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The Book of Clevelanders
A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland
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FRANKLYN
BREED TABOR; sec'y The
Telling Bros. Co.; born; Titusville,Pa., Feb.
23, 1868; educated in the public schools of
Painesville, O.; supt. the Painesville Water Works
Co., 1893-1898; upon purchase by the city, was
elected sec'y; served until 1899, when he moved to
Cleveland; auditor the Telling Bros. Ice
Cream Co., 1900-1903; upon the re-organization of
the company in 1904, elected sec'y; still serving;
sec'y and treas. Cable-Trace Co., and interested in
other business enterprises; Republican.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 260 |
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ALEXANDER S. TAYLOR;
real estate operator; born, Cleveland Apr. 3, 1869;
son Virgil C. and Marguerite M. Sacket Taylor;
educated, public schools and Brooks Military
Academy, graduating in 1888; married, Cincinnati,
O., May 16, 1894, Clara Therse Law; issue,
one son, Virgil Corydon Taylor, second;
served five years in the Gatling Gun Battery; never
held political office; in 1911, was tendered
directorship of public works under Mayor Baehr,
and has been under consideration as Republican
nominee for mayor; in 1892, became member of firm of
V. C. Taylor & Son; 1908, elected pres. of
Cleveland Real Estate Board; 1910, elected pres. of
National Association of Real Estate Exchanges;
director Guarantee Title & Trust Co., The Bailey
Realty Co., Cleveland Paper Box Co., Cleveland
Collateral Loan Co.; pres. Coventry Road Land Co.;
vice pres. The Wilbrandt Co.; treas. and
director The United Realty & Investment Co., trustee
The Cleveland Real Estate Board, The Babies'
Dispensary and Hospital; director The National
Association of Real Estate Exchanges; member Loyal
Legion, Sons of American Revolution, Rotary Club,
and Chamber of Commerce; member Athletic, Union,
Tavern, Euclid, Mayfield, and Country Clubs; the
firm conducts general real estate business, and
enlarged transactions, resulting in the erection of
large buildings in the downtown section, including
the First National Bank Bldg., the Hippodrome Bldg.,
the Higbee Bldg., the Wilbrandt Bldg.
and the New Statler Hotel; also handle
high-class rental property, and 99-year leases.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 261 |
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FRANK F.
TAYLOR; oil business; born,
Cleveland, July, 1867; educated, public schools;
married, Cleveland, 1892, Carrie J. Dennis;
issue, two sons and one daughter; started in the
lubricating business with the Excelsior Refining
Co.; twenty-seven years ago, went with The
Stevens Grease & Oil Co.; treas. and director of
the company; member Chamber of Commerce, and
Automobile 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 261 |
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FRANK S.
TAYLOR; attorney; born in the
country, near Alliance, O., Dec. 11, 1879; son of
Hugh S. and Catherine Taylor; educated, Alliance
High School, Mt. Union College, and took legal
training at Ohio State University; married,
Jamestown, N. Y., Apr. 11, 1909, Mabel C. Todd; June
12, 1904, began the practice of law in Cleveland;
member Masonic Lodge, and Knight of Pythias, and The
Tippecanoe 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 261 |
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HENRY
TAYLOR; florist; born,
England, Mar. 16, 18 52; son of Charles and Susan
New Taylor educated, West Fendred British
National School; married, Wellsville, O., Feb. ,
1877, Susan Coyle issue, five children; at
the age of 16, began working at plumbing; followed
that until 1908; worked for some of the best firms
in Cleveland, Cincinnati, O., and Lafayette, Ind.,
as a journeyman plumber; held responsible positions
with good firms in all the above-named cities; 1908,
started in the florist business.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 261 |
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JOHN
WARREN TAYLOR; law and real
estate; born, Mecca, O., Nov. 10, 1851; son of
William D. and Mary A. Moran Taylor educated ,
West Farmington Seminary, University of Michigan,
LL. D., 1898; not married; adopted daughter, Mary
B. F. Taylor studied law; admitted to the bar in
1876; practiced in Warren, O., until 1884; resident
of Cleveland since 1884; pres. and treas. The
Taylor Land & Improvement Co.; pres. and treas.
The Taylor Realty & Investment Co.; director
Land Title Abstract Co.; director Cleveland Real
Estate Board; member Euclid, and Colonial Clubs,
Cleveland; Detroit Country Club, Detroit, Mich.;
Ohio Society of 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 261 |
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VIRGIL
CORYDON TAYLOR; real estate;
born, Twinsburg, O., Aug. 4, 1838; son of Hector
and Polly Carter Taylor; educated, public
schools and Geauga Seminary; married, June 23, 1863,
Marguerite Minerva Sacket issue, four
children, Harriet, now Mrs. F. E. Bunts;
Katherine, now Mrs. R. O. Carter; Grace,
now Mrs. J. B. Cochran, and Alexander S.
Taylor; joined the Union Army in Company 1, 84th
O. V. I.; commissioned 1st lieut. and assigned to
the Army of the Potomac; business career, entered
father's store, and received general education in
mercantile lines; came to Cleveland in 1856; entered
the dry goods business, and continued in it till the
outbreak of the war; for eight years, cashier of the
Farmers' Bank; in 1873, went into the real estate
business; has had an active part in the real estate
transactions of "the modern Cleveland"; some years
on the old school board of East Cleveland; director
Chamber of Commerce; member Loyal Legion, Euclid,
and Union Clubs, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Recreations: Hunting and Fishing; spend summers
among the Thousands Islands.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 262 |
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WILLIAM
N. TAYLOR; mnfgr.; born, New
Straitsville, August, 1879; son of Thomas and
Ester Taylor educated, common schools, New
Straitsville; finished in mechanical engineering;
married, Cleveland, Aug. 9, 1904, Mary A. Beerer;
issue, one son and one daughter; active in politics,
but has never run for any office; organized The
Taylor Machine Co., which manufactures dairy
supplies and gear cutting; has interest in several
important patents; member Y. M. C. A., Foresters.
Recreations: Motoring and Fishing.
Source: The Book of Clevelanders
- A Biographical Dictionary of Living
Men of the City of Cleveland -
Published
Cleveland -
The Burrows Bros. Company -
1914 - Page 262 |
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ALBERT
R. TEACHOUT; mnfr. and
merchant; born, Royalton, O., June 12, 1852; son of
Abraham and Julia Ann Tousley Teachout;
educated, public schools and Hiram College; married,
Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 17, 1873, Sarah Parmly
issue, Kate P., Albert R., Jr., and David
William; associated with his father in the
mercantile business in Cleveland in the fall of
1873; business first known as A. R. Teachout
& Son; in 1889, incorporated as The A. Teachout
Co., manufacturers of and dealers in doors, glass,
mantles, and interior finish; in forty years, the
business has grown to large proportions, and the
house now stands at the head in their line; pres.
The Teachout Sash, Door & Glass Co.,
Columbus, O.; pres. Euclid Ave. Lumber Co., Broadway
Lumber Co., Edgewater Lumber Co., and The
Teachout Realty Co., Columbus, O.; trustee Hiram
College, Ohio Christian Missionary Society, Women's
Hospital, Industrial School and Home; member Union
Club. 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 262 |
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DAVID
WILLIAM TEACHOUT; merchant;
born, Cleveland, Sept. 20, 1886; son of Albert R.
and Sarah Parmly Teachout; educated, Hiram
College, 1908, degree of M. A.; Harvard, 1910;
married, Hiram, O., June 20, 1911, Ruth Eugene
Meigs, Nanking, China; one son, David
William, Jr.; vice Pres. and treas. The
A. Teachout Co.; treas. and gen. mgr. The
Edgewater Co.; sec'y The Broadway Co.; director The
Coates Co.; The Big four Milling Co., and the
Teachout Sash, Door & Glass Co., Columbus;
Fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon; member Lakewood
Tennis Club, Chamber of Commerce, and 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 263 |
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ARCHIBALD W. THOMSON;
vessel transportation; born, Philadelphia, 1872; son
of William and Isabella Wilson Thomson;
educated High School, Philadelphia; University of
Pennsylvania, but did not graduate; former member
Troop A; nine years Pacific Coast agt. American
Steel Barge Co., San Francisco and Puget Sound; in
1899, came back to Cleveland, and associated himself
with The Wilson Transit Co.; pres, and mgr.
The Wilson Transit Co.; director and treas.
The Volunteers Transit Co., and The Thomas
Wilson Land Co.; member Union, and Country
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 265 |
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