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Biographical
Index

Source:
The Book of Clevelanders
A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland
Published
Cleveland
The Burrows Bros. Company
1914

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	ELBERT H. BAKER; pres. and gen. mgr. Cleveland Plain Dealer; born, Norwalk, O., July 25, 1854; son of Henry and Clara Maria (Hall) Baker; educated, public schools; married Ida A. Smith of Cleveland, June 1, 1876; began newspaper work on Cleveland Herald, 1877' advertising mgr., Cleveland Leader, 1882-97; gen. mgr. Cleveland Pain Dealer, 1898; pres., 1914; pres. City Investment Co.; Commercial Bldg. Co.; pres. Euclid Ave. Congregational Church; trustee Cleveland Y. M. C. A.; member Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and active in municipal and civic affairs.  Clubs: Colonial, Athletic, Chagrin Valley Hunt Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 21
	FREDERICK L. BAKER; dist. agent Empire Line; born, Wooster, O., Aug. 5, 1876; pubic and high school education; married Chicago, June 10, 1911, Irene Carr; one child; fifteen years with the Empire Line; being district agent for the pat seven years; member Traffic and Country clubs; three years member of Troop A; Mason. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 21
	NEWTON DIEHL BAKER; mayor; born Martinsburg, W. V., De. 3, 1871; son of Newton Diehl and Mary (Dukehart) Baker; B. A., Johns Hopkins, 1892; LL. B., Washington and Lee University, 1894; married Elizabeth Lepold, of Pottstown, Pa., July 5, 1902; pvt. sec. to Postmaster-General Wilson, 1896-97; began practice at Martinsburg, W. Va., 1897; city solicitor of Cleveland, O., 1902-12; mayor of Cleveland, 1912-1913; re-elected 1913; Democrat; member Phi Gamma Delton.  Clubs:  Union, University. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 21
	WALTER CHARLES BAKER, pres. American Ball Bearing Co.; born, Hinsdale, N. H., June 27, 1868; son of G. W. and Jeannette R. Hall Baker; educated, public schools, Cleveland, and Case School of applied Science; married, Cleveland Oct. 27, 1891, Fannie E. White; organized the American Ball Bearing Co.; in 1894 was elected pres. and Mechanical Engineer, still serving; interested in other corporations; member Union, Euclid, Clifton Park and Engineers Clubs; Republican; member Unity Church. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 21
	WEBB C. BALL, jeweler; born in Knox Co., Ohio; married in 1879 to Miss Florence I. Young of Kenton, O.; issue one son and three daughters; at an early age apprenticed to a watch maker to learn the watch making and jewelers' trade; came to Cleveland in Mch., 1879; for 5 yrs. had been business mgr. of the Dueber Watch Case Mnfg. Co., then located in Cincinnati; head of Railroad Time Inspection System as well as one of the leading merchants of Cleveland; the name Ball today stands for accuracy in construction of Railroad watches; in connection with Railroad inspection service offices are maintained in Cleveland, Chicago and San Francisco; pres.  The Webb C. Ball Co., Cleveland. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 22
	PHILLIP J. BAUER, florist, born, Dec. 15, 1861; son of Simon and Mary Brester Bauer; educated, Cleveland Parochial School; married, Feb. 27, 1891, Clara Seger; in the employ of Jas. Eadie, 1876 to 1879; then started in business on Ansel Ave. in 1894; proprietor of firm; designer and decorator; member C. M. B. A., St. Thomas Aquanas Church. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 25
	ALBERT L. BECKER; pres. and treas. Cleveland Auto Livery; born, Cleveland, Mar. 31, ____; son of John and Christiana Schlather Becker; educated, Cleveland public and High School; thirty-second degree Mason, Mystic Shrine; member Athletic and Automobile Clubs. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 26
	HENRY A. BECKER; surgeon; born, Chicago, Ill., Mar. 3, 1870; son of August Becker; educated, West High School; Adelbert, 1891; W. R. U., medicine, 1894; University of Vienna and Berlin, 1896-97; same universities 6 months, 1912; married, Detroit, Mich., Sept. 18, 1901, Miss Laura E. Ferguson; one son, William Nevison Becker, age 9; visiting surgeon in chief to German Hospital; associate in surgery at Lakeside Hospital; assistant professor of surgery in medical dept, of Western Reserve University; fellow of American College of Surgery, State and American Medical Ass’n; member Sigma Nu Sigma Medical Fraternity; member University, Clifton, Keswick Golf and Cleveland Yacht Clubs. Recreations: Boating, Automobiling, Fishing and Music. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 26
	CHARLES S. BROOKS; born, Cleveland, Jan. 25, 1878; son of Stephen E. and Mary Coffinberry Brooks; educated Yale University, class 1900; married, Cleveland, Oct. 12, 1907, Minerva Kline; entered the Brooks Co. in 1900; made sec'y of the Company in 1910; also director; member Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, and Mayfield, University and City Clubs. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 39
	CHARLES TWING BROOKS; lawyer; born, Salem, O., Mar. 29, 1867; son of J. Twing and Annie P. Miller Brooks; educated, Yale, A. B., 1889; Harvard, LL. B., 1894; member firm Squires, Saunders & Co.; member Union, University, Tavern, Country and Mayfield Clubs, Cleveland, and University Club, New York. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 39
	STEPHEN E. BROOKS; pres.  The Brooks Co., mfg. stationers and printers; born, Elyria, O., Dec. 13, 1850; son of Henry J. and Aba Abagail Hart Brooks; grandfather, Samuel Brooks, one of Lorain County’s early settlers, driving ox team from Connecticut; family moved to Cleveland in 1861; public school education; 1871, founded present house of the Brooks Co., which was incorporated in 1878, with himself as president, the position he still holds; pres, of the Forest City Savings & Trust Co., of which he was an incorporator; director Peoples’ Savings Bank Co.; director W. S. Gilkey Printing Co.; stockholder of many banks and industrial incorporations; member Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Industry, Mayfield Club; married, Cleveland, June, 1874, Mary E. Coffinberry, the daughter of Judge J. M. Coffinberry; issue, two sons, James C. and Charles S. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 39