Elyria City (part 4 of 4)

William W. Aldrich, son of Aaron Aldrich, received the advantages of a good common district school education until twelve years of age. Three years after that he attended school during the winter months. Will) this exeejition, In^ fi'oui choice, worked I'aitlifully for his father until he was trwenty-one years of age. These early years were spent in clearing up the forest, making roads, tearing down the old log dwelling, and re])la,cing it with new structures. Often did he work until midnight to burn the log heap rolled together during the day. Homespun garments he wore, homespun tow and linen in summer, the fuller cloth in winter. Well does he remember the yoke of cattle and lumber wagon that, filled with father's family and neighliors, he so often drove to the old town house in Dover, where all denominations met under one roof to worship a common father.

At the age of twenty-one, Mr. Aldrich hired to his father for the term of one year, at eleven dollars per month; losing but a half day's time once in four weeks - this to attend covenant meetings.

February 5, 1840, Mr. Aldrich was married to Miss Martha Bassett, daughter of Nathan Bassett, of Dover. Renting his father's farm, he worked it for one year, receiving one-third of its i)rodncts for his share. At | this time, with twenty-five dollars as first payment, he ccmimenced on a farm of his own. Five years, only, jiassed, when he was the owner of seventy-five ] acres of land. From this time, while he renuiined in Dover, he was ever active in business. His good wife, in every sense of the word a heljimate, by her wisdom and prudence, contributed largely to the success which followed.

Soon after the death of Mrs. Aldrich's father, who was killed by lightning, April 0, 1842, Mr. Aldrich took possession of the "old homestead," buying up the othei' heirs. To this valuable farm of one hundred and sixty-eight acres, he added many other acres.

Commencing, in 1844, in a small way, the slaughtering business, increasing trade led him to build a slaughter house, from which, for twenty-five years, he supplied Cleveland markets. At the same time, he was engaged on Lake Erie in a general coastwise trade. Wood and ship i)lauk from Black River to Cleveland, limestone from Kelly's Island, and coal to Detroit, kept busy three scows - the " Mayllower," pui'chased of Livingstone & Pheljis, of Black River; the scow " Consuello," of the same place; and finally, the scow "Wave," of Fairport, Ohio. All tliese ventures added to his capital, which he employed in general speculations; dealing largely in horses, cattle, sheep - in fact, in any thing that could be traded or sold.

In the spring of 1870, Mr. Aldrich removed to Elyria, where he purchased of Thomas Ashton the well known Charles Ahbe farm, paying for tlie same nine thousand doUars. Of Mr. Ashton he also bouglit a few thorough bred Hereford cattle, since which time he has made the breeding of that class a successful specialty, until the present day. Mr. Aldrich, wlien he first commenced the handling of Hcrefords, found it to be an " up hill " business. At town, county, or State fair, public opinion was against Iiim; but his energy, skill, and business courtesy, soon set men everywliere to thinking. And now, (as the old Grecians marked a happy day with a wliite stone,) Mr. Aldrich. in his travels through many States, finds very many white-faced Herefords tliat say to him, "Your toil and patience have made me worthy of notice." The issiie of the first cow, "Florena," alone brought Mr. Aldrich two thousand, five hundred dollars. Competing at many of the State fairs, his success has been unequalled, and to-day, Mr. W. W. Aldrich is recognized as the leading Hereford breeder of the United States, with only one exception, viz: Mr. T. L. Milhu', of Illinois, who purchased liis first stock of Ml'. Aldrich.

Martha, the first wife of Mr. Aldrich, died November 39, 1875, leaving eight cliildren to mourn the loss of one, who, as wife, motlicr, and member of tlie Congregational cliurch, filled well every function of the true woman.

On January 21, 1878, Mr. Aldrieli took for his second wife Mrs. Lorinda Hilliard, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, witli whoui he is happily living. In lier younger days, slie was a resident of Avon, Lorain county, Ohio. For a time after her marriage witli Mr. Hilliard, tliey resided in Avon and Dover, where they formed many strong friendships. After an absence of twenty years in Wisconsin, ten years as a widow, surrounded by a happy home, kind friends, and a large circle of acquaintances, all of whom were reluctant to part with her, yet wishing her every joy and all happiness, they bade her farewell, as with her husband she returned to the friends of her youth. Mrs. Aldrich, in her fourteenth year, professed her faith in Christ, and united with the Methodist Episcopal church, and has ever since lived a consistent christian life.

Mr. W. W. Aldrich, on profession of his faith, was baptized by Elder Moses Ware, and united with the First Baptist church, at Avon, Oliio, A. D. 183.5, which membership he retained until .January 37, 18;:!(3. At that time tour brethren, viz: A. A. Aldrich, Wm. W. Aldrich, Jesse Atwill, Wm. Nesbit, and Sister Alexander met in confei'ence, and resolved, with the I advice of sister churches, to form a church in Dover. Said conference met February 34, 18.36, and formed j said church, Elder Ware giving the "right hand of fellowship."'

On the 5th of March following, this little band met for church and covenant meeting, and voted Mr. W. W. Aldrich clerk of their body, which office he held for nine years. To this church did Mr. Aldrich belong until 1856, when, on the death of his father and the removal of many of the members, the church was disbanded. Mr. Aldrich has never since united with a church, but has ever lived and maintained his first profession, by a well ordered life, and godly conversation.

Mr. Aldrich is yet hale and hearty, with a pleasant home, dear wife, kind children, and stands out as an example of what integrity, temperauco, and economy may do for a man.

Martin Webster Pond

Was born in Harwinton, Connecticut, on the 12th of March, A. D. 1814. His father, Roswell Pond, was born July 15, 1772. His mother's maiden name was Hannah Webster. Mr. Pond descended from revolutionary stock, his grandfather (who was born at Bradford, Connecticut, in 1746) was a soldier of the Revolution, under Washington, and died on Long Island, July 8, 1776.

In April, 1835, his sister, Lydia Pond, was married to Ezra S. Adams, a son of General Adams, of Canton, Connecticut; and as they were about to emigrate to New Connecticut, which was then considered the far west, she prevailed upon his father and motlier to permit them to take Martin (then but eleven j-ears old) with tlicm. They traveled the entire distance from Canton to Elyria with a single horse and wagon. Mr. Adams arrived at Elyria, the terminus of his journey, on the 1st of .July, and established the first saddle and harness manufactory in Lorain county. Their goods were shipped by the Erie Clanal and Lake Erie, and were landed at Cleveland the last of June.

Martin had attended the common schools of his native State, and the first winter after his arrival in Elyria attended the district school, taught by Norris O. Stow. He afterwards, until sixteen years of age, attended the district school in the old yellow .school house, and for a single term, the select school taught by the late Schuyler Putnam.

He then entered the shop of his brother-in-law, the late E. S. Adams, as an apprentice, and worked faithfully until he had completed his twenty-first year. Soon after attaining his majority, he left Elyria for the purpose of perfecting himself in the art of saddlemaking, in which he took great pride. During his absence, he worked at Cleveland, Deti'oit, Wheeling, Va., and other places. He returned to Elyria at the end of two yeais, w'ith impaired health, but with a consciousness that he was capable of nuiking a good saddle. After his health was in a measure restored, he again engaged in the business of his trade, which he followed until the year 1852. During these years, he formed various partnerships, at first with B. F. Robinson, secondly with Waterman Morse, and afterward with the late William Doolittle.

Pond left Elyria for California, by the Nicaragua route. T?einif delayed tweuty-one days on the isthmus, where he was attacked with Panama fever, he finally, aftei- a tedious voyage of sixty-six days from th(^ t ime of leaving home, arrived at San Francisco in a very feeble condition. He gradually recovered his health, and engaged in mining, his head-quarters being at Nevada City. He returned to Elyria, via the Panama route in June, 1853, and again entered into partnership witii Waterman Morse, in carrying on the saddlery and harness business. This connection terniiiuited at the end of a year, and Mr. Morse conducted the business alone. In March, 1858, the fire that swept away the old Mansion House, destroyed also the adjoining liuilding l>olonging to Mr. Pond, which he immediately rebuilt, and in January, 1859, he engaged in his old business, which he continued until 1870, when he engaged in the manufacture of a harness pad, for which he had obtained a patent. In 1802, he invented the first successful tug buckle, to the sale and introduction of which he gave much attention until 1870.

On the tenth of December, 18-35, the subject of our sketch married Miss Eliza J. Sayles, who was born at Mayville, Cliatau([ua county, N. Y. They have been blessed with a family of five sons and one daughter. One of the sous died in childhood, another, Horace, from disease caused by exposure and arduous duties in the Union army during the late rebellion. Three sons are living and filling responsible positions in business. I'he daugiiter is married and i« a good wife and mother.

Mr. Pond has filled many positions of honor and trust conferred on him by his fellow citizens. An ardent Mason, he has filled many offices in the different branches of that order. lie has beeu treasurer of Marshall Chapter, No. 47, for fifteen consecutive years. In 1841, he assisted in forming at Elyria a lodge of the " Mechanic's Mutual Protection," an order founded for the benefit of practical mechanics. It held weekly meetings, at most of which lectures were delivered, and the association was supplied with books and other means of improvement. Perhaps no institution has exerted so permanent an inlluence for good upoi\ the citizens of Elyria as the lodge above referred to. The organization of our present excellent system of union schools, was to a great extent effected through its influence. On the passage of a bill by the general assembly for the founding of union schools, this institution, through a committee,, ejjrresponded with the friends of education in other ci^ie84n regard to the merits of such schools in their midst. The Protection then appointed a committee consisting of Mr. Pond and Thomas Quark to obtain the signatures of six freeholders to a call for a public meeting none of them to be members of the Protection. After three days of hard labor they obtained the following signatures: Robbins Biirrell, Roswell Snow, N. H. Manter, Ilurriek Parker, Tabor Wood, and William Olcott, none of them members of the Protection but

Herrick Parker, and he was accepted because the committee could not obtain the requisite -number outside the order. The meeting was held at the court house in Elyria, on the 24th of May, 1850; a favorable vote was secured, and thus, by the untiring and persistent work of tlie protection our union schools were established.

Such is a brief record of the life of Mr. Pond. With a competency won by honest labor, and enjoying the respect of his fellow citizens, he may be classed among the representative men of Elyi-ia.

Hon. Stevenson Burke

The subject of this sketch was born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., November 20, 1820. In March, 1834, his father I'emoved from New York to Ohio, and settled in North Ridgeville, Lorain county, where he resided uj) to the time of his decease, in August, 1875. The subject of this sketch had in early life such facilities as the common schools of the time afforded, which consisted of about ninety days of very indifferent instruction in tiie winter, and none during the rest of the year. At about the age of sixteen, he iuid the benefit of instruction in a very good select school at Ridgeville Center; and afterwards he studied several terms in a private school, conducted by T. M. Oviatt, at Elyria. Later still, he studied a year or so at Delaware University, where, in 1846, he commenced the study of law with Messrs. Powell & Buck. In the spring of 1848, he returned to Elyria and completed his studies, preparatory to admission to the bar, under the instruction of Hon. II. D. Clark, and was admitted to practice by the supreme court August 11, 1848, and at once commenced the practice at Elyria. In April, 1840, Mr. Clark, who was then one of the most prominent and successful lawyers at the bar in Lorain county, admitted him into a copartnership, whicii continued up to May, 1852.

We have thus in a few lines sketched the career, uj) to the time he commenced the practice of the law alone, of one who, for more than twenty-five years, iuis occupied a very prominent jiositiou at the bar in Northern Ohio. From 1852 to February, 1802, Mr. Burke devoted himself to the practice of his profession with such zeal and devotion to the interests of his clients, a^ to merit and command success. There were few cases tried in the court of common pleas, or district court of Lorain county, or in the supreme court taken from Lorain county, in which he was not engaged. His industry and attention to business were rare and almost exceptional. He spent no time in idleness, and his patrons were always sure to find him in his office in business hours, unless engaged in business elsewhere. His close attention to business iuul sodeiitiiry habits affected seriously his health, aud in 1801 he found his health so seriously impaired as to render a change of business necessary; and his friends having secured his election as one of the judges of the court of common pleas of the fourth judicial district of Oiiio, he gave up his practice and entered upon the discharge of his duties as judge. After serving a term of live years to the satisfaction of the bar and tlie ])eople, he was re-elected in 1806 for a second term, lie served, however, but two years of his second term, when, having regained his health, he resigned his position as judge, .January 1, 1809, and at once commenced the practice of law in Cleveland, in partnership with Hon. F. T. Backus and E. .J. Este]), Esq. Tlic copartnership was dissolved by the death of xMr. Backus, in May, 1870, but was continued with Mr. Estep until the winter or spring of 1875, since which time he has practiced alone. His practice in Cleveland has been a very successful one. lie has been constantly engaged in the courts and in his office, and during the last ten years has probably tried as many cases of importance, involving large amounts of money or property, as any lawyer in Northern Ohio. He has during that period argued many cases in the supreme court of the State of Ohio, several in the United States supreme court, and in the supreme courts of adjoining States. The history of the profession in Northern Ohio furnishes few examples of a more sncoessful practice.

In addition to his professional business. Judge Burke has devoted much attention to other business; he is now, and has been for several years past, a director and chairman of the finance and executive committee of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company, and its general connsel. He has held for several years and still holds the position of director, general counsel and chairman of the finance and executive committee of the Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railway Company, and he is also the representative in this country of all the stock of the hist-named corajjany, it being owned in Europe. He is also the representative of the owners of tlie stock of the Shenango and Allegheny Railroad Company, and also of the Mercer Mining and Manufacturing Company, and a director in both of the lastnamed comi)a-uies. He has been for some time a director of the Cincinnati, Springfield and Indianapolis and St. Louis railroad companies. He has also for several years been a director of the Lake Shore Foundry and director and president of the Cleveland and Snow Fork Coal Company, both large private corporations.

Tiie foregoing is a very brief outline of a very active professional and business life. It is too early yet to compare the subject of this brief sketch with others, or go into detail in regard to his professional, judicial and business career; he is still in the prime of Ufe; time has dealt gently with him, and his apliearance indicates that he has many years of active life still before him.

Elwood P. Haines

A mother dying at Bordentown, N. J., left an only child, Elwood P. Haines, three months of age, who was born March 4, 18.34. Soon after her death, Mr. Haines, with his mother and little son, came to Ohio, where they settled, in Deerfield, Portage county. Engaging in farming, this young life had every advantage of nature's kindly teachings; and the aspirations which grew with his years, had their beginning here. He early turned his attention toward a professional life; and to this end he availed himself of the excellent advantages afforded by an academy in a neighboring town, where he studied for years preparing for Western Reserve College. These preparations were finished under the instructions of Rev. Elias C. Sharp, a man of blessed memory in Atwater. He went through his college course and received his diploma at its close with honor to himself - ever a joy and delight to his friends. Having concluded to study medicine, he went into the office of Dr. Dudley Allen, now of Oberlin, where he remained some time, after which he took a course at Michigan University, where he graduated, receiving also the degree of M.D. from the Cleveland Medical College.

Then came the war of the rebellion. He waited not for high position, but at once enlisted as hosjjital steward. The duties of this office were so well performed, that on March 2, 1803, he was appointed assistant surgeon of the Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. A letter from the surgeon-general of Oliio, dated August 2d, 1804, says as follows:

*' Enclosed, please find your commission as major surgeon of the Twenty -ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a promotion conferred for long and meritorious services."

With such record did Dr. Haines leave the service of his country, June 36, 1865. His life in the army was characterized, as in all other circumstances, by purity and integrity in every particular.

At the close of the war he settled with his wife, whom he had married while on furlough, at Orwell ^ Ashtabula county. Here he entered at once into the hard work of the practice of medicine in the country. He was so(m called to the bitter trial of losing his wife, who left him a little daughter, still living, although those who loved her so fondly then, have gone the way of all the earth.

Broken up in his domestic matters, he bethought him of an old schoolmate who had long been a teacher in Kentucky; finding her, he soon realized "a sweet dream of his boyhood," for she became his wife in March, 1870. Soon after they came to Elyria, where Dr. Haines was the successor of Dr. Jamin Strong, whose residence and office he purcliased. By this . marriage there were two children, both daughters. One led the way and waited for "papa" in the better land, and one still cheers her mother's widowed heart.

Dr. Haiiios dicfl Oct.oI)cr 34, 1877, at. the age of forty-three and a half years. His work was done, and he rests from his labors. One who trusted his life with Dr. Haines may not be an impartial judge, yet it is his duty, aye, pleasure, to say that, as a man, he performed every dnty with true manhood; as a member of the Presbyterian chureh, l)ig()try was no element in his religious thought; as a (ntizen, he was true to the best interests of his coutitry and to all the relations of life; as a pension surgeon and surgeon of the Lake Shore and Michigan Souliiern Kailmad, he was faithful and elH(tient; as a physician, he was ever welcome, with genial face and kind attention.

Let the kind relations ever existing between him and his brothers in the practice of medicine - let the many to whose ills he ministered, who, with weeping eyes, paid their respect to a good and true man, when all joined in the sad rites that gave him rest - testify to the goodness and beauty of his cliaracter. Beloved by all, Elyria mourns the loss of Dr. Haines.

Edwin Dorr Holbrook

It is but a labor of love to trace from the earliest boyhood days the development of tiiose principles which made prominent the brief but eventful life of Edwin Dorr Holbrook. He was born in Elyria, Lorain county, Ohio, October 10, 1S3.5, is a son of Dexter and Jeruslia Holbrook, grandson of Captain Holbrook and Tyler, Avho entered Fort Ticouderoga with Ethan Allen; also great-grandson of Cfeneral Seth Pomeroy, of Bunker Hill fame.

Before scarcely attaining to the dignity of boys' apparel, while surrounded by his pets upon his father's farm, the proceeds of his first sale was, " to buy a new dress for my mother." This was the keynote of an unselfish life - " not for myself, but tor my mother, to whom I owe so much."

Here he received his rudimentary education, and became familiar with nature in its various forms; studying the habits of Ijirds, bees and animals; loving flowers; training the woodbine and wild rose around the farm-house; skilled in huuting, skating, l)oating and swimming, a knowledge which enabled him to rescue many from watery graves, - once returning hatless and coatless, after saving King Barton and a companion. Again, hearing that Mr. Snow's son was drowning in the presence of a crowd of anxious friends, he leaped into the swollen tide. For a time, they believed him lost. Soon his voice was heard: "Is this the rUjht dircrtion ? " Again he disap])eared; again they believed him drowned, being caught l)y the death struggles of the boy, and drawn under; but by almost superhuman exertions, he bore the lifeless form to the shore.

This unflinching bravery, daring to face any danger for the accomplishment of good, characterized the boy as well as the man. Fun and frolic entered largely into his compositiou, and he was the acknowledged leader in boyish tricks. He was one of a class of boys who seemed moulded for future action by that ripe .scholar, C. D. B. Jlills. He ever cherished his memory, and, in after years, expressed the wish that he might travel with him as his companion. Studied law with his brother-in-law. Judge T. S. Johnson, and with Judge Rex, of Wooster; was admitted I\Iay 7, 1857; opened an office in Elyria, and continued his studies, including German. In early life he was a constant reader; history, poetry and the writings of our early statesmen were carefully studied, as his well worn books evince. His room at his father's house was filled with books, pa])ers and speeches, which were very familiar to him. Burn ami In-ed in the democratic faith, he struggled, even during his minority, for the success of that party.

June .'3, 1801, he bade adieu to home and friends, and sailed for California, where he remained one year with his brother, practicing law, when, with thousands, who in conse((uence of the overflow of the Sacramento river and the almost fabulous tales of the richness of the Salmon river mines, he emigrated northward a distance of eight hundred miles. May 16th, 18G3, he wrote :

" I start to-morrow astride a mule which carries myself, bed and provender, off into a wilderness, over mountains and dangerous moun tain streams, through a country where the red man lies in ambush to bear my scalp to the maid be loves But I am young, have a life before me, and desire making my fortune as quickly as possible, and to see something of this country. I only care for life that I ma^' make you all bappy and independent. If I succeed all isjyuurs - if I fail I want no mourners."

During the next three years, before the perfect system of mail communication was established, occasional letters and rumors reached his home-friends, of jierilous adventure ; his narrow escape from a snow-slide by leaping from his horse, which was bnried under a pitiless .sheet of snow and ice ; his traveling over narrow, precipitous mountain trails to fulfil professional engagements. In December, ISC'), he took his seat as the youngest memlier of the thirty-ninth congress. As a member of congress he labored zealously for the development of his beloved mountain home - Idaho ; for appropriations for the perfection of mail routes and roads, for the building of the assay office and penitentiary ; also was ever laboring for the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad, in the interest of which he addressed the caj)italists of Boston. After having faithfully labored for the development of his territory for two successive terms in congress, bidding adieu for the last time to his home friends. May 2Gth, 1809, he crossed for the eightli time the plains to his mountain home where a demonstration awaited him. He at once opened a law office at Boise and Idaho City, and engaged actively in his practice. Laboring as before for everything pertaining to the advancement of Idaho, which he hojied would soon attain to the dignity of a State, in the midst of ;i successful professional career, with light hopes of the future, at the close of the summer day, June 18th, 1870, while resting with his feet upon the railing in

Biographical Sketch Houston H. Poppleton

Houston H. Poppleton w;is born near Bellville, Eicliland county, Ohio, March 19, 1830, and is the 3'Oungest son of Rev. Samuel and Julia A. Poppleton.

Rev. Samuel Poppleton was born in the State of A'ermont. July '2, 1793, but while quite young moved with Ins father to Genesee county. New York, where he lived until 1820, when he moved to Ohio. He lived in Richland county, Ohio, from 1822, until March, 1853, when he moved to Delaware, Ohio, where he continued to reside most of the time until his death, wliich occurred at Delaware, September 14, 1804. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and served with honor and distinction. Shortly after its close he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, and continued to preach, as his health would permit, for nearly fifty years. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Parthenia Steinback, of Genesee county. New York, and his second, Miss Julia A. Smith, of Richland county, Ohio. By the first marriage, four children were born, to wit: Rowena L., intermarried with F. W. Strong, of Mansfield, Ohio: Samuel D., killed in 18G4, at the battle of Atlanta, Georgia; Mary Ellen, intermarried with Daniel Fisher, of Bellville, and Andrew J., who died at West Unity, Ohio, September 25, 1850.

Emory E. has been engaged in business in Detroit and Chicago, and is now the seei'etary of the Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railroad, residing at Cleveland.

Parthenia P. married Hon. S. Burke, long prominently identified with the Lorain bar, and after residing in Elyria for over twenty-two years,' moved to Cleveland. She died at Salt Lake City, Utah, January 7, 1878, and is buried in Lake View Cemeter}-, Cleveland.

Damaris A. was married to Hon. George B. Lake, formerly a member of the Lorain bar, and now chief justice of the State of Nebraska. She died in April, 1854, and is buried in the cemetery at Elyria.

Earley F. read law, and was admitted to the bar at Elyria, and after practicing there several years, moved to Delaware, Ohio, where he has ever since been actively and successfully engaged in law and politics. He was elected State senator from the counties of Licking and Delaware, and after serving one term was elected on the democratic ticket to the fortyfourth congress, from the ninth Ohio congressional district. Although one of the youngest members of that body, he was active and industrious, and served

Zada C. was married to Thomas H. Linnell, of Elyria, and resided there during the whole of her married life. She died March 29, 1875, and is buried in the cemetery at Elyria.

Houston H. Poppleton received his early education in the common schools at Bellville, but entered the Ohio Weslej-an University at Delaware, Ohio, in the spring of 1853, and, although his attendance was not continuous, he graduated from that institution in June, 1858. He taught school several winters in the counties of Delaware and Richland, while pursuing his studies at the university, and also had general charge of his father's mercantile house at Richwood, from April, 1855, to February, 1857. In September,

1859, when he entered the Cincinnati Law College. Completing the prescribed course there, he graduated from it April 10, 1800, and was admitted to the bar at Cincinnati the same day. Returning to Elyria, he formed a law partnership with Judge Burke, and commenced practice May 3, 1800. After Judge Burke's election to the bench, he formed a law partnership with Hon. H. D. Clark, which continued about two years. On the 10th of February, 1804, at Cincinnati, he was married to Miss Lucina H. Cross, of that city. He resided on the northwest corner of Broad and Chestnut streets, in Elyria, until September 24, 1875, when he moved with his family to Cleveland.

From the latter part of 1804 he continued in active general practice at Elyria, without a jiartner, until November, 1873, when he was a]ii)ointed general attorney of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railway company, with headquarters at Cleveland, which position he still holds. He was prominent, active and successful in his practice, as the records of the courts of Lorain and adjoining counties abundantly show, and in his removal the bar of Lorain county sustained a serious loss. By accepting the position of general attorney of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railway he became the head of the legal department of that corporation, and has had entire charge of its legal business along the whole line, as well as elsewhere. Giving his personal attention to the details of all the litigation of the company - trying only causes that should be tried, and settling those that should be settled - he has, by his fair, honorable and judicious course, made many friends for himself, and secured for his company a reputation and good will that any railroad in the country might well envy.