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Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and
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1894
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Grove C. Cannon
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Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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D. M.
Carey
pg. 675 |
DOMINICK M. CAREY,
the subject of this sketch, was born at Dundas, Ontario, Canada,
Mar. 2, 1844. He was the second son of Michael and
Winifred (Howard) Carey. Michael Carey, father
of D. M. Carey, was born in County Galway, Ireland, about
1824, and let the "old sod" bound for America, when only a lad;
and soon after his arrival in Canada, being a boy of industrious
habits and great energy, he apprenticed himself to a tanner and
currier to learn the business of making leather.
The son, Dominick M. Carey, being dissatisfied
with the narrow field and limited opportunities for acquiring
for himself fame and fortune that were afforded by his father's
tannery, left the parental roof at the early age of sixteen and
boldly and courageously struck out, unaided and alone, to begin
the battle of life. He was a born leader of men.
This fact was exemplified in his childhood by the commanding
influence exerted by him over the men in the tannery, and over
the children on the play-ground of the public school; and in his
later career, by the wonderful control had by him over the
armies of men he employed on the public works. There were
two prominent reasons why this was so. First, he was the
soul of honor, always doing exactly as he had promised to do;
secondly
all with whom he had business relations had unlimited faith in
his knowledge of his business and in his judgment as to the best
methods for obtaining the desired end. He was generous to
a fault, and no worthy and needy person who made his necessities
known ever left him empty-handed.
Mr. Carey left Canada in 1860, going to Niagara
county, New York, where he sought and obtained employment a a
laborer in building railroads, bridges and tunnels, and rising
step by step to be "boss of a gang," superintendent of
construction, sub-contractor, and finally the leading spirit and
active manager of a firm of contractors, widely known both in
the united States and Canada. The work of this noted firm
is to be found in almost every part of this great country, from
the new Croton aqueduct in New York city on the East to the
Union Pacific Railroad on the West, a large portion of both
having been built by Mr. Carey, besides many railroads,
bridges, and tunnels between.
On the 28th of February, 1881, Mr. Carey was
happily married to Miss Clara Gleeson who was the
daughter of Edmond and Charlotte (Comstock) Gleeson.
They had three children, all boys: Le Grand G., born May
25, 1882; James Howard, born June 2, 1886; and Edmond
M., born Sept. 7, 1888. They are bright boys and are
find representatives of both father and mother. It is said
of the father of these boys, D. M. Carey, that for years
he had from 700 to 1,200 men in the employ at the same time, and
that having once seen a man and heard his name spoken he never
forgot either! Le Grand G. seems to possess a
similar faculty.
Mrs. Carey was born June 25, 1851, and is a
refined and cultured lady, well educated and has a talent that
fits her for business. Edmond Gleeson, the father
of Mrs. D. M. Carey, was born in 1810, married to Miss
Charlotte Comstock, Apr. 4, 1848, and died Oct. 26, 1854.
His widow subsequently (1859) married James C. Cleveland,
Esq., who was born Oct. 16, 1825, and seemed to be just in
his prime. Mrs. Carey and her sons live with
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland on Castle Hill, Independence,
Ohio. Mr. Carey was drowned at Wheeling,
West Virginia, Jan. 14, 1892.
The Wheeling Daily Register of Jan. 15, in a long
article discriptive of the sad event, says: "The Register
this morning is pained to chronicle the death of an active
business man, one of a class whose energy, ability and general
attributes made him a valued and valuable member of the
community, and whose loss will be universally deplored. It
was characteristic of Dominick M. Carey that death found
him in the midst of danger, at a point where he had forbidden
his men to go, and that he was engaged in the supervision of
details for the protection of the greatest work he had yet
undertaken,— the Main street stone bridge—when he was swallowed
up in the icy and turbid waters of the stream he had spanned
with the greatest stone arch in America. The bridge will
stand a fitting monument to the memory of its great builder."
The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, of the same date, in
an extended article from which we quote, says: "It was reported
about the city in the forenoon yesterday that Mr. Dominick
Carey, of the well known firm of contractors building Main
street bridge, had been drowned, and inquiry confirmed the awful
story! The death of a man of his prominence and usefulness
would have been enough of itself to send a thrill of sorrow
through the community, but the special features which attended
the sad occurrence made the horror of it almost as great as the
sorrow, which was general. The regret for the death of
Mr. Carey is as nearly universal as a feeling of
sorrow ever was in any community."
A diligent and extended search for the body of Mr.
Carey was immediately begun, and after weeks of labor and
anxiety it was found, tenderly conveyed to Dundas, the
place of his birth, and buried by the side of his relatives.
Mr. Carey's mother died
Apr. 24, 1894, and sleeps by the side of her son.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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John Carlisle
pg. 523 |
JOHN CARLISLE Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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WILLIAM F. CARR,
a Cleveland attorney, was born at Canal Fulton, Ohio, Mar. 13,
1848. His parents, Joseph and Jane M. Carr,
removed to Illinois when their son was a small child, and
thereafter until the fall of 1872 their home was in that State,
where young Carr was brought up on a farm and given a
liberal education in the public schools. Leaving Illinois
he returned to Ohio, and at Bucyrus began the reading of law
under the guidance of General E. B. Finley, his uncle.
He was admitted to the bar in 1875, and shortly afterward
removed to Cleveland and entered upon what has been a successful
career in his profession. In 1876 he formed a partnership
with Thomas Emery, which continued till 1879, when his
partner left Cleveland and located in Bryan, Ohio. Thereafter
Mr. Carr remained alone in practice until the fall of 1883, when
he associated himself with F. H. Goff. Jan. 1,
1890, Mr. Carr and his partner, Mr. Goff,
and E. J. Estep and Judge M. R. Dickey, associated
themselves together in the practice of their profession, under
the firm name of Estep, Dickey, Carr &,
Goff, which is now one of the strongest law firms of
Cleveland.
Mr. Carr's father was born in Stark
county, Ohio, and his mother was born in Holmes county, this
State. The father is a farmer and lives a retired life at
Wadsworth, Ohio. Mr. Carr's paternal
grandfather was a native of New Jersey and at a very early date
migrated to Stark county. On the maternal side Mr.
Carr traces his ancestral history back to England, the
early ancestors in this country coming before the Revolutionary
war, and among them his great-grandfather, who was a participant
in the Revolutionary war.
Nov. 8, 1883, Mr. Carr married Alice
T. Codding, of Bucyrus, Ohio, and their children are
Marion Codding and Marjoria Leigh.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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ECKSTEIN CASE, a prominent
resident of Cleveland and a member of a distinguished family,
and, holding a position of conspicuous order as secretary and
treasurer of the Case School of Applied Science, is particularly
deserving of attention in this connection. He was born at
Carlyle, Clinton county, Illinois, July 9, 1858, and there he
was reared to mature years. His father, the late Zopher
Case, was a native of Ohio and a brother of the late
Leonard Case, Sr. one of the most prominent business men of
Cleveland for many years. The father of one subject was
born at Warren, Trumbull county, Jan. 5, 1804. he removed
from his native State to Illinois about the year 1829 and
located at Carlyle. In his later days he resided in
Cleveland, where he died, Aug. 2, 1884, his remains being taken
so many years and where he had attained a position
of unmistakable prominence. He had been an ardent and active
supporter of the Democratic party, and was conspicuous in the
political affairs of the community in which he lived, having
held many of the more important county offices. He was a
prominent Royal Arch Mason and also an active member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Mary
Ellen Halstead, who died in 1882, at the age of
sixty-four years. They became the parents of thirteen
children, eight of whom are living. They were of German
and Holland descent respectively, their ancestors having come to
America about the middle of the eighteenth century. Mrs.
Case was a lineal descendant of Governor
Richard Nichols, of New York.
The subject of this review attended school in his
native town until he had attained the age of fourteen years, and
in 1878 he gained a cadetship at West Point Military Academy,
where he remained for two years. He left West Point to
engage in the study of law, commencing his course of reading at
Carlyle, Illinois, in the fall of 1880. In July of the
succeeding year he came to Cleveland and entered the law office
of Judge J. E. Ingersoll, with whom he remained one year,
after which he continued his studies for an equal length of time
in the office of Ranney & Ranney. In the
fall of 1883 he entered the senior class of the law school of
the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and graduated at that
institution in March, 1884, at which time he was admitted to
practice at the Michigan bar. Returning to Ohio, he was admitted
to the Ohio bar, at Columbus, in May of that year. He
forthwith engaged in the practice of his profession in
Cleveland, devoting his attention principally to the settlement
of estates. In this line of practice he appeared chiefly
before the probate court, though his general practice was of
some extent.
In July of 1887 he accepted the position as secretary
and treasurer of the Case School of Applied Science, to the
discharge of the functions of which incumbency he has since
devoted his attention. The school, whose work is one of great
practical value, was endowed by his cousin, Leonard Case,
and the institution holds high rank among those of similar
province in the Union.
Politically Mr. Case is a Democrat.
He is a thirty-second-degree Mason, and from 1887 to 1890 held
the position as Secretary of the Scottish Rite bodies of
Cleveland. He is a member of the Greek fraternity, the Phi
Delta Phi.
Mr. Case is a man of fair education,
having graduated at Ann Arbor with the degree of Bachelor of
Laws, and having been closely identified with the Case School of
Applied Science he has done much effective work in advancing the
cause not only of science but of education in general.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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GEORGE L. CASE, attorney and
real-estate dealer, Cleveland, was born Oct. 5, 1842, at Sharon,
Medina county, Ohio. His father, Seth A. Case, was
born Jan. 10, 1814, in New York State, and when ten years of age
came to Ohio, with his father, who settled in Medina county,
where he lived the remainder of his days. He was an
esteemed pioneer of that county, a man of sterling character,
who commanded the respect of his neighbors and acquaintances,
and a pioneer and leader in all temperance, church and
educational work. He was a mechanical genius, and operated
a wagon and carriage factory for a number of years at Sharon,
where he died in 1885, having retired from active business ten
years previously. The Case family is of English
origin, the early representatives of the family in this country
settling in Connecticut.
The subject of this sketch, after attending the common
schools, entered the academy of his native town and completed
the course there. In 1862 he entered the quartermaster's
department in the United States Army service at Nashville,
Tennessee, where he remained till 1863, when on account of ill
health returned to Sharon, where for two years he was engaged in
farming. He then came to Cleveland and engaged in the
real-estate business, to which he confined himself till 1876.
He subsequently located in New York city, where he studied law
in Columbia College, and graduated in the spring of 1880, at
which time he was admitted to the bar of that State. He
practiced his profession in that State for about two years and
then returned to Cleveland, being admitted to practice in the
State of Ohio in June, 1883, since which time he has been an
active and successful member of the Cleveland bar.
Meanwhile he has been largely interested in the real-estate
business, building in the city on an average of about twenty
houses per year for the last five years. Mr.
Case is one of the leading Prohibitionists of the State, and
has been actively engaged in the interests of his party since
1871. He has been for the last several years chairman of
the county executive committee, as well as a member of the Ohio
State executive committee, and was for two years treasurer of
the latter. In 1892 he was a Prohibition candidate for
Secretary of State, and made a very creditable race, running
ahead of his party ticket, though he was defeated because of the
weakness of his party, which has steadily gained in its strength
from the time of its organization in the State.
In 1887 Mr. Case was married to Miss
Ella Zerbe, daughter of the late Jonathan Zerbe,
of Massillon.
Mr. Case has always been a man of
temperate habits, hence his enthusiasm as a Prohibitionist.
His moral character is above reproach, and as a citizen he is of
progressive spirit. He has been a stanch friend of
education, and has for the last several years been a trustee of
Buchtel College, of Akron, Ohio.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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FRANK S. CLARK, M. D.
- In the great competitive struggle of life, when each man must
enter the field and fight his way to the front, or else be
overtaken by disaster of circumstance or place, proving either a
coward or a victim, there is ever a particular interest
attaching to the life of one who has turned the tide of success,
had surmounted obstacles and has shown his ability to cope with
others in their rush for the coveted goal. The record of
such lives must ever be a fecund source of interest and
incentive.
Dr. Clark, who has gained enviable prestige as
one of the most able and successful of the younger practitioners
of medicine and surgery in the city of Cleveland, was born in
Summit county, Ohio, on the 27th of May, 1865, a son of H. J.
and Lizzie P. (Blackman) Clark, both of whom are natives of
Ohio. The father is now actively engaged in the general
mercantile business. In early life he was for about twenty
years a prominent teacher, being for some time superintendent of
the public schools at Oberlin, Ohio. He is a graduate of
the Western Reserve University, and at one time he had charge of
the academy at Poland, Ohio. He is a resident of Oberlin,
and has for years been a Deacon of the First Congregational
Church of that place.
Our subject is the second of a family of five children,
two of whom died in childhood. Those living are noted as
follows: Mary A. is a graduate of Oberlin College, and
has been a successful teacher. She taught at Nashville,
Tennessee, under the auspices of the American Missionary
Association of the Congregational Church. Edward W.
Clark is a graduate of Oberlin College, in which institution
he was for two years an instructor in Latin and Greek, for the
teaching of which languages he is now (1893) in Germany
perfecting himself.
Dr. Clark completed a classical course at Oberlin
and graduated in 1887, receiving the degree of A. M. in 1890.
In the fall of the same eyar he began the study of medicine in
the medical department of the Western Reserve University,
graduating in 1890. He filled the position as house
physician at Lakeside Hospital for one year and then entered
upon a general practice in the city of Cleveland, leaving the
hospital in April, 1891. He had charge of the Maternity
Hospital for one year after severing his connection with the
Lakeside Hospital. He is a member of the Cuyahoga County
and the Cleveland Medical Societies and is also identified with
the State medical association.
Dr. Clark has met with success in his
professional work, has gained recognition for his worth and
ability and is one of the most promising among the young
physicians of the Forest City. He has been a close and
conscientious student, is thoroughly abreast of the progress
made in the science of medicine and is enthusiastic in his
profession. He is at present visiting physician and
surgeon to St. Alexis Hospital.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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JAMES H. CLARK,
of Cleveland, was born in England, in 1832, a son of Robert
and Eliza (Neat) Clark, natives of Malmesbury, Wiltshire,
England, the former born in 1802, and the latter in 1803.
They were brought to Cleveland, Ohio, by our subject and his
brother in 1860. The father followed agricultural
pursuits. Both he and his wife were members of the
established Church of England. Mr. Clark died in
1887, at the age of eight-five years and his wife survived until
1890, dying at the age of eighty-seven years. They were
the parents of ten children, namely: Charles, M. B.,
Alfred and Eliza, deceased; Alfred, James H.,
the subject of this sketch; Eliza, now Mrs. Miller,
and resides in California; Fanny, now Mrs. Reynolds,
of this city, whose husband is a State Senator; William T.,
of Cleveland; and Worthy, of Chardon, this State.
James H. came to America in 1852, locating in
this city and began the oil business on a small scale in 1862.
He has continued that occupation through his career of business
life. His first partners in the business were John D.
Rosafellow and Samuel Andrews, and his brothers M.
B. and Richard are members of the firm of Andrews,
Clark and Company. The firm was later known as
Clark Brothers and Company, consisting of Richard
Clark (now deceased). Worthy Clark and H. W. Payne,
but no relation of Colonel Payne. Colonel
Payne subsequently became a member of the firm, which was
then known as, Clark, Payne and Company. In
1872 the firm consolidated with the Standard Oil Company, but of
which organization he took no active part. In 1879 the
partnership of Clark, Childs & Company was
organized, which was later merged into Clark Brothers &
Company, consisting of the same members as before with the
exception of a son of our subject. The business was bought
by the Standard Oil Company in 1886. Since then Mr.
Clark has been in no active business. He has had a
large and varied experience in the oil business, in which he
still owns large interests. He was engaged in that
occupation before the days of cars, when the oil was moved by "pondfloods."
In addition to his other interests, Mr. Clark was
also formerly engaged in the hardware and copper ore business.
He handled masses of copper which weighed from seven to nine
tons, and which would render from eighty to ninety per cent, of
pure copper. It was mined from the National and Cliff
mines, of Lake Superior.
In 1867 he bought eighteen acres of land on Cedar
street in East Cleveland, for a home for his parents. This
property has proved a splendid investment, being located in one
of the most beautiful parts of the city. The parents had a
happy home there for many years, and celebrated their golden
wedding in 1872, and kept up the celebrating for thirteen years
annually. The streets Harriet and Eliza were laid out on
this tract of land, the latter named in honor of Mr.
Clark's mother, and the former for his wife Harriet.
James street, named in honor of himself, had to be changed, as
there was one in another part of the city of that name.
Mr. Clark has invested in many other
enterprises of the city, and has been very successful in all his
ventures, which is due to his great energy and good business
sagacity. Both as a business man and citizen he is widely
and favorably known for his energy, generosity, uprightness,
enterprise and public spirit.
In 1855 Mr. Clark was united in marriage
with Miss Harriet Lancaster, a daughter of William
Lancaster, of Cleveland. They have had seven children,
viz.: William E., who married a Miss Foljambe and
resides in this city; Charles A., a resident of Elyria,
married Miss Landon; James H., of Cleveland,
married a Miss Clark, but no relative; Wallace
N., of this city, has just returned from Germany, where he
was pursuing a course in chemistry; and Hattie and
Jennie, twins, the former the wife of Dr. Foljambe,
of this city, and the latter the wife of G. W. Gender.
The wife and mother died in March, 1892, at the age of sixty
years.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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SAMUEL J. CLARK,
deceased, was one of the highly esteemed citizens of Bedford
township, and it is due him and his posterity that his name be
recorded among the honored pioneers of Cuyahoga county. A
native of the Empire State, he was born in St. Lawrence county,
Sept. 4, 1823, a son of Linneus and Huldah (Bunnell) Clark,
natives of New Hampshire. The family is descended from
English ancestry. In 1830 they emigrated to this county,
when Samuel J. was a boy of seven years. Here he
grew to maturity amid the wild surroundings of a frontier farm,
gaining his education in the primitive log schoolhouse where the
foundation was laid for many noble careers. He was himself
a teacher for many years, but finally retired to the old
homestead where he devoted his energies to husbandry. He
died May 17, 1887, aged sixty-four years.
He was married Sept. 17, 1857, at Orange, Ohio, to
Harriet A Boynton, a daughter of Amos and Alpha (Ballou)
Boynton, natives of New York and New Hampshire respectively.
Mr. and Mrs. Boynton were married at Newburgh, Ohio, and
to them were born seven children: Henry B.; Harriet A.;
Phoebe M., widow of John H. Clapp, who was a
prominent citizen of Warrensville, Ohio; Dr. Silas A., of
Cleveland; Cordelia M.; Arnold, deceased, and
Bently, who died at the age of fourteen months. These
children enjoyed superior educational advantages, being students
at Hiram College. Mr. and Mrs. Clark had a family
of live children: W. B., born Mar 29, 1859, was a member
of the class of 1881 at Hiram College; he is now the principal
of the grammar department department of the Bedford schools; he
was married July 14, 1886, at Ravenna, Ohio, to Hattie E.
Marryman, daughter of Henry and Eliza (Bruce) Marryman;
she was born in Randolph, Ohio; they are the parents of four
children: Paul, M. Blanche, Mabel Anna and Logan
Ballou; Harriet A. Clark was born Jan. 31, 1863; she
is the assistant superintendent of the Bedford High School;
Cora M., born Nov. 28, 1865, is a graduate of Hiram College,
finishing with the class of 1888; she is now a teacher in her
Alma Mater; Linneus B. was born Apr. 23, 1868; Bertha
A. was born Oct. 4, 1872; she is now a student at Hiram
College, having finished the high-school course at Cleveland.
The family occupy a pleasant home on the farm of seventy acres,
situated near the village of Bedford. They are all
progressive in their ideas, and are laboring earnestly in the
cause of education, religion and temperance reform.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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A. CLAUS,
a furniture manufacturer of Cleveland, was born in Brookhausen,
Prussia, in January, 1857. He learned cabinet-making from
his father, Henry Claus, who was a manufacturer of
prominence in his native city. In accordance with a desire
to join his brothers and sisters in the United States, and to
avoid the three years of military duty devolving on German
subjects on becoming eighteen years of age, our subject left
Germany in company with his father and the remaining members of
the family, and reached Cleveland without delay. He
secured employment with Claus & Bush on Pearl street, and
was with them about four years. J. Herig & Son were
his next employers for a period of three years. Burl,
Case & Company secured his services the net two years, and
he was in the employ of the Singer Sewing Machine Company the
succeeding two years. He subsequently became a partner in
the West Side Furniture Company, on Orchard street, and six
years later established himself at 629 Seneca street. He
is in company with Mr. Quelles, and the value of the
plant will reach $10,000. The business has increased one
third since its organization, and the men employed will average
twenty. When Mr. Claus came to Cleveland he was in
debt. For a time on his first arrival he worked for his
board and clothes. His energy put him on his feet in
a few years and now ho is building up a profitable business.
Henry Claus is the father of ten children, only six of
whom are now living; Henry; Frederick; John A.;
Eleanor, wife of Henry Richter, of La
Porte, Indiana, and Mary, married and living in Germany.
Mr. Claus married in Cleveland, in 1881, Miss
Ellen Geralin. Their children are:
Arthur, August, Otto, Loesa,
Lydia and Clara.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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Gen. Moses Cleveland
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Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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FRANK M. COATES, M. D.,
was born in Richfield, Summit county, Ohio, July 26, 1848.
When he was about five years old his parents removed to
Brecksville, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where he was reared on his
father's farm. He attended the common schools and high
school at Brecksville and also Oberlin College, afterward
becoming principal of the high school at Brecksville for one
year. He then took up the study of medicine with Dr.
Knowlton, of Brecksville, for one year, then entered the
office of Dr. W. J. Scott, of Cleveland, where he studied
about two years and attended lectures. He was a charter
member of the old Wooster Medical College of Cleveland. He
practiced medicine one year at Brecksville and in June, 1872,
came to Berea, where he has since been in constant practice.
For two years he held the chair in the Department of Pharmacy in
Baldwin University. He enjoys a good practice in his
profession.
Dr. Coates was married at Northfield, Summit
county, Ohio, May 28. 1872, to Miss Annie M. E.
Chaffee, who was born in Summit county county, Ohio, and who
was for some time a student in Baldwin University, being well
known in society circles. They have one son, Frank M.
Dr. Coates has been for many years a
member of the Board of Health of Berea. He has taken an
active part in local affairs and is a Republican in politics.
He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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J.
H. COATES, a merchant of Brecksville, is
of English ancestry. His father, John Coates, was
born in Yann, Yorkshore, England, in 1801; and his father, also
named John, emigrated with his family to the United
States in 1803, settling in Genesee county, New York, leaving
England because of the domineering rule of the aristocrats.
He was a wealthy man, and in 1845 exchanged his Genesee county
property for a tract of 3,300 acres of land in North Royalton,
Ohio. In the winter of that year he and his son John
came here on horseback, built a house upon the land and
returned home; and during the ensuing summer, with wagons and
teams of horses the entire family moved here, arriving in North
Royalton after a journey of six weeks.
In November, 1827, John Coates, Jr., married
Lucy Ann Weld, who was born in Guilford, Connecticut, in
1806, and they came and occupied the house at North Royalton.
Mrs. Coates died in 1852, at the house before mentioned,
and Mr. Coates in 1873, at Brecksville, not members of
any church; he was a zealous Republican. Their children
were: Edmund, born in 1828; James M., 1830;
James H., whose name heads this sketch, born in 1832;
Mary Weld, who died in infancy, was born in 1834; Mary A.,
now living at Brecksville, born 1837; Frank M., born in
1848, is a doctor at Berea; Louis W., born 1845, now at
Lincoln, Nebraska; and, William R. who was born in 1851,
and is now mayor of Brooklyn, Ohio.
Mr. J. H. Coates was born in the northeastern
corner of Royalton township, this county, and
when fourteen years of age entered the store of B. H. Wood
& Company, of West Richfield, Summit county, this State, where
he remained two or three years; next he was at Sharon three
years; at Akron a year, employed in Old Stone Block for
McCurdy & Michner, merchants; and finally came to
Brecksville township.
In 1855 he married Miss Maria L. Storrs, a
native of New York State and a daughter of Elijah
Storrs, who settled in Summit county in pioneer times.
After his marriage Mr. Coates located in the
village of Brecksville. In 1857, his health being poor, he
moved to Grand Haven, Michigan, where he remained five years, a
portion of which time he was in the lumber business, and while a
resident there a daughter was born in the family, named Julia
M., who is now the wife of H. C. King. He is a
professor at Oberlin (Ohio) College, where she graduated in
July, 1879. She has spent one year at Berlin, Germany,
pursuing an advanced course of study.
In 1863 Mr. Coates returned to Brecksville
township, moved to the center and at once launched into
mercantile business. In Brecksville township Ben E. was
born, who also is now a merchant at the center. In 1893 he
also made a journey abroad, being gone about six months.
He is a leading business man of the place, being very popular,
etc.
When the subject of this sketch returned to Brecksville
he opened a store in compliance with a request of a number of
customers. His capital was limited, but his energy and
good judgment enabled him to prosper, and he remained in
business there until 1889, when he retired and left his son to
continue the business, as head partner. For the entire
time he has been merchant there he has also been Postmaster, and
is now holding that position. The office is still
continued in the building, which is now rented.
Mr. Coates has always been a Republican. Has
been Township Treasurer for thirty years, Township Clerk in
1850-'51 before his marriage. In all his public relations
he has given good satisfaction, establishing a reputation that
may be envied by almost anyone. He and his wife and son
are exemplary members of the Congregational Church, of which
body he has been Treasurer for many years, and in which he has
held other offices, and is now Deacon. He has a very
pleasant home, north of the village. Is one of
Brecksville's most highly respected citizens, influential in the
community and a successful business man.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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WILLIAM R. COATES,
Deputy County Clerk of Cuyahoga county, was born in Royalton,
this county, Nov. 17, 1851, a son of John and Lucy (Weld)
Coates. Soon after his birth his parents moved from
their log-cabin home to Brecksville, where he was reared and
received his education, which he continued at Oberlin College.
At the age of seventeen he began teaching district school in the
township of Brecksville, and continued for several years in
connection with the management of a farm. Subsequently he
taught high school at Independence, Ohio. Also he was a
member of the Board of Education for seven years, and was
influential in establishing the graded school of Brecksville—the
first in the county outside of a village or city. He was
also instrumental in establishing township superintendency, his
township being the first in the county to adopt it. During
the twelve years he was in the teachers' profession he did much
institute work in this county, holding various offices and being
twice its president.
In 1884 he received the appointment of Deputy County
Clerk, under Dr. Henry W. Kitchen, and continued there
until after his election to the Sixty-seventh General Assembly.
For member of this body he received his nomination
unexpectedly,—indeed it was a great surprise to him. At
that time he was secretary of the Republican Central Committee,
in which office he had gained a wide acquaintance as well as
popularity,—a popularity probably much greater than he was aware
of. In the election he ran considerably ahead of his
ticket. While in the Legislature he was chosen secretary
of the Cuyahoga county joint delegation, and was a member of the
standing committees on Schools, Fees and Salaries, Temperance
and Enrollment; and in all his relations here he did efficient
work in the interests of the public. Since his term in the
Legislature expired he has continuously filled the office of
Deputy County Clerk. He has been very efficient in his
labors for the political welfare of his county, State and
nation. He is a member and Clerk of the Board of Education
in Brooklyn village. Was active in his advocacy of the
annexation of that suburb to the city of Cleveland, and was on
April 2d elected Mayor by a large majority over a popular
competitor.
He was married in Brecksville, this county, in 1872, to
Miss Lettie White, daughter of Julius
and Harriet (Stone) White, and they have two children,—Herbert
J. and Mary Weld,—and are members of the
Congregational Church. The residence is on Greenwood
avenue in Brooklyn village.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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Henry H.
Coit
pg. 619 |
HENRY H. COIT Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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J. G. Coleman
pg. 493 |
DR. J. G. COLEMAN Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
- Page 493 |
Henry Covert
pg. 386 |
HENRY COVERT Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
- Page 386 |
James Covert
pg. 300 |
JAMES COVERT Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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