Biographies
Source:
Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and
Cleveland, Ohio
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Publ. Chicago:
The Lewis Publishing Company
1894
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CHARLES W. DAVIS, a young and
progressive man of business enterprise, was born in the city of
Cleveland, June 30, 1867, a son of Dr. E. F. Davis,
mentioned further on.
Mr. Davis is engaged in the real-estate and
insurance business (office at 462 Pearl street), in which he has
given evience of ability and has been successful. He has
had a systematic business education, having graduated at the
Spencerian Business College, after having attended the
high-school of the city of Cleveland. He is a gentleman of
easy manner, is a pleasant converser, and, although a young man,
evinces extraordinary business tact. He is a director of
the Ohio Savings Building and Loan Association.
Politically he is a Republican, and takes a decided interest in
teh issues of the day.
In 1891 he married Miss Pauline R. Fetterman, of
Cleveland, and both himself and wife are members of the Disciple
Church, in which field they take an active and efficient part.
Their residence is at 1328 Detroit street.
D. E. F. Davis, father of the preceding and a
prominent physician of Cleveland, was born at Poland, Ohio, in
1829, a descendant of an early family in the settlement of this
country. His ancestors were of Welsh origin, and among
them there were several who were participants in the
Revolutionary war as Colonial soldiers.
Dr. Davis graduated at the Eclectic Medical
Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, and has been in the active
practice of medicine for forty years. Twenty-three years
ago he came to Cleveland, and has since been prominent in the
medical profession at this place. He is an old
practitioner, thoroughly well up in his profession, never having
much love for politics, though a zealous Republican.
Besides being prominent in his profession he sustains
important business relations, being president of the Ohio
Savings Building and Loan Association, and connected with other
business enterprises. In these relations also he shows
that he is a man of shrewd judgment. Fraternally, he is a
member of the Order of Odd Fellows. His residence is at
1330 Detroit street.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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F. W. DAVIS,
physician and surgeon at No. 387 Pearl Street, Cleveland, was
born in Merrimac county, New Hampshire, July 14, 1853, a son of
William S. and Maria E. (Widmer) Davis. The father
was born in Boston, Sept. 25, 1825, moved with his parents to
New Jersey when young, and followed the sea for thirteen years.
During the late war he enlisted in Company C, Thirteenth New
Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and after three years of service
was prostrated by a sun-stroke, from which he never fully
recovered. After returning to his command, he was
transferred to the navy, where he served until the expiration of
his term of enlistment. Dr. Davis was at first a
carriage manufacturer by occupation, and was senior member of
the firm of Davis & Son. He was one of the founders
of the Brothers Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a
member of the I. O. O. F. and of the E. E. Sturtevant
Post, G. A. R. His death occurred in February, 1890.
Mrs. Davis, a native of Switzerland, resides in Conrad,
New Hampshire, aged sixty-six years. They were the parents
of six children, all still living.
F. W. Davis, the only one of the above family in
the West, came to this city in 1872. He secured the
position of clerk in the office of Superintendent of the Lake
Shore Railroad, and while there also read medicine with Dr.
G. O. Spence and W. H. Kitchen. In 1882 he
graduated in the medical department of the Western Reserve
University, and immediately began the practice of his
profession, on Pearl street, Cleveland, and is well and
favorably known as one of the prominent young physicians of the
city. He is genial, pleasant and courteous, and in every
way worthy and esteemed citizen, as well as a practitioner of
skill and ability.
In 1876 the Doctor was united in marriage with Miss
Hannah M. Hubble, a daughter of Oliver C. and Harriet
Hubble, both now deceased. The father was born in
Newburg, Ohio, in 1818, was a farmer in early life, and
afterward became a teacher of Penmanship and art. After
residing in Chagrin Falls and Strongsville, he came to Cleveland
in 1862, locating on the West Side, where he died May 2, 1890.
Mrs. Hubble was born in England, came with her parents in
a wagon from Philadelphia to Ohio at the age of sixteen years,
was married in Chagrin FAlls, and her death occurred in 1888,
when she was aged sixty-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Hubble
were the oldest members of the Franklin Avenue Christian Church.
Our subject and wife have one child, Howard H. Mrs.
Davis is now a member of the Disciple 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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JAMES F. J. DAVIS,
Sergeant at Arms of the City Council, Cleveland, Ohio, was born
in Orleans county, New York, Aug. 6, 1839, son of Paul H. and
Caroline (Leland) Davis, the former of native of Vermont and
the latter of New York. Paul H. Davis was seven
years old when he went with his parents, Joseph and Dolly
Davis, to Orleans county. That was in 1820, and there
he has since remained, all these years being spent on the same
farm where he now lives retired. Joseph Davis
bought his article for this land in the old Holland purchase.
The great-grandfather of our subject, Sergeant Paul Davis,
served five years, nine months and eighteen days in the war of
the Revolution. His discharge, dated June 8, 1783, is now
in the possession of Mr. Davis. It bears the
signature of George Washington. At the early age of
three years Mr. Davis was deprived of a mother's loving
care, her death having occurred when she was twenty-five.
Upon reaching young manhood, Mr. Davis turned
his face westward and in Michigan spent the winter of 1857-'58
in teaching school. Following that experience he entered
the employ of a Government contractor in the Territory of
Nebraska, with whom he remained about a year. Then he was
in railroad employ for some months, next went to Memphis and
from there to Wisconsin. The winter of 1860 he spent in
the pineries of Wisconsin, and was there when the war broke out.
He enlisted in May, 1861, for three years, and as a member of
Company G, Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, went to the
front, his regiment becoming a part of the Army of the Potomac.
He served until February, 1863. At the battle of Antietam
he was seriously wounded, and form the time of that battle until
his discharge he was in hospital. Previous to the
engagement at Antietam he was in several other battles, in all
of which he acted the part of a true and patriotic soldier.
After his recovery Mr. Davis located in
Cleveland, Ohio, and since March, 1863, he has been a resident
of this city. For eleven years he was in the employ of the
Adams Express Company. Then he looked after the city trade
for the Marion & Morgan Paraffine Company for
eleven years. Since April, 1892, he has served in his
present official position in the City Council.
Mr. Davis was married in June, 1861, to Miss
Annie Benbow, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Benbow,
natives of England but residents of Beloit, Wisconsin.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis
have had five children, namely: Frank Annie, wife
of Dr. K. B. Waite, of Cleveland, Ohio; Elizabeth C.,
who died at the age of twenty-four years; James H., who
died at the age of twenty-two; Herbert, who married
Emma Cushman and resided in Cleveland; and Burt, a
student in the Cleveland high school.
In Knight of Pythias circles Mr. Davis is
well known. He has passed through all the chairs in the
lodge and Endowment Rank, and has represented his lodge in the
Grand Lodge three terms. He is also a member of
Memorial Post, No. 141, G. A. R., Cleveland, his name being on
the list of charter members, and in this organization he has
also held official position.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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HIRAM DAY, one of the
oldest living settlers of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is the second
son and fourth-born of a family of eight children. His
parents were Benjamin and Nancy (Andrews) Day. The
father was a native of New Jersey, but removed from that State
to Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1811. in 1812, on
the day of the battle of Put-in-Bay, September 10, he arrived in
Cleveland, Ohio, and was greeted with the roar of the cannon not
far distant. He and other settlers there had everything in
readiness to "beat a hasty retreat" in case the Americans lost
the day. William Hale and A. Crosby were
among the number who were there on that eventful day. He
purchased 333 acres of land, all of which was heavily timbered,
and undertook the arduous task of reducing it to a state of
cultivation. The bear, wolf and deer roved through the
forest at will, and many Indians dwelt in the neighborhood.
Here in these wild surroundings their children were reared and
educated, with the exception of Phoebe, deceased, who remained
in Pennsylvania with her grandmother; she married James
Hannah; Robert grew to manhood upon his father's
farm, but chose the profession of medicine as his vocation; he
became one of the prominent physicians of this State, and died
at an advanced age; Hiram is the subject of this notice;
Lavinia, deceased, was the wife of Abner Crosby;
Catherine, deceased, was the wife of Hiram Mellrath;
Margaret, deceased, Delilah, who married S.
McFarlin, of Cleveland; and Florus, who died at the
age of seven or eight years. The father died at the
venerable age of ninety-four years, the mother having passed
away some years earlier.
Hiram Day was born in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, Sept. 10, 1809, and was an infant of two years
when his parents removed to Ohio. He assisted his father
in the labors of the farm, and acquired his education in the
primitive log schoolhouse of the frontier. He remained
under the parental roof until he had attained his majority, and
during the seventeen years that followed he devoted his energies
to placing the homestead under cultivation and clearing it of
debt.
He was married Nov. 10, 1837, to Mrs. Catherine
Bishop, who was born in East Cleveland. Two children
were born of this union; George W., who died at the age
of two years, and Joseph A., whose history is given
elsewhere in this volume. Mrs. Day died within six
years after her marriage. Mr. Day was married a
second time, this union being with Deborah Albee, of East
Cleveland. They are the parents of two children: Martha
Adelaide, deceased, and Mercy, wife of Olney
Crozier, who resides upon the homestead. Mrs. Day
departed this life in August, 1882. After his first
marriage Mr. Day settled upon 100 acres of land in the
heart of the forest, and a second time performed the heavy labor
necessary to render the land productive. In early days he
gained a wide reputation as a chopper, and was equally famed for
the number of rails he had split. He is now eighty five
years of age and retains his mental and physical vigor to a
remarkable degree. By unremitting toil he accumulated a
competence which has made his old age one of peace and comfort.
For more than half a century he has been a consistent member of
the Presbyterian Church. In the time of the Whig party he
gave his support to that organization, but when its usefulness
had passed into history he gave equal allegiance to the
Republican party.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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CHARLES H. DUNBAR,
a retired farmer of Brecksville township, was born Mar. 31,
1817, in Brimfield, Hampden county, Massachusetts. His
father, Captain John Dunbar, was born in Worcester, that
State, and married Miss Lucy B. Bliss, a native of
Hampden county, and had the following children: Charles
H. (our subject), Thersa, Lucretia, Rebecca, John, Lucy,
William, and Thomas. In the fall of 1831
Captain Dunbar came to Brecksville township, this county, in
a one-horse wagon and bought a tract of eighty acres in the
western part of the township, at $3 an acre. He also
purchased seven fine horses, which he took back to the east,
driving them by riding horseback, and sold them in Boston for a
high price.
May 21, 1832, his parents and their eight children
hired a four-horse team and a two-horse team and started West,
laying in a supply of goods at Albany and coming by way of the
and coming by way of the canal to Buffalo and the steamer
Henry Clay to Cleveland, arriving in Cuyahoga county June 4.
They found that the house and improvements on their place had
been removed during then owner's absence in the East, and they
temporarily occupied a log house at some distance from their
work. After their arrival here the following children were
born: George, Frank and Homer. Thersa
died unmarried, at the age of twenty-two years; Lucretia
is now the widow of Francis Adams, of Chicago, Illinois;
Rebecca is the widow of William Wheeler, of Chicago;
John is a retired hotel man of Beloit, Wisconsin, Lucy
is now Mrs. Burr Van Noate, of Brecksville township;
William is a fruitraiser in California; Thomas is a
farmer at Gallatin, Montana; George is a resident of
South Cleveland; Frank, of Gallatin, Montana; and
Homer is a retired hotel-keeper of St. Joseph, Missouri.
Their father died at the age of eighty-four years, and his wife
at eighty-nine years of age, and they are buried in Center
Cemetery. During his later years Captain Dunbar
lived a retired life in Beloit, Wisconsin, but died at
Brecksville Center. He was a successful man of business,
having obtained the possession of 200 acres of good land.
In politics he was a decided Whig and Republican, and
anti0-slavery. He never sought political office, but he
held offices in the Congregational Church, of which Mrs.
Dunbar was also a member.
Mr. Charles H. Dunbar, whose name introduces
this sketch, was sixteen years of age when he came to Ohio; and,
being the eldest of the children, in frontier life, had had
fewer advantages of school education. He took his sisters
in a two horse wagon to Oberlin, to attend school there.
He remained upon the farm, working industriously in clearing,
etc., until he was twenty-one years of age.
Sept. 17, 1839, he married Miss Harriet W. Storrs,
who was born July 17, 1820, in Westport, Essex county, New York,
a daughter of Elijah and Julia (Holcomb) Storrs,
who came to Ohio in 1834, locating in Summit county. She
attended school at Hudson, Ohio, and afterward taught school, at
one time for a dollar a week, when a calico dress cost $3.
After marriage Mr. Dunbar located first on rented land in
Brecksville township, and then purchased fifty-six acres of
land, going in debt for it. He followed agriculture there for
sixteen years, and then moved upon his present farm, which in
area was an addition to the tract of over 200 acres he already
had. Since his location here he has been engaged in buying
live stock, wool, etc., traveling throughout the Western States
and Canada. He and Mrs. Dunbar spent the winter of
1882-'83 in Florida. He is now practically retired from
business, which is in charge of his son Charles F.
They have rented property in Cleveland and have interests
elsewhere. Mr. Dunbar has been a successful man in
life, and his efficient wife has done her share towards his
success. He is a man of strong constitution, determined
disposition and of business-like habits, capable of filling many
responsible positions. He was originally a Whig, and is
now a Republican. Both he and his wife are members of the
Congregational Church, of which he was formerly Trustee, and
Deacon for a number of years, but resigned on account of failure
in the faculty of hearing. He is a great friend of the
common-school system. His only child Charles F.,
born May 30, 1841, is living with him.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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LLOYD A. DUNHAM,
one of the rising young farmers of Bedford township, was born in
the old Dunham homestead Mar. 1, 1861, a son of Asa
and Lucina (Ransom) Dunham. The father is one of the
well-known and highly respected citizens of Bedford; the mother
is now living. There were six children in the family.
Lloyd A. passed a quiet and uneventful youth on the farm.
He attended the public schools at Hiram, and later took a course
in the Spencerian Business College at Cleveland. Following
this came several years of active business experience, first as
shipping clerk in a general store, as hotel clerk, as proprietor
of a grocery business in Cleveland, and as commercial traveler.
He was in the employ of C. H. McCormick, of Chicago, and
for two years was with the McCormick Company. His
wide experience and native ability enabled him to command a most
profitable class of custom.
In 1885 he retired from the commercial world, taking up
his residence on his farm; the land is in an advanced state of
cultivation and all the buildings are of the most substantial
style.
Mr. Dunham was married in Cleveland, Feb. 22,
1884, to Susie D. Murray, who was born in Washington,
District of Columbia, a daughter of Douglass and Mary (Ringwalt)
Murray; the father is deceased, but the mother survives, a
resident of Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Dunham are the
parents of two children: Lucinia M. and Lloyd C.
Mr. Dunham adheres to the principles of the
Republican party, but is in active sympathy with the Farmers'
Alliance. He is a man of much more than ordinary
intelligence, frank of manner and genial in disposition, withal
one of the most popular men of the township.
Source: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of
Cleveland, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1894
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