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A Biographical Dictionary of Living
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WILLIAM
SHERMAN; supt. of mails; born,
Cleveland, O., Dec. 25, 1868; son of John and
Elizabeth Mitchell Sherman; educated, Cleveland
public schools; married, Cleveland, Feb. 8, 1905,
Mary L. Smith; first venture was in the coal
business, but associations in that line being
uncongenial and having a natural desire for
mechanics, was about to engage in the machine and
engineering business; at this time, was offered a
position in the U. S. Post Office; embracing the
opportunity for temporary employment, entered the
postal service under Maj. W. W. Armstrong,
who was the postmaster; that was in August, 1888,
since which time he has continued with the postal
department, serving successively under Postmasters
A. T. Anderson, Judge J. C. Hutchins, Col. C. C.
Dewstoe, and R. G. Floyd, the present
incumbent; during that period, the gross receipts of
the Cleveland Post Office have increased from less
then $400,000 to over $3,000,000 annually, one
month’s revenue at the present time nearly equaling
that of an entire year at the beginning of the
period. Recreations: Fishing, Boating, and an
occasional jaunt through some large manufacturing
plant.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
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1914 - Page 238 |
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FLOYD D. SHOOK;
insurance; born, Randolph, O., Mar. 5, 1867; son of
David and Linda A. Stambaugh Shook; educated,
Hiram College, 1882-1883; finished at Ohio Normal
University, Ada, O., 1887; married, Randolph, O.,
Nov. 20, 1889, Josephine E. Trescott; with
The Adams Ford Co.; with firm twenty years, until
Aug. 1913, when he became associated with The Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Philadelphia, as
associate general agent; director The Rotary Mnfg.
Co.; director The Ohio Insurance Agency Co.;
director The Knollwood Cemetery Co.; trustee
Cleveland Christian Orphanage and Euclid Ave.
Christian Church; member Masonic Order, McKinley
Chapter, Royal League, Chamber of Commerce, past
pres. Cleveland Association of Credit Men; member
Athletic Colonial, Rotary, and Advertising Clubs.
Recreation: Automobiling.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 240 |
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ALBERT
WILLIAM SMITH; college prof.;
born at Newark, O., Oct. 4, 1862; son of George
H. and Mary (Sanborn) Smith; Ph. C., University
of Michigan, 1885; B. S., Case School of Applied
Science, Cleveland, 1887; Ph. D., University of
Zurich, 1891; married Mary Wilkinson of
Cleveland, June 5, 1890; prof, chemistry, Case
School of Applied Science, since 1891, fellow A. A.
A. S.; member American Chemistry Society, American
Institute Mining Engineers, American Electrochem.
Society, Society Promotion Engineering Education;
has contributed to technical papers in society
proceedings.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
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The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 243 |
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HAROLD
E. SMITH; patent lawyer; born,
Lebanon, N. H., May 2, 1882; son of Wilbur F. and
Marie Antoinette Sargent Smith; educated,
Dartmouth College, A. B., 1903, A. M., 1906;
National University Law School, LL. B., 1908; LL.
M., 1909; George Washington University, M. P. L.,
1909; married, Washington, D. C. Oct. 5, 1909,
Annie Stratton; one son; instructor in
physics at Dartmouth College, 1903-1906, asst,
physicist, National Bureau of Standards, 1906;
examiner U. S. Patent Office, 1906-1910; member of
firm of Hull & Smith, patent lawyers,
junior partner; member Hanover Scientific Ass hi;
member Gamma Alpha and Sigma Nu Phi fraternities.
Recreations: Canoeing 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 244 |
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JOHN
ALVARO SMITH; lawyer; born,
Union County, O., Dec. 12, 1848; son of John W.
and Esther A. Keys Smith educated, O. W. U.,
Delaware, O., 1871, A. M. & B. A.; B. L., Ohio Law
College, Cleveland, 1872; admitted to U. S. Courts,
July 4, 1872; married, Cleveland, July 18, 1876,
Marietta Edmondston; one son, John
William Smith, attorney; member Cleveland
Library Board six and one-half years; member City
Council, and Vice Mayor; 1911-1913, director, member
of executive committee and atty. The Pearl St.
Savings & Trust Co.; director in the following,
Columbia Savings & Loan Co., Daykin Plumbing Co.,
Detroit St. Investment Co., Farmers Chem. & Fert.
Co., Forest City S. & Tr. Co., Hotel Euclid Co..,
The Kennedy Co., Merchants Bk. & Storage Co., Ohio
Moulding Mnfg. Co., Read Realty Co., State Bank &
Trust Co., F. Zimmerman Co., F. Zimmerman
Realty Co., United Mines Corporation Co., Kinsman
Ice Cream Co.; member Athletic 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 244 |
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JOHN
WILLIAM SMITH; attorney; born,
Cleveland, O., May 15, 1880; son of J. A. and
Marietta Edmondston Smith; educated, Ohio
Wesleyan University, A. B., 1902; Western Reserve
University, B. L., 1905; married, Bowling Green, O.,
Dec. 27, 1906, Edith Louise St. John;
issue, Frederick Whitman Smith,
William Richard Smith;
Cleveland Business University, Born Steel Range Co.;
member of firm Smith, Taft & Arter;
member Cleveland Real Estate Board, Athletic, and
Tippecanoe Clubs, and Chamber of Commerce.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 245 |
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MATHEW
SMITH; pres. Great Atlantic &
Pacific Tea Co.; born, County Tyrone, Ieland, Nov.
9, 1856; educated in the National schools of
Ireland; married, 1887, to Irene M. French,
of Cleveland; issue, two sons and two daughters;
came to the United States in 1872, and entered the
employ of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.,
starting with addressing envelopes until 1880, when
he was sent to Cleveland to take charge of the
business here, operating thirteen large stores; now
sole proprietor of these and other stores; vice
pres. and director the Schafer-Suhr Coal Co.; member
Emanuel Episcopal Church and vestryman; Iris Lodge,
No. 229, F. & A. M.; past high priest of Cleveland
Chapter, No. 148, R. A. M.; member Cleveland
Council, No. 36, R. & S. M.; past commander Holyrood
Commandery, No. 32, K. T.; member all the Scottish
Rite bodies and of Al Koran Temple of the Mystic
Shrine; also 33rd degree, of northern Masonic
Jurisdiction of the U. S.; treas. Masonic Temple
Ass'n; summer home at Salida Beach, Mentor, O.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
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1914 - Page 245 |
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WALTER
HUBBELL SMITH; division
freight agt., L. S. & M. S. R. R.; born, Cleveland,
O., June 15, 1861; son of James H. and Mary
Hubbell Smith, Cleveland public schools,
married, Cleveland, Sept. 17, Mame E. Smith,
three children, entered R. R. service Apr. 1, 1879
with L. S. & M. S. R. R., has been connected with
the general freight dept. of that road ever since;
Oct. 1, 1881, to June 1, 1885, chief clerk, Revision
Dept.; June 1, 1885 to July 1, 1889, chief rate
clerk; July 1, 1889, to Jan. 1, 1897, chief clerk,
General Freight Dept., Jan. 1, 1897 to Mar. 1, 1905,
chief of Tariff Bureau; Mar. 1, 1905, was appointed
Division Freight Agt.; member Knights of the
Maccabees, Cleveland Athletic and Traffic Clubs, and
Transportation Club of Buffalo.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
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1914 - Page 244 |
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WILLIAM
A. C. SMITH; pres. The Ohio
Quarries Co.; born, Chebanse, Ill., Dec. 15, 1876;
son of William and Frances M. Rice Smith;
educated, public schools, Chebanse, Ill., and one
year at Academy, North-Western University, Evanston,
Ill.; married, Davenport, Ia., Sept. 12, 1889,
Nettie Grant; issue, three children,
Janet, 11, Helen, 6, Richard
Murray, 4; two years clerked in general store;
two years in Chicago National Bank; 1901-1906,
salesman, auditor, sec’y and treas. The Bedford
Quarries Co. of Chicago; 1903-1906, treas. The Ohio
Quarries Co.; 1907, moved to Cleveland as gen. mgr.
of the Ohio Quarries Co.; in 1910, made pres., also
pres, and director of The Lorain & Southern R. R.
Co.; member Episcopal Church, Euclid, and City
Clubs. Recreations: Golf, Fishing and Hunting.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
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1914 - Page 245 |
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WILLIAM
GRANT SMITH; railway express
business; born, Fox Lake, Wis., Aug. 24, 1861; son
of Lewis and Fannie A. Stevens Smith;
educated, public schools and Ripon College,
Wisconsin; married, Medford, Mass., June 25, 1902,
Martha Chapin Wilcox; one daughter,
Josephine Wilcox Smith; in 1879, entered the
employment of The American Express Co.; appointed
supt. Wisconsin Division, 1892; same position for
Michigan in 1895; asst. gen. agt. at Omaha, Neb.
1902; 2nd asst, to gen. manager, Chicago, Ill.,
1903; asst, to vice pres, and gen. mgr., Chicago,
Ill., 1906; mgr. Central Dept., Cleveland, 1910;
member of Illinois Society, Sons of American
Revolution; member Union, Automobile, and
Congregational Clubs, and Chamber of Commerce,
Congregational and Union League Clubs, of Chicago.
Recreation: Motoring.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 245 |
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WILSON
GEORGE SMITH; composer,
pianist; born, Elyria, Ohio, Aug. 19, 1855; son of
George Troupe and Calista M. Smith; graduated
Cleveland public schools; began musical education in
Cincinnati, 1875, under Otto Singer; studied
in Berlin, 1880-1882, under Kullak Kiel,
Scharwenka, Moszkowski and Oscar Raif;
married Mez Brett (artist and writer), of
Ohio, Apr. 16, 1883; since 1882, engaged as teacher
of piano, voice and composition; also musical
litterateur, editor and critic, Cleveland Press,
since 1902; held important official position in
Music Teachers' National Ass'n; piano compositions
(several hundred) include books of piano studies,
transcriptions and editorial revisions of classic
and modern works; also composer many popular songs.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
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1914 - Page 245 |
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MARTIN
SNIDER; pres, the Interstate
Cooperage Co.; born, Dayton, O., Aug. 16, 1846;
educated in the public schools; started in the
cooperage business in Dayton, O., with his father;
came to Cleveland, 1871, and continued the business
until 1878; then with the Standard Oil Co., as mgr.
of the Cooperage Dept.; elected pres., of the
Interstate Cooperage Co., 1904; still serving; pres,
the Snider-Hughes Co., Guarantee Title & Trust Co.;
treas. Riverside Cemetery Ass’n; director the
Cleveland Trust Co.; interested in a number of other
corporations; member Union, Euclid and Roadside
Clubs; and Ohio Society, New York; Republican.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
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1914 - Page 246 |
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HARVEY
R. SNYDER; pres, the
Interstate Cooperage Co.; born, Dayton, O., Aug. 16,
1846; educated in the public schools; started in the
cooperage business in Dayton, O., with his father;
came to Cleveland, 1871, and continued the business
until 1878; then with the Standard Oil Co., as mgr.
of the Cooperage Dept.; elected pres. of the
Interstate Cooperage Co., 1904; still serving; pres.
the Snider-Hughes Co., Guarantee Title & Trust Co.;
treas. Riverside Cemetery Ass’n; director the
Cleveland Trust Co.; interested in a number of other
corporations; member Union, Euclid and Roadside
Clubs; and Ohio Society, New York; Republican.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
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1914 - Page 247 |
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JOHN
ROYAL SNYDER; attorney-at-law;
born, Stark County, O., Feb. 11, 1876; son of
John J. and Maria Shearer Snyder; educated, Mt.
Union, 1899, A. B., Junior Scholarship prize;
Harvard, 1909, L. B.; married, Massillon,
Gertrude Smith; treas. Stark County,
1902-1906; deputy county treas. 1899-1902; treas.
City of Canton, 1902-1904; member B. P. O. E., No.
68, F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., No. 39; Jr. O. U. A.
M., No. 60, and A. T. O. Fraternity.
Recreations: Tennis, Baseball and Football.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
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1914 - Page 247 |
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JEREMIAH
JAY SULLIVAN; banker; born,
Fulton, Stark County, Nov. 16, 1844; educated,
village schools; enlisted 3rd Ohio Battery, 1862;
mustered out as sergeant, 1865; moved to
Millersburg, 1866; engaged in general merchandise
until 1878; elected state senator by Democratic
party, 1879; served two terms; entered hardware
business in Millersburg in 1883; re-elected state
senator; national bank examiner 1887; came to
Cleveland in 1889 and organized Central National
Bank; served as treas., cashier, vice pres., pres.,
1900; pres. Chamber of Commerce, 1893; member Union,
Country, Roadside, Colonial, and Euclid Clubs;
married, 1873, Selina J. Brown; issue, two
daughters and one son.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
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JOHN J.
SULLIVAN; attorney; born, New
York City, Oct. 25, 1860; son of Daniel J. and
Mary (Sheehan) Sullivan; came to Trumbull
County, O., at the age of 12; educated, common
schools, and Academy of Gustavus, O.; married, Dec.
28, 1886, Warren, O., Olive S. Taylor,
daughter of the late Matthew B. Taylor of
Warren, O., prominent banker of Warren and former
partner of Ex-Gov. Tod and J. V. N.
Yates of Cleveland; issue, two daughters, Adaline
and Mary Sullivan; Prosecuting Attorney,
two terms, Trumbull Co.; State Senator, two terms,
Trumbull-Mahoning Senatorial District of Ohio;
United States atty. nine years; appointed by
President McKinley; re-appointed by President
Roosevelt; special counsel to the Atty.-General
of the United States, in cases vs. The Standard Oil
Co.; and National Committeeman for State of Ohio,
National Progressive Party; presented, when a member
of the Ohio Senate, the names of M. A. Hanna
and J. B. Foraker to that body on the
occasion of their election to the United States
Senate; while U. S. atty., represented the U. S.
Government in the presecution of Cassie
Chadwick case, and in the prosecution and
conviction of twelve other defendants in National
Bank cases; since retiring from official positions,
actively engaged in the practice of law; acted as
associate counsel for the defense in the acquittal
of the wall paper cases of Cleveland, and the
insurance cases; member Athletic, and Union Clubs;
member of all the Masonic bodies, Elk.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
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