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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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	WILLIAM HENRY WHITNEY; insurance; born, Monticello, Minn., June 21, 1860; son of Cephas Newhall and Cyrena Patch Whitney; educated, Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., classical course, 1884; married, Trinidad, Colo., 1890, Emma Gmin; issue, four children, two sons and two daughters; manager The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co.; member executive committee Congregational Club, 1912, and pres, of The Cleveland Congregational Brotherhood, 1911-1912; member Phi Delta Theta 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 283
	DUDLEY BALDWIN WICK; vice pres. Wick Investment.; born, Youngstown, O., Oct. 3, 1846; son of Henry and Mary S. Hine Wick; attended public school and Oberlin College; married, Painesville, O., July 28, 1875, Miss Emma Steele; issue, three children; Helen, now Mrs. Charles Dukelow of Boston, Warren Corning and Dudley B. Jr., deceased; business career; became associated with my father in the banking business; sold interests in the City Trust Co., and devoted time to private interests; one of the organizers of The North Electric Co.; served as vice pres, till 1907; still a director; officer and director in many important business concerns in the city; member Chamber of Commerce, Union and Roadside Clubs; Presbyterian denomination; Mason, Oriental Commandery, K. T. and Scottish Rite Consistory; has held office in all branches of the Masonic order.  Recreations: Driving and motoring; associated with private charities and benevolent organizations. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 284
	GEORGE HENRY WILSON; dentist; born, Painesville, O., March 3, 1855; son of Dr. David C. and Marion (Flanders) Wilson; educated, High School, Painesville, D.D. S., University of Michigan, 1878; married Kittie, daughter of Rev. Lathrop Cooley, of Cleveland, Jan. 1, 1880; practiced dentistry, Painesville, 1878-1891, Cleveland, 1891; prof. clinical prosthetic dentistry, Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery, 1891-1892; prof. prosthetic dentistry and metallurgy, Western Reserve University, 1892-1904; an editor Dentist’s Magazine, 1906-1909; member National Dental Ass’n; 1st pres., Cleveland Dental Library Ass’n; pres. Northern Ohio Dental Ass’n, 1887; Ohio State Dental Ass’n, 1893; Cleveland Dental Society, 1897; member Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity.  Author: Manual of Dental Prosthetics, 1911; Chapter on Vulcanized Rubber as a Base for Artificial Dentures, in Turner's American Text-Book of Prosthetic Dentistry, 1907; also many papers and articles in dental journals. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 287
	DR. HARRIS R. C., WILSON; D.D. S.; born, Painesville, O., Sept. 7, 1881; son of George H. and Kittie Cooley Wilson; educated, Painesville and Cleveland graded schools, Western Reserve Academy at Hudson, Hiram College, Western Reserve University Dental School; married, Ravenna, June 20, 1908, Mabel Rogers; issue, Kathryn, Roger, Georgetta; member National Dental Ass’n, Ohio State Dental Society, Cleveland Dental Society, Northern Ohio Dental Ass’n; recording sec’y Cleveland Dental Society, 1913; member Clifton 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 288
	HARWOOD WILSON; iron merchant; born, Trenton, Tenn., Jan. 15, 1880; son of R. D. and Lydia R. Harwood Wilson; educated, Trenton public schools; married, Trenton, Tenn., Dec. 30, 1903, Charlotte Virginia Greggard; issue, one daughter; assistant resident manager The Rogers, Brown & Co.; member Hermit 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 288
	JAMES W. WILSON; insurance; born, Putneyville, Pa., Apr. 11, 1873; son of Edward T. C. and Nancy Smith Wilson; educated, West Academy and private school; married, McKeesport, Pa., Feb. 15, 1899, Sophia Wiegering; issue, three children, William M.; Dorothy May, and James W. Jr.; Republican; in life insurance business since 1900; manager Prudential Insurance Co.; member Chamber of Commerce, Athletic and Advertising 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 288
	THOMAS H. WILSON; banker; born, Liberty, Trumbull County, O., Oct. 9, 1841; common school education; married, Youngstown, O., Nov. 10, 1863, Louise Fellows; issue, two sons, Willard and Henry Bliss; in 1860, began as clerk in private bank of Wick Bros. & Co., Youngstown, O.; came to Cleveland in 1888, as cashier of First National Bank; in 1903 became vice pres, of the First National Bank; trustee and member of Calvary Presbyterian Church; member Chamber of Commerce; regarded as one of the most profound students of banking in Northern Ohio. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 288
	ARTHUR SILAS WRIGHT; educator; born, Decatur, N. Y., Mar. 7, 1858; son of Hanson and Fannie M. (Mason) Wright; A. B., Union College, 1882, A. M., 1886; Princeton Theological Seminary, 1884-1885; University of Leipzig, 1885-1887; married, Julia B. Barhyte, of Schenectady, N. Y., Apr. 2, 1890; junior prof. modern langauges, Union College, 1887-1892; prof, modern languages, Case School of Applied Science, since 1893; member Modern Language Association of America; Modern Language Association of Ohio.  Editor: In St. Jurgen (Theodor Storm), 1901; Entwicklungslehre (v. Wagner), 1903; Elektronentheorie (Kayser), 1905. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 291
	ELMER B. WRIGHT; civil engineer; born, Cleveland, 1870; son of James M. and Magaret While Wright; educated, Cleveland public schools and N. E. O. N. C., Canfield, O.; married, Cleveland, 1896, Alice E. Pritchard; issue, one daughter, Margaret R. Wright; chairman of Board of Trustees of Public Affairs, Nottingham, O.; municipal engineering and surveying in Cleveland and nearby cities and villages; in charge of a large part of Cleveland's Park System; since 1903 in private practice, supervising improvements in many additions to city; surveys all lands owned by the Pennsylvania Co., and Cleveland Short Line R. R. in the city; member Cleveland Engineering Society; Chamber of Commerce and Real Estate Board; member Automobile Club.  Recreation:  Surburban Farming. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 292
	ERNEST T. WRIGHT; milk bottle exchange; born, England, Apr. 11, 1872; son of James and Mary Rebbeck Wright; educated, Shaftsbury grammar school; married, New York, Sept. 23, 1900, Lilly M. S. Collard; issue, three children; five years was a milk dealer on the west side under name of Wright Bros.; in 1905 the Health Board of the City ordered every milk dealer to retail his milk in glass bottles, to advertise their business, every dealer had his name on  his bottles; in the course of the business one dealers bottles would get into the hands of another dealer; at that time there were over 500 dealers in the City, so some system of exchange was a necessity; in 1908, he organized the Milk Dealers Exchange, putting out wagons to call on the dealers and collect bottles not belonging to them; these were all taken to sorting works and then delivered to the right owners; the business had been successful; he now employs nine men and runs six wagons; several other large cities now have exchanges run on his system; charter member West Side Milk Dealers Fraternal Union; pres. for two years; member Order Sons of St. George; pres. Middle West Cricket League; Britiana Cricket Club, and Gilberth Equality Bowling League, 1912 to 1914. Source:  The Book of Clevelanders - A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland - Published Cleveland - The Burrows Bros. Company - 1914 - Page 292