Cuyahoga County, Ohio - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1870 (part 1 of 2)

Biographical sketches

Until twenty-five years of age Mr. Quayle worked as a journeyman at his trade of ship-carpenter, to which he had been apprenticed before leaving the Isle of Man. In 1847 he formed a co-partnership with John Codey, and at once started in the shipbuilding business. This firm lasted three years, during which time it built the brigs '' Caroline" and "Shakespeare" for Charles Richmond, of Chicago. In 1849 Mr. Codey withdrew from the business and went to California.

Soon afterward Mr. Quayle went into company with Luther Moses, and for two years the firm carried on an extensive business, having from six to seven vessels on the stocks at once, and turning out two sets a year. The year after Mr. Moses left the firm, _ a partnership was formed with John Martin, and the business was enlarged and extended. In one year this firm built thirteen vessels, among others, the barque '""W. 'T. Graves," which carried the largest cargo of any fresh-water vessel afloat. The propeller "Dean Richmond" is another important production of Quayle & Martin's yard. Besides these, four first-class vessels, built for Mr. Frank Perew, deserve mention as giving character to Cleveland ship-building. They were named the '' Mary H. Perew," "' D. P. Dobbin," ''Chandler J. Wells" and 'J. G. Masten." Messrs. Quayle & Martin also built the tug "J. H. Martin,"

In 1874 the partnership with Mr. Martin was dis- 'solved and a new one was formed with George LL. and Thomas E. Quayle, under the name of Thomas Quayle & Sons, which is still in existence. The first vessels built by this firm were the 'EK. B, Hale" and the "Sparta." The following year it built the ' Commodore," the largest vessel on the lakes. During the summer of 1878, Quayle & Sons built two propellers for the Anchor Line, and one for the Western Transportation Company, of Buffalo; the latter being called the "'Buffalo." They have just launched (August, 1879,) the ''Chicago," a magnificent. boat of one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five tons burden, which they have built for the latter named company. 'he vessels built by the firms of which Mr. Quayle has been the head are known all over the great lakes, and far exceed in number those of any other firm in the West.

Mr. Quayle stands high among the citizens. of Cleveland for integrity of character, and as a man who always fulfills his obligations to employer and employed. He is a member of the Second Presbyterian church and active in all the duties pertaining to that relation. For a number of years he has been associated with the Masonic order, being a member of Bigelow lodge, on the West Side, and of Webb chapter, on.

Daniel P. Rhodes

The subject of this memoir was born in Sudbury, Rutland county, Vermont, in the year 1814. When but five years of age he lost his father, and from that time onward was compelled to help earn his own livelihood. Thus, almost at the threshold of life, he had to struggle with adverse circumstances, and was compelled to overcome by his own energy the discouragements and difficulties everywhere met with. When he was fifteen years of age his mother remarried, and he then found a home with his stepfather for six years.

At the age of twenty-one young Rhodes determined to leave Vermont, and make for himself a home and fortune in the distant West. His stepfather was strongly attached to him, and, being a man of means, offered him a farm if he would remain in Vermont. But the young man was firm in his determination, und declining the tempting offer departed for the West. On his subsequently returning to the home of his youth, his stepfather offered him half of his property if he would remain and occupy it. The inducement was very strong, but the young man had made an engagement of marriage with a lady in the West, and before giving a final answer to the propesition, he decided to revisit his pioneer home and consult her to whom he had plighted his faith.

He came back West by canal, and on the long, slow journey had ample time to consider the subject of his future home. The beauty and grandeur of the western scenery, the freedom from all the conventionalities which prevail in more densely settled sections, the stern, rugged virtues of the men whom he found in the wilderness, together with the independent career opened to him strongly impressed his manly, democratic mind, and he resolved to cast his lot in the West. Saying nothing of the matter to his affianced, he wrote to his parents, making known his resolution to decline their kind offer, and future circumstances proved the wisdom of his decision.

For thirty years Mr. Rhodes was a resident of Cleveland, and the same restless and indomitable energy which prompted him to prefer the untrodden paths of the wilderness to the pleasures of an eastern home, accompanied him throughout that time and impressed his name upon many of the most important enterprises of the Forest City. He was one of the pioneers in the coal trade of Cleveland, which has since grown to such magnificent proportions. ;

Ilis first enterprise in that line was at what are known as the old Brier Hill mines, in 1845, in company with Gov. Tod and Mr. Ford. Their production of coal was about fifty tons per. week, and this was then deemed a large business. The difficulties in the way of the introduction of:even this, the very best of coal, were very great. Wood was the universal fuel for domestic use. The only chance to sell coal was to the lake steamers, and even there the old prejudice against any departure from the beaten track had to be overcome. Mr. Rhodes, who had charge of the Cleveland end of the business, was, however, well fitted to make a fight against obstacles, and by his steady perseverence he stieceeded in introducing coal largely for use on the luke boats. Ife was an untiring worker, ever on the wittch for his customers from early morn to the close of day, devoting his evenings to posting up his books and attending to his other office, work. 'The coal business of the firm grew rapidly, and the members opening mines in both Tuscarawas and Wayne countics. In Tuscarawas county Mr. Rhodes, in company with Goy. Tod, began the development of the black hand iron ore, the uses of which had not previously been appreciated, although its existence had been known.

In 1855 the firm of Tod & Rhodes was dissolved, and in 1857 Mr. Rhodes formed a copartnership with Mr. I. F. Card. They went to work with great earhestness developing the black band ore and other mincral resources of Tuscarawas county. At first they mined large quantities for sale to the Massillon furnaces, but subsequently they made up their minds that the proper place to smelt the ore was where it was mined, and in 1864 they purchased the old blast furnace at Canal Dover, in Tuscarawas county, where they have since carried on large mauufactures of pig metal.

he opened the famous Willow Bank mine, which hasproved to be one of the most extensive and profitable coal mines ever opened in Ohio. This was only the beginning of his enterprises in this countyand valley, for he was the principal prompter of other efforts of a similar character. Under his auspices were opened the Rhodes, the Willow Bank number Three, the Buckeye, and the Warmington mines. He was likewise largely interested in the Fulton Coal company and the Silver Creek Company, and a zealous promoter of their interests. So that from his original production of fifty tons of coal weekly, he increased the amount until, at the time of his death, he had the controlling interest or was a large owner in mines which were capable of producing two thousand tons daily. His peddling steamboat business, too, of 1845 50, had increased under the direction of the firm of which he was the founder, to a trade of two hundred and fifty thousand tons of coal yearly. In 186% the firm of Rhodes & Card was dissolved, Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Card retiring, and that of Rhodes & Co. was formed, consisting of George H. Warmington, Marcus A. Hanna, (Mr. Rhodes' son-in-law,) and his son, Robert R. Rhodes.

In the work of developing the great railway system of northern Ohio Mr. Rhodes had an honorable share. He took an active part in the construction of the northern division of the Cleveland and Toledo railroad, and was a member of the executive committe of the company. He also bore a large part in causing the construction of the Massillon and Cleveland and the Lake Shore and Tuscrawas Valley railways. Mr. Rhodes' resi:tence was on the west side of the Cuyahoga, and he did more than any other man to build up that portion of Cleveland. One great cause of contention between the two sections arose from the persistent efforts of the people on the west side to obtain improved means of communication with the more important region east of the river. In all these contests, from the time when a float bridge was the only means of passage, to ¢he inception and partial completion .of the splendid viaduct (for he died before it:was finished), Mr. Rhodes was one of the foremost in urging the claims of his section of the city. He, in company with Mr. H. S. Stevens, constructed the West Side Street railroad; he was a zealous promoter of the building of the West Side Gas Works, and was the founder of the People's Sav-

-ings and Loan Association, of which he was the president at. the time of his death. He was also one of of the builders and a large stockholder in the Rocky River railroad, which connected the. West Side with the favorite resort at Rocky river. He had likewise various other interests, such as in Illinois coal land, Chicago real estate, and he was large real estate owner in his own city.

In politics he was a strict constructionist Democrat of the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian school, but though very active in his party he never asked nor cared for any office in its gift. He was a cousin of Stephen A. Douglas, and from the first entrance of the latter into public life until his death Mr. Rhodes was his earnest and steady supporter; being a delegate to both the Charleston and Baltimore Democratic national conventions of/1860, at the latter of which Mr. Douglas was nominated for the presidency.

Mr. Rhodes died on the 5th day of August, 1875, and we close our article with two articles published by leading journals soon after that event. The first says:

'"'Among those men, whose efforts form the corner stone of Cleveland's prosperity, Mr. Rhodes was in the front rank; and for this reason his memory will sympathy of his manner endeared the deceased to all who came in contact with him, This manner was for the poor and lowly, as well as for the wealthy and exclusive. Wealth in his hands was not alone for personal gratification, but was freely drawn upon to help the needy and unfortunate."

""Mr. Rhodes had the happy faculty of securing the genuine esteem and warm friendship of all with whom he came in contact, whatever their position in life, or however widely apart his views and theirs might be. He was a man of the people, a practical disbeliever in class distinctions and yet having a healthy contempt for demagogues of all descriptions. Ilis bluff, hearty manner was not assumed, but was a genuine characteristic of the man. The wealth that came as the result of hard work and good business judgment made~=not the slightest difference in him. ITis was one of those sterling characters that prosperity could not spoil. Warm-hearted, true-hearted, and thoroughly unselfish, his we lth benefited others as well as himself, and the prosperity which brought ease and comfort to him was begrudged him by none."

Ansel Roberts

Ansel Roberts, the eldest son of Chauncey and Lydia (Albro) Roberts, was born in the town of Mendon, Ontario county, New York, on the 17th of October, 1807.

His father was of Welsh 'descent, but was a native of Vermont, having emigrated to western New York when a young man, where he engaged in farming. When about nineteen years of age he married Lydia Albro, a native of Newport, Rhode Island, by whom he had ten children. In 1818 he removed, with his family, to Ohio, traveling overland to Buffalo, and from there by boat to Ashtebula, where he first settled. Soon afterward he engaged in the manufacture of boots, shoes and harness, emp!oying a number of hands, in which business he continued until 1825, when he sold out. The following year he removed to Lower Sandusky, and purchased an interest in the stage-line running between Sandusky and Cincinnati, of which he became the superintendent. He remained in this employment until his death, which occurred in 1838. His wife survived him several yeurs, dying in 1844. THe was a prominent person in the community where he resided; a man of great liberality and gencrous impulses, slow to anger, but implacable when once aroused.

The subject of this notice had but few educational advantages, his father being in moderate circumstances and obliged to make his way in a new country. Young Ansel remained at home until 1826, when he went to Monroe county, New York, where he remained until the fall of that year. He then returned ment and removed to Rochester, New York, where he engaged in the dry goods business on his own account. This business he carried on for fourteen years, meeting with varying success. At the end of that time, the business not proving satisfactory, he disposed of 1t and went to New York city, where he remained one year. Subsequently he spent some time as clerk in a large wool-dealer's establishment in Rochester.

In 1846 Mr. Roberts returned to Ohio, coming directly to Cleveland, where he engaged in the fleece and full-wool business, which he carried on successfully until his retirement in 1867.

During his residence in Cleveland Mr. Roberts has been prominently identified with the politics of the city and county. He is widely known as a staunch Republican, having invariably supported that party. In the spring of 1860 he was elected a member of the board of education, and was re-elected the following year, serving as secretary of that body -nd as a member of the committee on buildings and supplies.

In 1862 he was elected to the city council from the second ward for a term of two years, and was appointed chairman of the finance committee. He was reelected to the council in 1864 and again in 1866; holding the same position throughout the three terms, In 1864 he was elected auditor of Cuyahoga county, and was re-elected to that office in 1866, serving with his usual vigor and ability. He was assistant assessor of internal revenue in 1873 for the eighteenth district of Ohio, and was appointed collector of that district by President Johnson, which appointment was confirmed by the Senate in 1867, bu! was declined by him. In 1868 he was elected sanitary trustee for one year; was re-elected in 1869 for three years, and at the end of his term was again re-elected for the same time. For seven years he occupied the position of secretary of the sanitary board.

In addition to these civil offices Mr. Roberts has been for several years a director of the Ohio National Bank, and is a trustee of the Cleveland Society for Savings and the president of the Cleveland Paper Company. ;

In his business relations, and throughout his official career, Mr. Roberts has maintained a high reputation for integrity and strictly honorable dealing. During the war for the Union he was active in support of the national cause and spent a great deal of time in procuring substitutes for those liable to draft.

He is a member of Trinity church (Episcopal) in which he has for twenty years held the office of senior warden. He was married on the 20th of October, 1836, to Miss Sarah J. Hatch, danghter of Orrin Hatch, of Genesee county, New York. By this union he had one child, Sarah Louisa, born July 30, 1836, and now the wife of John M. Sterling, Jr. Mrs. Roberts died in October, 1863. Mr. Roberts marricd his second wife, Miss Amanda Bartlett Cowan, in October, 1867."

John P. Robison

Dr. John P. Robison, one of Cleveland's prominent citizens, became a resident of Ohio, in 1832 and of Cleveland thirty years later. His grandfather, John Decker Robison, an American of Scotch descent, was a soldier under Braddock in his disastrous campaign against Fort Du Quesne, and fought throughout the Revolutionary war. His son, Peter Robison, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a farmer in Western New York, and in Ontario county of that State John P. Robison was born, on the 23d day of January, 1811.

Until he reached his sixteenth year he lived upon his father's farm, passing his time in active agricultural labors and at the village school. It being then determined to provide him with a good education, he was sent to Niffing's high school, at Vienna, New York, where he attained high rank as a student, and also imbibed a taste for medical science and the medieal profession. He was received as a private pupil of President Woodward, of the Vermont College of Medicine, from which institution he was graduated in 1831.

Eagerly ambitious to enter the bustling scenes of practical life, he migrated without delay to Ohio and settled as a medical practitioner at Bedford, Cuyahoga county, in February, 1832. He pursued the practice of his profession at that place with gratifying success for eleven years, but in 1842 he decided to engage in the mercantile business at that point. Accordingly, in company with Mr. W. B. Hillman, he carried on for some time thereafter an extensive business as a storekeeper, miller, provision dealer and land speculator; engaging in fact in almost any enterprise that pronised a liberal return. ee

In November, 1832, Dr. Robison married a daughter of Hezekiah Dunham, the founder of the village of Bedford. Of their children three survive; one son being engaged with his father in business, and another being upon the eve of entering the legal profession.

During his busy experience at Bedford Dr. Robison was not unmindful of the high claims of religion, and as early as practicable founded at Bedford a congregation of Disciples, he being a close friend and associate of the leader of that denomination, Alexander Campbell. He labored for the upbuilding of that cause "without money and without price." Such was his energy, zeal and devotion that although at the beginning of his ministerial labors his congregation numbered less than a dozen persons, yet he left it to his sucecessor - at the close of a sixteen years' ministry, given without fee or reward of any kind - swelled in membership to four hundred and forty. As a teacher of the Disciple doctrine he frequently journeyed with Alexander Campbell through the State, and with that eminent leader lifted up his voice before vast assemblages, while his purse yielded

In 1862 he took up his residence in Cleveland, having entered, in 1858, with General O. M. Oviatt, into the business of packing provisions at that city, on an extended scale. The firm held a conspicuous place as packers, and their '" Buckeye" brand was known and highly lauded in all the great provision marts of America and England. After continuing until 1867, the partnership between Dr. Robison and Gen. Oviatt was dissolved. The former continued the business a short time on his own account, and then took as a partner, Archibald Baxter, of New York, through whose failure in the latter city, in 1875, Dr. Robison suffered very heavy loss. In that year he formed anew partnership, with Dr. W. S. Streator and S. R. Streator, under the firm name of J. P. Robison & Co., which continues to this day as one of the leading packing houses in the West. Previous to 1875 he had engaged largely in packing in Chicago, Illinois, and Lafayette, Indiana; returning permanently to Cleveland, however, after a brief absence.

He has ever been active and generous in the promotion of public enterprises, and in schemes for the public good his heart and hand have always been freely enlisted. His services on behalf of the Union cause during the rebellion were of no slight value and they were exercised moreover with untiring zeal and patriotism. He was among the most active workers in procuring volunteers for the Federal army, and in many other ways displayed in a substantial and emphatic manner his devotion to his country. His earliest political faith was that of a Clay Whig, and upon the dismemberment of that party he joined the ranks of the Democracy. In 1861 he was chosen to the State senate by a coalition of the War Democrats and Republicans, by the largest vote given to any senator from Cuyahoga, and after that cvent he cast his lot with the Republican party, to which he still remains a staunch adherent.

Since his retirement from the senate he has rejected political honors, as being less in keeping with his desires and tastes than the duties pertaining to his own large and important business. In the capacity of director of public and private trusts he has always been watchful and capable in the administration of his duties. For twenty years or more he has been a trustee of Bethany College in West Virginia, and for a long time filled a similar place in connection with Hiram College in the Western Reserve. He is a director of the Second National Bank, of the People's Savings and Loan Association, and of the Lake View Cemetery; having been one of the earliest supporters of the last-named institution and one of the first subscribers to its stock. He has been closely identified with the Northern Ohio Fair Association from its formation and has been the president of that widely known and valuable organization for the past five years.

William G. Rose

William G. Rose was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, on the 23rd day of September, 1829, and is the youngest of eleven children, all of whom lived to be married and became heads of families. Tis parents were James and Martha (McKenley) Rose, the former of English and the latter of Scotch-Irish descent. His paternal grandfather, Andrew Rose, was for many years manager of an iron furnace in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and removed with his family to Mercer county in 1799. His maternal grandfather, David McKenley, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution.

war of 1812, had ten grandsons who enlisted in the Union armies at the commencement of the late rebellion; all serving three years and all re-enlisting except three, one of whom died in a rebel prison. William G. Rose also served as a private in a three months' regiment, in West Virginia.

The subject of this sketch labored on a farm in summer and attended school during the winter months until he was seventeen years of age, when, in order to provide means to obtain a more thorough education, he taught in the public schools part of each year and pursued his studies during the remainder.

IIe pursued this course for six years, attending various academies, and at the expiration of that time had acquired a fair knowledge' of Latin, Greek and the higher mathematics. At the age of twenty-three he commenced the study of law in the office of the Hon. Wm. Stewart, of Mercer, Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the bar on the 17th day of April, 1855, when he immediately entered upon the duties of his profession in his native county.

Soon afterward, however, Mr. Rose became interested in politics, and for a short time was one of the editors and proprietors of a weekly newspaper known as the Independent Democrat. Although his anteecdents were Democratic, his opposition to the exten-

"sion of slavery in the Territories induced him to join the Republican party at its inception. In 1857 he was clected to the Pennsylvania legislature, and was re-clected in 1858. In 1860 he was elected a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Chicago, which nominated Lincoln for the' presidency, but on account of illness was unable to attend, his place being filled by an alternate. He was twice presented by the Republican party of his native county as a candidate for Congress; the last time, in 1864, unanimously. ILis nomination in the district, which was composed of four counties, and at that time was largely Republican, was only prevented becanse, under the system then in vogue, in that portion of Pennsylvania, other counties claimed a prior right to the: continued this pursuit until 1874, when he retired from business and made an extensive tour through California, and the Western Territories.

In 1867 Mr. Rose was elected mayor of Cleveland, an office which he filled with entire satisfaction to his constituents. His administration was characterized by a wise and judicious management of municipal affairs generally, and an active support of all enterprises calculated to develop the prosperity of the city.

He was married in 1858 to Martha KE. Parmelee, a graduate of Oberlin College. Their family consists of'four children, Alice E., Hudson PS Frederick H. and Willie K.

James Henry Salisbury

The subject of this sketch was born at '' Evergreen Terrace," in the town of Scott, Cortland county, New York, on the 13th day of October, 1823. His earliest ancestor in this country came to America from North Wales, and settled in Rhode Islend about the year 1640. His great-grandfather was born at Warwick, Rhode Island, but early in life removed to Cranston, in the same State, where he married a Miss Pierce, by whom he had the following children: Peleg, (known as the '' big man of Warwick"), Martin, Job, Mial, Nathan, Rebecca and Pheebe.

Nathan, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch was born December 1, 1751. He was married on the 16th of July, 1771, to Abigail Stone, (born October 16, 1753,) only daughter of Joseph Stone, of Cranston, a descendant of Hugh Stone, the 'stolen boy," and ancestor of the Stone family in America. The maiden name of Abigail Stone's mother's was Brown. She was a near relative of John Brown, the founder of Rhode Island College, afterward Brown University. Nathan Salisbury was lieutenant of the company under Captain Burgess that fired into the British frigate '' Gasper," a short time before the Revolutionary war. He resided at Cranston until 1795, when he removed to Providence. In March, 1803, he removed to Hartford, Washington county, New York, where he remained till 1806, and then went to Cazenovia, in Madison county, in the same State. In March, 1807, he removed to Homer, now Cortland county, and in the fall of the same year settled in Homer and purchased a farm lying on the waters of Cold brook, where he remained till his death, on the 14th of May, 1817. THis children were Waity, Sally, John, Joseph Martin (who followed the sea, and died on a voyage returning from China), Anna, Mary, Lucinda, Ambrose, Cyuthia, Nathan and Phebe.

Nathan, the father of James H. Salisbury, purchased, in 1815, a farm on lot ninety-five, in the town of Scott, which is the site of '' Evergreen Terrace," the Salisbury homestead. On the 21st of January, 1818, he was married to Lucretia A. Babcock, (born September 30, 1792), daughter of James and Mary after being admitted to the practice of the law, he | Gibbs Babcock, who moved from Blandford, Massaengaged in the purchase and sale of real estate. He

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Salisbury and wife have resided at '' Evergreen Terrace" sixty-one years, and have reared the following children: Amanda A., Charles B., James H., Milton L., Burdette J., Charlotte A., William W. and Nathan, Jr.

James H., the subject of this sketch, received his early education at Homer Academy, then presided over by Prof. Samuel Woolworth, now secretary of the board of regents of the University of the-State of New York. He received the degree of Bachelor of Natural Sciences (B.N. S.) at the Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York, in 1844, previous to which Ife had been appointed assistant under Prof. Ebenezer Emmons, in the chemical department of the Geological Survey of the State of New York, which place he filled till January 1, 1849, when he was made principal of the same department. He remained principal, with his brother, Charles B., as assistant, until 1852.

Dr. Salisbury received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Albany Medical College in January, 1850, and that of Master of Arts from Union College, Schenectady, in August, 1852. He was elected a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1848, and the same year was also made a member of the Albany Institute. In 1853 he was elected corresponding member of the Natural History Society of Montreal. In 1879 he was elected a member of the Philosophical Society of Great Britain. In 1857 he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society, and in 1876, was made vice president of the Western Reserve Historical Society, which office he still holds.

In 1848 Dr. Salisbury received a gold medal from the Young Men's Association of Albany, New York, for the best essay on the 'Anatomy and History of Plants." In 1849 he won the prize of three hundred dollars, offered by the State Agricultural Soc.ety of New York for the best essay on the '' chemical and physiological examinations of the maize plant during its various stages of growth." This made a work of oyer two hundred pages, and was published in the New York State Agricultural Reports for 1849, and subsequently copied entire in the State Agricultural Reports of Ohio. In 1851-52 he gave two courses of lectures on elementary and applied chemistry, in the New York State Normal School. He also conducted a series of interesting experiments, on different subjects, which were embodied in a paper read before the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in 1851, and were published in their transactions, and also in the New York Journal of Medicine of a later date.

Analysis of Fruits, Vegetables and Grain; Chemical Investigations of the Maize Plant (prize essay, 206 pages); Chemical Analysis of Five Varieties of the Cabbage; Chemical examination of the various parts of the Plant Rheum Rhaponticum; Chemical Examination of Rumex Crispus; Experiments and Observation on the Influence of Poisons and Medicinal Agents upon Plants; Chemical Examination of the Fruit of Five Varieties of Apples; Chemical Investigations connected with the Tomato, the Fruit of the Egg Plant, and Pods of the Okra; History, Culture and Composition of Apium Grayeolens and Cichorium Intibus; Facts and Remarks on the Indigestibility of Food; Composition of Grains, Vegetables and Fruits; Microscopic Researches in the Cause of. the so-called "Blight" in Apple, Pear and Quince Trees, ete.; Chronic Diarrhoea and its Complications; Something about Cryptogams, Fermentation and Disease; Probable Source of the Steatorzoon Folliculorum; Investigations, Chemical and Microscopical, on the Spleen and Mesenteric and Lymphatic Glands; Defective Alimentation a Primary Cause of Disease; On the Cause of Intermittent and Remittent Fevers; Hxperiments on Poisoning with the Vegetable Alkaloids; Discovery of Cholesterine and Seroline as Secretions of Various Glands; Remark: on Fungi; On Inoculating the Human System with Straw Fungi; Parasitic Forms Developed in the Parent Epithelial Cells, ete. ; Remarks on the Structure, Functions and Classification of the Parent Gland Cells, etc.; Microscopic Researches relating to the Histology and Minute Anatomy of the Spleen, ete.; Description of two new Algoid Vegetations; Geological Report of the Mill Creck Canal Coal Field; Analysis, Organic and Inorganic, of the Cucumber; Experiments on the Capillary Attractions of the Soil; A New Carbonic Acid Apparatus; Analysis of Dead Sea Water; Two Interesting Parasitic Diseases; Pus and Infection; Microscopic Examinations of Blood, etc.; Vegetations found in the Blood of Patients suffering from Erysipelas; Infusorial Catarrh and Asthma; Analysis, Organic and Inorganic, of the White Sugar Beet; Analysis, Organic and Inorganic, of the Parsnip; Ancient Rock and Earth Writing and Inscriptions of the Mound-builders; Influence of the Position of the Body upon the Heart's Action; Material Application of Chemistry to Agriculture; Analysis, Organic and Inorganic, of the Several Kinds of Grains and Vegetables. Besides the foregoing, Dr. Salisbury is the author of nearly thirty unpublished works and papers of decided value, on similar subjects.

While in charge of the State laboratory of New York from 1849 to 1852, he was constantly engaged in chemical and medical investigations; the results of many of them being published in the Transactions of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in State geological and agricultural reports, and in the various scientific and medical journals of that period.

In 1849 he began the studies in microscopic medicine in which he has been so successful. He has persevered in these studies, with scarcely any intermisston, ever since, devoting much of his time daily to microscopic investigations. In 1858 he began the study of alimentation, which he mastered in all its phases, and his subsequent investigations in regard to chronic diseases, diphtheria, intermittent and remittent fevers, measles and many other diseases, have been extensively published in foreign and domestic medical journals.

The extended labors of himself and brother, C. B. Salisbury, on the ancient earth and rock-writing of this country, in connection with the earth and rockworks of the ancient Mound-builders, have been embodied in a large quarto volume with thirty-nine plates, which is in the hands of the American Antiquarian Society, and is only partially published. The great labors of his life, comprising, as he claims, an explanation of the causes and successful treatment of nearly every chronic disease that is supposed to be incurable, are yet unpublished.

In January, | 1864, Dr. Salisbury came 6 Cleveland to assist in starting the Charity Hospital College. He gave to this institution two courses of lectures, in 1864-5 and 1865-6, on Physiology, Histology and Microscopic Anatomy. From Janutiry, 1864, to the present time he has been busily engaged in treating chronic diseases, especially those which have hitherto been considered fatal, and his success in this ficld is widely known. In the early part of 1878 he was chosen president of the 'Institute of Micrology," a position he continues to hold.

John. C. Sanders

Doctor Moses Sanders, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Milford, Massachusetts, having been born there on the 27th of May, 1789. He received a good English education and some knowledge of the Greek and Latin languages. At an early period he removed with his father's family to Saratoga county, New York, where he studied medicine, attending medical lectures in New York City. He began the practice of his profession in Manchester, near Canandaigua. He soon. afterward married Miss Harriet M. Thompson, of Cherry Valley, by whom he had five children - Olive, Isabella, William D., John C. and Rhoda, the last of whom died in infancy. In 1818 he removed to Peru, Huron county, Ohio, where, with the exception of three years spent infNorwalk, he passed the remainder of his life. Mrs. Sanders died on the 20th of October, 1829, and he married, for bis second wife, Mrs. Pearly Douglas, of Elyria, Ohio. By this union he had one child, Elizabeth Chapin, born April 15, 1832.

Doctor Moses Sanders was one of the pioneer physicians of Ohio, and for a period of nearly forty years devoted himself to the duties of his profession, which was relinquished only when illness prevented its longer continuance.

He died on the 18th of May, 1856, and consequently lacked only nine days of being sixty-seven years of age. The following extracts are taken from an address delivered at his funeral by the Rev. A. Newton: force. He never seemed to think feebly. His mind seized every subject within its range, with a firm grasp. * * * This mental force, combined with an ardent physical temperament, imparted great energy to all his movements. -He had great exeeutive power. Whatever he took huld of, he would accomplish in a short time, Whatever he had in hand, he did with his might.

''An open frankness was characteristic of Doctor Sanders. He carried his heart in his hand. He knew no concealment. * * * He was a man of warm social feelings. As a husband and a father, no man could be more beloved. 'Ihe strong social principles of his nature found their finest developement in the family circle of which he was tke honored head. * * * He was also liberal and publicspirited. He had aready sympathy with those objects and plans which look to the benctit of others. * * He saw the value of religious institutions before he felt a personal interest in religion itsclf, and was

'*But the most marked characteristic of Doctor Sanders was his professional enthusiasm. His strong natural powers were entirely, I may say intensely, devoted to his chosen work. ILis profession was not a stepping-stone to wealth and fame, but it was an end in itself, * * * * Generous and publicspirited - attached to his friends - devoted to his patients - untiring in his efforts to alleviate human suffering in all 'its forms, and in every grade and condition of life - a true philanthropist, he will long be remembered by the people of this county. "An ornament to his profession, he has left an example to its members which few, indeed, will be so fortunate as to excel."

John C. Sanders was born in Peru, Huron county, Ohio, on the 2d day of July, 1825. He received his education (subsequent to that of the common schools) at Lima Academy, after which he began the study of medicine with his fathcr, remaining in his office five years. He was then graduated from the medical department of the Western Reserve College, which at that time owned a distinguished faculty, consisting of Professors Kirtland, Delamater, Ackley, J. Lang Cassells and St. Johns. After his graduation young Sanders entered into partnership with his father, in the practice of his profession at Peru.

The young doctor continued in 'this relation for eighteen months, when, becoming convinced of the need of a broader general culture, he broke away from the ties of social and professional life, and began assiduously +o prepare for a literary college course. At the end of one year he entered the Western Reserve College, where he remained two years, after which he became a member of the junior class at Yale College, and was graduated from that institution in the class of 1854. Immediately after his graduation he returned to Ohio, and established a partnership with Dr. A. N. Read for the practice of medicine and surgery, at

Soon after the death of his father, in 1856, Dr. Sanders removed to Cleveland, and opened an office there. Becoming gradually impressed with the success of the homeopathic system, he decided, with his usual promptitude, to give it a special and thorough study. The line of his investigations was not in the direction of its literature, with which he was familiar, but of the clinical experience of the representative practitioners of that school in the city of Cleveland. He first entered the office of Dr. Turrill, and subsequently that of Dr. Whecler, remaining a year in each, engaged exclusively in the study of their clinical experiences. He became convinced of the superiority of the system in question, and decided to adopt and follow it. The success that has since attended his labors proves, as he claims, the wisdom of his choice.

He opencd an office on the Public Square, and soon took his place among the leading practitioners of the city. Within a year afterward he received the appointment of professor of obstetrics and diseases of women and children in the Cleveland Homeopathic College, which position he oceupied exclusively, with the exception of one session, for a period of twenty years. For the past five years the chair has been divided, but he still presides over the department of obstetrics. For three sessions he lectured on the theory and practice of medicine, and during one session on physiology. Asa lecturer he is fluent, logical and eminently clinical, with a fine command of language and a complete mastery of his subject.

Aside from his collegiate duties he has enjoyed a large general practice, and ranks among the most successful physicians of Cleveland. For nine years he has been treasurer of the Hommopathic Medical Society of Ohio, of which he has long been an active and vulued member. He has also been a frequent contributor to its literature. For many years he has been a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, holding the chairmanship of its bureau of obstetrics for a series of years, and having also been its vice president.

The same energy and ability which characterized his youth have been conspicuous in all his subsequent life, and in the professor's chair as well as in the ex-

'tensive practice of a prominent physician, he has ever discharged his duties in such a manner as to gain the approbation of the public. He is an enthusiastic supporter of the public school system, takes a deep interest in promoting all educational interests, and has been instrumental in the advancement of the standards of professional scholarship in the medical schools, He is now president of the Homaopathic Inter-Collegiate Congress.

Though taking no active part in political matters, he acts with the Republican party, and is firm in his convictions and decided in his expressions of opinion.

He was married October 25, 1854, to Albina G. Smith, of Cleveland, by whom he has five children - John K., Albina G., Ezra C., Gertrude G. and Frank B. Sanders.

William Johnson Scott

William Johnson Scott, physician and surgeon, was born in Culpepper county, Virginia, on the 25th day of January, 1822. His father came to Ohio in 1830, settling in Knox county, where he resided until his death. Young Scott worked on his father's farm until twenty-one years of age, with occasional intervals of attendance at a common school. He then, entirely on his own responsibility, entered the preparatory department of Kenyon College, and went regularly through the eollege course; being graduated in 1848. After his graduation he was appointed tutor, which position he held for two years. He directed his special attention, as he had previously done, to those branches of science which would aid him in preparing for the medical profession. The studies in question were directed by Homer L. Thrall, M.D., who was professor of chemistry in the college at the time.

In the winter of 1849-50 Mr. Scott attended a course of lectures at Cleveland Medical College. He returned to Gambier in the spring, taking charge of the laboratory of the college, and practicing medieine with Dr. Thrall until the fall of 1852. Having then been elected professor of chemistry in Jefferson College, at Washington, Mississippi, he removed to that place, holding the position in question two years. He then returned to Ohio, and attended a course of lectures at Starling Medical College, Columbus; being graduated from that institution in 1853, with the degree of M.D. He had previously received the degree of A.M. from Kenyon Coilege.

Dr. Scott then opened an office in Shadeville, Franklin county, Ohio, where he practiced until 1864, when he accepted the professorship of materia medica and therapeutics in Charity Hospital Medical College, at Cleveland, Ohio. THe held this position two years, when he was transferred to the chair of principles and practice of medicine, in which he still remains.

He has been consulting physician in Charity Hospital and clinical lecturer on medicine ever since he came to Cleveland. His college and hospital duties, however, only occupy a portion of his time, the remainder being devoted to his private practice.

After a time Charity Hospital Medical College became the medical department of the University of Wooster, but Dr. Scott holds the same relations to this institution as to the former one. He is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society, of the American Medical Association, of the American Pharmaceutical Society, the Franklin county Medical Society, and the Cuyahoga County Medical Society. He has also been the president of the Cleveland Academy of Medicine, of the Cuyahoga County Medical Society, and of the Ohio State Medical Society.

Dr. Scott was married to Miss Mary F. Stone, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, in the year 1854. He isa member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in Cleveland, and maintains a high standing as a faithful Christian, a skillful physician, and an upright citizen.

Elias Sims

Captain Elias Sims, son of John and Eliza Sims, was born in Onondaga county, New York, on the 4th day of August, 1818. The membeis, on both sides, of the family to which he belongs are remarkable for their longevity. Tis father, a successful and enterprising farmer, was a native of Pennsylvania; his mother was born in New York. His boyhood was spent on his.father's farm, and his educational advantages were very limited, Being the sixth of a family of twelve children, he early realized that it would be

IIe first secured employment as a driver on the Erie canal, and continued in that occupation three years. He then commenced contracting on the canal, making drains, etc., and at the end of the first year, found that he had realized a snug sum of money. IIe then took another contract and lost everything he had accumulated. Undiscouraged by this reverse of fortune, he at once resumed work as an employee, and at the end of another year again commenced jobhing and contracting, a business which he has continued with varying success until the present time.

In 1855 Captain Sims came to Cleveland to dredge the hed of the Cuyahoga river, but in 1860 he removed with his family to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he remained three years, returning to Cleveland in 1863. Ile then settled on Washington street, on the West Side, where he still resides.

and John Spalding, Captain Sims, in 1868, built the Rocky River railroad, of which he is now president, this (1879) being the fifth year he has occupied that position. He has also been, since 1875, president of the West Side street railway company, and in connection with Mr. Rhodes organized the West Side Gas Company, in which he isa director. He assisted in organizing the People's Savings and Loan Association, in which he is also a director; besides holding the same office in the Citizen's Loan Association on thetKast Side. Since his residence in Cleveland he has, to some extent, engaged in lake traffic; is a large real estate owner and is also interested in the Cuyahoga Stone company of Berea.

Captain Sims has never sought public office, but is an earnest supporter of the Republican party and is liberal and progressive in his views.

He has been the architect of his own fortunes, having been compelled to depend upon his own energies and to push his way unaided. Ifis success is due to his untiring industry and his sound judgment. He is no niggard with the wealth he has acquired, but is a constant and liberal contributor to many public and charitable enterprises. Although not a member of any church organization he is an attendant - and for three years has been a vestryman - of St. John's Episcopal Church. By his uprightness of character, generosity, and general good qualities he has won the esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. In 1838 Mr. Sims married Cornelia Vosburgh, daughter of James Vosburgh, of Onondaga county, New York, by whom he had four children. Only three of these are living (one having died in infancy). They are Eliza, wife of William W. Sloan, of Buffalo, New York; Sarah J., wife of Charles Everett, of Cleveland; and Olivia, wife of W. J. Starkweather. Mrs. Sims died on the 27th day of November, 1876.

Abraham D. Slaght

Abraham D. Slaght was born in Morristown, New Jersey, on the 5th day of May, 1786, and died at Brooklyn, Ohio, on the 21st day of September, 1873, having reached the adyanced age of eighty-seven years. The name of Mr, Slaght is well known among the older residents of Cleveland, he having removed to Ohio in the spring of 1817, coming from New Jersey with his family in company with several other emigrant households. The journey was made in heavily laden wagons, drawn by ox-teams, and was necessarily slow and wearisome. At Buffalo the women and children were left, and came from that place by the way of the lake, while the men pushed forward through the forest with the wagons.

Mr. Slaght first settled on what is now known as Euclid Ridge, and, until a house could be erected, his covered wagon was the only shelter to be obtained for his wife and three children. As soon as their rude dwelling was finished, he commenced working at his trade, which was that of ashoemaker, and also engaged in farming to some extent.

In 1832 he purchased a tract of land on what is now St. Clair street, near -Madison avenue, and remoyed thither the same year. He then gaye up his trade, and devoted his energies to cutting down and clearing off the timber with which his land was covered, and to the cultivation of the soil. He remained on this place until 1860, when, his property having greatly increased in value, he retired, and for the remainder of his life resided with his daughter, Mrs. Francis Branch, to whom this notice and the accompanying portrait are due.

In manner and dress Mr. Slaght was plain and unostentatious, and never, in any way, sought public notice. In politics he was first a Whig and afterward part in political movements, he did not neglect the duties of a good citizen, and served with ability in yarious local offices of trust. He was, in fact, a good citizen, a good neighbor, and a kind and indulgent father. He was married on the 21st of February, 1811, to Taphenis Dickerson, by whom he had ten children - six daughters and four sons, viz: Edgar, born February 29, 1812; Louisa, born October -16, 1813; Adeline, born July 20, 1815; Joseph, born January 22, 1818; Sarah, born November 24, 1819; Cornelius, born October 4, 1821; Mortimer, born October 22, 1824; Elizabeth, born October 18, 1826; Martha, born April 2, 1831, and Julia D., born October 20, 18384. Mrs. Slaght died October 4, 1851.

Amasa Stone

Aimasa Stone, a prominent railroad manager and builder, was born in Charlton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, April 27, 1818. The founders of the family in America, mentioned in the succeeding sketch, were members of a Puritan colony which landed at Boston in 1635.

Mr. Amasa Stone's father was a farmer, and the former remained at home, laboring on the farm and attending the distriet school, until he was seventeen years old, when he engaged to work three years to learn the trade of a builder. The first labor he.did on his own account was to fill a contract for the joiner work of a large house in Worcester, at the age of nineteen. At twenty he associated himself with his two elder brothers, in a contract to build a church-edifice at Hast Brookfield. The next year he acted as foreman in the erection of two church edifices and several buildings, in Massachusetts. _ In 1839 and 740 he was engaged with Mr. Howe in building the bridge across the Connecticut river at Springfield, Massachusetts, for the Western railroad company. Mr. Howe had'just secured his patent for what is known as the ''Howe Truss Bridge." From the time of building this bridge, and for several years, Mr. Stone was constantly employed in building railway bridges and depot buildings. In 1842, he and Mr. A. Boody purchased from Mr. Howe his bridge patent for the New England States, and a company, under the name of Boody, Stone & Co., was formed for the construction of railways and allway bridges, the mechanical branch of the work to be under the care of Mr. Stone. In 1845 he was appointed superintendent of the New Haven, Hartford and Springfield railroad, still continuing his relations with the firm, but the business of the latter became so heavy that he was obliged to resign the position of superintendent.

Messrs. Boody & Stone had agreed to pay forty thousand dollars for the patent of the Howe truss bridge. A few years afterward defects were found in bridges erected on this plan; other plans competed

Was a very poor investment. . Stone's inventive genius was such that he was she to improve the patent in several important particulars, so that it was not found necessary to change it afterward.

Enfield Falls, one fourth of a mile long, was carried away by a hurricane. Mr. Stone was applied to by the president of the New Haven, Hartford and Springfield railroad for advice in regard to its reconstruction. This meeting and the subsequent action of the directors resulted in making Mr. Stone sole manager of the work of erecting another bridge. It was completed, and a train of cars passed over it, within forty days from the day the order was given for its erection. He regarded this as one of the most important events of his life, and he was rewarded by complimentary resolutions and a check for one thousand dollars, given by the company.

The next winter the firm of Boody, Stone & Co. was dissolved, Mr. Stone taking, of the States covered by the patent, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. He then formed a partnership with Mr. D. L. Harris, which continued until 1849. In 1848 he formed another partnership, with Mr. Stillman Witt and Mr. Frederick Harbach, and this firm contracted with the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad company to: construct the road from Cleveland to Columbus. This was thought by many to be a doubtful undertaking, asa part of the payment for the work was to be taken in the capital stock of the company. It was finished, however, and the stock proved to be a very profitable investment.

In 1850 Mr. Stone was appointed its superintendent, and in the same year he removed to Cleveland. Another most important enterprise with which he was connected was the construction of the railroad from Cleveland to Erie. This was completed in the fice of numberless difficulties, and Mr. Stone was appointed its superintendent. In 1852, while still acting as superintendent of both the roads named, Mr. Stone was elected a director in each of the companies, antl he attended to the duties of these various positions with great ability until 1854, when he resigned the superintendency on account of ill health. He was also, for several years, president of the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula railroad. In 1855 Messrs. Stone and Witt contracted to build the Chicago and Milwaukee railroad, and the former was for many years a director in that company.

He was also a direetor in several banks - the Merchants' of Cleveland, the Bank of Commerce, the Second National Bank, the' Commercial National Bank, and the Cleveland Banking Company. For several years he was the president of the Toledo branch of the State Bank of Ohio, at Toledo, a director of the Jamestown and Franklin Railroad Company, and the president of the Mercer Iron and Coal Company.: He also aided in establishing several manufactories, carried on extensive ear works, and gave financial aid to several iron-manufacturing interests. In 1861 he erected a large woolen-mill in Cleveland. He also gave special attention to the construction of roofs of buildings, covering many acres of ground; the last designed by him being that of the Union passenger depot at Cleveland. He was also said to be the first to design and erect pivot drawbridges of long span, and in the construction of railroad cars and locomotives he introduced numerous improvements.

Mr. Stone took a prominent part in the recruiting and supply of troops during the war for the Union, and was offered by President Lincoln a commission as brigadier-general for the purpose of building a military railroad through Kentucky to Knoxville, Tennessee, a project which was afterwards relinquished by the government. He went abroad in 1868 for the benefit of his health, and spent two years in travel and observation. On his return, in 1873, he resumed charge of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad as managing director, which position. he resigned in~1875; afterward devoting his time to the care of his own estate. He gavé, at this and other periods, a great deal of attention to works of public charity, and in 1877 he built and endowed a home for aged and indigent women at Cleveland.

Mr. Stone was married on the 12th day of January, 1842, to Miss Julia Ann Gleason of Warren, Massachusctts. His children have been three in number: a son, Adelbert B. Stone, a young gentleman of remarkable promise, who was drowned in the Connecticut river while a student at Yale College; and two daughters, the elder of whom was married in 1874 to John Hay, Esq.

Andros B. Stone

This gentleman was born in Charlton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, on the 18th day of June, 1824. He is a descendant, in the seventh generation (in this country), from an English family. In the year 1635 two brothers named Simon and Gregory Stone sailed from Ipswich, England, for Boston, in the ship '' Increase." They settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts - were yeomen and land owners; Mr. Simon Stone being one of the owners of the old Cambridge burying ground, where his remains have lain for nearly two hundred and fifty years. Mr. Stone's ancestors were nearly all noted Puritans - prominent in the church and in public affairs. His great grandfather, Jonathan Stone, removed to Worcester county, where his son Jonathan and his grandson Amasa, the father of the subject of this sketch, permanently settled.

Mr. Andros B. Stone was the youngest of ten children, and remained upon the home farm until he was fifteen years of age, receiving such education as the common schools and academies in that part of the country afforded. On leaving home at the early age just named, Mr. Stone was actuated by one strong desire, that of mastering a trade. He chose that of a carpenter, placing himself under the tutelage of an elder brother. Mr. William Howe, a brother-in-law, having about this time taken out a valuable patent for a bridge called the '' Howe Truss," an advantageous opening was thereby presented to the large family of brothers, and A. B. Stone was made a superintendent of the construction of bridges when he was but eightcen years old. As soon as he attained his majority he began building bridges in the State of Maine, in company with an elder brother, and afterward became associated with Mr. Azariah Boody in the construction of bridges in Vermont.

In 1852 Mr. Stone removed to Chicago, and he and a brother-in-law established themselves as builders of "Howe" bridges in Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri and Iowa. The rapid increase of railroads in the western country at this time gave the young men an opportunity for enterprise which they amply utilized, as the bridges on the Illinois Central, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Chicago and Northwestern railroads and others fully testify. In addition to this large business, Mr. Stone was also engaged in manufacturing cars of all kinds, which for five years was a successful business.

After six years of busy life in Chicago, Mr. Stone turned his attention to the great iron industry, and in 1858 identified himself with a small establishment at Newburg, near Cleveland, owned by Chisholm & Jones. At this time the firm had one small mill for re-rolling old rails, and employed about forty men. The business grew from year to year, and in 1863 the ownership was vested in a stock company, under the name of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company, with Mr. Stone as president, which position he retained for fifteen years. The business has steadily increased until the establishment has became the largest one on the American continent devoted to the iron and steel industry; giving employment to nearly five thousand men, who, with their families, constitute one-sixth of the population of Cleveland. The yearly value of the products of the mill amounts to nearly eight million dollars.

During the unparalleled depression in the iron industry extending over the five years previous to the present one, Mr. Stone proved himself a financier of no common ability by taking this company through the crisis without difficulty, and without loss to either stockhelders or employees. In 1878 Mr. Stone resigned his position as president of the company for that of vice president, which he still occupies.

Among other prominent positions which Mr. Stone holds, are those of president of the Union Rolling Mill Company of Ohicego - an important corporation, devoted to the manufacture of steel rails; president of the Kansas Rolling Mill Company, which manufactures iron rails and fastenings; president of the St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern railway company, and president of the Poughkeepsie Bridge Company, chartered by the State of New York for the purpose of bridging the Hudson river at Poughkeepsie. He is also engaged in many smaller enterprises, as would naturally be expected in the case of a man of his business capacity and versatility.

It has been truly said that throughout his career Mr. Stone has shown two marked characteristics which usually lead to success; a clear and thorough understanding of whatever he has undertaken, and unvarying respect for the rights and opinions of others. Thus we sce what ability and energy can do in a 'country so rich in opportunity as ours. A boy of fifteen starts out from an obscure home, without other capital than his own powerful brain and strong will - at fifty-five he stands among the very foremost chiefs of American manufacturing industry, with the proud satisfaction of feeling that it is his own hands which have placed him in that position.

Worthy 8. Streator

The Hon. Worthy 8. Streator was born in Hamilton, Madison county, New York, October 16, 1816. He received an education at an academy and afterwards entered a medical college, where he graduated after a four years course. He removed to Aurora, Ohio, and commenced the practice of medicine in 1839. After five years of general practice he removed to Louisville, Kentucky, spending a year in the College and Hospital in that city, under the tutelage of the celebrated Dr. Groes, now of Philadelphia. He then resumed the practice of his profession at Ravenna, Portage county, Ohio.

In 1850 Dr. Streator removed to Cleveland, when, after devoting two more years to his profession, he turned his attention to railroad building. His first undertaking in this direction was the construction of the Greenville and Medina road, in partnership with Ifenry Doolittle; and on the completion of this line they contracted to build that part of the Atlantic and Great Western railroad which runs through the State of Ohio - its length being two hundred and forty-four miles. In 1860 they contracted for the construction of the Pennsylvania division, ninety-one miles in length, and still later for that of the New York portion. Mr. Doolittle dying, Dr. Streator disposed of the contracts to James McHenry, Esq., of London, England, and acted for him in the eapacity of superintendent of construction.

In 1862 Dr. Streator projected the Oil City railroad from Corry to Petroleum Center, Pennsylvania, the central point of the oil regions. The line, thirtyseven miles long, was built with extraordinary rapidity, and its success was almost without a parallel in the history of railroading. Its ears were crowded with passengers as soon as it reached the vicinity of Titusville, and the resources of the road were entirely inadequate to accommodate the people rushing into the oil regions, or to transport the immense amount

"of oil seeking the markets of this country and Eurepe. Although Dr. Streator worked with untiring energy to accommodate the public, and to keep pace with the development of the country and of the oil interests consequent on the construction of the road, it for a long time outstripped all his efforts. While the prof-, its of the line were enormous, the creation of wealth by the enterprise was beyond all computation. Dr. Streator controlled and operated the road until 1866, when he disposed of it to Dean Richmond, of the New York Central railroad. He constructed for that company the Cross Cut railroad, running from Corry to Brocton, a distance of forty-two miles, to connect the new purchase with the main line.

After this the doctor organized a company for the purchase of a large body of coal land on the Vermillion river, in La Salle and Livingston counties, Illinois. The tract comprised over five thousand acres, on which was a splint vein about six feet deep, the coal resembling that at Massillon, Ohio. To connect these beds with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad he built fifteen miles of railroad, and afterwards built seventy-one miles more in order to connect them with the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific and the Chicago and Northwestern roads. He disposed of the former to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy company, and in 1869 sold one half of his coal lands to parties acting in the interest of that corporation. 'The product of these mines has now reached the vast amount of six hundred thousand tons per annum.

In 1869 Dr. Streator was elected by the Republicans of Cuyahoga county to represent their district in the Ohio State senate, and served with ability and fidelity until the close of his term in 1871.

During this time he formed a friendship with Goyernor (now President) Hayes, and has lately received from him the offer of the position of collector of internal revenue for the district of Northern Ohio.

While a member of the senate he was chosen president of the Lake Shore and Tuscarawas railroad company, which had been organized to build a railroad connecting Lake Hrie at the mouth of Black river with Wheeling on the Ohio, and he has remained connected with this road down to the present time. In 1875 Dr. Streator became a member of the firm of J. P. Robison & Co., proprietors of the National Packing House, of Cleveland, one of the largest in Ohio and one of the most complete in the world. Nearly all the meats packed by this house are shipped by them direct to the English market, being cured with especial reference to the wants of that country.

_Dr. Streator has two large farms near Cleveland, and has stocked them with short-horn thoroughbred cattle, Kentucky horses and Cotswold sheep, not excelled by any in America. So thorough have been his efforts in this direction (although he originally began farming merely as a recreation), and so fully have his - exertions to benefit the agricultural interests of the country been appreciated by those interested in husbandry, that he has been elected at various times president of the Northern Ohio Fair Association, one of the most complete organizations of its kind in the world,

Two marked characteristics of the doctor's life have been promptness and thoroughness, and his reputation for honesty in either his public or his business Hfe has never been questioned. Although so actively engaged in large and varied 'enterprises, he has never neglected his duties as a citizen or aman. He has for many years been a member of the Church of the Disciples, and the prosperity of the denomination in Cleveland is largely due to his liberality and efforts. Every worthy enterprise, public or charitable, has found in him a patron and supporter.

Dr. Streator was married in 1839 to Miss Sarah W. Stirling, of Lyman, New York, and they have a family of four children - one daughter (wife of Mr. E. B. Thomas, general manager of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railroad) and three sons.

Peter Thatcher

Peter Thatcher, familiarly known as 'Uncle Peter," was born at Attleborough, Massachusetts, on the 20th of July, 1812. He is a direct descendant in the sixth generation from the Reverend Thomas Thatcher, founder of the old South Church of Boston, who came to New England in 1635, at the age of fifteen years, with his uncle, Anthony Thatcher. He was the son of the Rev. Peter Thatcher, rector of the old Salisbury Church in England, and a most estimable and pious man, as well as learned, being thoroughly versed in theology, the arts, sciences and languages, and also a physician of considerable note.

Ile was spoken of, in New England, as the best scholar of his time, and many of his descendants have also rendered this name illustrious in chureh and State.

After two years service in this employ, he, in November, 1834, commenced work as a mechanic on the Boston and Providence railroad - one of the oldest roads in this country - and soon won the confidence of his employers by his faithfulness and capability. He was advanced to the position of superintendent of construction, and after a few years took seyeral contracts on his own account, which he carried out to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. After finishing his work on the Boston and Providence railroad, he was engaged until 1843 on various railroads in New England, Loug Island, Maryland and New York.

In 1843, 1844 and 1845, he was engaged in the construction of forts Warren and Independence, in Boston harbor, under the superintendence of Colonel

Sylvanus Thayer. The value of his services, and the esteem in which he was held by his employers, may be inferred from the following extracts from letters of recommendation. The first is from Mr. William Otis, contractor on the Boston and Providence railroad, to Mr. Latrobe, of Baltimore, chief engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.

He says: ''The bearer, Mr. Peter Thatcher, wishes to become a bidder for some of your work. I can say for him, that he has been in my employment, as superindent, for the last four years, and he has always acquitted himself with entire satisfaction to the engineer over him and to myself. I feel pride in saying that he is a young man in whom the utmost confidence can be placed."

Mr. Wright, superintendent of engineers at Fort Warren, wrote of him in the following terms: '' He possesses a thorough acquaintance with his business, and combines great intelligence with an uncommon degree of faithfulness in the discharge of duty. I feel assured that whoever is so fortunate as to command his services will esteem him a great acquisition."

Others equally commendatory might be quoted, but these will suffice to show the character he had established. He subsequently became extensively engaged as a railroad contractor, building many of the prominent railroads in the Eastern States, and all along the coast from Maine to Georgia.

In 1850 he obtained control of the Howe patent truss bridge, and established the firm of Thatcher, Burt & Co., bridge builders, with offices at Springfield, Massachusetts, and Cleveland, Ohio. At this time Mr. Thatcher removed to Cleveland, and for many years was one of the principal bridge builders in the West. He erected nearly all the original railroad bridges in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky, on the Cleveland, Columbus and Pittsburg; Cleveland and Toledo; Panhandle; Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago; Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis; Cincinnati and Marietta; Cincinnati and St. Louis; Baltimore and Ohio, and other railroads. In 1862 he rebuilt the bridge over the Cumberland river at Nashville, which was burned during the war. :

After having, for thirteen years, carried on the bridge building business and added to it a trade in lumber, the firm built the Union Elevator, in Cleveland, and a new firm of Thatcher, Gardner, Burt & Co., was formed. 'This firm was dissolved in 1865, by the withdrawal of Mr. Thatcher. About this time acompauy was formed for the purchase of a patent obtained for the manufacture of a durable paint and fire-proof masvic from iron ore. Mr, Thatcher was chosen president of the company, which at once entered on a vigorous prosécution of its business and has succeeded beyond the anticipation of its directors. The paint is made of Lake Superior iron ore, ground fine, and mixed with linseed oil, with which it forms a perfect union. It is then used in a thin state, asa exposed to the weather, and in a thicker state for a fire-proof mastic. The ore is crushed by machinery of great strength, and about three tons of paint are produced daily, besides the mastic, and find ready market.

In connection with the above Mr. Thatcher has also purchased a patent for the manufacture of "metallic shingle," or iron roofing, which, after a test of a number of years, has been acknowledged to be unequaled for strength, durability, eeonomy and beauty, and is water, fire, snow and dust proof.

On the 11th of September, 1854, Mr. Thatcher first became connected with the Masonic order by being initiated an entered apprentice in Iris Lodge, No. 229, of Cleveland. He rapidly advanced in the society, has filled many high and responsible positions, and, since 1862, has been grand treasurer of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Ohio. He has also passed through the Scottish rites to the thirty-second degree.

In politics he is a Republican, and, although he has never sought political preferment, has been appointed to several offices of public trust. For six years he has been a commissioner of the water works. He was elected a member of the board of public works of the State, in which position he remained three years, and has also been president of the Cleveland Library Association for two years. In every instance his services have given universal satisfaction. He is not a member of any church organization, but is a constant and generous contributor to churches, schools, public institutions and charitable canses.

He is a genial, whole-souled gentleman, and enjoys the affection and respect of a large circle of friends. As a citizen and a man of business-he commands the confidence of all. He was married on the 6th of May, 1849, to Sarah Adams, daughter of Endor and Lydia Adams Estabrook, of West Cambridge (now Arlington), Massachusetts. To them have been born . three children - two sons, and one daughter who died in infancy. The eldest, Peter, Jr., who represents the seventh generation of this name, was born on the 31st of August, 1850; John Adams, the second son, was born on the 26th of February, 1852; Annie Adams, the only daughter, was born on the 18th of March, 1855, and died February the 7th, 1857.

Amos Townsend

Amos Townsend was born near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1831. His father, Aaron Townsend, was a well-to-do farmer, belonging to the Townsend family of Philadelphia. His mother was a daughter of Captain Jacob Cox, who served under Washington in the Revolutionary war. He received a good education, and when fifteen years of age entered a store near Pittsburg, in which he remained until he was nineteen. He subsequently removed to Mansfield, Ohio, and formed a partnership with N. B. Hogg, under the firm name of A. Townsend & Co., for the

During his residence in Mansfield the Kansas troubles broke out, and-a committee was appointed by the National House of Representatives to proceed to the scene of the disturbance, make investigation, and report the exact condition of affairs. Mr. John Sherman procured for Mr. Townsend the appointment of: marshal of the committee, and he attended it in that capacity.

This position proved a dangerousas well as responsible one, but was filled in such a manner as to gain the respect and good will of both parties.

In 1858 Mr. Townsend removed to Cleveland, and accepted a position in the wholesale grocery establishment of Gordon, McMillan & Co., in which he remained until 1861. He then became the junior partner in the firm of Edwards, Iddings & Co., engaged in a similar business. On the death of Mr. Iddings, in 1862, the firm became Edwards, Townsend & Co., which it still remains. The house has been very successful, establishing an extensive business and a high reputation for stability and enterprise.

Mr. Townsend has always taken an active interest in public and political matters, and, although not an office seeker, has been chosen to many positions of public trust. In the spring of 1864 he was elected a member of the city council, on the Republican ticket, and was re-elected to the same position five successive terms, serving continuously for ten years. During seven years of that time he was president of the council, and during: the last three years was chosen by a unanimous vote. In the spring of 1874 he took leave of that body in an address which presented a clear period of his connection with municipal affairs. In 1873 he was elected a member of the State constitutional convention, serving in that body on the important committees of finance, taxation and municipal affairs. He was one of the most conscientious and pains-taking members, and rendered valuable service.

In October, 1876, Mr. Townsend was elected to the forty-fifth Congress, entering upon his duties in 1877. He took an active part in the business and debates of the session, serving as a member of the committee on post-offices and post-roads. The introduction and due to his efforts. He made an able speech, which attracted marked attention, on the important tariff bill introduced by Fernando Wood. He was re-elected to Congress in the fall of 1878, was appointed a member of the committee on commerce, and will undoubtedly serve in the fortlicoming session with his usual - vigor and ability.

Asa business man he is active and persevering, possessing a clear head and a sound judgment, which enable him to form a correct estimate of; the men he meets, and of their aims and purposes. He belongs to that class of citizens whose services in political affairs are so much needed, and, as experience teaches, are so difficult to obtain. During the war for the Union, he proved himself thoroughly patriotic, contributing in different ways to the support of the Union cause, and serving fora time with the First Light Artillery.

In addition to his other business interests, he owns stock in several important corporations; he has been, and is, a director of the Mercantile Insurance company, and in March, 1875, was chosen a director of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railroad company. In all the varied positions he has occupied, both in public and private life, he has shown the same indomitable energy, clear judgment, thorough information and strict integrity, and he is regarded by all as an eminently successful business man and politician.

Oscar Townsend

The subject of this sketch is of English ancestry, being descended from the Puritans who, as Macaulay says, ''prostrated themselves in dust before their Maker, but set their feet upon the neck of their king." The following genealogy shows his lineage in this country.

Samuel Townsend was born in England in 1637, and came to this country about the time (1649) when the head of Charles First was brought to the block. He settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, and died there in 1704. His son, Jonathan Townsend, was born in 1668, and died at Lynn in 1717. The son of the latter, also named Jonathan, was born in 1697, and entered Ifarvard College in 1712. After being graduated, he was ordained in 1719 as pastor of the Congregational church, at Needham, Massachusetts, and diced there in 1762, after a pastorate of forty-three years; a length of service, especially if compared with the average modern pastorate, creditable alike to the congregation and their evidently trusted minister.

His son, Samuel Townsend, great-grandfather of Oscar, was born in 1729, and died at Tyringham, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, in 1822. The son

-of the latter, William Townsend, a youthful soldier at the close of the Revolutionary war, was born in 1765, and died in Huron county, Ohio, in 1848.

His son, Hiram Townsend, father of Oscar, was born August 31, 1798, and removed to Greenwich, Huron county, Ohio, in the spring of 1816, and there

£married Miss Eliza Fancher, on the 23a of April, 1823. It was no pathway of roses which opened at that time before the newly-wedded couple. They saw clearly what was before them, and entered knowingly upon a life of labor and self-denial in a region which at that-time, apart from a few small hamlets and some scattering cabins, was a dense wilderness, roamed over by wild beasts, hardly more savage than the Chippewa and Delaware Indians who occasionally visited the locality. Yet they endured with patience and fortitude all the perils and privations incident to pioneer life in the West, sustained by their mutual affection, till at last, after a long life of usefulness and self-sacrifice, Hiram Townsend passed to his rest on the 9th day of December, 1870, at the age of seventy-two, universally honored and esteemed. His widow stiil survives, residing in Cleveland, on the West Side.

Their son, Oscar Townsend, was born at their residence in Greenwich, March 22, 1835. He was, from the very first, inured to the practical labors of farm life, labors which no doubt aided largely both in developing his present muscular and well knit frame, and in giving that practical readiness and that power of adapting means to ends, which have so thoroughly characterized him throughout his life. Tis educational advantages were limited to such training as the country schools of that time afforded, except during a few months in 1852, when he attended the old Prospect-street grammar school, then under the charge of Mr. L. M. Oviatt, afterwards superintendent of the Cleveland public schools and librarian of the public library, of whose attentive guidance Mr. Townsend has ever since cherished the most grateful recollections.

The location of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad aeross his father's farm, in 1848, had aroused the ambition of young Townsend, then only thirteen years old, to find a wider and more congenial sphere of action than his rural occupation had afforded. Beginning in a subordinate position on the railway just mentioned, his earnest and constant endeavor was to subserve the interest of his employe.s by unwearying faithfulness to every assigned duty. This trait was soon observed by those who could not only appreciate but reward it; and in the spring of 1856 young Townsend, at the age of twenty-one, through the kindness of E. 8. Flint and Addison Hills, was transferred from Shelby station to the freight office at Cleveland.

In April, 1862, Mr. Townsend was invited toa position in the Second National Bank of Cleveland, where he remained till 1865, when he was tendered the post of superintendent of the Empire Transportation Co., and assumed the charge of the western department of that line. The energy and avility which had characterized Mr. 'Townsend in every position which he had hitherto occupied were, by this time, so fully recognized that in August, 1868, he was tendered and accepted the offices of director and vice president of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railroad. When, a few months afterwards, Mr. L. M. Hubby, the president of the company, met with an accident which disabled him from performing the duties of his position, Mr. 'Townsend became the acting executive officer, and in September, 1870, at the agé of thirty-five, was elected

In this position his executive and financial abilities had a wider scope for their display than ever before, and, whatever adventitious circumstances may be claimed to have contributed to the result, Mr. Town- send can certainly point to that term of five years - from 1868 to 1873 - under his management, as embracing the most prosperous period in the history of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincmnati and Indianapolis railroad. In closing his connection with the road, in 1873, Mr. Townsend carried with him a written testimonial by his successors as to the correctness of all his official transactions in behalf of the company, covering millions of dollars, from first to last, a testimonial which he prized far beyond the prestige gained while at the head of the company.

After a few years of comparative leisure, improved by him in other pursuits, Mr. Townsend was tendered the position of general manager of the Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley and Wheeling railroad company, by its board of directors, composed of such capable and successful business men as Selah Chamberlain, Amasa Stone, Dr. W. 8. Streator and others, who had been associated and intimately acquainted with him for many years. 'This post he accepted and now occupies.

He is also a part owner and the president of the Lake Superior Transportation Co., which owns several vessels employed in the iron ore trade between ports on Lake Superior and Lake Erie.

Mr. Townsend was united, December 22, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Martin, daughter of the late Thomas Martin, formerly of Huron county, Ohiv, by whom he has four sons, viz: Frank M., now twenty-one years of age; Jay Frederic, nineteen; Willard H., twelve; and Oscar, Jr., five.

In general personal appearance, that is, in hight, -weight, massiveness of frame, and in movement, Mr. Townsend is said to resemble the late Senator Stephen A. Douglas, althongh their faces, as the picture'shows, are dissimilar, Mr Townsend is of medium hight, with a large, well-shaped head, abundant brown hair, well streaked with gray, dark auburn whiskers, large, blue eyes, a florid complexion, indicating a sanguine temperament, a firm, full neck, very broad shouiders, with a chest that, like Douglas', is of extraordinary size in proportion to bis hight. His movements are active, and his gait is usually very rapid.

He is genial and kindly in manner, readily accessible to all, but prompt and decided when promptness and decision are necessary. He loves and attracts children, and greets acquaintances with a smiling eye und a hearty grasp of the hand. He possesses and expresses strong feelings and preferences, with sincerity, and is noted for the faithfulness with which he fulfills every promise, no matter how much it may prove to his own disadvantage. Although naturally modest and retiring in his disposition, yet he mingles freely in the social cirele, and is ready to do his part in promoting the general enjoyment of any assemblage met for mutual entertainment.

Mr. Townsend is a member of the First Baptist chureh of Cleveland, as are also his wife and his eldest son. He is strictly temperate in his habits, and abjures the use of alcoholic drinks and tobacco in every form, as certain to prove deleterious to health in the end. But, while thus holding his faith and moral principles, he is never ifitolerant of the views of others, and, as the result of his study and thought, is in full sympathy with the most enlightened science and philosophy of modern times. His hand and his heart are alike open to all proper demands, whether for the publie advantage or for private unostentatious charity, tempered by a wise discrimination, which knows almost instinetively when to withhold and when to give freely.

Jeptha H. Wade

Jeptha H. Wade, whose name has been prominently connected with the telegraphic history of the West, and associated with many other important enterpises, was born in Seneea county, New York, on the 11th of August, 1811.

He is a son of Jeptha Wade, a surveyor and civil engineer, and was brought up to mechanical pursuits, in which he achieved a fair amount of success. In youth he was yee ce as a marksman, and, in the days of militia training, he was the commander of four hundred Sl ate atom They generally closed the season with target practice, and in these annual trials of skill he invariably showed his right to command by not allowing himself to be beaten.

Having a taste for art, and finding his health impaired by the labors and close application consequent upon his mechanical employment, he, in 1835, turned his attention to portrait painting, and by study and conscientious devotion to the art he became very successful. While engaged in this work, in Adrian, Michigan, the use of the camera in producing portraits came into notice. He purchased a camera, at aided only by printed directions, succeeded in taking the first daguerreotype ever taken west of New York.

In 1844, while busy with his pencil and easel, taking portraits, varying his occupation by experimenting with the camera, news came to him of the excitement created by the success of the experiment of working a telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington.

He turned his attention to the new science, studied it with his accustomed patience and assiduity, mastered its details, so far as then understood, and' immediately saw the advantage to the country, and the pecuniary benefit to those immediately interested, likely to accrue from the extension of the telegraph system which had just been created.

He entered earnestly on the work of extending this system, and the first line west of Buffalo was built by him, between Detroit and Jackson, Michigan. The - spe office was opened and operated by him, although he had received no practical instruction in the manipulation of the instruments. After a short interval he again entered the field of construction, and, working with untiring energy, soon covered all Ohio, and the country as far west as St. Louis, with a net work of wires known as the ''Wade lines." encing the difficulties, annoyancesand misfortunes to which all great enterprises are subject in their infancy. Ignorant employees, imperfect insulation and ruinous competition were the greatest embarrassments. But to Mr. Wade these obstacles were not insuperable and in the face of all these difficulties he proceeded with the work of opening and operating telegraph lines. Imperfect insulation was met by the invention of the famous '' Wade insulator," which is still in use. Tie was the first to enclose a submarine cable in iron armor (across the Mississippi river at St. Louis), for which invention the world and its telegraph system owes him much; as it was this important discovery and improvement in their construction that made telegraph cables a success, and the crossing of oceans a possibility.

The ''House consolidation" placed his interests in the Erie and Michigan, and Wade lines in the hands of the Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company, and before long this consolidation was followed by the union of all the House and Morse lines in the West, and the organization of the Western Union Telegraph Company soon followed. In all these acts of consolidation the influence of Mr. Wade was active and powerful. Realizing the fact that competition between short, detached lines rendered them unproductive, and that in telegraphy as in other things union is strength, he directed his energies to bringing about the consolidation, not only of the lines connecting with each other, but of rival interests. The soundness of his judgment has been proven by the remarkable prosperity of the lines since their consolidation, in marked contrast with their former condition. He was one of the originators of the first Pacific telegraph, and on the formation of the company was made its first president. 'The location of the line, and its construction through the immense territory, then in great part a wilderness, between Chicago and San Francisco, were left mainly to his unaided judgment and energy, and here again those qualities converted a hazardous experiment into'a brilliant success.

He remained president of the Pacific company until he secured its consolidation with the Western Union Telegraph Company, to accomplish which he went to California in the latter part of 1860, and succecded in harmonizing the jarring telegraphic interests there. On the completion of this arrangement, in 1866, Mr. Wade was made president of the consolidated company, having his headquarters in New York. It is scarcely. possible to overestimate the value of his connection with the Western Union Telegraph Company at this period of its history, especially after he became its chief executive officer.

Ile possessed, in a superior degree, the invaluable faculty of administration and the power of clear, accurate, discriminating systemization. He knew how to appreciate and estimate the value and force of obstacles, how to carry out by careful and prudent and organize it.into a permanent force. His work was done by quiet, effective, well-planned and thorough methods. At a meeting of the board of directors in July, 1867, a letter was received from Mr. Wade declining, on account of failing health, a re-election to the office of president. His withdrawal from telegraphic administration was received with general regret, and the following resolutions were passed after the election of the new board was announced:

"Resolved, That, to the foresight, perseverance and tact of Mr. J. H. Wade, the former president of the company, we believe is Jargely due the fact of the existence of our great company to-day, with its thousand arms grasping the extremities of the continent, instead of a series of weak, unreliable lines, unsuited to public wants, and, as property, precarious and insecure;

"* Resolved, That we tender to Mr. Wade our congratulations on the fruition of his great work, signalized and cemented by this day's election of a board representing the now united leading teleraphic interests of the nation." gray

The telegraph had brought to Mr. Wade vast wealth, but it had also brought him into a state of health which imperiled its enjoyment. To dismiss care he sold out his entire telegraphic interests, and in travel and in the enjoyment of his home in Cleveland, which he provided with every appliance of art and taste and comfort, gave himself up to needed rest and recuperation. On his restoration of health, which followed a judicious respite from labor, he entered into many spheres of active life. The wealth he has accumulated is mostly invested in such a manner as to largely aid in building up the prosperity of Cleveland. The large and pleasant tract of land in the seventeenth ward, adjoining Euclid avenue, known as '*Wade Park," was beautified at his own expense for the enjoyment of the public.

At the organization of the Citizen's Savings and Loan Association, of Cleveland, in 1867, he was elected its president, and still retains that office. He is the originator and president of the Lake View Cemetery Association. Asa leading director in many of the largest factories, banks, railroads and public institutions, his clear head and active judgment are highly valued. He is a director of the Second National Bank, of Cleveland; a director of the Cleveland Rolling Mills, Cleveland Iron Company and Union Steel Screw Company, and the president of the Amevzican Sheet and Boiler Plate Company, and of the Chicago and Atchison Bridge Company, of Kansas. He is also a director in three railroad companies, and the president of the Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids, and Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan railroads. He is, besides, president of the Valley railroad, running from Cleveland toward the coal fields of Ohio. This will be a valuable acquisition to the interests of Cleveland, and under the management of Mr. Wade will be promptly carried forward.