Geo. W. Alvord	GEO. W. ALVORD, Painesville.  Lawler.  Born Concord, Ohio, 1856.  Educated Painesville union school and Western Reserve College.  Admitted to practice in 1880 and has practiced law continuously since that time in Painesville, devoting his whole time to his profession.  Now a member of law firm of Alvord & Reynolds of Painesville.  Ws the first Democratic Mayor of Painesville since the war.  Mason, Knight Templar, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias and Elk. Source:  Progressive Men of Ohio - Publ. Cleveland, Plain Dealer Publishing Co. - 1906 - Page 79
Harley Barnes	HARLEY BARNES, Painesville.  Investments.  Born Cheser, Geauga county, O., Mar. 6, 1859.  Educated in district schools and Chester Seminary.  Brought up on a farm.  Spent several years in newspaper work.  Read law in Painesville and admitted to practice in 1884.  Appointed Recorder of Lake county 1891.  Founded local abstract business.  Engaged in real estate, banking and investment enterprises.  Served in many trust capacities.  Life member Ohio Arch. & Historical Society.  Vice president "Old Northwest" Genealogical Society.  Interested in church and Sunday School Work. Source:  Progressive Men of Ohio - Publ. Cleveland, Plain Dealer Publishing Co. - 1906 - Page 19
Abram W. Colton	ABRAM M. COLTON, Toledo.  President and general manager Lake Erie Transportation Co.  Born Huron County, Ohio, Nov. 25, 1834.  Educated in the public schools.  Came to Toledo in early youth.  Identified with the shipping interests for fifty years.  Organized the Lake Erie Transportation Co. in 1881.  Elected president and general manager and still serving.  Director White Star Line, Detroit Mich.  Interested in other corporations.  Owner of the Colton Building.  Member Toledo club.  Politically a Republican.  Trustee First Congregational church. Source:  Progressive Men of Ohio - Publ. Cleveland, Plain Dealer Publishing Co. - 1906 - Page 165
Franklin H. Kendall	FRANKLIN H. KENDALL, Painesville.  Superintendent of schools.  Born Steubenville, O., Jan. 15, 1862.  Educated in Steubenville public schools and the Ohio Wesleyan University, graduating in 1887, degree of A. B.   Principal of schools in Steubenville 1888-91.  Principal of Painesville High School 1891-1902.  Superintendent of Painesville schools since 1902.  Has been School Examiner for Lake county for last seven years.  President Painesville Library Association.  Politically a Republican. Source:  Progressive Men of Ohio - Publ. Cleveland, Plain Dealer Publishing Co. - 1906 - Page 48
Frederick Sherwood Kretsinger	FREDERICK SHERWOOD KRETSINGER, Cleveland.  President American Fork & Hoe Co.  Born near Rockford, Ill., Aug. 22, 1844.  Educated in public schools of Chicago.  With his father, W. H. Kretsinger & Sons, wholesale hardware, Chicago, 1866, and in 1872 went into manufacturing hand farming tools, and soon in corporate The Iowa Farming Tool Co., elected secretary and treasurer, and 1893 elected president, still serving.  Came to Cleveland in 1902 and was one of the organizers of the American Fork & Hoe Co., elected vice president, and 1903 elected president.  President National Handle Co.  Vice president National Association of Manufacturers.  President American Hardware Manufacturers' association.  An officer and interested in other corporations.  K. T. Mason, Mystic Shriner, Member Euclid, Union and Colonial clubs and Chamber of Commerce. Source:  Progressive Men of Ohio - Publ. Cleveland, Plain Dealer Publishing Co. - 1906 - Page 107
Arlington G. Reynolds	ARLINGTON G. REYNOLDS, Painesville.  Alvord & Reynolds, Lawyers.  Born Mentor, O., Nov. 24, 1849.  Educated at Willoughby and Oberlin, O.  Worked on farm summers and taught school winters for a number of years.  Read law in office of Tuttle & Tuttle.  Painesville was admitted to the bar in 1882.  Clerked in store, Des Moines, Iowa, one year.  Began practice of law in Painesville in 1884.  Formed partnership with Hon. Perry Bosworth 1890.  Elected Probate Judge Lake county 1891, re-elected 1893.  Elected Mayor of Painesville 1896; re-elected 1898.  Elected to Legislature 1897, re-elected 1899.  Was Speaker of the House of the 74th General Assembly.  Since which time has been engaged in practice of law at Painesville, and is now associated with Hon. G. W. Alvord. Source:  Progressive Men of Ohio - Publ. Cleveland, Plain Dealer Publishing Co. - 1906 - Page 79
Alvin C. White	ALVIN C. WHITE, Jefferson, Lawyer.  Born Parkman, Geauga County, Ohio, Aug. 9, 1850.  Educated in the Parkman public schools and graduated from Hiram College in 1873.  Graduated from the Law Department, University of Michigan, 1878.  Mayor of Jefferson 1892-94 and 1902-1906.  President and Manager of the Citizen's Library Association, a free public library, which he was instrumental in establishing, and to which he has given his time and labor for twenty-years without compensation.  Director of the First National Bank of Jefferson.  Member Knights of Pythias and Sons of American Revolution.  Politically Republican. Source:  Progressive Men of Ohio - Publ. Cleveland, Plain Dealer Publishing Co. - 1906 - Page 74

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