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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B.
Vol. I
Publ. by
Biographical Publishing Company.
Geo. Richmond, Prks.; C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas.
1904
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
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John Riner Sayler |
JOHN RINER SAYLER Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
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Daniel M. Sechler |
DANIEL M. SECHLER Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
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Day Clifton Shears |
HON. DAY CLIFTON SHEARS Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
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Thomas Francis Shay |
THOMAS FRANCIS SHAY Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
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Hon. Max Silberberg |
HON. MAX SILBERBERG Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
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AMOR SMITH, JR.
Amor Smith, Jr., manufacturer, 21st mayor of
Cincinnati, was born at Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1840, and is
the son of Amor and Sarah (Spencer) Smith. His
mother was the daughter of Jeremiah and Anna (Hobson)
Spencer, who came from Hull, England, in 1816. The
first paternal ancestor in America was John Smith.
Amor Smith, Jr., received his early education in
Cincinnati, where his parents located when he was seven
years old. After attending the common schools and
Herron’s private school, he entered the Swedenborgian
University, Urbana, Ohio, in 1857.
In 1865, Mr. Smith became a partner with his
father in the manufacture of candles, soap and fertilizer.
This business was founded in 1840 at Dayton, Ohio, by his
father, who invented a wheel for reducing cracklings, a
press plate for extracting lard and tallow from cracklings
and a perforated dryer for the manufacture of ammoniacal
matter. It was later carried on at Cincinnati, Ohio,
under the name of Amor Smith, until 1866, and
thereafter as Amor Smith & Company. In
1868, a branch was established in Baltimore, Maryland, under
the name of Amor Smith & Sons, the other
partners being his father and his brother, Leander
Smith. This they sold to Gilpin & Moores
of that city in 1894.
In 1870, Mr. Smith was elected a member
of the Board of Aldermen of Cincinnati and chairman of the
street committee, and by virtue of that office became a
member of the Board of City Commissioners. In 1876 he
served as chairman of the campaign committee of the
$6,000,000 bond issue voted to build the Cincinnati Southern
Railway, the greatest railroad enterprise ever projected by
a single city, and in 1878 had charge of a second loan of
$2,000,000. Always an active partisan, his ability as
an organizer was recognized by his election as chairman of
the Hamilton County Republican Executive Committee in 1875.
That year he carried the county for the whole Republican
ticket in the face of the Democratic supremacy of the five
previous years. President Hayes appointed him
collector of the Internal Revenue District of Ohio on June
8, 1878, and he served three and a half years, handling
$12,000,000 per annum without discrepancy. Relieved of
his official duties, Mr. Smith resumed his
position as an active member of his father’s two firms,
enjoying the respect and confidence of the business
community. In 1880, he served on the committee which
negotiated the purchase of the old government building in
Cincinnati for the uses of the Chamber of Commerce, the
association paying the government $100,000. In 1882,
he was nominated for Congress and in 1884 was chosen a
delegate to the National Republican Convention.
Mr. Smith was elected mayor of Cincinnati in
1885, and reelected in 1887, having established himself as a
safe leader through his wise counsel and unerring judgment.
The elements that have made him successful in his business
career were exactly calculated to fit him for the many
positions he has held in city, county, State and Federal
affairs. His sincerity cannot be questioned for he has
been absolutely fair with all interests committed to his
keeping. He came into office when the municipal
affairs were in a state of confusion, which in some
departments was the least of the shortcomings. Under
his management the city became a model municipality, the
result of his common sense methods and straightforward
execution of his duties. In the year 1886, as'
chairman of the Board of Revision, the “rottenness” of the
City Infirmary was brought to light and the guilty parties
prosecuted. During his administration he served as
chairman of the advisory committee on specifications, an
adjunct to the Board of Public Works in the matter of
expending $4,000,000 in improving the streets of Cincinnati.
When the Board of Public Works was superseded by the Board
of Public Affairs, the advisory committee ceased to exist;
its work was practically done as the streets of the city
bear eloquent testimony to-day to the care and
thoughtfulness with which this committee served wholly
without pay.
In the spring of 1886 occurred one of those crises
which come to every large American city now and then.
Labor troubles broke out in Cincinnati as they did in St.
Louis, Milwaukee, Chicago and elsewhere. That the
scenes of those cities were not duplicated, was due to the
cool head and indomitable will of its mayor. Just two
years previous, Cincinnati had marveled at the phenomenon of
a mob in her streets, the memory of which had been made
perpetual by the loss of more than a million dollars to the
tax payers, with the consequent incalculable damages through
the burning of her Court House. Therefore,
conservative citizens of that time may he pardoned for
fearing that Cincinnati might furnish a companion picture to
the scenes in the Haymarket of Chicago. The freight
handlers of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway,
numbering 300. “struck” for increased wages. They
marched in a body from the western part of the city to the
Miami Railroad in the eastern part of the city, intending to
force the men of that road to join them. However, they
were intercepted by Col. Arthur Moore
and 60 police officers who forced the strikers to retire.
The strikers then drove the men who were laying the new
streets from their work and the contractors were compelled
to call upon the mayor for protection. The mayor then
issued a proclamation assuring protection to all who would
resume work. This was followed by a visit from two
delegates sent by the strikers to protest against this
action, assuring him if he persisted that “bloodshed” would
follow. He replied: “If you start it, I will end it
for I am ready.” Mayor Smith and Colonel
Sutton (in charge of the United States Sub-Treasury)
then sent a joint dispatch to the Secretary of War, asking
for military protection. Colonel Aufley
of the United States Army with 250 men were ordered from
Columbus to Cincinnati. Governor Foraker
ordered Adjutant-General Axline with
five regiments to also report to this city. There were
then 30,000 men on a strike and the factories were empty.
Everything was apparently quiet, but it was felt that the
situation was worthy of the gravest consideration. The
troops were not called to put down a mob, quell a riot, but
as a preventive. This action was denounced by the more
turbulent element. The mayor then called a meeting
through the press of all the representatives of the various
labor organizations engaged in the strike. This
meeting was duly held, Mayor Smith presiding and
James M. Morely of the strikers acting as secretary.
The situation was fully and amicably discussed.
Mayor Smith took the ground that the differences
between the strikers and their employers were matters to be
settled between themselves, but a breach of the peace was a
matter in which it became the duty of the authorities to
interpose in the interest of law and order. That, he
promised emphatically, would be done and there was no
mistaking the firmness of his intention. There was no
occasion, however, in which to test his power and
disposition. That an ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure was readily conceded with a glance at the then
rebuilding Court House. In March, 1886, the hill
creating the non-partisan police force for Cincinnati passed
the General Assembly of Ohio. It placed the mayor at
the head of the Department of Police and it fell upon him to
nominate the superintendent as well as applicants to the
force subject to confirmation by the Board of Police
Commissioners. In the winter of the following year,
the Governor by act of Legislature appointed a Board of
Water Works Commissioners, authorized in statute in 1888
(see Ohio Laws, Vol. 85, Page 53), to examine into the
complaints regarding the water supply of the city and the
confessedly great difficulty to remedy the matter. Of
this commission, Mayor Smith was chosen
president. In 1898-99, he was a member of the Board of
City Affairs, and from 1889 to 1894 was surveyor of customs
at the port of Cincinnati, to which office he was
reappointed Mar. 16, 1903, for a term of four years.
Mr. Smith is a Scottish Rite 32nd degree
Mason; a member of Syrian Temple, Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine; Young Men’s Blaine Club, Stamina Republican League,
Itan-Nic-Nics, and is exalted ruler of Cincinnati Lodge, No.
5, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. Smith was married May 27, 1863, to
Mary Jane Kessler, daughter of Henry Kessler of
Cincinnati. She died in Baltimore, Maryland,
Thanksgiving Day, 1873, Mr. Smith having moved
to that place for a short time. On Aug. 3, 1887, he
was married to Ida Sennett, daughter of
Abner H. and Amelia (Truesdale) Sennett and, on her
mother’s side, a descendant of Peter Brown of
the “Mayflower.” Mr. Smith has two sons
and a daughter by his first wife.
Source:
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by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
Vol. II - Pt. 2 - Publ., 1904 - Page 794 |
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HARRY RHODES SMITH.
With the death of the venerable pioneer citizen, Harry
Rhodes Smith, the city of Cincinnati lost a man of
sterling character, of remarkable public spirit, and one who
had for years been prominently associated with its business
affairs. Mr. Smith was born July 18,
1821, at Columbus, Ohio, and his long and beneficent life
quietly closed, at his late home, No. 2027 Auburn avenue, on
Dec. 19, 1903.
The early life of the late philanthropist and esteemed
citizen was passed in Licking County, Ohio, and his
education was secured in the common schools. After
coming to Cincinnati, he learned the watchmaking trade, and
later he became the junior partner in the firm of Beggs
& Smith, one of the
pioneers in the jewelry trade of this city, the business
location being for many years on Fourth street. After
the dissolution of the firm, Mr. Smith himself
continued the business for many years. Subsequently he went
into the optical business, with which he continued to be
identified until his retirement a few years since.
Mr. Smith's interest in and admiration
for Cincinnati were well known and for years he justified
the claim of his friends as one of the men of the city
possessing true public spirit. His personal efforts
were given to the furthering of all the movements which were
designed to be of benefit to all classes of the people, and
in him the laboring class found not only a sympathetic
friend, but also a wise and judicious adviser. It will
easily be recalled by those who have had the best interests
of the Queen City at heart, that Mr. Smith’s
efforts in the direction of the proper and sanitary housing
of the people brought about many remarkable reforms.
Although constantly consulted in regard to public
matters, Mr. Smith was no seeker for civic
prominence and never consented to accept any public office
until 1890, when he was appointed a trustee of the
Cincinnati Southern Railway by the Superior Court of
Cincinnati. As this appointment met with such
universal approval, he could but bow to the popular will,
and from that time on he concentrated his earnest efforts to
the conducting of the affairs of that corporation. In 1896,
when the proposition was made to sell the road, Mr.
Smith prevented what he deemed a ruinous policy, and
after he had publicly represented the facts in the
contention, a vote was taken and the proposition was
defeated, a result subsequently found most desirable and due
in a large measure to his personal efforts. At a still
later date, when a deadlock was formed in the board,
regarding the extension of the lease, Mr. Smith
broke the deadlock by casting his vote for the extension
which was ratified by the people at the following election.
He is recalled, also, in connection with his management of
the interests of this road, when the question of the
terminals came before it; the decided stand taken by Mr.
Smith finally settled the matter. Until a very
short time prior to his decease, Mr. Smith continued
to attend the meetings of the board of trustees of the
Cincinnati Southern Railway, always showing as deep an
interest as in former years.
In 1851 Mr. Smith married Anna
McNaughton, and he is survived by three children:
Hon. Rufus B. Smith, judge of the Common Pleas Court of
Hamilton County, and a distinguished citizen of Cincinnati;
Mrs. Sarah S. Shaffer, and M. N. Smith.
Undeniably Mr. Smith belonged to that
class of citizens of whom extended meed of praise is
entirely superogatory. His whole life was
unostentatious, sober and virtuous, and the homely code of
morals taught him by his New England father, and instilled
by his Quaker mother, was sufficient to fill out a long,
upright, useful, helpful life. His optimistic
temperament and his genial nature did much to bring into the
lives of others a cheering philosophy that served to lighten
many burdens and to sweeten even the waters of affliction.
There were but few of his old business friends of early days
to follow his remains to their last home in beautiful Spring
Grove Cemetery.
Source:
Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
Vol. II - Pt. 1 - Publ., 1904 - Page 289 |
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HON. JAMES M. SMITH.
Hon. James M. Smith, ex-judge of the Circuit Court of
Hamilton County, a jurist of great ability and a prominent
and esteemed citizen of this city, died May 29, 1902, on a
railway train, while en route from New York to Cincinnati.
His death was lamented by all who had intimate acquaintance
with him.
Judge Smith was horn in Warren County,
Ohio, and was in his 78th year, his birth having taken place
in 1825. lie began the study of the profession in which be
became so eminent when 18 years of age, while occupying a
clerical position in the office of the State Treasurer.
A few years later be was admitted to the bar and very soon
became a prominent factor in his profession. In 1854
he was elected judge of Probate and in 1871 judge of Common
Pleas, and in 1885, when the Circuit Court was organized, he
was elected to that bench, serving continuously until 1899.
He was then succeeded by Judge Ferdinand Jelke,
Jr. During his long judicial career.
Judge Smith was associated with many of the
leading legal lights of the State, the names of Judges
Swing, Cox and Giffen being familiar in
many courts.
In his services on the bench, Judge Smith
earned the good will of the practicing lawyers through his
fair and impartial treatment. He was never swayed by
outside influences and no suspicion was ever cast on his
integrity, being able, dignified and absolutely impartial.
Judge Smith left a large amount of property.
He bad made many judicious business investments and always
was careful in looking out for the welfare of his family.
Judge Smith was married in 1851 to
Sarah Belle Clements, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. B.
Clements, of Lebanon, Ohio, and three children survive:
Mrs. M. S. Todd, whose husband is secretary and
treasurer of the Southern Ohio Loan & Trust Company, of
Cincinnati: Mrs. L. D. Thoman, of Chicago, Illinois;
and H. H. Smith, of Toledo, Ohio. The burial of
Judge Smith took place from the residence of
his daughter, Mrs. Todd, at Avondale, where
were gathered representatives of the profession and a large
concourse of personal friends. Interment took place at
Lebanon. Ohio.
Source:
Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
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J. H. CHARLES SMITH, A. M.
J. H. Charles Smith, A. M., a prominent lawyer of
Cincinnati, is a native of this city, and a son of
Charles and Katherine (Huneke) Smith. He completed
the prescribed course of study in the public schools of his
natal city, then attended college. He attended a
course of lectures in the Cincinnati Law School, of which he
is a graduate, and possesses the degrees of A. M. and LL. B.
He also took a course in the Medical College of Ohio to
broaden his held of information.
After his admission to the bar, Mr. Smith
opened an office and has since been engaged in the
continuous practice of his profession, his office now being
in the Wiggins Block. He has had charge
of many assignments and estates, and has repeatedly been
appointed executor, administrator, guardian, assignee,
trustee and referee, in all of which positions of trust he
has ably executed the duties that were to be performed.
He is counsel for many large business firms and
corporations, and his legal business has made it necessary
for him to travel a great deal about the country. He
has also attained prominence as a writer on legal subjects
for various law journals, and was legal editor for the
Express Gazette. He has delivered law lectures at the
Normal School, Queen City Commercial College, and at the Y.
M. C. A. When but 23 years of age, he was elected to
the School Board of the city. He was renominated for a
second term by the Republicans, received hearty indorsement
from the Democrats, and was reelected. He was an
active member of the Board of Examiners of public schools
for three years. He has also served a number of years as
vice-president of the Public Library Board, and was a member
of the first committee to consider the establishment of the
Technical School of Cincinnati. He was one of the
first to advocate a new Public Library building in
Washington Park, a branch library in each of the suburbs,
and of purchasing a large library of classic music for
circulation. And so with all questions pertaining to
the improvement of the city, he has ever been on the right
side and demonstrated that he is a progressive and public
spirited man. He has not sought political preferment,
but his name has frequently been mentioned for a judgeship
in Hamilton County.
Mr. Smith married Eliza Perlee Waterhouse,
a daughter of Dr. J. P. and Hester (Hardin) Waterhouse.
She is a descendant of Maj. Gen. Joseph Cilley of
Revolutionary fame, and is a Daughter of the American
Revolution. She was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan
University of Delaware, Ohio, with the degree of A. B.
Fraternally, Mr. Smith is a 32nd degree Mason;
a past sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men; has served
as lecturing knight in the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, is past excellent senator and was formerly supreme
attorney-general of the Ancient Essenic Order, and is past
chancellor and grand representative of the Knights of
Pythias, and has served as president of the county relief
committee. He is a Republican.
Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
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RICHARD SMITH.
Richard Smith, who died Apr. 22, 1898, was
formerly one of the most noted journalists, and one of the
most prominent and influential citizens, of Cincinnati.
He was born in Ireland, Jan. 30, 1823, and embarked for the
United States in the year 1841, immediately locating upon
his arrival in this country in Cincinnati, where he remained
a loyal, true and upright citizen until his death.
Mr. Smith began newspaper work at the bottom of
the ladder, and after years of labor became one of the most
noted journalists in the West . He was for many years
connected with the Cincinnati Gazette, and after that paper
was consolidated with the Cincinnati Commercial his good
work was continued in the new field. He was a
prominent factor in shaping public sentiment and inducing
action in national affairs, and throughout all his exercise
of power, and its attendant success, he was never personally
boastful.
Mr. Smith was a strong writer, and
displayed a knowledge and comprehension of the underlying
principles governing business and civic affairs, which were
brought into requisition in shaping the policy of the
Cincinnati Gazette during a long period. It was
through his influence that the Gazette
secured an exceptionally high reputation. In the early
history of the organization for securing Associated Press
news, Mr. Smith took an active and conspicuous
part, long maintaining his identity as a director of
operations which the peculiar nature of such an enterprise
called for. He was a plain
and unassuming, but earnest and energetic, business man.
He was content to see honors and dignities fall to others.
He never aspired to any of these, but found his delight in
close application to his own affairs. He was a most
useful citizen. Throughout his career, and in alt his
relationships, his life reflected, in the highest sense,
fidelity to honorable methods, and its influence was
conspicuous for usefulness, and for encouragement to his
fellow men. Mr. Smith was president of
the Board of Review, and also of the Board of Supervisors.
He became a member of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
early in its history. He displayed unusual energy and
ability in that institution, and his place will be hard to
fill. Not only did his genius impress itself upon the
commercial affairs promoted by that association, but in its
deliberations and expressions upon broad public questions,
he shone conspicuously. With rare exceptions, he was
identified with the winning side in controversy or
discussion. He was quick to comprehend, and by the
application of good common sense carried conviction in his
arguments. Where there was occasion for framing
resolutions expressive of the sentiment of the Chamber of
Commerce in important matters, he was almost uniformly
placed on the committees, and with great frequency was made
chairman. In 1846 Mr. Smith was
appointed assistant superintendent of that body, under
Adam Peabody. In 1849 was chosen superintendent,
which position he filled with honor to himself and credit to
the organization. During the five years he served in
that capacity, he also acted as secretary, which position he
filled for six successive years. In 1850, he took an
active part in securing the incorporation of the
association, and for many years was the only survivor of the
incorporators of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants’ Exchange. Of the many instances of
important service by committee work performed by Richard
Smith in promotion of its interests and aims, one
of the most notable was the negotiation with the United
States government, in 1879, for the possession of the site
of the present home of the organization, which was secured
on especially favorable terms, through efforts in which
Mr. Smith was personally prominent. Mr.
Smith was elected an honorary member of the Chamber
of Commerce in 1893.
Mr. Smith was, beyond a doubt, a “man
among men”. He possessed those noble attributes and
finer characteristics of manhood, which endeared him to his
many friends and associates, and won the respect and
admiration of all those with whom he came in contact.
Being generous, warm hearted, and of a sympathetic nature,
he was ever ready to extend the hand of fellowship and
render his services to those in need or in trouble. He
was never known to speak ill of anyone, was an enthusiast in
whatever he undertook, and never tired in his efforts to
assist others. He was a public spirited man, and, was
ever ready to assist in anything pertaining to the welfare
of Cincinnati. He was noted for his courteous,
honorable, and upright manner in dealing with all.
On Nov. 26, 1846, the subject of this sketch 'was
united in marriage with Mary Quin, a daughter
of Aaron and Elizabeth (Lucky) Quin. This union
was blessed with eight children, four of whom survive. Mr.
Smith was a member of the Presbyterian Church, to which
his family also belong. He was a distinguished
Republican, in politics. He was a Scottish Rite Mason,
and took the deepest interest in the welfare of that order.
He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery. His wife and
family reside in a beautiful mansion on Evans place, where
Mrs. Smith is spending her declining years in
comfort and ease. In social rank, the family is one of
the first in Cincinnati.
Source:
Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
Vol. II - Pt. 2 - Publ., 1904 - Page 602 |
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SAMUEL W. SMITH.
Samuel W. Smith, for a number of years the
senior partner in the business house of S. W. Smith &
Company, of Cincinnati, and one of the city’s pioneer
business men, died at his home, on Gilbert avenue, Nov. 29,
1897. He was born in Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode
Island, Jan. 24, 1816, and was a son of Samuel and Lucy (Armington)
Smith, the former of whom died when his son was 10 years
old.
At that early age there fell upon the lad the support
of his mother, who was left with a family of six children,
and hence his educational opportunities were limited.
He worked faithfully on the eighboring farms until he was
16, and then decided to find a new field. At that
time, Cincinnati was in its infancy, but it was to this
point the youth’s travels were directed. Embarking at
Providence, in October, 1832, he went by water to
Philadelphia, thence to Pittsburg, and then down the river
to Cincinnati. He was strong and willing and soon
found employment in a boat store on
Front street, this deciding his future career. After
remaining there for six years, he engaged in a flat-boat
business for himself, and in 1840 removed his business to
its later location, No. 29 Water street, at the same time
entering upon a partnership with Richard G. Hunting.
The business
continued to enjoy great prosperity and in 1874 Mr. Smith
retired, the possessor of ample means. He
had watched the city, almost from its business beginnings,
become a great commercial center, and took the deepest
interest in its wonderful development.
In 1845 Mr. Smith was married to Mary
Caroline Woolley, daughter of John and Lydia Woolley.
At her death she left five children, viz.: Rev. William
A., who died in Seattle, Washington, in 1890; Edward
W., of Kansas City; Lucy A.; Lydia D.; and
Hon. Samuel W., judge of the Common Pleas Court of
Hamilton County, Ohio, who was elected in the fall of 1896,
and reelected in the fall of 1901.
Mr. Smith avoided the arena of politics, but he
was identified with many of the leading business enterprises
of the city and served on many boards of directors. He
was a faithful member of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce,
and was highly valued there, having been interested in it
from the date of its organization, and frequently serving as
one of its directors. He voted with the Republican
party. Mr. Smith was a man whose
personality made him a leading man in whatever circle he
entered, and as he possessed sterling traits of character
and a kind and charitable nature, he was both respected and
beloved. With other pioneers, his memory will long be
kept green.
Source:
Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
Vol. II - Pt. 2 - Publ., 1904 - Page 503 |
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HON. SAMUEL W. SMITH JR.
Hon. Samuel W. Smith, Jr., judge of the Common
Pleas Court of Hamilton County, is ranked among the leading
exponents of the law in Cincinnati. Judge Smith
was born in the. Queen City of the West, his father,
Samuel W. Smith, being a wholesale licquor dealer.
His early education was acquired in the public schools.
In 1876 he was graduated from Chickering Institute.
Subsequently he attended Brown University for four years
and received his degrees. Upon his return to
Cincinnati, he attended the Cincinnati Law School and was
graduated in 1882.
Upon engaging in his chosen profession, Mr. Smith
entered the law office of Lincoln & Stephens.
After the decease of the eminent jurist, Timothy D.
Lincoln, Mr. Smith was connected with the firm, which
then became known as Lincoln, Stephens &
Smith. He acquired an extensive practice, and in
1896 was elected judge of the Common Pleas Court. He
performed his duties in so sterling a manner that he was
reelected to the same office with a greater majority in the
November election of 1901.
Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
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HON. WILLIAM WALKER SMITH, JR.
Hon. William Walker Smith, Jr., a
member of the Ohio State Legislature, and one of the
prominent young attorneys of Cincinnati, was born at
Covington, Kentucky, Nov. 21, 1870, and is a son of
William Walker Smith, who is at present engaged in the
real estate business in Cincinnati. Our subject’s
father was formerly junior member of the wholesale grocery
firm of Hill & Smith, that for many years was engaged
in business at No. 45 Vine street, Cincinnati. Our
subject was three years old when his parents moved from
Covington to Walnut Hills, and his early education was
secured in Cincinnati and be was one of the graduates in the
class of 1887 at the Franklin school. At
Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, he subsequently pursued the higher
branches and was there graduated in 1891. Immediately
after he took an extended tour in Europe, during which time
he paid particular attention to the study of municipal
affairs in London, Dublin, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Upon
his return he studied law and upon being admitted to
practice became associated with the law firm of Pogue
& Pogue.
In 1898 Mr. Smith was united in marriage
with Blanche Pogue, who is the eldest daughter
of the late Henry Pogue, whose sketch and
portrait appear elsewhere in this work.
For a long period Mr. Smith has been
prominent in Masonry and no less so in the Ohio Society of
Sons of the Revolution. He is also a factor in
politics and has an enthusiastic following who see in him,
as a man of education, travel, enlarged views and proper
public spirit, a leader of influence and ability. He
is now serving his second term in the Ohio State
Legislature, having been first elected in 1901 and reelected
in 1903.
Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
Vol. II - Pt. 1 - Publ., 1904 - Page 349 |
G. N. Stone |
CAPT. GEORGE NELSON STONE Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
Vol. II - Pt. 2 - Publ., 1904 - Page 801 |
Henry W. Streit |
HENRY W. STREIT Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
Vol. II - Pt. 2 - Publ., 1904 - Page 687 |
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JOHN J. SULLIVAN.
John J. Sullivan, deceased, was one of Cincinnati’s
foremost citizens. He was president of the Sullivan
Printing Works, a large and flourishing concern, and was
closely identified with many other important interests.
He served on the Board of Supervisors and always had the
welfare of the city and Hamilton County at heart.
Mr. Sullivan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug.
15, 1855. and was the oldest of eight children born to
Timothy and Mary (Butler) Sullivan. He attended
the public schools and St. Xavier College, from which he was
graduated, and later engaged in the printing business,
opening up a shop on East Sixth street, near Walnut.
The place was visited by a disastrous fire, in which a half
dozen girl employees and a cousin of Mr. Sullivan
lost their lives, the cousin sacrificing his life in an
effort to save the lives of the girls. The printing
establishment was then started at Court and Broadway
streets, where it is now located. As president of the
Sullivan Printing Company, our subject was known as a
shrewd, practical business man and made many friends.
He became one of the best known men in the city and was a
power in politics, being a close friend of George B. Cox.
When John A. Caldwell was mayor of Cincinnati, he
appointed Mr. Sullivan to a position on the Board of
Supervisors, where he served for three years. A short
time previous to his death, which occurred Sept. 25, 1901,
he was appointed a member of that body by Mayor Julius
Fleischmann. When the board convened he was
fishing at his summer pottage on Muskoka Lake, Ontario,
Canada, and returned home to be sworn in. He was an
expert marksman and while home attended the target
tournament of the Cincinnati Gun Club at its range in St.
Bernard. It was while on the way home from that
village that he met with a peculiar and distressing accident
which cost him his life. About five o’clock in the
evening he and a party of shooters started for home, walking
to the Millcreek Valley street car line, a short distance
away. At that hour the cars were crowded with
passengers going to see the Fall Festival parade, and they
found it impossible to get aboard. They walked a short
distance to the power house with the intention of chartering
a private car, when a regular car came along with standing
room on the running board. The party got aboard and a
few feet farther along the accident occurred. The
bridge across Ross Creek is very narrow and the pasengers
standing on the running boards have to hug the car closely
to avoid being brushed off. For this reason motormen
and conductors have strict orders to stop within five feet
of the bridge, in order to make sure that no one is in
danger of being knocked off by the bridge railings which are
quite low. Mr. Sullivan, as did the
others, drew himself up close to the car. Being a large man
and his coat a lightweight sack, the latter just swept along
the top of the bridge railing. Suddenly it caught on a
bolt and Mr. Sullivan was seen to tug at it,
at the same time shouting: “ Stop the car, my coat is
caught.’’ The conductor immediately rang the hell, but
before the car could he stopped, Mr. Sullivan’s
grasp on the car rail gave way, and he fell across the
railing of the bridge. The impetus was such that he
twice rolled completely over on the rail, then shot down to
the rocky bed of the creek, 20 feet below. His
friends, Dr. Heyl, ex-Mayor Mosby and
Mr. Moody, were among the first to rush down the
embankment to the creek bed. He was found lying on the
rocks and partly in the water, and Dr. Heyl
pronounced him dead, his neck having been broken by the
fall. This terrible accident was a sad shock to his
wife and relatives and as well to his many friends
throughout the city.
John J. Sullivan was united in marriage July it,
1876, to Sophia Bonning, a daughter of Christopher
Bonning, an early resident of Cincinnati. To them
were born four children, as follows: Robert,
Howard, Carrie and Helen. The family
reside in a beautiful home in Avondale.
Source:
Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
Vol. II - Pt. 2 - Publ., 1904 - Page 217 |
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