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Biographical
Index Source:
The Book of Clevelanders
A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland
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AARON
KERR HANNEN; life insurance;
born, Pittsburg, Pa., 1854; son of Henry and
Amanda Kerr Hannen; educated, Lafayette College,
Easton, Pa.; married, Pittsburg, Pa., 1882, Annie
Piper DeArent, Hollidaysburg, Pa.; issue, one
son, Harry A. Hannen of Los Angeles, Cal.;
thirty years with Berkshire Life Insurance Co. of
Pittsfield Mass.; member all Masonic bodies of
Western Pennsylvania, and Colonial Club.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 121 |
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EDWIN
ALAN HANNUM; physician; born,
Maumee, O., Jan. 2, 1873; son of J. L. & Eliza A.
Close Hannum; educated, public schools, Maumee,
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Cleveland, M.
D.; married, Cleveland, Sept. 4, 1907, Ollie
Martin; two children; member Academy of
Medicine; Ohio State Medical Ass'n and American
Medical Ass'n.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 121 |
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GEORGE
C. HANSEN; attorney-at-law;
born, Schlesni, Germany, May 30, 1868; son of
Henry William and Hannah Peterson Hansen;
educated, Ohio Northern University, B. A., 1895,
University of Michigan, LL. B., 1898; married,
Cleveland, June 29, 1904, Orra Phillips;
issue, three children; asst. county prosecutor of
Cuyahoga county, from 1908 to 1910; pres. Lakewood
Chamber of Commerce, 1912-1913; pres. Cuyahoga
County Sunday School Ass'n, 1908-1910; taught
country school in Wood county in 1889-1891; supt. of
Hoytville, O., schools, 1892-1894; supt. Perrysburg,
Ohio, schools, 1896-1897; began practicing law in
Cleveland, September, 1898; director Lakewood Bank,
Crucible Steel Castings Co., and W. E. Minor
Co.; Mason, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; member
Lakewood Tennis Club. Recreations: Raising
Fruits and Flowers.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 122 |
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RASMUS
HANSEN; building contractor;
born, Denmark, Jan. 6, 1870; educated, Technical
School in Denmark; married, Cleveland, Nov. 4, 1904,
Bertha A. Simmon; three children; director
and vice pres. American Construction Co.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 122 |
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BENJAMIN
F. HOPKINS; railroad promotor
and builder; born, Cleveland, 1876; educated,
Cleveland public schools, Western Reserve Academy
and Adelbert College, West Reserve University; one
of the promoters of “The Belt Line”; connected with
various other railroad and construction enterprises;
sec ’y and treas. Cleveland Short Line R. R. Co.,
and Belt & Terminal Realty Co.; member Elks, Mason,
Knights Templar and Shriner.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 134 |
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DAVIS
HARRIS HOPKINS; lawyer; born,
Granger, Medina county, O., Oct. 8, 1882; son of
Chauncey J. and Allie Harris Hopkins; graduated
from Granger High School in 1900; following year
attended Ohio Northern University, and graduated
from Baldwin University, 1911, receiving LL. B.
degree; married, Granger, O., Jan. 16, 1904, Vira
Marie Kerstetter; opened his law office in the
Engineers’ Bldg, in November, 1911; interested in
farming and breeder of Holstein-Friesian cattle,
Poland China swine and fancy poultry; director The
Cleveland Poultry Breeders’ Ass’n Co.; member
Masons, Odd Fellows, Maccabees, and Sigma Kappa Phi
Fraternity.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 134 |
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EVAN
HENRY HOPKINS; lawyer; born,
Johnstown, Pa., Nov. 4, 1864; son of David J. and
Mary Jeffreys Hopkins; A. B., Adelbert College,
1889; LL. B., Harvard, 1892; married, Frances P.
M. Shain, of Cleveland, Dec. 27, 1892; admitted
to bar, 1891; in practice at Cleveland since 1892;
member law firm of Herrick & Hopkins;
member faculty and registrar, 1892-1895, dean law
dept., 1895-1910, Western Reserve University; member
and sec’y Cleveland Public Library Board, 1892-1898;
member Board Park Commissioners, Cleveland,
1900-1901; Presbyterian; Republican; contributor to
legal publications; member University Club.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 134 |
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WILLIAM
ROWLAND HOPKINS; lawyer; born,
Johnstown, Pa., July 26, 1869; son of David J.
and Mary Jeffreys Hopkins; educated, Western
Reserve Academy, 1892, Adelbert College, Western
Reserve University, 1896, A. B.; Law School, Western
Reserve University, 1897, LL. B.; married Cleveland,
June 11, 1903, Ellen Louise Cozad;
member City Council, 1897-1899; active in promotion
and construction of the Cleveland Short Line R. R.,
working out a system of. rapid transit for
Cleveland; director The Cleveland Short Line R. R.
Co.; vice pres, and treas. the Belt & Terminal
Realty Co.; pres. The Cleveland Underground R.
R. Co., the Subway Realty Co., the Junction Realty
Co., the Regan Realty Co., The Hopkins
Holding Co.; director the Deckman-Duty Brick
Co.; pres. The Railway Contracting Co.; member
American Economic Ass’n, American Political Economic
Ass’n; member Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi
Delta Phi Fraternities; Mason, K. P.; member
University, Willowick, Athletic Clubs, (Cleveland);
City Club, New York; Asheville Club, Asheville, N.
C.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 134 |
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FELIX
HUGHES; singer; born at
Lancaster, Mo., Oct. 1, 1874; son of Felix Turner
and Jean Amelia Summerlin Hughes; brother of
Rupert H. (q. v.); academic education; studied
at Rudy Institution, Paris, and under singing
masters in Paris, Berlin and London; married,
Adella Prentiss, of Cleveland, Oct. 5,
1904; appeared in concerts in France; made debut in
La Juive, Liege, Belgium; returned to United States,
1901; has sung in concerts, recitals, and oratorios
under Van der Stucken and Paur; baritone; repertoire
includes 40 operas and all standard oratorios.
Clubs: Hermit, Euclid, Mayfield Country.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 140 |
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