, Cleveland, June 16, 1855; son of Dan P. and May M. Howard Eells; A. B., Hamil- ton College, 1876; A. B., Harvard University, 1877; married, Cleve- land, April 20, 1881, Alice Maude-Overton; issue two children; second marriage, Cleveland, Nov. 11, 1889, Maud Stager; issue, five children; Republican; pres. 1896-1911, and now chairman of board, Bucyrus Company, manufacturers of dredges, steam shovels, etc .; said company furnishing three-fourths of the excavating machinery used in the construction of the Panama Canal; pres. Atchison & Eastern Bridge Co., Chicago Drop Forge & Foundry Co., Harlan Stone Co., New England Bldg. Co .; director Superior Sav- ings & Trust Co., and National City Bank, Cleveland, and Portland Cement Co., Sandusky, O .; pres. National Metal Trades Ass 'n, 1909-1910 (trustee 1908-1912), treas. and trustee Cleveland Humane Society; treas. Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, and Western Reserve University; University School, Lake View Cemetery Ass'n Childrens' Aid Society, Second Presbyterian Church, Cleveland Art School; member Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity and Union, Uni- versity, Country, Tavern, Roadside, Athletic, Rowfant, Chagrin Valley Hunt, Mayfield Country Clubs, of Cleveland; Chicago Club, Chicago; University and Alpha Delta Phi Clubs, New York.
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